Programs · Episode
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Gioacchino Rossini · Overture to Semiramide Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Yoel Levi Telarc 80334 "Rossini: Overtures" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb, BWV 1051 Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Harmonia Mundi 902176 "Bach: Brandenburg Concertos" | |
| Maurice Ravel · Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) suite Prague Philharmonia Emmanuel Villaume Warner Classics 573658 "Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye; Debussy: Fantaisie; Bizet: Symphony" | |
| Georges Bizet · Carmen (Prelude and Entractes Nos. 1-3) The Musicians of the Louvre Marc Minkowski Naive 5130 "Bizet - Carmen & L'Arlesienne" | |
6 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in A for 2 Violins, RV 519 (Op. 3, No. 5) Andrea Rognoni; Stefano Barneschi, violins · Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini Naive 7367 "Vivaldi: Op. 3 L'estro Armonico - Bach: Keyboards Arrangements" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · American Suite, Op. 98b Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra Dennis Burkh Centaur Records 2121 "Dvorak: Slavonic Rhapsodies; Suite in A Major" | |
| William Grant Still · Folk Suite No. 4 for Flute, Clarinet, Cello, and Piano Leonard Garrison, flute; Robert Umiker, clarinet; Samuel Magill, cello; Arthur Tollefson, piano Cambria 1060 "A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still" | |
| Richard Strauss · Sextet, from "Capriccio" Op. 85 Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Herbert Blomstedt Decca 4756550 "Richard Strauss: Rosenkavalier Waltzes; Burleske" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503 (finale) Jeremy Denk, piano · The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Jeremy Denk Nonesuch 0755979168 "Jeremy Denk - Mozart: Piano Concertos" | |
7 am | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Violin Concerto in A, Op. 9, No. 4 Andrea Cappelletti, violin · European Commmunity Chamber Orchestra Adelina Oprean Koch Schwann 6711 "Tribute to Stradivarius" | |
| Richard Wagner · Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg Berlin Philharmonic Seiji Ozawa Philips 426271 "Wagner: Overtures and Preludes" | |
| Samuel Wesley · Symphony in D London Mozart Players Matthias Bamert Chandos 9823 "Wesley: Symphonies" | |
| Cesar Cui · Suite Miniature, Op. 20 Hong Kong Philharmonic Kenneth Schermerhorn Marco Polo 8.220308 "Cui Orchestral Works" | |
| Carl Michael Ziehrer · Overture to "The Charming Rigo" Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Christian Pollack Marco Polo 8225332 "Carl Michael Ziehrer: Operetta Overtures" | |
8 am | |
| Johannes Brahms · Piano Concerto No. 1 in d, Op. 15 (finale) Anton Kuerti, piano · Grand Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra Joseph Rescigno Analekta 292057 "Brahms: Piano Concertos and Piano Solo Works" | |
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold · Much Ado About Nothing Suite, Op. 11 (after Shakespeare) University of North Carolina School of the Arts Symphony Orchest John Mauceri Toccata Classics 160 "Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing" | |
| Franz Schubert · Concertpiece in D, D.345 Pinchas Zukerman, violin · Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman Philips 420168 "Beethoven, Dvorak, Schubert: Violin Romances" | |
| John Field · Rondeau for Piano & Strings Miceal O'Rourke, piano · London Mozart Players Matthias Bamert Chandos 10468 "Field: The Piano Concertos" | |
| Niccolo Paganini · Serenata for 2 Violins & Guitar Mela Tenenbaum, Alex Tenenbaum, violins; Paul Bernard, guitar ESS.A.Y Recordings 1053 "The Paganinis at Home" | |
9 am | |
| Johann David Heinichen · Concerto a 4 in G for Oboe, Bassoon, Cello & Harpsichord Epoca Barocca (The Baroque Period) CPO 777115 "Heinichen: Concertos & Sonatas" | |
| Traditional American Spiritual · "Stand the Storm" (arr. by Timothy Amukele) Raehann Bryce-Davis, soprano; Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, piano Lexicon Classics digital do "Evolution" | |
| Engelbert Humperdinck · Overture to The Royal Children Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Karl Anton Rickenbacher Virgin Classics 28584 "Humperdinck: Fairy Tale Music" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 11 in F, K. 413 Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano · Philharmonia Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca 443727 "Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · String Symphony No. 2 in D English String Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus 5141 "Mendelssohn: Complete String Symphonies, Vol. 1" | |