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      Playlist for Thursday, February 26, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons in Buenos Aires)"

      "Otoño Porteño (Autumn)"

      Neave Trio
      Tangos Among Friends

      Azica ACD-71324

      12:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “Autumn”

      Joshua Bell, v; St Martin's Academy
      The Four Seasons

      Sony 11013-2

      12:15 am

      Frantisek Janoska: "The Four Seasons in Janoska Style" (after Vivaldi)

      Autumn: I. "7/8 Balkan Journey"

      Janoska Ensemble
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons in Janoska Style

      DG 9487617

      12:22 am

      Betty Jackson KING: "Four Seasonal Sketches"

      No. 3, "Autumn Dance"

      Rochelle Sennet, p
      Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 3

      Albany TROY-1965-68 (3)

      12:24 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Symphony #9 in b, Op 143, "The Seasons"

      Swiss Italian Orch/Howard Shelley

      Hyperion CDA-67939

      12:54 am

      Stephen Foster: Song, "Some Folks"

      Robert Shaw Cho/Robert Shaw; John Cali, banjo
      Stephen Foster Songbook * Robert Shaw Chorale

      MHS 514489-H

      1:00 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon VIII a 8"

      Concerto Palatino
      Gabrieli: Sonate E Canzoni

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901688

      1:05 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Suite italienne"

      Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, vc; Martin Helmchen, p

      Alpha 827

      1:23 am

      Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Flute Concerto in G

      James Galway, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Italian Flute Concertos

      RCA 61164-2

      1:35 am

      Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: "Livietta e Tracollo"

      Aria, "Ecco il povero Tracollo"

      Dino Mantovani, br; Orch/Enio Gerelli
      Livietta e Tracollo

      Naxos 981073

      1:37 am

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

      Shea-Kim Duo
      All Roads

      Blue Griffin BGR-643

      1:55 am

      Robert Schumann: Four Duets, Op 34

      #3, "Unterm Fenster"

      Dorothea Röschmann, s; Ian Bostridge, t; Graham Johnson, p
      Songs of Robert Schumann 7

      Hyperion CDJ-33107

      2:00 am

      Johann Strauss Sr: "Schäfer" Quadrille, Op. 217

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Sony 88697914112

      2:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”, Op. 314

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Strauss Waltzes

      RCA RCD1-5405

      2:13 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Liebeslieder Waltzes" Op. 52

      No. 8, "Wenn so lind dein Augen mir"

      Bonney, von Otter, Streit, Bär; Helmut Deutsch, Bengt Forsberg,p
      Helmut Deutsch, piano,
      Liebeslieder Waltzes

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55430-2

      2:15 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor, Op 34

      Casals Quartet; Claudio Martínez Mehner, p
      Brahms: The Complete Quartets

      Harmonia Mundi HMI-987074.75

      2:55 am

      Ferenc Farkas: "Contrafacta Hungarica" (1974)

      #6, "Heiduckentanz"

      Les Vents de Montréal/Jacques Lacombe

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1105

      3:00 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Gaspard de la nuit"

      "Ondine"

      Martha Argerich, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57101-2

      3:05 am

      George Templeton Strong: "Ondine (Symphonic Poem)"

      Moscow Sym Orch/ Adriano
      Strong

      Naxos 8.559078

      3:30 am

      Albert Lortzing: "Undine"

      Chorus, "Auf, ihr Zecher"

      RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Robert Heger

      EMI/Ang CMS7-63208-2 (2)

      3:32 am

      Carl Reinecke: Flute Sonata in e, Op 167, "Undine"

      Karen Kevra, f; Jeffrey Chappell, p
      Romantic Music

      Petrichor PTR-0001

      3:53 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Three Preludes and Three Studies, Op 104

      Etude #3 in a

      Bertrand Chamayou, p
      Mendelssohn

      Naive V-5131

      4:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltzes, Op.34

      no.1 in A-flat, "Valse brillante"

      Samson François, p
      Chopin: Piano Works

      EMI/Ang 646106-2 (36)

      4:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5

      Panocha String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Op.76, Nos. 4-6

      Supraphon 110362-2

      4:23 am

      William Walton: "Henry V" Suite (1944)

      Passacaglia: Death of Falstaff

      New Zealand Sym Orch/William Walton
      Walton Conducts Walton: The 1964 New Zealand Tour

      Bridge 9133-A/B (2)

      4:24 am

      William Walton: Viola Concerto

      Maxim Vengerov, vi; London Sym/Mstislav Rostropovich

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57510-2

      4:55 am

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

      No. 13 in a minor

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

      Teal Creek Music TC-2019

      5:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 50

      No. 3 in c-sharp

      Michel Block, p
      Chopin: Mazurkas

      Pro Piano PPR-224507

      5:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543

      London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 37, 40 and 41

      ASV CDDCA-615

      5:36 am

      Franz Xaver Mozart: Song, "Die Einsamkeit"

      Barbara Bonney, s; Malcolm Martineau, p
      F.X. Mozart: Lieder

      London B0005505-02

      5:37 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Twelve Little Pieces, Wq 82

      Nancy Hadden, f; Elizabeth Walker, f; Lucy Carolan, hc; Erin Headley, viga
      Elizabeth Walker,
      C.P.E. Bach: Flute Sonatas

      ASV CDGAU-161

      5:55 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Scossa elettrica"

      Milan Verdi Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Puccini Discoveries

      London B0002141-02

      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

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance No. 1 in G, Op. 40

      Philippe Quint, v; Minería Sym Orch/Carlos Miguel Prieto
      Bruch & Mendelssohn, Beethoven: Violin Concertos, Romances

      Avanti 10362

      6:12 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Op. 1

      I. "Allegro con moto"

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

      Chandos CHAN-20242

      6:22 am

      Hugo Wolf: Scherzo and Finale

      Finale

      Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
      Hugo Wolf: Penthesilea, Der Corregidor, Italian Serenade, Scherzo & Finale

      Warner 49582-2

      6:31 am

      Philip Stopford: "For the Beauty of the Earth"

      Chicago Master Singers/Alan Heatherington
      Do Not Be Afraid - Recorded in Performance

      Chicago Master Singers Do Not Be Afraid

      6:34 am

      André Grétry: "Céphale et Procris"

      "Suite de ballet"

      Orch National de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling
      Grétry: Suites & Overtures

      ASV CDDCA-1095

      6:47 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C, D 956

      III. Scherzo

      Emerson String Quartet; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc
      Schubert: String Quintet D 956

      DG 431792-2

      6:57 am

      William Walton: "Henry V"

      "Touch her soft lips and part"

      English Sym Orch/William Boughton
      Meditations for a Quiet Dawn

      Nimbus NI-7009

      7:03 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Bourrée fantasque"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Chabrier: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHSA-5122

      7:11 am

      Doppler Brothers: Fantasy on Verdi's "Rigoletto," Op. 38

      Daniel Ottensamer & Andreas Ottensamer, cl's; Ernst Ottensamer, basset hn; Vienna Virtuosi
      The Clarinotts

      DG 4811917

      7:22 am

      Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23

      Augustin Hadelich, v; Orion Weiss, p
      American Road Trip

      Warner 5021732287908

      7:31 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      III. "On the Trail"

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
      Ferde Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite; Victor Herbert: Hero and Leander

      Sony SK-52491

      7:41 am

      Aaron Copland: "From Sorcery to Science"

      Eos Orch/Jonathan Sheffer
      Celluloid Copland

      Telarc CD-80583

      7:52 am

      Carlos Chávez: "Chapultepec (Obertura Republicana)"

      Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Keri-Lynn Wilson
      Danzón

      Dorian XCD-90254

      8:03 am

      Robert Schumann: "Arabeske" in C, Op. 18

      Vassily Primakov, p
      Vassily Primakov: Schumann Recital

      Bridge 9300

      8:12 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, "Turkish"

      III. Finale, Rondeau

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman, v
      Mozart: Violin Concerti Nos. 3 & 5 / Pinchas Zukerman

      CBS MK-37290

      8:22 am

      Jean Cras: String Trio

      1st mvt

      Black Oak Ensemble
      Avant l'orage: French String Trios 1926-1939

      Cedille CDR-90000212

      8:32 am

      Edward German: "Nell Gwyn"

      Overture

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson
      Made in Britain

      Avie AV-2194

      8:40 am

      Charles Loeffler: Octet

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Ensemble/Graeme Steele Johnson, cl
      Stella Chen, violin,
      Matthew Lipman, viola,
      Forgotten Sounds

      Delos DE-3603

      8:52 am

      Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

      No. 1, "Allegro moderato e marcato"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

      DG 419431-2

      9:03 am

      Ron Nelson: "Savannah River Holiday"

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      American Visions

      RCA 68786-2

      9:14 am

      Errollyn Wallen: "Mighty River"

      Orchestra X/Andrew Morley
      Errollyn Wallen: Mighty River (Live)

      NMC NMCDL-2017-01

      9:33 am

      Florence Price: "Mississippi River Suite"

      Vienna Radio Sym Orch/John Jeter
      Price: Symphony No. 3; The Mississippi River; Ethiopia's Shadow in America

      Naxos 8.559897

      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

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin, Two-Oboe, Two-Horn & Bassoon Concerto in F, R. 569

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
      Vivaldi - Concerti Con Molti Strumenti Vol. 2

      Virgin 45723-2

      10:15 am

      Jerome Kern: "All the Things You Are"

      Renée Fleming, s; BBC Concert Orch/Rob Fisher
      Broadway

      Decca B0028739-02

      10:21 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21

      London Sym Orch/Peter Maag
      Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

      Decca 466990-2

      10:34 am

      Pehr Henrik Nordgren: "Portraits of Country Fiddlers," Op. 26

      Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch/Juha Kangas
      Folk Into Classic

      Ondine ODE-766-2

      10:52 am

      Joachim Raff: String Octet in C, Op. 176

      III. "Andante moderato"

      St Martin's Academy Chamber Ensemble
      Mendelssohn & Raff: Octets

      Chandos CHAN-8790

      11:00 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Fleurs de France"

      Quynh Nguyen, p
      The Flower of France - Piano Works of Germaine Tailleferre

      Music & Arts MA-1306

      11:09 am

      George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      The Best of Gershwin

      Telarc CD-80542

      11:28 am

      Scott Robinson: "Out Under the Sky"

      Eaken Piano Trio
      Home for the Holidays

      Naxos 8.554099

      11:35 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Semiramide"

      Overture

      Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano
      Rossini: Overtures, Andante e tema con variazioni

      Warner 24344

      11:48 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Variations in D minor on "La Follia," Op. 5, No. 12

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Altre Follie (1500 - 1750)

      Alia Vox AV-9844

      12:00 pm

      Ethel Smyth: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7

      III. Romance

      Caitlin Edwards, v; Daniel Schlosberg, p
      Mere Mortals

      Navona NV-6563

      12:10 pm

      Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat"

      Suite No. 2

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      España!

      EMI CDM7-63572-2

      12:23 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Orchestra Suite in E minor

      Indianapolis Baroque Orch/Barthold Kuijken
      The Lully Effect

      Naxos 8.573867

      12:43 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Zadok the Priest"

      Cho of Christ Church Cath Oxford/Darlington; Driskill-Smith, o
      Treasures of Christ Church

      Avie AV-2215

      12:50 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried"

      Forest Murmurs

      Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti
      Solti: A Passion for Music

      Decca 4758525 (5)

      1:00 pm

      Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44

      Emanuel Ax, p; Cleveland Quartet
      Schumann: Piano Quintet & Quartet / Ax

      RCA 6498-2-RC

      1:31 pm

      Charles Avison: Concerto grosso No. 2 in G, after Domenico Scarlatti

      St. Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Charles Avison - Domenico Scarlatti - 12 Concerti Grossi / Marriner

      Philips 438806-2 (2)

      1:43 pm

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 162 (L 21)

      Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g's
      Rameau, Scarlatti, Couperin, Bach

      Nonesuch 79292-2

      1:50 pm

      Richard Jones: "Chamber Airs" in A minor, Op. 4, No. 2

      Rachel Podger, v; Brecon Baroque
      The Muses Restor'd

      Channel Classics CCS-46234

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Duke Ellington: Suite from "The River" (1970)

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Still: Symphony No. 1 · Ellington: The River

      Chandos CHAN-9154

      2:28 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Parsifal"

      Good Friday Music

      Philharmonia Orch/Yuri Simonov
      Wagner: Preludes; Siegfried Idyll

      Brilliant Classics 94937

      2:42 pm

      Mikhail Glinka: "Kamarinskaya"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Favourite Encores!

      Chandos CHAN-9227

      2:49 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056

      Angela Hewitt, p; Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti
      Bach- The Keyboard Concertos Vol. 2

      Hyperion CDA-67308

      3:00 pm

      Marc Mellits: "Black Moon"

      Black Moon Trio
      Principal

      Black Moon Trio BMT-01

      3:21 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, "Mozartiana"

      Scottish Chamber Orchestra/José Serebrier
      Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

      ASV CDDCA-719

      3:49 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Johannes Brahms, Part II

      This is the second of two weeks exploring the music and life of the great German master. Brahms’s love of Hungarian Roma music and folksongs allowed him to create music that speaks to our inner souls. Scholars believe Brahms discarded more works than he published, so let us treasure the music we have from him.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      George Benjamin "Dance Figures: Nine Choreographic Scenes for Orchestra;" Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Ginastera "Dance Suite from Estancia," Op. 8bis; David Robertson, conductor.