Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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      Playlist for Tuesday, February 17, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Fourteen Songs, Op. 34

      No. 14, "Vocalise"

      Renée Fleming, s; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      Renée Fleming: The Beautiful Voice

      London 458858-2

      12:05 am

      Conni Ellisor: "Blackberry Winter"

      Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
      Nashville Chamber Orchestra * Conversations in Silence

      Warner Classics 46739-2

      12:22 am

      Anon 16th c, English: "My Lady Carey's Dompe"

      Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer; Brian Kay, theorbo
      Play, Music! Songs from Shakespeare's Plays

      Avie AV-2787

      12:26 am

      Thomas Morley: Song, "O Mistress Mine"

      Mark Cudek, cittern;Ronn McFarlane, l;Grabelle, treble viol
      Play, Music! Songs from Shakespeare's Plays

      Avie AV-2787

      12:27 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in f-sharp minor, Op. 1

      Simon Trpceski, p; Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko
      Rachmaninov * Piano Concertos 1 & 4 * Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

      Avie AV-2191

      12:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Two Pieces, Op 59

      #2, "Prelude"

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      1:00 am

      Antonin Dvorak: "Saint Ludmila," Op. 71

      Chorus, "Blossoms with which spring allures"

      Czech Phil Cho; Prague Sym/Vaclav Smetacek
      St. Ludmila

      Supraphon 50585 (2)

      1:05 am

      Johann (Jan)(Jiri) Benda: Harpsichord Concerto in D

      Josef Hala, hc; Ars Rediviva Ensemble
      Benda: Harpsichord Concertos

      Supraphon 111001-2

      1:20 am

      Viteslava Kapralova: "April Preludes," Op 13

      No. 4

      Antonio Oyarzábal, p
      Things Lived and Dreamt

      IBS Classical IBS-52021

      1:22 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Quintet No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, "American"

      Takács Quartet; Lawrence Power, vi
      Dvorak: String Quartet Op 105, String Quintet Op 97

      Hyperion CDA-68142

      1:55 am

      Charles Ives: Song, "I Travelled among Unknown Men"

      William Sharp, br; Steven Blier, p
      The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-078

      2:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 216 (L 273)

      Scott Ross, hc
      Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works

      Erato 45309-2 (34)

      2:05 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 29

      Igor Kamenz, p

      Naive V-5399

      2:09 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Don Quichotte" Suite

      "Sancho Panza Swindled"

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Bach's Coffeehouse

      Avie AV-2520

      2:11 am

      Richard Strauss: "Don Quixote," Op. 35

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Strauss, R: Don Quixote

      Chandos CHAN-8631

      2:55 am

      Richard Strauss: Six Songs, Op. 17

      #1, "Seitdem dein Aug' in meines schaute"

      Martin Mitterrutzner, b; Wolfram Rieger, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      3:00 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Romance

      Paul Barritt, v; James Lisney, p
      Chanson D'amour

      BIS CD-1245

      3:05 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/John Farrer

      IMP Masters MCD-75

      3:26 am

      George Gershwin: George Gershwin's Song Book (1932)

      "Embraceable You"

      New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Music From The Woody Allen Film 'Manhattan'

      CBS MK-36020

      3:28 am

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      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.

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Johannes Brahms, Part I

      The first of a two-week biography exploring the music and life of a defining voice of the German Romantic Era. In his formative years as a pianist, Brahms befriends Robert and Clara Schumann, and with their support and later with the violinist Joseph Joachim, develops his musical voice. Topics includes Brahms’s struggles to publish symphonies on the heels of Beethoven and writing the German Requiem.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Schubert "Der Tod und das Mädchen (Death and the Maiden);" Nikolay Borchev, baritone; Wu Qian, piano; Bloch "Suite hébraïque;" Matthew Lipman, viola; Henry Kramer, piano; Prokofiev Sonata in C major, Op. 56; Arnaud Sussmann, Alexander Sitkovetsky, violins; Tchaikovsky "Souvenir d’un lieu cher," Op. 42; Alexander Stovetsky, violin; Wu Han, piano.

      11:00 pm