Programs · Episode
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Myelita Melton
Aired: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Hosted by Myelita Melton
Playlist
1 pm | |
| Joseph Lanner · Evening Stars, Waltz, Op. 180 Willi Boskovsky, violin · Willi Boskovsky Ensemble Willi Boskovsky Vanguard 72016 "Viennese Bonbons" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · The Birds Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony Classical 60311 "Respighi's the Birds, etc." | |
| Domenico Scarlatti · Sonata in E, K. 380 (L. 23) Mark Brewer, harp; Jason Deroche, guitar Brewer & Deroche "Bach to Brazil" | |
| Muzio Clementi · Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 18 London Mozart Players Matthias Bamert Chandos 9234 "Clementi: Symphony No. 1, etc." | |
| Carl Maria von Weber · Overture to Oberon The Hanover Band Roy Goodman Nimbus 7062 "Weber: Overtures - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - Horn Concertino" | |
2 pm | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58 Lang Lang, piano · Orchestre de Paris Christoph Eschenbach Deutsche Grammophon 000872502 "Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4" | |
| Hector Berlioz · Reverie & Caprice, Op. 8 Giovanni Radivo, violin · Lyon National Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Naxos 573297 "Berlioz: Harold in Italy" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Organ Concerto in Bb, Op. 4, No. 6 Peter Hurford, organ of Bethlehemkerk, Papendrecht, Holland · Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra Joshua Rifkin Decca 414604 :Handel: Organ Concertos" | |
3 pm | |
| George Walker · Lyric for Strings London Symphony Orchestra (rec. Dec. 12, 1973) Paul Freeman Sony Classical 1907586215 "Black Composers Series 1974-1978" | |
| Francis Poulenc · Flute Sonata (orch. by Lennox Berkeley) Emmanuel Pahud, flute (winner 1992 Geneva Competition) · Orchestra of the Swiss Romand Enrique Garcia-Asenio MHelvetica 78.2 "1992 International Competition for Musical Performers, Geneva" | |
| Franz Schubert · Rondo in A, D.438 Vera Beths, Lisa Rautenberg, Jody Gatewood, violins; Steven Dann, viola; Anner Bylsma, cello · L'Archibudelli Sony 46669 "Schubert: Quintet in C, etc." | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada (Live in Ottawa, Nov. 6 Pinchas Zukerman Analekta 28783 "Baroque Treasury" | |
4 pm | |
| Jules Massenet · Neapolitan Scenes, suite New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Jean-Yves Ossonce Naxos 8.553125 "Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4-7" | |
| Gustav Mahler · Symphony No. 4 in G (iv. finale - "Heaven's Life") Barbara Hendricks, soprano · Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen Sony Classical 48380 "Mahler: Symphony No. 4" | |
| Loki Karuna · NoteWorthy: Michael Abels | |
| Michael Abels · Winged Creatures Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet · Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Allen Tinkham Cedille Records 187 "Winged Creatures, and other works for flute, clarinet & orchest | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Violin Concerto No. 1 in C, Hob.VIIa:1 Gil Shaham, violin · Sejong Soloists Canary Classics 8 "Haydn - Mendelssohn" | |
| Carl Orff · "O Fortuna" from "Carmina Burana" San Francisco Symphony & Chorus Herbert Blomstedt Decca 430509 "Orff: Carmina Burana" | |
5 pm | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 4 Berlin Philharmonic Lorin Maazel EMI Classics 322902 "Dvorak: Slavonic Dances" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Notturno for Four Orchestras, K. 286 Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra Florian Heyerick Brilliant Classics BRI95010 "Mozart: Complete Works" | |
| Benjamin Britten · Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra (rec. Feb. 3, 1957) Eugene Ormandy Sony Classical 62638 Prokofiev - Saint-Saens - Britten" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in g for 2 Cellos, RV 531 Raphael Wallfisch, Keith Harvey, cellos · City of London Sinfonia Nicholas Kraemer Naxos 8550908 "Vivaldi: Cello Concerti, Vol. 2" | |
| Ignace Jan Paderewski · Gypsy March, from the opera, "Manru" Cracow State Philharmonic Orchestra Roland Bader Koch Schwann 1735 "Paderewski: Orchesterwerke" | |