The Drive-Time Elixir with Peter Whorf Playlist March 25, 2025
90.9 WRCJ
“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (selections)
Shore, Howard
5:52 pm
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
TELARC
80700Nocturnes for Orchestra: “Nuages”
Debussy, Claude
5:42 pm
Philharmonia Orchestra
EMI
769184“The Planets”, Op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Holst, Gustav
5:34 pm
London Philharmonic Orchestra
EMI
764748Concerto (for strings) in d, RV 127
Vivaldi, Antonio
5:28 pm
Concerto Italiano
NAIVE
30554“Sicilienne” from “Pelleas et Melisande”, Op. 78 (for cello and orchestra)
Faure, Gabriel
5:24 pm
Philharmonia Orchestra
EMI
557052Nocturne No 2 in c
Field, John
5:19 pm
20250325
NAXOS
8.550761“Springtime” Overture, Op. 36 (“Im Frühling”)
Goldmark, Karl
5:09 pm
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
NAXOS
8.550745Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 (1st movement: Allegro vivace e con brio)
Beethoven, Ludwig van
5:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
LONDON
430400Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (4th movement: Allegro molto)
Bartok, Bela
4:51 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RCA
61504Intermezzo in e flat, Op. 118, No. 6
Brahms, Johannes
4:46 pm
20250325
BRILLIANT
92437“Eugene Onegin”, Op 24: Waltz
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
4:39 pm
Kirov Orchestra
DECCA
470463Serenade No. 9 in D, K 320 (“Posthorn”): 7th movement
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
4:33 pm
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
PHILIPS
464 022“Close Encounters of the Third Kind”: Excerpts
Williams, John
4:22 pm
Boston Pops Orchestra
SONY
88985374582Ballade (for flute and piano)
Gaubert, Philippe
4:15 pm
20250325
EQUILIBRIUM RECORDINGS
EQ150“Princess Ida”: Overture
Sullivan, Sir Arthur
4:10 pm
Pro Arte Orchestra
EMI
767111“Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg”: Prelude to Act I
Wagner, Richard
4:00 pm
Philadelphia Orchestra
CBS
38914Allegro non troppo (4th movement) from Symphony No. 5 in d, Op. 47
Shostakovich, Dmitri
3:49 pm
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
SONY CLASSICAL
61841Capriccio in f sharp, Op. 76, No. 1
Brahms, Johannes
3:44 pm
20250325
CBC
1113Fields of Gold
Sting
3:40 pm
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Classic FM
35“Skylark” (arranged by John Rutter)
Carmichael, Hoagy
3:33 pm
BBC Concert Orchestra (members) & The Cambridge Singers
COLLEGIUM
128Four Seasons: Spring (improvisation, arr. Gabriela Montero)
Vivaldi, Antonio
3:29 pm
20250325
EMI
500234Spring (“Vesna”, Musical Picture for Orchestra), Op. 34
Glazunov, Alexander
3:15 pm
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
NAXOS
8.553838“An 18th Century Scherzo”
Wood, Haydn
3:08 pm
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
NAXOS
8.555069“Die Fledermaus”: Overture
Strauss, Johann II
3:00 pm
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
NAXOS
8.554517Concerto for Orchestra (Finale)
Bartok, Bela
2:48 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RCA
61504Octet for Strings in E Flat, Op. 20
Mendelssohn, Felix
2:17 pm
Emerson String Quartet (times two!)
DG
3888Violin Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 20
Saint-Saens, Camille
2:01 pm
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
HYPERION
6707490.9 FM WRCJ
6:00 am
20250325
