Playlist for Thursday, February 12, 2026

Carl Heinrich Graun: "Cleopatre e Cesare"

Overture

Concerto Köln/René Jacobs

Harmonia Mundi HMC-901561.63 (3)

Alex North: "Cleopatra" Symphony

London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
Genius of Film Music 1960s-80s

LPO 0086

Jules Massenet: "Cléopâtre"

Act 3: Introduction

St. Etienne Orch/Patrick Fourniller
Cleopatre

Koch 3-1032-2 (2)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat, K. 449

András Schiff, p; Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica/Sándor Végh
Piano Concertos No.20 K.466 & No.27 K.59

London 417886-2

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

"Rondo"

András Schiff, p
Piano Sonatas (KV333 - KV545 - KV457, Fantasia KV475)

London 417149-2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 197, "Gott ist unsere Zuversicht"

Opening Chorus, "Gott ist unsere Zuversicht"

Netherlands Bach Collegium/Pieter Jan Leusink
Bach Edition: Complete Works

Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Viola da gamba Sonata No. 3 in g minor, BWV 1029

Kim Kashkashian, vi; Keith Jarrett, hc
BACH: 3 SONATEN FÜR VIOLA DA GAMBA UND CEMBALO

ECM 1501

George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 2 in D

Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

Harmonia Mundi HMC-902216

George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

"Bourrée"

St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks, Water Music

Argo 414596-2

Libby Larsen: Symphony #4, String Symphony (1998)

Scottish Chamber Orch/Joel Revzen

Koch 3-7481-2

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

"Les Tricotets"

Jorge Federico Osorio, p
Jorge Federico Osorio: The French Album

Cedille CDR-90000197

Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Three Psalms, Op 85

#3, "Aus tiefer Not"

Prague Phil Cho/Jaroslav Brych
Spohr: MESSE Op.54. TROIS PSALMS Op.85

Praga PRD-250117

Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: String Sextet in C, Op 140

New Haydn Quartet, Sandor Papp, vi; Tamas Varga, vc
SPOHR : String Quintets ( Complete ) Vol. 7

Naxos 8.555968

Leopold Kozeluch: Wind Sextet #3 in E-Flat

Consortium Classicum
Koželuch: Divertimenti for Bläser

Orfeo C-442981-A

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sextet in E-Flat for Two Horns & Strings, Op 81b

March

Melos Ensemble Members

EMI/Ang CDFB5-72643-2 (2)

Undine Smith MOORE: "Afro-American Suite"

Mallarmé Chamber Players
Songs for the Soul

Albany TROY-1190

Afro-American Trad: Trad, Afro-American:Spritual, "Wade in the Water"

Dashon Burton, br; Nathaniel Gumbs, p
Songs of Struggle & Redemption

Acis APL-08685

Viviani: Trumpet Sonata #1

Niklas Eklund, tr; Knut Johannessen, o
The Art of the Baroque Trumpet

Naxos 8.553593

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 39 in g

Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
Haydn Symphonies 21-39

MHS 5576550 (5)

Franz Joseph Haydn: Secular Canons, H XXVIIb:1-46

No. 25, "Der Freigeist"

Gyor Girls' Cho/Miklós Szabó
Haydn: Cannons

Hungaroton HCD-12890-2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543

Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
Music of the Baroque

Mintel Archive 15

Marco Kraus: "Three Short Pieces" (1973)

#1

Iglika Marinova; Marco Kraus, p
Piano Duo

Balkanton 040107

Antonin Dvorák: "From the Bohemian Forest," Op 68

#5, "Silent Woods"

Iglika Marinova; Marco Kraus, p
Piano Duo

Balkanton 040107

Antonin Dvorák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46

No. 4 in F

Czech Phil/Jiri Belohlávek
Slavonic Dances

Decca 478 9458

Antonin Dvorák: "Cypresses"

#7

Cypress String Quartet
Dvorak: Cypresses for String Quartet; String Quartet No. 13

Avie AV-2275

Antonin Dvorák: Cello Concerto in b minor, Op. 104

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

Sony 80459-C

Antonin Dvorák: "Presto" in e

Tomas Visek, p
Piano Music

Rosa RD-1318

Heinrich Baermann: Adagio in D-Flat

Emma Johnson, cl; English Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Groves
The Essential Emma Johnson

ASV CDDCS-238 (2)

Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Clarinet Concerto #3 in B-Flat, Op 11

Karl Leister, cl; Lahti Sym/Osmo Vänskä
Crusell: Clarinet Concertos

BIS CD-345

Leroy Anderson: "Clarinet Candy"

George Silfies, cl; St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson Favorites * Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra * Leonard Slatkin

RCA 68048-2

Edward MacDowell: "Woodland Sketches", Op 51

#1, "To a Wild Rose"

Charles Stier, cl; Molly Newton, p
Cameos

Elan CD-82246

Serge Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 9 in C, Op. 103

Barbara Nissman, p

Newport Classic NCD-60094

Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

"Promenade"

Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
Cinderella / Summer Night - Suite

DG 445830-2 (2)

Carlos Guastavino: Piano Sonatina in G minor

Mirian Conti, p
Panorama Argentino: Piano Music of Argentina, Vol. 2

Steinway & Sons 30023

Gabriel Pierné: Three Pieces for Orchestra (Concert Suite)

Bohemia Chamber Phil/Douglas Bostock
French Orchestral Miniatures, Vol. 2

Classico CD-168

Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 47

III. "Andante cantabile"

I Faust, v; A Tamestit, vi; JG Queyras, vc; A Melnikov, fp
Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano,
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet

Harmonia Mundi HMM-902695

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

IV. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"

Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet
Dance

Azica ACD-71328

Giovanni Cirri: Cello Concerto No. 2 in G, Op. 14, No. 2

Pulcinella/Ophélie Gaillard, vc
A Night in London

Aparté AP-274

Traditional Malian: "Ichichila"

Toumani Diabaté, kora; Balla Kouyaté, balafon; Silk Road Ensemble
Sing Me Home

Sony 88875181012

Marin Marais: Suite, "Le Labyrinthe"

Juan Quintana, viga; Attilio Cremonesi, hc; Dolores Costoyas, theorbo
Marin Marais: Suites pour viole de gambe et basse continue

Harmonia Mundi HMC-905248

Ludwig van Beethoven: Two-Oboe and English Horn Trio in C, Op. 87

IV. Presto

Marilyn Zupnik & Kathryn Greenbank, ob's; Elizabeth Starr, eh
Beethoven, Triebensee: Oboe Trios

ASV CDQS-6192

Camille Saint-Saëns: "Phaéton," Op. 39

Royal Phil Orch/Christian Badea
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, 'Organ' and Phaéton

Telarc CD-80274

Stephen Foster: "I'm Nothing But A Plain Old Soldier; We Are Coming, Father Abraham"

Leslie Guinn, br; Gilbert Kalish, p & melodeon
Songs by Stephen Foster

Nonesuch 79158-2

Stephen Foster: "Hard Times Come Again No More"

Oregon Guitar Quartet
Something Wondrous Fair

Cube Squared C2R-601

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Rondo in B-Flat, Wq 58/5

Marc-André Hamelin, p
CPE Bach: Sonatas & Rondos

Hyperion CDA-68381/2

Johan Halvorsen: "Norway's Greeting to Theodore Roosevelt," Op. 31

Latvian National Sym Orch/Terje Mikkelsen
Halvorsen: Fossegrimen; Greeting to Roosevelt

Simax PSC-1207

Ernst von Dohnányi: "American Rhapsody," Op. 47

BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert
Dohnányi: Symphony No. 1, American Rhapsody

Chandos CHAN-9647

Henri Vieuxtemps: "Souvenir d'Amérique (after Yankee Doodle)," Op. 17

Leila Josefowicz, v; John Novacek, p
Americana

Philips 462948-2

William Grant Still: Miniatures for Flute, Oboe & Piano

Sierra Winds; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

Cambria CD-1083

Robert Russell Bennett: "Symphonic Songs for Band"

Northwestern U Sym Wind Ensemble/John P Paynter
Winds of Change - New World

New World 80211-2

Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh"

Gopak; Sabre Dance; Ayesha's Dance; Dance of the Rose Maidens

Royal Phil Orch/Yuri Temirkanov
Khachaturian: Suites From The Ballets

EMI CDC7-47348-2

Hajime Komatsu: "Four Japanese Folk Songs" Suite No. 2

Apollo Chamber Players
Blurred Boundaries

Navona NV-6038

Marc Lavry: "Three Jewish Dances"

Duo Mantar
Music from the Promised Land

Naxos 8.573962

Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier
Debussy & Ravel: Orchestral Works

Chandos CHAN-8756

Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

No. 4, "Andante-Allegro molto e risoluto"

Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

DG 419431-2

Rinaldo Alessandrini: Overture in G after Bach

Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
More Bach, Please!

Naïve OP-8454

Peter Schickele: "Spring Forward"

I. "Reawakening"

David Shifrin, cl; Miró Quartet
Spring Forward: Music for Clarinet and String Quartet

Delos DE-3528

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 46 in B

Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 40-54 - The Esterházy Recordings

Nimbus NI-5530/4 (5)

John Williams: "Star Wars: A New Hope"

Throne Room; Finale

Saito Kinen Orch/John Williams
John Williams in Tokyo

DG 6515029

Aaron Copland: "Three Latin-American Sketches"

New Philharmonia Orch/Aaron Copland
Copland Conducts Copland

CBS MK-42429

Johann David Heinichen: Pastorale in A

Susanne Regel & Monika Nielen, ob's; Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
Concerti "per l'orchestra di Dresda"

Archiv 447644-2

Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Stewart Goodyear, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Andrew Constantine
Schumann, Goodyear, Mendelssohn

Orchid ORC-100365

Richard Strauss: Wind Suite in B-Flat, Op. 4

IV. Finale, "Introduction and Fugue"

Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Edo de Waart
Richard Strauss: Complete Tone Poems and Concertos

Decca 4786480

Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Cello Concerto in G minor, R. 531

René Schiffer & Susie Napper, vc's; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
Vivaldi & Friends

Avie AV-2211

Amy Beach: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150

Neave Trio
Her Voice: Piano Trios by Farrenc, Beach, and Clarke

Chandos CHAN-20139

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Marche slave," Op. 31

Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Capriccio italien, Marche slave

DG 400035-2

Giorgio Mainerio: "Il primo libro di balli"

Dances Nos. 6-10

London Early Music Consort/David Munrow
Monteverdi's Contemporaries

Virgin 61288-2

Leó Weiner: Hungarian Folk Dance Suite, Op. 18

IV. Finale, "Presto"

Philharmonia Orch/Neeme Järvi
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19; Weiner: Hungarian Folk Dance Suite

Chandos CHAN-9029

Frédéric Chopin: "Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante" in E-Flat, Op. 22

Lang Lang, p
The Chopin Album

Sony 48960-2

Francesco Maria Veracini: "Ouverture" (Suite) No. 1 in B-Flat

Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
Veracini: 5 Overtures

Archiv 439937-2

Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

Overture

Philharmonia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
Weber: Overtures

EMI CDM7-69572-2

Ernest Bloch: "Hebrew Suite"

Hyman Bress, v; Prague Sym Orch/Jindrich Rohan
Bloch: Schelomo, Concerto for Violin, Suite hébraique

Supraphon 110674-2

John Williams: "Lincoln"

"With Malice Toward None"

Yo-Yo Ma, vc; New York Phil/John Williams
A Gathering of Friends

Sony 19439983662

William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 in G, "Song of a New Race"

Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Still, Dawson, Ellington: Orchestral Works

Chandos CHAN-9226

Robert Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94

Rivka Golani, vi; Bernadene Blaha, p
Schumann: Fairies - Les Fées

Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1127

Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035

Gary Schocker, f; Jason Vieaux, g
Arioso

Azica ACD-71230

Traditional Catalan: "Song of the Birds"

Wenting Kang, vi; Sergei Kvitko, p
Mosaic

Blue Griffin BGR-609

Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56

London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
Brahms: Serenade No. 2, Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Hungarian Dances

Sony SK-47195

Arnold Bax: Three Pieces for Small Orchestra

English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
The Banks of Green Willow

EMI CDC7-47945-2

Anna Bon: Flute Sonata in G, Op. 1, No. 6

Sabine Dreier, f; Irene Hegen, hc
Anna Bon di Venezia: Flute Sonatas Op.1 / Sabine Dreier, Irene Hegen

CPO 999181-2

Traditional English: "Early One Morning"

St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
Bushes & Briars

MSR Classics MS-1606

Benjamin Britten: "Simple Symphony," Op. 4

Orpheus Chamber Orch
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Bizet: Symphony in C, Britten: Simple Symphony

DG 423624-2

Joseíto Fernández: "Guantanamera"

Sarah Willis, hn; Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón
Mozart y Mambo: La Bella Cubana

Alpha 937

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

II. "Largo"

Berlin Phil/Rafael Kubelík
Dvořák: The 9 Symphonies / Rafael Kubelik

DG 423120-2 (6)

Enrique Granados: "Goyescas" (piano suite)

No. 5, Ballad, "El amor y la muerte"

Javier Perianes, p
Granados: Goyescas, El Pelele

Harmonia Mundi HMM-902626

Antoine Brumel: "Tous les regretz"

Gesualdo Six/Owain Park
Josquin's Legacy

Hyperion CDA-68379

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