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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Heinrich von Biber: String Sonata No. 8 in G

      Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman
      Twelve Sonatas For Trumpets, Strings, Timpani And Continuo

      Hyperion CDA-66145

      12:05 am

      Gregorio Allegri: Motet, "Miserere"

      Roy Goodman, treble; King's College Cho Cambridge/David Willcocks
      Miserere / Stabat Mater

      London 421147-2

      12:16 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Posuerunt me"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      12:18 am

      Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 11

      John Cerminaro, fh; Orch/Paul Taylor
      John Cerminaro

      Crystal CD-775

      12:32 am

      Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat

      Barry Tuckwell, fh; Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Horn Concertos

      London 430370-2

      12:53 am

      Richard Strauss: Four Songs, Op. 36

      No. 3, "Hat gesagt, bleibt's nicht dabei"

      Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Sir Georg Solti, p
      Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder * 13 Lieder

      London 430511-2

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude No. 24 in b

      Keith Jarrett, p
      Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

      ECM 2627/28 (2)

      1:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 32 in C

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
      Haydn Symphonies 21-39

      MHS 5576550 (5)

      1:20 am

      Carl Friedrich Abel: Symphony #5 in C

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Abel

      Chandos CHAN-8648

      1:27 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Little Preludes, BWV 924/932

      No. 6

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach

      Hyperion CDA-67121/2 (2)

      1:29 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat, BWV 1010

      Sung-Won Yang, vc
      Bach Cello Suites

      London DD-41156 (2)

      1:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude No. 6 in d

      Keith Jarrett, p
      Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

      ECM 2627/28 (2)

      2:00 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twelve Etudes, Op 8

      #9

      Alexander Paley, p
      Scriabin: Etudes (Complete)

      Naxos 8.553070

      2:05 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35

      Peter Jablonski, p; Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy; Raymond Simmons, tr

      London 436239-2

      2:27 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: "Esquisses", Op 63

      #7, "Le Frisson"

      Laurent Martin, p
      ALKAN: Esquisses Op. 63

      Naxos 8.555496

      2:29 am

      Burleigh: "Four Rocky Mountain Sketches," Op 11

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      2:39 am

      George Templeton Strong: "From a Notebook of Sketches"

      Suite #1

      Moscow Sym Orch/ Adriano
      Strong

      Naxos 8.559078

      2:54 am

      Stephen Foster: "If You've Only Got a Moustache"

      Paula Robison, pic; Eliot Fisk, g
      Mountain Songs: A Cycle Of American Folk Music

      MHS 5173217

      3:00 am

      Louis Cahuzac: "Cantilène"

      Jonathan Cohler, cl; Rasa Vitkauskaite, p
      Rhapsodie Française

      Ongaku Records 024-121

      3:04 am

      Roy Douglas: Cantilena

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.554186

      3:12 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Les Sylphides"

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Herbert von Karajan - Ballets Celebres

      DG 437404-2 (2)

      3:40 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Études," Op. 25

      No. 2 in f minor, "The Bees"

      Nikolai Lugansky, p
      Chopin: Etudes

      Erato 80228-2

      3:41 am

      Francis Poulenc: Flute Sonata (1958)

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p
      Paris: French Flute Music

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56488-2

      3:54 am

      Leo Délibes: "Coppélia"

      "Danse de féte"

      Lyon Opéra Orch/Kent Nagano
      Delibes: Coppélia (Highlights)

      Erato 96368-2

      4:00 am

      Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda: "Six Nocturnes," Op 186

      #5

      Brett Deubner, vi; Caroline Fauchet, p
      Music Of Reinecke, Sitt, Kalliowoda

      Centaur CRC-3326

      4:05 am

      Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda: Oboe Concertino

      Burkhard Glaetzner, ob; Berlin Sym Orch/Claus Peter Flor

      Capriccio 10281

      4:22 am

      Igor Stravinsky: Concertino for Twelve Instruments

      Orpheus Ch Orch
      Shadow Dances

      DG 453458-2

      4:28 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pater noster"

      The King's Singers
      Choral Concert: The King's Singers - SCHUTZ, H. / POULENC, F. / LASSO, O. (Pater Noster: A Choral Reflection on the Lord's Prayer)

      Naxos 8.572987

      4:30 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in f, "Passione"

      Heidelberg Sym/Thomas Fey
      Joseph Haydn: Complete Symphonies Vol 6

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.236

      4:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "St Matthew Passion," BWV 244

      Chorale, "Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen"

      Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orch/Johannes Somary
      St. Matthew Passion

      Vanguard OVC-4060/1/2 (3)

      5:00 am

      Franz Lehár: "Die lustige Witwe" (The Merry Widow)

      "Vilja-Lied"

      Lucia Popp, s; Ambrosian Opera Cho, St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49700-2

      5:05 am

      Leopold Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphosis on "Die Fledermaus"

      Thomas Labé, p
      STRAUSS II, J.: Paraphrases and Arrangements of Favorite Strauss Melodies by Rosenthal, Tausig, Godowsky and Schulz-Evler (Virtuoso Strauss) (Labe)

      Dorian DIS-80102

      5:15 am

      Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

      "Monsieur le marquis"

      Luxembourg Radio TV Sym Orch/Jean-Pierre Wallez
      Johann Strauss: Concert De Gala

      Forlane UCD-13151/52 (2)

      5:17 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D. 759 (Newbould version)

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8, 9

      Virgin 61305-2

      5:55 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Pièces faciles et agréables," Op 74

      #11

      Mikael Helasvuo, f; Jukka Savijoki, g
      Mauro Giuliani - The Complete Works for Flute and Guitar, Vol.3

      BIS CD-413

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Sacred Music of Mozart & Others." Host Peter DuBois pays tribute to Mozart (born January 27, 1756) for his brilliant sacred choral and organ music, as well as to several other wonderful composers whose birthdays fall within the month of January!

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Hubert Parry: "Lady Radnor's Suite"

      Bourrée, Slow Minuet, & Gigue

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      The Spirit of England

      Nimbus NI-5210/3

      7:09 am

      Selim Palmgren: "Snowflakes," Op. 57, No. 2

      Eldbjørg Hemsing, v; Arctic Phil Orch
      Arctic

      Sony G010004635025G

      7:11 am

      Carlos Simon: "Memory of Summer"

      Carlos Simon, p
      Together

      Decca 4854768

      7:17 am

      Ethel Smyth: Serenade in D

      BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez
      Smyth: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9449

      7:53 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Il pastor fido"

      Overture, "Largo - Allegro"

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Handel Overtures

      Archiv 419219-2

      8:01 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Humoresque" in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7

      Stefan Veselka, p
      Perfect Piano: Best Loved Classical Music

      Naxos 8.578180

      8:03 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Humoresque in G, Op. 10, No. 2

      Chicago Sym Orch Wind Quintet
      Encore! - Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet

      Audiophile AP-17

      8:07 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Lark Ascending"

      Solomiya Ivakhiv, v; Ukraine National Sym Orch/Volodymyr Sirenko
      Poems & Rhapsodies

      Centaur CRC-3799

      8:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, "Haffner"

      Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, 33, 35, 38, 41

      Archiv 4777598 (2)

      8:47 am

      Enrique Granados: "Danzas españolas," Op. 37 (Op. 5)

      No. 2, "Oriental"

      Empire Brass
      Romantic Brass: Music of France and Spain

      Telarc CD-80301

      8:53 am

      Michael Torke: "Unseen"

      No. 5

      East Coast Chamber Orch; Michael Torke Orch/Michael Torke
      Unseen - Michael Torke

      Ecstatic Records ER-092402

      9:01 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in G, H XVIII:9

      Derek Han, p; English Chamber Orch/Paul Freeman
      Haydn Piano Concertos, Vol. Two, Nos. 2, 5, 9 And 12

      Pro Arte 3541

      9:18 am

      George Frideric Handel: Utrecht "Jubilate"

      "Glory be to the Father"

      Christ Church Cathedral Cho, Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Preston
      Handel: Utrecht Te Deum, Jubilate

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 414413-2

      9:24 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 16

      Finale, Rondo: "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Schellenberger, ob; Combs, cl; Clevenger, hn; Damiano, bn; Barenboim, p
      Daniele Damiano, bassoon,
      Beethoven, Mozart: Quintets

      Erato 96359-2

      9:31 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto in C major & C minor

      Alison Balsom, tr; Scottish Ensemble
      Italian Concertos

      EMI 56094-2

      9:42 am

      Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      9:55 am

      John Lanchbery: "Tales of Beatrix Potter"

      "The Mouse Waltz"

      Royal Opera House Orch/John Lanchbery
      Tales of Beatrix Potter: Music From the Royal Ballet Film

      EMI CDC7-54537-2

      10:01 am

      Lita Grier: Flute Concertino, "Renascence"

      Mary Stolper, f; Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      American Flute Concertos

      Cedille CDR-90000046

      10:12 am

      music continues...

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Max Raimi Three Lisel Mueller Settings; Elizabeth DeShong, soprano; Montgomery "Hymn for Everyone;" Glass Symphony No. 11; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Strauss "Also sprach Zarathustra," Op. 30; Fritz Reiner, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      "Lo Schiavo," a 19th Century Brazilian Opera by Carlos Gomes "Lo Schiavo" is the love story of Américo, son of Count Rodrigo, and Ilàra, who is being forced to marry another. Elbio presents highlights from this rarely heard romantic opera.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Adrian Boult in Live Performances

      Beethoven Symphony No. 3, "Eroica;" Cherubini "Anacreon" Overture; Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C.