Classical Music Playlist, August 30, 2023A thoroughly charming Octet for clarinet, two horns & strings from 1814 by German composer Louis Spohr is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 29, 2023The early Symphony in F-minor by the 20 year old Richard Strauss - whose world premiere in New York City was his first work ever performed in America - is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 28, 2023A new recording of the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Alice Sara Ott is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 25, 2023We’re celebrating today's birthday of conductor & composer Leonard Bernstein with him conducting the over half-hour first movement of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 for today's Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 24, 2023From the first string quartets he had written in ten years, his Opus 33 collection, the B-minor String Quartet by Haydn is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 23, 2023Nicknamed for the timpani that opens the work, the "Drumroll" Symphony No. 103 by Haydn, in a recording on period instruments, is today's Midday Masterpiece
Classical Music Playlist, August 22, 2023As we celebrate Claude Debussy’s birthday (born 1862) with his music throughout the day, Debussy’s complete five-movement "Images for Orchestra" is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 21, 2023The Symphony No. 6 by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák that made him internationally famous is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 18, 2023The monumental “Organ” Symphony No. 3 by organist-composer Camille Saint-Saëns is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
Classical Music Playlist, August 17, 2023Mozart’s final piano concerto (No. 27), from his final year, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
