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      Playlist for Wednesday, March 4, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Edouard Lalo: "Namouna" (1882)

      "Valse de la cigarette"

      ORTF National Orch/Jean Martinon

      DG 2543803

      12:05 am

      Edouard Lalo: Piano Trio #1 in c, Op 7

      Eroica Trio

      Strings in the Mountains STM-921

      12:26 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 9 in f minor

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:28 am

      Ulysses Kay: 8 Inventions

      Nnenna Ogwo, p
      Luminous

      MSR Classics MS-1819

      12:42 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin and Oboe Concerto in c, BWV 1060

      Hilary Hahn, v; Allan Vogel, ob; Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Kahane
      Concertos

      DG B0000986-02

      12:55 am

      Nnenna Ogwo: "Benediction"

      Nnenna Ogwo, p
      Luminous

      MSR Classics MS-1819

      1:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Ave Maria"

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p
      Franz Liszt

      London 4851450

      1:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Battle of the Huns," Symphonic Poem No. 11 (1857)

      London Phil/Bernard Haitink
      Liszt: Symphonic Poems

      Philips 438754-2 (2)

      1:20 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Sepivi te"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      1:22 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      Act 3

      Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella / Mazurka

      London 410162-2 (2)

      1:55 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Four Preludes, Op 22

      No. 1

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Scriabin

      Decca 028947881681

      2:00 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

      Toreador Song

      José van Dam, John Alldis Cho, London Phil/Sir Georg Solti
      The Greatest Opera Show on Earth

      London 458118-2 (2)

      2:05 am

      Franz Waxman: "Carmen Fantasie"

      Charlie Siem, v; Carolina Jaya-Ratnam, p
      Charlie Siem

      Warner Classics 67804-2

      2:16 am

      François Borne: "Fantaisie Brillante" on themes from Bizet's "Carmen"

      Mathieu Dufour, f; Kuang-Hao Huang, p
      Fantaisie

      Cedille CDR-90000121

      2:27 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

      "Seguidilla"

      Canadian Brass
      More Greatest Hits

      RCA 5628-2-RC

      2:29 am

      Béla Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

      Katia, Marielle Labèque, p's; Sylvio Gualda, Jean-Pierre Drouet, per
      Katia Labèque, piano,

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47446-2

      2:55 am

      Henry Thacker Burleigh: "Hard Trials"

      Alchemy Viols/Philip Spray
      Deep River: Spirituals' Cross-Currents

      Navona Records NV-6650

      3:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Five Songs for Mixed Chorus, Op 104

      #5, "Im Herbst"

      Danish National Radio Cho/Stefan Parkman; Bengt Forsberg, p
      Brahms: Choral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9806

      3:05 am

      Robert Fuchs: Cello Sonata #2 in e-flat, Op 83

      Mark Drobinsky, vc; Daniel Blumenthal, p
      FUCHS : Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2

      Marco Polo 8.223423

      3:25 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 13 in D

      Budapest Sym Orch/Istvan Bogar
      BRAHMS, J.: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-21 (Budapest Symphony, Bogar)

      Naxos 8.550110

      3:26 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D, "London"

      Orch of St Luke's/Charles Mackerras
      Haydn: Symphony No. 101 'The Clock'/ Symphony No. 104 'London'

      Telarc CD-80311

      3:55 am

      Johann Hermann Schein: Psalm, "Dennoch bleibe stets an dir"

      Meridian Arts Ensemble Brass Quintet
      Visions of The Renaissance

      Channel Classics CCS-6594

      4:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Son and Stranger" Overture

      Orch/Frederick Waldman

      Decca DL-710164

      4:05 am

      Samuel Barber: "The School for Scandal" Overture, Op. 5

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop
      BARBER, S.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / First Essay for Orchestra (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, M. Alsop)

      Naxos 8.559024

      4:14 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in g, Op 25

      Lang Lang, p; Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim
      First Piano Concertos

      DG B0000666-02

      4:35 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Choral Songs, "Im Grünen," Op 59

      No. 4, "Die Nachtigall"

      National Gallery Vocal Arts Ensembl
      Four Centuries of Vocal Music

      Koch 3-7038-2

      4:37 am

      Samuel Barber: Cello Sonata in c, Op. 6

      Peter Rejto, vc; Eugene Rowley, p
      Barber, Kodály, Janácek, and Martinu

      Summit DCD-137

      4:54 am

      Gustav Holst: "Morris Dance Tunes"

      "Shepherd's Hey"

      New Zealand Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite
      Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

      Koch 3-7058-2

      5:00 am

      Domenico Gabrielli: Trumpet Sonata a 6

      Maurice André, tr; Orch/Tito Gotti
      Ten Baroque Trumpet Concertos

      RCA CRL2-2573 (2)

      5:05 am

      Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: Concerto Armonico #1 in G

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Pergolesi: Concerti Armonici 1-6

      Argo 410205-2

      5:17 am

      Johann Christoph Graupner: Partita in C, GWV 101 "Partien auf das Clavier"

      "Menuet"

      Geneviéve Soly, hc
      Graupner: Partitas for Harpsichord, Vol.1

      Analekta FL2-3109

      5:19 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Three Preludes on Gregorian Melodies" (1921)

      III.

      Konstantin Scherbakov, p
      RESPIGHI, O.: Piano Music (Scherbakov) - Ancient Airs and Dances / 6 Pieces / Piano Sonata in F Minor

      Naxos 8.553704

      5:24 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Concerto gregoriano"

      Takako Nishizaki, v; Singapore Sym/Choo Hoey
      RESPIGHI : Concerto Gregoriano / Poema Autunnable

      Marco Polo 8.220152

      5:54 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Libera me Domine de viis inferni"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (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

      Anna Bon: Divertimento No. 4

      Sarah Darlin & Laura Gulley, v's; Noriko Yasuda, fp; Laury Gutiérrez, viga
      Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba,
      Anna Bon: La virtuosa de Venezia

      La Donna Musicale LA-10104

      6:16 am

      Friedrich Kuhlau: "Hugo and Adelheid," Op. 107

      Overture

      Danish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Schønwandt
      Kuhlau: Overtures

      Chandos CHAN-9648

      6:22 am

      Gordon Jacob: "Music for a Festival"

      Interludes for Trumpets and Trombones

      Locke Brass Consort/James Stobart
      Fanfare - British Music for Symphonic Brass Ensemble

      Chandos CHAN-6573

      6:32 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in C, BWV 1033

      Andrea Oliva, f; Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach: Flute Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-67897

      6:42 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in F, H XVIII:3

      I. "Allegro"

      Norwegian Chamber Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 11

      EMI CDC5-56960-2

      6:51 am

      Alice Mary Smith: Symphony in A minor

      I. Allegro

      London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
      Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-10283

      7:04 am

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

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Brahms: The Symphonies

      Philips 442068-2 (4)

      7:15 am

      Albert Roussel: "Divertissement," Op. 6

      Orsino Ensemble; Pavel Kolesnikov, p
      Belle Époque - French Music for Wind

      Chandos CHSA-5282

      7:23 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat, Op. 20

      IV. Finale, "Presto"

      Chamber Orch of Europe Soloists/Daniel Hope, v
      Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto * Octet * Songs * Daniel Hope

      DG 4776634

      7:32 am

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D, "Titan"

      II. "Kräftig bewegt"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Mahler: Symphony No. 1

      CSO Resound 901904

      7:41 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D, R. 93

      Ronn McFarlane, l; Bach Sinfonia/Daniel Abraham
      The Art of Vivaldi's Lute

      Sono Luminus DSL-92132

      7:52 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p
      Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin, Liszt, Ravel

      Decca 4783206

      8:04 am

      Giuseppe Maria Cambini: Sinfonia in E minor

      III. Finale, "Presto"

      Academia Montis Regalis/Luigi Mangiocavallo
      Cambini Sinfonie

      Opus 111 OPS-30244

      8:10 am

      Charles Koechlin: Oboe d'amore Sonatina, Op. 194, No. 1

      Lajos Lencsés, obda; Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch members
      Charles Koechlin, Lajos Lencsés - Oeuvres Pour Hautbois - Werke Für Oboe

      Audite 97.417

      8:23 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

      Violist Jay Julio and pianist Josh Tatsuo Cullen perform music by Nicanor Abelardo, James Lee III, Rebecca Clarke, and Astor Piazzolla, 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

      Arias and Barcarolles

      Taking a cue from President Eisenhower’s famous remark to Leonard Bernstein, “I like music with a theme, not all them arias and barcarolles,” this week features a mix of arias, overtures, barcarolles, and other melodic delights that deserve more airtime.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Christophe Rousset plays Couperin

      Harpsichordist Christophe Rousset performs selections from Couperin’s "L’Art de toucher le clavecin." Recorded live in concert January 8, 2025, in Madrid’s Fundación Juan March.