Playlist for Friday, April 3, 2026

Arthur Bird: "Valse Menuett and Gavotte"

Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
American Romantics

New Focus Recordings FCR-166-B

Horatio Parker: Suite for Piano Trio, Op 35

Rawlins Trio
Three American Piano Trios

Albany TROY-107

Francis Johnson: "Bingham's Cotillion"

Tami Lee Hughues, v; Ellen Bottorff, p
Legacy

Albany TROY-1293

Johann Halvorsen: Symphony #2 in d, "Fatum"

Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi
Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol 2 -- Thorsen / Bergen PO / Järvi

Chandos CHAN-10614

Edvard Grieg: "Heart's Melodies," Op. 5

No. 3, "Jeg elsker dig (I love thee)"

Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p
Songs - Lieder

DG 437521-2

Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Sonata in A, "Easter"

III. "Scherzo"

Isata Kanneh-Mason
Fanny Mendelssohn

Decca 4870256

Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 in d, Op 40

Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym/Lawrence Foster
Piano Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor

Hyperion CDA-66969

Emmanuel Chabrier: "Feuillet d'album"

Stephen Hough, p
Stephen Hough in Recital

Hyperion CDA-67686

Felix Borowski: "Suite Rococo"

Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
American Romantics, Volume II

New Focus Recordings FCR-166-B

Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; USSR State Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Rostropovich - The Russian Years

EMI CDZM5-72016-2 (13)

Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)

No. 3, "Alla czeca"

Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Manfred Honeck
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5; Schulhoff: Five Pieces

Reference FR-752

Giuseppe Verdi: "Macbeth"

Chorus of Scottish refugees, "Patria oppressa"

Chicago Sym Cho, Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Verdi: Choruses * CSO * Solti

London 430226-2

Ernest Bloch: "Macbeth"

Two Interludes

Royal Phil/Dalia Atlas
Bloch: Symphony in E flat & other works

ASV CDDCA-1019

Arthur Sullivan: "Macbeth" Incidental Music

RTE Chamber Cho, Concert Orch/Andrew Penny
SULLIVAN : Incidental Music

Marco Polo 8.223635

Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Mikado"

"For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum"

Soloists; Orch/Carl Davis
Topsy- Turvy

Sony SK-61834

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042

Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell, v
Joshua Bell- Bach

Sony 08779-2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale, "Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht," BWV 265

Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
Bach Edition: Complete Works

Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

Antonin Reicha: 24 Horn Trios, Op 82

#3

German Natural Horn Soloists
Anton Reicha

MD+ G Productions 6050864-2

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36

Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
Beethoven * 9 Symphonien * Berliner Philharmoniker * Claudio Abbado

DG 469000-2 (5)

Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op 65

#9, "Nagen am Herzen fühl ich"

Christine Goerke, s; Norman Mackenzie, Wustman, p
Christine Goerke,
Brahms - Liebeslieder Waltzes

Telarc CD-80326

Fritz Kreisler: "Liebesleid"

Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p
Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski

EMI/Ang CDC5-57916-2

Fritz Kreisler: "Liebesfreud"

Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p
Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski

EMI/Ang CDC5-57916-2

Franz Lehár: "Zigeunerliebe Walzer"

Vienna Johann Strauss Orch/Willi Boskovsky
Lehar: Waltzes

EMI CDC7-47020-2

Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron)

Entr'acte

Philharmonia Orch/Otto Ackermann
J. Strauss: Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron)

EMI/Ang CHS7-69526-2 (2)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

Aria, "Non più andrai"

Bryn Terfel, br; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

Philips 422523-2 (8)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 15 in C, K. 545

Alicia de Larrocha, p
Mozart Piano Sonatas K. 281, 282, 284, 545

RCA 60709-2-RC

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Clavier Sonata in E-Flat, Wq 63/5

Armin Thalheim, clavichord

Capriccio 10107

John Cage: Sonata #5 for Prepared Piano

Joshua Pierce, p

Wergo WER-60156

William Walton: Cello Concerto

Janos Starker, vc; Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin
Elgar, Walton: Cello Concertos; Delius

RCA 61695-2

John Ireland: Song, "I have twelve oxen"

Lisa Milne, s; Graham Johnson, p
The Songs of John Ireland

Hyperion CDA-67261/2 (2)

Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Nouvelles suite de pièces de clavecin" (1728)

Suite in G: #4, "La poule"

William Christie, hc
Rameau: Pieces De Clavecin

Harmonia Mundi HMC-901121

Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Zoroastre"

Overture

Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
Rameau: Ouvertures * Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset

L'Oiseau Lyre 4759107

Jean-Pierre Duport: Twenty-One Exercises for Two Cellos

#9 in D

Anner Bylsma & Kenneth Slowik, vc's
The Cello and the King of Prussia

Sony SK-63360

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Nine Variations in D on a Minuet by Duport, K. 573

Alfred Brendel, p
The Art of Alfred Brendel

Philips 426272-2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat, K. 113

III. "Menuetto"

Salzburg Camerata Academica des Mozarteums/Sàndor Végh
Masters Of Classical Music, Vol. 1: Mozart

Laserlight 15861

Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet in E, Op.11 no.5, G 275

"Minuet"

Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier
BACH, J.S. / PALESTRINA, G. / BYRD, W. / CLARKE, J. / BOCCERINI, L. / HAYDN, J. / MATTHESON, J.: Stokowski Transcriptions, Vol. 2

Naxos 8.572050

Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet no.4 in D, "Fandango," Op.50 (G 448)

Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica String Quartet
Souvenirs of Spain and Italy

Cedille CDR-90000190

Joaquin Rodrigo: "Cinco piezas Infantiles" (1924)

#1, "Son chicos che pasan"

Asturias Sym/Maximiano Valdes
RODRIGO: Soleriana / Zarabanda lejana y Villancico

Naxos 8.555844

Rinaldo Alessandrini: Overture in G after Bach

Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
More Bach, Please!

Naïve OP-8454

Giovanni Sollima: "Il concerto perduto" (after Vivaldi R 787)

Giovanni Sollima, vc; Il Pomo d'Oro
Al-Bunduqiyya - The Lost Concerto

Erato 5419791752

Antonín Dvořák: "Stabat Mater," Op 58

III. "Eja mater, fons amoris"

Prague Philharmonic Cho, Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58

Decca 4831510 (2)

Franz Joseph Haydn: "The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross"

Introduction; Chorale – Sonata I

Attacca Quartet
Haydn: Seven Last Words

Azica ACD-71299

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 97 in C

IV. Finale, "Presto assai"

Cleveland Orch/George Szell
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 97, 98, 99

Sony MHK-62979

Leó Weiner: Divertimento No. 1 on Old Hungarian Dances, Op. 20

Budapest Strings/Károly Botvay
Hungarian Orchestral Music

Capriccio 10528

Ernest Bloch: "From Jewish Life"

Natalie Clein, vc; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ilan Volkov
Bloch: Schelomo & Voice in the Wilderness; Bruch: Kol Nidrei

Hyperion CDA-67910

Richard Wagner: "Parsifal"

Good Friday Spell

Philadelphia Orch/Christian Thielemann
Thielemann - Wagner

DG 453485-2

Claude Debussy: "Danses sacrée et profane"

Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Oberlin 21/Bridget-Michaele Reischl
Air Music for harp, flute, and strings

Telarc CD-80694

Claude Debussy: "Children's Corner" Suite

I. "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum"

Jean Rondeau, hc
Gradus ad Parnassum

Erato 5054197416231

Nino Rota: Bassoon Concerto

I. Toccata

Christopher Millard, bn; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi
Concerti Italiani

Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5185

Maurice Ravel: "La valse"

Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé, Pavane pour une infante défunte, La Valse, Ma mère l'oye, Boléro

Telarc CD-80601

Traditional Jewish: Introduction and Two Klezmer Dances

Leo Chelyapov, cl; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
L.A.G.Q.

Sony 60274

Heinrich von Biber: Mystery Sonatas ("Rosary")

Sonata X, "The Crucifixion"

Alan Choo, v; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Mystery Sonatas

Avie AV-2656

Giuseppe Tartini: "Stabat Mater"

Benedictine Nuns of Mary, Queen of Apostles
Lent at Ephesus

Decca B0019859-02

Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11

II. "Andante cantabile"

Steven Isserlis, vc; Chamber Orch of Europe/John Eliot Gardiner
Rococo Variations

Virgin 91134-2

Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

Suite

Ksenija Sidorova, acc; Nuevo Mondo
Ksenija Sidorova: Carmen

DG 4795224

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