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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in c, Wq 119/7

      Roland Münch, o

      Capriccio 10135

      12:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Violin Concerto in D, BWV 1064

      Linda Melsted & David Greenberg, v's; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon, v
      Bach: Concertos for Violin

      Sony SK-66265

      12:22 am

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

      No. 1 in C

      Ton Koopman, hc

      Capriccio 10210

      12:23 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Dolly" Suite, Op. 56

      Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Faure - Orchestral Works

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004

      12:40 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"

      Suite

      Martha Argerich & Lang Lang, p
      Carte Blanche / Verbier Festival

      DG 479 5096 (2)

      12:55 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"

      I. "Pavane de la belle au bois dormant (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty)"

      High Low Duo

      Sono Luminus SLE-70023

      1:00 am

      Alessandro Stradella: Trumpet Sonata (Concerto) in D

      John Wallace, tr; Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright
      Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares

      Nimbus NI-5079

      1:05 am

      César Franck: "Stradella"

      Overture

      Opéra Royal de Wallonie/Paolo Arrivabeni
      Franck: Stradella

      Dynamic CDS-7692/1-2 (2)

      1:11 am

      Alessandro Stradella: Sinfonia in d

      Trio Settecento
      An Italian Sojourn

      Cedille CDR-90000099

      1:19 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Part Sinfonias, BWV 787-801

      No. 10 in G

      Ton Koopman, hc

      Capriccio 10210

      1:20 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10

      Chicago Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Symphony No. 1 • Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad"

      DG 427632-2 (2)

      1:55 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes, Op. 34

      No. 17 in A-Flat

      Vera Gornostaeva, p
      Vera Gornostaeva

      LP Classics 1016

      2:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Matilde di Shabran"

      Quintet, "Dallo stupore oppresso"

      Soloists; Galicia Sym/Riccardo Frizza
      "Matilde di Shabran"

      London B0006859-02 (3)

      2:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La Cenerentola"

      Overture

      Santa Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano

      Warner 0825646243440

      2:13 am

      Louise Farrenc: Variations on Rossini's "La Cenerentola," Op. 5

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2: Variations

      Grand Piano GP-934

      2:22 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      Act 2: "Court Dance"

      Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella / Mazurka

      London 410162-2 (2)

      2:24 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat, "Drum Roll"

      London Phil/Eugen Jochum
      12 "London" Symphonies

      DG 437201-2 (4)

      2:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811

      Gigue

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 English Suites

      Naive V-8828

      3:00 am

      Stephen Foster: "Old Folks at Home"

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

      RCA 61750-2 (2)

      3:03 am

      Trad: Deep River

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

      RCA 61750-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Karen Khachaturian: Violin Sonata in g, Op. 1

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Lillian Steuber, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 43: Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto no. 2 "Il profeti"

      RCA 88765440152 (9)

      3:21 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh"

      Suite No. 1

      St Petersburg State Sym Orch/André Anichanov
      KHACHATURIAN, A.I.: Gayane Suites Nos. 1-3

      Naxos 8.550800

      3:36 am

      Samuel Gardner: From the Canebrake

      Jascha Heifetz, v, Emanuel Bay, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 19: 51 Miniatures 1944-1946

      RCA 61750-2 (2)

      3:37 am

      Henri Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto #5 in a, Op 37

      Jascha Heifetz, v; New Sym Orch Of London/Sir Malcolm Sargent
      Heifetz - Bruch, Vieuxtemps

      RCA 6214-2-RC

      3:54 am

      Robert Casadesus: Suite for Two Violins, Op 39 (1944)

      "Pavane"

      Fritz Gearhart, v; Kathryn Lucktenberg, v

      Koch KIC-CD-7528

      4:00 am

      Leo Délibes: "Coppélia"

      Prelude & Mazurka

      Lyon Opéra Orch/Kent Nagano
      Delibes: Coppélia (Highlights)

      Erato 96368-2

      4:05 am

      Claude Debussy: "Jeux (Poème dansé)"

      Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
      Khamma, Jeux, Primtemps

      Virgin 45018-2

      4:21 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Seligkeit," D 433

      Judith Raskin, s; George Schick, p
      Schubert: Lieder

      Sony SBK-62422

      4:23 am

      Franz Schubert: Variations on a French Song, D 624

      Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p
      Complete Piano Music For Four Hands, VOl. 2

      Sony S2K-66256 (2)

      4:36 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Kakadu" Variations, Op 121a

      Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
      Ludwig van Beethoven * Trios for Piano, Violin and Cello * Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

      Phoenix Edition 122 (4)

      4:53 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33

      No. 39, "Schöner Augen schöne Strahlen (Beautiful eyes)"

      Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, s; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
      Brahms Volkslieder

      EMI/Ang CDC5-85502-2 (2)

      5:00 am

      Alessandro A. Scarlatti: Cello Sonata #1 in d

      David Geringas, vc; Edgar Krapp, o
      Altitalienische Kirchensonaten

      Eurodisc 201869

      5:05 am

      Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Concerto in a, D 113

      Enrico Gatti, v; Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini
      Tartini: Concerti

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901548

      5:21 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in d, Kk 32 (L 423)

      John Browning, p
      Keyboard Sonatas

      MHS 513732-H

      5:23 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat, Op. 23

      Martha Argerich, p; Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Kiril Kondrashin
      Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

      Philips 411057-2

      5:55 am

      Adam de la Hale: A Dieu commant amouretes

      The Dufay Collective
      Music Of The Trouveres

      Chandos CHAN-9544

      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.

      6:03 am

      Claude Debussy: "Marche écossaise"

      Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Debussy & Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

      Chandos CHAN-9129

      6:10 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music"

      Atlanta Sym Orch & Cho/Robert Spano
      Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia/Symphony No 5

      Telarc CD-80676

      6:25 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Liebesleid"

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
      Simply Anne-Sophie

      DG B0007189-02

      6:30 am

      Johann Helmich Roman: Sinfonia No. 20 in E minor

      Drottningholm Chamber Orch/Stig Westerberg
      Johan Helmich Roman: The Drottningholm Music

      Discofil SCD-1019

      6:42 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Mujeres españolas" Set 2, Op. 73

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Turina: Mujeres Españolas, Woman of Spain -- Five Suites for Piano

      Connoisseur CD-4186

      6:54 am

      Vincent d'Indy: "Sérénade et Valse," Op. 28

      Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
      d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Volume 6

      Chandos CHSA-5157

      7:03 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in B-Flat, R. 370

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
      Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, Volume 2

      Avie AV-2128

      7:16 am

      Ruth Gipps: Trio, Op. 10

      3rd mvt

      Juliana Koch, ob; Julian Bliss, cl; Michael McHale, p
      Piper of Dreams – Ruth Gipps Chamber Music

      Chandos CHAN-20290

      7:23 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Serenade No. 1, Op. 7

      Royal Phil Orch/Yondani Butt
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 6

      ASV CDDCA-699

      7:31 am

      Gustave Charpentier: "Louise"

      Aria, "Depuis le jour"

      Renée Fleming, s; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      Renee Fleming: The Beautiful Voice

      Decca 458858-2

      7:39 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Gipsy Suite," Op. 20

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

      Naxos 8.555191

      7:52 am

      Carlos Chávez: "Chapultepec (Obertura Republicana)"

      Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Keri-Lynn Wilson
      Danzón

      Dorian XCD-90254

      8:04 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "La boutique fantasque" (after Rossini)

      Suite

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      Ballet For Band

      Mercury 434322-2

      8:18 am

      Gioachino Rossini: String Sonata No. 2 in A

      I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Rossini: 6 Sonate a quattro

      Erato ECD-75467

      8:32 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro scherzando"

      Emanuel Ax, p; Royal Phil Orch/André Previn
      Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

      RCA RCD1-7199

      8:43 am

      Alberto Nepomuceno: "Suíte antiga," Op. 11

      English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson
      Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

      Naxos 8.574405

      8:56 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, "Little"

      Canadian Brass
      The Pachelbel Canon: The Canadian Brass Plays Great Baroque Music

      RCA RCD1-3554

      9:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28, 29, 30

      EMI CDC7-49864-2

      9:16 am

      Richard Strauss: Duet Concertino

      David Shifrin, cl; Kenneth Munday, bn; LA Chamber Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      Duet-Concertino / Concerto Da Camera

      Nonesuch 79018-2

      9:36 am

      Josef Suk: "Prague," Op. 26

      Czech Phil/Libor Pešek
      Suk: Praga, A Fairy Tale

      Supraphon 33C37-7509

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      10:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

      Overture

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Rossini: Overtures

      DG 431653-2

      10:08 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pavane," Op. 50

      Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Mad About Romance

      DG 439152-2

      10:17 am

      Walter Piston: "The Incredible Flutist" Suite

      Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar
      Spirit of the American Range

      Pentatone PTC-5186481

      10:34 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 18 in D, K. 576

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Mozart: Piano Sonatas K457, K533, K545, K570, K576

      Hyperion CDA-68431/2

      10:50 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Introduction and "Polonaise brillante" in C, Op. 3

      Janos Starker, vc; György Sebök, p
      Janos Starker: The Mercury Living Presence Recordings

      Mercury 4786754

      11:01 am

      Petronio Franceschini: Two-Trumpet Sonata in D

      Mathias Schmutzler, tr; Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler, tr
      Famous Trumpet Concertos

      Berlin Classics BC-1036-2

      11:08 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Feste Romane (Roman Festivals)"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Feste Romane

      EMI CDC7-47316-2

      11:33 am

      Florence Price: "Scenes in Tin Can Alley"

      Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
      Scenes in Tin Can Alley

      Blue Griffin BGR-615

      11:46 am

      Karl Jenkins: "Palladio"

      III. Vivace

      London Phil Orch Strings/Karl Jenkins
      Karl Jenkins: Diamond Music - The Smith Quartet

      Sony SK-62276

      11:53 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Sinfonia No. 3 in G

      Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob; I Solisti Italiani
      Italian Baroque Oboe Concerti / HansJörg Schellenberger

      Denon CO-75338

      12:01 pm

      Paquito D'Rivera: "Danzón"

      Axiom Brass
      New Standards

      Axiom Brass [New Standards]

      12:07 pm

      Fritz Kreisler: Violin Concerto in One Movement after Paganini

      Laurent Korcia, v; Paris Chamber Orch/Jean-Jacques Kantorow
      Mister Paganini

      Naïve V-5344

      12:25 pm

      William Alwyn: Concerto grosso No. 1

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Alwyn: Oboe Concerto, Concerti Grossi

      Chandos CHAN-8866

      12:38 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. Posth (1865)

      Dudok Quartet
      Tchaikovsky String Quartets Vol. 2

      Rubicon RCD-1124

      12:51 pm

      William Walton: "Johannesburg Festival" Overture

      London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-8968

      1:01 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36

      Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner
      Live at Cadogan Hall

      Soli Deo Gloria SDG-721

      1:33 pm

      Amy Beach: "Tyrolean Valse-Fantaisie," Op. 116

      Joanne Polk, p
      Amy Beach: Fire Flies

      Arabesque Z-6721

      1:45 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III)," D 839

      Gautier Capuçon, vc; Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris Chamber Orch/Adrien Perruchon
      Emotions

      Erato B08CJTWP7P

      1:51 pm

      Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 3 in A, Op. 41, No. 3

      IV. Finale, "Allegro molto vivace"

      Emerson String Quartet
      Brahms: Quartet No. 1 in c, Op. 51; Schumann: Quartet in A, Op. 41, No. 3.

      DG 431650-2

      2:01 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Symphonie concertante" in G, Op. 13

      Miriam Fried & Jaime Laredo, v's; London Sym/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 1

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      2:17 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 2

      Ivan Moravec, p
      Ivan Moravec Plays Debussy

      MMG MCD-10003

      2:32 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Don Carlos"

      "Ballet de la Reine"

      Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Verdi: Ballet Music

      Philips 422846-2 (2)

      2:50 pm

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

      Lucerne Sym Orch/James Gaffigan
      Americans

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902611

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "La valse"

      Pascal Rogé & Ami Rogé, p's
      Wedding Cake

      Onyx 4047

      3:13 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36

      Solistes Européens Luxembourg/Christoph König
      Louise Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

      Naxos 8.573706

      3:50 pm

      William Babell: Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 3, No. 2

      La Rêveuse
      La Rêveuse - Corelli's Legacy

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905322

      3:58 pm

      Francisco Tárrega: "Adelita"

      David Russell, g

      Opera Tres CDS-1003/4 (2)

      4:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232

      "Kyrie eleison"

      RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/René Jacobs
      Bach: Mass in B minor

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902676.77

      4:10 pm

      Lawrence Ashmore: "Four Seasons" (Suite of English Folk Songs)

      III. Autumn; IV. Winter

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      Finzi: Bagatelles, Op. 23 & Clarinet Concerto in C-Minor, Op. 31 & Ashmore: Four Seasons

      RCA 60437-2-RC

      4:22 pm

      Henry Cowell: "Old American Country Set"

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Henry Cowell: Persian Set

      Koch 3-7220-2

      4:37 pm

      Vincent d'Indy: "Souvenirs," Op. 52

      Monte Carlo Phil/James DePreist
      Vincent d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Koch 3-7280-2

      4:57 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12

      Gary Graffman, p
      Tchaïkovsky, Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1, Three Preludes / Graffman/Szell

      CBS MK-37263

      5:00 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Sir William Walton (1902-1983)

      This is a week steeped in 20th-century British music. Composer Benjamin Britten wrote that hearing William Walton's music was a 'great turning point in my musical life.' Bill features Walton’s love of different musical genres: film music from Henry V, the poem Façade set to music performed by the London Mozart Players narrated by Prunella Scales, the orchestral march Crown Imperial, and the cantata Belshazzar’s Feast.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Verdi "Missa da Requiem;" Angela Meade, soprano; Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano; Russell Thomas, tenor; Eric Owens, bass-baritone; New York Choral Artists; Alan Gilbert, conductor.