Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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      Playlist for Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Histoire du Tango"

      IV. "Concert aujourd'hui"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Christian Rivet, g
      Around the World

      Warner 15399-2

      12:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado

      EMI CDC5-56365-2

      12:23 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klavierstück in g, K. Anh 109/7

      Lera Auerbach, p

      Lyric Records 103

      12:25 am

      Max Reger: Cello Sonata No. 3, F, Op. 78

      Guido Schiefen, vc; Jacob Leuschner, p
      Reger: Complete Cello Sonatas

      Oehms Classics OC-456(2)

      12:54 am

      Peter Cornelius: "Trauer und Trost"

      No. 2, "Andenken"

      Markus Schäfer, t; Matthias Veit, p
      Cornelius: Lieder, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.572556

      1:00 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Crisantemi" (1890)

      Ofra Harnoy, vc; Orford String Quartet

      Pro Arte CDD-552

      1:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 60 in C, H XVI:50

      Emanuel Ax, p
      Haydn: Sonatas Nos. 33, 38, 58 & 60

      CBS MK-44918

      1:22 am

      Guillaume Dumanoir: Orchestra Suite in F/C

      "Sarabande italienne"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Suites d'Orchestre, 1650-1660

      Fontalis ES-9908

      1:23 am

      Max Bruch: Adagio on Celtic Themes, Op. 56

      Ofra Harnoy, vc; London Phil/Sir Charles Mackerras
      Schelomo / Kol Nidrei

      RCA 60757-2

      1:31 am

      Alfred Hill: Symphony No. 6, "Celtic"

      Queensland Sym/Wilfried Lehmann
      Alfred Hill

      Marco Polo 8.220345

      1:55 am

      Buxton Orr: Celtic Suite

      "Reel"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson
      The Land Of The Mountain And The Flood: Scottish Orchestral Music

      ASV CDWHL-2123

      2:00 am

      Carl Scheindienst: "Variations on 'Gestern Abend war Vetter Michel da'"

      Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g
      Air

      RCA 68769-2

      2:05 am

      Ernst von Dohnányi: "Variations on a Nursery Song," Op 25

      Isata Kanneh-Mason, p; Royal Liverpool Phil/Domingo Hindoyan
      Dohnanyi: Symphony No. 1

      Decca 00028948542185

      2:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811

      Courante

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 English Suites

      Naive V-8828

      2:32 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068

      II. Air

      Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett
      J S Bach: Orchestral Suites for A Young Prince * Ensemble Sonnerie * Monica Huggett

      Avie AV-2171

      2:36 am

      Max Reger: "Aria," Op 103a/3

      Guido Schiefen, vc; Jacob Leuschner, p
      Reger: Complete Cello Sonatas

      Oehms Classics OC-456(2)

      2:40 am

      Carl Friedrich Abel: Cello Concerto in B-Flat

      Bruno Delepelaire, cello; Berlin Baroque Soloists

      Hännsler Classic HC-22022

      2:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 1 in C

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      3:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-flat

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier, Book II

      Warner Classics 61940-2 (3)

      3:05 am

      George Whitefield Chadwick: "Elegy" (in memory of Horatio Parker)

      Czech State Phil/José Serebrier
      Chadwick

      Reference Recordings RR-2104-CD (2)

      3:13 am

      Horatio Parker: "Four Sketches," Op 19

      Peter Kairoff, p
      American Reverie (Piano Music Of Horatio Parker)

      Albany TROY-315

      3:26 am

      Ned Rorem: Song, "Ferry Me Across the Water"

      Susan Graham, ms; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Songs of Ned Rorem

      Erato 80222-2

      3:28 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Recorder Concerto in e

      Frédéric de Roos, r; Ricercar Consort

      Ricercar 206732

      3:41 am

      Richard Wagner: "A Faust Overture"

      Radio France Phil/Yutaka Sado
      Faust * Berlioz * Liszt * Wagner * Yutaka Sado

      Erato 80234-2

      3:54 am

      Hector Berlioz: Eight Scenes from "Faust," Op. 1

      "Histoire d'un rat"

      Frédéric Caton, br; Radio France Phil/Yutaka Sado
      Faust * Berlioz * Liszt * Wagner * Yutaka Sado

      Erato 80234-2

      4:00 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Russlan and Ludmila"

      Overture

      Utah Sym Orch/Joseph Silverstein
      Light Cavalry

      Pro Arte CDD-402

      4:05 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "A Life for the Tsar"

      Overture

      Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Andrey Chstiakov

      Chant du Monde LDC-288053

      4:13 am

      Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar

      Susanin's Aria

      Shtokolov, Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Mansurov
      Opera Arias

      CBS M-34569

      4:19 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Russlan and Ludmila"

      Chernomor's March

      Leslie Howard, p
      Tscherkessenmarsch aus Glinkas Oper Russlan und Ludmilla, S405ii

      Hyperion CDA-66371/2 (2)

      4:25 am

      Jules Massenet: "Le Cid" (1885)

      "Aragonaise"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Dances From The Opera

      Vox CDX-5130 (2)

      4:26 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet No. 2 in f, Op 2

      Bartholdy Piano Quartet
      MENDELSSOHN: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 and 3

      Naxos 8.550967

      4:54 am

      Diomedes Cato: Galliarda II

      Konrad Ragossnig, l
      Works For Lute

      DG Archiv 2533294

      5:00 am

      Heinrich von Biber: Sonatae "tam aris quam aulis servientes"

      Sonata No. 7

      Rare Fruits Council/Manfredo Kraemer
      Biber: Sontatae- Tam Aris Quam Aulis Servientes

      Astrée E-8630

      5:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 2 in C, Op. 58

      Philippe Graffin, v; BBC Scottish Sym/Martyn Brabbins
      Saint-Saens: The Three Violin Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-67074

      5:37 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Six Études, Op. 135

      No. 2

      Leon Fleisher, p
      Leon Fleischer: Recital

      Sony SK-48081

      5:39 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042

      Lara St. John, v; New York Bach Ensemble
      J. S. Bach: The Concerto Album

      Ancalagon 131

      5:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Praeludium" No. 8

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Jan Weller

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      6:04 am

      Eric Ewazen: Sinfonia for Strings

      III. Allegro molto

      Sejong Soloists
      Sejong Plays Ewazen

      Albany TROY-577

      6:10 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D minor, BWV 974 (after A Marcello)

      Víkingur Ólafsson, p
      Johann Sebastian Bach

      DG 4835022

      6:22 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Suite d'après Corrette," Op. 161b

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      6:33 am

      Henry Thacker Burleigh: "Plantation Melodies, Old and New"

      Apollo Chamber Players
      Blurred Boundaries

      Navona NV-6038

      6:43 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33

      Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"

      Rudolf Firkušný, p; Czech Phil/Václav Neumann
      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Concerto; Leoš Janáček: Concertino, Capriccio

      RCA 60781-2

      6:54 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No .1

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p
      Chopin: Sonatas 2 & 3; Ballade No. 1; Berceuse; Nocturnes

      Decca 4870958

      7:04 am

      Robert Schumann: "Carnaval," Op. 9

      Excerpts

      Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Ravel: Orchestra Music Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.573124

      7:15 am

      Claude Debussy: "Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)"

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
      Copland: Music For The Theater

      Teldec 74006-2

      7:21 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Pictures at an Exhibition"

      "Baba Yaga; The Great Gate of Kiev"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      7:33 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Isaac Stern, v; Pablo Casals, vc; Myra Hess, p
      Brahms: Sextet No. 1, Piano Trio No. 1

      Sony SMK-58994

      7:42 am

      George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto in F, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr, o
      Handel * Organ Concertos Op 7 * Academy of Ancient Music * Egarr

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807447.48 (2)

      8:04 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Grande Tarantelle," Op. 67

      Joel Fan, p; Northwest Sinfonietta/Christophe Chagnard
      Dances for Piano and Orchestra

      Reference RR-134

      8:12 am

      Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Saltarello and Piva

      Ensemble/Rolf Lislevand, l
      Diminuito

      ECM 2088

      8:20 am

      Julius Chajes: Israeli Melodies

      Chicago String Ensemble/Alan Heatherington
      Israeli Melodies

      Centaur CRC-2140

      8:31 am

      Jules Massenet: "Hérodiade"

      Ballet Suite

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce
      Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1- 3; Herodiade

      Naxos 8.553124

      8:42 am

      Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Julie Sévilla-Fraysse, vc; Anja Linder, h
      Schubert

      Naïve V-8208

      8:56 am

      Leroy Anderson: "The Syncopated Clock"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Leroy Anderson Favorites

      RCA 68048-2

      9:03 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Finnish Sketches," Op. 89

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Anthology of Russian Symphony Music, Vol. 26: Alexander Glazunov

      Melodiya SUCD-1000163

      9:15 am

      Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Introduction, Theme and Variations on a Swedish Air, Op. 12

      Martin Fröst, cl; Ostgöta Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Arie van Beek
      Hekas!

      BIS CD-818

      9:28 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      A Portrait of Vaughan Williams

      Nimbus NI-1754 (4)

      9:45 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Rounds"

      Awadagin Pratt, p; A Far Cry
      Still Point

      New Amsterdam NWAM-177

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      10:00 am

      Antonio Salieri: "Sinfonia Veneziana" in D, "La scuola de' gelosi"

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Salieri: Symphonies & Overtures

      Chandos CHAN-9877

      10:12 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Suite provençale," Op. 152b

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      French Favorites

      Chandos CHAN-9072

      10:27 am

      Scott Joplin: "When Your Hair is Like the Snow"

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      American Voices

      Centaur CRC-3159

      10:30 am

      Scott Joplin: "Pine Apple Rag"

      Alexander Peskanov, p
      Joplin: Piano Rags, Vol. 1 / Peskanov

      Naxos 8.559114

      10:35 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 1 in C, "Per il Luigi"

      Sejong Soloists/Gil Shaham, v
      Haydn, Mendelssohn - Gil Shaham/Sejong Soloists

      Canary Classics CC-08

      10:52 am

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 120, No. 2

      III. Finale, "Andante con moto"

      Daniel Ottensamer, cl; Berlin German Sym Orch/Stephan Koncz
      Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra

      Pentatone PTC-5187425

      11:00 am

      Virgil Thomson: "At the Beach," Concert Waltz

      Gerard Schwarz, cornet; William Bolcom, p
      Cornet Favorites / Gerard Schwarz

      Nonesuch 79157-2

      11:04 am

      Clive Richardson: "Beachcomber"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Frederick Fennell
      Beachcomber

      Reference RR-62

      11:09 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

      I. "Lento - Allegro moderato"

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
      Muse

      Decca B0034635-02

      11:24 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul
      Emmanuel Pahud Plays Bach

      EMI CDC5-57111-2

      11:44 am

      Traditional: "The Butterfly"

      Ronn McFarlane, l
      The Celtic Lute

      Sono Luminus DSL-92225

      11:47 am

      Elena Kats-Chernin: "Butterflying"

      Gondwana Voices/Lyn Williams; Sally Whitwell, p
      The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection

      ABC Classics 4816430/6

      11:51 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Une barque sur l'océan"

      New York Phil/Pierre Boulez
      A Century of French Music

      Sony 88875192862

      12:00 pm

      Philip Glass: "Echorus"

      Jennifer Koh & Jaime Laredo, v's; Curtis 20/21 Ensemble/Vinay Parameswaran
      Two x Four

      Cedille CDR-90000146

      12:08 pm

      Maurice Greene: Overture No. 1 in D

      Baroque Band/Garry Clarke
      Greene: Overtures

      Cedille CDR-90000152

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Pianist Hyerim Lee performs music by Chopin, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Debussy, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:00 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds

      DG 437533-2

      1:19 pm

      Frederick Delius: Romance (1896)

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Songs from the Arc of Life

      Sony 10316-2

      1:26 pm

      Jacob Gade: "Jalousie" (Tango Fantasia)

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Songs from the Arc of Life

      Sony 10316-2

      1:31 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1 ("Dance in the Village Inn")

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Mephisto Magic * Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti

      Decca 443444-2

      1:43 pm

      James Stephenson: "The Storyteller"

      Bowden & Dash, tr's; Lam, v; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Tinkham
      Storyteller: Contemporary Concertos for Trumpet

      Cedille CDR-90000229

      1:53 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Paladins"

      Menuet et rondeau I-II

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Gustav Leonhardt
      Rameau: Les Paladins

      Philips 432968-2

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      2:00 pm

      Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F

      Emerson String Quartet
      Debussy / Ravel: String Quartets

      DG 445509-2

      2:29 pm

      Francis Poulenc: Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Trio

      Melos Ensemble
      Icon: Melos Ensemble

      EMI CDFB5-72646-2 (2)

      2:42 pm

      Vasili Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 2 in A

      II. "Andante cantabile"

      Ukraine National Sym Orch/Theodore Kuchar
      Kalinnikov: Symphonies 1 & 2

      Naxos 8.553417

      2:51 pm

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "Inspiration Waltzes"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      2:57 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra

      No. 2, Waltz

      Boston Pops Orch Strings/John Williams
      American Classics

      Philips 416360-2

      3:00 pm

      Frederick Converse: "The Mystic Trumpeter," Op 19

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Converse: The Mystic Trumpeter, Flivver Ten Million, Endymion's Narrative

      Naxos 8.559116

      3:22 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Viola d'amore Concerto in D minor, R. 394

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, vida
      Vivaldi's Women

      Signum SIGCD-699

      3:35 pm

      Louis-Theodore Gouvy: Four-Hand Piano Sonata in D minor, Op. 36

      Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p
      Gouvy: Piano Music for Four Hands

      Sony SK-53110

      3:58 pm

      Francisco Tárrega: "Rosita"

      Norbert Kraft, g
      Cavatina: Popular Guitar Music

      Naxos 8.571085

      4:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 22 in E-Flat, "The Philosopher"

      Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Haydn: Symphonies "The Surprise", "The Philosopher", "Farewell"

      Denon CO-75660

      4:17 pm

      Christoph Förster: Oboe Concerto in E-Flat

      Lajos Lencsés, ob; La Follia
      Oboe Concertos by Handel and Förster

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.217

      4:32 pm

      Jerome Moross: Variations on a Waltz

      London Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Jerome Moross: Symphony No. 1, The Last Judgement, Variations On A Waltz

      Koch 3-7188-2

      4:48 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Johannes Brahms, Part II

      This is the second of two weeks exploring the music and life of the great German master. Brahms’s love of Hungarian Roma music and folksongs allowed him to create music that speaks to our inner souls. Scholars believe Brahms discarded more works than he published, so let us treasure the music we have from him.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      The Brandenburg Concertos

      Swiss recorder player and conductor Maurice Steger and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra present Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos. Recorded in concert March 27, 2025, at Broadcasting Hall, Frankfurt, Germany.