Playlist for Friday, February 7, 2025

Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Gadfly," Op. 97

"Youth (Romance)"

Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Leonid Grin

Capriccio 10298

Franz Liszt: "Les préludes," Symphonic Poem No. 3

New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein Favorites - Orchestral Showpieces

Sony SFK-46706

Alexander Scriabin: Four Preludes, Op 31

#4 in A-Flat

Piers Lane, p

Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

David Popper: "Dance of the Elves"

Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Alexander Dedyukhin, p
Rostropovich - The Russian Years

EMI CDZM5-72016-2 (13)

Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in d, Op. 40

Sol Gabetta, vc; Mihaela Ursuleasa, p
Sol Gabetta * Dmitri Shostakovich

RCA 88697359612

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

March

London Phil/Walter Weller
Pomp & Circumstance: Magnificent Marches

London 411954-2

Emmanuel Chabrier: "Le roi malgré lui" (1887)

"Danse slave"

Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet
Chabrier: Ansermet

London 433720-2

Emmanuel Chabrier: "Gwendoline"

Overture

Vienna Phil/Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Chabrier: Espana, Suite Pastorale, Habanera, Marche Francaise, Fete Polonaise

DG 447751-2

Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 1 in e, Op. 23

Luxembourg European Soloists/Christoph König
Farrenc

Naxos 8.574094

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Song, "Oiseaux, si tous les ans," K. 307

Marie Perbost, s; Louis-Noel Bestion de Camboulas, hc
Mozart Lieder

Harmonia Mundi HMM-9902396.97 (2)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 375

Charles Neidich, cl; Mozzafiato
Mozart, Pleyel: Serenades For Wind Instruments

Sony SK-64306

Hugo Wolf: Song, "Frühling übers Jahr"

Mitsuko Shirai, s; Hartmut Höll, p
Wolf Lieder

Capriccio 10335

Kondonassis: "Liquid Shadows"

Yolanda Kondonassis, h
Pictures Of The Floating World

Telarc CD-80488

Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Violin Concerto in a, R 523

Riccardo Minasi & Dmitry Sinkovsky, v's; Il Pomo d'Oro
Vivaldi: Concerti per due violini e archi I

Naive OP-30550

Luciano Berio: Duetti for two violins, Vol I (1979-83)

#34, "Lele"

Accademia Bizantina

Denon CO-75448

Joachim Raff: Symphony #3 in F, Op. 153, "In the Forest"

Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Urs Schneider
RAFF : Symphonies Nos. 3 and 10

Marco Polo 8.223321

Franz Liszt: Six Grand Etudes after Paganini (1838)

No. 4, "Arpeggio"

Daniil Trifonov, p
Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt

DG 479 5529 (2)

Karl Davidov: "Ballade," Op 25

David Geringas, vc; Lithuanian Chamber Orch
Cello Recital: Vytautas Sondeckis

Naxos 8.554381

Alexander Glazunov: Saxophone Quartet in E-Flat, Op 109

Paris Saxophone Quartet

Adda 581018

George Gershwin: Three Piano Preludes

#3: Allegro ben ritmato e deciso

Modern Mandolin Quartet
Americana:Modern Mandolin Quartet

Sono Luminus DSL-92157

Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: The Nutcracker Suite / PRAETORIUS, M.: Terpsichore / WARLOCK, P.: Capriol Suite (arr. for guitar quartet) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

Delos DE-3132

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 1, No. 6

Kodaly String Quartet
HAYDN, J.: String Quartets Nos. 5-8, Op. 1, Nos. 0 and 6, and Op. 2, Nos. 1 and 2 (Kodaly Quartet)

Naxos 8.550399

Geirr Tveitt: Suite #1, "A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger," Op 151

"Stave Church Song"

Royal Scottish National Orch/Bjarte Engeset
A Hundred Hardanger Tunes - Suites Nos. 1 And 4

Naxos 8.555078

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Scherzo in d

Cincinnati Sym/Paavo Järvi
Rachmaninoff * Symphony No 2

Telarc CD-80670

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42

Alexander Melnikov, p
Rachmaninov * Etudes-Tableaux * Alexander Melnikov

Harmonia Mundi HMC-901978

Anton Rubinstein: Three Pieces, Op 11/3

Michal Kanka, vc; Jaromir Klepac, p

Praga PRD-350015 (4)

Johann Caspar Fischer: "Polymnia"

"Allemande"

Luc Beauséjour, hc
JOHANN CASPAR FERDINAND FISCHER - Musical Parnassus: Suites 7-9; Musicalisches Blumen-Büschlein: Suites Nos. 2 & 8

Naxos 8.554446

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin and Oboe Concerto in d, BWV 1060

Carmel Kaine, v; Tess Miller, ob; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
N/A

Lon 443847-2 (2)

Johann Caspar Fischer: "Polymnia"

"Combattement"

Luc Beauséjour, hc
JOHANN CASPAR FERDINAND FISCHER - Musical Parnassus: Suites 7-9; Musicalisches Blumen-Büschlein: Suites Nos. 2 & 8

Naxos 8.554446

Richard Wagner: "Der fliegende Holländer"

Sailors' chorus, "Steuermann, lass die Wacht"

Leipzig Radio Cho & Dresden Staatskapelle/Silvio Varviso
German Opera Choruses

Philips 422410-2

Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

Hunting Chorus, "Was gleicht wohl auf Erden"

Leipzig Radio Cho, Dresden Staatskapelle/Silvio Varviso
German Opera Choruses

Philips 422410-2

Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber (1943)

Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Hindemith

EMI/Ang CDC7-47615-2

Carl Maria von Weber: Songs, Op 66

#1, "Das Veilchen im Thale"

Martyn Hill, t; Christopher Hogwood, forte-p

L'Oiseau Lyre DSLO-523

Carl Nielsen: String Quartet #1 in g, Op 13

Kontra String Quartet
The Four String Quartets / String Quintet ✽ At The Bier Of A Young Artist

BIS CD-503/504 (2)

Jean Ghiselin: "Ghy syt die wertste"

Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense
At the Sign of the Crumhorn

Naxos 8.554425

Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in D for violin, horn, cello, bassoon & strings

Roland Straumer, v; Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler, hunting hn
Violinkonzerte des Barock

Berlin Classics 0090562-BC

Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38

Louis Lortie, p
Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 2

Chandos CHAN-10714

Claude Debussy: "Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)"

Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Ravel: Orchestra Music Vol. 3

Naxos 8.573124

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 76, No. 4, "Sunrise"

I. Allegro con spirito

Takács Quartet
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, 4-6

Decca 425467-2

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, "Gradus ad Parnassum"

IV. Finale, "Allegro vivace"

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

Chandos CHAN-20242

Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

IV. Finale, "Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace"

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

Reference FR-752

Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise brillante" No. 1 in D, Op. 4

Leila Josefowicz, v; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Bohemian Rhapsodies - Leila Josefowicz

Philips 454440-2

Enrique Granados: "Danzas españolas," Op. 37 (Op. 5)

"Minueto, Oriental, Andaluza, Jota"

Jorge Federico Osorio, p
Piano Español

Cedille CDR-90000075

Franz Joseph Haydn: Wind Divertimento in B-Flat, H II:46

II. "Andante - Chorale St Antoni"

Ensemble Wien-Berlin
Haydn - Danzi - Bozza - Ibert - Villa-Lobos

CBS MK-39558

George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E

IV. Finale, Air & Variations, "The Harmonious Blacksmith"

Igor Kipnis, hc
Harpsichord Greatest Hits

CBS MLK-45524

Ferde Grofé: "Mississippi Suite"

Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
American Visions

RCA 68786-2

Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Creatures of Prometheus," Op. 43

Finale, "Allegretto"

Orpheus Chamber Orch
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus

DG 419608-2

Helen Crane: Six Idylls, Op. 51

No. 3, "Allegro moderato dolce e espressivo"

Juliana Soltis, vc; Ruoting Li, p
American Woman

Navona NV-6659

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 9

Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 / Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

RCA 7908-2-RC

Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet" Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis

VI. "Romeo and Juliet" (Balcony Scene)

Antwerp Sym Orch/Elim Chan
All These Lighted Things

Alpha 1038

Johann Stamitz: Symphony in G

Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
Music by Johann & Carl Stamitz

Centaur CRC-2860

Alexandre Desplat: "Girl with the Pearl Earring"

Emmanuel Pahud, f; French National Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Airlines

Warner 0190295306878

Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 119

No. 4, Rhapsody in E-Flat

Hélène Grimaud, p
Brahms: Piano Pieces Op. 116-119

Erato 14350-2

Lukas Foss: Three American Pieces

Nikki Chooi, v; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
American Classics - Lukas Foss

Naxos 8.559938

Jens Kruger: "Roan Mountain Suite"

II. "Gather Round - Prelude"

Kruger Brothers; Kontras Quartet
Roan Mountain Suite

Double Time Music DTM-027

Adolphus Hailstork: "Fanfare on Amazing Grace"

Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta
Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call

Naxos 8.559722

Antonio Salieri: Variations on "La Folia di Spagna"

London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
Salieri: Symphonies & Overtures

Chandos CHAN-9877

Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

Suite No. 2, Op. 55

Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2, Lyric Suite, Piano Concerto

Chandos CHAN-8723

Giovanni Gabrieli: "Sonata pian e forte"

Chicago Sym Orch Brass/Mark Ridenour
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live

CSO Resound 9011101

Franz von Suppé: "Viennese Jubilee" Overture

St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
Suppe: Overtures

EMI CDC7-54056-2

Alessandro Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor (C minor)

Heinz Holliger, ob; Camerata Bern/Erich Höbarth
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concertos and Sinfonias for Oboe

ECM 2229

Franz Schubert: Impromptu in E-Flat, D 946, No. 2

Grigory Sokolov, p
Grigory Sokolov plays Schubert & Beethoven

DG 4795426 (2)

Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25

IV. Finale, "Rondo alla zingarese"

Houston Sym/Christoph Eschenbach
Bach, Brahms - Schoenberg Orchestrations

RCA 68658-2

Florence Price: String Quartet in G (unfinished)

I. "Allegro"

Pacifica Quartet
American Voices

Cedille CDR-90000228

Lita Grier: Flute Concertino, "Renascence"

Mary Stolper, f; Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman
American Flute Concertos

Cedille CDR-90000046

Ottorino Respighi: "The Pines of Rome"

Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Feste Romane

EMI CDC7-47316-2

Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 7, No. 3

Alison Balsom, tr; Scottish Ensemble
Italian Concertos

EMI 56094-2

Camille Saint-Saëns: "Danse macabre," Op. 40

Emmanuel Despax, p
Après un rêve

Signum SIGCD-747

Adolphe Adam: "Si j'étais Roi"

Overture

Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk
Overtures to Comic Opera

Ars Vivendi 2100136

Fernando Sor: Variations on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute," Op 9

Christopher Parkening, g
Christopher Parkening Celebrates Segovia

EMI CDC5-56730-2

Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

Concerto for string quartet and orchestra

Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
Delights & Dances

Cedille CDR-90000141

Edward Elgar: "Sospiri," Op 70

Tomoko Kato, v; Akira Eguchi, p
Tomoko Kato Plays Elgar

Denon CO-18078

Edward Elgar: "Lux Aeterna" (after "Nimrod," Op. 36, No. 9)

Voces8
Lux

Decca B0022601-02

Charlotte Sohy: "Histoire sentimentale," Op. 34

Avignon-Provence National Orch/Debora Waldman
Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

Antonín Dvořák: "Carnival" Overture, Op. 92

Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Libor Pešek
Dvorák: Symphony No. 3, Scherzo Capriccioso, Carnival Overture

Virgin 90797-2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830

I. Toccata

Francesco Tristano, p
Bach: The 6 Partitas

Naïve V-8619

George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6

Christoph Lehmann, o; La Stravaganza Cologne/Andrew Manze
Musick for the Royal Fireworks and Other Orchestral Masterpieces

Denon CO-79943

Ernest Chausson: "Concert" in D, Op. 21, for violin, piano and string quartet

IV. Finale

Daniel Hope, v; Lise de la Salle, p; Zürich Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Hope: Belle Epoque

DG 4837244

Edvard Grieg: "Sigurd Jorsalfar," Op. 22

Suite, Op. 56

Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
A Nordic Festival

Sony SK-46668

Evaristo Dall'Abaco: "Concerto da chiesa" in A minor, Op. 2, No. 4

Concerto Koln
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco: Concerti / Concerto Köln

Teldec 22166-2

Gerald Finzi: "Eclogue," Op. 10

Martin Jones, p; English String Orch/William Boughton
Finzi, Bridge, Parry: An English Suite

Nimbus NI-5366

Claude Debussy: "Pour le piano"

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
Debussy: Preludes (Livres I Et II): The Complete Works For Solo Piano Vol. I / Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Decca 452022-2 (2)

Modest Mussorgsky: "Night on Bald Mountain"

Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain and Other Russian Showpieces

RCA 61958-2

Antonio Casimir Cartellieri: Symphony No. 2

Evergreen Sym Orch/Gernot Schmalfuss
Cartellieri: Complete Symphonies Nos. 1-4

CPO 777667-2

Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Vespers (All-Night Vigil)," Op. 37

"Blessed Art Thou, O Lord"

Clarion Choir/Steven Fox
Rachmaninoff Vespers

Pentatone PTC-5187019

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

Albrecht Mayer, ob; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado
In Search of Mozart - Albrecht Mayer / Claudio Abbado

DG 476235-2

Aleksander Zarzycki: "Grande Polonaise" in E-Flat, Op. 7

Jonathan Plowright, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Łukasz Borowicz
The Romantic Piano Concerto 59 * Zelenski-Zarzycki

Hyperion CDA-67958

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Serenade for Strings in E-Flat

Berlin Chamber Orch/Heinz Rögner
Wolf-Ferrari: Intermezzi und Ouvertüren; Streichserenade

Berlin Classics 0091772-BC

Joseph Achron: "Children's Suite," Op. 57

No. 11, "Sleep, My Puppy"

Itamar Zorman, v; Kwan Yi, p
Violin Odyssey

First Hand Records FHR-119

Antonín Dvořák: Romance in F minor, Op. 11

Sarah Chang, v; Berlin Philharmonic
Fire & Ice

EMI CDC5-57220-2

Franz Liszt: "Fantasy on Themes from Weber's Der Freischütz"

Leslie Howard, p
Liszt at the Opera, Vol. 6

Hyperion CDA-67406/7 (2)

Georges Delerue: "Jules et Jim"

Suite

Studio Orch/Georges Delerue
Jules et Jim/Les Deux Anglaises; Georges Delerue; François Truffaut

Universal UCCM-4094

Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat

Allegri String Quartet
Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

Cala CACD-1019

Ernest Chausson: "Poème," Op. 25

Rachel Kolly d'Alba, v; Pays de la Loire National Orch/John Axelrod
French Impressions

Warner Classics 67181-4

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in A-Flat, Op. 32, No. 2

Earl Wild, p
Chopin: Nocturnes Nos. 1-21

Brilliant Classics 94930

Celil Refik Kaya: Guitar Sonata No. 1 in D

I. "Allegro moderato"

Bokyung Byun, g
Guitar Recital: Bokyung Byun

Naxos 8.574433

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21

Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

DG 427301-2

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3, "The Bird"

Angeles String Quartet
Haydn: Complete String Quartets

Philips 464650-2 (21)

Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Summer," RV. 315

Alexandra Conunova, v; chamber ensemble
Alexandra Conunova * Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

Aparté AP-242

Gioachino Rossini: "L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)"

Overture

Guitarra a Seis
Works for Guitar Sextet

Naxos 8.551475

Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 11

Martin Owen, hn; BBC Phil/John Wilson
Martin Owen Plays Strauss, Schumann, Weber

Chandos CHAN-20168

Hans Zimmer: "The Lion King"

"We Are All Connected"

Studio Cho & Orch/Nick Glennie-Smith
The Lion King (The Legacy Collection)

Walt Disney Records D-002036192

Eugenio Toussaint: "Concierto para piano improvisa"

2nd movement

Alex Brown, p; Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra
Mi Alma Mexicana

Sony 88697755552

Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058

Hanover Band/Andrew Arthur, hc
J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos

Signum SIGCD-710

Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on Bach's "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3

Gabriela Montero, p
Bach and Beyond

EMI 64647

Joaquín Rodrigo: "Fantasía para un gentilhombre"

Miloš, g; London Phil Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Aranjuez

DG 4810652

Johannes Brahms: "Ophelia-Lieder", WoO 22

Christine Schäfer, s; Graham Johnson, p
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2

Hyperion CDJ-33122

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Hamlet," Op. 67

Overture-Fantasia

Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
Tchaikovsky & Shakespeare

DG B0015296-02

William Byrd: "The Earl of Oxford's March"

The Flautadors Recorder Quartet
Cynthia's Revels

First Hand Records FHR-36

John Dowland: Fantasia

Konrad Ragossnig, l
The History of Classical Music in 24 Hours

DG 4794648

John Dowland: "The Earl of Essex Galliard"

The Queen's Chamber Band
The Viva Italia!

4Tay CD-4011

Kara Karayev: "Seven Beauties"

Ballet Suite excerpts

Moscow Radio-TV Sym Orch/Rauf Abdullayev
Kara Karayev: Ballet Suites

Delos DRD-2009

Dave Brubeck: "Blue Rondo à la Turk"

Janoska Ensemble
The Big B's

DG 4540390

Claude Debussy: "Fantaisie" for piano and orchestra

Martha Argerich, p; Berlin Staatskapelle/Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich - Debussy: Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La mer

DG 4837538

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Op. 1

Catalyst Quartet; Stewart Goodyear, p
Uncovered, Volume 1

Azica ACD-71336

Claude Debussy: "La plus que lente"

Merz Trio
Ink

Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0148