Programs · Episode
Friday, March 14, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Myelita Melton
Aired: Friday, March 14, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Hosted by Myelita Melton
Playlist
1 pm | |
| Juventino Rosas · Over the Waves, waltz (Sobre las Olas) Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas Alondra de la Parra Masterworks 75555 "Alondra de la Parra: My Mexican Soul" | |
| Leonard Bernstein · Times Square: 1944, from "On the Town" Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams Philips 468156 "American Classics" | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · Di quella pira (The horrid flame of that pyre) from "Il trovatore" Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80364 "Verdi Without Words" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 9 in d, Op. 125 "Choral" Soile Isokoski, soprano; Rosemarie Lang, contralto; Robert Gambill, tenor; Rene Pape, bass · Staatskapelle Berlin; Chorus of the German State Opera, Berlin Daniel Barenboim Warner Classics 0190295824 "Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies" | |
3 pm | |
| Traditional American · "Shenandoah" Chad Runyon, baritone; Corey McKnight, contertenor · Chanticleer Joseph Jennings Teldec 96515 "Out of this World" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 16 in D, K. 451 Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano · Philharmonia Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca 443727 "Mozart: The Piano Concertos" | |
| Bedrich Smetana · The Moldau, from Ma Vlast (My Country) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Vaclav Neumann Supraphon 7724 "Smetana: My Country" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1 Academy of Ancient Music Andrew Manze Harmonia Mundi 907228 "Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6" | |
4 pm | |
| Leonard Bernstein · Overture to Candide Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein Deutsche Grammophon 413324 "Copland: Appalachian Spring, etc." | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Concerto in d for Violin, Piano & String Orchestra (i. Allegro) Alain Lefevre, piano; David Lefevre, violin · London Mozart Players Matthias Bamert Analekta 29283 "Mathieu - Shostakovich - Mendelssohn" | |
| Richard Strauss · Don Juan, Op. 20 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner RCA 370198 "Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection" | |
| John Field · Rondeau for Piano & Strings Miceal O'Rourke, piano · London Mozart Players Matthias Bamert Chandos 10468 "Field: The Piano Concertos" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 (finale) Stephanie Gonley, Jonathan Stone, violins; Lars Anders Tomter, Rachel Roberts, violas; Adrian Brendel, Gemma Rosefield, cello · The Nash Ensemble Hyperion CDA68406 "Tchaikovsky - Korngold: String Sextets" | |
5 pm | |
| Gustav Holst · Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets Philharmonia Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus 5117 "Holst: The Planets" | |
| Igor Stravinsky · Pulcinella Suite, selections Orchestra of St. Luke's Robert Craft Musicmasters 670 "Stravinsky, The Composer, Vol. II" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · "Song to the Moon" from "Rusalka" Renee Fleming, soprano · Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek Decca 4853569 "Renee Fleming - Greatest Moments at The Met" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 88 in G London Mozart Players Jane Glover ASV 677 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 83, 84 & 88"" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Giant Fugue (We believe in one God), BWV 680 (orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Leopold Stokowski Decca 448946 "Bach: Toccata & Fugue, etc." | |