Programs · Episode
Friday, November 14, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Friday, November 14, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Claude Debussy · La Mer (The Sea) (ii. Play of the Waves) New York Philharmonic Jaap van Zweden Decca 002969002 "Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps; Debussy: La Mer" | |
| Franz Xaver Neruda · Cello Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 59 Beate Altenburg, cello · Anhalt Philharmonic, Dessau Golo Berg CPO 777192 "Franz Xaver Neruda: Cello Concertos" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 25 in g, K. 183 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner EMI Classics 49176 "Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 24-27 & 32" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream London Symphony Orchestra Andre Previn EMI Classics 767775 "Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4; Overtures" | |
6 am | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Piano Concerto No. 3 in Eb, Op. 75 Stephen Hough, piano · Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vanska Hyperion 67711 "Tchaikovsky: The Three Piano Concertos" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 20 in C The Hanover Band Roy Goodman Hyperion 66533 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 17-21" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Songs My Mother Taught Me, from "Gypsy Melodies" Op. 55, No. 4 (arr. by Fritz Kreisler) Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet · Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Eivand Aadland EMI Classics 0883282 "Tine Thing Helseth - The Storyteller" | |
| Unico Wilhelm Wassenaer · Concerto Armonico No. 2 in Bb I Musici de Montreal Yuli Turovsky Chandos 8481 "The Pergolesi Concerti Armonici" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Morceau de Concert (Concert Piece) Op. 94 Hermann Baumann, horn · Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Kurt Masur Philips 416380 "Works for Horn" | |
7 am | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · String Sonata No. 2 in A New Berlin Chamber Orchestra Michael Erxleben Capriccio 10630 "Rossini: String Sonatas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in F, BWV 978 (after Vivaldi violin concerto, RV 310) Cyprien Katsaris, piano Sony Classical 66272 "Bach's Italian Journey" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Song Without Words, Op. 62, No. 1 (arr. by Fritz Kreisler) Natalia van der Mersch, violin; Natalia Kovalzon, piano Ars Produktion 38 636 "My Kreisler Album - Natalia van der Mersch" | |
| Leopold Hofmann · Cello Concerto in D (Badley D1) Tim Hugh, cello · Northern Sinfonia Tim Hugh Naxos 8.553853 "Hofmann: Cello Concertos" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Tragic Overture, Op. 81 Philadelphia Orchestra Riccardo Muti Philips 422337 "Brahms: Symphony No. 4" | |
8 am | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Symphony No. 2 in Eb, Wq.183 C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra Hartmut Haenchen Capriccio 10175 "C.P.E Bach: Sinfonias, Wq 183" | |
| George Whitefield Chadwick · Jubilee, from Symphonic Sketches Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80144 "American Jubilee" | |
| Samuel Coleridge-Taylor · Ballade in a, Op. 33 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Grant Llewellyn Argo 4364012 "Coleridge-Taylor - Butterworth - MacCunn" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Fantasia in c for Piano, Chorus & Orch., Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy" Helene Grimaud, piano · Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Radio Choir Esa-Pekka Salonen Deutsche Grammophon 000173202 "Credo: Hélene Grimaud" | |
| Bedrich Smetana · Overture to "The Bartered Bride" RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Leopold Stokowski RCA Victor L 67903 "Stokowski: Rhapsodies" | |
9 am | |
| Jerome Kern · Mark Twain - Portrait for Orchestra Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Vox Box 035 "American as Apple Pie" | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Symphony in D, G.490 German Chamber Academy of Neuss Johannes Goritzki CPO 999084 "Boccherini Symphonies, vol. 1" | |
| Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco · Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 99 Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar · London Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Slatkin RCA 60355 "Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concertos" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Oboe Concerto in C, RV 184 Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe; Christine Schorsheim, harpsichord continuo · New Bach Collegium Musicum, Leipzig Max Pommer Capriccio 10116 "Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos, vol. 1" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Symphony No. 5 in D, Op. 107 "Reformation" (finale) The Chamber Philharmonic Emmanuel Krivine Naive 5069 "Mendelssohn: Symphonies No 4 & 5 " | |