Today's Playlist

• The Northern Sinfonia of England with conductor Richard Hickox
  Prelude to "Irmelin"
  Frederick Delius
  
• The Hungarian Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andras Ligeti
  Overture to "Semiramide"
  Gioachino Rossini
  
• The Piano Puzzler
  
• Cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Robert Kulek
  Selections from "Funf Stucke im Volston"
  Robert Schumann
  
• The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
  March from "The Love for Three Oranges"
  Sergei Prokofiev
  
• Pianist William Albright
  "Palm Leaf Rag"
  Scott Joplin
  
• The Philharmonia of Russia with conductor Constantine Orbelian
  Overture to "Ruslan and Ludmilla"
  Mikhail Glinka
  
• Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky and the Philharmonia of Russia with conductor Constantine Orbelian
  "Aleko's Aria" from "Aleko"
  Sergei Rachmaninoff
  
• Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky and the Philharmonia of Russia with conductor Constantine Orbelian
  "Ne Plach Ditja" from "Demon"
  Anton Rubenstein
  
• Pianist Olga Kern
  Variations Serieuses in D Minor, Op. 54
  Felix Mendelssohn
  
• The Russian National Orchestra with conductor Vladimir Jurowski
  "Waltz of the Flowers" and "Pas de Deux" from "The Nutcracker"
  Peter Tchaikovsky
  
• The Moscow Chamber Orchestra with conductor Constantine Orbelian
  Variations on "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
  Traditional (arranged by Percy Grainger)