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Saturday Playlist April 25, 2020: (Full-page version) Close Window “To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” — Leonard Bernstein Start Buy CD Stock Program Composer Title Performers Record Label Barcode Time online Number Sleepers, 00:01 Buy Now! Haydn Piano Sonata No. 34 in D Emanuel Ax Sony 89363 n/a Awake! 00:17 Buy Now! Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105 Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Berglund Finlandia 17278 706301727829 00:40 Buy Now! Parry An English Suite English String Orchestra/Boughton Nimbus 5366 083603536626 01:00 Buy Now! Mozart Symphony No. 19 in E flat, K. 132 Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner Philips 422 602 028942250123 01:19 Buy Now! Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ" Latry/Philadelphia Orchestra/Eschenbach Ondine 1094 0761195109458 Debost/Chamber Orchestra of 01:59 Buy Now! Vivaldi Flute Concerto in F, RV 433 "La tempesta di mare" EMI 69143 5099976914324 Toulouse/Auriacombe 02:07 Buy Now! Schumann Papillons, Op. 2 Jonathan Biss BBC MM245 n/a 02:24 Buy Now! Harty Violin Concerto in D minor Holmes/Ulster Orchestra/Thomson Chandos 8386 n/a 02:58 Buy Now! Ponchielli Dance of the Hours ~ La gioconda Gothenburg Symphony/Jarvi DG 429 494 028942949423 03:10 Buy Now! Mozart, L. Sinfonia in F New Zealand Chamber Orch/Armstrong Naxos 8.553347 730099434720 Sonatina No. 1 in F for Winds, "From an Invalid's 03:23 Buy Now! Strauss, R. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DG 112472 N/A Workshop" 03:59 Buy Now! Dvorak Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Serebrier Warner Classics 66656 825646665624 04:37 Buy Now! Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Idil Biret Naxos 8.554527 636943452721 04:48 Buy Now! Ravel 2nd mvt ~ String Quartet in F Kodaly Quartet Naxos 8.556789 730099678926 04:57 Buy Now! Vivaldi Concerto in C, RV 558 English Concert/Pinnock Archiv 415 674 028941567420 05:08 Buy Now! Khachaturian Suite ~ Masquerade Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi Chandos 8542 5014682854221 05:26 Buy Now! Donizetti Three Dances ~ The Martyrs Philharmonia/de Almeida Philips 422 844 028942284425 05:41 Buy Now! Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1 Jonathan Biss JB Recordings 15029 889176279966 05:49 Buy Now! Fill Music: announcer selects Weekend 06:01 Buy Now! Potter, A.J. Rhapsody under a High Sky RTE Sinfonietta/O'Duinn Marco Polo 8.223804 730099380423 Classics 06:12 Buy Now! Suppe Overture ~ Poet and Peasant NY Philharmonic/Bernstein Sony 46713 07464467132 06:23 Buy Now! Glazunov Mazurka, Op. 18 Moscow Symphony/Krimets Naxos 8.553538 730099453820 06:34 Buy Now! Strauss, R. Suite ~ Der Rosenkavalier Houston Symphony/Eschenbach RCA 68539 090266853922 07:01 Buy Now! Haydn London Trio No. 3 in G Camerata of Cologne CPO 999 920 761203992027 07:12 Buy Now! Pfitzner Overture ~ Das Christelflein Czech Radio Symphony/Beissel Marco Polo 8.223162 N/A 07:26 Buy Now! Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain Atlanta Symphony/Levi Telarc Digital 80296 089408029622 07:38 Buy Now! Mozart Piano Concerto No. 06 in B flat, K. 238 Perahia/English Chamber Orchestra CBS/Sony 39223 07464392232 08:01 Buy Now! Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat, BWV 1051 Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood L'Oiseau Lyre 414 187 028941418722 08:18 Buy Now! Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat, "Triangle" Rubinstein/RCA Victor Symphony/Wallenstein RCA 08279 886970827928 08:37 Buy Now! Fill Music: announcer selects 08:48 Buy Now! Quantz Trio in C for Recorder, Flute and Continuo Camerata of Cologne DHM 77172 054727717222 09:01 Buy Now! Mendelssohn Octet in E flat, Op. 20 L'Archibudelli/Smithsonian Chamber Players Sony 48307 07464483072 09:33 Buy Now! Chopin Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40 No. 2 Idil Biret Naxos 8.554534 636943453421 09:42 Buy Now! Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Paris Orchestra/Martinon EMI 75526 724357552622 10:00 Buy Now! Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat, K. 482 Uchida/English Chamber Orchestra/Tate Philips 420 187 028942018723 10:37 Buy Now! Schubert String Trio in B flat, D. 581 Grumiaux Trio Philips 438 700 028943870023 10:59 Buy Now! Strauss, R. Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 Israel Philharmonic/Mehta Helicon 9625 7293627962520 11:15 Buy Now! Frescobaldi Canzon No. 5 in G minor Biggs/Boston Brass Ensemble Sony Classical 62353 074646235324 11:20 Buy Now! Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 "Pastoral" London Classical Players/Norrington EMI 49476 077774974622 Musical Heritage 12:02 Buy Now! Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 Mexico City Philharmonic/Batiz 512232M N/A Society 12:15 Buy Now! Haydn Piano Concerto in D Kissin/Moscow Virtuosi/Spivakov RCA 7948 078635794823 12:37 Buy Now! Debussy Rhapsody No. 1 for Clarinet & Orchestra de Peyer/New Philharmonia/Boulez Sony 68237 074646823721 12:47 Buy Now! Fill Music to MET Opera: announcer selects 13:00 Buy Now! Metropolitan Opera: Puccini, Turandot 15:39 Buy Now! Handel Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 6 No. 4 English Concert/Pinnock Archiv 410 897 028941089724 15:51 Buy Now! Strauss Jr. Overture ~ The Gypsy Baron Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan EMI 74764 724357476423 16:01 Buy Now! Mozart Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat, K. 449 Ashkenazy/Philharmonia Orchestra London 417 627 028941762726 The Banks of Green Willow (Idyll for Small 16:26 Buy Now! Butterworth London Symphony/Hickox Chandos 9902 095115990223 Orchestra) 16:34 Buy Now! Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy RCA 85194 n/a 17:00 Buy Now! Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Minnesota Orchestra/Vanska Bis 1825/26 7318591825265 17:34 Buy Now! Chopin Nocturne in E flat, Op. 9 No. 2 Fou Ts'ong Sony 53249 074645324920 17:39 Buy Now! Fill Music: announcer selects 17:48 Buy Now! Barber Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17 NY Philhamonic/Schippers Sony Classical 62837 074646283721 Click link to see the Saturday Evening Request Playlist! (Note: The evening's assembled requests may not be available until 6 p.m. Eastern Saturday Evening Request Program Time.).
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