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      Playlist for Thursday, March 19, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Zadok the Priest"

      Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington
      Treasures of Christ Church

      Avie AV-2215

      12:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 5

      St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      Philips 410048-2 (3)

      12:22 am

      George Frideric Handel: "An Occasional Oratorio"

      March

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Justin Doyle

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902708

      12:24 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on "See the Conquering Hero Comes," WoO.45

      Steven Honigberg, vc; Carol Honigberg, p
      Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello

      Albany TROY-268/69 (2)

      12:37 am

      Ulysses Kay: "Fantasy Variations"

      Vienna Radio Sym/Arthur Fagen
      Ulysses Kay

      Naxos 8.559870

      12:55 am

      Ulysses Kay: 8 Inventions

      No. 1

      Rochelle Sennet, p
      Bach to Black: Suites for Piano

      Albany TROY-1910-12

      1:00 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

      II. "Forlane"

      Artur Rubinstein, p
      The Artistry of Artur Rubinstein

      RCA 5665-2-RC

      1:05 am

      Francois Couperin: Concert Royal #2 in D

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Music At The Court Of Louis XIV

      Artemis ATM-CD-1276

      1:18 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 1 (1713): 3e ordre in c/C

      "Première Courante"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      1:20 am

      Hans Gál: Symphony #3 in A, Op 62

      Orch of the Swan/Kenneth Woods
      Robert Schumann: Symphony No 3 * Hans Gál: Symphony No 3

      Avie AV-2230

      1:54 am

      Francois Couperin: "Les petits moulins à vent"

      Mie Miki, accordion
      French Baroque Music

      Challenge Classics 72014

      2:00 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Much Ado About Nothing"

      Garden Scene

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Jérôme Ducros, p
      Capriccio

      Virgin Classics 374087-2

      2:05 am

      Richard Strauss: Violin Concerto in d, Op. 8

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Vienna Phil/Petr Popelka
      Richard Strauss - Renaud Capuçon - Seiji Ozawa

      DG 4867082

      2:35 am

      Richard Strauss: Song, "Nebel"

      Christiane Libor, s; Nina Schumann, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      2:36 am

      Francis Poulenc: Brass Suite

      Equale Brass
      Bacchanales

      Nimbus NIM-5004

      2:43 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: String Quartet

      Porter String Quartet

      Helicon Classics HE-1008

      2:54 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Pastorale" in D (1919)

      Andrew West, p
      L'Album des Six: The Complete Works of Les Six for Flute and Piano

      Hyperion CDA-67204

      3:00 am

      Edward Elgar: "Sospiri," Op 70

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst
      Elgar & Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Music

      Chandos CHAN-8432

      3:05 am

      Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op 47

      Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall

      DMD Classics 2013 (3)

      3:20 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties, Op 4

      Nash Ensemble
      The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold – 3

      Hyperion CDA-66173

      3:26 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes" (Household Music), 1940

      London Brass Virtuosi/David Honeyball
      English Music for Brass

      Helios CDH-88013

      3:34 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Welsh Folksong, "Venture Gwen," H XXXIb:6

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn: Scottish Songs, Vol. 3

      Brilliant Classics 93059/5 (5)

      3:36 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in D, H XVIII:11 (Op. 21)

      Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Emanuel Ax, p
      Haydn: Piano Concertos (F Major · G Major · D Major)

      Legacy 89853-2

      3:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Polonaise in F

      Nicholas McGegan, clavichord
      Clavierbüchlein Für Anna Magdalena Bach

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907042

      4:00 am

      Franz Schubert: "Schwanengesang," D 957

      No. 1, "Liebesbotschaft"

      Shin-ichi Fukuda, g

      Denon CO-78978

      4:02 am

      Franz Schubert: "Schwanengesang," D 957

      No. 10, "Das Fischermädchen"

      Shin-ichi Fukuda, g

      Denon CO-78978

      4:05 am

      Niels Gade: Symphony #2 in E, Op 10

      Stockholm Sinfonietta/Neeme Järvi
      The Complete Symphonies, Volume 3, No.2 In E Major / No.7 In F Major

      BIS CD-355

      4:30 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Humoresque-Bagatelles," Op 11

      #3, "A Little Slow Waltz"

      Elizabeth Westenholz, p
      Nielsen- Complete Piano Music

      BIS CD-167/168 (2)

      4:32 am

      George Frideric Handel: Chaconne No. 1 in G, HWV 435

      Geneviéve Soly, hc
      Graupner: Partien auf das Clavier, GWV 104, 105 & 107: Partitas for Harpsichord, Vol.4

      Analekta AN2-9121

      4:44 am

      Tomaso Antonio (?) Vitali: Chaconne in g

      Sarah Chang, v; English Ch Orch/Jun Markl

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56791-2

      4:54 am

      Girolamo FANTINI: Prima Imperiale

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

      Nimbus NI-5079

      5:00 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Waltzes, Op. 110

      "In the Palace," fr "Cinderella"

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Prokofiev: Symphony No 6 · Waltz Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8359

      5:05 am

      Nikolai Miaskovsky: Symphony #21 in f-sharp, Op 51

      Chicago Sym Orch/Morton Gould
      Rimsky-Korsakoff: Symphony No. 2 ("Antar")/ Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 21

      RCA LSC-3022

      5:19 am

      Nikolai Miaskovsky: "Whims", Op 25

      #'s 1 & 6

      Serge Prokofiev, p
      Prokofiev plays Prokofiev

      Laserlight 14203

      5:22 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Overture on Hebrew Themes," Op. 34

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado; Stefan Vladar, p
      Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/ March In B Flat/ Overture On Hebrew Themes/ Classical Symphony

      DG 429396-2

      5:30 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G, "Military"

      London Phil/Eugen Jochum
      12 "London" Symphonies

      DG 437201-2 (4)

      5:52 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "The wee, wee man"

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Haydn Trio
      Haydn: Scottish Songs for George Thomson I

      Brilliant Classics 92278

      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

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Pièces pittoresques"

      No. 9, "Menuet pompeux"

      Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine
      Maurice Ravel Orchestrations

      Denon CO-78929

      6:11 am

      John Field: Piano Quintet in A-Flat

      Míceál O'Rourke, p; London Mozart Players
      J Godson,
      Field: Piano Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-9534

      6:23 am

      Adrian Cruft: Traditional Hornpipe Suite

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries 2

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      6:32 am

      Fritz Kreisler: Fantasy on Russian Themes (after Rimsky-Korsakov)

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster
      À la carte

      EMI CDC5-55475-2

      6:42 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Lira organizzata Concerto No. 2 in G, H VIIh:2

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Pierre Pierlot, ob; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/János Rolla
      Joseph Haydn: Concertos For Flute, Oboe & Orchestra / Jean-Pierre Rampal/Pierre Pierlot

      CBS M2K-39772 (2)

      6:55 am

      Michael Torke: "Unseen"

      No. 6

      East Coast Chamber Orch; Michael Torke Orch/Michael Torke
      Unseen - Michael Torke

      Ecstatic Records ER-092402

      7:04 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in G minor, TWV 55:g1

      L'Orfeo Barockorchester/Carin van Heerden
      Telemann: VI Ouvertures à 4 ou 6 TWV 55 (1736)

      CPO 555519-2

      7:17 am

      Andrew York: "Sunburst"

      Jason Vieaux, g
      Play

      Azica ACD-71287

      7:22 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Fantasy (Potpourri) for Viola and Orchestra

      Les Solistes de Montpellier-Moscou/Gérard Caussé, vi
      Hummel, Weber, J. Schubert, Hoffmeister: Viola Concertos

      EMI CDC7-54817-2

      7:32 am

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Final trio, "Alerte! alerte!"

      Leech; Studer; van Dam; Toulouse Capitole Cho & Orch/Plasson
      Gounod: Faust

      EMI 5-56224-2 (3)

      7:40 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: Clarinet Quintet in E-flat

      I. Allegro moderato

      Dieter Klöcker, cl; Berlin Philharmonia Quartet
      Clarinet Quintet - Dieter Klöcker

      Orfeo C-213901-A

      7:50 am

      Bedřich Smetana: Festive Symphony

      III. "Scherzo"

      Prague Sym Orch/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Smetana Festival

      Supraphon 110377-2

      8:03 am

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in G, S 214

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      8:14 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Five Novelettes, Op. 15

      No. 4, "Valse"

      Borodin Quartet
      Russian Miniatures

      Teldec 94572-2

      8:20 am

      Gregorio Lambranzi: "Danze da Nuova e curiosa scuola de' balli teatrali"

      Le Consort; Marie-Ange Petit, per
      Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902757-58

      8:31 am

      Carlos Guastavino: "Jeromita Linares"

      Pablo Cohen, g; Camerata Bariloche
      Impresiones

      Dorian DOR-90202

      8:44 am

      Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22

      Julian Bliss, cl; James Baillieu, p
      Clara & Robert Schumann: Music for Clarinet and Piano

      Signum SIGCD-888

      8:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

      III. "Un poco allegretto e grazioso"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Brahms: The Symphonies

      DG 4866000

      9:04 am

      Andrea Zani: Cello Concerto No. 3 in D

      Martin Rummel, vc; Cologne Academy/Michael Alexander Willens
      Zani: Complete Cello Concertos Nos. 1-12

      Capriccio C-5145 (2)

      9:19 am

      Karl Goldmark: Overture, "In Italien," Op. 49

      Ireland National Sym/Stephen Gunzenhauser
      Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony, In The Spring

      Naxos 8.550745

      9:32 am

      Charles Gounod: "Petite Symphonie" in B-Flat

      St. Paul Chamber Orch Winds/Christopher Hogwood
      Bizet: L'Arlésienne • Gounod: Petite Symphonie, Symphony No.1

      Decca 430231-2

      9:54 am

      Uuno Klami: "Helsinki March"

      Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Jussi Jalas
      Music of Uuno Klami, Vol. 2

      Finland Transcriptions FT-9602

      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

      Franz Schubert: Rondo brillant in B minor, D 895

      Christian Tetzlaff, v; Lars Vogt, p
      Schubert: Piano Trios, Notturno, Rondo, Arpeggione Sonata

      Ondine ODE-1394-2D

      10:14 am

      Gustav Holst: "A Somerset Rhapsody," Op. 21, No. 2

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Holst, Vaughan Williams, Delius, Warlock

      EMI CDC7-47812-2

      10:25 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

      Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Michael McHale, p
      Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet & Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000172

      10:31 am

      Josef Mysliveček: Concertino in E-Flat

      Concerto Köln
      Il Divino Boemo: Josef Mysliveček Symphonies

      Archiv 4776418

      10:47 am

      Gustav Mahler: "Blumine"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Blumine

      Chandos CHAN-9308

      10:55 am

      Giuseppe Torelli: Trumpet Sonata in D, G 5

      Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman
      In Gabriel's Garden

      Sony SK-66244

      11:00 am

      Ron Nelson: "Aspen Jubilee"

      Women's Cho of Dallas, Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson

      Reference RR-76

      11:12 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 1 in C, "Per il Luigi"

      Cho-Liang Lin, v; Minnesota Orch/Neville Marriner
      Haydn: Favorite Concertos / Yo-Yo Ma / Wynton Marsalis / Cho-Liang Lin

      CBS MK-39310

      11:34 am

      Paul Pabst: Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky "Sleeping Beauty"

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough's New Piano Album

      Hyperion CDA-67043

      11:42 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wiener Bonbons," Op. 307

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      New Year's Concert 1998

      RCA 63144-2 (2)

      11:52 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong

      Timothy Ridout, vi; James Baillieu, p
      A Lionel Tertis Celebration

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905376.77

      12:01 pm

      Ricardo Castro: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 22

      III. Polonaise

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Minería Sym Orch/Carlos Miguel Prieto
      Conciertos Románticos

      Cedille CDR-90000221

      12:09 pm

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto

      German Chamber Phil Bremen/Alison Balsom, tr
      Alison Balsom - Trumpet Concertos

      EMI 16213-0

      12:28 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46

      Nos. 5-8

      Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Dvořák: Slavonic Dances

      Supraphon SU-34222031

      12:46 pm

      Darius Milhaud: "Suite d'après Corrette," Op. 161b

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      12:55 pm

      Eric Whitacre: "Three Songs of Faith"

      No. 2, "hope, faith, life, love"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Eric Whitacre * Cloudburst and Other Choral Works

      Hyperion CDA-67543

      1:00 pm

      George Gershwin: "Lullaby"

      Euclid Quartet
      Breve

      Afinat AF-2401

      1:09 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 119

      Zuill Bailey, vc; Roanoke Sym/David Wiley
      Zuill Bailey in Concert * Live 10-17-05

      Delos DE-3378

      1:28 pm

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Selva morale e spirituale"

      "Beatus vir" (Psalm 112)

      Taverner Consort Cho & Players/Andrew Parrott
      Pachelbel's Canon and Other Baroque Favorites

      Virgin 57876-2 (2)

      1:38 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      Wotan's Farewell & Magic Fire Music

      Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt
      Wagner: Music From The Ring

      EMI CDC7-47007-2

      1:47 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations in E-Flat/B-Flat

      Sabine Meyer, cl; Zürich Opera Orch/Franz Welser-Möst
      A Night at the Opera

      EMI CDC5-56137-2

      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 MacDowell: "Woodland Sketches", Op 51

      James Barbagallo, p
      MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223631

      2:20 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F, Op. 5, No. 1

      II. Rondo, "Allegro vivace"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Hope Amid Tears

      Sony 886449139354

      2:29 pm

      Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes

      Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini
      Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes / Carlo Maria Giulini

      EMI CDM7-69184-2

      2:56 pm

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Auf dem Wasser zu singen," D 774

      Daniel Hope, v; Sebastian Knauer, p
      The Romantic Violinist - A Celebration of Joseph Joachim

      DG B0015312-02

      3:00 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43

      Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No. 2

      DG B0015338-02

      3:24 pm

      Johan Agrell: Violin Concerto in G

      Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir, v; Barokkbandið Brák
      Tvær Hliðar | Two Sides

      Sono Luminus SLE-70026

      3:36 pm

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Alceste"

      Suite

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil

      Alia Vox AVSA-9807

      3:58 pm

      George Harrison: "Here Comes the Sun"

      Göran Söllscher, g
      Here, There, and Everywhere - The Beatles for Guitar

      DG 447104-2

      4:00 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Salome," Op. 54

      "Dance of the Seven Veils"

      Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
      Dances and Waves: Summer Night Concert 2012

      DG B0017175-02

      4:12 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Miniatures" for two violins & viola, Op. 75a

      Panocha Quartet members
      Dvořák: Miniatures

      Supraphon SU-33912131

      4:28 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050

      I. "Allegro"

      Cologne Chamber Orch/Helmut Müller-Brühl
      Bachanalia Vol. 1 - Carl Grapentine's Favorite Instrumental Works of J S Bach

      WFMT (Bachanalia 1)

      4:38 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F, K. 332

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 K 466 // Sonatas K. 281 & K. 332/Seong-Jin Cho

      DG 4835522

      4:57 pm

      David Guion: "The Harmonica Player"

      Chicago Sym Orch Wind Quintet
      Encore! - Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet

      Audiophile AP-17

      5:00 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloé"

      Suite No. 2

      Cleveland Orch & Cho/Pierre Boulez
      The Cleveland Orchestra 75th Anniversary Edition

      Cleveland Orch ANNIV (10)

      5:17 pm

      Traditional English: "Scarborough Fair"

      King's Singers; Manuel Barrueco, g
      The King's Singers - Annie Laurie: Folksongs Of The British Isles

      EMI CDC7-54904-2

      5:21 pm

      Giuseppe Maria Cambini: "Sinfonia concertante" No. 12 in C minor

      II. "Adagio cantabile"

      Giovanni Dalla Vecchia & Paolo Cantamessa, v's; Academia Montis Regalis
      Cambini Sinfonie

      Opus 111 OPS-30244

      5:28 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Mlada"

      "Night on Mount Triglav" (Symphonic Picture)

      Slovak Phil Orch/Bystrík Režucha
      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Night On Mount Triglav, Pan Voyevoda

      Records Int'l 7009-2

      6:00 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Pacific Overtures I

      Join Bill for a trip around the Pacific Rim! From Australia, we'll hear Aboriginal music alongside pieces by Percy Grainger and Peter Sculthorpe. In New Zealand, we'll hear Māori music, featuring Dame Gillian Whitehead and Kiri Te Kanawa. Then, we'll continue sailing west to South America, where we'll encounter music from Argentina and Chile. It's a two-part show, so tune in next week to see where else we go!

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Haydn Symphony No. 96, "Miracle;" Bruckner Symphony No. 7; Bernard Haitink, conductor.