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String Sextet in C, Op. 140

Composed by

Louis Spohr (1784-1859)

Performed by

Varga/Papp/New Haydn Quartet

Label

Naxos

Catalog Number

9

Today's Playlist

2:45pm Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Mikhail Pletnev

3:01pm Piano Concerto in G

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Ax/Liszt Chamber Orchestra

3:23pm Suite from Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80

Composed by

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Performed by

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

3:41pm Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Elaine Greenfield

4:00pm Carnival Overture, Op. 92

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Cleveland Orchestra/Szell

4:11pm Love-Death (Liebestod) from Tristan and Isolde (for orchestra)

Composed by

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Abbado

4:18pm Pizzicato and Adagietto from Suite in E for Strings, Op. 63

Composed by

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)

Performed by

Indianapolis Symphony/Leppard

4:26pm Suite from Masquerade

Composed by

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

Performed by

London Symphony/Black

4:45pm Concerto No.1 in F, RV 98 "La tempesta di Mare"

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Antonini/Il Giardino Armonico Milan

4:52pm Waltz from Act I, Swan Lake, Op. 20

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

NY Philharmonic/Masur

5:00pm Overture to Hansel and Gretel

Composed by

Engelburt Humperdinck (1854-1921)

Performed by

Philharmonia/Klemperer

5:10pm Bella Mazurka

Composed by

Emile Waldteufel (1837-1915)

Performed by

Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

5:15pm Symphony No. 3 in C

Composed by

William Boyce (1711-1779)

Performed by

English String Orchestra/Boughton

5:22pm Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Lloyd Webber/English Chamber Orchestra/Cleobury

5:24pm Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann

Composed by

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

Performed by

Dresden State Orchestra/Varviso

5:29pm Viennese Good Nature Waltz

Composed by

Johann Strauss Sr. (1804-1849)

Performed by

Gaudier Ensemble

5:36pm Deux arabesques, L. 74

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Tetreault/Hebert-Bouchard

5:47pm Symphony No. 016 in B flat

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra/Fischer

6:00pm Prelude to La traviata, Act III

Composed by

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

6:06pm Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat

Composed by

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Performed by

Van Cliburn

6:11pm Pictures at an Exhibition

Composed by

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), orch. Maurice Ravel

Performed by

French National Orchestra/Inbal

6:45pm Cordoba from Spanish Songs, Op. 232

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

Julian Bream

6:53pm 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

8:00pm Danube Legends

Composed by

Julius Fucik (1872-1916)

Performed by

Czech Philharmonic/Neuman

8:12pm Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op 102

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

Mutter/Fernandez/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Honeck

8:49pm Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski

Performed by

Czech Philharmonic/Stokowski

9:01pm Symphonic Variations, FWV 46

Composed by

Cesar Franck (1822-1890)

Performed by

Moravec/Czech Philharmonic/Neumann

9:19pm Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Sherman/Czech Philharmonic/Neumann

9:57pm Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

du Pre/Swedish Radio Symphony/Celibidache

10:44pm Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Elaine Greenfield

10:51pm Concert Waltz No. 1, Op. 47

Composed by

Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)

Performed by

Moscow Symphony/Golovschin

11:01pm Symphony No. 085 in B flat, "The Queen"

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Tafelmusik/Weil

11:24pm Variations on a Theme of Handel, Op. 107

Composed by

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)

Performed by

Celedonio Romero

11:33pm Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Boston Symphony Chamber Players

11:52pm Music selected by the announcer