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Tales from the Vienna Woods

Composed by

Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899)

Performed by

Keyes/Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

Label

Telarc

Catalog Number

80098

Today's Playlist

5:40pm Hungarian Wedding Dance

Composed by

Leo Weiner

Performed by

Starker/Sebok

5:45pm Dance Rhapsody No. 2

Composed by

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Performed by

Royal Philharmonic/Beecham

5:54pm Slavonic Dance in D flat, Op. 72 No. 4

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer

6:00pm Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

Hope/Zurich Chamber Orchestra

6:03pm Suite for Orchestra from La Boheme

Composed by

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Performed by

Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

6:22pm Mazurka apasionata

Composed by

Agustin Barrios (1885-1944)

Performed by

Raphael Feuillatre

6:30pm Paris Quartet in E minor, TWV 43:e1

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Holloway/Brunmater/Duftschmid/Becker/Mortensen

6:48pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Serenade in A for 7 Wind Instruments, Op. 14

Composed by

Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)

Performed by

Viotta Ensemble/Liberman

7:30pm Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219 "Turkish"

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Kremer/Vienna Philharmonic/Harnoncourt

8:00pm Symphony in D minor, FWV 48

Composed by

Cesar Franck (1822-1890)

Performed by

Royal Concertgebouw/Chailly

8:44pm The Banks of Green Willow (Idyll for Small Orchestra)

Composed by

George Butterworth (1885-1916)

Performed by

English String Orchestra/Boughton

8:52pm Two Arabesques, L. 66

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Tiffany Poon

9:01pm Symphony No. 3 in F minor, "Irish"

Composed by

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)

Performed by

Ulster Orchestra/Handley

9:43pm Invocation

Composed by

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Performed by

Lloyd Webber/Philharmonia/Handley

9:55pm Minuet No. 2 in A

Composed by

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Performed by

Orchestra of the Auvergne/Kantorow

10:00pm Vocalise

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Eroica Trio

10:08pm Una furtiva lagrima from L'elisir d'amore

Composed by

Gaetano Donizetti, arr. Philippe Quint

Performed by

Quint/Maisky

10:13pm Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op. 44

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Maurizio Pollini

10:25pm Octet in E flat, Op. 20

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Zukerman

11:00pm Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Murray Perahia

11:20pm Violin Concerto in A minor

Composed by

Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)

Performed by

Gatti/Ensemble 415/Banchini

11:38pm Poetic Waltzes

Composed by

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Performed by

Julian Bream

11:51pm Music selected by the announcer