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      Playlist for Thursday, May 7, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Sergei Taneyev: Opera, "Oresteia"

      Entr'acte, "The Temple of Apollo at Delphi"

      Helsinki Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Taneyev, S: Suite de Concert Op. 28, etc.

      Ondine ODE-959-2

      12:05 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Snow Maiden"

      Suite

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.A.: Snow Maiden Suite (The) / Sadko, Musical Picture / Mlada Suite / The Golden Cockerel Suite (Seattle Symphony, Schwarz)

      Naxos 8.572787

      12:17 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Snow Maiden," Op. 12 (Incidental Music to Ostrovsky's Play)

      "Jester's Dance"

      Detroit Sym/Neeme Järvi
      Tchaikovsky: Snow Maiden

      Chandos CHAN-9324

      12:22 am

      Morten Lauridsen: "Mid-Winter Songs"

      "Like Snow"

      Los Angeles Master Cho/Paul Salamunovich
      Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna

      RCM Recordings 19705

      12:23 am

      Louise Farrenc: Nonetto in E-Flat, Op. 38

      Minerva Chamber Ensemble
      Farrenc: Nonetto, Op 38 * Brahms: Serenade, Op 11 * Minerva Chamber Ensemble

      Centaur CRC-3092

      12:54 am

      Louise Farrenc: "Douze Études Brillantes," Op. 41

      No. 9

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-912-13 (2)

      1:00 am

      Josef Martin Kraus: "Soliman II"

      "Divertissement"

      Swedish Royal Opera Orch/Philip Brunelle
      Kraus: Soliman II * A Gustavian Turkish Opera * Royal Opera of Sweden

      Virgin 91496-2

      1:05 am

      Elfrida Andrée: "Fritiof" Suite

      V. "Frithiof's Sea Voyage"

      Norrkoping Sym Orch/Hermann Bäumer
      Elfrida Andrée

      CPO 555589-2

      1:14 am

      Ferdinand Ries: "Variations on Swedish National Airs," Op. 52

      Christopher Hinterhuber, p; New Zealand Sym Orch/Uwe Grodd
      RIES, F.: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.557844

      1:29 am

      Trad Swedish: "Vals elfter Soling Anders"

      Jacqueline Schwab, p

      Sono Luminus DSL-92257

      1:31 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata #2 in g, Op 5/2

      Raphaël Pidoux, vc; Tanguy de Williencourt, p

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902410

      1:55 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Eleven "Mödlinger" Dances, WoO 17

      #1

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      2:00 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "La vallée des cloches"

      Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
      Ravel: Five O'Clock Foxtrot, Bolero, La Valse

      Cala CACD-1004

      2:05 am

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

      "Blithe Bells (Sheep May Safely Graze)"

      Piers Lane, p
      Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 3

      Hyperion CDA-67344

      2:09 am

      Percy Grainger: "Lincolnshire Posy"

      #4, "The Brisk Young Sailor"

      Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell
      Olympic Theme

      Telarc CD-80099

      2:10 am

      César Franck: Symphony in d minor

      Berlin Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Franck: Symphony In D Minor/ Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3

      Teldec 98416-2

      2:54 am

      Jef van Hoof: "Drei Lieder im Volkston" (1907)

      #2, "Sehnsucht"

      Wilke te Brummelstrote, ms; Jozef de Beenhouwer, p
      Jef van Hoof

      Phaedra 92090

      3:00 am

      Giovanni Battista Buonamente: "Sinfonia Ottava"

      Clemencic Consort
      La Pazzia Senile

      Accord 149178

      3:03 am

      Giovanni Battista Buonamente: "Brando terza"

      Clemencic Consort
      La Pazzia Senile

      Accord 149178

      3:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in g, R 325

      Giuliano Carmignola, v; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon
      Concertos for Violin, Strings and Continuo

      Archive B0006504-02

      3:13 am

      Giovanni Battista Buonamente: "Gagliarda Terza"

      Clemencic Consort
      La Pazzia Senile

      Accord 149178

      3:14 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet #13 in B-Flat, Op 130

      Vermeer String Quartet
      The Complete String Quartets

      Teldec 8.42982

      3:55 am

      music continues...

      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.

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "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

      Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

      Claude Debussy, who once said he learned more from poets and painters than from the music conservatory, is considered the figurehead of Impressionist music (though he would vehemently argue against it). This week, Bill reflects on Debussy's peculiar upbringing, his studies at the Paris Conservatory, and his Prix de Rome win.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor; Zino Francescatti, violin; "Pohjola's Daughter;" Leonard Bernstein, conductor; "Finlandia;" Zubin Mehta, conductor; "Pelléas et Mélisande;" Thomas Beecham, conductor; Symphony No. 2 in D Major; Lorin Maazel, conductor.