Programs · Episode
Friday, February 21, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Friday, February 21, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Hector Berlioz · Reveries - Passions, from Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti CSO Resound 9011501 "Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Concert Fantasy in G, Op. 56 Eldar Nebolsin, piano · New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Michael Stern Naxos 8573462 "Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2" | |
| Bedrich Smetana · Dances from "The Bartered Bride" Cleveland Orchestra George Szell Sony Classical 48279 "Ballet Music by Offenbach, Rachmaninov & Smetana" | |
6 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Cello Concerto in Bb, RV 423 Christophe Coin, cello · L'Onda Armonica (The Harmonic Wave) Naive 30574 "Vivaldi: Concerti per violincello III" | |
| Antonio Salieri · Piano Concerto in Bb Pietro Spada, piano · Philharmonia Orchestra Pietro Spada ASV 955 "Salieri: Piano Concertos" | |
| Gabriel Faure · Pavane, Op. 50 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Telarc 80324 "Classics For All Seasons - Summer" | |
| Mark O'Connor · Americana Symphony "Variations on Appalachia Waltz" (iii. Different Paths Towards Home) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop OMAC Records 12 "Mark O'Connor: Americana Symphony" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Flute Quartet No. 2 in G, K. 285a Lisa Beznosiuk, flute; Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin; Tom Dunn, viola; Richard Tunnicliffe, cello Avie 2108 "Mozart: Flute Quartets; Beethoven: Serenade" | |
7 am | |
| Max Bruch · Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 (finale) Akiko Suwanai, violin · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Philips 454180 "Bruch: Scottish Fantasy" | |
| Giuseppe Tartini · Trumpet Concerto in D (edited & arranged by John Wallace & Simon Wright) Alison Balsom, trumpet · Scottish Ensemble EMI Classics 56094 "Alison Balsom: Italian Concertos" | |
| Arthur Sullivan · Marmion Overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royston Nash Decca 468810 "Arthur Sullivan" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · String Symphony No. 1 in C English String Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus 5141 "Mendelssohn: Complete String Symphonies, Vol. 1" | |
| John Garth · Cello Concerto in D, Op. 1, No. 1 Richard Tunnicliffe, cello · The Avison Ensemble Pavlo Beznosiuk Divine Art 25059 "John Garth: Cello Concertos Nos. 1-6" | |
8 am | |
| Charles-Marie Widor · Toccata, from Symphony No. 5 Frederick Hohman, organ (Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Newark, NJ) Pro Organo 7021 "A Couple of Fifths" | |
| Francois Boieldieu · Harp Concerto in C Catherine Michel, harp · Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra Antonio de Almeida Philips 462179 "Favourite Harp Concertos" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Concerto in C for Piano, Violin, Cello & Orch., Op. 56 "Triple Concerto" (finale) Mari Kodama, piano; Kolja Blacher, violin; Johannes Moser, cello · German Symphony Orchestra Berlin Kent Nagano Berlin Classics 300331 "Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Piano Concerto No. 3" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Polonaise in Eb Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Vaclav Neumann Orfeo 180891 "Galakonzert aus Prag" | |
| Aram Khachaturian · Masquerade Suite, selections (Waltz, Mazurka, Galop) Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra Loris Tjeknavorian ASV 773 "Khachaturian - Ippolitov-Ivanov - Tjeknavorian | |
9 am | |
| Richard Wagner · Ride of the Valkyries, from "Die Walkure" Chicago Symphony Orchestra Daniel Barenboim Erato 45786 "Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (excerpts)" | |
| Giuseppe Torelli · Trumpet Sonata in D, G.1 Wynton Marsalis, trumpet · English Chamber Orchestra Anthony Newman Sony Classical 66244 "In Gabriel's Garden" | |
| Louis Spohr · Grand Nonetto in F, Op. 31 (finale) Vienna Berlin Wind Ensemble & string quartet Deutsche Grammophon 427640 "Spohr - Martinu: Nonets" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Bassoon Concerto in Bb, K. 191 Willard Elliot, bassoon · Chicago Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado Deutsche Grammophon 000002502 "Chicago Principal - First Chair Soloists Play Famous Concertos" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · The Sleeping Beauty, ballet suite Philharmonia Orchestra Efrem Kurtz Seraphim 68537 "Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music" | |