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      Playlist for Thursday, January 15, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes (1920)

      No. 2, "Rhosymedre"

      Douglas Major, o (Washington National Cathedral)

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54134-2

      12:05 am

      Frank Bridge: Suite for String Orchestra

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Bridge: Suite for Strings/ Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow/ Bantock: The Pierrot of the Minute

      Chandos CHAN-8373

      12:26 am

      Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, Op. 10

      "Dance!"

      Zürich Chamber Orch/Daniel Hope, v
      Benjamin Britten

      DG 4864994

      12:27 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Prince of the Pagodas," Op. 57

      Variations of the Kings

      London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen

      Virgin 91103-2 (2)

      12:34 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 62 in D

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati

      London STS-15131/4 (4)

      12:54 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "This is no mine ain house", H XXXIa:14b

      Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      1:00 am

      Paquito D'Rivera: "Danzón"

      Axiom Brass

      Axiom 2015

      1:05 am

      Aaron Copland: "Danzón cubano"

      Minneapolis Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Dorati Conducts Gershwin, Copland, Schuller, Bloch

      Mercury 434329-2

      1:12 am

      Alejandro Garcia Caturla: "Tres danzas cubanas"

      Simón Bolívar Sym Orch, Venezuela/Keri-Lynn Wilson
      Danzón

      Dorian XCD-90254

      1:21 am

      Amadeo ROLDAN: "Preludio cubano"

      William Chapman Nyaho, p
      Music of the African Diaspora

      MSR Classics MS-1242

      1:23 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K. 466

      Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 & 20 * Leif Ove Andsnes

      Sony 19439742462

      1:54 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      I. "Of Foreign Lands and People"

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhbition * Schumann: Kinderszenen * Andsnes

      EMI 98360-2

      2:00 am

      Leo Délibes: "Sylvia"

      Procession of Bacchus

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Greatest Hits * The Ballet * Vol III

      CBS MLK-45660

      2:05 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Bacchanale" (1956)

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Louis Frémaux

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49261-2

      2:13 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Le temple de la gloire"

      "Air pour les Suivans de Bacchus"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Temple de la Gloire

      PBP PBP-10 (2)

      2:15 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat

      Panocha String Quartet
      Dvorak: String Quartets Complete

      Supraphon SU-3815-2 (8)

      2:54 am

      Gay: The Beggar's Opera

      Aria, "Cease your funning"

      Kiri Te Kanawa, s; National Phil/Richard Bonynge
      Kiri Portrait

      London 417645-2

      3:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Jubelfest-Marsch," Op. 396

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Ein Straussfest II

      Telarc CD-80314

      3:04 am

      Richard Strauss: "Festliches Präludium," Op. 61

      M Chertok, o (Cincinnati Music Hall); Cincinnati Sym Orch/J López-Cobos
      Strauss: Rosenkavalier, Salome’s Dance, Burleske, Festival Prelude

      Telarc CD-80371

      3:17 am

      Gordon Jacob: "Music for a Festival"

      Round

      Chicago Chamber Brass, Dallas Wind Sym
      The Brass And The Band

      Crystal CD-431

      3:18 am

      Carl Friedrich Abel: Symphony #6 in E-Flat

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Abel

      Chandos CHAN-8648

      3:32 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009

      Sung-Won Yang, vc
      Bach Cello Suites

      London DD-41156 (2)

      3:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Little Preludes, BWV. 933/38

      No. 6

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach

      Hyperion CDA-67121/2 (2)

      4:00 am

      Bartolomé De selma y salaverde: "Canzona quarta"

      Byron Schenkman, hc; Ingrid Matthews, v
      Canzoni da sonar

      Centaur CRC-2529

      4:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 34 in d

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
      Haydn Symphonies 21-39

      MHS 5576550 (5)

      4:22 am

      John HOLLOWAY: Wood Up Quickstep

      Chestnut Brass Company
      Listen to the Mockingbird

      Newport Classic NPD-85516

      4:23 am

      David Diamond: Symphony #3 (1945)

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      Diamond: Symphony No. 3, Kaddish for Cello and Orchestra, Romeo and Juliet, Psalm

      Delos DE-3103

      4:54 am

      Anon 19th c, American: March

      Chestnut Brass Company
      Listen to the Mockingbird

      Newport Classic NPD-85516

      5:00 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

      Aria, "Il etait un fois a la cour"

      Marcelo Alvarez, t; Nice Phil and Cho/Mark Elder
      Marcelo Alvarez: French Tenor Arias

      Sony SK-89650

      5:05 am

      E T A Hoffmann: "Arlequin"

      Neuss German Chamber Academy/Johannes Goritzki
      ETA Hoffmann Music for the Stage

      CPO 999606-2

      5:36 am

      Nicola Matteis: "Scaramuccia"

      Elizabeth Wallfisch, v
      Violin Masters of the 17th Century

      Hyperion CDA-67238

      5:37 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Scaramouche," Op. 165b

      Claude Hobson, Ian Hobson, p's
      Milhaud: Creation du Monde and Other Works

      Arabesque Z-6569

      5:47 am

      Francis Poulenc: Brass Suite

      Equale Brass
      Bacchanales

      Nimbus NIM-5004

      5:54 am

      André Cardinal Destouches: "Le Carnaval et la Folie"

      "Premier air des matelots"

      Limoges Baroque Ensemble

      Lyrinx CD-069

      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

      Mauro Giuliani: Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A, Op 30

      I. Allegro maestoso

      Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Philips Classics: The Stereo Years

      Philips 4788977

      6:15 am

      Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-Flat, D 960

      IV. Finale, "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Murray Perahia, p
      Schubert: Piano Sonatas D.958, 959, 960

      Sony SK-87706 (2)

      6:23 am

      Lars-Erik Larsson: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 2

      III. Scherzo

      Helsingborg Sym Orch/Andrew Manze
      Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

      CPO 777671-2

      6:32 am

      Anton Bruckner: "Abendzauber"

      phil Blech Wien/Anton Mittermayr; Olivier Latry, o
      Live from Vienna

      DG 4857171

      6:39 am

      Hugo Wolf: "Italian Serenade" in G

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Wagner, Sibelius, Puccini, Wolf, Turina, Dvořák, Berlioz

      DG 431680-2

      6:47 am

      Karl Goldmark: Overture, "In Italien," Op. 49

      Ireland National Sym/Stephen Gunzenhauser
      Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony, In The Spring

      Naxos 8.550745

      7:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1 "(Dance in the Village Inn)"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Infernal Violins

      Analekta AN2-8718

      7:14 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Capriccio diabolico" (homage to Paganini), Op. 85

      Eliot Fisk, g
      Bell'Italia: Four Centuries of Italian Music

      Musicmasters 67079-2

      7:24 am

      Niccolò Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7, "La Campanella"

      III. Finale, Rondo

      Philippe Quint, v; Dmitriy Cogan, p
      Paganini arr. Kreisler: La campanella, Le streghe, La Cenerentola and Tancredi Variations

      Naxos 8.570703

      7:33 am

      Anthony Holborne: Pavans, Galliards, Almaines and Other Short Airs

      Five Pieces: The Marie-Golde; Patiencia; The Choise; Last Will and Testament; The New-Yeres Gift

      Empire Brass
      Royal Brass

      Telarc CD-80257

      7:45 am

      Antonio Casimir Cartellieri: Symphony No. 2

      Evergreen Sym Orch/Gernot Schmalfuss
      Cartellieri: Complete Symphonies Nos. 1-4

      CPO 777667-2

      7:57 am

      Erik Satie: "La belle excentrique"

      IV. "Cancan Grand-Mondain"

      Susan Manoff & David Levi, p
      La Belle Excentrique

      DG 4792465

      8:03 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047

      Friedemann Immer, tr; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901634/5 (2)

      8:16 am

      Franz Berwald: Grand Septet in B-Flat

      III. Finale, "Allegro con spirito"

      Uppsala Chamber Soloists
      Beethoven & Berwald: Septets

      Bluebell ABCD-033

      8:23 am

      Giuseppe Martucci: "Novelletta," Op 82

      Philharmonia Orch/Francesco d'Avalos
      Martucci: Symphony No. 1

      ASV CDDCA-675

      8:31 am

      Sophie Menter: "Ungarische Zigeunerweisen" (Concerto in Hungarian Style)

      Mvts. III and IV

      Leslie Howard, p; Budapest Sym Orch/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
      Liszt: The Complete Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-67403/4 (2)

      8:43 am

      Charles Loeffler: Octet

      III. Finale, "Andante-Allegro alla Zingara"

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

      Delos DE-3603

      8:54 am

      Julius Fučík: "The Bear with a Sore Head," Op. 210

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      A Festival of Fučík

      Chandos CHSA-5158

      9:03 am

      Johan Halvorsen: Three Norwegian Dances

      Marianne Thorsen, v; Bergen Phil Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-10614

      9:15 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64

      Juliet the Young Girl, Madrigal, Minuet

      Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet

      CSO Resound 9011402

      9:27 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Etudes, Op. 10

      No. 1 in C, "Waterfall"

      Yunchan Lim, p
      Yunchan Lim: Chopin Études

      Decca 4870122

      9:29 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Etudes, Op. 10

      No. 11 in E-flat, “Arpeggio”

      Yunchan Lim, p
      Yunchan Lim: Chopin Études

      Decca 4870122

      9:32 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Etudes, Op. 25

      No. 1 in A-Flat, "Aeolian Harp"

      Yunchan Lim, p
      Yunchan Lim: Chopin Études

      Decca 4870122

      9:37 am

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

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25, 26 & 29

      Archiv 431679-2

      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

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds"

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
      Respighi

      Teldec 18970-2 (2)

      10:20 am

      Óscar Esplá: "Cantos de Antaño"

      Pedro Carboné, p
      Esplá: Complete Works for Piano Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.225045

      10:28 am

      John Stanley: String Concerto in D, Op 2/1

      Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman
      Six Concertos in Seven Parts, Op. 2

      Hyperion CDA-66338

      10:38 am

      Gabriel Pierné: "Konzertstück" in G-Sharp, Op. 39

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Klaus Arp
      French Harp Concertos

      Koch 3-1142-2

      10:53 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in A, Kk 24 (L 495)

      Matteo Mela & Lorenzo Micheli, g's
      Scarlatti: Twelve Sonatas

      Evidence EVCD-107

      11:00 am

      Omar Massa: "Buenos Aires Resonances"

      Omar Massa, bandoneon; Berlin Sym Orch/Mark Laycock
      Nuevo Tango Concertos by Piazzolla and Massa

      Solo Musica SM-366

      11:07 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Four-Clavier Concerto in A minor, BWV 1065 (after Vivaldi R. 580)

      Soloists; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini, hc
      Ignazio Schifani, harpsichord,
      Vivaldi & Bach

      Naïve OP-7367

      11:18 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Act 1 & Act 3 Preludes; Dance of the Apprentices; Entrance of the Mastersingers

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Reiner Conducts Wagner

      RCA 63301-2

      11:41 am

      Jennifer Higdon: "Scenes from the Poet's Dreams"

      II. "Summer Shimmers Across the Glass of Green Ponds"

      Lark Quartet; Gary Graffman, p
      Jennifer Higdon * The Lark Quartet

      Bridge 9379

      11:50 am

      Aaron Copland: "An Outdoor Overture"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Portraits of Freedom

      Delos DE-3140

      12:01 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Five Pieces, Op. 81

      Karisa Chiu, v; Zhu Wang, p
      Home

      Cedille CDR-90000239

      12:18 pm

      Antonio Salieri: Variations on "La Folia di Spagna"

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Salieri: Symphonies & Overtures

      Chandos CHAN-9877

      12:38 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Ritter Pázmán," Op. 441

      Waltz

      Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann
      2019 New Year's Concert

      Sony 19075902892

      12:44 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolle No. 3 in G-Flat, Op. 42

      Carol Rosenberger, p
      Singing on the Water - Piano Barcarolles

      Delos DE-3172

      12:53 pm

      John Williams: "The Long Goodbye"

      Theme

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Boston Sym Orch/John Williams
      Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes

      DG 4861698

      1:00 pm

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, D. 485

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis
      Franz Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6

      RCA 68546-2

      1:31 pm

      Gregorio Allegri: Motet, "Miserere"

      Voces8
      Lux

      Decca B0022601-02

      1:39 pm

      Michael Torke: Oboe Concerto, "South"

      Ryan Roberts, ob; Albany Sym/David Alan Miller
      Sky

      Albany TROY-1784

      1:50 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Rêverie et caprice," Op. 8

      Giovanni Radivo, v; Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Le carnaval romain, Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

      Naxos 8.573297

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 1 in A, BWV 806

      Rochelle Sennet, p
      Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 1

      Albany TROY-1869-71 (3)

      2:25 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat, K. 191

      I. Allegro

      Willard Elliot, bn; Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      The Chicago Principal

      DG B0000025-02

      2:33 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat

      Maurice André, tr; Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 & Trumpet Concertos by Haydn, Telemann & Torelli

      EMI CDC7-47311-2

      2:50 pm

      Johann Ludwig Bach: Concerto in D for 2 Violins, 2 Oboes, Strings & Continuo

      Berlin Baroque Soloists/Reinhard Goebel
      Symphonies of the Bach Family

      Hännsler Classic HC-21029

      2:58 pm

      François-André Danican Philidor: Pavane, "Louis XIII"

      New York Kammermusiker
      A Renaissance Tour of Europe

      Dorian DOR-90133

      3:00 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

      Lang Lang, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      First Piano Concertos

      DG B0000666-02

      3:22 pm

      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in C, Op. 6, No. 10

      Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli
      Corelli: Opera VI - Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Nos. 7-12

      Tactus TC-650308

      3:35 pm

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200

      Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber
      Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 8

      DG 449745-2

      3:57 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Mozart at His Zenith

      Beginning in 1786 at the first hearing of "The Marriage of Figaro," we’ll explore the stream of masterpieces, including operas, symphonies, piano concertos, and chamber works that Mozart wrote in the last five years of his life. He was in his early thirties, navigating the political life of a court composer in Vienna, while partying with the passion of a young man. On December 5, 1791, Mozart died, leaving his Requiem Mass unfinished. From these years alone, Mozart left a body of work that expresses a universe of imagination and emotions.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Vivaldi "The Four Seasons;" Frank Huang, violin/leader; Robert Schumann "Cello Concerto;" Carter Brey, cello; John Williams Tuba Concerto; David Robertson, conductor; William Bolcom Trombone Concerto; Joseph Alessi, trombone; Alan Gilbert, conductor.