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      Playlist for Tuesday, January 13, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: "Festmarsch" in D

      Swiss Italian Orch/Howard Shelley

      Hyperion CDA-67939

      12:05 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: String Quartet #3 in d, Op 11, "Quatuor brillant"

      New Budapest String Quartet
      Spohr: String Quartets (Complete) Vol. 4

      Marco Polo 8.223254

      12:25 am

      Stephen Heller: 20 Preludes, Op 150

      #16

      Jean Martin, p
      HELLER : Preludes Opp. 81 and 150

      Marco Polo 8.223434

      12:26 am

      Toru Takemitsu: "Toward the Sea III" (1989)

      Auréle Nicolet, f; Naoko Yoshino, h

      Philips 442012-2

      12:37 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Sea Pieces," Op 55

      Bohuslav Martinu Phil/Charles Anthony Johnson
      MACDOWELL, E.: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Sea Pieces

      Albany TROY-224

      12:54 am

      Ruth Gipps: "Sea-shore Suite," Op. 3b

      No. 1, "Gulls"

      Juliana Koch, ob; Michael McHale, p
      Piper of Dreams

      Chandos CHAN-20290

      1:00 am

      Gretchen Yanover: "Willow Waltzes On"

      Gretchen Yanover, vc's

      Gretchen Yanover

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat, BWV 1010

      Antonio Meneses, vc
      Antonio Meneses * J S Bach * The 6 Cello Suites

      Avie AV-0052 (2)

      1:27 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "St John Passion," BWV 245

      Chorale, "O Welt, ich muss dich lassen"

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:29 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Alborada del Gracioso"

      Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
      Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin/ Pavane pour une Infante Defunte/ Ma Mere L'Oye/ Une Barque sur L'Ocean/ Alborada del Graci

      Erato 14331-2

      1:37 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Rapsodie espagnole"

      London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Bolero: Rhapsodie Espagnole

      CBS MK-44800

      1:54 am

      English ANON 16th c: Desperada

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Elizabethan Consort Music, 1558-1603

      Alia Vox AV-9804

      2:00 am

      Marin Marais: "Couplets de Folies"

      Lucie Horsch, r; Academy of Ancient Music
      Baroque Journey

      London 4834722

      2:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in D

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall, vi da gamba
      Corelli * Telemann * Rameau * Le Concerto Spirituel au Temps de Louis XV

      Alia Vox AVSA-9877

      2:25 am

      Henry Thacker Burleigh: "I Don't Feel No-Ways Tired"

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

      Navona Records NV-6650

      2:27 am

      Franz Schubert: "Moments musicaux," D 780

      Maria-Joao Pires, p
      Schubert: Sonata D. 784, 6 Moments Musicaux D. 780, 2 Scherzi D. 593

      DG 427769-2

      2:55 am

      Reinhold Gliere: "Taras Bulba" (ballet, 1952)

      "Mazurka di Bravura"

      Odessa Phil/Hobart Earle
      Gliere: Taras Bulba/ Stankovych: Rasputin

      ASV CDDCA-988

      3:00 am

      Johann Ludwig Krebs: Chorale Prelude, "Herzlich Lieb hab' ich dich, o Herr"

      Ute Hartwich, tr; Franz Raml, o
      Johann Ludwig Krebs

      MD&G Recordings MDG-6140971-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Carl Friedrich Abel: Symphony #4 in F

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Abel

      Chandos CHAN-8648

      3:14 am

      Johann Gottlieb Goldberg: Two-Violin Sonata in B-flat

      Rebel/Jörg-Michael Schwarz
      Goldberg: Beyond the Variations

      Bridge 9478

      3:23 am

      Johann Ludwig Krebs: Chorale Prelude, "Herr Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht"

      Hans Peter Westermann, ob; Franz Raml, o
      Johann Ludwig Krebs

      MD&G Recordings MDG-6140971-2 (2)

      3:25 am

      George Enescu: Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, Op. 9

      Romanian Radio/TV Orch/Josif Conta
      Enescu: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Concert Overture

      Marco Polo 8.223144

      3:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Five Little Preludes, BWV 939-943

      No. 6

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach

      Hyperion CDA-67121/2 (2)

      4:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Aria, "Ah, non lasciarmi, no," K. 486a

      Lucia Popp, s; Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Leopold Hager
      Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

      Philips 422523-2 (8)

      4:05 am

      Muzio Clementi: Piano Sonata in f, Op 13/6

      Ian Hobson, p
      Field: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-4

      Arabesque Z-6594

      4:19 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Aria, "Clarice cara," K. 256

      Claes Haakan Ahnsjö, t; Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Leopold Hager
      Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

      Philips 422523-2 (8)

      4:21 am

      Antonin Reicha: Wind Quintet in E-Flat, Op 88/2

      Vega Wind Quintet
      Vega Wind Quintet

      LDR LDRC-1002

      4:45 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Coriolan" Overture, Op.62

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Symphonies and Overtures Part 2

      DG D-210385 (2)

      4:54 am

      Francois Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-7): 12e ordre

      "La Boulonoise"

      Kenneth Gilbert, hc
      Francois Couperin: Second Livre de Clavecin

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-190354.56 (3)

      5:00 am

      Bedrich Smetana: Polka in A

      András Schiff, p
      Smetana: Polkas

      Teldec 21261-2

      5:05 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Má Vlast (My Fatherland)"

      "Vysehrad"

      Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Má vlast

      RCA 82876-2 (2)

      5:21 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Silhouettes," Op 8

      #2

      Tomas Visek, p
      Piano Music

      Rosa RD-1318

      5:22 am

      Alexander Gretchaninoff: Piano Trio No. 1 in c, Op 38

      Viktor Simcisko, v, Juraj Alexander, vc, Daniela Ruso, p
      Grechaninov: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2

      Marco Polo 8.223416

      5:54 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Album for the Young," Op. 39

      #8, "The Doll's Funeral"

      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano

      Decca 4834417 (10)

      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

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Valse-Scherzo" in C, Op. 34

      Midori, v; London Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1; Tchaikovsky: Sérénade mélancolique, Valse-Scherzo

      Philips 420943-2

      6:11 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Vivace"

      David Lively, p; Cambini-Paris Quartet
      Chopin: Concertos for Piano & String Quintet

      Aparté AP-204

      6:23 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Five "Etudes Tableaux"

      "The Sea and the Seagulls"

      Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue
      Symphonic Dances - Études-Tableaux - Vocalise

      Reference RR-96

      6:32 am

      Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonata a 5 in D minor

      ACRONYM
      Cantica Obsoleta

      New Focus FCR-917

      6:40 am

      music continues...

      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.

      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

      Mozart at His Zenith

      Beginning in 1786 at the first hearing of "The Marriage of Figaro," we’ll explore the stream of masterpieces, including operas, symphonies, piano concertos, and chamber works that Mozart wrote in the last five years of his life. He was in his early thirties, navigating the political life of a court composer in Vienna, while partying with the passion of a young man. On December 5, 1791, Mozart died, leaving his Requiem Mass unfinished. From these years alone, Mozart left a body of work that expresses a universe of imagination and emotions.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Mozart Sonata in F major, K. 13; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Pedja Muzijevic, piano; Sonata in C major, K. 296; Chad Hoopes, violin; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Haydn Quartet in C major, Hob. III: 32, Op. 20, No. 2; Orion String Quartet.

      11:00 pm