Programs · Episode
Friday, August 8, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Friday, August 8, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Arthur Vincent Lourie · 5 Preludes fragiles, Op. 1 Jenny Lin, piano Hänssler Classic 98480 "Preludes to a Revolution - Jenny Lin" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Bassoon Concerto in Bb, K. 191 Willard Elliot, bassoon · Chicago Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado Deutsche Grammophon 415104 "Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3; Bassoon Concerto, eetc." | |
| Leon Minkus · Paquita, ballet music The English Concert Orchestra Richard Bonynge Decca 421818 "Ballet Gala" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · Passepied, from Suite de Ballet Ransom Wilson, flute · Chamber Orchestra led Ransom Wilson EMI Classics 69069 "Pleasure Songs for Flute" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · Fantasia on Greensleeves Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony 38919 "Clair de Lune - Music in a Romantic Mood" | |
6 am | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · Suite from "La Traviata" (arr. by Erich Kunzel & Crafton Beck) Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80364 "Verdi Without Words" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in d for 2 Violins & Orch., BWV 1043 Jeanne Lamon, Linda Melsted, violins · Tafelmusik Jeanne Lamon Sony Classical 66264 "Bach: Violin Concertos BWV 1041, 1042, 1043, 1064r" | |
| Vincenzo Bellini · Casta diva, from "Norma" Nicholas McCarthy, piano left hand Warner Classics 554225 "Nicholas McCarthy - Solo" | |
| Emmerich Kalman · The Czardas Princess, suite Budapest Philharmonic Janos Sandor LaserLight 15045 "Magical Operetta, vol. 1" | |
| Maurice Ravel · Lullaby on the name of Gabriel Faure James Ehnes, violin; Wendy Chen, piano CBC 1138 "Ravel; Debussy; Saint-Saens" | |
| Maurice Ravel · Le Tombeau de Couperin Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner ASV 517 "The French Connection" | |
7 am | |
| Franz Liszt · Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 London Philharmonic Orchestra Willi Boskovsky EMI Classics 64627 "Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies, etc." | |
| Vincenzo Tommasini · The Good Humored Ladies (1917 ballet after sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti) Cleveland Orchestra Louis Lane Sony Classical 60311 "Respighi's the Birds, etc." | |
| Archibald Joyce · Dreaming The New London Orchestra Ronald Corp Hyperion 66868 "British Light Music Classics" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Piano Sonata No. 35 in Ab, Hob.XVI:43 Fazil Say, piano Naive 5070 "Fazil Say - Haydn Piano Sonatas" | |
| Karl Goldmark · The Queen of Sheba, ballet music Hungarian States Opera Orchestra Adam Fischer Hungaroton 058 "Ballet Spectaculars from Operas" | |
8 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Autumn" Violin Concerto from "The Four Seasons" Alfia Bakieva, violin · The Concert of Nations Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9958 "Antonio Vivaldi: La Quattro Stagioni" | |
| Ferdinand Ries · Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 146 (finale) Zurich Chamber Orchestra Howard Griffiths CPO 999836 "Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6" | |
| Johann Nepomuk Hummel · Trumpet Concerto in Eb Sergei Nakarjakov, trumpet · Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Jesus Lopez-Cobos Teldec 90846 "Jolivet; Tomasi; Hummel; Haydn: Trumpet Concertos" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Piano Concerto in g, Op. 33 (finale) Rudolf Firkusny, piano · Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Vaclav Neumann RCA Victor Red Seal 60781 "Dvorak: Piano Concerto" | |
| Franz von Suppe · Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna, concert overture Vienna Philharmonic Zubin Mehta Sony 44932 "Suppe: Overtures" | |
9 am | |
| Jean Sibelius · March, from the Karelia Suite Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony 39785 "Sibelius: Finlandia, etc." | |
| Joseph Fiala · Oboe Concerto in Bb Ingo Goritzki, oboe · Polish Chamber Philharmonic Wojciech Rajski Claves 509018 "Oboe Concertos from Bohemia" | |
| Franz Schubert · Cello Sonata in a (Arpeggione Sonata), D.821 Kian Soltani, cello; Aaron Pilsan, piano Deutsche Grammophon 0289479810 "Home - Kian Soltani, Aaron Pilssan" | |
| Richard Strauss · Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb (finale) Andrew Joy, horn · Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Werner Andreas Albert Capriccio 10 443 "Horn Concertos" | |