Programs · Episode
Friday, November 21, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Friday, November 21, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Alexander Borodin · Nocturne, from String Quartet No. 2 in D Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Neeme Jarvi Deutsche Grammophon 435757 "Borodin Orchesterwerke" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (orch. by Edmund Rubbra) Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony Classical 63287 "Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Jerome Kern · Mark Twain - Portrait for Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra Keith Lockhart RCA Victor 6878 "American Visions" | |
| Michael Haydn · String Quartet in C, P.116 Sonare Quartet, Frankfurt Claves 8811 "Michael Haydn: String Quartets" | |
6 am | |
| Jacques Offenbach · Overture to Die Rheinnixen (The Nymphs on the Rhine) Les Musiciens du Louvre Marc Minkowski Archiv Produktion 000823802 "Offenbach Romantique" | |
| Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov · Turkish Fragments, Op. 62 National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Arthur Fagen Naxos 8.553405 "Ippolitov-Ivanov: Orchestral Works" | |
| Louis Moreau Gottschalk · Grand Fantasia Triumfal (Variations on the Brazilian National Anthem) Cristina Ortiz, piano · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Moshe Atzmon Decca 414348 "Addinsell Warsaw Concerto; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 3 in Eb, Op. 55 "Eroica" (finale) Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim Warner Classics 0190295824 "Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies" | |
| George Gershwin · My One and Only Frank Braley, piano Harmonia Mundi 501883 "Frank Braley Plays Gershwin" | |
| George Gershwin · Cuban Overture Gershwin Festival Orchestra Michael Charry ProArte 514 "Gershwin By Gershwin" | |
7 am | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Symphony No. 6 in E, Wq.182 Camerata Salzburg Sir Roger Norrington Profil 08018 "CPE Bach: Symphonies; Harpsichord Concerto" | |
| Isaac Albeniz · Asturias Sharon Isbin, guitar Virgin Classics 62075 "Sharon Isbin's Greatest Hits" | |
| Enrique Granados · Spanish Dance No. 12, Op. 5 (Arabesca) Norbert Kraft, guitar · Razumovsky Sinfonia Peter Breiner Naxos 8.553037 "Granados: Twelve Spanish Dances" | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · Autumn, from "I vespri siciliani" (The Sicilian Vespers) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Jose Serebrier Naxos 8572818 "Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Violin Concerto in C, RV 194 Boris Begelman, violin · Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini Naive 7258 "Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti per violino IX 'Le nuove vie'" | |
| Manuel de Falla · The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2 (Neighbor's Dance; Miller's Dance; Final Dance) Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Eduardo Mata Sono Luminus 90210 "Music of Manuel de Falla" | |
8 am | |
| Engelbert Humperdinck · Overture to The Royal Children Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Karl Anton Rickenbacher Virgin Classics 28584 "Humperdinck: Fairy Tale Music" | |
| Pablo de Sarasate · Concert Fantasy on Mozart's "The Magic Flute" Op. 54 Gil Shaham, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano Deutsche Grammophon 447640 "The Fiddler of the Opera" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Concerto in e for Two Flutes, Strings, Bassoon & B.c. Konrad Hunteler, Christophe Huntgeburth, flutes · Cappella Coloniensis Hans-Martin Linde Phoenix Edition 172 "Flute Concertos" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 28 in C, K. 200 Staatskapelle Dresden Sir Colin Davis Decca 000972202 "Mozart Symphonies Nos. 28 - 41" | |
| Anonymous 16th century Spain · Romances & Dances The Baltimore Consort Sono Luminus 90901 "Adio Espana" | |
9 am | |
| Johannes Brahms · Tragic Overture, Op. 81 Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Deutsche Grammophon 410603 "Brahms: Double Concerto" | |
| Johann Christian Bach · Overture in D for Double Orchestra, Op. 18, No. 3 Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony Classical 62345 "Bach: Stowkowski - Ormandy - Philadelphia" | |
| Franz Schubert · Polonaise No. 3 in E for Piano 4-Hands, D. 599 Yaar Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, piano Sony Classical 66256 "Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands, volume 2" | |
| Gerald Finzi · Five Bagatelles (orch. by Lawrence Ashmore) Richard Stoltzman, clarinet · Guildhall String Ensemble Robert Salter RCA Victor Red Seal 60437 "Finzi: Clarinet Concertos; Five Bagatelles" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Aria, from Cantata BWV 34 "O eternal fire, O source of love" Stephen Taylor, oboe d'amore · Philharmonia Virtuosi Richard Kapp Sony Classical 62829 "Bach: Sinfonias and Orchestral movements from Cantatas" | |