Programs · Episode
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · The Voyevoda, symphonic ballad, Op. 78 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin RCA Victor Red Seal 60432 "Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4" | |
| Edward Elgar · Violin Concerto in b, Op. 61 (1st mvt.) Nicola Benedetti, violin · London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski Decca 4850949 "Elgar: Violin Concerto" | |
| Franz Asplmayr · String Quartet in Eb, Op. 2, No. 6 Eybler Quartet Gallery Players of N agra GPN 20001 "Franz Asplmayr - Six Quartets" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Bassoon Concerto No. 24 in Bb, RV 502 Meyrick Alexander, bassoon · London Chamber Orchestra Christopher Warren-Green Virgin Classics 61466 "Vivaldi Concerti" | |
6 am | |
| Vincenzo Bellini · Overture to "Norma" Philharmonia Orchestra Tullio Serafin Seraphim 68541 "Rossini Overtures - Verdi - Donizetti" | |
| Louis Moreau Gottschalk · Souvenir of Havana, Op. 39 Philip Martin, piano Hyperion 66459 "Gottschalk: Piano Music" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 100 in G "Military" The Hanover Band Roy Goodman Nimbus 7024 "Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94, 100, 104" | |
| Bedrich Smetana · From My Homeland (ii. Andantino) Itzhak Perlman, violin; Samuel Sanders, piano EMI Classics 64617 "The Art of Itzhak Perlman" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto a due cori No. 1 in Bb Tafelmusik Jeanne Lamon Sony Classical SK 63073 "Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Concerti a due cori" | |
7 am | |
| Franz Schubert · Marche Militaire, Op. 51, No. 1 Camerata Bern Musica Helvetica 632 "Camerata Bern - That Special Something" | |
| Giovanni Battista Viotti · Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Mark Kaplan, violin · Padua Chamber Orchestra David Golub Arabesque Z6691 "Viotti: Violin Concertos" | |
| Karl Goldmark · In Italy, concert overture, Op. 49 Budapest Philharmonic Andras Korodi Hungaroton 12552 "Goldmark: Overtures" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Cello Concerto in c, RV 401 Mischa Maisky, cello · Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 447022 "Vivaldi - Boccherini: Cello Concertos" | |
| Randall Thompson · Symphony No. 2 (i. Allegro) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Andrew Schenck Koch International 7413 "Randall Thompson: Symphonies 1 - 3" | |
8 am | |
| Isaac Albeniz · Sevilla, from Suite Espanola, Op. 47 Xuefei Yang, guitar EMI Classics 06322 "Xuefei Yang - 40 Degrees North" | |
| Gaspard Fritz · Sinfonia in F, Op. 1, No. 5 La Stagione Frankfurt Michael Schneider CPO 777696 "Gaspard Fritz: Sinfonias" | |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff · Piano Concerto No. 2 in c, Op. 18 (finale) Helene Grimaud, piano · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jesus Lopez-Cobos Denon 75368 "Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2" | |
| Gerald Finzi · Five Bagatelles (orch. by Lawrence Ashmore) Richard Stoltzman, clarinet · Guildhall String Ensemble Robert Salter RCA Victor Red Seal 60437 "Finzi: Clarinet Concertos; Five Bagatelles" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 5 in c, Op. 67 (finale) Vienna Philharmonic Andris Nelsons Deutsche Grammophon 003111960 "Beethoven: Complete Symphonies" | |
9 am | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · March of the Priests, from "Athalia" Vienna Philharmonic Christoph von Dohnanyi Decca 421 634-2 "Weekend Marches: Berlioz, Elgar, etc." | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Concerto in F for 3 Pianos & Orch., K. 242 (Mozart's version for two pianos) Alfred Brendel, Imogen Cooper, pianos · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Philips 416364 "Mozart: Piano Concertos KV 242 & KV 365" | |
| Gustav Holst · "Hymn to the Waters" Josephine Gandolfi, piano · Peninsula Women's Chorus (Palo Alto, CA) Patricia Hennings Mark Records 1407 "Treasures" | |
| Otto Nicolai · Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor Vienna Philharmonic (Live at the 1992 New Year's Concert) Carlos Kleiber Sony Classical 48376 "1992 New Year's Concert" | |
| Leopold Hofmann · Oboe Concerto in G Stefan Schilli, oboe · Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Bela Drahos Naxos 8.553979 "Leopold Hofmann: Oboe Concertos" | |