Sergei Rachmaninoff circa 1921
2023 is the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff (born April 1st, 1873). To mark the occasion, record label Deutsche Grammophon TODAY has released a new double-CD set that includes the composer’s 2nd and 3rd Symphonies recorded by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Rachmaninoff had a long association with “The Fabulous Philadelphians,” making his first appearance with them as a piano soloist in 1909. Over the next 34 years he conducted or played with them many times, recorded his music with them and wrote many of his works with their sound in mind. It’s perfectly fitting, then, that in this anniversary year the Philadelphia Orchestra releases what has been called Rachmaninoff’s most romantic symphony. That brand new (61-minute!) release of Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 5 in D major Opus 3/5
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Antonio Salieri
Triple Concerto for violin, oboe and cello in D major
Bern Camerata; Thomas Furi, conductor Thomas Furi, violin; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Thomas Demenga, cello
6:36 a.m.
Chen Peixun
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
Lang Lang, piano
6:42 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Suite for Strings in E major Opus 63
do.gma chamber orchestra; Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
7:07 a.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Piano Concerto in E major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor Stephen Coombs, piano
7:37 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Propinan de Melyor
Piffaro Renaissance Band
7:39 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Empire Brass; Rolf Smedvig, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K 265
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:53 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz #2
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
8:35 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
8:40 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
SEMIRAMIDE: Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Liebestraume: Nocturne No. 3 in Ab major S 541
Evgeny Kissin, piano
8:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 “Scottish” in A minor Opus 56
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
9:41 a.m.
Eric Whitacre
Sing Gently
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
9:46 a.m.
Emilio Pujol
Tango Espagnol
Julian Bream, guitar
9:52 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) in E in E major
Leanne Rees, piano
10:00 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano Opus 22
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
10:21 a.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 2 in G major Opus 13
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
10:47 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Rain
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
10:53 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze BWV 208
Empire Brass Douglas Major, organ
10:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
11:21 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude no. 1 in E minor
Julian Bream, guitar
11:26 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 1: II. Vivacissimo in Bb minor Opus 1
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Mario Venzago, conductor Niklas Sivelov, piano
11:33 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 10 for four violins in B minor Opus 3 RV 580
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Elizabeth Wilcock, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin; Miles Golding, violin
11:43 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight” in C# minor Opus 27/2
Paul Lewis, piano
12:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Three Bavarian Dances Opus 27
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Norman Del Mar, conductor
12:14 p.m.
Alexandra Streliski
Reveries
Alexandra Streliski, piano
12:17 p.m.
Sergio Assad
Farewell
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
12:21 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
12:29 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:49 p.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
12:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in Bb major Opus 3/2 HWV 313
Musicians of the Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Teng Yu-hsien
Spring Breeze
Xuefei Yang, guitar
1:16 p.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Concertino for 2 horns and orchestra Opus 45
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor Ib Lanzky-Otto, horn; Froydis Ree Wekre, horn
1:41 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
1:52 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5: waltz in E minor Opus 64
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2 in E minor Opus 27
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
3:03 p.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdiana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:11 p.m.
William Bolcom
Fields of Flowers
Spencer Meyer, piano
3:16 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Alceste Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
3:39 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3: II. Adagio cantabile in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
4:02 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 “Military” in G major
Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:26 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
4:30 p.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:34 p.m.
John Field
Rondo for piano & strings in Ab major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O’Rourke, piano
4:43 p.m.
Grace Williams
Penillion: IV. Allegro agitato
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in E minor in E minor RV 484
Arion Mathieu Lussier, baroque bassoon
5:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”: I. Allegro con brio in Eb major Opus 55
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:17 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Variations concertantes for cello & piano in D major Opus 17
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
5:27 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Dance Card: III. Jumble Dance
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
5:32 p.m.
Alexey Shor
Seascapes for Viola and Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra; David Parry, conductor David Aaron Carpenter, viola
5:51 p.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes: I. Singing River
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Symphonie Espagnole in D minor Opus 21
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
6:33 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: March of the Trolls Opus 54/3
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:36 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka “Chit-Chat Polka” Opus 214
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
6:40 p.m.
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 “Lyric”: II. Molto adagio
Catalyst Quartet
6:46 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
6:52 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Madrigal-Gavota
David Russell, guitar
6:55 p.m.
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros
Blue Night (Noche azul)
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
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