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      Playlist for Wednesday, January 28, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Jacques Gallot: "Folies d'Espagne"

      Toyohiko Satoh, l
      Chaconne

      Channel Classics CCS-0490

      12:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 22 in E-Flat, "Der Philosoph"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Symphonies No. 22 (Philosopher) • No. 63 (La Roxelane) • No. 80

      DG 427337-2

      12:24 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "Polwarth on the green," H XXXIa:265

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      12:26 am

      Manuel Ponce: Variations and Fugue on "Folias de España"

      Oscar Ghiglia, g
      Ponce: Guitar Collection, Vol. 3

      Stradivarius STR-33568

      12:55 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Four Mexican Dances"

      No. 1

      Argentina Duràn, p
      Rapsodia Mexicana

      Bravo Music0

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Komm, Heiliger Geist Herre Gott" BWV 651

      Lionel Rogg, o
      Bach: Complete Organ Works

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-290772.833 (12)

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.4 in D, BWV 1069

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Bach: Orchestral Suites No 1-4

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901578/9 (2)

      1:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 1 in B-Flat, BWV 825

      Prelude

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 Partitas

      Naive V-8619

      1:31 am

      Darius Milhaud: Pastoral Fantasy, Op. 188

      Vlastimil Lejsek, p; Brno State Phil/Jiri Waldhans
      Milhaud: L'Esprit du Concerto

      Praga PR-250025

      1:41 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Ballade for Piano and Orchestra

      Marciano, p; Radio Luxembourg Orch/de Froment
      Music In Paris In The 1920s

      Vox ACD-8157

      1:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 1 in B-Flat, BWV 825

      Gigue

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 Partitas

      Naive V-8619

      2:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)"

      Chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Pure Classics

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66646-2

      2:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 14 in A

      Simon Preston, o (Byfield, 1766); English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Handel: Complete Organ Concertos

      DG Archiv 413465-2 (2)

      2:22 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Das Orgelbüchlein," BWV 599/644

      "Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich," BWV 605

      Lionel Rogg, o (Silbermann instrument, Arlesheim, Switzerland)
      Bach: L'Œuvre D'Orgue

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-290772.83 (12)

      2:24 am

      Max Bruch: Swedish Dances, Op. 63

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Max Bruch: The 3 Symphonies / Swedish Dances · Schwedische Tänze

      Philips 420932-2 (2)

      2:34 am

      Hugo Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody #2, Op 24, "Upsala-rapsodi"

      Royal Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi
      Hugo Alfven: Symphonies Nos. 1-5, Swedish Rhapsodies

      BIS CD-725

      2:44 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80

      Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Brahms: Violin Concerto and Double Concerto

      DG 410031-2

      2:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: Eight Songs and Romances, Op. 14

      No. 5, "Trennung"

      Juliane Banse, s; Helmut Deutsch, p
      Lieder - Complete Edition Vol. 1

      CPO 999441-2

      3:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "From the Bohemian Forest," Op 68

      #4, "In Wait"

      Iglika Marinova; Marco Kraus, p
      Piano Duo

      Balkanton 040107

      3:05 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Má Vlast (My Fatherland)"

      "From Bohemia's Woods and Fields"

      Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Má vlast

      RCA 82876-2 (2)

      3:19 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Fifteen Songs, Op. 26

      No. 11, "The Fountain"

      Alexandre Naoumenko, t; Howard Shelley, p
      Rachmaninoff: Songs, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9451

      3:20 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g, Op. 19

      Wendy Warner, vc; Irina Nuzova, p
      Russian Music for Cello & Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000120

      3:55 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Act II, Scene

      Maryinsky Theatre Orch
      Tchaikovsky * Swan Lake * Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre * Valery Gergiev

      London 4757669 (2)

      4:00 am

      Claude Debussy: Suite, "Pour le piano"

      II. "Sarabande"

      Paris Opera Orch/Manuel Rosenthal
      Hommage à Manuel Rosenthal

      Adès 13.283-2

      4:05 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: Suite pour piano (1923)

      Gregory Allen, p
      Joaquin Rodrigo: The Complete Music for Piano

      Bridge BCD-9027-A/B (2)

      4:14 am

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 3, for Orchestra

      "Ibéria"

      Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Debussy: Orchestral Music

      Philips 416444-2

      4:34 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Folksong, "Yo no quiero embarcarme," WoO 158

      Poplutz, t; Haunhorst, v; Schwarz, vc; Klaas, p
      Poplutz,
      Beethoven Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93525 (85)

      4:35 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #31 in A-Flat, Op 110

      Freddy Kempf, p
      Beethoven - Sonatas Op.109, Op.110 & Op.111

      BIS CD-1120

      4:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

      #9 in F

      Berlin Chamber Orch/Helmut Koch
      Beethoven Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93525 (85)

      5:00 am

      Heinrich Isaac: "La Spagna"

      Ensemble Doulce Mémoire
      DOULCE MEMOIRE: Renaissance Winds

      Dorian DOR-90261

      5:05 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 2

      Cincinnati Sym/Jesús López-Cobos
      Albéniz: Iberia (Complete) * Lopez-Cobos * Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80470 (2)

      5:27 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Danzas de españa" (1941)

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Alicia de Larrocha Plays Granados and Others

      MCA Classics MCAD2-9824 (2)

      5:32 am

      Gerónimo Giménez: La Tempranica

      "Zapateado"

      Anna Netrebko, s, Prague Phil Orch/Emmanuel Villaume
      Souvenirs

      DG B0012217-02

      5:34 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F, Op. 73

      Sabine Meyer, cl; Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt
      Clarinet Connection - The Great Concertos

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55155-2

      5:55 am

      Lisbeth Alexander-katz: Four Children's Songs

      #1, "Wiegenlied"

      Susanne Mentzer, ms, Craig Rutenberg, p
      Eternal Feminine

      Koch 3-7506-2

      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

      Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44

      I. "Allegro brillante"

      Quatuor Hanson; Adam Laloum, p
      Robert Schumann String Quartets, Piano Quintet

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902726.27

      6:14 am

      Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 6 in E

      III. Scherzo

      Bremerhaven Phil Orch/Marc Niemann
      Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

      Hännsler Classic HC-22016

      6:22 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

      III. Finale, Rondo

      Leon Fleisher, p; Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Beethoven * - Leon Fleisher, Cleveland Orchestra *, George Szell - Piano Concerts No. 1 & No. 3

      CBS M3K-42445

      6:32 am

      Eduard Tubin: Suite on Estonian Dances (1974)

      II. "The Shepherd's Tune"

      Mark Lubotsky, v; Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Eduard Tubin: Prélude sollenel, Violin Concerto No. 1, Suite on Estonian Dances

      BIS CD-286

      6:36 am

      Eduard Tubin: Suite on Estonian Dances (1974)

      IV. Finale, "Horn Tunes"

      Mark Lubotsky, v; Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Eduard Tubin: Prélude sollenel, Violin Concerto No. 1, Suite on Estonian Dances

      BIS CD-286

      6:43 am

      Zez Confrey: "Moods of a New Yorker"

      Eteri Andjaparidze, p
      Zez Confrey Piano Music

      Naxos 8.559016

      6:55 am

      Percy Grainger: "Walking Tune"

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      7:04 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Flute, Oboe and Bassoon Suite in b

      Soloists; European Baroque Soloists
      Telemann: Suite in B; Concerto in G; Six Canonic Sonatas

      Denon 81757-9614-2

      7:15 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Pianist Joshua Mhoon performs music by Beethoven, Ravel, Ernesto Lecuona, and Scriabin, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      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

      American Masters, Part VI

      This week, we explore 20th-century American music under the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. Alongside celebrated figures such as Copland, Gershwin, and Schoenberg, we will weave in beautiful and intriguing music from Peter Menin, Augustus Hailstork, Joan Tower, Charlie Parker, and yes, Fats Domino. We conclude with an elegiac symphonic work by George Walker, the first African American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Handel in Rome

      "Nisi Dominus," "Dixit Dominus," and "Salve Regina," three outstanding works of sacred music written during Handel's years in Italy, performed in concert by the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, and vocal soloists led by Václav Luks.