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Guitar Quintet No. 9 in C, "Retreat from Madrid"

Composed by

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Performed by

Pepe Romero/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble

Label

Musical Heritage Society

Catalog Number

512075

Today's Playlist

10:35am Suite No. 1 for 2 Pianos, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux"

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Trifonov/Babayan

11:00am Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67

Composed by

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Performed by

Richardson/London Symphony Orchestra/Sargent

11:27am Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Burkard Schliessmann

11:40am Concerto in F for 3 Violins from Tafelmusik, Part II

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Koopman

11:55am Music selected by the announcer

12:01pm Manfred Symphony, Op. 58

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Indianapolis Symphony/Leppard

12:56pm Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Ignaz Friedman

Performed by

Ma/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Koopman

1:00pm Les Deux Pigeons: Act I

Composed by

Andre Messager (1853-1929)

Performed by

Welsh National Opera Orchestra/Bonynge

1:31pm Les Deux Pigeons: Act II

Composed by

Andre Messager (1853-1929)

Performed by

Welsh National Opera Orchestra/Bonynge

2:06pm Gaité Parisienne

Composed by

Jacques Offenbach, arr. by Manuel Rosenthal

Performed by

Montreal Symphony/Dutoit

2:49pm Music selected by the announcer

3:00pm Symphony No. 092 in G, "Oxford"

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Bernstein

3:30pm Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Jonathan Biss

3:49pm Summer from Four Seasons, RV 315

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Capucon/Lausanne Chamber Orchestra/Capucon

4:00pm Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Perahia/English Chamber Orchestra

4:33pm Violin Concerto No. 11 in B flat

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann, attr.

Performed by

Brown/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

4:51pm Lullaby from African Suite

Composed by

Fela Sowande (1905-1987)

Performed by

CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Bernardi

5:00pm Overture to If I Were King

Composed by

Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)

Performed by

Detroit Symphony/Paray

5:07pm Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Cliburn/Chicago Symphony/Reiner

5:43pm Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

Composed by

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Performed by

BBC Symphony/Davis

6:02pm Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Oistrach/Vienna Symphony

6:18pm Suite populaire espagnole

Composed by

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

Performed by

Perlman/Sanders

6:33pm Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25

Composed by

Josef Suk (1874-1935)

Performed by

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Mackerras

6:49pm Bagatelle in A minor, “Für Elise”

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Leon Fleisher

6:54pm Ave Maria, D. 839

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Studer/London Symphony/Marin

7:02pm Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60

Composed by

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Performed by

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic/Dorati

7:25pm The Three Elizabeths Suite

Composed by

Eric Coates (1886-1957)

Performed by

East of England Orchestra/Nabarro

7:48pm Estudiantina

Composed by

Emile Waldteufel (1837-1915)

Performed by

Gulbenkian Orchestra/Swierczewski

7:58pm Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Mexico City Philharmonic/Batiz

8:15pm Miroirs

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Philippe Entremont

8:44pm Prairie Journal

Composed by

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Performed by

Buffalo Philharmonic/Falletta

8:58pm Concert Waltz No. 2, Op. 51

Composed by

Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)

Performed by

Philharmonia/Svetlanov

9:09pm Cantata 66, "Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen"

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir/Koopman

9:36pm L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

Composed by

Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Performed by

French National Orchestra/Ozawa

9:57pm Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Wang/Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Dudamel

10:39pm 3 Orchestral Pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 56

Composed by

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Performed by

Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel

10:56pm Symphony No. 3, Op. 36

Composed by

Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010)

Performed by

Upshaw/London Sinfonietta/Zinman

11:51pm Music selected by the announcer