Thursday, April 23, 2026

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      Playlist for Thursday, April 23, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Erkki Melartin: "Sleeping Beauty," Op 22

      Overture

      Tempere Phil/Leif Segerstam
      Melartin

      Ondine ODE-923-2

      12:04 am

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Dornröschen"

      Overture

      Munich Radio Orch/Ulf Schirmer
      Dornröschen

      CPO 777510-2

      12:11 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

      Suite for Two Pianos

      Katia & Marielle Labèque, p
      Piano Fantasy: Music For Two Pianos

      Philips 442778-2

      12:28 am

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Dornröschen"

      Interlude: "The Thorn Castle"

      Munich Radio Orch/Ulf Schirmer
      Dornröschen

      CPO 777510-2

      12:30 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in C

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Symphonies For Strings Nos. 8 • 9 • 10

      DG 437528-2

      12:54 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Piece in c

      Sontraud Speidel, p
      Fanny Mendelssohn

      ARS Produktion ARS-38615

      1:00 am

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      "Variations on a Shaker melody"

      Marcelo Bratke, Marcela Roggeri, p's
      The Open Prairie - Music for Two Pianos

      Etcetera KTC-1223

      1:05 am

      Gian-Carlo Menotti: "Sebastian"

      Suite

      Spoleto Festival Orch/Richard Hickox
      Menotti: Apocalisse & Other Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9900

      1:30 am

      Hugo Wolf: "Italienisches Liederbuch"

      "Ich esse nun mein Brot"

      Geraldine McGreevy, s; Sholto Kynoch, p
      Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 3

      Stone Records 5060192780116

      1:31 am

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata #1 in f, Op 120/1

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Richard Goode, p
      The Sonatas For Clarinet And Piano, Op. 120

      RCA 60036-2-RG

      1:55 am

      Adèle Hugo: "Simple Melody" No. 1 in C

      Anaïde Apelian, cl; Laurianne Corneille, p
      Adèle Hugo: Mélodies sur des poèmes de Victor Hugo

      Alpha 1086

      2:00 am

      Jorge Aragón: "Un Bolero para Sarah"

      Sarah Willis, hn; Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón
      Jorge Aragón

      Alpha 878

      2:05 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Boléro"

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mad about the Orchestra

      DG 439512-2

      2:19 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Boléro," Op. 19

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Chopin The Complete Works

      Arabesque Z-6686

      2:27 am

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

      #14, Bolero

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

      BIS CD-413

      2:28 am

      Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op 43

      Pahud, f; J Kelly, ob; S Meyer, cl; S Schweigert, bn; R Baborak, fh
      Emmanuel Pahud, flute,
      Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos * Meyer * Pahud * Rattle

      EMI 94421-2

      2:54 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op 1

      #2, "Wanderlied"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p
      Fannt Mendelssohn

      Warner 5419756355

      3:00 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeoman of the Guard

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      3:05 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Romance and Pastorale

      Nash Ensemble
      Ralph Vaughan Williams * The Early Chamber Music * The Nash Ensemble

      Hyperion CDA-67381/2 (2)

      3:14 am

      Gustav Holst: Variations on Thaxted

      Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall

      DMD Classics 2013 (3)

      3:23 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations in C on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op 120

      #21

      Claudio Arrau, p
      Beethoven: Diabelli Variationen

      Philips 416295-2

      3:25 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 19

      Jan Lisiecki, p; St Martin's Academy
      Beethoven: Piano Concertos

      DG 4837637 (3)

      3:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 25 Scottish Songs, Op 108

      #23, "The Shepherd's Song"

      Günther Leib, br; Reinhard Ulbricht, v; Joachim Bischof, vc; Eva Ander, p
      Beethoven Complete Edition

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      4:00 am

      Carl Orff: "Carmina Burana"

      "O, Fortuna"

      Atlanta Sym Cho, Orch/Robert Shaw
      The Power & The Majesty, Essential Choral Classics

      Telarc CD-80397

      4:05 am

      Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

      Suite

      Indiana State University Faculty Winds
      Carmina Burana

      DG ELFCD-1002

      4:18 am

      Carl Orff: Schulwerk

      "Vier Stücke: #4

      Karl Peinkofer Percussion Ensemble
      Orff-Schulwerk Volume 1: Musica Poetica

      Celestial Harmonies 13104-2

      4:20 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in e minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Symphony No. 9 "New World", Symphony No. 2

      Mercury 434317-2

      4:54 am

      Charles Ives: Song, "Her Gown was of Vermilion Silk"

      Paul Sperry, t; Irma Vallecillo, p
      The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-078

      5:00 am

      Enrique Granados: "Goyescas"

      Intermezzo

      Janos Starker, vc; Shigeo Neriki, p
      Virtuoso Music for Cello

      Denon 33C37-7812

      5:05 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Mujeres de Sevilla", Op 89 (1935)

      David Buechner, p
      Turina: Mujeres Española

      Connoisseur CD-4186

      5:19 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

      Overture

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Jaime Laredo
      Rossini: Operatic Overtures Vol. 10

      Nimbus NI-5078

      5:26 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Almaviva's Couplets from the Barber of Seville"

      E Raikov, t; USSR TV & Radio Sym/E Akulov

      Mobile Fidelity MFCD-870

      5:28 am

      Ernest Bloch: Violin Sonata No. 1

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 8: 1950-1955

      RCA 88765440152 (9)

      5:54 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      "La Sarabande"

      New London Consort
      Dances from Terpsichore

      L'Oiseau Lyre 4759101

      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.

      6:03 am

      Bernhard Joachim Hagen: Trio Sonata in E-Flat

      I. "Allegro"

      Miguel Rincón, l; Il Pomo d'Oro/Zefira Valova, v
      Concertos for Baroque Lute

      Aparté AP-376

      6:10 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Capriccio brillant" in B minor, Op. 22

      Israela Margalit, p; London Sym Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Mendelssohn: Capriccio Brilliant

      Chandos CHAN-8724

      6:22 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21

      II. "Andante cantabile"

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"

      Sony G010005464289W

      6:31 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

      III. Finale, "Alla breve"

      Yunchan Lim, p; Fort Worth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3, Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition

      Decca 4871023

      6:47 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Flute Sonata (Violin Sonata No. 2) in D, Op. 94

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio"

      Brandon Patrick George, f; Jacob Greenberg, p
      Brandon Patrick George: Flute Sonatas & Solo Works

      Profil PH-18039

      7:04 am

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      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.

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 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 Russian Five

      This group, also known as The Mighty Handful, includes Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, César Cui, Alexander Borodin, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Led by Balakirev, they helped create the Russian National School of Composers in Saint Petersburg from 1856 to 1870. Bill introduces each composer and shares important works performed by renowned musicians.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Stravinsky "Rite of Spring;" Debussy "La Mer;" Beethoven Symphony No. 7; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.