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      Playlist for Monday, January 26, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      William Grant Still: "Ennanga" (1956)

      3rd mvt

      Ashley Jackson, h; Harlem Chamber Players
      24 Negro Melodies

      Bright Shiny Things BSTD-0188

      12:05 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story Concerto" for string quartet and orchestra

      Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Delights & Dances

      Cedille CDR-90000141

      12:31 am

      François Joseph Gossec: "Tambourin"

      Nora Shulman, f; Judy Loman, h
      Dance of the Blessed Spirits

      Naxos 8.554166

      12:32 am

      François-Joseph Gossec: Symphony in D, Op 5/3, "Pastorella"

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Gossec: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9661

      12:45 am

      Francois Devienne: Bassoon Sonata in F, Op 24/3

      Jesse Read, bn; Glen Wilson, forte-p
      Devienne: 6 Sonatas for Bassoon and Fortepiano Op. 24

      Etcetera KTC-1024

      12:54 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Vénus"

      "Deuxième entrée"

      Les Talens Lyriques/C Rousset
      "Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Vénus"

      Astrée AP-255

      1:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Trois études de concert" (1848)

      No. 3 in D-Flat, "Un sospiro"

      Earl Wild, p
      Liszt: Sonata in B Minor, Polonaise No. 2, Etudes de Concert, Transcedental Etudes, Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 4, 12, and 2

      Etcetera KTC-2010 (2)

      1:05 am

      Edward Elgar: "Sospiri," Op 70

      Tomoko Kato, v; Akira Eguchi, p
      Tomoko Kato Plays Elgar

      Denon CO-18078

      1:08 am

      Edward Elgar: "Civic Fanfare"

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

      Chandos CHAN-6573

      1:10 am

      Anton Zemlinsky: Symphonic poem, "Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid)"

      Cologne Gurzenich Orch/James Conlon

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55515-2

      1:54 am

      Anton Zemlinsky: Six Waltz Songs, Op 6, on folk texts from Tuscany

      #2, "Klagen ist der Mond gekommen"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Cord Garben, p
      Zemlinsky: Lieder

      DG 427348-2 (2)

      2:00 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Etudes-Caprices," Op 18

      #1 in g

      Maria Kliegel, vc; Werner Thomas, vc
      Cellicatessen (Violoncello-Duos)

      Signum SIGX-12-00

      2:05 am

      Jean-Pierre Duport: Etude #8 in D

      Antonio Meneses, vc
      Capriccioso - Works For Solo Cello

      Avie AV-2328

      2:11 am

      Jessie Montgomery: Duo for Violin and Cello

      Ari Streisfeld, v; Claire Bryant, vc
      Jessie Montgomery

      Bright Shiny Things BSTD-0178

      2:21 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "In Color"

      I. "Red"

      Third Coast Percussion
      Standard Stoppages

      Cedille CDR-90000236

      2:22 am

      Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in a minor, Op. 102

      Isaac Stern, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chicago Sym/Claudio Abbado
      Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor Op. 102, Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor Op, 60

      Sony SK-45999

      2:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Liebeslieder Waltzes" Op. 52

      No. 5, "Die grüne Hopfenranke (The green hops vine)"

      Bonney, von Otter, Streit, Bär; Helmut Deutsch, Bengt Forsberg, p
      Bengt Forsberg, piano,
      Helmut Deutsch, piano,

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55430-2

      3:00 am

      Peter Philips: Motet, "Mulieres sedentes"

      The Sarum Consort/Andrew Mackay
      Cantiones Sacrae Quinis Vocibus - Antwerp 1612

      ASV CDGAU-217

      3:05 am

      William Boyce: Symphony #8 in d

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Symphonies, Op. 2

      L'Oiseau Lyre 436761-2

      3:16 am

      William Boyce: Symphony #1 in B-Flat

      De Falla Trio

      Concord Concerto CC-2011

      3:22 am

      Daniel: A Fancy

      Robin Hill, g, Peter Wiltschinsky, g

      ASV CDWHL-2094

      3:24 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Symphony #5, Op 74

      Munich Sym Orch/Douglas Bostock

      Classico CD-294

      3:54 am

      English ANON 16th c: A Merry Mood

      Robin Hill, g, Peter Wiltschinsky, g

      ASV CDWHL-2094

      4:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Semiramide"

      Aria, "Bel raggio lusinghier"

      Maria Callas, s; Philharmonia Orch/Antonio Tonini

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49428-2

      4:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

      Netherlands Wind Ensemble
      Rossini for Wind 'The Barber of Seville'

      Philips 9500395

      4:28 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

      Aria, "Una voce poco fà"

      Regina Music Box
      Wound-up Opera (Great Hits From The Opera)

      CBS MS-7338

      4:30 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

      Paraphrase on "Largo al factotum"

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

      RCA 61750-2 (2)

      4:35 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto #1 in D, Op 99

      Alirio Diaz, g; I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro

      Vanguard OVC-8069

      4:54 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in C, Kk 515 (L 255)

      Wanda Landowska, hc

      EMI/Ang CDH7-64934-2

      5:00 am

      Henry Purcell: Trio Sonata #1 in g

      London Baroque Ensemble
      Purcell: Ten Sonatas In Four Parts

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901438

      5:05 am

      William Walton: "Sinfonia Concertante" (1928)

      Peter Katin, p; London Sym Orch/William Walton
      Scapino / The Quest / Sinfonia Concertante / Capriccio Burlesco

      Lyrita SRCS.49

      5:25 am

      Arthur Bliss: Adam Zero

      Fanfare Overture

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47712-2

      5:27 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel

      CBS MDK-44783

      5:55 am

      Olivier Messiaen: "Quatuor pour la fin du temps"

      #4, Interlude

      Amici Ensemble
      Quartet for the End of Time

      Summit DCD-168

      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

      Tomaso Albinoni: Trumpet Concerto in D

      Leipzig Bach Collegium/Ludwig Güttler, tr
      Leipziger Bach-Collegium - Stradella, J.Ch.Bach, Finger, J.S. Bach, Telemann, Albinoni

      Capriccio 10166

      6:14 am

      John Ireland: "A Downland Suite" (1932)

      Minuet

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      6:20 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 493

      Finale, "Allegretto"

      Melos Quartet members; Georg Solti, p
      Mozart Piano Quartets

      Decca 417190-2

      6:30 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Pique Dame"

      Ballet Adaptation: "Soirée au ballet" (first half)

      Montreal Grands Ballets Canadiens Orch/Jacques Lacombe
      Tchaikovsky: La Dame de Pique - The Queen Of Spades

      Analekta AN2-8816

      6:38 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Fantaisie" in A, Op. 124

      Gérard Poulet, v; Isabelle Moretti, h
      Saint-Saens: Fantasy Op. 124, Suite Op. 16, Quartet, Op. 41

      Valois V-4657

      6:51 am

      Karl Goldmark: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 26, "Rustic Wedding"

      V. Finale, "Dance"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony; Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2

      Vanguard OVC-5002

      7:03 am

      Thomas Arne: Overture No. 6 in B-Flat

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 4759117

      7:11 am

      Frederick Delius: "Florida" Suite

      I. "Daybreak"

      Royal Phil Orch/Thomas Beecham
      Beecham Conducts Delius

      EMI CDS7-47509-8 (2)

      7:22 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in D-Flat, Op. 27, No. 2

      Arthur Rubinstein, p
      Nocturne

      RCA 63185-2

      7:31 am

      Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 2

      Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
      Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

      DG B0013458-02

      7:43 am

      Karl Jenkins: "La Folia" (after Corelli)

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

      Naxos 8.574218

      7:55 am

      Scott Joplin: "Country Club Rag"

      Alexander Peskanov, p
      Joplin: Piano Rags, Vol. 1 by Louis Chauvin, Scott Joplin

      Naxos 8.559114

      8:04 am

      Jules Massenet: Orchestral Suite No. 5, "Scènes napolitaines"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce
      Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4 - 7

      Naxos 8.553125

      8:16 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Romance in B-Flat, Op. 28

      Dong-Suk Kang, v; Pascal Devoyon, p
      Discover Music of the Romantic Era

      Naxos 8.558155-56

      8:23 am

      Franz Krommer: "Sinfonia concertante" in E-Flat, Op. 70

      V. Finale, "Allegro"

      Jànos Rolla, v; Paul Meyer, cl; Franz Liszt Cha Orch/Jean-Pierre Rampal, f
      Krommer: Clarinet Concertos & Sinfonia Concertante

      Denon CO-75635

      8:31 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Cortège"

      Turku Phil Orch/Leif Segerstam
      Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast, Overture in E major, Scène de ballet, Cortège, Menuetto

      Naxos 8.573300

      8:38 am

      Michael Torke: "Adjustable Wrench"

      London Sinfonietta/Kent Nagano
      Torke: Color Music

      Argo 452101-2

      8:51 am

      John Philip Sousa: "Sandalphon" Waltzes

      Razumovsky Sym Orch/Keith Brion
      Sousa: On Wings of Lightning

      Naxos 8.559029

      9:04 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "The Bartered Bride"

      Overture

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      New World Symphony and Other Orchestral Masterworks

      RCA 62587-2

      9:11 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804, "Rosamunde"

      II. "Andante"

      Protean Quartet
      Tempus omnia vincit

      Linn CKD-744

      9:19 am

      John Adams: "The Chairman Dances"

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Dance Mix

      Argo 444454-2

      9:34 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 3

      Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat

      Teunis van der Zwart & Bart Aerbeydt, hn's; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      9:51 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Gran duetto concertante" in A, Op. 52

      III. Finale, "Rondo militaire"

      Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g
      Café Vienna: 19th Century Café Music

      Our Recordings 6.220601

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      10:00 am

      Henry Purcell: "Purcell Suite"

      Canadian Brass
      High, Light, Bright, and Clear: The Glory of Baroque Brass

      RCA RCD1-4574

      10:11 am

      Frederick Delius: "Brigg Fair"

      Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Delius: Brigg Fair, In a Summer Garden, The Walk to the Paradise Garden, North Country Sketches / Sir Charles Mackerras

      Argo 430202-2

      10:29 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Dumbarton Oaks"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances, Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella Suite

      DG 419628-2

      10:46 am

      Johannes Brahms: Scherzo for "F-A-E" Sonata

      Vadim Gluzman, v; Angela Yoffe, p
      Impromptu: Vadim Gluzman & Angela Yoffe (September 30, 2009)

      WFMT

      10:51 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 2 in D

      "Air and Hornpipe"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre - The Original Sound

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 436445-2

      11:01 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Helios" Overture, Op. 17

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson
      Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 and Helios Overture/ Sibelius: Spring Song and Night Ride and Sunrise

      Chandos CHAN-6533

      11:14 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Württemberg" Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat, Wq 49/5

      Keith Jarrett, p
      C.P.E. Bach: Wurttemberg Sonatas

      ECM 2790/91

      11:30 am

      Arthur Foote: "Air and Gavotte," Op. 25

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Arthur Foote: Francesca da Rimini, 4 Character Pieces after the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Suite, Serenade (excerpts)

      Naxos 8.559365

      11:44 am

      Traditional Chinese: "Moon Reflection at Second Stream"

      Pacific Harmony String Quartet
      Melodies of the Far East

      Pacific Harmony 2000

      11:51 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "The Bronze Horse"

      Overture

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Tortelier's French Bonbons

      Chandos CHAN-9765

      12:01 pm

      Regina Harris Baiocchi: "Piano Poems"

      No. 1, "common things surprise us"

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol. 3 At Play

      First Hand FHR-133

      12:03 pm

      Regina Harris Baiocchi: "Piano Poems"

      No. 4, "a candle burns time"

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol. 3 At Play

      First Hand FHR-133

      12:09 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

      Gothenburg Sym Orch Strings/Neeme Järvi
      Grieg: Holberg Suite, 2 Elegiac Melodies, 2 Nordic Melodies, 2 Melodies, 2 Lyric Pieces

      DG 437520-2

      12:19 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 4 in C, K. 157

      Jerusalem Quartet
      Mozart: String Quartets

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902076

      12:37 pm

      George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody

      Los Angeles Phil/Michael Tilson Thomas, p
      Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue, Second Rhapsody, Preludes, Unpublished Piano Works

      CBS MK-39699

      1:01 pm

      Édouard Lalo: "Symphonie espagnole" in D minor, Op. 21

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Lalo: Symphonie espagnole; Sarasate: Zigeunerwiesen

      EMI CDC7-47318-2

      1:35 pm

      Florence Price: "Village Scenes"

      Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
      Scenes in Tin Can Alley

      Blue Griffin BGR-615

      1:46 pm

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in F, S 231

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      1:54 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Valse romantique"

      Claudio Arrau, p
      Debussy for Daydreaming

      Philips 446484

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      2:00 pm

      Edward Elgar: "The Spanish Lady," Op. 89

      Suite

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      2:12 pm

      Enrique Fernández Arbós: "Pequeña suite española," Op. 7

      Madrid Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Arbós: Complete Orchestral Works

      Verso VRS-2027 (2)

      2:33 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Benvenuto Cellini," Op. 23

      Overture

      Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Le carnaval romain, Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

      Naxos 8.573297

      2:44 pm

      Bedřich Smetana: "From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests"

      Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Smetana: Má Vlast

      Supraphon SU-34652031

      2:57 pm

      Zhou Long: Eight Chinese Folksongs

      No. 6, "When Will the Acacia Bloom?"

      Shanghai Quartet
      The Flowing Stream: Chinese Folk Songs and Tone Poems by Zhou Long

      Delos DE-3233

      3:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Italian Concerto" in F, BWV 971

      Alexandre Tharaud, p
      Concertos Italiens

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901871

      3:14 pm

      Édouard Lalo: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 7

      Eroica Trio
      Eroica Trio - Strings in the Mountains

      Strings in the Mountains STM-921

      3:36 pm

      Isaac Albéniz: Albéniz: "L'Automne-Valse," T 96

      Miguel Baselga, p
      Albéniz, Piano Music Volume 7

      BIS CD-1953

      3:49 pm

      Arcangelo Corelli: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 5, No. 7

      Ryo Terakado, v; Siebe Henstra, hc; Lucia Swarts, vc
      Corelli: Sonatas for Violin & Basso Continuo

      Denon CO-78820

      3:58 pm

      Ernesto Nazareth: "Brejeiro"

      Arthur Moreira Lima, p
      Moreira Lima, Nazareth: Tangos, Waltzes & Polkas

      Pro Arte PAD-144

      4:00 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in C, R. 477

      John Miller, bn; St Mary's Chamber Players/Neville Marriner
      Vivaldi Bassoon Concertos

      Pro Arte CDD-273

      4:12 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivace assai"

      Alon Goldstein, p; Fine Arts Quartet
      Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21

      Naxos 8.573398

      4:20 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op 122

      Canadian Brass
      Brahms on Brass

      Opening Day ODR-7415

      4:48 pm

      music continues...

      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

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio hosted by Kerry Frumkin live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

      Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Enescu "Oedipe" Prelude; Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2; Paavo Järvi, conductor.