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Concerto in D for 2 Violins, RV 513

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Ritchie/Wilcock/CBC Vancouver Orch./Gardiner

Label

Musical Heritage Society

Catalog Number

512137

Today's Playlist

6:47am In Autumn (A Concert Overture), Op. 11

Composed by

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Performed by

Royal Philharmonic/Beecham

7:01am Ballade No. 6

Composed by

Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869)

Performed by

Richard Burnett

7:08am Travel Pictures, Op. 36

Composed by

Vincent D'Indy (1851-1931)

Performed by

Wurttemberg Philharmonic/Nopre

7:27am Polonaise in F minor for Two Pianos, Op. 77

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Dosse/Petit

7:39am Concerto Grosso No. 5 in E minor

Composed by

Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)

Performed by

Ensemble 415/Banchini

7:50am Prague Waltzes

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Detroit Symphony/Dorati

8:01am Concerto No. 6 in D minor

Composed by

John Hebden (1712-1765)

Performed by

Cantilena/Shepherd

8:12am String Sonata No. 2 in A

Composed by

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Performed by

I Solisti Veneti/Scimone

8:24am Reflections in the Water from Images for piano, Series I

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Van Cliburn

8:32am Prelude to Act 1 from Lohengrin

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

MET Opera Orchestra/Levine

8:43am Sevilla from Suite espanola, Op. 47

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

Andres Segovia

8:48am Music selected by the announcer

9:01am Piano Sonata No. 9 in D, K. 311

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Malcolm Bilson

9:21am Concerto in B flat for Winds and Strings

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Musica Antiqua of Cologne/Goebel

9:32am Pan Voyevoda

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Slovak Philharmonic/Rezucha

10:01am Tragic Overture, Op. 81

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

London Symphony/Haitink

10:18am Don Quixote: Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Charcter, Op. 35

Composed by

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Performed by

Bailey/Diaz/North Carolina Symphony/Llewellyn

11:01am The Well Tempered Clavier Book I

Composed by

J.S. Bach

Performed by

Wanda Landowska

11:28am From the Mountains (a waltz)

Composed by

Johann Strauss, Jr, (1825-1899)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Welser-Möst

11:42am Symphony No. 017 in F

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Hanover Band/Goodman

12:00pm La Valse

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Paris Orchestra/Karajan

12:16pm Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Serebrier

12:32pm Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Krystian Zimerman

12:48pm Music selected by the announcer

1:01pm Two Arabesques

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Stoltzman/Allen

1:10pm Mountain Symphony (Symphonic Poem No. 1)

Composed by

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Performed by

Gewandhaus Orchestra/Masur

1:40pm In the South (Alassio), Op. 50

Composed by

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Gardiner

2:02pm Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

USSR Symphony/Svetlanov

2:45pm Concerto in E flat for 2 Horns from Tafelmusik

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Capella Istropolitana/Edlinger

3:01pm Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Ashkenazy/Moscow Philharmonic/Kondrashin

3:36pm Fantasia for a Gentleman

Composed by

Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)

Performed by

P. Romero/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner

4:00pm Barcarolle, Op. 7

Composed by

Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)

Performed by

Joanne Polk

4:04pm Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Royal Promenade Orchestra/Simpson

4:12pm Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 6

Composed by

George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by

English Concert/Pinnock

4:29pm Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77

Composed by

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Performed by

Chineke! Orchestra/Parnther

4:46pm Symphony in A

Composed by

Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813)

Performed by

Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia/Grodd

5:00pm Carnival Overture, Op. 92

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

London Symphony/Kertesz

5:10pm Canon in D

Composed by

Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)

Performed by

Yolanda Kondonassis

5:16pm Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

German Chamber Phil. Bremen/Harding

5:30pm Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier

Composed by

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Performed by

Chicago Symphony/Reiner

5:40pm Symphony No. 8 in D

Composed by

Jiri Benda (1722-1795)

Performed by

Salieri Chamber Orchestra/Pal

5:48pm Torre Bermeja

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

John Williams

5:53pm Finale (Allegro) from Symphony No. 1 in E flat, Op. 8

Composed by

Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)

Performed by

BBC Philharmonic/Downes

6:00pm Danzon No. 2

Composed by

Arturo Marquez (b.1950)

Performed by

Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra/Dudamel

6:11pm Nocturne No. 3 in A flat

Composed by

John Field (1782–1837)

Performed by

Benjamin Frith

6:17pm Tales from the Vienna Woods

Composed by

Johann Strauss, Jr, (1825-1899)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Maazel

6:30pm Fantasia in C minor, BWV 921

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Rafael Puyana

6:36pm Piano Sonata No. 58 in C

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Yekwon Sunwoo

6:49pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Gaité Parisienne

Composed by

Jacques Offenbach, arr. by Manuel Rosenthal

Performed by

Monte Carlo Philharmonic/Rosenthal

7:48pm Spring, Op. 34

Composed by

Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)

Performed by

Hong Kong Philharmonic/Schermerhorn

8:01pm Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 208 "In Summer"

Composed by

Joseph Joachim Raff (1822-1882)

Performed by

Basel Radio Symphony/Auberson

8:44pm Selection of solo piano works: Lilacs, Elegie, Liebeslied, Melodie,

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff

9:01pm Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

Stern/Rose/Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy

9:36pm Concerto in F for 3 Violins from Tafelmusik, Part II

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Capella Istropolitana/Edlinger

9:52pm Finlandia, Op. 26

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

Swedish Radio Symphony/Salonen

10:01pm Piano Trio No. 6 in F, Hob. XV:40

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Mendelssohn Piano Trio

10:12pm Concerto No. 6 in A

Composed by

Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)

Performed by

I Musici

10:22pm Keyboard Partita No. 4 in D, BWV 828

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Haskell Small

11:00pm Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (A Hero’s Life)

Composed by

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Performed by

Philadelphia Orchestra/Sawallisch

11:44pm Tonadilla

Composed by

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Performed by

Christopher Parkening

11:51pm Music selected by the announcer