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Great Sonata for Guitar with Mandolin

Composed by

Niccolo Paganini (1782–1840)

Performed by

Troester/Tewes

Label

EMI

Catalog Number

47649

Today's Playlist

12:22pm Concerto in D minor, RV 540

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Academy of Ancient Music/Manze

12:36pm Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Van Cliburn

12:42pm Music selected by the announcer

1:00pm Piano Concerto in C

Composed by

Muzio Clementi (1752–1832)

Performed by

Spada/Philharmonia/d'Avalos

1:24pm String Quartet in G, Op. 54 No. 1

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Salomon Quartet

1:46pm Variations in E flat for Piano Trio, Op. 44

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Kempff/Szeryng/Fournier

2:02pm Suite for Flute and Harp, Op. 245 "The Garden of Adonis"

Composed by

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

Performed by

Kondonassis/Zukerman

2:18pm Suite from Dardanus

Composed by

Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

Performed by

Orchestra of the 18th Century/Bruggen

2:44pm Dolly Suite, Op. 56

Composed by

Gabriel Faure, orch. by Henri Rabaud

Performed by

Seattle Symphony/Morlot

3:01pm Incidental Music from Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 46

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

3:34pm Jongo

Composed by

Paulo Bellinati (b.1950)

Performed by

Jason Vieaux

3:40pm Suite from Don Juan Ballet

Composed by

Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787)

Performed by

Rhine Chamber Orchestra of Cologne/Corazolla

4:00pm Dance from A Life for the Czar

Composed by

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)

Performed by

Tchaikovsky Moscow Radio Symphony/Fedoseyev

4:07pm Suite from Tafelmusik, Part III

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Tafelmusik/Lamon

4:16pm March, Waltz and Polka

Composed by

Johann Schrammel/arr. Luis Grinhauz

Performed by

Musica Camerata Montreal

4:29pm Divertimento on Russian Songs, Op. 2

Composed by

Henri Rabaud (1873-1949)

Performed by

Loire Philharmonic/Derveaux

4:43pm Menuet Antique

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Paris Orchestra/Martinon

4:51pm March from The Nutcracker, Op. 71

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

4:54pm Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 "Air on the G String"

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

5:01pm Havanaise, Op. 83

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Chung/Royal Philharmonic/Dutoit

5:11pm Patrie Overture

Composed by

Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Performed by

RTE National Symphony Orchestra/Tingaud

5:24pm Lachtäubchen, Op. 303, "Polka de WR"

Composed by

Franz Behr (1837-1898)

Performed by

Boris Giltburg

5:29pm Waltz Fantasie

Composed by

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)

Performed by

Tchaikovsky Moscow Radio Symphony/Fedoseyev

5:40pm Overture to William Tell

Composed by

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Performed by

Royal Promenade Orchestra/Gehardt

5:53pm Aubade from Nursery Suite

Composed by

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Performed by

Hallé Orchestra/Elder

6:00pm Finlandia, Op. 26

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

Atlanta Symphony/Levi

6:09pm Cello Concerto in A minor, RV 422

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Harnoy/Toronto Chamber Orch/Robinson

6:22pm Lute Suite In E minor, BWV 996

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Yolanda Kondonassis

6:38pm Deep River

Composed by

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. by Maud Powell

Performed by

Pine/Hagle

6:44pm 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

7:56pm Merry Widow Waltz

Composed by

Franz Lehar (1870-1948)

Performed by

Boston Pops/Fiedler

8:03pm Suite from The Golden Cockerel

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Boston Pops/Fiedler

8:30pm Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Pennario/Boston Pops/Fiedler

8:54pm Suite from Jane Eyre

Composed by

John Williams (b.1932)

Performed by

Boston Pops/Williams

9:09pm Carmen Ballet

Composed by

Rodion Shchedrin, after Georges Bizet

Performed by

Boston Pops/Fiedler

9:49pm Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel

Composed by

Engelburt Humperdinck (1854-1921)

Performed by

Boston Pops/Fiedler

10:00pm Clarinet Trio in B flat, Op. 11

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Members of New Vienna Octet

10:22pm String Sonata No. 4 in B flat

Composed by

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Performed by

I Solisti Veneti/Scimone

10:36pm Quintet in E flat for Piano & Winds, K. 452

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble

11:00pm Nocturne in E flat

Composed by

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)

Performed by

Susan Drake

11:06pm Cello Concerto No. 2 in D

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Tortelier/Wurttemberg Philharmonic/Faerber

11:36pm Evenings in Alsace, Op. 52

Composed by

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)

Performed by

Ensemble Vivant

11:52pm Music selected by the announcer