Programs · Episode
Monday, August 25, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Monday, August 25, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Edvard Grieg · Two Melodies, Op. 53 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Neeme Jarvi Deutsche Grammophon 437520 "Grieg: Werke für Streichorchester" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in c for 2 Keyboards, BWV 1062 David Fray, Audrey Vigoureux, pianos · String Ensemble of the National Orchestra of Toulouse David Fray Erato 584868 "Bach: Concertos for 2, 3 & 4 Pianos" | |
| Emil Hartmann · Nordic Folk Dances Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra Bo Holten Dacapo 8226041 "Hartmann: Nordic Folk Dances, Hakon Jarl, A Carnival Feast" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Overture to Egmont New York Philharmonic Kurt Masur Apex 89078 "Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Egmont" | |
6 am | |
| John Williams · The Tree Sings, from "TreeSong" Gil Shaham, violin · Boston Symphony Orchestra John Williams Deutsche Grammophon 471 326-2 "John Williams: TreeSong" | |
| Camille Saint-Saens · Odelette, Op. 162 Edward Beckett, flute · London Festival Orchestra Ross Pople Black Box 1049 "Fantaisie - Romantic French Flute Music" | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Symphony No. 2 in c, Op. 17 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Lorin Maazel Telarc 82011 "Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2; Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No. 2" | |
| Richard Strauss · Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb, Op. 11 (finale) Barry Tuckwell, horn · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca 430370 "Richard Strauss: Horn Concertos" | |
| William Schuman · Chester, from New England Triptych Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz Delos 3115 "A Tribute to William Schuman" | |
7 am | |
| Joachim Andersen · The Babbling Brook, Op. 24, No. 6 Paula Robison, flute; Samuel Sanders, piano Pergola 1035 "Grieg & Andersen: Music for Flute & Piano" | |
| Joachim Andersen · By the Sea, Op. 9 Paula Robison, flute; Samuel Sanders, piano Pergola 1035 "Grieg & Andersen: Music for Flute & Piano" | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Symphony in C, Op. 37, No. 1, G.515 New Berlin Chamber Orchestra Michael Erxleben Phoenix Edition 460 "Boccherini: Symphonies" | |
| Michael Haydn · Trumpet Concerto in D Wynton Marsalis, trumpet · English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Sony 92620 "Wynton Marsalis - Baroque Music for Trumpets" | |
| Franz Liszt · Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony Classical 60265 "Famous Rhapsodies" Essential Classics series | |
| Gaetano Donizetti · Les Martyrs (The Martyrs), ballet music Philharmonia Orchestra Antonio de Almeida Philips 422844 "Donizetti: Ballet Music" | |
8 am | |
| Pablo de Sarasate · Concert Fantasy on Mozart's "The Magic Flute" Op. 54 Tianwa Yang, violin · Navarra Symphony Orchestra Ernest Martinez Izquierdo Naxos 8572275 "Sarasate: Music for Violin & Orchestra - 3" | |
| Franz Schubert · Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree) (transcribed by Franz Liszt) Frederic Chiu, piano Harmonia Mundi 907054 "Frederic Chiu: Piano Transcriptions" | |
| Franz Schubert · Hark, Hark, the Lark (after Shakespeare's "Cymbeline") (arr. by Franz Liszt) Frederic Chiu, piano Harmonia Mundi 907054 "Frederic Chiu: Piano Transcriptions" | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · "Va, pensiero..." (Fly, thought, on wings of gold) from Nabucco Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Robert Shaw Telarc 80397 "The Power and The Majesty - Essential Choral Classics" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · The Birds San Francisco Symphony Edo de Waart Philips 411419- "Respighi: Pini di Roma; Fontane di Roma; Gli Uccelli" | |
| Michael Haydn · Symphony in Eb (P26) London Mozart Players Matthias Bamert Chandos 9352 "Michael Haydn: Symphonies" | |
9 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · Water Music Suite No. 1 in F English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner Philips 434122 "Handel - Water Music" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Sonata No. 14 in c#, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight" Pavel Kolesnikov, piano Honens 201203 "Pavel Kolesnikov - Live at Honens 2012" | |
| Gareth Walters · Primavera (Spring), concert overture Royal Ballet Sinfonia Andrew Penny Marco Polo 225048 "Welsh Classical Favorites" | |
| Enrique Granados · Allegro de Concierto Xiayin Wang, piano Chandos 10995 "Granados: Goyescas" | |