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      Playlist for Sunday, October 26, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

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

      Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in b-flat

      Heidrun Holtmann, p
      Well-Tempered Clavier

      Musicaphon M-56922 (4)

      12:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 1 in d minor, BWV 1052

      Simone Dinnerstein, p; Berlin Staatskapelle Chamber Orch
      Bach: A Strange Beauty * Simone Dinnerstein

      Sony 81742-2

      12:28 am

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

      Prelude No. 3 in C#

      Heidrun Holtmann, p
      Well-Tempered Clavier

      Musicaphon M-56922 (4)

      12:29 am

      Samuel Livingston: "Call to the Mountains"

      Arcadian Winds
      Samuel Livingston

      Navona NV-6197

      12:41 am

      Lyndol Mitchell: "Kentucky Mountain Portraits"

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Fiesta In Hi-fi

      Mercury 434324-2

      12:55 am

      American Trad: Sourwood Mountain

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley
      Songs From America's Heartland

      Argo 430834-2

      1:00 am

      Amy Beach: Four Sketches, Op 15

      "Dreaming"

      Anna Shelest, p
      Donna Voce

      Sorel Classics SCCD-015

      1:04 am

      Aaron Copland: "The Red Pony" Suite

      St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      Music For Films

      RCA 61699-2

      1:28 am

      Amy Beach: Four Sketches, Op 15

      "Phantoms"

      Anna Shelest, p
      Donna Voce

      Sorel Classics SCCD-015

      1:29 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in b, Op. 58

      Susan Chan, p
      East West Encounter

      MSR Classics MS-1245

      1:54 am

      Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest," Op. 109

      "Scene"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      The Tempest Suites, Op.109

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.353

      2:00 am

      Karol Szymanowski: Romance in D, Op 23

      Aaron Rosand, v; Hugh Sung, p
      My Legacy

      Artek AR-0011-2

      2:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216

      Elliott Golub, v; Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
      Music of the Baroque

      Mintel Archive 17

      2:29 am

      Anon 18th c: The Beneficent Dervish

      "The Sea Battle"

      Boston Baroque Orch/Martin Pearlman
      Der Stein Der Weisen by Mozart, Hennebert, Schack, Gerl, Schikaneder

      Telarc CD-80573

      2:30 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Fourteen Songs, Op. 34

      #14, "Vocalise"

      Hermitage Piano Trio
      Rachmaninoff

      Reference Recordings RR-147-SACD

      2:37 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Pirogov" Suite, Op. 76

      Belgian Radio Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Film Music from 'The Gadfly' and "Pirogov'

      RCA 6603-2-RC

      2:54 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Tale of the Priest and his Hired Man Balda," Op. 36

      "Merry-Go-Round"

      Russian Phil/Thomas Sanderling
      Shostakovich * Balda * Suite from Lady Macbeth

      DG B0006507-02

      3:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Transcendental Etudes" (1851)

      No. 3, "Paysage"

      Alice Sara Ott, p
      Alice Sara Ott * Franz Liszt * Etudes d'exécution transcendante

      DG 4778362

      3:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in D, H XVIII:11 (Op. 21)

      Bella Davidovich, p; Prague Chamber Phil/Dmitry Sitkovetsky
      Sitkovetsky, Davidovich And Hudecek Play Haydn

      Supraphon SU-32652031

      3:25 am

      Joseph Boudin de Boismortier: "Daphnis et Chloé"

      "Air pour les Zéphyrs"

      Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet, ob
      Daphnis et Chloé

      Glossa GCD-921605 (2)

      3:26 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloé"

      Suite No. 1

      London Sym Orch/Grzegorz Nowak
      N/A

      ASV CDDCA-536

      3:38 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloé"

      Suite No. 2

      Los Angeles Phil/Erich Leinsdorf

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65425-2

      3:54 am

      Joseph Boudin de Boismortier: "Daphnis et Chloé"

      "Musette"

      Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet, ob
      Daphnis et Chloé

      Glossa GCD-921605 (2)

      4:00 am

      Dmitri Bortniansky: Clavier Sonata in F

      Juliana Osinchuk, p
      Ukrainian Piano Works

      Orion ORS-85484

      4:05 am

      Dmitri Bortniansky: "Alcide"

      Suite

      Moscow Phil Society Chamber Ensemble/Andrei Korsakov
      Concertino: Fomin / Bortnyansky / Aliabiev

      MCA Classics AED-10370

      4:14 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Mlada"

      Suite

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.A.: Snow Maiden Suite (The) / Sadko, Musical Picture / Mlada Suite / The Golden Cockerel Suite (Seattle Symphony, Schwarz)

      Naxos 8.572787

      4:32 am

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

      Intermezzo

      St Petersburg Kirov Opera Soloists, Cho and Orch
      Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride

      Philips 462618-2 (2)

      4:34 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #20 in G, Op 49/2

      Annie Fischer, p

      Hungaroton HCD-31628

      4:41 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F after Piano Sonata in E, Op 14/1

      Lasalle String Quartet
      Bach, Mozart, Beethoven: Originals and Transcriptions

      DG 423110-2

      4:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Canon, "Das Reden," WoO 168/2

      Berlin Singakademie/Dietrich Knothe
      Beethoven Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93525 (85)

      5:00 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Violin (Flute) Sonata in E-Flat, Op 10/4

      Waldemar Malicki, v; Kaja Dansczowska, p

      Koch CD-310026

      5:05 am

      Friedrich Kuhlau: "The Triplet Brothers from Damascus"

      Overture

      Danish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Schonwandt
      Kuhlau: Overtures

      Chandos CHAN-9648

      5:14 am

      Franz Schubert: "Die Zwillingsbrüder," D 647

      Overture

      Toscana Orch/Donato Renzetti
      Ouverturen

      Koch 350213

      5:18 am

      William Bolcom: "The Serpent's Kiss (Rag Fantasy)"

      Richard Contiguglia, John Contiguglia, p's

      Helicon Classics HE-1004

      5:24 am

      Manuel Infante: "Danses Andalouses"

      Güher, Süher Pekinel, p's
      Rhapsodie Espangole

      Teldec 44931-2

      5:38 am

      Celedonio Romero: Tres Preludios

      #3, "Aleluya"

      Pepe Romero, g
      Works For Guitar

      Philips 416384-2

      5:40 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Carmen" Fantasy, Op 25

      Leila Josefowicz, v; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Bohemian Rhapsodies

      Philips 454440-2

      5:54 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

      Act II Entr'acte

      London Sym Orch/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

      MCA Classics MCAD-6278

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Reformation Sunday." The Reformation was something of a seismic event in the evolution of the Church. Host Peter DuBois shares music from the time of the Reformation, as well as music that resulted from the creative expression that has blossomed since.

      6:58 am

      Giuseppe Torelli: Trumpet Concerto in D

      I. Allegro

      German Chamber Phil Bremen/Alison Balsom, tr
      Magic Trumpet

      Warner 515744

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      7:01 am

      Mark O'Connor: "Misty Moonlight Waltz"

      Mark O'Connor, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      Appalachian Journey

      Sony SK-66782

      7:06 am

      Courtney Bryan: "Eternal Rest"

      Courtney Bryan, p
      This Little Light of Mine

      Courtney Bryan (2010)

      7:13 am

      Herbert Howells: Three Dances, Op. 7

      No. 2, "Quasi lento, quieto"

      Lydia Mordkovitch, v; London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Howells: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9557

      7:22 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)

      7:43 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "My Lord, What a Morning'"

      Alchymy Viols/Philip Spray
      Deep River: Spirituals' Cross-Currents

      Navona NV-6650

      7:46 am

      Manuel de Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs

      Avi Avital, m; Ensemble
      Ralf Benesch, guitar,
      Zvi Plesser, cello,
      Between Worlds

      DG B0019758-02

      8:01 am

      Gerald Finzi: "Earth and Air and Rain," Op. 15

      No. 6, "Rollicum-rorum"

      Amy Dickson, ssx; Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
      Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi

      Decca 4789357

      8:03 am

      Earth, Wind & Fire: "That's the Way of the World"

      Evan Ziporyn, cl's
      Pop Channel

      Islandia IMR-010

      8:09 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Fancy Free"

      Danzón

      São Paulo Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings

      Naxos 8.508018 (8)

      8:13 am

      Claude Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola, and harp

      Jeffrey Khaner, f; Roberto Diaz, vi; Elizabeth Hainen, h
      Les Amis

      Avie AV-2285

      8:33 am

      Franz Liszt: "Totentanz"

      Louis Lortie, p; Residentie Orch/George Pehlivanian
      Liszt: Works for Piano & Orchestra, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9864

      8:48 am

      Sting: "Saint Agnes and the Burning Train"

      Soweto String Quartet; Johan Laas, syn
      Zebra Crossing

      RCA 26865-2

      8:52 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 2

      No. 4, Toccata "(The Little Train of the Caipira)"

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      World Encores

      EMI CDC5-56576-2

      8:57 am

      Billy Strayhorn: "Take the 'A' Train"

      Harlem Quartet
      Take the A Train

      White Pine 207

      9:01 am

      Johann Joseph Fux: Overture in D

      Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
      Comattimento Consort Amsterdam - Baroque Concert No. 2

      Olympia OCD-342

      9:18 am

      Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet No. 5 in F minor

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      9:31 am

      Henry Purcell: "Dido and Aeneas"

      "Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth"

      Jessye Norman, s; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
      The Jessye Norman Collection

      Philips 422893-2 (2)

      9:38 am

      Giovanni Benedetto Platti: Oboe Concerto in G minor

      Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann, ob; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      Concerti all'arrabbiata

      Aparté AP-262

      9:51 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Sonate Corellisante" No. 3 in B minor

      Rebel/Jörg-Michael Schwarz
      Corellisante - Sonatas for Two Violins & Basso Continuo by Corelli & Telemann

      Dorian DSL-90703

      10:01 am

      Howard Shore: "The Forest"

      Movement I

      Miloš, g; National Arts Centre Orch/Alexander Shelley
      The Moon and the Forest

      Decca 4851597

      10:08 am

      Howard Shore: "The Forest"

      Movement II

      Miloš, g; National Arts Centre Orch/Alexander Shelley
      The Moon and the Forest

      Decca 4851597

      10:16 am

      Howard Shore: "The Forest"

      Movement III

      Miloš, g; National Arts Centre Orch/Alexander Shelley
      The Moon and the Forest

      Decca 4851597

      10:24 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Voodoo Dolls"

      Apollo Chamber Players
      Trace of Time

      Azica ACD-71372

      10:30 am

      Kurt Weill: "Lady in the Dark"

      Symphonic Nocturne

      Bournemouth Sym/Marin Alsop
      Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Lady in the Dark - Symphonic Nocturne

      Naxos 8.557481

      10:49 am

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "Country Dances"

      Book 1

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/John Wilson
      Richard Rodney Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHSA-5244

      11:01 am

      Franz Schubert: Serenade, "Zögernd leise," D 920

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Swedish Radio Cho women's voices; Bengt Forsberg, p
      Schubert: Lieder

      DG 453481-2

      11:09 am

      Carlos Simon: "Tales: A Folklore Symphony"

      National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Carlos Simon—Tales: A Folklore Symphony

      National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0014-D

      11:33 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Danse macabre," Op. 40

      French National Orch/Lorin Maazel
      Fright Night: Music That Goes Bump In The Night

      CBS MDK-45530

      11:41 am

      Franz Schubert: "Der Erlkönig," D. 328

      Kirill Gerstein, piano
      Impromptu: Kirill Gerstein (July 17, 2008)

      WFMT

      11:47 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Album for the Young, Op. 39

      Four Dances

      Borodin Quartet
      Russian Miniatures

      Teldec 94572-2

      11:53 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Festival March," Op 54

      Czech Phil/Václav Neumann
      Prague Gala Concert

      Orfeo C-180891-A

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Edmund Thornton Jenkins: "Charlestonia - Folk Rhapsody"

      Prague Radio Sym Orch/Julius Williams
      Alone/Together: The Dreams & Diversity of the American Composer

      Albany TROY-1971

      12:16 pm

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

      Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor

      Hélène Grimaud, p
      Bach

      DG B0012504-02

      12:25 pm

      Osvaldo Golijov: "Lullaby and Doina"

      Boston Sym Orch Chamber Players
      Boston Symphony Chamber Players * Bolcom * Foss * Gandolfi * Golijov

      BSO Classics 2010

      12:33 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 89 in F

      Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
      Haydn: Symphonies 88 & 89, Sinfonia concertante

      Philips 462602-2

      12:54 pm

      music continues...

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Symphonic excerpts of operas by Glinka, Beethoven, Strauss, Copland, Mascagni, Rossini, and Wagner conducted by Fritz Reiner, Artur Rodzinski, and Daniel Barenboim.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Visions of Mexico One of the powerhouses of Latin American music, Mexico is home to some of the great composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Elbio shares many different musical visions of Mexico starting with the composer of the famous “Huapango,” José Pablo Moncayo, and including recent works by Emilio Toussaint and Hebert Vázquez.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Wilhelm Furtwängler Conducts Repertoire Not Usually Associated With Him

      Ravel "Rapsodie espagnole; Daphnis et Chloe"Suite No. 2; Franck Symphony in D; Sibelius Violin Concerto.