Thursday, June 18, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59

      VII. "O Lo Ba"

      National Phil/Michael Repper
      Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L'Ouverture, Ballade Op. 4, Suites from "24 Negro Melodies"

      Albany AV-2763

      12:05 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Romance for Violin" Op. 39

      Callum Smart, v; Richard Uttley, p

      Orchid ORC-100149

      12:16 am

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

      Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Isaac Stern, v
      Isaac Stern Plays Mozart Beethoven Haydn

      Sony SK-62693

      12:23 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Ruins of Athens," Op. 113

      "Turkish March"

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Claudio Abbado * Marce & Danze

      DG 4777645

      12:24 am

      Cipriani Potter: Piano Concerto No. 4 in E

      Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Howard Shelley, p
      The Romantic Piano Concerto - Vol 72

      Hyperion CDA-68151

      12:55 am

      John Burton: Piano Sonata #1 in D

      3rd mvt, Presto

      Ian Hobson, p
      Field: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-4

      Arabesque Z-6594

      1:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Scenes from Folk Life," Op. 19

      No. 1, "Mountain Dance"

      Eva Knardahl, p
      Grieg: The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 5

      BIS CD-108

      1:05 am

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      Virtuosi di Kuhmo/Peter Csaba
      Bartók: Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113, etc.

      Ondine ODE-919-2

      1:12 am

      Zoltán Kodaly: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10

      Kodaly Quartet
      Koaly: String Quartets No. 1-2

      Hungaroton HCD-12362

      1:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Praeambulum" No. 9

      Joseph Payne, clavichord
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      1:31 am

      Jan Dismas Zelenka: "Sinfonia a 8 Concertanti" in a, ZWV 189

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz

      RCA-DHM 77339-2

      1:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 4 in F, BWV 809

      "Menuet"

      Bob van Asperen, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:00 am

      Franz Schubert: "Three Military Marches," Op. 51, D. 733

      No. 1 in D

      Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p
      Piano Music For Four Hands, Vol. 3

      Sony S2K-68240 (2)

      2:04 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 4 "Tragic" / Overture in the Italian Style

      Teldec 97509-2

      2:32 am

      Norwegian Trad: "Minuet"

      Lodestar Trio

      Naxos NXW-76158-2

      2:34 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: Piano Pieces, Op 63

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music Vol V

      Arena AR-08016

      2:41 am

      Christian Sinding: Suite in a, Op 10

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Pittsburgh Sym/André Previn
      The Perlman Edition: Sibelius & Korngold: Violin Concertos / Sinding: Suite

      EMI/Ang 62590-2

      2:54 am

      William Byrd: "Ave Maria"

      Gesualdo Six/Owain Park
      William Byrd

      Hyperion CDA-68416

      3:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 48

      No. 1 in C

      Martha Argerich, p
      Live from the Concertgebouw 1978 and 1979

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56975-2

      3:05 am

      Francesco Maria Veracini: Sonata in D, Op 2/1

      Trio Settecento
      Veracini Complete Sonate Accademiche

      Cedille CDR-90000155 (3)

      3:23 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet," Op 64

      "Quarrel"

      Martha Argerich, p; Sergei Babayan, p
      Prokofiev

      DG 4799854

      3:24 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26

      Martha Argerich, p; Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly

      Radio Netherlands MCCM-97033 (13)

      3:54 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges"

      March

      Christoph Croisévc; Alexander Panfilov, p
      The Russian Album

      Avie AV-2410

      4:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Zaís"

      Overture

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski

      DG Archiv 4775578

      4:05 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin en concerts" (1741): Cinquième concert

      Montagnana Trio
      The Montagnana Trio plays d'Indy & Rameau

      Facet 8004

      4:15 am

      Marin Marais: "Les Folies d'Espagne"

      Nancy Ambrose-King, ob; Charlotte Mattax, hc
      Evocations

      Boston Records BR-1030

      4:26 am

      Marin Marais: "Alcyone"

      "Gigue"

      Tempesta di Mare

      Chandos CHAN-0805

      4:28 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in c minor, D. 417, "Tragic"

      Menuhin Orch/Yehudi Menuhin
      Symphony No. 4 In C Minor (Tragic) / Symphony No. 5 In B Flat

      EMI/Ang CDFB5-73359-2 (2)

      4:55 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Lied", D 373

      Lucia Popp, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 17

      Hyperion CDJ-33017

      5:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Lohengrin"

      Elsa's Procession to the Cathdral

      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

      5:05 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Mlada" (1872)

      "Procession of the Nobles"

      Empire Brass
      Class Brass

      Telarc CD-80220

      5:10 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Wedding Procession", Op 21

      Roumanian State Orch/Horia Andreescu

      Marco Polo 8.220487

      5:18 am

      Herbert Howells: "Procession"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Howells: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9410

      5:22 am

      William Walton: "As You Like It" (Film score, 1936)

      Procession

      London Phil/Carl Davis

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47944-2

      5:24 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet #1 in c, Op 15

      Jean Hubeau, p; Gallois-Montbrun, v; Colette Lequien, vi; AndréNavarra,
      André Navarra,
      Deux Quatuors Pour Piano, Violon, Alto Et Violoncelle

      Erato ECD-71564

      5:54 am

      Erik Satie: "La Belle Excentrique"

      "Cancan Grand-Mondain"

      Alexandre Tharaud & Eric Le Sage, p
      Erik Satie * Avant-Dernière Pensées * Alexandre Tharaud

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902017.18 (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.

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      6:04 am

      György Ligeti: "Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances"

      Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw
      The Ligeti Project, Vol. 5

      Teldec 88262-2

      6:15 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      The Symphonies, Part X

      This week, Bill McGlaughlin continues his multi-part exploration of this vibrant, exciting musical form with symphonies written between 1900 and 1920. Bill focuses on rarely-heard works: Alexander Scriabin’s Symphony No. 3 conducted by Riccardo Muti, an important interpreter of the Scriabin color wheel; George Enescu’s Symphony No. 2; and Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor; Paul Lewis, piano; Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C major; Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor.