Saturday, July 25, 2026

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      12:00 - 7:00 am

      12:00 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 1

      "Evocación"

      Cincinnati Sym/Jesus Lopez-Cobos
      Albéniz: Iberia - Complete

      Telarc 2CD-80470 (2)

      12:05 am

      Enrique Arbós: Tres piezas, Op 6

      Ara Malikian, v, Madrid Sym Orch/Jesus Lopez-Cobos
      Enrique Fernandez Arbos: La obra orquestal

      Verso VRS-2027 (2)

      12:30 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia" Suite

      "El Puerto"

      Madrid Sym Orch/Enrique Arbos
      Arbos - Complete Orchestral Works

      Verso VRS-2027 (2)

      12:34 am

      Joaquín Nin-Culmell: "Tonadas" (1956-61)

      "Baile de Burgos"

      Edmund Battersby, p
      Granados: Goyescas/ Nin-Culmell: Tondas

      Koch 3-7062-2

      12:36 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet #5 in D, G 449

      Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy Chamber Ensemble
      The Guitar Quintets Including La Ritirata Di Madrid & Fandango

      Philips 438769-2 (2)

      12:54 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Song, "Piercing Eyes"

      Judith Nelson, s; Elaine Thornburgh, forte-p
      She Never Told Her Love: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Koch 3-7044-2

      1:00 am

      Thoinot Arbeau: "Orchésographie"

      "Les Bouffons"

      Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band
      Keeping The Watch: The Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band

      Newport Classic NPD-85527

      1:05 am

      Louis XIII: Ballet de la Merlaison

      Paris Ancient Instrument Ensemble/Rogeracotte
      Ballet De La Merlaison/ Messe Pour Plusieurs Instruments Au Lieu Des Orgues

      Nonesuch H-71130

      1:18 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Suite française"

      London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
      Shepherd's Hey: Wind Music of Grainger, Milhaud and Poulenc

      ASV CDWHL-2067

      1:30 am

      Francis Poulenc: "The Story of Babar"

      "Babar et Céleste"

      Christopher O'Riley, p
      Christopher O'Riley at the Break

      CPI 3294112

      1:32 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf," Op. 67

      Basil Rathbone, n; All-American Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/ Saint-saëns: Carnival Of The Animals

      Avid AMSC-601

      1:54 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Summer Day Suite," Op. 65

      No. 3, Waltz

      San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra
      Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

      Koch 3-7042-2

      2:00 am

      Hugo Wolf: Song, "Prometheus"

      Dietrich Henschel, br; Berlin German Sym Orch/Kent Nagano
      Wolf: Prometheus, Etc

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901837

      2:05 am

      Karl Goldmark: "Prometheus Bound," Op 38

      Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt
      Goldmark: Symphony No. 2

      ASV CDDCA-934

      2:22 am

      Franz Liszt: "Prometheus," Symphonic Poem No. 5 (1850)

      Georgia Mangos, p; Louise Mangos, p
      Liszt: Complete Symphonic Poems for Two Pianos Vol. 2

      Cedille CDR-90000024

      2:35 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Six Ländler, WoO 15

      #6

      Berlin Chamber Orch/Helmut Koch
      Beethoven Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93525 (85)

      2:37 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, H VIId:3

      Ab Koster, horn; L'Archibudelli
      The Natural Horn

      Sony SK-68253

      2:54 am

      Howard Goodall: "Ecce Homo"

      Christ Church Cathedral Cho/Stephen Darlington
      Howard Goodall: Choral Works

      ASV CDDCA-1028

      3:00 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Der Schneemann" (1908)

      Prelude and Serenade

      Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter
      The Piano Concertos

      ASV CDDCA-1074

      3:04 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #23 in f, Op 57, "Appassionata"

      Annie Fischer, p

      Hungaroton HCD-31631

      3:28 am

      Morton Gould: "Fanfare for Freedom"

      London Phil/Jorge Mester
      Twenty Fanfares For The Common Man

      Koch 3-7012-2

      3:29 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Háry János" Suite, Op. 35a

      Baltimore Sym Orch/Sergiu Comissiona
      Sergiu Comissiona Kodaly Alfven Enescu

      MMG MCD-10015

      3:54 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Háry János"

      "The Jewish Family"

      Budapest Festival Orch/Ivan Fischer
      Zoltan Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite/ Dances Of Galanta And Marosszek

      Philips 462824-2

      4:00 am

      Max Reger: Preludes and Fugues, Op 131a

      #2 in d

      Mateja Marinkovic, v
      Reger: Preludes and Fugues

      ASV CDDCA-876 (2)

      4:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat, K. 450

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p
      Piano Concertos 6, 15 & 27

      Warner Classics 62259-2

      4:30 am

      Edward MacDowell: "New England Idyls," Op 62

      #1, "An Old Garden"

      James Barbagallo, p
      MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223631

      4:31 am

      Elie Siegmeister: Western Suite (1945)

      #4, "Buckaroo"

      Buffalo Phil/Lukas Foss
      Americana: 20th Century Works For Orchestra

      Vox CDX-5182 (2)

      4:35 am

      Aaron Copland: Four Dance Episodes from "Rodeo"

      Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      American Classics * Aaron Copland * Four Dances from Rodeo

      Naxos 8.559240

      4:54 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Woodland Sketches", Op 51

      #3, "At An Old Trysting Place"

      James Barbagallo, p
      MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223631

      5:00 am

      Jean Sibelius: Romance in C, Op. 42

      Boston Sym Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Finlandia/Valse triste/Romance/Symphony No. 2

      London 436566-2

      5:05 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Sigurd Jorsalfar," Op. 22

      Suite

      CSR Sym/Stephen Gunzenhauser
      GRIEG, E.: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Lyric Pieces / 3 Orchestral Pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar (CSSR State Philharmonic, Gunzenhauser)

      Naxos 8.550140

      5:23 am

      Wilhelm Stenhammar: "Allegro ma non tanto" in A

      Lucia Negro, p; Patrik Swedrup, v; Helena Nilsson, vc
      The Complete Solo Piano Music Volume 3 / Chamber Music With Piano

      BIS CD-764

      5:32 am

      Einar Englund: "The White Reindeer" film music suite (1952)

      Overture

      Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Petri Sakari

      Finland Transcriptions FT-9905

      5:33 am

      Niels Gade: Symphony #4 in B-Flat, Op 20

      Stockholm Sinfonietta/Neeme Järvi
      The Complete Symphonies, Volume 1 - No.3 In A Minor / No. 4 In B Flat

      BIS CD-338

      5:54 am

      Christian Sinding: Song, "From Afar at Night", Op 57/14

      Per Vollestad, br; Sigmund Hjelset, p
      Sinding: Songs Vol 2

      Simax PSC-1195

      6:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

      No. 2, "The Last Spring"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Classical Favorites: Mozart, Pachelbel, Et al.

      Seraphim 73289-2

      6:04 am

      Franz Schubert: Violin Sonatina No. 2 in a, D 385

      Gidon Kremer, v; Oleg Maisenberg, p
      Sonatinas For Violin And Piano D 384 · D 385 · D 408

      DG 437092-2

      6:30 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Der Traum", D 213

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
      Schubert: Lieder

      DG 437215-2 (9)

      6:31 am

      Arthur Benjamin: "North American Square Dance Suite"

      Joshua Pierce, p; Dorothy Jonas, p; Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Kirk Trevor
      Pierce & Jonas

      MSR Classics MS-1652 (2)

      6:43 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto in C

      Heinz Holliger, ob; I Musici
      Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, Et Al: Oboe Concertos

      Philips 420189-2

      6:53 am

      Arthur Benjamin: "Jamaican Rhumba"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Milton Kaye, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 19: 51 Miniatures 1944-1946

      RCA 61750-2 (2)

      7:00 - 9:00 am

      7:00 am

      Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn

      With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

      7:02 am

      Henry Mayer: "The Summer Wind"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 88985417792

      7:06 am

      Franz Krommer: Oboe Concerto No. 1 in F, Op. 37

      III. Finale, Rondo

      Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Oboe Concertos of the Classical Era

      Cedille CDR-90000045

      7:13 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Peter Pan"

      "Dream With Me"

      Zuill Bailey, vc; Lara Downes, p
      Some Other Time

      Steinway & Sons 30025

      7:18 am

      Augusta Holmès: "Andromède"

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Leo Hussain
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      7:35 am

      music continues...

      9:00 - 11:00 am

      9:00 am

      Soundtrack

      11:00 am

      11:00 am

      Introductions

      Violist Callia Murray, 17, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 and Paul Hindemith's Viola Sonata, Op. 11, No. 4 with pianist Lyudmila Lakisova. Recorded in June 2026 in Levin Studio.

      12:00 - 4:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      From The Glyndebourne Festival

      Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

      Tommaso Barea (Figaro); Johanna Wallroth (Susanna); Huw Montague Rendall (Count); Louise Alder (Countess); Alessandro Corbelli (Bartolo); Madeleine Shaw (Marcellina); Adèle Charvet (Cherubino); Robert Forrest (Don Basilio); Elisabeth Boudreault (Barbarina); Alexander Vassiliev (Antonio); Vincent Ordonneau (Don Curzio); Glyndebourne Fistival Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Riccardo Minasi, conductor. Sung in Italian.

      3:30 pm

      Afternoon Music

      4:00 pm

      4:00 pm

      Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

      Highlights of previous interviews with Frederica von Stade and Susan Graham. The legendary mezzo-sopranos give a joint recital with pianist Kevin Murphy next month at Ravinia.

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Schubert "Ganymed," D. 544; Liv Redpath, soprano; George Fu, piano; Brahms Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26; Kirill Gerstein, piano; Joel Link, violin; Toby Appel, viola; Camden Shaw, cello.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Live from the Levin Performance Studio: A songwriter from England’s South Coast, Ruth Theodore began busking at age 14 and is now a Righteous Babe recording artist. from the UK.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      This date presents a confluence of historic events and celebrations including Steve Goodman’s birthday, Bob Dylan plugging in at Newport, and the famous photo of a face on Mars snapped by NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

      Is it hot enough for you? Each summer The Midnight Special cools you down with devilishly hot folk songs. Stand in front of the ‘fridge and give a listen.