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      Playlist for Thursday, October 8, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Schumann, Clara: "Soirées musicales", Op. 6

      No. 2, "Nocturne"

      Michael Landrum, p
      Piano Recital: Landrum, Michael - FIELD, J. / CHOPIN, F. / RESPIGHI, O. / SCRIABIN, A. / FAURE, G. / FRANCAIX, J. (Nocturnes)

      Sono Luminus DSL-92158 (2)

      12:05 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Notturno No. 7 in F, H II:28

      Vienna Concert-Verein
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      12:20 am

      Respighi, Ottorino: Six Piano Pieces

      III. "Notturno"

      Michael Landrum, p
      Piano Recital: Landrum, Michael - FIELD, J. / CHOPIN, F. / RESPIGHI, O. / SCRIABIN, A. / FAURE, G. / FRANCAIX, J. (Nocturnes)

      Sono Luminus DSL-92158 (2)

      12:25 am

      Dowland, John: "What if a Day"

      Paul O'Dette, l
      Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 1

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907160

      12:26 am

      Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2

      Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner

      EMI/Ang CDFB5-69358-2 (2)

      12:44 am

      Vivaldi, Antonio: Lute Concerto in D, R 93

      Julian Bream, g; Monteverdi Orch/John Eliot Gardiner; David Winfield, eh
      Concertos and Sonatas For Lute

      RCA 61588-2

      12:54 am

      Dowland, John: "Queen Elizabeth's Galliard"

      Julian Bream, l
      Julian Bream Plays Dowland and Bach

      DG 4777550 (2)

      1:00 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: "Poetic Tone Pictures", Op 85

      #1, "Twilight Way"

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p

      Sony 19439912092

      1:05 am

      Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Piano Concerto No. 4 in g minor, Op. 40

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p; London Sym/Antonio Pappano
      Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 3 & 4 * Leif Ove Andsnes * Antonio Pappano

      EMI 40516-2

      1:30 am

      Scriabin, Alexander: "Quatre morceaux", Op 56

      #1 in e-flat, "Prelude"

      Evgeny Zarafiants, p
      Scriabin: Preludes for Piano, Vol 2

      Naxos 8.554145

      1:31 am

      Ring, Montague: "Carnival" (Suite of Five Dances)

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

      Albany TROY-1910-12

      1:44 am

      Godefroid, Felix: "Le Carnaval de Venise"

      Isabelle Moretti, h
      Cantare: La Voix de la Harpe * Isabelle Moretti * Felicity Lott

      Naive V-5186

      1:54 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: "Le carnaval des animaux (Carnival of the Animals)"

      "The Elephant"

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Ondrej Lenard
      My First Classical Music Album

      Naxos 8.578203

      2:00 am

      Still, William Grant: "Three Visions"

      No. 3, "Radiant Pinnacle"

      Andrew Armstrong, p
      In Blue

      Rubicon RCD-1112

      2:05 am

      Still, William Grant: "Pastorela"

      Zina Schiff, v; Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
      William Grant Still

      Naxos 8.559867

      2:16 am

      Burleigh: "Nature's Voices" (1927)

      "Giant Hills"

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

      Naxos 8.559061

      2:18 am

      Elgar, Edward: "Falstaff" (Symphonic Study in c), Op 68

      City of Birmingham Sym/Sir Simon Rattle

      EMI CDC5-55001-2

      2:54 am

      Chausson, Ernest: Three Shakespeare Songs, Op 28

      #3, "Chanson d'Ophélie"

      Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p

      Hyperion CDA-67321/2 (2)

      3:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! (Hunt)"

      Aria, "Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze)"

      Rolf Smedvig, tr; Michael Murray, o
      Ceremonial Music For Trumpet And Symphonic Organ

      Telarc CD-80341

      3:05 am

      Franck, César: "Le Chasseur maudit" ("The Accursed Huntsman")

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Franck: Symphony in D Minor, Le Chasseur Maudit

      MHS 514417-M

      3:20 am

      Brumel, Antoine: "Fortuna desperata"

      London Early Music Consort/David Munrow

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64215-2 (2)

      3:22 am

      Lekeu, Guillaume: Violin Sonata in G (1891)

      Elmar Oliveira, v; Robert Koenig, p
      Chausson and Lekeu

      Artek AR-0013-2

      3:54 am

      Gossec, François Joseph: "Tambourin"

      James Galway, f; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt
      James Galway: Dances for Flute

      RCA 60917-2

      4:00 am

      Massenet, Jules: "La vierge"

      "Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge"

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      Odyssey Y-33288

      4:05 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Rhapsodie espagnole" (1863)

      Madeleine Forte, p; Del Parkinson, p

      Romeo Records 7252-4 (3)

      4:21 am

      Kreisler, Fritz: Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta

      Fritz Kreisler, v; Orch/Donald Voorhees
      The Immortal Fritz Kreisler - Legendary Performances

      RCA 5910-2-RC

      4:29 am

      Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Preludes, Op. 32

      No. 6 in f

      Sergei Rachmaninoff, p
      Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff

      RCA 7766-2-RG

      4:30 am

      Massenet, Jules: Orchestral Suite No. 7, "Scènes alsaciennes"

      Paris Conservatory Orch/Albert Wolff

      London 433088-2

      4:54 am

      Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Twelve Etudes for Guitar (1928)

      No. 2 in A, Allegro

      Eduardo Fernàndez, g
      Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, 5 Preludes - Ginastera: Sonata

      London 414616-2

      5:00 am

      Mascagni, Pietro: "Guglielmo Ratcliff"

      Ratcliff's Dream

      Trieste Teatro Lirico Orch/Tiziano Severini

      Dynamic CDS-379

      5:05 am

      Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in C "con molti stromenti," R 558

      C Schneider, D Meyer, Grenoble Ens

      Price-Less D-18339

      5:17 am

      Milano, Francesco: Fantasia II in F

      Goran Sollscher, g
      The Renaissance Album * Göran Söllscher

      DG B0006497-02

      5:19 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 72

      Atlanta Sym/Yoel Levi
      Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Op 46 & 72

      Telarc CD-80497

      5:54 am

      Satie, Erik: "Les pantins dansent" (1913)

      Aldo Ciccolini, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49760-2

      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

      Moritz Moszkowski: "Spanish Dances," Op. 12

      Nos. 2 & 4

      I Salonisti
      The Last Dance - Music For A Vanishing Era

      RCA-DHM 77377-2

      6:12 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412

      Dale Clevenger, hn; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/János Rolla
      Mozart: Four Horn Concertos

      CBS MK-42324

      6:21 am

      Johann Adolph Scheibe: Sinfonia a 4 in B-flat, SchW A2:007

      Concerto Copenhagen/Andrew Manze
      Scheibe: Sinfonias

      Chandos CHAN-0550

      6:31 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Béatrice et Bénédict"

      Overture

      Helsinki Phil Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Berlioz: Harold in Italy; Paganini: Sonata per la Gran Viola

      Ondine ODE-1188-2

      6:40 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)

      6:49 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto in C minor, R. 441

      Amsterdam Vivaldi Players/Lucie Horsch, r
      Lucie Horsch plays Vivaldi

      Decca 4830896

      7:04 am

      William Walton: "Johannesburg Festival" Overture

      London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-8968

      7:12 am

      Louise Farrenc: Sextet for piano and winds in C minor, Op. 40

      III. "Allegro vivace"

      Linos Ensemble
      Farrenc: Piano Trios and Sextet

      CPO 777256

      7:20 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

      "Dance of the Hours"

      Royal Opera House Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Weekend Classics: Dance of the Hours, Invitation to the Dance, Danse macabre, Barcarolle

      Decca 421396-2

      7:32 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 59 in A, "Fire"

      I. "Presto"

      Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Haydn: Symphonies: Fire, The Schoolmaster, Il Distratto

      Denon CO-78930

      7:37 am

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

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

      Naxos 8.550745

      7:50 am

      Alexis Alrich: Marimba Concerto (2004)

      II. "Lento"

      Evelyn Glennie, mar; Hong Kong Chamber Orch/Jean Thorel
      Alrich - Jenkins - Rorem: Concertos for Mallet Instruments

      Naxos 8.574218

      8:03 am

      Johan Agrell: Sinfonia in A, Op. 1, No. 3

      Barokkbandið Brák
      Tvær Hliðar | Two Sides

      Sono Luminus SLE-70026

      8:14 am

      Edvard Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G, Op. 13

      II. "Allegretto tranquillo"

      Charlie Siem, v; Itamar Golan, p
      Vaughan Williams & Grieg: Violin Sonatas

      Signum SIGCD-734

      8:21 am

      Zez Confrey: "Wise Cracker" Suite (1936)

      Eteri Andjaparidze, p
      Zez Confrey Piano Music

      Naxos 8.559016

      8:30 am

      George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Zadok the Priest"

      Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Camerata Chicago Concert: Handel Messiah and Zadok the Priest

      Camerata Chicago [2023 Handel Messiah and Zadok the Priest]

      8:37 am

      Eric Coates: "From Meadow to Mayfair"

      BBC Phil/John Wilson
      Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-20292

      8:50 am

      Maddalena Sirmen: Violin Duet in E, Op. 5, No. 4

      Shelby Yamin & Sarah Bleile Douglas, v's
      Maddalena Lombardi: Violin Duets, Op. 5

      Orpheus (Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duets, Op. 5)

      9:04 am

      Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2

      Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner
      Respighi: Belfagor Overture, Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, The Birds, Three Botticelli Pictures, Ancient Airs and Dances

      EMI CDC5-86549-2 (2)

      9:23 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83

      III. "Andante"

      Daniel Barenboim, p; Frank Miller, vc; Chicago Sym Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini
      Chicago Symphony Orchestra: The First 100 Years

      CSO CD-90/12 (12)

      9:36 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Two-Piano Concertino, Op. 94

      Lucas Jussen & Arthur Jussen, p's
      Lucas & Arthur Jussen - The Russian Album

      DG 4855368

      9:47 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "The Song of Hiawatha"

      Overture

      RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper
      Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite

      Naxos 8.555191

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltz," Op. 437

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      New Year's Concert 2016

      Sony 88875174802

      10:13 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Sinfonia in G minor

      Tempesta di Mare
      Fasch: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-0783

      10:25 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Alborada del gracioso"

      Vincent Larderet, p
      Ravel: The Complete Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1

      Avie AV-2623

      10:33 am

      John Alden Carpenter: "Sea-Drift"

      Royal Phil Orch/Karl Krueger
      American Tone Poems

      Bridge 9190

      10:51 am

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker

      Delos DE-3132

      11:00 am

      Ron Nelson: "Courtly Airs and Dances"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson

      Reference RR-76

      11:13 am

      Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yuja Wang, p
      Brahms: The Violin Sonatas

      Decca B0020329-02

      11:34 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1, Symphonic Dances

      DG 4839839

      11:48 am

      Louis Spohr: "Grand Nonetto" in F, Op. 31

      IV. Finale, "Vivace"

      Berlin Octet
      Spohr: Nonet in F, Octet in E

      Berlin Classics 0090122-BC

      12:01 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

      Les Cinq Plus

      This week’s theme: French composers from the generation before Les Six, that we are fondly calling Les Cinq Plus. Like Les Six, our composers did not have a great deal in common, and the way they have been grouped is a historical accident. Unlike Les Six, Les Cinq Plus grew up listening to the art songs of the 1800s, and each in their way carried this romantic torch forward: Chabrier, Massenet, Duparc, Chausson, Dukas, and perhaps Satie as “L’Autre.”

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Beethoven Symphony No. 5; Corigliano Symphony No. 1; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.