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      Playlist for Tuesday, October 27, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)"

      Chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

      Gabriela Montero, p
      Bach And Beyond

      EMI 64647

      12:05 am

      Mackenzie, Alexander: "Pibroch," Op 42

      Malcolm Stewart, v; Royal Scottish National Orch/David Davies
      Mackenzie: Violin Concerto, Pibroch Suite

      Hyperion CDA-66975

      12:29 am

      Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario: "Sea Murmurs"

      Braimah Kanneh-Mason, v; Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, p
      Virtuoso Favorites

      Decca 4851156

      12:30 am

      Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario: "As You Like It," Op. 166

      Overture

      West Australian Sym Orch/Andrew Penny
      CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Shakespeare Overtures, Vol 2

      Naxos 8.572501

      12:42 am

      Walton, William: "As You Like It"

      A Poem for Orchestra after Shakespeare

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Walton: Hamlet · As You Like It

      Chandos CHAN-8842

      12:55 am

      Walton, William: "Henry V" Suite (1944)

      "Touch her soft lips and part"

      Cleveland Orch/Louis Lane
      Dinner Classics: Romance

      Sony MFK-48260

      1:00 am

      Hailstork, Adolphus: "Adagio for Strings"

      Ambrosia Quartet
      Adolphus Hailstork

      Albany TROY-1680

      1:05 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: String Quartet in e

      Melos String Quartet
      Sibelius, Verdi: Quatuors À Cordes

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-1951671

      1:26 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: "Gesang der Mönche," WoO 104

      Cantus
      Alone Together

      Signum SIGCD-924

      1:28 am

      Ries, Ferdinand: Symphony #1 in D, Op 23

      Zurich Chamber Orch/Howard Griffiths
      Symphonies 1 & 2

      CPO 999716-2

      1:54 am

      Brahms, Johannes: Five Songs, Op 106

      #1, "Ständchen"

      Mitsuko Shirai, ms; Hartmut Höll, p
      Brahms: 21 Lieder

      Capriccio 10204

      2:00 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Liebestraum" No. 1 in A-flat

      Lang Lang, p
      Lang Lang * Gran Turismo 5 * The Official Soundtrack

      Sony 82933

      2:05 am

      Liszt, Franz: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat

      Alice Sara Ott, p (b 1988); Munich Phil/Thomas Hengelbrock
      Liszt * Tchaikovsky: First Piano Concertos * Alice Sara Ott * Münchner Philharmoniker * T Hengelbrock

      DG 4778779

      2:24 am

      Liszt, Franz: Song, "Hohe Liebe"

      Janet Obermeyer, s; Leslie De'Ath, p

      ASV CDQS-6209

      2:26 am

      Garrop, Stacy: "Romani Songs"

      Cavatina Duo; Brandon Vamos, vc
      River of Fire

      Cedille CDR-90000235

      2:46 am

      Sarasate, Pablo de: "Zigeunerweisen," Op 20

      Gil Shaham, v; London Sym/Lawrence Foster
      Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Ziegeunerweisen

      DG 431815-2

      2:55 am

      Couperin, François: "L'art de toucher le clavecin"

      "Huitième Prélude"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      3:00 am

      Fauré, Gabriel: Barcarolle #3 in a, Op 26

      Kathryn Stott, p
      Chopin: The Four Ballades, F minor Fantasie, Berceuse/ Liszt: Liebestraume, Petratch Sonnets, Three Concert Studies

      Conifer 51751-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No. 25 in g minor, K. 183

      Philharmonia Orch/E Krivine
      W.A. Mozart Symphonies Nos. 25 & 40

      Denon 81757-6103-2

      3:26 am

      W”lfl, Joseph: Trumpet Voluntary

      Anthony Plog, tr
      Old And New Music For Trumpet And Keyboard

      Crystal S-364

      3:28 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: "Eclogues", Op 56

      Stefan Veselka, p
      DVORAK: Complete Solo Piano Music

      Naxos 8.505205 (5)

      3:45 am

      Finzi, Gerald: "Eclogue," Op 10

      Joshua Pierce, p; Slovak Radio Sym/Kirk Trevor
      Joshua Pierce * Music for Piano and Orchestra

      Kleos Classics KL-5137

      3:54 am

      Praetorius, Michael: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      Bourées I, II

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: The Nutcracker Suite / PRAETORIUS, M.: Terpsichore / WARLOCK, P.: Capriol Suite (arr. for guitar quartet) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

      Delos DE-3132

      4:00 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: "Luisa Miller"

      "Fede negar potessi...Quando le sere al placido"

      Luciano Pavarotti, t; Rome Sym Orch/Nino Bonavolontà
      Pavarotti: The Early Years Vol 2

      RCA 68014-2

      4:05 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: "Luisa Miller"

      Overture

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Verdi: Preludes and Overtures

      Sony SK-68468

      4:11 am

      Daelli, Giuseppe: Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

      Andrea Jayne Ridilla, ob, Sofia Phil/Ricardo Averbach
      L'amore italiano

      Kleos Classics KL-5151

      4:22 am

      Liszt, Franz: Paraphrase on Verdi's "Rigoletto" (1859)

      Claudio Arrau, p
      The Great Transcriptions

      Philips 456052-2 (2)

      4:30 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: "Rigoletto"

      Aria, "La donna é mobile"

      Solid Brass
      Opera Highlights (arr. for brass and percussion) - WAGNER, R. / VERDI, G. / MOZART, W.A. / BIZET, G. / PURCELL, H. (Solid Brass)

      Dorian DOR-90108

      4:31 am

      Taffanel, Paul: Wind Quintet in g

      Aulos Wind Quintet

      Koch CD-310087

      4:54 am

      Séverac, Déodat de: Song, Ba be bi bo bu!

      Francois Le Roux, br, Graham Johnson, p
      Severac: Songs

      Hyperion CDA-66983

      5:00 am

      Wieniawski, Henryk: Mazurka in a, "Kujawiak"

      Vadim Brodsky, v; Polish Radio National Sym/Antoni Wit

      Koch 350240

      5:03 am

      Wieniawski, Henryk: "Obertas"

      Vadim Brodsky, v; Polish Radio National Sym Orch/Antoni Wit

      Koch 350240

      5:05 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: "Krakowiak," Op. 14

      Idil Biret, p; Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Robert Stankovsky
      CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Krakowiak

      Naxos 8.550369

      5:21 am

      Godowsky, Leopold: 24 Tonfantasien (1912)

      #7, "Profil (Frederic Chopin)"

      Ilona Prunyi, p
      GODOWSKY: Walzermasken

      Marco Polo 8.223312

      5:25 am

      Godowsky, Leopold: 53 Studies on Chopin Etudes

      #25 in A-Flat

      Geoffrey Douglas Madge, p

      Dante PSG-8903/4 (2)

      5:31 am

      PEARSALL, R L de: Part Song, O who will o'er the downs so free

      London Pro Cantione Antiqua
      Sweet & Low - Glees & Partsongs

      Conifer CDCF-145

      5:33 am

      Farrar, Ernest: "English Pastoral Impressions," Op 26

      Philharmonia/Alasdair Mitchell
      Farrar: Orchestral Music

      Chandos CHAN-9586

      5:47 am

      Grainger, Percy: Children's March "(Over the Hills and Far Away)"

      Royal Air Force Central Band/Eric Banks

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49608-2

      5:54 am

      Grainger, Percy: "Australian Up-Country Song"

      St Martin's Academy Cho/Richard Hickox
      The Grainger Edition Vol 18: Works for Unaccompanied Chorus

      Chandos CHAN-9987

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Jan Weller

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am.

      6:04 am

      Gerald Finzi: "Eclogue," Op. 10

      Martin Jones, p; English String Orch/William Boughton
      Finzi, Bridge, Parry: An English Suite

      Nimbus NI-5366

      6:15 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Orchestra Suite (Overture) in G

      I. Overture

      Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht
      Fasch: Ouvertures

      Fuga Libera FUG-502

      6:24 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

      III. Finale, "Allegro molto vivace"

      Joshua Bell, v; Camerata Salzburg/Roger Norrington
      Mendelssohn & Beethoven: Violin Concertos

      Sony SK-89505

      6:32 am

      Charles Gounod: Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat

      IV. Finale, "Allegro leggiero assai"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Gounod: Symphonies 1 & 2, Faust Ballet Music

      Philips 462125-2

      6:41 am

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Peter’s Picks

      Host Peter van de Graaff shares some of his favorite music. We'll wander the continents and the ages, sampling everything from Bach to Bax, Purcell to Piston, and a few less-known works along the way.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Beethoven Trio in B-flat, Op. 11; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Inon Barnatan, piano; Quintet in E-flat, Op. 16; Hugo Souza, oboe; Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; David Byrd-Marrow, horn; Juho Pohjonen, piano.

      11:00 pm