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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Schumann, Clara: Three Romances, Op 21

      No. 3 in g

      Jean-Pierre Armengaud, p
      Clara Schumann: Piano Music, Vol. 1

      Grand Piano GP-930

      12:05 am

      Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel: "Romance for Violin" Op. 39

      Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p
      Music by Composers of African Descent

      BCM+D Records

      12:15 am

      Bruch, Max: "Romanze (Romance)," Op. 85

      Vadim Gluzman, v; Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton
      Bruch * Violin Concerto No 1 Etc * Gluzman

      BIS SACD-1852

      12:24 am

      Schumann, Robert: Romances and Ballades, Op. 67

      No. 3, "Heidenröslein"

      Calmus Ensemble
      Hausmusik * Calmus Ensemble

      Carus 83.447

      12:26 am

      Cherubini, Luigi: Symphony in D

      Tuscany Radio Sym Orch/Donato Renzetti

      Koch 350221

      12:55 am

      Marais, Marin: "Le Tourbillon"

      Marku Luolajan-Mikkola, viga; Annamari Pölhö, hc
      Marais 'Suite d'un Gout Etranger'

      Marquis Classics 81207-2

      1:00 am

      Riisager, Knudage: "Little Overture"

      CBC Vancouver Orch Strings/Mario Bernardi

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5157

      1:05 am

      Riisager, Knudage: Trumpet Concertino, Op 29

      Gilbert Johnson, tr; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      First-Chair Encores, Volume 1: Showpieces for Philadelphia's First-Chair Virtuosos

      CBS MS-6791

      1:16 am

      Riisager, Knudage: "Slaraffenland", Op 33

      "Springedans"

      Christina Bjorkoe, p
      Riisager: Piano Works

      Da Capo 8.226004

      1:17 am

      Goldmark, Karl: Overture, "Im Frühling (Springtime)," Op 36

      Ireland National Sym/Stephen Gunzenhauser
      GOLDMARK: Rustic Wedding Symphony / In the Spring

      Naxos 8.550745

      1:27 am

      Loewe, Frederick Carl: "Le Printemps", Op 47

      Cord Garben, p
      Piano Sonatas

      CPO 999355-2

      1:54 am

      Mendelssohn, Felix: Choral Songs, "Der erste Frühlingstag," Op 48

      No. 3, "Frühlingsfeier"

      Leipzig Radio Cho/Horst Neumann
      Mendelssohn: Choruses

      Philips 6514362

      2:00 am

      Handel, George Frideric: Coronation anthem, "Zadok the Priest"

      Vienna Boys' Cho, Cho Viennensis, Volksoper Chamber Orch/P Marschik
      Angelic Voices: The Best Of The Vienna Boys' Choir

      Philips 462778-2

      2:05 am

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

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op 3 & Op 6

      London 4758673 (3)

      2:11 am

      Handel, George Frideric: "Ezio"

      March

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark

      Vox VOX2-7503 (2)

      2:13 am

      Rubinstein, Anton: Cello Sonata #2 in G, Op 39

      Jiri Barta, vc; Hamish Milne, p
      Rubinstein Cello Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-67660

      2:55 am

      Wolf, Hugo: "Mörike Lieder"

      "Begegnung"

      Anna Grevelius, ms; Sholto Kynoch, p
      Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 1

      Stone Records 5060192780086

      3:00 am

      Sibelius, Jean: Suite "caractéristique", Op. 100

      Virtuosi Di Kuhmo/Peter Csaba, v
      Jean Sibelius Works for String Orchestra

      Ondine ODE-830-2

      3:05 am

      Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Sonata #1 in f, Op 120/1

      Kàlmàn Berkes, cl; Jenö Jandó, p
      BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonatas

      Naxos 8.553121

      3:29 am

      Brahms, Johannes: Three Motets, Op 110

      #2, "Ach, arme Welt"

      Danish National Radio Cho/Stefan Parkman
      Brahms: Choral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9671

      3:31 am

      Loeffler, Charles: "A Pagan Poem," Op 14

      Orch/Leopold Stokowski

      EMI/Ang CDM5-67569-2

      3:54 am

      Anonymous 16th century, Italian: Bassadanza

      Karl-Ernst Schroder, l, Crawford Young, l
      Amours Amours Amours (Lautenduos Um 1500/ Duos De Luths Autour 1500/ Lute Duos Around 1500)

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-905253

      4:00 am

      Debussy, Claude: "D'un cahier d'esquisses"

      Alain Planès, p
      Debussy: The Complete Etudes

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901601

      4:05 am

      Debussy, Claude: Saxophone "Rapsodie" (1911)

      Sigurd Rascher, sx; New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein Century: French Masterpieces

      Sony SMK-60695

      4:15 am

      Debussy, Claude: "Petite Suite"

      Lee Luvisi & Anne-Marie McDermott, p's
      The Complete Chamber Music Of Claude Debussy

      Delos 3167

      4:28 am

      Debussy, Claude: Song, "Fantoches"

      Susan Graham, ms; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Carnegie Hall Recital

      Erato 60293-2

      4:30 am

      Debussy, Claude: "La Mer"

      New Philharmonia Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Debussy: Orchestral Works- La Mer, Nocturnes, Printemps, Jeux, Images, Prelude a L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune, Dances

      Sony SM2K-68327 (2)

      4:53 am

      Debussy, Claude: Song, "Fleur des blés"

      François Le Roux, br; Noël Lee, p
      IMEB Opus 30 Vol. 2 (1984-1999)

      Chant du Monde LDC-2781115

      5:00 am

      Schubert, Franz: "Rosamunde" Incidental Music, D 797

      Ballet Music No. 2 in G

      Orch/Bruno Walter
      Bruno Walter Edition - Schubert: Symphony No 9

      Sony SMK-64478

      5:05 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No. 25 in g minor, K. 183

      Orch/Bruno Walter
      Bruno Walter Edition - Mozart: Symphonies 25, 28, 29 & 35

      Sony SMK-64473

      5:22 am

      Walter, Bruno: Symphony in d

      3rd mvt, "Allegro con brio"

      North German Radio Sym Orch/Leon Botstein
      Walter: Symphony in No. 1

      CPO 777163-2

      5:31 am

      Mahler, Gustav: "Lieder aus dem Jugendzeit"

      "Frühlingsmorgen"

      Desi Halban, s; Bruno Walter, p
      Symphony No. 4. Lieder Und Gesänge Aus Der Jugendzeit

      Sony SMK-64450

      5:32 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: Cello Sonata No. 1 in c, Op. 32

      Mats Lidström, vc; Bengt Forsberg, p

      Hyperion CDA-67095

      5:54 am

      Gossec, François Joseph: "Tambourin"

      Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g
      Air

      RCA 68769-2

      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

      Franz Xaver Dussek: Sinfonia in G, Altner G4

      Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen
      Dussek: Four Symphonies

      Naxos 8.572683

      6:14 am

      Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat, D 898 (Op. 99)

      IV. Finale, Rondo: "Allegro vivace"

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 D 898, Notturno D 897

      Philips 422836-2

      6:24 am

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

      II. "Valse"

      Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner
      Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 & 2

      Capriccio 10227

      6:31 am

      Matthew Locke: Music for "The Tempest"

      Suite of Dances

      Il Giardino Armonico members
      Biber: Battalia; Locke: The Tempest

      Teldec 21464-2

      6:38 am

      Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      6:51 am

      George Macfarren: Concert Overture, "Chevy Chace"

      English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones
      Victorian Concert Overtures

      Hyperion CDA-66515

      7:04 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Overture for Wind Instruments, Op 24

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures / Abbado

      DG 471467-2 (4)

      7:15 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in B-Flat, R. 166

      Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Vivaldi: Concerti per archi II

      Naïve OP-30554

      7:22 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, "Fandango," Op. 50, G 448

      "Grave assai; Fandango"

      Los Romeros
      Spanish Guitar Favorites

      Philips 442781-2

      7:33 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan," Op. 8

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor

      Delos DE-3099

      7:45 am

      Claude Debussy: "Pour le piano"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Debussy: Preludes (Livres I Et II): The Complete Works For Solo Piano Vol. I / Jean-Yves Thibaudet

      Decca 452022-2 (2)

      8:04 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      "1812" Overture

      DG 419407-2

      8:17 am

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      9 String Theory
      9 String Theory

      9 String Theory

      8:23 am

      Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 2

      Oliver Talukder, ob, eh, f & pic; Moriah Trenk, p
      Briefly Gorgeous

      Cedille CDR-90000245

      8:32 am

      Carlo Tessarini: Flute Concerto in D

      Lyon Leifer, f; Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman

      Music of the Baroque

      8:43 am

      Jean Sibelius: Four Pieces, Op. 78

      Torleif Thedeen, vc; Folke Gräsbeck, p
      Sibelius: Complete Music for Cello & Piano

      BIS CD-817

      8:56 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: "Le Prophète"

      Coronation March

      London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Bonynge
      Famous Marches

      Decca 421634-2

      9:05 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Oboe Concerto in E-Flat, Wq 165

      Xenia Löffler, ob; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Georg Kallweit
      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Oboe Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902601

      9:26 am

      Bohuslav Martinů: Two-Violin Sonatina

      Angela Chun & Jennifer Chun, v's; Nelson Padgett, p
      Fantasy * Angela & Jennifer Chun

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907444

      9:40 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

      II. "Andante moderato"

      Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
      Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

      DG 4794372

      9:53 am

      Erik Satie: "Jack-in-the-Box"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      The Complete Ballets of Erik Satie

      Vanguard OVC-4030

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      10:00 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Othello," Op. 79

      Suite

      Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      10:16 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Hope Amid Tears

      Sony 886449139354

      10:38 am

      Luigi Cherubini: "Anacréon"

      Overture

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Méditation: Overtures & Intermezzi

      EMI CDM7-64629-2

      10:51 am

      Aaron Copland: "An Outdoor Overture"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Lincoln Portrait

      Vanguard OVC-4037

      11:01 am

      Claude Debussy: "Children's Corner" Suite

      Stephen Hough, p
      Debussy - Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-68139

      11:18 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E, R. 271, "L'amoroso"

      Simon Standage, v; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Vivaldi: Concerti - "L'Amoroso" / Pinnock, The English Concert

      Archiv 419615-2

      11:29 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232

      "Sanctus; Osanna in excelsis"

      Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Bach: Mass in B minor

      Soli Deo Gloria SDG-722 (2)

      11:38 am

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "Un Sueño en la Floresta"

      Thibaut Garcia, g
      El Bohemio

      Warner 5054197726170

      11:47 am

      Michael Abels: "Winged Creatures"

      Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
      Winged Creatures

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      12:01 pm

      Hajime Komatsu: "Four Japanese Folk Songs" Suite No. 2

      I. "Yagibushi"

      Kontras Quartet
      Origins

      MSR Classics MS-1537

      12:03 pm

      Hajime Komatsu: "Four Japanese Folk Songs" Suite No. 2

      II. "Nanbu Ushioi Uta (Nanbu Cowherding Song)"

      Kontras Quartet
      Origins

      MSR Classics MS-1537

      12:09 pm

      Aaron Copland: "El Salón México"

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      The Latin Album

      RCA 63717-2

      12:21 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59

      Suite

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Strauss Alliance

      DG 4862040

      12:48 pm

      Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet No. 3 in G minor

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      1:01 pm

      Josef Mysliveček: Concertino in E-Flat

      Concerto Köln
      Il Divino Boemo: Josef Mysliveček Symphonies

      Archiv 4776418

      1:16 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Une barque sur l'océan"

      André Laplante, p
      Call Me By Your Name (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Sony 88985484392

      1:25 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Capriccio italien," Op. 45

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3/ Capriccio Italien

      RCA 60433-2

      1:42 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Vespers (All-Night Vigil)," Op. 37

      "Blessed Art Thou, O Lord"

      Latvian Radio Cho/Sigvards Kļava
      Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil (Vespers)

      Ondine ODE-1206-5

      1:51 pm

      Mel Bonis: Six "Valses-Caprices," Op. 87

      EStrella Piano Duo
      In Her Own Voice

      Sheridan Music Studio (In Her Own Voice)

      2:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, "Turkish"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos, Sinfonia Concertante

      Avie AV-2317

      2:29 pm

      Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces for cello and piano

      Antonio Meneses, vc; Celina Szrvinsk, p
      Soirées Internationales

      Avie AV-2162

      2:38 pm

      Celso Garrido-Lecca: "Danzas populares andinas"

      Norwegian Radio Orch/Miguel Harth-Bedoya
      Inca Trial Connections

      Naxos 8.574266

      2:52 pm

      William Grant Still: Festive Overture

      Royal Phil Orch/Arthur Bennett Lipkin
      A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1060

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Horatio Parker: Suite for Piano Trio, Op 35

      Rawlins Trio
      Three American Trios

      Albany TROY-107

      3:21 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

      Alison Balsom, tr; Balsom Ensemble
      Royal Fireworks

      Warner 0190295370060

      3:38 pm

      Errollyn Wallen: "Mighty River"

      BBC Concert Orch/John Andrews
      Errollyn Wallen Orchestral Works

      Resonus RES-10358

      3:55 pm

      Niccolò Paganini: Caprice No. 11 in C

      Rachel Barton Pine, v
      Bel Canto Paganini

      Avie AV-2374 (2)

      4:00 pm

      Josef Suk: Piano Pieces, Op. 7

      No. 1, "Love Song"

      Ivan Moravec, p
      Piano Music of Smetana, Korte, Suk

      Nonesuch 79146-2

      4:08 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59

      Suite

      National Phil/Michael Repper
      Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L'Ouverture, Ballade Op. 4, Suites from "24 Negro Melodies"

      Avie AV-2763

      4:30 pm

      Craig Hella Johnson: "Considering Matthew Shepard"

      "Ordinary Boy"

      Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson
      Considering Matthew Shepard

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807638.39

      4:38 pm

      Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 3 in A minor

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Borodin: Symphonies Nos 1-3

      Naxos 8.572786

      4:56 pm

      Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

      Barcarolle ("Belle nuit")

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Offenbach: Overtures

      DG 400044-2

      5:00 pm

      Henry Cowell: "American Melting Pot"

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Henry Cowell: Persian Set

      Koch 3-7220-2

      5:18 pm

      Alexander Krein: "Caprice hébraïque," Op. 24

      Anne Battegay, v; Chamber Orch Mannheim/Marc-Olivier Oetterli
      The Essential Hebrew Violin

      ARS Produktion ARS-38348

      5:24 pm

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Vespers of the Blessed Virgin" (1610)

      Versicle, Falsobordone, and Toccata, "Domine ad adjuvandum me"

      La Tempête/Simon-Pierre Bestion
      Monteverdi Vespro

      Alpha 552

      5:28 pm

      Kurt Weill: "Marie Galante"

      "Youkali: Tango Habanera"

      Daniel Hope, v; Christoph Israel, p
      Hope@Home

      DG 00028948394821

      5:33 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

      Composer of nine masterful symphonies, editor of the English Hymnal, an ambulance driver in WWI and great-nephew to Charles Darwin, Ralph Vaughan Williams was a prolific and intriguing figure at the forefront of English music in the early 20th century. We'll look at his life, listen to his friends perform his music, and hear the music that inspired him. Hosted by Bill McGlaughlin

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Leilehua Lanzilotti "of light and stone" (World Premiere, New York Philharmonic Commission); Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3; Yunchan Lim, piano; Ives Symphony No. 2; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.