Playlist for Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Claude Debussy: Waltz, "La plus que lente"

I Salonisti
The Last Dance: Music for a Vanishing Era (The Music Heard on the Fateful Voyage of the Titanic)

RCA-DHM 77377-2

Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Tyrolean Valse-Fantaisie," Op 116

Alan Feinberg, p
The American Virtuoso

Argo 436121-2

Arthur Foote: "Four Character Pieces after the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám", Op 48

Royal Phil/Karl Krueger
American Tone Poems

Our Musical Past OMP-105

Jean Cras: "Robaiyat de Omar Khayyam" (1924)

#5, "Serviteurs, n'apportez pas les lampes"

Georgine Resick, s; Warren Jones, p
Vision Interieures

Bridge 9168-A/B (2)

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046

Age of Enlightenment Orch
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

Virgin 90747-2 (2)

Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807

Allemande

Francesco Tristano, p
Bach: The 6 English Suites

Naive V-8828

Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 380 (L 23)

Ida Presti, g; Alexandre LaGoya, g
Essential Guitar - 34 Guitar Masterpieces

London 470477-2 (2)

Alessandro A. Scarlatti: Oratorio, "Agar et Ismaele Esiliati"

Sinfonia

Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone
Alessandro Scarlatti * Il Giardino di Rose * Sinfonie & Harpsichord Concertos

London 470650-2

Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in f, Kk 239 (L 281)

Hédi Salànki, hc

Price-Less D-16565

Jules Massenet: "Cigale"

National Phil/Richard Bonynge
Massenet: Cigale, Valse Tres Lente

London 425413-2 (2)

Camille Saint-Saëns: Song, "La cigale et la fourmi"

François Le Roux, br; Graham Johnson, p
Songs By Camille Saint-Saëns

Hyperion CDA-66856

Laura Zaerr: "River Right Rhumba" (2016)

Emily Granger, h
In Transit

Avie AV-2495

Paul Creston: "Rumba-Tarantella" (1964)

Quattro Mani
Hallelujah Junction

Bridge 9552

Arthur Benjamin: "Jamaican Rhumba"

Isaac Stern, v; Orch/Milton Katims
Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Encores With Orchestra

Sony SMK-64537

Franz Liszt: "Venezia e Napoli" (1859)

Finale, "Tarantella"

Dmitry Paperno, p
Recordings by a Moscow Pianist

Cedille CDR-90000037

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56, "Scottish"

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Mendelssohn Discoveries * Symphony No 3 * Piano Concerto No 3 * Prosseda

London 4781525

Carl Loewe: "Der Bergmann," Op. 39

No. 1, "Im Schlacht der Adern"

Christoph Prégardien, t; Cord Garben, p
Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

CPO 777355-2 (21)

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

Andante

Mikhail Pletnev, p
Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Mikhail Pletnev

Philips 456931-2 (2)

Arnold Bax: "The Truth About the Russian Dancers" Incidental Music

Part 1

London Phil/Bryden Thomson
Bax: The Truth about the Russian Dances/ From Dusk Till Dawn

Chandos CHAN-8863

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

Danse des Pages

Mikhail Pletnev, p
Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Mikhail Pletnev

Philips 456931-2 (2)

Marcel Tournier: "Vers la source dans le bois"

Rita Costanzi, h
Of Fields & Forests

Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1119

François Boieldieu: Harp Concerto in C (in Three Tempi)

Marisa Robles, h; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
Harp Concertos

London 425723-2

John Dowland: "Go christall teares"

Andrew Lawrence-King, h
His Majesty's Harper - Fancies & Farewells, Airs & Dances

RCA-DHM 77504-2

George Frideric Handel: "Samson"

Aria, "Let the Bright Seraphim"

Kathleen Battle, s; Wynton Marsalis, tr; Orch of St Luke's/John Nelson
Baroque Duet

Sony SK-46672

Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale for Viola and Clarinet

Patricia McCarty, vi; Peter Hadcock, cl
Music For Viola

Northeastern NR-212-CD

Fanny Mendelssohn: "Notturno"

Betty Ann Miller, p
Music By Maria Hester Park, Marie Bigot And Fanny Mendelsshon Hensel

Centaur CRC-2320

Fanny Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op 7

#3, "Frühling (Spring)"

Susan Gritton, s, Eugene Asti, p
Fanny Mendelssohn: Lieder

Hyperion CDA-67110

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in c, Op 11

Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5. Reformation, Symphony No. 1.

London CS-7038

Fernando Sor: "Huit pièces pour guitare seule"

#6, Menuet in F

David Starobin, g
Fernando Sor: Les Plus Belles Pages

Bridge 9166

Hector Berlioz: "Les Nuits d'Été," Op. 7

#5, "Au cimitiére"

Measha Brueggergosman, s; Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi
Extase

Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5236

Hector Berlioz: "Rob Roy" Overture

Brno State Phil/Petr Vronsky
Berlioz: Corsaire Overture Op21; Benvenuto Cellini H76

Supraphon 110388-2

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Twelve Etudes for Guitar (1928)

No. 2 in A, Allegro

Narciso Yepes, g
Guitar Concertos, 12 Etudes

DG 423700-2

Carl Czerny: Fantasia, op 256

Huntingdon Trio
Collage: The Huntingdon Trio

Leonarda LE-325

Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, Op 80 "(Choral Fantasy)"

Levin, Monteverdi Cho, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/J E Gardine
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor'- Choral Fantasy

DG Archiv 447771-2

Carl Czerny: Etudes, Op 740

#8 in a

Hans Kann, p
Czerny: Op. 345, 35, 33 & 92

MHS 973

Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1053

III. Finale, "Allegro"

Beatrice Rana, p; Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Bach: Concertos

Warner 2173243358

Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio in G minor

Gautier Capuçon, vc; Paris Chamber Orch/Adrien Perruchon
Emotions

Erato B08CJTWP7P

Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
English Music for Strings

RCA 7761-2-RC

Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Morgenblätter," Op. 279

Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky
50x Waltz

Decca 4787305

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5 in A, Op. 18, No. 5

I. "Allegro"

Jerusalem Quartet
Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18

Harmonia Mundi HMC 902207.08 (2)

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"

III. "Scherzo: Molto vivace"

Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi
Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'

Decca 414421-2

Nicola Matteis: Suite in D minor

Arcadian Academy/Nicholas McGegan
Matteis: Ayres for the Violin

Harmonia Mundi HMU-907067

Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54

Seong-Jin Cho, p
Chopin: PIano Concerto No. 2; Scherzi

DG 4860435

Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

Overture

Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss
American Festival

Pro Arte CDD-102

Arthur Sullivan: "Overture di Ballo"

St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

Philips 434916-2

Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Danças características africanas"

Brazilian Guitar Quartet
Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos

Delos DE-3409

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: "The Jewels of the Madonna"

Intermezzo

Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
Jewels of the Classics

RCA 61935-2

George Harrison: "Taxman"

Andrew Owens, t; Theo Hoffman, br; Steven Blier, p; ensemble
Alex Levine, guitar,
Sam Weber, double bass,
Schubert Beatles

NYFOS Records 198622719254

George Gershwin: "Lullaby"

Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
American Adagios

Telarc CD-80503

Michael Torke: "Unseen"

No. 7

East Coast Chamber Orch; Michael Torke Orch/Michael Torke
Unseen - Michael Torke

Ecstatic Records ER-092402

Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Four Roman Sketches," Op. 7

No. 1, "The White Peacock"

Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, The White Peacock, Three Tone Pictures, Poem

Naxos 8.559164

Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in F, S 233

Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

Archiv 437549-2 (2)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Wind Divertimento No. 14 in B-Flat, K. 270

Orpheus Chamber Orch members
Mozart: Serenata Notturna, Divertimenti

DG 415669-2

Franz Schubert: Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F, D 487

Kodály Quartet members; Jenő Jandó, p
Schubert: Piano Quintet, 'Trout'

Naxos 8.550658

Zoltán Kodály: "Hungarian Rondo"

Orpheus Chamber Orch
Summer Evening

DG 447109-2

Jan Koetsier: Brass Symphony, Op. 80

TenThing
tenThing - 10

EMI 88326-2

Cecil Coles: "From the Scottish Highlands"

BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
Coles: Music from Behind the Lines

Hyperion CDA-67293

Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz No. 1 in D, Op. 47

Bamberg Sym/Neeme Järvi
Glazunov: Symphony No. 2 & Concert Waltz No. 1

Orfeo C-148101-A

Gabriel Fauré: "Cantique de Jean Racine," Op. 11

Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
Fauré: Requiem (1893 Version) and Other Choral Music

Collegium COLCD-109

Clara Schumann: Piano Sonata in G minor

Inna Faliks, p
The Schumann Project

MSR Classics MS-1763

Antonio Vivaldi: "La Cetra" Concerto No. 3 in G minor, R. 334

Monica Huggett, v; Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer
Vivaldi: La Cetra Op. 9

Virgin 61246-2 (2)

Michael Torke: "Javelin"

Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
Summon the Heroes

Sony SK-62592

Elie Siegmeister: "Western Suite"

I. "Prairie Morning"

Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
Americana: 20th Century Works for Orchestra

Vox ACD-8155

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)"

Chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

Simone Dinnerstein, p
Bach: A Strange Beauty * Simone Dinnerstein

Sony 81742-2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf," BWV 617

Baroklyn/Simone Dinnerstein, p
Complicité

Supertrain Records STR-075

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314

Heinz Holliger, ob; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 9 - Wind Concertos

Philips 422509-2 (5)

Efraín Oscher: "Rapsodia latina"

I. "Guajira;" II. "Bolero"

Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Paris Chamber Orch/Sascha Goetzel
Winter Gardens

Warner 2173241838

Mauro Giuliani: "Gran Quintetto," Op. 65

III. "Polonaise"

Emanuele Segre, g; I Pomeriggi Musicali/Carlo Boccadoro
Italian Guitar Concertos

Delos DE-3546

Franz Liszt: "Rákóczy March"

Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Hi-Fi Fiedler

RCA 67895-2

Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata da camera in C, Op. 2, No. 3

Purcell Quartet
Corelli: Sonatas for Strings Vol. 1

Chandos CHAN-0516