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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Stanislav Kochanovsky leads the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in a thoroughly Russian program, featuring Leonidas Kavakos and the gripping Violin Concerto No. 2 by Shostakovich, as well as Tchaikovsky’s passionate masterpiece, the Symphony No. 6. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Leonidas Kavakos, violin
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Stanislav Kochanovsky, conductor

SHOSTAKOVICH: October
SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3; NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Gunter Wand, conductor; RCA 60755

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra present a concert featuring Gustav Mahler’s expressive farewell — his Symphony No. 9. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, conductor

MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
BEEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor; DG 471490

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Grammy-nominated composer and percussionist Andy Akiho performs his concerto for steel pan and orchestra, Beneath Lighted Coffers, backed by the Oregon Symphony. Also on the program, Schubert’s exuberant Symphony No. 9. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Oregon Symphony
David Danzmayr, conductor
Andy Akiho, steel pans

AKIHO: Beneath Lighted Coffers
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2; Oregon Symphony; James DePreist, conductor; Delos 3071

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Simon Rattle leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a Mozart triple-feature: Symphonies 39, 40 and 41. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

MOZART: Symphony No. 39
MOZART: Symphony No. 40
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter)
WEBER: Symphony No. 2; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor; Orfeo 91841

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, legendary pianist Martha Argerich joins Renaud Capuçon and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra for a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on the program, Weber’s Overture to Oberon and the warm Serenade No. 2 of Johannes Brahms. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Martha Argerich, piano
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Renaud Capuçon, violin/conductor

WEBER: Overture to Oberon
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS: Serenade No. 2
MOZART: Serenade No. 9 Posthorn; Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Yehudi Menuhin, conductor; Virgin 91122

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, 150 musicians join forces, under the direction of Christian Reif, for Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9, in a performance from the 2024 Lakes Area Music Festival. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
The Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota
Brainerd Area High School A Cappella Choir
Kearstin Piper Brown, soprano
Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano
Miles Mykkanen, tenor
Davóne Tines, bass
LAMF Orchestra
Christian Reif, conductor

BELLIDO: Rise
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 (Lakes Area Music Festival Musicians; Christian Reif, conductor)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, one of the rising stars of the international classical music world, takes center stage for Shostakovich’s dazzling Cello Concerto No. 1. Also on the concert, the German premiere of Karim Al-Zand’s Al Hakawati and Rimsky-Korsakov’s gripping Scheherazade. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Miriam Khalli, soprano
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne
Cristian Mǎcelaru, conductor

AL-ZAND: Al Hakawati
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 (WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor; Profil PH18032)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov performs alongside the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and conductor Alan Gilbert in Ravel’s Piano Concerto. Two more French works fill out the program: Debussy’s La Mer and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Daniil Trifonov, piano
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor

RAVEL: Piano Concerto
DEBUSSY: La Mer
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral); NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; Gunther Wand, conductor; RCA 61930

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, violinist Johan Dalene, backed by the Minnesota Orchestra, shines in Carl Nielsen’s only violin concerto. Also on the concert, Lyric Pieces by Norway’s Ørjan Matre, the Suite from Bergakungen by Sweden’s Hugo Alfvén and selections from Edvard Grieg’s beloved Peer Gynt. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Johan Dalene, violin
Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård, conductor

MATRE: Lyric Pieces
NIELSEN: Violin Concerto
ALFVÉN: Suite from Bergakungen
GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 7 (Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor; Bis 2006)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, soprano Johanna Wallroth and baritone Karl-Magnus Fredriksson join Dalia Stasevska and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a powerful performance of Kaija Saariaho’s Cinq Reflets de L’Amour de Loin. Bookending this concert are two works by Jean Sibelius — his incidental music for Pelléas and Mélisande, and his introspective Symphony No. 2. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska, conductor

SIBELIUS: Pelléas et Mélisande
SAARIAHO: Cinq Reflets de L’Amour de Loin
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
SIBELIUS: Finalandia (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Sony 46668)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in Gustav Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 6. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

MAHLER: Symphony No. 6
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 (San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; London/Decca 430515)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Anaïs Gaudemard shines in Ginastera’s Harp Concerto, backed by Sinfonietta Lausanne and its conductor, Joseph Bastian. Bookending the concerto are two 20th-century giants — George Gershwin and Aaron Copland. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Anaïs Gaudemard, harp
Sinfonietta Lausanne
Joseph Bastian, conductor

GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture
GINASTERA: Harp Concerto
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring; San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; RCA 63720

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, we’re in Paris once again, for the second installment of a two-part celebration of Rachmaninoff. Pianist Mikhail Pletnev is the soloist with Dima Slobodeniouk and the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra for piano concertos number three and four of the great Russian master. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 4
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 3 (Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Naxos 573051)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, it’s a double feature of Rachmaninoff piano concertos! Dima Slobodeniouk leads the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in the Piano Concertos No. 1 and No. 2, featuring soloist Mikhail Pletnev. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances; Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor; DG 4839839

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Tomáš Brauner leads the Prague Symphony Orchestra, joined by the Prague Philharmonic Choir, and soloists Olga Jelínková and Bella Adamova, in Gustav Mahler’s incredible musical journey from death to life — his Resurrection Symphony. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Olga Jelínková, soprano
Bella Adamova, mezzo-soprano
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek, chorus director
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Tomáš Brauner, conductor

MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 Resurrection
TCHAIKOVSKY: Orchestral Suite No. 1; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor; Supraphon 110969

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Spanish violinist María Dueñas takes the spotlight in Eduardo Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole, backed by the Dresden Staatskapelle. Closing this concert, Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the ensemble in Dvořák’s dramatic and somber Symphony No. 7. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

María Dueñas, violin
Dresden Staatskapelle
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor

LALO: Symphonie Espagnole
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7
MOZART: Symphony No. 36 (Linz); Dresden Staatskapelle; Colin Davis, conductor; Philips 422398

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, superstar Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson joins the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner for a performance of Brahms’ majestic Piano Concerto No. 1. Also on the program, the world premiere of Freya Waley-Cohen’s Mother Tongue, and Bartók’s vivid music from The Miraculous Mandarin. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1
COHEN: Mother Tongue
BARTÓK: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
HAYDN: Symphony No. 94 (Surprise); London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Solti, conductor; London/Decca 411897

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Alan Gilbert leads the NDR Elbphilharmonie in a celebration of Anton Bruckner, and the 200th anniversary of his birth, with the Austrian composer’s epic Symphony No. 8. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

NDR Elbphilharmonie
Alan Gilbert, conductor

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 Jupiter (NDR Elbphilharmonie; Gunter Wand, conductor; RCA 60714)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Ryan Wigglesworth leads the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in two works inspired by the stories of Hans Christian Andersen — first from Hans Abrahamsen, and second from Igor Stravinsky. Also, acclaimed pianist Stephen Hough turns in a fiery performance of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Stephen Hough, piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

ABRAHAMSEN: Suite from The Snow Queen
RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
STRAVINSKY: The Fairy’s Kiss
BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy; Nicola Benedetti, violin; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rory Macdonald, conductor; London/Decca 21290

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Jakub Hrůša leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring the Czech-Polish triad of Janáček, Wieniawski and Lutoslawski. Joshua Bell shines as the featured soloist in Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Joshua Bell, violin
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša, conductor

JANÁČEK: Suite from Osud
WIENIAWSKI: Violin Concerto
LUTOSLAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor; BR Klassik 900154

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, French violinist Renaud Capuçon takes on the dual-role of violinist and conductor in this concert with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. The program includes two works by Gabriel Fauré — his unfinished violin concerto and a suite of a music for the play Pelléas et Mélisande — and concludes with the Scottish Symphony by Felix Mendelssohn. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Renaud Capuçon, violin/conductor
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

FAURÉ: Violin Concerto
FAURÉ: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)
ELGAR: Violin Concerto (Renaud Capuçon, violin; London Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor; Erato 11282)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, pianist Bertrand Chamayou makes his debut with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, performing Alexander Scriabin’s moving Piano Concerto. Also on the program, Lili Boulanger’s tone poem, Of a Spring Morning, and the powerful Symphony No. 8 by Dmitri Shostakovich. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Bertrand Chamayou, piano
WDR Symphony Orchestra
Andris Poga, conductor

BOULANGER: D’un Matin de Printemps
SCRIABIN: Piano Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Sakari Oramo leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in performances of the first and third symphonies of Jean Sibelius in a concert from Victoria Hall in Geneva. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 3
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 6; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor; Teldec 73127

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Douglas Boyd leads the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 and a new work by Australian composer Brett Dean. As the centerpiece, the orchestra’s principal oboe, Cassie Pilgrim, takes the stage for the magnificent Oboe Concerto by Richard Strauss. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Cassie Pilgrim, oboe
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Douglas Boyd, conductor

DEAN: Short Stories — Five Interludes for String Orchestra
STRAUSS: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra
MOZART: Symphony No. 39
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral); Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor; SPCO Live Recording

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Karina Canellakis leads the NDR Elphilharmonie in a program featuring Beethoven’s dance-filled and joyful Symphony No. 7. The concert opens with Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, followed by the Cello Concerto No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich, in a performance featuring soloist Kian Soltani. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

NDR Elbphilharmonie
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Kian Soltani, cello

BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3 (Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor; DG 435617)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Gemma New leads BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the radiant, glowing Violin Concerto by Samuel Barber featuring soloist Geneva Lewis, as well as music by 21st-century composer Sarah Gibson, and the richly romantic Symphony No. 4 by Johannes Brahms. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Geneva Lewis, violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor

GIBSON: warp & weft
BARBER: Violin Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Violin Concerto (Anthony Marwood, violin; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor; Hyperion 67420)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, one of the great violinists of our time, Augustin Hadelich, joins LACO in Mendelssohn’s transportive Violin Concerto. The concert is capped by Mozart’s eternal Jupiter Symphony. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jaime Martín, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin

WEI: Invisible Portals
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 Jupiter
HAYDN: Symphony No. 82 The Bear (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Christoph Perick, conductor; Dorian 90168)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s heroic Symphony No. 3, while pianist Igor Levit takes the spotlight for the composer’s Emperor Concerto. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Igor Levit, piano
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; London/Decca 443773)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov performs alongside the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and conductor Alan Gilbert in Ravel’s Piano Concerto. Two more French works fill out the program — Debussy’s La Mer and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Daniil Trifonov, piano
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor

RAVEL: Piano Concerto
DEBUSSY: La Mer
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 Pastoral (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; Gunther Wand, cond. – RCA 61930)

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On the latest episode of SymphonyCast, two warhorses of orchestral literature are featured. We’ll celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Anton Bruckner with his romantic Symphony No. 4, and one of the world’s greatest violinists, Gil Shaham, joins the ensemble for the thrilling Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

Program

Gil Shaham, violin
Oregon Symphony
David Danzmayr, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 (Romantic)