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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Rusalka," Op. 114

      "Song to the Moon"

      Karita Mattila, s; Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
      Excellence: The Artistry of Karita Mattila

      Ondine ODE-1054-2

      12:05 am

      Alan Thomas: Variations on Dvořák's "Song to the Moon"

      Eugenia Moliner, f; Beilin Han, p
      Song to the Moon

      Azica ACD-71369

      12:22 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Rusalka," Op. 114

      "Polonaise"

      Czech Phil/Vaclav Neumann
      Rusalka Highlights

      Supraphon 110617-2

      12:27 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "The Devil and Kate," Op 112

      Overture

      Prague National Theater Orch/Chalabala

      Artia ALP-177

      12:34 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Biblical Songs," Op 99

      #2, "Thou art my defense and shield"

      Brian Rayner Cook, br; Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Dvorak: Carnival Overture/ Symphonic Variations/Slavonic Rhapsody/Biblical Songs

      Chandos CHAN-9002

      12:35 am

      Daniel Binelli: "Fantasies of Buenos Aires"

      Lincoln Trio
      Daniel Binelli

      Acqua AQLD-407

      12:54 am

      Alberto Ginastera: "Estancia," Op 8

      "Wheat Dance"

      Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
      Fandango

      Platoon O

      1:00 am

      Douglas Lilburn: Five Bagatelles (1942)

      #4, "From the Port Hills"

      Michael Houstoun, p
      Lilburn: Music for Solo Piano

      Rattle RAT-D040

      1:05 am

      Gerald Finzi: Five Bagatelles, Op 23

      Emma Johnson, cl; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Clarinet Concerto / 5 Bagatelles / Clarinet Concerto / 3 Intermezzi

      ASV CDDCA-787

      1:20 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Klavierstck" in C/c, "Lustig, Traurig," WoO 54 (1798)

      Alice Sara Ott, p
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: Bagatelles and Dances

      DG 4864898

      1:22 am

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

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Beethoven -Yannick Nézet-Séguin

      DG 4863050

      1:54 am

      Hans Pfitzner: Six Songs, Op. 40

      No. 3, "Sehnsucht"

      Iris Vermilion, ms; Axel Bauni, p
      Pfitzner Songs, Vol 5

      CPO 999491-2

      2:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 27

      No. 1 in c-sharp

      Artur Rubinstein, p
      The Chopin Collection: The Nocturnes

      RCA 5613-2-RC (2)

      2:05 am

      Igor Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D

      Baiba Skride, v; BBC National Orch of Wales/Thierry Fischer
      Stravinsky * Martin / Baiba Skride

      Orfeo C-849121-A

      2:27 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Divertimenti, H XII:18

      Michael Brüssing, baryton
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      2:29 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Notturno No. 5 in C, H II:29

      Vienna Concert-Verein
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      2:39 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Notturno for Four Orchestras, K. 286

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Eine Kleine Nachtmusik · Serenata Notturna · Notturno, K.286

      L'Oiseau Lyre 411720-2

      2:55 am

      Roque Cordero: Eight Miniatures for Small Orchestra

      #5, "Nocturno"

      Detroit Sym/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 2

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      3:00 am

      Adolf Henselt: 12 Salon Etudes, Op 5

      #1, "Eroica"

      Esther Budiardjo, p
      Henselt Piano Works

      Pro Piano PPR-224541 (2)

      3:03 am

      Adolf Henselt: 12 Salon Etudes, Op 5

      #7, "Elfenreigen"

      Esther Budiardjo, p
      Henselt Piano Works

      Pro Piano PPR-224541 (2)

      3:05 am

      Franz Berwald: "Elfenspiel"

      Royal Phil/Ulf Björlin

      EMI CDM5-65303-2

      3:13 am

      David Popper: "Elfentanz"

      Janos Starker, vc; Shigeo Neriki, p
      POPPER, D.: Cello Music (Romantic Cello Favorites) (Starker)

      Delos DE-3065

      3:16 am

      David Popper: "Elfentanz"

      Yale Cellos/Aldo Parisot
      Cello Music - PACHELBEL, J. / VIVALDI, A. / ALBINONI, T. / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N. / RACHMANINOV, S. (The Sound of Cellos) (Yale Cellos)

      Delos D/CD-3042

      3:19 am

      George Templeton Strong: "From a Notebook of Sketches"

      "The Elves Blow the Horn"

      Moscow Sym Orch/ Adriano
      Strong

      Naxos 8.559078

      3:20 am

      Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat

      Hermann Baumann, fh; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Horn Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Concertino For Horn

      Philips 412237-2

      3:40 am

      George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody

      David Buechner, p
      Gershwin: Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano

      Connoisseur CD-4191

      3:54 am

      Anon 19th c, American: "Luto's Quickstep"

      Chestnut Brass Company
      Listen to the Mockingbird

      Newport Classic NPD-85516

      4:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concertino in C, H XIV:3

      Ton Koopman, hc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch
      Complete Harpsichord Concertos: Divertimenti & Concertini

      Philips 446542-2 (2)

      4:04 am

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

      Luxembourg European Soloists/Jack Martin Händler
      Haydn Symphonies

      Legacy 89859-2

      4:34 am

      Andre Philidor: Marche de timbales

      Marie-Ange Petit, tym
      Te Deum

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901298

      4:36 am

      William Alwyn: Overture, "Derby Day" (1960)

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Alwyn: Symphony No. 2 · Magic Island

      Chandos CHAN-9093

      4:42 am

      John Ireland: "Comedy Overture"

      London Brass Virtuosi/David Honeyball
      English Music for Brass

      Helios CDH-88013

      4:54 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Lachen und Weinen," D 777

      Bryn Terfel, br; Malcolm Martineau, p
      An Die Musik (Favorite Schubert Songs)

      DG 445294-2

      5:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in G, Kk 314 (L 441)

      Colin Tilney, hc
      SCARLATTI, D.: Harpsichord Sonatas

      Dorian DOR-90103

      5:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in F, R 485

      Alberto Grazzi, bn; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      7 Concerti For Woodwind And Strings

      DG Archiv 445839-2

      5:14 am

      Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigal, "Se tu fuggi, io non resto"

      Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley
      Quinto Libro Dei Madrigali

      L'Oiseau Lyre 4759110

      5:16 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3 in e-flat, Op. 30

      Borodin String Quartet

      Teldec 90422-2 (2)

      5:54 am

      Ludwig Minkus: La Bayadere

      #37

      London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge
      50 ballet classics

      MHS 525121-L (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

      John Rutter: Suite for Strings

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      English String Miniatures, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.554186

      6:17 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 375

      I. "Allegro maestoso"

      Chamber Orch of Europe Wind Ensemble/Alexander Schneider
      Mozart: Serenades for Wind Instruments / Alexander Schneider/The Chamber Orchestra of Europe

      ASV CDCOE-802

      6:26 am

      Antonio Salieri: "Il Mondo alla Rovescia" ("The World Turned Upside Down")

      Overture

      Mannheim Mozart Orch/Thomas Fey
      Antonio Salieri: Overtures & Stage Music

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.554

      6:32 am

      Giles Farnaby: Suite of Six Dances

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music from the Royal Court

      Decca B0000807-02 (2)

      6:41 am

      Nino Rota: "Balli (Dances)"

      Ferrara City Orch/Giuseppe Grazioli
      Concerto soirée

      Travelling K-1034

      6:53 am

      Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes

      "Fêtes"

      Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Debussy: Nocturnes • La Damoiselle Élue / Dawn Upshaw, Paula Rasmussen/Esa-Pekka Salonen

      Sony SK-58952

      7:04 am

      Peter Boyer: "Celebration Overture"

      London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer
      Boyer: Symphony No. 1, Silver Fanfare, Festivities, Three Olympians, Celebration Overture

      Naxos 8.559769

      7:12 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039

      Nadia Labrie, f; Luc Beauséjour, p; Camille Paquette-Roy, vc
      Flute Passion: Bach

      Analekta AN2-8921

      7:25 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Andante festivo"

      Virtuosi di Kuhmo/Péter Csaba
      Sibelius: Works for String Orchestra

      Ondine ODE-830-2

      7:32 am

      Béla Bartók: "Deux Images," Op. 10

      "Village Dance"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Bartók: Divertimento, Dance Suite, Hungarian Sketches, Two Pictures

      DG 445825-2

      7:44 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Trio élégiaque" No. 1 in G minor

      Gidon Kremer, v; Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, vc; Daniil Trifonov, p
      Preghiera: Rachmaninoff Piano Trios

      DG 4796979

      7:57 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Pizzicato Polka" (1869)

      Ensemble Wien-Berlin
      Concert à la Carte

      Sony SK-42175

      8:00 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 79

      III. Tempo di valse

      Sinfonia Varsovia/Ian Hobson
      Moritz Moszkowski: Orchestral Music Volume 2

      Toccata Classics TOCC-0557

      8:06 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Scènes de ballet," Op 52

      No. 8, Polonaise

      USSR Radio Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, Op. 58 & Scènes de ballet, Op. 52

      Olympia OCD-104

      8:11 am

      Erik Satie: "Je te veux"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      The Magic of Satie

      Decca 470290-2

      8:18 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Sinfonia in B-flat Major

      Tempesta di Mare
      Fasch: Orchestral Works Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-0829

      8:30 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Le grand tango"

      Gautier Capuçon, vc; Yuja Wang, p
      Chopin, Franck, Piazzolla

      Erato 0190295392260

      8:41 am

      Georges Bizet: "La jolie fille de Perth"

      Suite

      Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
      Barenboim in Paris

      EMI CDM7-64869-2

      8:55 am

      Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70

      II. "Allegro"

      Felix Klieser, hn; Christof Keymer, p
      Reveries: Romantic music for horn and piano

      Berlin Classics 0300530-BC

      9:04 am

      Evaristo Dall'Abaco: Concerto in C "a più istrumenti," Op. 5, No. 5

      Concerto Köln
      Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco: Concerti / Concerto Köln

      Teldec 22166-2

      9:18 am

      Manuel de Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs

      Avi Avital, m; Ensemble
      Ralf Benesch, guitar,
      Zvi Plesser, cello,
      Between Worlds

      DG B0019758-02

      9:33 am

      Jennifer Higdon: "Dance Card"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Project W

      Cedille CDR-90000185

      9:57 am

      Johann Christoph Pezel: Brass Suite

      Gigue

      Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
      The Glorious Sound of Brass

      Sony SBK-63061

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      10:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051

      European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

      Avie AV-2119 (2)

      10:16 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Egmont," Op 84

      Overture

      Hanover Band/Roy Goodman
      Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Overtures

      Nimbus NI-5007

      10:26 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "In the Bottoms"

      III. Humoresque, "Honey"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      10:27 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "In the Bottoms"

      IV. Barcarolle, "Morning"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      10:32 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "In the Bottoms"

      V. Dance, "Juba"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      10:35 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No. 3

      Frankfurt Radio Sym/Dmitri Kitayenko
      Shostakovich: Ballet Suites 1 & 3, Suites 1 & 2 for Jazz Orchestra

      RCA 68304-2

      10:52 am

      Alan Hovhaness: Harp and Guitar Sonata, Op. 374, "Spirit of Trees"

      I. "Andante cantabile"

      Brandon Acker, g; Keryn Wouden, h
      Spirit of Trees

      Jester Recordings (Spirit of Trees)

      11:00 am

      Carl Nielsen: "An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands"

      Swedish Radio Sym/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto, Flute Concerto

      Sony SK-53276

      11:11 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

      Nicola Benedetti, v; Bournemouth Sym Orch/Kirill Karabits
      Shostakovich & Glazunov Violin Concertos

      Decca 4788758

      11:33 am

      Florence Price: "Fantasie Nègre" No. 3 in F minor

      Samantha Ege, p
      Fantasie Nègre: The Piano Music of Florence Price

      Lorelt LNT-144

      11:43 am

      Johann Adolph Scheibe: Sinfonia a 4 in B-flat, SchW A2:002

      Concerto Copenhagen/Andrew Manze
      Scheibe: Sinfonias

      Chandos CHAN-0550

      11:52 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: Clavier Suite in E minor (1724)

      "Gigues en rondeau" I & II; "Le Rappel des oiseaux"

      Kebyart
      Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel

      Linn CKD-779

      12:00 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Siege of Corinth"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Rossini: Overtures

      EMI CDC7-47118-2

      12:09 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Chorus, "Quel jour le ciel présage"

      Ambrosian Opera Cho, Royal Opera House Orch/Lamberto Gardelli
      The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

      Warner 50999082826

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Cellist Jenny Bahk and pianist Linda Lee perform music by Lera Auerbach, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:01 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Rienzi"

      Overture

      Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt
      Wagner Overtures

      EMI CDC7-47030-2

      1:16 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
      The Club Album from Yellow Lounge

      DG 4795023

      1:26 pm

      Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Malcolm Arnold for Band

      Reference RR-66

      1:38 pm

      Joaquín Turina: "Tres danzas andaluzas," Op. 8

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

      Connoisseur CD-4186

      1:51 pm

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Jubel" Overture, Op. 59

      Philharmonia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
      Weber: Overtures

      EMI CDM7-69572-2

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne"

      Suite No. 2

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Bizet: L'Arlesienne, Carmen Suites

      DG 415106-2

      2:19 pm

      Ernst Bacon: Piano Trio No. 2

      III. "Gravely expressive"

      Lincoln Trio
      Trios from the City of Big Shoulders

      Cedille CDR-90000203

      2:27 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Introduction and Allegro"

      Rachel Masters, h; Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Debussy Fantaisie/ Danses

      Chandos CHAN-8972

      2:39 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 12 in G, K. 110

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      2:57 pm

      Jean-Joseph Mouret: "Sinfonies de Fanfares"

      Rondeau

      Pierre Cochereau, o; Brass Ensemble/Armand Birbaum
      Musique à Notre-Dame de Paris

      Philips 442473-2 (2)

      3:00 pm

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Piano Sonata

      James Tocco, p
      MacDowell / Griffes Vol. III / James Tocco

      Gasparo GSCD-233

      3:17 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in G, Op. 2, No. 1

      Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Bologne: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7

      Naxos 8.574452

      3:40 pm

      Leroy Anderson: Irish Suite

      Eastman-Rochester Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell
      Frederick Fennell Conducts the Music of Leroy Andresen & Eric Coates

      Mercury 434376-2

      3:58 pm

      Louis-Claude Daquin: "La Joyeuse"

      Mie Miki, acc
      French Baroque Music

      Challenge Classics 72014

      4:00 pm

      Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor

      I. "Allegro"

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Stephen Gunzenhauser
      Discover Music of the Romantic Era

      Naxos 8.558155-56

      4:08 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60

      IV. Finale, "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Vienna Phil/Simon Rattle
      Beethoven: Symphonies

      EMI 57445-2 (5)

      4:17 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Spring," RV. 269

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons for Harp and Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80523

      4:29 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Pacific Overtures II

      In the second week cruising the Pacific Rim, you’ll hear selections from Chile and Colombia. Then the tour heads up into Mexico, where we’ll hear Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chávez, before motoring to the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Then, we'll sail all the way down to the Philippines, to Java, to China, Korea, and Japan, and finally, the Hawaiian Islands.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Tallis Scholars in Tokyo

      As part of its fiftieth anniversary world tour, The Tallis Scholars under the direction of Peter Phillips perform sacred works by Renaissance masters Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Cristóbal de Morales, Gregorio Allegri, Costanzo Festa, Elzéar Genet Carpentras, and Josquin des Prez. Recorded live in concert July 5, 2024 in Tokyo’s Opera City Concert Hall.