The Drive-Time Elixir with Peter Whorf Playlist May 13, 2026

90.9 WRCJ

“Poet and Peasant” Overture

Suppe, Franz von

2:01 pm

Boston Pops Orchestra

RCA

5479

Concerto for Small Orchestra and Solo Violin

Finzi, Gerald

2:13 pm

City of London Sinfonia

CHANDOS

9888

“Spartacus” (Excerpts from the Ballet)

Khachaturian, Aram

2:34 pm

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

DECCA

460315

“The Prince of Denmark’s March” (arranged for trumpet and small orchestra by Anthony Newman)

Clarke, Jeremiah

3:00 pm

English Chamber Orchestra

SONY

66244

Suite for String Quartet (5th movement: Moderato)

Butterworth, George

3:03 pm

Horenstein Ensemble (members)

ACOUSENCE

12315

“The Birth of Venus” from “Three Botticelli Pictures”

Respighi, Ottorino

3:07 pm

Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

TELARC

CD-80309

Allegretto (for Piano Trio) in B Flat, Op. posth. (WoO No. 39)

Beethoven, Ludwig van

3:12 pm

The Borodin Trio

CHANDOS

8352

“King Arthur” (Suite for Strings)

Purcell, Henry

3:19 pm

City of London Chamber Orchestra

VOX

8165

“Robin and Marian”–Suite

Barry, John

3:34 pm

City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

SILVA

3010

Piano Sonata No. 3 in f, Op. 5 (3rd movement: Scherzo, allegro energico)

Brahms, Johannes

3:42 pm

20260513

BRILLIANT

92437

Violin Concerto in C, Op. 8, No. 12 (RV 178)

Vivaldi, Antonio

3:48 pm

I Musici

PHILIPS

438 344

The Pirates of Penzance: Overture

Sullivan, Sir Arthur

4:00 pm

Pro Arte Orchestra

SERAPHIM

74010

Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in f, BWV 1056: II. Largo

Bach, Johann Sebastian

4:08 pm

Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields

SONY

82429

“Somewhere In Time” (Suite for orchestra)

Barry, John

4:11 pm

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

EPIC SOUNDTRAX

52985

Two Rags (arranged by Arthur Frackenpohl for wind quintet)

Joplin, Scott

4:21 pm

Calico Winds

ALBANY

693

“Ritmico e cavalleresco” (finale) from Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 99

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario

4:26 pm

London Philharmonic Orchestra

RCA

60355

“Partita polonaise” (excerpts)

Telemann, Georg Philipp

4:34 pm

Amadeus Guitar Duo

NAXOS

8.573439

“Clair de lune” (arranged for orchestra)

Debussy, Claude

4:41 pm

Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra

MERCURY

434349

Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1

Handel, George Frideric

4:46 pm

Academy of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields

DECCA

458333

“May Night”: Overture

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

5:00 pm

Scottish National Orchestra

CHANDOS

8327

Divertimento No. 11 in D, K. 251 (5th movement–Rondeau: Allegro assai)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

5:09 pm

Cologne Chamber Orchestra

NAXOS

8.570990

Benedictus (for violin and organ)

Lloyd Webber, William

5:16 pm

20260513

CHANDOS

9595

“Tambourin chinois”, Op.3

Kreisler, Fritz

5:20 pm

Quartetto Gelato

LINUS

1522

Fantasy on Themes from Beethoven’s “Ruins of Athens”

Liszt, Franz

5:25 pm

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

EMI

585573

Field of Dreams: Selections

Horner, James

5:38 pm

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

TELARC

80468

Green Tulips

Mayerl, Billy

5:43 pm

20260513

CHANDOS

10324

Guitar Concerto in D, RV 93

Vivaldi, Antonio

5:47 pm

English Chamber Orchestra

LONDON

455364

90.9 FM WRCJ

8:06 pm

20260513