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      Playlist for Thursday, January 8, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Frederick the Great FRIEDRICH II: Flute Concerto No. 3 in C

      1st mvt, "Allegro"

      Patrick Gallois, f, CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Peter Schreier
      C.P.E. Bach, Benda, Quantz: Flute Concertos

      DG 439895-2

      12:05 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Sonate posthume"

      Bella Hristova, v; Michael Houstoun, p
      Réveiller

      Rattle RAT-D153

      12:19 am

      Maurice Ravel: "L'Eventail de Jeanne"

      Fanfare

      London Sym/Claudio Abbado
      Chopin: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1/ Liszt: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1

      DG 423665-2

      12:21 am

      Johann Joachim Quantz: Flute Concerto in G

      Patrick Gallois, f; CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Peter Schreier
      C.P.E. Bach, Benda, Quantz: Flute Concertos

      DG 439895-2

      12:37 am

      Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata

      Joshua Bella, v; Jeremy Denk, p
      French Impressions

      Sony 82026-2

      12:54 am

      George Gershwin: Three Preludes

      #1

      Joshua Bell, v; John Williams, p
      Gershwin Fantasy

      Sony SK-60659

      1:00 am

      Erkki Melartin: "Sleeping Beauty," Op 22

      III. "Valse"

      Tempere Phil/Leif Segerstam
      Melartin

      Ondine ODE-923-2

      1:02 am

      Erkki Melartin: "Sleeping Beauty," Op 22

      IV. "Moonlight Ballet"

      Tempere Phil/Leif Segerstam
      Melartin

      Ondine ODE-923-2

      1:05 am

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 52

      Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi
      Symphony No. 5 In E Flat Op. 82/ Andante Festivo/ Karelia-Overture Op. 10

      BIS CD-622/24 (4)

      1:34 am

      Louise Farrenc: "25 Études Faciles," Op. 50

      No. 10

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-912-13 (2)

      1:35 am

      Jules Massenet: "Cendrillon"

      Suite

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean
      MASSENET: Orchestral Suites

      Marco Polo 8.223354

      1:46 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La Cenerentola"

      Overture

      Royal Opera House Orch/Carlo Rizzi
      Gioachino Rossini: Overtures

      Conifer 55004-2

      1:54 am

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

      #13, Menuetto

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

      BIS CD-413

      2:00 am

      Traditional: "Shenandoah"

      Oregon Guitar Quartet
      Something Wondrous Fair * Oregon Guitar Quartet

      Cube Squared Records C2R-601

      2:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Bk 2

      Quartet in d

      Freiburg Baroque Orch members
      The Complete Tafelmusik * Musique de Table * Georg Philipp Telemann * Freiburger Barockorchester

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      2:21 am

      Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"

      No. 4, "Shortnin' Bread"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      2:23 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 51

      Emerson String Quartet
      Emerson String Quartet * Old World -- New World

      DG B0014106-02 (3)

      2:55 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46

      No. 8 in g minor, "Furiant"

      Empire Brass
      Class Brass

      Telarc CD-80220

      3:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Auf dem Wasser zu singen," D 774

      Carol Rosenberger, p
      Piano Recital: Rosenberger, Carol - RAVEL, M. / FAURE, G. / BENNETT, R.R. / CHOPIN, F. / RACHMANINOV, S. / GRIFFES, C. (Piano Barcarolles)

      Delos DE-3172

      3:05 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Auf dem Wasser zu singen," D 774

      Philippe Sly, br; John Charles Britton, g
      Schubert Sessions: Songs with Guitar

      Analekta AN2-9999

      3:08 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op 34

      "Auf Flügeln des Gesanges"

      Elly Ameling, s; Rudolf Jansen, p
      On The Wings Of Song

      Philips 422333-2

      3:11 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op. 34

      #2, "Auf Flügeln des Gesanges"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Liszt Vol. 15

      Hyperion CDA-66481/2 (2)

      3:14 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polish Songs, Op. 74

      No. 1, "The Maiden's Wish"

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p
      Chopin Liszt Ravel

      London 4783206

      3:18 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polish Songs, Op. 74

      No. 1, "The Maiden's Wish"

      Ewa Podles, c; Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Vol. 12 - Songs

      Arabesque Z-6746

      3:20 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony no.3 in F, Op.90

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56118-2

      3:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: Five Songs, Op. 106

      No. 1, "Ständchen"

      Renée Fleming, s; Hartmut Höll, p
      Renee Fleming

      London BO030429-02

      4:00 am

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

      Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C

      Bob van Asperen, hc
      Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

      Virgin 602519-2 (6)

      4:05 am

      Wilhelm Friedemann WF Bach: Sinfonia in d, F 65

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Bach: Sinfonias, Suite In G Minor, Concerto For Harpsichord In D Major

      Sony SK-62720

      4:14 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo Violin Sonata No. 3 in C, BWV 1005

      "Adagio"

      Jean Rondeau, hc
      BACH Imagine: Transcribed Selections

      Erato 220090

      4:19 am

      Wilhelm Friedemann WF Bach: Flute Duet (Sonata) #2 in G

      3rd mvt, "Allabreve"

      Konrad Hünteler & Michael Schmidt-Casdorff, f's
      Bach: 6 Sonatas for 2 Flute

      MD+G Recordings 3110844-2

      4:20 am

      Ernest John Moeran: Violin Concerto (1937-42)

      Lydia Mordkovitch, v; Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      Moeran: Violin Concerto

      Chandos CHAN-8807

      4:54 am

      Ernest John Moeran: "Songs of Springtime"

      "Spring, the sweet Spring"

      King's Singers

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49765-2

      5:00 am

      Cavaccio: Credidi

      Empire Brass
      The Glory of Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music for Brass Choirs

      Telarc CD-80553

      5:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, K. 447

      Zbigniew Zuk, fh; Wroclaw Chamber Orch/Jan Stanienda
      Eine Kleine Hornmusik

      Zuk Records 160114

      5:20 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Flute Clock Piece in G

      Jean Guillou, o (Notre Dame des Nieges, Alpeàd'Huez, France)
      Organ Recital: Guillou, Jean Victor Arthur - BACH, J.S. / HANDEL, F. / HAYDN, G.F. / PURCELL, H. / SCHUMANN, R. / LISZT, F. (Organ Encores)

      Dorian DOR-90112

      5:21 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "The Rock," Fantasy for Orchestra, Op. 7

      Philadelphia Orch

      London 440604-2

      5:36 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Masquerade" Suite (1944)

      Moscow Sym Orch/Veronika Dudarova
      La Viuda Valenciana / Masquerade

      Melodiya SUCD-1000036

      5:55 am

      Mily Balakirev: Song, "When I but hear your voice"

      Olga Borodina, ms; Larissa Gergieva, p
      Olga Borodina- Songs of Desire

      Philips 442780-2

      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

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme"

      Suite

      Tempesta di Mare
      Comédie et Tragédie, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-0805

      6:23 am

      Richard Strauss: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme," Op. 60

      "Das Diner (The Dinner)"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Divertimento after Couperin

      DG 435871-2

      6:34 am

      Henri Rabaud: "The Merchant of Venice"

      Suite No. 2

      Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Leif Segerstam
      Henri Rabaud: Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223503

      6:41 am

      Henri Rabaud: "The Merchant of Venice"

      Suite No. 3

      Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Leif Segerstam
      Henri Rabaud: Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223503

      6:51 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      "Intermezzo"

      Bamberg Sym/Claus Peter Flor
      Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

      RCA 7764-2-RC

      6:55 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      No. 1, Scherzo. Allegro vivace

      Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies

      Alpha 1004

      7:04 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Menuet antique"

      Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy

      DG B0002121-02

      7:12 am

      John Rutter: "Suite Antique"

      Andrew Nicholson, f; John Birch, hc; Royal Phil Strings/John Rutter
      John Rutter - Distant Land - The Orchestral Collection

      Decca B0001821-02

      7:32 am

      Jaromír Weinberger: "Schwanda the Bagpiper"

      Polka and Fugue

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Overtures And Dances

      RCA 5606-2-RC

      7:44 am

      Peter Maxwell Davies: "An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise"

      Royal Phil Orch/Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
      The Music Of Peter Maxwell Davies

      Collins 30032

      7:58 am

      György Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for Winds

      No. 1, "Allegro con spirito"

      Westwood Wind Quintet
      Westwood Wind Quintet Play Ligeti, Barber...

      Crystal CD-750

      8:03 am

      Emanuil Sheynkman: Variations on Two Russian Folksongs

      Odessa Balalaikas
      The Art of Balalaika

      Nonesuch 79034-2

      8:10 am

      Fritz Kreisler: Fantasy on Russian Themes (after Rimsky-Korsakov)

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster
      À la carte

      EMI CDC5-55475-2

      8:20 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Russian Theme

      Vladimir Ashkenazy & André Previn, p's
      Rachmaninov: Music for 2 Pianos- Suites Nos. 1 and 2 Op. 5 17, Etude-Tableau Op. 33, Symphonic Dances Op. 45, Russian Rhapsody, Corelli Variations Op. 42

      Decca 444845-2 (2)

      8:30 am

      Josef Lanner: "Die Schönbrunner" Waltzes, Op. 200

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2011

      Decca 4782601 (2)

      8:41 am

      Arthur Bliss: "The Royal Palaces"

      Suite

      Black Dyke Band/John Wilson
      Bliss: Works for Brass Band

      Chandos CHSA-5344

      8:50 am

      Zdeněk Fibich: "A Night at Karlstejn Castle"

      Overture

      Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
      Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 - Overtures

      Naxos 8.573310

      9:05 am

      Heinrich von Biber: "Battalia à 9"

      Edwin Huizinga, v; ACRONYM
      The Battle, the Bethel & the Ball

      New Focus FCR-913

      9:17 am

      Franz Liszt: "Battle of the Huns," Symphonic Poem No. 11

      Berlin Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Liszt: Symphonic Poems

      Sony SK-66834

      9:32 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto serenata"

      I. "Estudiantina"

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Royal Seville Sym Orch/Edmon Colomer
      Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

      Valois V-4815

      9:42 am

      Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36

      IV. Finale, "Poco allegro"

      L'Archibudelli
      Brahms: Sextets Op. 18 and Op. 36

      Sony SK-68252

      9:51 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D, Op. 29, "Polish"

      V. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco (Tempo di Polacca)"

      Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies

      Warner 82564627825

      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.

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      10:00 am

      Tielman Susato: "The Danserye" (1551)

      Six Dances

      Millar Brass Ensemble/Vincent Cichowicz
      Brass Surround

      Delos DE-3171

      10:14 am

      Alma Deutscher: "For Antonia (Variations on a melody in G major)"

      Alma Deutscher, p
      From My Book of Melodies

      Sony 19075990192

      10:19 am

      Alma Deutscher: "Cinderella"

      Aria, "Up in the Sky"

      Alma Deutscher, p
      From My Book of Melodies

      Sony 19075990192

      10:23 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La Cenerentola"

      Overture

      Royal Opera House Orch/Carlo Rizzi
      Gioachino Rossini: Overtures

      Conifer 55004-2

      10:32 am

      Giuseppe Sammartini: Concerto grosso in A minor, Op. 5, No. 4

      Barokkbandið Brák
      Tvær Hliðar | Two Sides

      Sono Luminus SLE-70026

      10:44 am

      Paul Schoenfield: "Cafe Music"

      James Ehnes, v; Edward Arron, vc; Andrew Russo, p
      Schoenfield * Four Parables * Russo

      Black Box BBM-1109

      11:01 am

      Aaron Copland: "El Salón México"

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      The Latin Album

      RCA 63717-2

      11:12 am

      Victor Herbert: Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 30

      Gautier Capuçon, vc; Frankfurt Radio Sym/Paavo Järvi
      Dvořák & Herbert: Cello Concertos

      Virgin 519035-2

      11:35 am

      Ēriks Ešenvalds: "Stars"

      Cantus
      The COVID-19 Sessions

      Signum SIGCD-819

      11:43 am

      Carl Scheindienst: Variations on an Austrian Folk Tune

      Michala Petri, r, Lars Hannibal, g
      Air

      RCA 68769-2

      11:49 am

      Augusta Holmès: "Ouverture pour une comédie"

      Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Samuel Friedmann
      Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223449

      12:01 pm

      Alessandro Stradella: Sinfonia in D minor

      Trio Settecento
      An Italian Sojourn

      Cedille CDR-90000099

      12:09 pm

      Frank Bridge: Suite for String Orchestra

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Bantock, Butterworth, Bridge

      Chandos CHAN-8373

      12:31 pm

      Mikhail Glinka: "Ruslan and Lyudmila"

      Overture

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain and Other Russian Showpieces

      RCA 61958-2

      12:37 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Symphony No. 1 in G, Op. 11, No. 1

      London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 1

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      12:52 pm

      Paul Creston: Saxophone Concerto, Op. 26

      II. "Meditative"

      Timothy McAlister, sx; National Orchestral Inst Phil/J Falletta
      Copland: The Tender Land Suite; Creston: Saxophone Concerto; Kay: Pietà; Piston: The Incredible Flutist Suite

      Naxos 8.559911

      1:01 pm

      Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor

      Althea Waites, p
      Black Diamonds * Althea Waites plays music by African-American Composers

      Cambria CD-1097

      1:27 pm

      George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1

      BBC Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Enescu: Symphony No. 3/ First Romanian Rhapsody

      Chandos CHAN-9633

      1:41 pm

      Ferenc Farkas: "Ancient Hungarian Dances"

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      1:50 pm

      Anonymous 16th-century Czech: "Czech Folk Songs"

      Ensemble Caprice/Matthias Maute
      Chaconne

      Analekta AN2-9132

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Leopold Mozart: Trumpet Concerto in D

      Rolf Smedvig, tr; Scottish Chamber Orch/Jahja Ling
      Virtuoso Trumpet

      Telarc CD-80227

      2:14 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, "Serenata notturna"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik · Serenata Notturna / Christopher Hogwood

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 411720-2

      2:28 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Eight Variations on a Theme of Count Waldstein", WoO 67

      Frank Zabel & Stefan Thomas, p
      Beethoven Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 94052/60

      2:39 pm

      Franz Krommer: Wind Partita in B-Flat, Op 45/3

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      Chicago Chamber Musicians (February 14, 2010)

      WFMT

      2:58 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals"

      "Fossils"

      Martha Argerich, p; Nelson Freire, p; Instrumental Ensemble
      Carnaval Des Animaux

      Philips 416841-2

      3:00 pm

      Caleb Vaughn-Jones: Cello Sonata in C

      Caleb Vaughn-Jones, vc; Hsin-I Huang, p
      Two Worlds Called Home

      Ravello RR-8071

      3:24 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050

      Michael Lynn, f; Cynthia Roberts, v; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell, hc
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Harpsichord & Violin Concertos

      Avie AV-2207 (2)

      3:46 pm

      Hubert Parry: "Overture to an Unwritten Tragedy"

      English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones
      Victorian Concert Overtures

      Hyperion CDA-66515

      3:57 pm

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel"

      "Witch's Waltz"

      Royal Phil Orch/Rudolf Kempe
      Rudolf Kempe - Artist Profile

      EMI CDZB5-68736-2 (2)

      4:00 pm

      Franz Schubert: Impromptu in A-Flat, D 899, No. 4

      Rudolf Buchbinder, p
      Rudolf Buchbinder - Schubert

      Sony 88883717422

      4:09 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, "Winter Dreams"

      III. Scherzo: "Allegro scherzando giocoso"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, The Nutcracker (Suite)

      Sony SK-48056

      4:17 pm

      César Franck: Violin Sonata in A

      Joshua Bell, v; Jeremy Denk, p
      French Impressions

      Sony 82026-2

      4:46 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

      A master of wit and elegance, Francis Poulenc was equal parts boulevardier and enfant terrible. His melodic gifts and prolific output made him one of the 20th century’s most enduring composers. Even more impressive, Poulenc was the only self-taught member of Les Six. This group of young French composers was comprised of the brightest stars of contemporary French music. Bill displays the range of Poulenc's pieces this week— from witty parody to deep tragedy and everything in between.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Ives "Central Park in the Dark;" Schoenberg "Transfigured Night;" Mahler Symphony No. 7; Mendelssohn "A Midsummer Night's Dream;" Mussorgsky "Night on Bald Mountain;" Adolphe "Dark Sand, Sifting Light;" Dutilleux "The Shadows of Time."