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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, "Caractéristique"

      II. Valse

      Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner

      Capriccio 10227

      12:05 am

      John H. Robinson III: "Variations on a Theme of Valerie Capers"

      Ensemble
      Where Freedom Rings

      Cambria CD-1238

      12:14 am

      Valerie Capers: Portraits in Jazz (1976)

      No. 5, "Blues for the Duke"

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes

      Albany TROY-857

      12:18 am

      Valerie Capers: Portraits in Jazz (1976)

      No. 10, "Bossa Brasilia"

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes

      Albany TROY-857

      12:19 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 1 in d, Op. 43

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9587

      12:55 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, Op. 7

      Michael Ponti, p
      Tchaikovsky Edition

      Brilliant Classics 93980/29

      1:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Paladins"

      Menuet et rondeau I-II

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Gustav Leonhardt
      Rameau - Suite "Les Paladins"

      Philips 432968-2

      1:05 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in a, Wq 170

      Anner Bylsma, vc; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Gustav Leonhardt

      Virgin Classics 90800-2

      1:31 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 2 in c, BWV 826

      II. "Courante"

      Gustav Leonhardt, hc
      6 Partitas BWV 825-830

      Virgin 61292-2 (2)

      1:32 am

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      Althea Waites, p
      Black Diamonds- African-American Composers

      Cambria CD-1097

      1:42 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"

      Five Dances

      Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Leonard Bernstein ‎– The Early Years

      RCA 60915-2

      1:55 am

      Turrin: "Three Summer Dances"

      #1, "Frolic"

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A LA CARTE- Short Works for Winds

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      2:00 am

      John Williams: Music for the film "Schindler's List"

      "Remembrances"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym Orch/John Williams
      Schindler's List

      MCA Classics MCAD-10969

      2:05 am

      Cyprien Katsaris: "Mozartiana"

      Cyprien Katsaris, p
      Mozartiana

      Sony SK-52551

      2:17 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Ascanio in Alba," K. 111

      Trio, "Che bel piacer io sento"

      Soloists; Concerto Armonico/Jacques Grimbert
      Ascanio in Alba

      Naxos 8.660040-1 (2)

      2:18 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, "Jupiter"

      Berlin Phil/Itzhak Perlman
      Mozart: Violin Concerto No 3 Etc * Perlman

      EMI 57418-2

      2:55 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Ascanio in Alba," K. 111

      Chorus, "Venga, de'sommi eroi"

      Concerto Armonico/Jacques Grimbert

      Naxos 8.660040-1 (2)

      3:00 am

      Frederick Delius: "Irmelin"

      Prelude

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Delius

      Chandos CHAN-8372

      3:05 am

      Frederick Delius: Caprice and Elegy

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; Royal Phil/Eric Fenby

      Unicorn-Kanchana DKP-9008/9 (2)

      3:13 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso in b, Op. 62

      Zuill Bailey, vc; San Francisco Ballet Orch/Martin West
      Russian Masterpieces for Cello and Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80724

      3:19 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Capriccio espagnol," Op. 34

      London Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Dorati Conducts Rimsky-Korsakov & Borodin

      Mercury 434308-2

      3:35 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Danzas de españa" (1941)

      #3, "Serrana"

      Artur Pizarro, p
      Rodrigo Piano Music Vol 2

      Naxos 8.557923

      3:36 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G, Op. 30 No. 3

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emmanuel Bay, p

      RCA 7706-2-RG

      3:54 am

      Johann Helmich Roman: Drottningholm Wedding Music

      #21

      Uppsala Chamber Orch/Anthony Halstead
      Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding

      Naxos 8.553733

      4:00 am

      Georges Bizet: "The Pearl Fishers"

      Duet, "Au fond du temple saint"

      Nicolai Gedda, t; Ernest Blanc, br; Paris Opéra-Comique Orch/Pierre Dervaux

      EMI/Ang CDE5-68129-2

      4:05 am

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2

      French National Radio Orch/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDU5-67259-2

      4:22 am

      Georges Bizet: Variations on a Theme from "Carmen"

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz Encores

      RCA 7755-2

      4:26 am

      Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22

      IX. "Colin-maillard" (Blind Man's Bluff)

      Katia, Marielle Labéque, p
      Jeux D'enfants / Ma Mère L'Oye / Dolly Suite

      Philips 420159-2

      4:27 am

      Reinhold Gliere: Harp Concerto in E-Flat, Op 74

      Rachel Masters, h; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Gliere & Ginastera: Harp Works

      Chandos CHAN-9094

      4:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twelve Etudes, Op 8

      #4 in E

      Marta Denayova, p
      Skriabin and Prokofiev Piano Music

      Nimbus NI-5176

      5:00 am

      Vincenzo Bellini: "I Puritani"

      "A te, o cara, amor talora"

      Freni, s; Pavarotti, t; Rome Sym & Cho/Muti
      Pavarotti: The Early Years Vol 2

      RCA 68014-2

      5:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Réminiscences des Puritains" (after Bellini)

      Leslie Howard, p

      MHS 525758-F (2)

      5:25 am

      Johannes Brahms: Five Songs, Op 49

      #4, "Wiegenlied"

      Thomas Allen, br; Sharon Isbin, g

      Virgin 91750-2

      5:27 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Tragic" Overture, Op.81

      Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnànyi
      Johannes Brahms 4 Symphonien

      Teldec 244972-2 (4)

      5:40 am

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: "The Comedians," Op 26

      Bavarian State Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch

      EMI/Ang CDD7-63893-2

      5:54 am

      PDQ Bach: Six Contrary Dances

      #2, Daintissimo

      Orch/Peter Schickele
      Music For An Awful Lot Of Winds And Percussion

      Telarc CD-80307

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:04 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 31 in D, "Hornsignal"

      I. Allegro

      American Horn Quartet; Sinfonia Varsovia/Dariusz Wiśniewski
      Heroic Horn: Best Loved Classical Music

      Naxos 8.578177

      6:09 am

      Vincenzo Bellini: "Norma"

      Aria, "Casta Diva"

      James Galway, f; London Sym Orch/Klauspeter Seibel
      Wings of Song

      DG B0003024-02

      6:16 am

      Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"

      Lang Lang & Gina Alice, p
      Lang Lang - Saint-Saëns

      DG 4859224

      6:32 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in e minor, Op. 6, No. 3

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      DG 447733-2 (3)

      6:44 am

      Franz Schubert: Octet in F, D 803

      V. Menuetto, "Allegretto"

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      The Chicago Chamber Musicians - Celebrating 15 Years

      Chicago Chamber Musicians 001

      6:53 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65

      No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Grieg, Sibelius: Suites

      Philips 412727-2

      7:03 am

      Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 1 in D, Op. 39, No. 1

      London Phil Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Pomp & Circumstance Marches, Cockaigne Overture

      Decca 417719-2

      7:11 am

      Victor Ewald: Brass Quintet No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 5

      Brass Ring
      Brass Ring - Music For Brass Quintet

      Crystal CD-561

      7:25 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Ägyptischer Marsch (Egyptian March)," Op. 335

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Johann Strauss Waltzes & Polkas

      Erato 45998-2

      7:31 am

      Claude Debussy: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Clair De Lune- Music Of France

      RCA 60133-2-RV

      7:43 am

      Jean-Marie Leclair: Two-Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 3, No. 5

      Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, v's
      Duets for Two Violins

      Warner Classics 2564613015

      7:54 am

      Dave Brubeck: "Blue Rondo à la Turk"

      Janoska Ensemble
      The Big B's

      DG 4540390

      8:03 am

      Arno Babajanian: Elegy

      Ani Aznavoorian, vc; Marta Aznavoorian, p
      Gems from Armenia

      Cedille CDR-90000209

      8:08 am

      Heinrich Biber: Eight-Trumpet Sonata in A

      Wynton Marsalis, tr's; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
      Baroque Music For Trumpets

      CBS MK-42478

      8:16 am

      Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 1

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Let's Dance

      Analekta FL2-3125

      8:32 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65

      I. "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Glenn Dicterow, v; James Kreger, vc; David Golub, p
      Dvořák: Trio Op. 65, Quartet Op. 87

      Bridge 9242

      8:46 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Top Shelf, Part I

      Many of Bill's favorite recordings don’t find their way into a thematic week. These are special recordings that wait and wait for the right theme – colorful, great performances of music that Bill adores.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      André Watts (01/22/1986)

      André Watts (1946-2023), the pioneering piano virtuoso and one of the first Black superstars in classical music, was Studs Terkel’s guest on WFMT in 1986.