Thursday, April 16, 2026

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      Playlist for Thursday, April 16, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Martin Mailman: "Autumn Landscape"

      Eastman Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Music For Quiet Listening

      Mercury SR-90053

      12:05 am

      Howard Hanson: String Quartet, Op 23

      Ying Quartet
      American Anthem

      Sono Luminus DSL-92166

      12:20 am

      Lyndol Mitchell: "Kentucky Mountain Portraits"

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Fiesta In Hi-fi

      Mercury 434324-2

      12:34 am

      Florence Price: "Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint"

      No. 3, "Little David, Play on Yo' Harp"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      12:35 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, Op. 33

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; French National Orch/Lorin Maazel
      Cello Concertos

      CBS MK-35848

      12:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Wiegenlied" Op.49, no.4, "Lullaby"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Songs from the Arc of Life

      Sony 10316-2

      1:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 491 (L 164)

      Murray Perahia, p
      Murray Perahia Plays Handel And Scarlatti

      Sony SK-62785

      1:05 am

      Alessandro A. Scarlatti: Harpsichord Concerto #6 in E-Flat

      Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone, hc
      Alessandro Scarlatti * Il Giardino di Rose * Sinfonie & Harpsichord Concertos

      London 470650-2

      1:14 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in B-Flat, Kk 70 (L 50)

      Joseph Moog, p

      Onyx 4106

      1:15 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat, K. 482

      Rudolf Serkin, p; London Sym/Claudio Abbado
      Klavierkonzerte • Piano Concertos Nos.15&22 Concertos Pour Piano

      DG 415488-2

      1:55 am

      Friedrich Gulda: "Play Piano Play" (1971)

      Exercise No. 1

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      in a state of jazz

      Hyperion CDA-67656

      2:00 am

      Léo Délibes: "Lakmé"

      Flower duet, "Dome épais, le jasmin"

      Joan Sutherland, s; Jane Berbié, ms; Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Richard Bonynge
      The Greatest Opera Show on Earth

      London 458118-2 (2)

      2:19 am

      Gwyneth Walker: "Fantasy Etudes"

      Blue Violet Duo
      Strike, Strum and Stride

      Centaur CRC-3978

      2:30 am

      Erik Satie: "Le Piccadilly" (Piano Rag, c 1904)

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      The Magic of Satie

      London 470290-2

      2:32 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Five Etudes-Tableaux

      San Diego Sym/Yoav Talmi

      Pro Arte CDS-3450

      2:54 am

      David Popper: Etudes, Op 73

      #40 in D

      Janos Starker, vc
      The Road To Cello Playing

      Parnassus PACD-97-008

      3:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il Signor Bruschino"

      Overture

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Rossini: Overtures

      DG 415363-2

      3:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in G, Op. 6, No. 1

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      DG 471758-2 (3)

      3:16 am

      George Frideric Handel: "The Gods Go a'Begging" Suite

      Musette

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63374-2

      3:18 am

      George Frideric Handel: "The Gods Go a'Begging" Suite

      Second Dance

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63374-2

      3:20 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: "Grand Nonetto" in F, Op 31

      Ensemble Wien-Berlin; Assisting Artists
      Nonets

      DG 427640-2

      3:54 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Fantasy, "Recollections of Paganini"

      "Rondo"

      Madoka Inui, p
      HUMMEL, J.N.: Hummel Fantasies

      Naxos 8.557836

      4:00 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Figaro," concert paraphrase on Rossini's "Largo al factotum

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

      Denon 33C37-7812

      4:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe and Bassoon Concerto in G, R 545

      Concerto Köln

      Capriccio 10233

      4:15 am

      Burleigh: "Six Fancies" (1917)

      "Dew"

      Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
      BURLEIGH: Music for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.559061

      4:17 am

      Henry Kimball HADLEY: Symphony No. 4 in d, Op 64

      Ukraine National Sym Orch/John McLaughlin Williams
      HADLEY: Symphony No. 4 / The Ocean / The Culprit Fay

      Naxos 8.559064

      4:55 am

      Charles Ives: Song, "The Rainbow"

      William Sharp, br; Steven Blier, p
      The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 4

      Albany TROY-080

      5:00 am

      Lili Boulanger: "D'un Matin de Printemps"

      Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      The Woman's Philharmonic- Boulanger: D'un Soir Triste, D'un Matin de Printemps/ Schumann: Piano Concerto In A Minor Op. 7/ Tailleferre: Concertino For Harp And Orchestra/ Mendelssohn: Overture

      Koch 3-7169-2

      5:04 am

      Cecile Chaminade: "Pièces romantiques," Op 55

      #6, "Rigaudon"

      Peter Jacobs, p
      Piano Music By Cécile Chaminade – 3

      Hyperion CDA-66846

      5:07 am

      Cecile Chaminade: "Valse-Ballet," Op 112

      Peter Jacobs, p
      Piano Music By Cécile Chaminade – 3

      Hyperion CDA-66846

      5:11 am

      Augusta Holmès: "Andromède"

      Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Samuel Friedmann
      Holmès

      Marco Polo 8.223449

      5:26 am

      Pauline Viardot-Garcia: Song, "Bonjour mon coeur"

      Isabel Bayrakdarian, s; Serouj Kradjian, p
      Viardot-Garcia: Songs

      Analekta AN2-9903

      5:27 am

      Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata #1 in e, Op 38

      Janos Starker, vc; Rudolf Buchbinder, p
      Brahms: Sonatas for Piano & Cello / Schumann: Adagio & Allegro

      RCA 61562-2

      5:53 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Plöner Musiktag"

      "Kanon"

      Tasmanian Sym/Werner Andreas Albert

      CPO 999301-2

      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.

      6:04 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

      6:13 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Rapsodie d'Auvergne," Op. 73

      Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo
      Saint-Saëns: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

      Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2)

      6:23 am

      Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Set 1

      "Baïlèro (Shepherd's Song)"

      Kiri Te Kanawa, s; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      Chants D'Auvergne, Vol. 1

      Decca 410004-2

      6:31 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C, R 425

      Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch
      Vivaldi

      DG 4794017

      6:40 am

      John Rutter: Suite for Strings

      Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      The English Connection (April 2023)

      Camerata Chicago

      7:04 am

      music continues...

      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

      Shh, it’s a Secret — Musical Cryptograms

      Musicians have long been told that their minds are similar to those of mathematicians. This week, we'll discover and decipher codes, messages, and meanings hidden within pieces of classical music. Some of these messages were encoded for the fun of the puzzle, while others held deep, painful meanings. Composers such as JS Bach, Edward Elgar, and Alban Berg delighted in tucking these musical enigmas into their masterpieces.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Mendelssohn "Elijah;" Twyla Robinson, soprano; Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano; Allan Clayton, tenor; Gerald Finley, bass-baritone; Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano; Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, boy soprano; New York Choral Artists; Alan Gilbert, conductor.