Programs · Episode
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata 208 (transcribed by Leopold Stokowski) The Philadelphia Orchestra Wolfgang Sawallisch EMI Classics 85072 "Stokowski Transcriptions" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · String Symphony No. 7 in d Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Kurt Masur Berlin Classics 9143 "Mendelssohn - String Symphonies" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab, Hob.XVI:46 Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano Hyperion 67554 "Haydn: Piano Sonatas" | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · Capriccio for bassoon & orch. Andrea Magnani, bassoon · Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan Riccardo Chailly Decca 000109002 "Verdi Discoveries" | |
6 am | |
| Jean-Baptiste Arban · Variations on "Casta Diva" from Bellini's "Norma" Alison Balsom, trumpet · Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardiner EMI Classics 53255 "Caprice: Trumpet Transcriptions" | |
| Aaron Copland · Appalachian Spring City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Virgin Classics 61612 "Bernstein - Copland" | |
| Frederic Chopin · Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13 Garrick Ohlsson, piano · Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Kazimierz Kord Hyperion 44351 "The Complete Piano Works of Frédéric Chopin" | |
| Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint · Violin Concerto in D, Op. post. No. 2 (finale) Qian Zhou, violin · Toronto Camerata Kevin Mallon Naxos 8.557322 "Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos - 2" | |
| Ernesto De Curtis · Non ti scordar di me (Don't forget me) Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet; Vera Nakariakov, piano Teldec 0630-15687 "Elegie" | |
7 am | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 2 Berlin Philharmonic Lorin Maazel EMI Classics 322902 "Dvorak: Slavonic Dances" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 7 Berlin Philharmonic Lorin Maazel EMI Classics 322902 "Dvorak: Slavonic Dances" | |
| Franz Krommer · Concerto in Eb for 2 Clarinets & Orch., Op. 35 Dieter Kloecker, Waldemar Wandel, clarinets · Stuttgart Radio Symphony Wolf-Dieter Hauschild Koch Schwann 1077 "Krommer: Concertos for 2 Clarinets" | |
| Claude Debussy · Arabesque No. 1 Daniel Pollack, piano Four Winds 3002 "First Kiss - Romantic Piano Music For Love and Passion" | |
| Edward Elgar · Cockaigne Overture (In London Town) Op. 40 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko Onyx 4145 "Elgar: Symphony No. 1" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in D for 2 Trumpets, RV 781 John Wallace, John Miller, trumpets · Philharmonia Orchestra Simon Wright Nimbus 7012 "Vivaldi Concerti & Baroque Trumpet Music" | |
8 am | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · Overture to The Barber of Seville Montreal Symphony Orchestra Decca 467427 "Rossini Overtures" | |
| Gustav Holst · Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28 Central Band of the Royal Air Force Wing Commander Eric Banks EMI Classics 27898 "Holst: The Planets, etc." | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 Cyprien Katsaris, piano Sony Classical 66272 "Bach's Italian Journey" | |
| Franz Liszt · Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 Budapest Festival Orchestra Ivan Fischer Philips 456570 "Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies" | |
| Robert Schumann · Piano Concerto in a, Op. 54 (finale) Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano · Orchestre de Paris (Live in Paris, October 1984) Daniel Barenboim Deutsche Grammophon 001347102 "Schumann: Piano Concerto; Debussy: Images" | |
9 am | |
| Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel · Overture in C (c. 1830) The Women's Philharmonic JoAnn Falletta Koch International 7169 "Boulanger - Tailleferre - Mendelssohn - Schumann" | |
| Georges Auric · Where Is Your Heart (from "Moulin Rouge" 1952 film) Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams Philips 422064 "Digital Jukebox" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Violin Concerto No. 1 in Bb, K. 207 Emmy Verhey, violin · Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra Eduardo Marturet Brilliant Classics BRI95010 "Mozart: Complete Works" | |
| Franz Schubert · Symphony in D (fragments orchestrated by Brian Newbold) Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Hyperion CDA 67000 "Schubert: Symphony No. 10 and other unfinished symphonies" | |