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Love and Death from Goyescas

Composed by

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Performed by

Alicia de Larrocha

Label

RCA

Catalog Number

60408

Today's Playlist

4:37pm Concerto Grosso in A, Op. 6 No. 11

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Performed by

Guildhall String Ensemble

4:54pm Rondo in C for Violin and Orchestra, K. 373

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Stern/English Chamber Orchestra/Schneider

5:01pm French Military March from Algerian Suite, Op. 60

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy

5:06pm Aysha's Dance & Sabre Dance from Gayne

Composed by

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

Performed by

Bolshoi Theater Orchestra/Svetlanov

5:14pm Vysehrad from Ma Vlast (My Fatherland)

Composed by

Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

5:31pm Gold and Silver Waltz

Composed by

Franz Lehar (1870-1948)

Performed by

Orchestra of the Vienna People's Opera/Bauer-Theussl

5:40pm Romanza from Czech Suite in D, Op. 39

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Swensen

5:45pm Adagio from Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Eschenbach

5:53pm To Be Sung on the Water, D. 774

Composed by

Franz Schubert, transcribed by Franz Liszt

Performed by

Jorge Bolet

5:59pm Symphony No. 5 in G

Composed by

Jiri Benda (1722-1795)

Performed by

Prague Chamber Orchestra/Benda

6:12pm Violin Concerto No. 1 In G minor, Op. 26

Composed by

Max Bruch (1838-1920)

Performed by

Barton Pine/BBC Symphony/Litton

6:38pm Adagio in G minor

Composed by

Tomaso Albinoni (arr. Remo Giazotto)

Performed by

Eroica Trio

6:46pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Drop The Needle with Vince Tillona

Performed by

Vince Tillona

7:03pm Drop The Needle with Vince Tillona

7:58pm Finlandia, Op. 26

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

Finnish Radio Symphony/Saraste

8:08pm Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73 "Emperor"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Hough/Finnish Radio Symphony/Lintu

8:48pm Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Finnish Radio Symphony/Saraste

8:59pm Pictures At an Exhibition

Composed by

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), arr. by Leo Funtek

Performed by

Finnish Radio Symphony/Segerstam

9:39pm En Saga, Op. 9

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

Finnish RSO/Saraste

9:58pm Consolation No. 3 in D flat (Lento placido)

Composed by

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Performed by

Tzimon Barto

10:04pm Serenade

Composed by

Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)

Performed by

Galway/Yamashita

10:17pm String Quintet in C, K. 515

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Guarneri Quartet

10:55pm Nocturne, Op. 133

Composed by

Salomon Jadassohn (1831-1902)

Performed by

Bellavance/Bourdeau

11:01pm Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Cardenes/Solow/Golabek

11:45pm Music selected by the announcer