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      Playlist for Sunday, November 16, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Charles Gounod: "Funeral March of a Marionette"

      Jan Kraybill, o
      The Orchestral Organ

      Reference Recordings RR-145-SACD

      12:05 am

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Waltz

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      French Opera Highlights

      Mercury 432014-2

      12:10 am

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

      Susan Chan, p
      East West Encounter

      MSR Classics MS-1245

      12:21 am

      Richard Wagner: "A Faust Overture"

      London Phil/Adrian Boult

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63122-2

      12:33 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Ten German Dances, Op 4

      #5

      Eva Schieferstein, p
      Weber: Schieferstein - Valses favorites pour l'impératrice

      Koch 3-6731-2

      12:34 am

      Franz Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat, Op 41

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

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      12:55 am

      Peter Cornelius: Duet, "Am Meer"

      #2, "Brennende Liebe"

      Edith Mathis, s; Hidemori Komatsu, br; Cord Garben, p
      Romantic Duets

      CPO 999262-2

      1:00 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" Suite, Op. 57

      "The Tsarina in a barrel at sea"

      Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian
      Rimsky Korsakov: Suites

      ASV CDDCA-772

      1:05 am

      Vasili Kalinnikov: "Tsar Boris"

      Overture

      Budapest Sym/Antal Jancsovics
      KALINNIKOV : Tsar Boris

      Marco Polo 8.223135

      1:17 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tsar's Bride," Op. 57

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt
      Rimsky Korsakov: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

      ASV CDDCA-1024

      1:24 am

      Anatol Liadov: Fanfare #2

      Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bàtiz
      The Enchanted Lake & Other Orchestral Works

      ASV CDDCA-657

      1:24 am

      Anatol Liadov: Fanfare #3

      Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bàtiz
      The Enchanted Lake & Other Orchestral Works

      ASV CDDCA-657

      1:25 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra (1951

      Alfonso Moreno, g; Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz
      Villa-Lobos

      EMI/Ang CDS7-47901-8 (3)

      1:43 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Violin Concerto in a, R 522 (Op 3/8)

      Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King, arpa doppia

      RCA-DHM 77366-2

      1:54 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in f, Kk 185/184

      Hédi Salànki, hc

      Price-Less D-16565

      2:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Aria, "Io ti lascio, oh cara, addio," K. Anh 245

      Vesselina Kasarova, ms; Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis
      Mozart: Arias

      RCA 68661-2

      2:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #6 in F, Op 10/2

      Dirk Herten, p
      Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      White 4 (10)

      2:21 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Secular Canons, H XXVIIb:1-46

      No. 13, "Phöbus und sein Sohn"

      Györ Girls' Cho/Miklos Szabo

      Hungaroton HCD-12890-2

      2:23 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54

      Maria-Joao Pires, p; Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Piano Concerto • Piano Quintet

      DG 463179-2

      2:54 am

      Henry Balfour Gardiner: Five Pieces

      #1

      Michael Stairs, p
      Oh, Dear!

      DTR DTR-9701

      3:00 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32

      "Neptune, the Mystic"

      London Sym Cho and Orch/Gustav Holst
      Enigma Variations / The Planets

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54837-2

      3:05 am

      Aaron Copland: "Fanfare for the Common Man"

      London Symphony Orchestra/Aaron Copland
      Copland Conducts Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Old American Songs

      CBS MK-42430

      3:08 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "L'histoire du soldat"

      Suite for violin, clarinet and piano (1919)

      Jazz Ensemble/Igor Stravinsky
      Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky - The Mono Years 1952- 1955

      Sony MH2K-63325 (2)

      3:33 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Saudades do Brasil," Op. 67

      No. 1, "Sorocaba"

      Orch/Darius Milhaud

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54604-2

      3:35 am

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

      Alberto Lysy, v; Camerata Lysy Gstaad/Yehudi Menuhin
      Bach: Violin Concertos, Violin Sonatas

      Discover Int'l DICD-920140

      3:54 am

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

      No. 12 in A

      Dave Camwell, sx; Stephen Page, sx
      Dave Camwell * Bach-Centric

      Teal Creek Music TC-2019

      4:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Préludes," Book 2

      VII. "La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune"

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Preludes

      Onyx ONYX-4004

      4:05 am

      Claude Debussy: "Préludes," Book 2

      V. "Bruyères"

      Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon

      Cala CACD-1002

      4:08 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Das Orgelbüchlein," BWV 599/644

      "O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde gross" BWV 622

      Michigan State Sym Band/Keith Brion
      MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND: To the Fore! - Percy Grainger's Great Symphonic Band Music

      Delos DE-3101

      4:12 am

      George Gershwin: Song, "The Man I Love"

      Richard Glazier, p
      Remembrance and Discovery

      Centaur CRC-2271

      4:15 am

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

      "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise"

      Royal Phil/Andrew Litton
      Gershwin: The Songbook, Rhapsody in Blue, Who Cares?

      MCA Classics MCAD-6216

      4:17 am

      George Gershwin: "Catfish Row" (Suite from "Porgy and Bess)

      Chicago Sym
      Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess Suite, Cuban Overture

      DG 445768-2

      4:40 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in e, R 273

      Giuliano Carmignola, v; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon
      Vivaldi: Late Violin Concertos

      Sony SK-89362

      4:53 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D, R 226

      2nd mvt, "Largo"

      Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Florilegium Baroque Ensemble
      Vivaldi Concerti

      Channel Classics CCS-10097

      5:00 am

      Samuel Barber: "Ballade," Op. 46

      Steven De Groote, p
      Van Cliburn Competition Vol. 2

      VAI VAIA-1146

      5:05 am

      Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano
      Rainbow Body - Barber, Copland, Higdon, Theofanidis

      Telarc CD-80596

      5:25 am

      Samuel Barber: "Mélodies passagères," Op. 27

      No. 1, "Puisque tout passe"

      Thomas Hampson, br; John Browning, p
      Complete Songs Of Samuel Barber (Secrets Of The Old)

      DG 435867-2 (2)

      5:26 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F, Op 17

      Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Lois Shapiro, forte-p
      Variations for Violoncello and Pianoforte

      Channel Classics CCS-6494

      5:40 am

      Giovanni Punto: Horn Concerto #6 in E-Flat

      Barry Tuckwell, fh; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner

      EMI/Ang CDFP5-65395-2 (2)

      5:54 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties, Op 4

      #2

      Barry Tuckwell Wind Quintet
      The Barry Tuckwell Wind Quintet: Barber, Milhaud, Arnold, Ligeti, Ibert

      Nonesuch 78022-1

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Birthdays." Host Peter DeBois explores music of several composers of sacred choral and organ music celebrating birthdays in November, including William Mathias, Aaron Copland, Benjamin Britten, Emma Lou Diemer, and several others.

      6:58 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Song, "Zdes' khorosho (It's Peaceful Here)," Op. 21, No. 7

      John-Henry Crawford, vc; Victor Santiago Asuncion, p
      Voice of Rachmaninoff

      Orchid ORC-100241

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      7:01 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      II. Canzonetta, "Andante"

      Jennifer Koh, v; Odense Sym Orch/Alexander Vedernikov
      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra

      Cedille CDR-90000166

      7:10 am

      Ren Guang: "Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon"

      Yundi Li, p
      Yundi: The Red Piano

      EMI 88658-2

      7:13 am

      Marjan Mozetich: "Postcards from the Sky" (1997)

      "Unfolding Sky"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Blanc

      Analekta AN2-8737

      7:19 am

      George Whitefield Chadwick: "Suite symphonique"

      Czech State Phil/José Serebrier
      Chadwick / Aphrodite / Serebrier

      Reference RR-74

      7:57 am

      Fats Waller: "Alligator Crawl"

      Canadian Brass
      More Greatest Hits

      RCA 5628-2-RC

      8:00 am

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

      James Oesi, db; Djuwa Mroivili, p
      Adoration

      James Oesi (Adoration)

      8:03 am

      Ewan MacColl: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

      James Oesi, db; Djuwa Mroivili, p
      Adoration

      James Oesi (Adoration)

      8:07 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Concertino da camera"

      Branford Marsalis, sx; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Creation

      Sony SK-89251

      8:23 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle in A minor, "Für Elise," WoO 59

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Vladimir Ashkenazy / various - The art of Ashkenazy

      Decca 466462-2 (2)

      8:27 am

      Jennifer Higdon: "Blue Cathedral"

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano
      Rainbow Body

      Telarc CD-80596

      8:41 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Peter Pan"

      "Dream With Me"

      Zuill Bailey, vc; Lara Downes, p
      Some Other Time

      Steinway & Sons 30025

      8:45 am

      Joe Hisaishi: "Howl's Moving Castle"

      Symphonic variation on "Merry-Go-Round Of Life;" "Cave of Mind"

      Phil Cobb, tr; Royal Phil Orch/Joe Hisaishi
      Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration

      DG 4877352

      8:57 am

      Jaco Pastorius: "Portrait of Tracy"

      Evan Ziporyn, cl's
      Pop Channel

      Islandia IMR-010

      9:01 am

      Orlando Gibbons: "The Silver Swan"

      La Caccina
      Becoming

      La Caccina (Becoming)

      9:02 am

      Orlando Gibbons: "This Is the Record of John"

      Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
      Seeing Is Believing

      Decca 4782731

      9:09 am

      Antonio Giuliani: Two-Mandolin Concerto in E

      Ugo Orlandi & Dorina Frati, m's; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Concerti per mandolini

      Erato ECD-88165

      9:26 am

      Francesco Tristano: "On Bull Galliard in D"

      Francesco Tristano, p
      On Early Music

      Sony 19439917392

      9:31 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 1 in F

      BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert
      Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque

      Chandos CHAN-9930

      9:52 am

      Martin Berteau: "Sonata a tre" in E minor, Op. 1, No. 6

      UnderStories Ensemble
      A French Odyssey

      Challenge Classics CC-720016

      10:01 am

      Leo Ornstein: "A Morning in the Woods"

      Janice Weber, p
      Explore America

      Naxos 8.559187

      10:08 am

      Traditional Irish: "She Moved Through the Fair"

      The King's Singers
      Close Harmony

      Signum SIGCD-912

      10:13 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Symphonie concertante" in G, Op. 13

      Miriam Fried & Jaime Laredo, v's; London Sym/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 1

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      10:31 am

      Jay Ungar: "The Harvest Home Suite"

      Overture (Fertility Theme)

      Jay Ungar, v; Molly Mason, g; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
      Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons

      EMI CDC5-56720-2

      10:35 am

      Jay Ungar: "The Harvest Home Suite"

      "Autumn (Thanksgiving Hymn)"

      Jay Ungar, v; Molly Mason, g; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
      Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons

      EMI CDC5-56720-2

      10:40 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Rectus & Inversus

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, man; Edgar Meyer, db
      Bach Trios

      Nonesuch 558933-2

      10:50 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83

      IV. Finale, "Allegretto grazioso"

      Van Cliburn, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Cliburn - Brahms Concerto No. 2, Intermezzi

      RCA 7942-2-RG

      11:00 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Shostakovich: The Jazz Album

      Decca 433702-2

      11:09 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Tango"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Recital

      GHA 126016

      11:15 am

      Dani Howard: Trombone Concerto

      III. "Illumination"

      Peter Moore, tb; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Michael Seal
      Dani Howard Orchestral Works

      Rubicon RCD-1125

      11:20 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "Sunday in the Park with George"

      "Color and Light"

      Anthony de Mare, p
      Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano

      ECM 2470-72

      11:28 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

      Prologue, "Jet Song, Something, Dance at the Gym, Maria, America"

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's; G Grau & R Séguinier, per
      Raphaël Séguinier, percussion,
      Rhapsody in Blue, West Side Story

      KML 1121

      11:50 am

      Carter Pann: "Slalom"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
      American Portraits

      Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Media CSOM-945

      12:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Anthony Ritchie: "Underwater Music," Op. 57

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich
      Anthony Ritchie: Symphony No. 6, Underwater Music

      Rattle RAT-D143

      12:14 pm

      Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105

      Joshua Brown, v; Paolo Giacometti, p
      Robert Schumann: Violin Sonatas No. 1 & 2; Fantasy, Op. 131

      Evil Penguin EPRC-0077

      12:32 pm

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Carmen" Fantasy, Op. 25 (after Bizet)

      Augustin Hadelich, v; West German Radio Sym Orch/Cristian Măcelaru
      Recuerdos

      Warner 9029631076

      12:47 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet in D, K. 355/576b

      Dejan Lazić, p
      Retrospection

      Channel Classics CCS-13398

      12:49 pm

      Dora Pejačević: Minuet, Op. 18

      Vienna Bohème Quartet
      Bravourissimo

      Koch 3-6718-2

      12:53 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Oboe Concerto in A minor, R. 536

      Rachel Chaplin & Mark Baigent, ob's; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Vivaldi x2

      Avie AV-2392

      1:00 - 6:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      The Music of The American Revolution

      A Preview of the PBS Documentary Film

      Directors Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein join WFMT to discuss the impoortance of music in their new film, and to the give a taste of the broad range of sounds and colors that help bring the film to life. The American Revolution, A Film By Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt premieres November 16 on WTTW. Visit wfmt.com for an extended version of this compelling conversation.

      1:03 pm

      Hosted by Robbie Ellis.

      1:04 pm

      Paul Hindemith: Flute Sonata

      Wolfgang Schulz, f; Ferenc Bognár, p
      Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2; Sonaten für Bläser

      Sony SK-64400

      1:05 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:20 pm

      Sergei Bortkiewicz: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 16

      Anna Shelest, p; Estonian National Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      A Romantic from Kharkiv: Music of Sergei Bortkiewicz

      Music & Arts MACD-1313

      1:52 pm

      Oscar Roberto Casares: "Concierto Sefaradi"

      Quintetto Italiano
      Oscar Roberto Casares: Concierto Sefaradi

      Koch 3-1280-2

      2:05 pm

      music continues...

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Wagner "Lohengrin" Prelude; Strauss "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28; Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      A Lost Baroque Opera Domenico Zipoli was one of the most remarkable Italian baroque composers. In 1717, he migrated to South America, where he contributed some of the most important music written on this side of the Atlantic. Elbio presents his 'lost' opera "San Ignacio de Loyola," rediscovered in the 1990s.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Art of Constantin Silvestri

      Great performances of Respighi "Pines of Rome;" Enescu Concert Overture; Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade;" and Shostakovich Symphony No. 8, conducted by Romanian conductor and composer Constantin Silvestri.