Programs · Episode
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Mike McKay
Aired: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hosted by Mike McKay
Playlist
5 am | |
| Edward Elgar · Serenade in e, Op. 20 London Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Slatkin RCA Victor Red Seal 60072 "Elgar: Symphony No. 2; Serenade" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042 Anne Akiko Meyers, violin · English Chamber Orchestra Steven Mercurio eOne 7785 "Air - The Bach Album" | |
| Ottorino Respighi · The Birds I Solisti Veneti Claudio Scimone Apex 7486942 "Respighi: Gli Uccelli; Trittico Botticelliano" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · "Trumpet" Overture, Op. 101 Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Kurt Masur Berlin Classics 184312 "Greatest Works - Mendelssohn" | |
6 am | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Variations on Handel's "See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes" WoO 45 Colin Carr, cello; Thomas Sauer, piano MSR 1486 "Beethoven: Cello Sonatas" | |
| Carl Maria von Weber · Overture to Oberon Vienna Philharmonic Christian Thielemann Deutsche Grammophon 474502 "German Overtures" | |
| Josef Strauss · Music of the Spheres, waltz, Op. 235 Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80314 "Ein Straussfest II" | |
| Johannes Brahms · Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, Op. 83 (finale) Stephen Hough, piano · BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis Virgin Classics 61412 "Brahms: Piano Concertos" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in Bb, Op. 3, No. 2 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Decca 000994202 "Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 & Op. 6" | |
7 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Piano Sonata No. 5 in G, K. 283 (1st mvt.) Fazil Say, piano Warner Classics 557666 "Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas" | |
| Mikhail Glinka · Overture to "Ruslan and Ludmilla" Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen Decca 001274702 "Ultimate Classical Spectacular" | |
| Amy Beach · Symphony in e, "Gaelic" Op. 32 (2nd mvt. "Alla siciliana") (excerpt) Nashville Symphony Orchestra Kenneth Schermerhorn Naxos 8.559139 "Beach: 'Gaelic' Symphony; Piano Concerto" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15 (finale conclusion) Stephen Hough, piano · Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Hannu Lintu Hyperion 68291 "Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos" | |
| Johann Strauss, Jr. · Thunder and Lightning, Polka, Op. 324 Vienna Philharmonic (live from the 2018 New Year's Concert) Riccardo Muti Sony 547700 "New Year's Concert 2018" | |
8 am | |
| Sergei Prokofiev · Dance of the Knights (Montagues and Capulets), from Act I of "Romeo and Juliet, ballet Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop Naxos 8573534-35 "Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - complete ballet" | |
| Niccolo Paganini · Violin Concerto No. 2 in b, Op. 7 "La Campanella" (finale conclusion) Salvatore Accardo, violin · London Philharmonic Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 415378 "Paganini: Violin Concerto Nos. 1 & 2"" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in C for Diverse Instruments, RV 558 (1st mvt.) Philharmonia Virtuosi Richard Kapp ESS.A.Y Recordings 1022 "Vivaldi's Favorites, vol. 1" | |
| Clara Schumann · Piano Concerto in a, Op. 7 (finale conclusion) Beatrice Rana, piano · Chamber Orchestra of Europe Yannick Nezet-Seguin Warner Classics digital do "Robert & Clara Schumann: Piano Concertos" | |
| Leonard Bernstein · Times Square: 1944, from "On the Town" Boston Pops Orchestra Keith Lockhart RCA Victor 6878 "American Visions" | |
9 am | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Symphony in C, Wq.182, No. 3 (finale) Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin Harmonia Mundi HM902317D1 C.P.E Bach: Symphonies - From Berlin to Hamburg" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 25 in g, K. 183 (1st mvt conclusion) Mozart Academy, Amsterdam Jaap ter Linden Brilliant Classics BRI95010 "Mozart: Complete Works" | |
| Hector Berlioz · "Villanelle" from "Les Nuits d'ete" (Summer Nights) Op. 7, No. 1 Renee Fleming, soprano · Philharmonia Orchestra Sebastian Lang-Lessing Decca 001903302 "Renée Fleming - Guilty Pleasures" | |
| Franz Schubert · Symphony No. 1 in D, D.82 (1st mvt conclusion) Failoni Orchestra, Budapest Michael Halasz Naxos 8.553093 "Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2" | |
| Frederic Chopin · Waltz in Db, Op. 64, No. 1 "Minute Waltz" Daniel Barenboim, piano Deutsche Grammophon 001538402 "The Warsaw Recital - Barenboim Plays Chopin" | |
| Frederic Chopin · Etude in c, Op. 10, No. 12 "Revolutionary" Andre Watts, piano EMI Classics 54151 "The Chopin Recital" | |