Playlist for Sunday, March 8, 2026

Giuseppe Verdi: "Il trovatore"

"Miserere...Quel suon, quelle preci"

Gheorghiu, Alagna; London Voices, Berlin Phil/C Abbado

EMI/Ang CDC5-56656-2

Jules Massenet: "Werther" (1892)

Prelude

Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi
Extase

Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5236

Jules Massenet: "Cendrillon"

Suite

Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean
MASSENET: Orchestral Suites

Marco Polo 8.223354

Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

"Miserere"

Philip Martin, p

Hyperion CDA-66697

Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

Ballet Music

Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida
Ballet Music

Philips 442550-2 (2)

Jules Massenet: "La navarraise" (1894)

"Nocturne"

London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge

London CS-6744

Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"

"Méditation"

Kennedy, v; English Chamber Orch
Classic Kennedy

EMI/Ang CDC5-56890-2

Jules Massenet: "Le Roi de Lahore"

Valse

London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge

London CS-6744

Jules Massenet: "Hérodiade" (1881)

Finale

New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce
MASSENET: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1- 3 / Herodiade

Naxos 8.553124

Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat

Barry Tuckwell, fh; London Sym Orch/Istvan Kertész
Strauss: The Concertos

London 460296-2 (2)

Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

Anvil Chorus, "Vedi le fosche"

Regina Music Box
Wound-up Opera (Great Hits From The Opera)

CBS MS-7338

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Ouverture solenelle," "1812," Op. 49

Dallas Sym Cho and Orch/Andrew Litton
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture/ Voyevoda/ Sleeping Beauty

Delos DE-3196

Victor Herbert: Three Compositions for Strings

#3, "Forget-me-not"

Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Gerard Schwarz
Suite For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 3 / Three Compositions For String Orchestra / Serenade For String Orchestra, Op. 12

Nonesuch 79107-1

Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in f-sharp, Kk 25 (L 481)

Hédi Salànki, hc

Price-Less D-16565

Carl Maria von Weber: "Euryanthe"

Hunting Chorus

Vienna State Opera Cho, Horn Ens/R Dunn
Forest & Hunting Songs of Romantic Era

MHS 1224

Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

Hunting Chorus, "Was gleicht wohl auf Erden"

Berlin Radio Cho, Berlin Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Der Freischütz

Teldec 97758-2 (2)

Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischutz", Overture

Overture

Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1-4, Rosamunde Ballet Music/ Weber: Der Freischutz Overture

EMI CDM5-66102-2

Claudio S Grafulla: "Freischütz Quickstep"

Dodworth Saxhorn Band/Paul Eachus
Grafulla's Favorites

New World 80556-2

Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

Act III Entr'acte

Berlin German Sym Orch/Marek Janowski
Der Freischütz

RCA 62538-2 (2)

William Walton: Cello Concerto (1956)

Ralph Kirshbaum, vc; Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
Walton: Belshazzar · Te Deum

Chandos CHAN-6547

Gustav Holst: "Brook Green" Suite (1933)

Prelude

Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 3

Naxos 8.555069

Francesco Geminiani: "The Enchanted Forest"

Part 2: "Allegro"

CBC Vancouver Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
Baroque Masterpieces

Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5163

Alexander Glazunov: "The Forest," Op 19

Moscow Sym Orch/Alexander Anissimov
GLAZUNOV, A.K.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 13 - Symphony No. 6 / The Forest (Moscow Symphony, Anissimov)

Naxos 8.554293

Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

Waltz-Coda

Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella / Mazurka

London 410162-2 (2)

Paul Hindemith: "Tanzstücke," Op 19

Hans Petermandl, p
HINDEMITH : Piano Works Vol. 1

Marco Polo 8.223335

Tielman Susato: "The Danserye" (1551)

Suite

Musica Aurea Ensemble/ Jean Woltéche

Boston Skyline BSD-138

Italian Anon 14th c: Trotto

London Early Music Consort/David Munrow
Early Music Festival

London 452967-2 (2)

Johann, Sr Strauss: Jugendfeuer Galop, Op 90

Vienna Biedermeyer Ensemble
Walzer A La Paganini- Musik Des Biedermeier III

Denon CO-75779

Josef Strauss: Polka française, "Le Moulinet (The Little Mill)," Op 57

Vienna Biedermeyer Ensemble

Denon CO-75779

Leevi Madetoja: Symphony #1 in F, Op 29

Iceland Sym Orch/Petri Sakari
Madetoja: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2

Chandos CHAN-9115

Marin Marais: "Les Contrefaiseurs"

Musica Pacifica
Marin Marais: Pièces en trio

Virgin 61365-2 (2)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti

EMI/Ang CDR5-69785-2

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong (1926)

No. 3

Denise Djokic, vc; David Jalbert, p
Denise Djokic * Folklore

Endeavour Classics END-1013

Gabriel Pierné: "Impromptu-caprice" in A-Flat, Op 9

Markus Klinko, h

EMI/Ang CDR5-72107-2

Gabriel Pierné: Piano Concerto in c, Op 12

Maryléne Dosse, p, Stuttgart Phil/Mathias Kuntzsch
French Piano Concertos

Vox CDX-5110 (2)

Gabriel Pierné: Album pour mes petits amis, Op 14

#6, "Marche des petits soldats de plomb"

English Chamber Orch/Paul Tortelier
French Impressions

Virgin 61109-2

Claudio Monteverdi: "Balletto"

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
For Thy Pleasure: J S Bach and Other Baroque Masters

Delos DE-3205

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 20, No. 2

Kodaly String Quartet
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 20, Nos. 1- 3, 'Sun Quartets'

Naxos 8.550701

German ANON 16th c: Rumpelmetten

Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band
Keeping The Watch: The Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band

Newport Classic NPD-85527

Sally Greenaway: "Poems I, II, III"

Sally Walker, f; Emily Granger, h
Something Like This

Avie AV-2626

Max Richter: "On the Nature of Daylight"

Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
Jess Gillam: Time

Decca 4851062

Amy Beach: Symphony in E minor, Op. 32, "Gaelic"

Nashville Sym/Kenneth Schermerhorn
American Classics * Beach: Gaelic Symphony * Piano Concerto

Naxos 8.559139

Traditional Irish: "Eileen A Roon"

Carol Thompson, h
Celtic Carol Thompson: The Blossom and the Rain

Dorian DOR-90273

Traditional American: "Amazing Grace"

Lara Downes, p
Love at Last

Pentatone PTC-5187018

Barbara Harbach: "Following the Sacred Sun"

II. "Arrival in France"

London Phil Orch/David Angus
Orchestral Music VII

MSR Classics MS-1742

Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78, "Rain"

Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
Brahms: Violin Sonatas

DG B0014767-02

Jessie Montgomery: "Starburst"

The Knights
Flight: Migration Music, Part II

Rising Sun Music Flight

Stefania De Kenessey: "Sunburst"

Nanette Kaplan Solomon, p
Sunbursts: Solo Piano Works By 7 American Women

Leonarda LE-345

Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Walk Together Children"

Alchymy Viols/Philip Spray
Deep River: Spirituals' Cross-Currents

Navona NV-6650

Anna Amalia of Prussia: Divertimento

Sapphire Woodwind Quintet
More Than Muses: Female Composers Throughout History

Sapphire Woodwind Quintet

Josef Mysliveček: Sinfonia concertante No. 6 in C

Concerto Köln
Il Divino Boemo: Josef Mysliveček Symphonies

Archiv 4776418

Franz Schubert: "Schwanengesang," D 957

No. 4, "Ständchen: Leise flehen meine Lieder"

Brandon Acker, g
Schubert: A Wanderer's Guitar

Jester Recordings (A Wanderer's Guitar)

Franz Schubert: Serenade, "Zögernd leise," D 920

Bernarda Fink, ms; Ensemble Pygmalion/R Pichon; E Ceysson, h
Rhinemaidens

Harmonia Mundi HMC-902239

Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet No. 5 in F minor

Allegri String Quartet
Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

Cala CACD-1019

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D, "Le Matin"

Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6, 7, 8

Denon 81757-9612-2

Xavier Foley: "Shelter Island"

Randall Goosby, v; Xavier Foley, db
Roots

Decca B0033878-02

Undine Smith Moore: Afro-American Suite

Mallarmé Chamber Players
Songs for the Soul

Albany TROY-1190

Henriëtte Bosmans: Cello Concerto No. 2

Raphael Wallfisch, vc; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ed Spanjaard
Henriëtte Bosmans: Cello Concertos 1 & 2; Poème

CPO 555694-2

Bryan Kelly: "Suite Parisienne"

Brass Ring
Brass Ring - Music For Brass Quintet

Crystal CD-561

Ethel Smyth: "The Wreckers"

Overture

Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
Music of the Four Countries

EMI CDM7-69206-2

Florence Price: "Thumbnail Sketches in the Day of a Washerwoman"

Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
Scenes in Tin Can Alley

Blue Griffin BGR-615

Manuel de Falla: "Nights in the Gardens of Spain"

Martha Argerich, p; Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
Falla: Noches En Los Jardines De Espana / Argerich

Erato 45266-2

Andrea Casarrubios: "Speechless"

Andrea Casarrubios, vc; Garrett Arney, per
Caminante

Odradek ODRCD-382

Carl Maria von Weber: "Invitation to the Dance," Op. 65

Bergen Phil Orch/Andrew Manze
Berlioz: Harold in Italy & other orchestral works

Hyperion CDA-68193

Enrique Granados: "Goyescas" (piano suite)

No. 3, "El fandango del candil"

Jorge Luis Prats, p
Live in Zaragoza

Decca 4782732

Gustav Holst: "Morris Dance Tunes"

New Zealand Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite
Holst: Works For Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite

Koch 3-7058-2

George Frideric Handel: Violin Sonata in D minor, HWV 359a

Quartetto Vanvitelli
Se in fiorito ameno prato - Handel: Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo

Arcana A-578

Edie HIll: "Poem for 2084"

The Crossing/Donald Nally
Evolutionary Spirits

Navona NV-6218

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott (We thank you, God)"

Sinfonia

Pierre Cochereau, o; Brass Ensemble/Armand Birbaum
Musique à Notre-Dame de Paris

Philips 442473-2 (2)

Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat, D 898 (Op. 99)

III. Scherzo: "Allegro"

Christian Tetzlaff, v; Tanya Tetzlaff, vc; Lars Vogt, p
Schubert: Piano Trios, Notturno, Rondo, Arpeggione Sonata

Ondine ODE-1394-2D

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, "Prague"

Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Mozart: Symphonies Nos 38 & 39

Decca 417782-2

George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

Introduction; "Summertime"

Chicago Brass Quintet
American Voices

Centaur CRC-3159

Charles Mingus: "Myself When I Am Real"

Julia Hamos, p
Ellis Island

Naïve V-8674

John Tavener: "The Lamb"

Choir of King's College Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols

King's College Cambridge KGS-0033

John Tavener: "No Longer Mourn for Me"

Steven Isserlis, vc; Philharmonia Orch Cellos
Tavener * No Longer Mourn for Me

Hyperion CDA-68246

Charles-Valentin Alkan: Symphony for solo piano, Op. 39, Nos. 4-7

I. "Allegro moderato"

Raymond Lewenthal, p
The Legendary Pianist Raymond Lewenthal Plays Alkan and Liszt

Elan CD-82276

Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 19

No. 6 in G minor, "Venetian Gondola Song"

Antonio Meneses, vc; Gérard Wyss, p
Mendelssohn: Music for Cello & Piano

Avie AV-2140

Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 30

No. 6, "Venetian Gondola Song"

Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p
Blue Hour

DG 4836069

Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 62

No. 5 in A minor, "Venetian Gondola Song"

Christian Li, v; Xuefei Yang, g
Discovering Mendelssohn

Decca 4853987

Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture (1830)

Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre, Boulanger

Koch 3-7169-2

John Adams: "Hallelujah Junction"

Movement I

Lukas Geniušas & Anna Geniushene, p's
Hallelujah Junction

Alpha 1122

Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat

Wynton Marsalis, tr; National Phil/Raymond Leppard
Trumpet Concertos

CBS MK-39310

Antonín Dvořák: "Humoresque" in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7

Philharmonix
Vienna Berlin Music Club Vol. 3

DG 3565344

Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in C, R. 450

Zefiro/Alfredo Bernardini, ob
Vivaldi: Concerti per oboe

Naïve OP-30478

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq 170

Guy Fishman, vc; Handel & Haydn Society
C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerti

New Focus FCR-915

Léo Delibes: "Lakmé"

Flower Duet, "Dôme épais, le jasmin"

Christopher O'Riley, p
Christopher O'Riley at the Break

CPI 3294112

Jacques Ibert: "Escales (Ports of Call)"

Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
The French in Spain

Naxos 8.574615

Barbara Strozzi: "L'amante consolato," Op. 2, No. 6

Benedetta Mazzucato, ms; L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar
Wonder Women

Erato 5054197959165

Louise Farrenc: "La Sylphide" (Rondo-Waltz after Masini), Op. 18

Maria Stratigou, p
Louise Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 3: Rondeaux

Grand Piano GP-942

Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain"

Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 'Mysterious Mountain'; Prokofiev: Lt. Kijé Suite; Stravinsky: Fary's Kiss Divertimento

RCA 61957-2

Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on Mozart's "Bei Männern", WoO.46

Zara Nelsova, vc; Grant Johannesen, p
La reine des violoncellistes

Radio Canada Int'l PSCD-2018

Joe Hisaishi: "Oriental Wind"

Joe Hisaishi, p; London Symphony Orch/Roman Simovic
Melodyphony

Decca 0873565

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in F, Op. 15, No. 1

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

Chandos CHAN-10714

Lennon-McCartney: "Eleanor Rigby"

Laura Metcalf, vc; Rupert Boyd, g
Songs of Love and Despair

Sono Luminus DSL-92255

Georg Philipp Telemann: Trumpet Suite in D

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

Nimbus NI-5189

Claude Debussy: "La damoiselle élue"

Elly Ameling, s; Janice Taylor, a; San Francisco Sym & Women's Cho/Edo de Waart
Ravel, Debussy: Schéhérazade, La Damoiselle Elue

Philips 410043-2

Nikolai Medtner: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 25, No. 1, "Fairy Tale"

Geoffrey Tozer, p
The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 4

Chandos CHAN-9618

Florence Price: "Adoration"

Michael Hawes, tr; brass ensemble
Florence Price - Her Song

One Voice Music OVM-01

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

Peter Howard, vc; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Bobby McFerrin, voice
Paper Music

Sony SK-64600

John Adams: "The Gospel According to the Other Mary"

Aria, "For the grave cannot praise thee"

Russell Thomas, t; Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
John Adams: The Gospel According to the Other Mary

DG 4792243

Alexander Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11

No. 11 in B

Piers Lane, p
Scriabin: The Complete Préludes

Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

Franz Schubert: Choral Song, "Nachtgesang im Walde," D 913

Berlin Radio Men's Cho/Dietrich Knothe

Capriccio 10152

Elena Kats-Chernin: "Schubert Blues"

Stephanie McCallum, p
The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection

ABC Classics 4816430 (10)

Franz Schubert: Song, "Die Forelle," D 550

Mischa Maisky, vc; Daria Hovora, p
Songs Without Words

DG 449817-2

Franz Schubert: Song, "Heidenröslein," D 257

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p

EMI/Ang CDM7-69503-2

Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in c minor, D. 417, "Tragic"

Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2, 4, Tragic, Tragische

RCA 68545-2

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes, Op. 32

No. 6 in f

Konstantin Lifschitz, p
Constantin Lifschitz Plays Scriabin and Rachmaninov

Denon CO-18026