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      Playlist for Thursday, October 29, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Sarasate, Pablo de: "Introduction and Tarantella," Op 43

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Samuel Sanders, p
      SARASATE, P.: Spanish Dances / Serenade andalouse / Miramar / Introduction and Tarantella / Muiniera

      Dorian DOR-90183

      12:05 am

      Walton, William: "Façade" Suites 1 & 2

      St Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff

      Teldec 90852-2

      12:27 am

      Nares, James: Harpsichord Suite No. 6 in E

      "Presto"

      Julian Perkins
      English 18th-Century Keyboard Concertos

      Avie AV-2152

      12:28 am

      Bon, Anna: Clavier Sonata #5 in b

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol 1, In Nature

      FHR FHR-131

      12:42 am

      Haydn, Michael: Symphony in F, MH 25

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
      2 Flute Concertos, Symphony in F, Symphony No. 22

      Nimbus NI-5392

      12:55 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Secular Canons, H XXVIIb:1-46

      No. 29, "Phöbus und sein Sohn"

      Gyor Girls' Cho/Miklós Szabó
      Haydn: Cannons

      Hungaroton HCD-12890-2

      1:00 am

      Thomas, Ambroise: "Mignon" (1866)

      Aria, "Connais-tu le pays?"

      Frederica von Stade, ms; London Phil/Sir John Pritchard
      Escape Through Opera

      Sony SM2K-89370 (2)

      1:05 am

      Thomas, Ambroise: String Quartet in e

      Daniel String Quartet

      Discover Int'l DICD-920159

      1:32 am

      Godard, Benjamin: Allegretto

      Rie Schmidt, f; Benjamin Verdery, g
      Reverie: French Music For Flute And Guitar

      Newport Classic NC-60010

      1:33 am

      Chaminade, Cecile: "Contes bleus"

      Enid Katahn, p
      Chaminade: Piano Music

      Gasparo GSCD-247

      1:42 am

      Price, Florence: "The Oak"

      Women's Phil/Apo Hsu

      Koch 3-7518-2

      1:55 am

      Price, Florence: "Out of the South Blew a Wind"

      Khari Joyner, vc; Lara Downes, p
      Light

      Rising Sun Music 737428

      2:00 am

      Mouret, Jean Joseph: Sinfonies de fanfares

      Hannes, Wolfgang, Bernhard Läubin, tr's; Simon Preston, o
      Bernhard Läubin, trumpet,
      Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound

      DG 419245-2

      2:05 am

      Copland, Aaron: "Fanfare for the Common Man"

      St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin
      The American Album

      RCA 60778-2-RC

      2:08 am

      Tucker, Christopher: Ceremonial Fanfare (2004)

      Lone Star Wind Orch/Eugene Corporon
      American Tapestry - Music for Wind Band

      Naxos 8.570968

      2:09 am

      Peterson-Berger, Wilhelm: Symphony No. 2, "Sunnanfärd"

      Norrköping Sym/Michail Jurowski
      Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

      CPO 999564-2

      2:55 am

      Heise, Peter Arnold: Song, "Kanske vil der gå både vinter og vår"

      Astrid Nordstad, ms; Christian Westergaard, p
      Heise Song Edition

      Da Capo 8.221101 (11)

      3:00 am

      Corelli, Arcangelo: Trumpet Sonata in D

      John Wallace, tr; String Trio; Leslie Pearson, o
      Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares

      Nimbus NI-5079

      3:05 am

      Handel, George Frideric: Flute Sonata in b, Op. 1, No. 9

      Brook Street Band
      Six Cello Sonatas

      Avie AV-2118

      3:19 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Praeambulum" No. 8

      Joseph Payne, clavichord
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      3:20 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Beethoven: The Symphonies

      Philips 442073-2 (5)

      3:54 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: "ɐtudes," Op. 10

      No. 7 in C, "Toccata"

      Lubov Timofeyevna, p
      Etudes

      Melodiya SUCD-1000071

      4:00 am

      Finzi, Gerald: Prelude in f, Op 25

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.555069

      4:05 am

      Delius, Frederick: Cello Sonata

      Moray Welsh, vc; Israela Margalit, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55399-2

      4:19 am

      Gilbert, Henry F: "Pirate Song"

      Paul Sperry, t; Irma Vallecillo, p
      Paul Sperry Sings Songs of an Innocent Age

      GSS 109

      4:21 am

      Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: "Captain Blood"

      Suite

      London Sym/André Previn
      Previn Conducts Korngold * The Sea Hawk

      DG 471347-2

      4:35 am

      Leigh, Walter: Jolly Roger

      Overture

      New Philharmonia Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite
      More Lyrita Lollipops

      Lyrita SRCS.99

      4:38 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance

      Overture

      Pro Arte Orch/Sir Malcolm Sargent
      Gilbert & Sullivan: Operettas

      EMI/Ang CDC5-74468-2 (16)

      4:46 am

      Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: "The Sea Hawk" film music

      Suite

      Oregon Sym Orch/James DePreist
      KORNGOLD, E.W.: Sea Hawk (The) / Symphony in F-Sharp Major (Oregon Symphony, DePreist)

      Delos DE-3234

      4:54 am

      Anderson, Leroy: "Goldilocks"

      Pirate Dance

      Eastman-Rochester Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell
      Frederick Fennell Conducts The Music Of Leroy Anderson and Eric Coates

      Mercury 434376-2

      5:00 am

      Adam, Adolphe-Charles: "La Poupée de Nuremberg"

      Overture

      New Philharmonia Orch/Richard Bonynge
      French Opera Overtures

      London CS-6643

      5:05 am

      Sibelius, Jean: "Petite Suite"

      Finnish Brass Ensemble/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
      The Charm and Passion of Youth

      Marquis ERAD-205

      5:14 am

      Debussy, Claude: "Petite Suite"

      Lee Luvisi & Anne-Marie McDermott, p's
      The Complete Chamber Music Of Claude Debussy

      Delos 3167

      5:27 am

      Lalo, Édouard: "Guitarre," Op 28

      Susan Graham, ms; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Un Frisson Français: A Century of French Song * Susan Graham

      Onyx 4030

      5:29 am

      Rodrigo, Joaquín: "Concierto andaluz"

      Los Romeros, g's; San Antonio Sym/Victor Alessandro
      Concierto De Aranjuez And Concierto Andaluz

      Mercury 434369-2

      5:54 am

      Lecuona, Ernesto: "Andalucía, Suite Espagnole"

      "Gitanerias"

      Thomas Tirino, p
      Lecuona: Complete Piano Music Vol 1

      BIS CD-754

      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

      Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in G, D 894

      IV. Finale, "Allegretto"

      Maurizio Pollini, p
      Schubert - Maurizio Pollini, Daniele Pollini

      DG 4866398

      6:13 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Manfred" Symphony, Op. 58

      II. "Vivace con spirito"

      Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies

      Warner 82564627825

      6:23 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Harold in Italy," Op. 16

      III. "Serenade of an Abruzzo mountaineer"

      Wolfram Christ, vi; Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel
      Berlioz: Harold en Italie

      DG 415109-2

      6:31 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Hamburg" Symphony No. 1 in G, Wq 182/1

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902317

      6:44 am

      György Ligeti: "Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances"

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

      Teldec 88262-2

      6:55 am

      Michael Torke: "Unseen"

      No. 2

      East Coast Chamber Orch; Michael Torke Orch/Michael Torke
      Unseen - Michael Torke

      Ecstatic Records ER-092402

      7:04 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Sinfonia in G minor

      Tempesta di Mare
      Fasch: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-0783

      7:15 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 15 in F, K. 533 (K. 494)

      III. Finale, Rondo

      Orli Shaham, p
      Mozart Complete Piano Sonatas Vols. 5 & 6

      Canary Classics CC-24

      7:23 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Festive Overture," Op. 96

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 and Festive Overture

      EMI CDC7-54803-2

      7:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      Catalog Aria, "Madamina! Il catalogo è questo"

      Bryn Terfel, bbr; Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Tutto Mozart

      DG B0007194-02

      7:39 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op. 47

      Nos. 3-5

      Takács Quartet
      Dvorák: String Quartets, Op. 96 "The American" & 105; 5 Bagatelles, Op. 47

      Decca 430077-2

      7:51 am

      Luise Adolpha Le Beau: Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 37

      III. Finale: Allegro vivo

      Katia Tchemberdji, p; Berlin Chamber Sym/Jürgen Bruns
      Works by 19th Century Women Composers

      Dreyer Gaido CD-21015

      8:04 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Intermezzo in modo classico"

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain

      Sony SK-62034

      8:13 am

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: "Pachelbel's Loose Cannon"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      For Thy Pleasure

      Delos DE-3205

      8:21 am

      Otto Nicolai: Symphony No. 2 in D, WoO 99

      IV. Finale, "Allegro vivace"

      Bamberg Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
      Otto Nicolai: Symphony in D; Overtures

      Virgin 91079-2

      8:32 am

      Franz Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat, Op. 41

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
      Winged Creatures

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      8:44 am

      Richard Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13

      IV. Finale: Vivace

      R Capuçon, v; P Zientara, vi; J Hagen, vc; G Bellom, p
      Guillaume Bellom, piano,
      Richard Strauss - Renaud Capuçon - Seiji Ozawa

      DG 4867082

      8:55 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Ragtime"

      Boston Sym Chamber Players
      Johann Strauss: Waltzes - Transcriptions by Berg, Webern & Schoenberg; Igor Stravinsky: Octet, Pastorale, Ragtime, Concertino

      DG 463667-2

      9:04 am

      Dag Wirén: Serenade for Strings, Op. 11

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wirén

      Argo 417132-2

      9:20 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Invitation to the Dance," Op. 65

      Ensemble Wien-Berlin
      Concert à la Carte

      Sony SK-42175

      9:29 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Rondo à la Krakowiak," Op. 14

      Jan Lisiecki, p; North German Radio Sym Orch/Krzysztof Urbański
      Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra

      DG 4796824

      9:44 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Capriccio espagnol," Op. 34

      Chicago Pro Musica
      L'Histoire du soldat Suite, Capriccio espagnol

      Reference RR-17

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

      I. "Allegro non troppo"

      Milan Verdi Sym Orch/John Axelrod
      Brahms Beloved

      Telarc TEL-34658-02 (2)

      10:21 am

      Franz Liszt: Paraphrase on Verdi's "Rigoletto"

      Jorge Bolet, p
      Jorge Bolet - Liszt

      Philips 456814-2 (2)

      10:29 am

      Maurice Greene: Overture No. 6 in E-flat

      Baroque Band/Garry Clarke
      Greene: Overtures

      Cedille CDR-90000152

      10:38 am

      Madeleine Dring: Trio for flute, oboe & piano

      Adam Walker, f; Nicholas Daniel, ob; Antonio Oyarzábal, p
      Complete Works for Oboe by Madeleine Dring

      Chandos CHAN-20344

      10:50 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Morgenblätter," Op. 279

      Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky
      50x Waltz

      Decca 4787305

      11:00 am

      George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas, p
      Gershwin: The 100th Birthday Celebration

      RCA 68931-2 (2)

      11:19 am

      Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"

      Meditation

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc, Kathryn Stott, p
      Paris: La Belle Epoque

      Sony SK-87287

      11:26 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 2 in a minor, Op. 55

      Royal Liège Phil Orch/Jean-Jacques Kantorow
      Saint-Saëns - Symphonies Nos 1, 2 and in A major

      BIS 2460

      11:48 am

      Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life"

      II. "Alla polka"

      Alban Berg Quartet
      Dvořák, Smetana: String Quartets

      EMI CDC7-54215-2

      11:54 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Valse triste," Op. 44, No. 1

      Lahti Sym Orch Strings/Osmo Vänskä
      Sibelius: Karelia, Kuolema, Valse triste

      BIS CD-915

      12:01 pm

      Bruce Broughton: "Dancing for Love, Dancing for the Gods"

      Chicago Harp Quartet
      Dance Sketches

      Chicago Harp Quartet 798576512422

      12:12 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

      Overture

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Rossini: Overtures

      DG 431653-2

      12:20 pm

      John Field: "Irish Concerto"

      Benjamin Frith, p; Royal Scottish National Orch/Andrew Mogrelia
      Field: Piano Concerto No. 7, Irish Concerto, Piano Sonata No. 4

      Naxos 8.573262

      12:44 pm

      Brendan Graham: "Orphan Girl"

      Abby Molloy, ms; Choral Scholars of University College Dublin/Desmond Earley; Kevin Whyms, g
      Invisible Stars: Choral Works of Ireland & Scotland

      Signum SIGCD-436

      12:51 pm

      Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59

      Queensland Sym Orch/Andrew Penny
      Sir Malcolm Arnold: Dances

      Naxos 8.553526

      1:01 pm

      Alfredo Catalani: "Il Mattino (Sinfonia romantica)"

      Rome Sym Orch/Francesco La Vecchia
      Catalani: Ero E Leandro, Contemplazione, Il Mattino / La Vecchia

      Naxos 8.573072

      1:17 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Dolly" Suite, Op. 56

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p
      Katia & Marielle Labèque - Bizet, Fauré, Ravel

      Philips 420159-2

      1:35 pm

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

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Corelli: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      Archiv 423626-2 (2)

      1:49 pm

      Manuel Ponce: Three Popular Mexican Songs

      Pepe Romero, g
      La Paloma: Spanish and Latin-American Favorites

      Philips 432102-2

      1:55 pm

      Gerónimo González: "Serenísima una noche"

      Newberry Consort, EnsAmble Ad-Hoc
      A Mexican Christmas

      Navona NV-6375

      2:01 pm

      music continues...

      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

      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 - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Mussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov "Night on Bald Mountain;" Berlioz "Symphonie fantastique, Dream of a Witches' Sabbath;" Alan Gilbert, conductor; Liszt "A Faust Symphony;" Charles Bressler, tenor; Gounod Ballet music from "Faust;" Grieg "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1;" Leonard Bernstein, conductor; JS Bach, arr. Wood Toccata and Fuge in D minor, BWV 565; Arturo Toscanini, conductor;