Playlist for Saturday, February 21, 2026

Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in E-flat, Op. 18, "Grande valse brillante"

Ruth Laredo, p
My First Recital

Ess.a.y CD-1006

Johann Strauss II: Waltz, “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”, Op. 314

Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
New Year's Concert 2013

Sony 44071-2 (2)

Josef Lanner: "Die Neapolitaner" Waltzes, Op 107

Ensemble Wien
Dance Music From Old Vienna

Sony SK-57974

Antonio VALENTE: "Tenore grande alla napolitana"

Doulce Mémoire/Denis Raisin-Dadre
Viva Napoli

Naive E-8648

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin

DG 479 7337 (3)

Gasparo Zanetti: "Saltarello"

Doulce Mémoire/Denis Raisin-Dadre
Viva Napoli

Naive E-8648

Regondi: Etude #10 in A

David Starobin, g
David Starobin: Favorite Tracks, Vol. 1

Bridge 9272

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 84 in E-Flat

Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati

London 4781221 (33)

George Enescu: Orchestra Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 20

IV. "Menuet grave"

Monte Carlo Phil/Lawrence Foster
Suites Pour Orchestre / Orchestral Suites / Orchestersuiten

Erato ECD-75118

George Enescu: "Symphonie Concertante," Op. 8

Bion Tsang, vc; Royal Scottish National Orch/Scott Yoo
Bion Tsang

Sony 80459-C

Alfredo Piatti: 12 Caprices, Op 25

#1

Carmine Miranda, vc
12 Caprices

Navona Records NV-5972

Franz Schubert: Song, "Der Wanderer," D 493

Bryn Terfel, br; Malcolm Martineau, p
An Die Musik (Favorite Schubert Songs)

DG 445294-2

Franz Schubert: "Wanderer" Fantasy in C, D 760

Leslie Howard, p; Budapest Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Liszt Complete Piano Works

Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

Franz Schubert: "Ellens Gesang" III: "Ave Maria," D 839

Leslie Howard, p
The Complete Liszt Piano Music

Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

Franz Schubert: Song, "Das Rosenband," D 280

Karim Sulayman, t; Yi-Heng Yang, p
Where Only Stars Can Hear Us

Avie AV-2400

John Knowles Paine: Violin Sonata, Op 24

Rafael Druian, v; Benjamin Pasternak, p
Schuller/Paine

GM Recordings GM-2021-CD

Edward MacDowell: "Woodland Sketches", Op 51

#1, "To a Wild Rose"

Dallas Wind Sym/Frederick Fennell
Fennell Favorites!

Reference Recordings RR-43-CD

Edmond Dédé: Chicago

Mary Scott Spry, p
Dede: Mon Pauvre Coeur- Francoise Et Tirtillard- Mefisto Masque

Naxos 8.559038

Robert Kurka: "Music for Orchestra," Op 11

Grant Park Orch/Carlos Kalmar
Robert Kurka: Symphonic Works

Cedille CDR-90000077

Virgil Thomson: Portraits for Piano

Connecticut Waltz: Harold Lewis Cook

Logan Skelton, p
Virgil Thomson

Centaur CRC-2180

Ignaz Moscheles: Piano Concerto #5 in C, Op 87

Ian Hobson, p; Sinfonia da Camera

Zephyr Z-119-01

Felix Mendelssohn: Study in f

Martin Jones, p

Nimbus NI-5071

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

Duet, "Per queste tue manine" (K 540b)

Patrice Michaels Bedi, s; Peter Van De Graaff, b-br; Classical Arts Orch/St
Divas of Mozart's Day

Cedille CDR-90000064

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin and Viola Duo No. 2 in B-Flat, K. 424

Vera Beths, v; Jürgen Kussmaul, vi
Mozart: Grande Sestetto Concertante After K.364, Duos K.423 & 424

Sony SK-46631

Michael Haydn: Symphony in B-Flat, P 28

Oradea Phil Orch/Ervin Acél
Haydn: Symphonies

Olympia OCD-404

English ANON 16th c: A Merry Mood

Robin Hill, g, Peter Wiltschinsky, g

ASV CDWHL-2094

Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh"

Four Dances

Hollywood Bowl Sym Orch/Alfred Newman
Sabre Dance

EMI/Ang CDM5-65922-2

Anton Arensky: 24 Pieces, Op 36

#6, "Duo"

Anatoly Sheludiakov, p
Arensky: Twenty Four Pieces

Angelok 1 Records ANG-CD-8803

Ilan Rechtman: "Gypsy Nocturne"

Lara St John, v; Ilan Rechtman, p

Well-Tempered Productions WTP-5185

Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 2 in c-sharp minor

Vancouver Sym Orch/Sergiu Comissiona
Rhapsodies

Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5166

Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen," Op 20

Sarah Chang, v; Berlin Phil/Plácido Domingo
Fire & Ice

EMI/Ang CDC5-57220-2

Edward German: "Gipsy Suite"

Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
GERMAN : British Light Music

Marco Polo 8.223419

Antonin Dvorák: "Ciganske Melodie (Gypsy Melodies)," Op 55

"Soaring Ever Upward"

Jon Vickers, t; Richard Woitach, p

VAI VAIA-1032

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #9 in E, Op 14/1

John Lill, p
Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4

ASV CDQS-6058

Alec Wilder: Wind Quintet #1

"Up Tempo"

New York Wind Quintet

Boston Skyline BSD-139

Charles Marie Widor: Organ Symphony #5 in F, Op 42/1

Finale, "Toccata"

Chicago Brass Quintet, Paul Van der Weele, o
Music for Brass and Organ

Centaur CRC-2221

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cello Concerto

Matt Haimovitz, vc; Orch de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling

Transart TR-121

Nicolo FONTEI: Song, Auree stelle

Berganza, ms, Dickinson, viga, Dahler, hc
Music From Venice

Claves 3111-5

Alexander Borodin: "In the Steppes of Central Asia"

Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel

Zig Zag ZZ-1050502

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: "Caucasian Sketches," Suite #2, Op 42, "Iveria"

Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra/Loris Tjeknavorian
Ippolitov-Ivanov: Orchestral Music

ASV CDDCA-1102

Modest Mussorgsky: "Sorotchinsky Fair"

"Gopak"

USSR State Academic Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
N/A

Turnabout TV-34790

Jon Batiste: "Für Elise - Reverie" (after Beethoven)

Jon Batiste, p
Beethoven Blues

Verve 7529002

Gustav Mahler: "Blumine"

San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Masterpieces in Miniature

SFS Media SFS-0060

Jóhann Jóhannsson: "The Theory of Everything"

Suite

La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
Pulsations

Analekta AN2-8748

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Petite Suite de Concert," Op. 77

RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper
Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite

Naxos 8.555191

Traditional: "Ladies, Step Up to Tea"

Daniel Hope, v; Lúnasa
Irish Roots

DG 4865806

Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38

#1 in C

Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two

RCA 62644-2

Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38

#3 in G

Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two

RCA 62644-2

Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38

#8 in f-sharp

Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two

RCA 62644-2

Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38

#10 in c-sharp

Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two

RCA 62644-2

Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38

#17 in A-Flat

Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two

RCA 62644-2

Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38

#22 in g

Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two

RCA 62644-2

Dmitri Kabalevsky: Preludes, Op. 38

#24 in d

Vladimir Horowitz, p
Horowitz - The Private Collection, Vol. Two

RCA 62644-2

Kevin Puts: "Emily — No Prisoner Be"

No. 26, "No Prisoner Be"

Joyce DiDonato, ms; Time for Three
Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be

Platoon [Emily]

Leoš Janáček: "Glagolitic Mass"

VII. Organ solo (Postlude)

Jane Parker-Smith, o

EMI CDC7-47504-2

Leoš Janáček: "Glagolitic Mass"

VIII. Finale, "Intrada"

City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle

EMI CDC7-47504-2

Maurice Ravel: "Don Quichotte à Dulcinée"

José van Dam, b; Dalton Baldwin, p
Ravel: Mélodies

EMI 72435-69299-2

Maurice Ravel: "Boléro"

Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Boléro

Telarc CD-80703

Charles Ives: Symphony No. 4

III. Fugue

San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Charles Ives - An American Journey

RCA 63703-2

Hermann Bellstedt: "Napoli, Variations on a Neapolitan Song"

Doc Severinsen, tr; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Trumpet Spectacular

Telarc CD-80223

Soundtrack

Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music

LPO 0086

William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"

No. 3, "Muted Laughter"

Seta Karakashian, p
Seta Karakashian - Rarely Performed Piano Works (2)

Romeo Records 7298

William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"

No. 1, "Cloud Cradles"

Seta Karakashian, p
Seta Karakashian - Rarely Performed Piano Works (2)

Romeo Records 7298

William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"

No. 5, "Woven Silver"

Seta Karakashian, p
Seta Karakashian - Rarely Performed Piano Works (2)

Romeo Records 7298

Duke Ellington: "Anatomy of a Murder"

Main Title; "Anatomy of a Murder"

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Anatomy of a Murder [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Columbia 75025

Duke Ellington: "Anatomy of a Murder"

"Sunswept Sunday"

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Anatomy of a Murder [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Columbia 75025

Duke Ellington: "Anatomy of a Murder"

"Flirtibird"

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Anatomy of a Murder [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Columbia 75025

Terence Blanchard: "BlacKkKlansman"

Main Theme

Charles Altura, elec g; Orch/Terence Blanchard
BlacKkKlansman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Back Lot Music BLM-0779

Terence Blanchard: "BlacKkKlansman"

"No Cross Burning Tonight"

Orch/Terence Blanchard
BlacKkKlansman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Back Lot Music BLM-0779

Kathryn Bostic: "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am"

Main Theme

Kathryn Bostic, prod
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Lakeshore Records (Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am)

Kathryn Bostic: "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am"

"Editor Versus Writer"

Kathryn Bostic, prod
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Lakeshore Records (Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am)

Jason Moran: "Selma"

Final Speech

Paramount Pictures Orch/Jason Moran, p
Selma (Music from the Motion Picture)

Paramount Pictures (Selma)

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