Programs · Episode
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, January 29, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Joaquin Turina · La Oracion del torero (The Bullfighter's Prayer) I Musici de Montreal Yuli Turovsky Chandos 9288 "Schedrin: Carmen Suite, etc." | |
| Jules Massenet · Cinderella, ballet music from the opera Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Brilliant Classics 94355 "Jules Massenet: Ballet Suites" | |
| Robert Schumann · Piano Concerto in a, Op. 54 (finale) Alfred Brendel, piano · Philharmonia Orchestra Kurt Sanderling Philips 462321 "Schumann: Piano Concerto; Fantasy in C" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in C "Alexander's Feast" English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner Philips 422053 "Handel: Alexander's Feast" | |
6 am | |
| Edward Elgar · Nimrod (No. IX of the "Enigma Variations") Op. 36 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko Onyx 4205 "Elgar: Enigma - In the South - Serenade" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Guitar Concerto in C, RV 425 Christopher Parkening, guitar · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Iona Brown EMI Classics 55052 "Parkening Plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius" | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88 (finale) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Claus Peter Flor RCA 60234 "Dvorak: Symphony No. 8; String Serenade" | |
| Leo Delibes · Coppelia, ballet suite Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Andrzej Straszynski Musicmasters 60097 "The Ballerinas" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 (1st mvt.) Steven Lubin, fortepiano · The Mozartean Players Classical Orchestra (rec. May 1986) Steven Lubin Classical Soundings 1001 "Mozart: Concertos for Fortepiano" | |
7 am | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Symphony No. 5 in e, Op. 64 (finale) Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra of Rome Antonio Pappano Warner Classics 85212 "Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4-6" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · The Birds Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Louis Lane Telarc 80085 "Respighi: Pines of Rome; the Birds; Fountains of Rome" | |
| Johann Wilhelm Hertel · Trumpet Concerto in D Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Philips 464028 "Haydn, Hummel, Stamitz, Hertel: Trumpet Concertos" | |
| Henry Charles Litolff · Concerto Symphonique No. 3 in Eb, Op. 45 "National Hollandais" (finale) Peter Donohoe, piano · BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Andrew Litton Hyperion 67210 "Romantic Piano Concerto, vol. 26" | |
| Franz von Suppe · Light Cavalry Overture Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Alfred Walter Naxos 8.550468 "Famous Operetta Overtures" | |
8 am | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Flute Concerto in b Marita Schaar-Faust, transverse flute · Camerata Cologne Dhm Deutsche Harmoni 77367 "Telemann: Concertos for Woodwind Instruments" | |
| Georges Bizet · L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 Toronto Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis Sony Classical 46275 "Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite" | |
| Daniel Auber · Pas classique, ballet music London Symphony Orchestra Richard Bonynge Decca 433862 "Ballet Gala - Pas de deux" | |
| Charles-Marie Widor · Suite for Flute & Piano, Op. 34 (finale) James Galway, flute; Christopher O'Riley, piano RCA Red Seal 68351 "The French Recital" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · The Consecration of the House, concert overture The New Orchestra Christoph Spering Phoenix Edition 107 "The Beethoven Academy" | |
9 am | |
| Frederic Chopin · Piano Concerto No. 2 in f, Op. 21 (1st mvt.) Eldar Nebolsin, piano · Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Antoni Wit Naxos 8572336 "Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2" | |
| Eubie Blake · Charleston Rag (arr. by Gunther Schuller) New England Ragtime Ensemble Gunther Schuller GM Recordings 3018 "The Art of the Rag" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (orch. by Edmund Rubbra) Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony Classical 63287 "Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 4 in D, K. 19 Odense Symphony Orchestra Tamas Veto Unicorn-Kanchana Rec rds 2018 "Mozart: Symphony K16a 'Odense' " | |