Playlist for Thursday, October 1, 2026

Bellini, Vincenzo: "Norma"

Aria, "Casta Diva"

Joshua Bell, v; St Martin's Academy/Michael Stern
Romance of the Violin

Sony SK-87894

Rossini, Gioachino: "Sigismondo"

Overture

Prague Sinfonia Orch/Christian Benda
Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 2

Naxos 8.570934

Farrenc, Louise: "Rondeau brillant" on Rossini's "Zelmira," Op. 13

Maria Stratigou, p
Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

Grand Piano GP-942

Godard, Benjamin: Song, "Te souviens-tu"

Tassis Chritoyannis, br; Jeff Cohen, p
Godard: Mélodies

Aparté AP-123

Bartók, Béla: Suite No. 2, Op 4b

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard
Bela Bartók

Onyx 4213

Farkas, Ferenc: "Contrafacta Hungarica" (1974)

#6, "Heiduckentanz"

Les Vents de Montréal/Jacques Lacombe

Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1105

Koetsier, Jan: "Dance Impressions"

"Arioso"

Duo Arparimba
Duo Arparimba: Music for Harp and Marimba

Koch 3-1582-2

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: German Dances, K. 536

Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
Mozart: Deutsche Tänze

Sony SK-46696

Lecuona, Ernesto: "19th-Century Cuban Dances"

"La Primera en la Frente"

Thomas Tirino, p

BIS CD-874

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: March, "Sea Songs"

Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell
Olympic Theme

Telarc CD-80099

Parry, Hubert: Piano Concerto in F-Sharp (1880)

Piers Lane, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
Parry: Piano Concerto In F Sharp Major/ Stanford: Piano Concerto No 1 In G Major

Hyperion CDA-66820

Ireland, John: "Five Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy"

#4, "The tragedy of that moment"

Christopher Maltman, br; Graham Johnson, p
The Songs of John Ireland

Hyperion CDA-67261/2 (2)

Noblet, Charles: Clavier Suite No. 2 in G

"La Promenade de Saint-Cloud"

Charlotte Mattax, hc

Centaur CRC-3005

Marais, Marin: "Alcyone"

Suite

Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon

Tafelmusik Media TMK-1020 (DVD & CD)

Poulenc, Francis: "Suite française" (1935)

#7 (Finale), "Carillon"

London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
Shepherd's Hey: Wind Music of Grainger, Milhaud and Poulenc

ASV CDWHL-2067

Poulenc, Francis: Brass Sonata

Nash Ensemble
Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music

Hyperion CDA-67255/6 (2)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Trio #4 in D, Op 9/2

Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Bruno Giuranna, vi; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc
Die Streichtrios = The String Trios = Les Trios Pour Cordes

DG 427687-2 (2)

Mana-Zucca: "Polka Comique," Op. 275

Nanette Kaplan Solomon, p
Badinage: The Piano Music of Mana-Zucca

Albany TROY-1580

Beethoven, Ludwig van: 12 Scottish Songs, WoO 156 (G 227)

#5, "Oh onochri, oh"

Christine Wehler, ms; Martin Haunhorst, v; Bernhard Schwarz, vc; Rainer Maria Klaas, p
Beethoven Complete Edition

Naxos 8.500250 (90)

Debussy, Claude: "Marche écossaise"

Lee Luvisi & Anne-Marie McDermott, p
DEBUSSY, C.: Chamber Music

Delos DE-3167 (3)

Orr, Buxton: Fanfare and Processional

Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson
The Land Of The Mountain And The Flood: Scottish Orchestral Music

ASV CDWHL-2123

Arnold, Malcolm: Four Scottish Dances, Op 59

London Phil/Sir Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances (for orchestra)

Everest EVC-9006

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Six "Ecossaisen," WoO 83

Jenö Jandó, p
Beethoven Complete Edition

Naxos 8.500250 (90)

Elgar, Edward: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36

Royal Albert Hall Orch/Edward Elgar

EMI/Ang CDU-66994-2

Dowland, John: "Can She Excuse"

Baltimore Consort
Chamber Music (Renaissance) – D'ESTREE, J. / JOHNSON, J. / RAVENSCROFT, T. / ALLISON, R. / MORLEY, T. / BYRD, W. / DOWLAND, J.

Dorian DOR-90142

Tchaikovsky, Peter: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37

"January (By the Hearth)"

Eleonora Bekova, p; Elvira Bekova, v; Alfia Bekova, vc
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio · The Seasons

Chandos CHAN-9719 (2)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Divertimento in F, K. 138

Norwegian Chamber Orch/Iona Brown

Omega OCD-1004

Tchaikovsky, Peter: Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, "Mozartiana"

I. "Gigue"

Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner
'Mozartiana' Suites No. 3 and 4

Capriccio 10200

Tchaikovsky, Peter: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

Daniel Lozakovich, v; Russian National Orch/Vladimir Spivakov
Tchaikovsky

DG 4836086

NICOLSON, Richard: Jewes Daunce

Baltimore Consort
Chamber Music (Renaissance) – D'ESTREE, J. / JOHNSON, J. / RAVENSCROFT, T. / ALLISON, R. / MORLEY, T. / BYRD, W. / DOWLAND, J.

Dorian DOR-90142

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: "Much Ado About Nothing" incidental music, Op. 11

No. 1, Overture

Northwest German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
Korngold: Orchestral Works 2

CPO 999046-2

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Piano Sonata No. 32 in g, H XVI:44

Elizabeth Rich, p
Haydn and C.P.E. Bach

Connoisseur CD-4221

Satie, Erik: "Jack-in-the-Box" (1899)

Finale

Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
The Complete Ballets of Erik Satie

Vanguard OVC-4030

Satie, Erik: "Trois Morceaux en Forme de Poire"

Alexandre Tharaud & Eric Le Sage, p
Erik Satie * Avant-Dernière Pensées * Alexandre Tharaud

Harmonia Mundi HMC-902017.18 (2)

Gould, Morton: "Apple Waltzes"

American Sym/Morton Gould
Morton Gould Conducts His Burchfield Gallery And Apple Waltzes

RCA RCD1-5019

Prokofiev, Serge: "The Love for Three Oranges," Op. 33

March

Lorin Maazel, v; Barton Weber, p
Virtuoso Violin

RCA 68414-2

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain: Symphony in G major, Op. 14, No. 6

Le Bien-Aimé
Brillance Indéniable: The Virtuoso Violin in the Court of Louis XV

Avie AV-2412

John Field: Divertissement No. 1 in E

Míceál O'Rourke, p; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
Field: Piano Concertos

Chandos CHAN-9534

Frédéric Chopin: "Les Sylphides"

"Grande valse brillante" in E-Flat, Op. 18

National Phil/Richard Bonynge
Essential Ballet

Decca 436658-2

Zoltán Kodály: "Hungarian Rondo"

Christopher Warren-Green, v; Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt
Kodály: Symphony, Summer Evening & Hungarian Rondo

ASV CDDCA-924

Franz Schubert: Violin Sonatina No. 1 in D, D 384

Josef Suk, v; Jan Panenka, p
The Intimate Schubert

Boston Skyline BSD-146

Michael Torke: "Unseen"

No. 2

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

Ecstatic Records ER-092402

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Hamburg" Symphony No. 3 in C, Wq 182/3

Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg

Harmonia Mundi HMM-902317

Joseph Kreutzer: "Grand Trio," Op. 16

III. Finale, "Alla pollaca"

Alexa Still, f; Robert Alemany, cl; JoAnn Falletta, g
The Viennese Guitar

Koch 3-7404-2H1

Fela Sowande: "African Suite"

I. "Joyful Day"

London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman
Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 7

Sony 19075862152 (10)

Paul Dukas: "Villanelle"

Hermann Baumann, hn; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
Hermann Baumann plays Glière, Saint-Saëns, Dukas, Chabrier

Philips 416380-2

Gordon Jacob: Five Pieces for Harmonica and Strings

Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Vaughan Williams, Moody, Jacob: Classical Music for Harmonica

Chandos CHAN-8617

Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes

"Fêtes"

Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra

DG 439896-2

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15

III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro scherzando"

Jonathan Biss, p; Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Omer Meir Wellber
Beethoven/5, Vol. 2

Orchid Classics ORC-100339

Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat minor, Op. 30

IV. Finale, "Allegro non troppo e risoluto"

Dudok Quartet
Tchaikovsky String Quartets Vol. 2

Rubicon RCD-1124

Franz Krommer: Wind Partita in B-Flat, Op 45/1

I. "Allegro vivace"

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Winds/Bastiaan Blomhert
Krommer: Three Partitas, Six Marches

Chandos CHAN-9905

Paul Bowles: "Pastorela" Ballet Music

Suite No. 1

Eos Ensemble/Jonathan Sheffer
Music of Paul Bowles

RCA 68409-2

Charles Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D minor

I. "Allegro con moto"

Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies

DG 4839506

Scott Joplin: "Ragtime Dance"

NE Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble/Gunther Schuller
Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book/Elite Syncopations

EMI 47193-2

Anton Rubinstein: Piano Trio No. 1 in F, Op. 15, No. 1

III. Moderato con moto

Romantic Trio
Rubinstein: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 3

Russian Disc RDCD-10041

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

German Chamber Phil Bremen/Tarmo Peltokoski
Mozart Symphonies

DG 4865745

Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 18

IV. Finale, Rondo, "Poco allegretto e grazioso"

Music@Menlo Ensemble
Yura Lee, viola,
Eric Kim, cello,
Music@Menlo Live: Through Brahms

Music@Menlo 2011 (7)

Francis Poulenc: Brass Sonata

Nash Ensemble
Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music

Hyperion CDA-67255/6 (2)

Dmitri Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto in C, Op 48

Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
Meeting in Moscow: Violin Concertos

DG 457064-2

Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b

IX. "September (The Hunt)"

Yunchan Lim, p
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

Decca 4871021

Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b

X. "October (Autumn Song)"

Yunchan Lim, p
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

Decca 4871021

Peter Cornelius: "The Barber of Baghdad"

Overture

Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
Great Comedy Overtures

Naxos 8.573418

Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet Suite in D

John Wallace, tr; English String Orch/William Boughton
Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

Nimbus NI-5189

Dan Locklair: "Arise in Beauty"

Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough; Martin Baker, o
Dan Locklair: Requiem & Other Choral Works

Convivium Records CR-070

Otto Klemperer: "Merry Waltz"

Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer
Klemperer Conducts German Opera Overtures

EMI CDM7-63917-2

George Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"

Orion Weiss, p; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Strike Up the Band: Overture, Promenade, Catfish Row

Naxos 8.559750

Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor

Janine Jansen, v; Itamar Golan, p
Beau Soir

Decca B0015249-02

Carl Reinecke: Flute Concerto in D, Op. 283

I. "Allegro molto moderato"

James Galway, f; London Phil Orch/Hiroyuki Iwaki
James Galway Plays Reinecke

RCA ATC1-4034

Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Paladins"

Menuet et rondeau I-II

Age of Enlightenment Orch/Gustav Leonhardt
Rameau: Les Paladins

Philips 432968-2

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor

Civitas Ensemble, Gipsy Way Ensemble
Alla Zingarese

Cedille CDR-90000179

Georges Boulanger: "Sérénade tzigane"

Civitas Ensemble, Gipsy Way Ensemble
Alla Zingarese

Cedille CDR-90000179

Giuseppe Torelli: Sinfonia in C

La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
The Italian Job

Avie AV-2371

Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest," Op. 109

Suite No. 2

Gothenburg Sym Orch/Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Sibelius Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7, The Tempest

Alpha 1130

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