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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "La Verita in Cimento"

      Sinfonia

      American Bach Soloists/Jeffrey Thomas
      Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Sings Gluck, Handel, Vivaldi

      American Bach Soloists

      12:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in D, R 472

      Sergio Azzolini, bs; L'Aura Soave Cremona
      Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos Volume 2

      Naive OP-30518

      12:16 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: "Bassoon Set"

      No. 1

      Lecolion Washington, bn
      Karen Walwyn: Dark Fires, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-1038

      12:18 am

      Hugo Alfvén: Ballet, "The Prodigal Son"

      Stockholm Royal Opera Orch/Hugo Alfvén

      Discofil SCD-1003

      12:35 am

      William Walton: "The Wise Virgins" Suite (after J.S. Bach)

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: The Quest And The Wise Virgins Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8871

      12:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 43, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen"

      Chorale, "Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist"

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

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op 118

      No. 2, "Intermezzo" in A

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p

      Cedille CDR-90000171 (2)

      1:05 am

      Manuel Ponce: Piano Concerto (1912)

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique B tiz
      Musica Mexicana, Vol. 6

      ASV CDDCA-926

      1:26 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Four Mexican Dances"

      No. 2

      Argentina Duràn, p
      Rapsodia Mexicana

      Bravo Music0

      1:27 am

      Niccolo Paganini: "Andantino variato"

      Andrés Segovia, g
      The Segovia Collection Vol. 9: The Romantic Guitar

      MCA Classics MCAD-10281

      1:35 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Violin Concerto #4 in b, Op 10

      Hoelscher, v; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Christian Fröhlich
      Violin Concertos 10, 7 & 9

      CPO 777818-2 (8)

      1:55 am

      Valerie Capers: "Ruby"

      "Postlude: Change"

      Victoria Ehrlich, vc
      Where Freedom Rings

      Cambria CD-1238

      2:00 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "The Tempest" Incidental Music

      "Dance of Nymphs and Reapers"

      Kansas City Sym Orch/Michael Stern
      Shakespeare's Tempest

      Reference Recordings RR-115

      2:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #17 in d, Op 31/2, "Tempest"

      Maurizio Pollini, p
      Sonatas Op. 31 & 49

      DG 479 4325

      2:26 am

      Afro-American Traditional: "Early One Morning"

      St Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
      St Charles Singers: I Know Where I'm Going

      Proteus 4027

      2:27 am

      Jean-Michel Damase: Variations on "Early one morning" (1980)

      Anna Noakes, f; Gillian Tingay, h
      Damase

      ASV CDDCA-898

      2:37 am

      Edward German: Incidental Music for "Nell Gwynn"

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
      GERMAN : British Light Music

      Marco Polo 8.223419

      2:54 am

      English ANON: This Merry Pleasant Spring

      Julianne Baird, s, Ronn Mcfarlane, l
      The English Lute Song

      Dorian DOR-90109

      3:00 am

      Matthias Kleemann: Chorale-prelude, "Ein feste Burg"

      Ludwig Güttler, tr; Friedrich Kircheis, o
      GUTTLER, KIRCHEIS: Music for trumpet, corno da caccia & organ

      Berlin Classics 0011102-BC

      3:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046

      Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6/ Orchestral Suites 1-4

      Berlin Classics 0011452-BC (2)

      3:23 am

      Hans Gál: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 83 (1960)

      #9 in E

      Leon McCawley, p
      Gal: The Complete Works For Solo Piano

      Avie AV-2064 (3)

      3:25 am

      Hans Gál: Symphony #1 in D, Op 30

      Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair
      Franz Schubert * Hans Gal * Kindred Spirits

      Avie AV-2224

      3:55 am

      Hans Gál: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 83 (1960)

      #20 in d

      Leon McCawley, p
      Gal: The Complete Works For Solo Piano

      Avie AV-2064 (3)

      4:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Capriccio in E, BWV 993

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Italian Concerto & French Overture

      Hyperion CDA-67306

      4:05 am

      Adrien François Servais: Caprice in A, Op 11/4

      Anner Bylsma, vc; Smithsonian Chamber Players

      RCA-DHM 77108-2-RG

      4:09 am

      Alfredo Piatti: 12 Caprices, Op 25

      #12 in e

      Antonio Meneses, vc
      Capriccioso - Works For Solo Cello

      Avie AV-2328

      4:13 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Capriccio", Op. 49

      Paul Klinck, v; Claude Coppens, p

      Cypres CYP-2619

      4:18 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Guia Prático"

      No. 76, "A Maré Encheu"

      Nelson Freire, p

      London B0017179-02

      4:19 am

      Edward Elgar: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36

      London Phil/Leonard Slatkin
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne Overture, Froissart Overtures

      RCA 60073-2-RC

      4:54 am

      William Walton: Duets for Children (1940)

      #12, Trumpet Tune

      Richard Rodney Bennett, Carol Rosenberger, p
      BENNETT, R.R.: Suite for Skip and Sadie / Partridge Pie / 7 Days a Week / WALTON, W.: Duets for Children

      Delos DE-6002

      5:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La clemenza di Tito," K. 621

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk
      11 Overtures

      Laserlight 15885

      5:05 am

      Darius Milhaud: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 225 (1941)

      Sari Biro, p; Orch/Emanuel Vardi
      Sari Biro Legacy: Historic Performances 1944-1972

      Cambria CD-1174 (4)

      5:18 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Chorus, "Das klinget so herrlich"

      Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel
      Mozart: The Magic Flute and The Abduction from the Seraglio

      Musicmasters MMD-60141-F

      5:20 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 171

      International String Quartet

      Price-Less D-22662

      5:34 am

      Francis Poulenc: Piano Concerto (1949)

      François René Duchable, p; Rotterdam Phil/James Conlon
      Concerto Pour 2 Pianos / Concerto Pour Piano / Aubade

      Erato 45232-2

      5:54 am

      Erik Satie: "Monotones"

      "Gnossienne #2"

      Royal Opera House Orch/John Lanchbery
      Monotones • Jack In The Box • Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire • Two Preludes

      Angel S-37580

      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

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006

      Suite (Prelude, Gavotte & Gigue)

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Rachmaninov: Piano Transcriptions

      Decca 470291-2

      6:12 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Gavota"

      Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Música Mexicana Vol. 6

      ASV CDDCA-926

      6:19 am

      Benjamin Godard: "Suite de trois morceaux," Op. 116

      Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      La Flûte Enchantée

      Chandos CHAN-8840

      6:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat, K. 450

      I. "Allegro"

      Alfred Brendel, p; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: The Piano Concertos

      Philips 412856-2 (10)

      6:43 am

      Charles Loeffler: Octet

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Ensemble/Graeme Steele Johnson, cl
      Stella Chen, violin,
      Matthew Lipman, viola,
      Forgotten Sounds

      Delos DE-3603

      6:55 am

      Michael Tilson Thomas: "Upon Further Reflection"

      III. "You Come Here Often?"

      Yuja Wang, p
      The American Project

      DG 4864478

      7:04 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Ruslan and Lyudmila"

      Dances in Naina's Castle (Act 3)

      Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Mikhail Glinka: Symphonic Operatic Excerpts

      Melodiya SUCD-1000166

      7:15 am

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

      Septura
      Brass Septet Music, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.573475

      7:23 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54

      III. Finale, "Presto"

      Oslo Phil/Klaus Mäkelä
      Shostakovich Symphonies 4, 5 & 6

      Decca 4854637

      7:33 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Goldberg Variations," BWV 988

      Variations 26-30 and Aria da Capo

      Peter Serkin, p
      Goldberg Variations; Italian Concerto

      RCA 68188-2

      7:41 am

      François-Joseph Gossec: "Suite de Danses"

      Orch National de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling
      Gossec: Gavotte, Suite De Danses, 4 Symphonies

      ASV CDDCA-1124

      7:55 am

      Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275)

      III. "Minuet"

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Bobby McFerrin, voice
      Paper Music

      Sony SK-64600

      8:03 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 3 in D

      London Phil Orch/Willi Boskovsky
      Essential Liszt

      EMI CDM7-69011-2

      8:13 am

      Carl Nielsen: Piano Trio in G

      Trio Ondine
      Carl Nielsen: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

      Dacapo 8.226064

      8:24 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Menuet antique"

      Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Sakari Oramo
      Orchestral Music of Ravel

      BIS 2438

      8:32 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Serenata," Op. 87

      Byron Quartet
      Souvenir d'Espagne

      Aparté AP-308

      8:42 am

      James P. Johnson: "Concerto Jazz A Mine"

      Leslie Stifelman, p; Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop
      Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson

      Nimbus NI-2745

      9:04 am

      Peter Schickele: "Serenade for Three"

      Orion Ensemble
      A Celebration of American Chamber Music

      Orion Ensemble 707541717021

      9:17 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Hamburg" Symphony No. 5 in B minor, Wq 182/5

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902317

      9:29 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

      I. "Allegro non troppo"

      Tokyo String Quartet; Jon Nakamatsu, p
      Brahms: Quintets Opp. 34 & 115

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807558

      9:45 am

      Ernst von Dohnányi: "Symphonic Minutes," Op. 36

      Budapest Sym Orch/Tamás Vásáry
      Dohnányi: Suite in F-sharp minor, Konzertstück, Symphonic Minutes

      Hungaroton HCD-31637

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto in C, Op 48

      Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      Meeting in Moscow: Violin Concertos

      DG 457064-2

      10:15 am

      Richard Strauss: Wind Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7

      Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble/George Vosburgh
      Strauss: The Happy Workshop, Serenade

      Reference FR-745

      10:25 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Orchestra Suite (Overture) in E minor

      Tempesta di Mare
      Fasch: Orchestral Works Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-0829

      10:49 am

      Yukihiro Yoko: Variations on "Sakura"

      Hilary Field, g
      Hilary Field - Ballad Stories

      Yellow Tail Classics YTC-10103

      11:00 am

      Florence Price: "Village Scenes"

      Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
      Scenes in Tin Can Alley

      Blue Griffin BGR-615

      11:11 am

      Johann Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat

      Sabine Meyer, cl; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Johann & Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos

      EMI CDC7-54842-2

      11:27 am

      Arthur Honegger: "Pastorale d'été"

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein Century: French Masterpieces

      Sony SMK-60695

      11:37 am

      Edvard Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45

      Brendan Shea, v; Yerin Kim, p
      The Sound and the Fury

      Blue Griffin BGR-593

      12:01 pm

      Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"

      Grant Park Cho/Christopher Bell
      Songs of the Season

      Lexicon LC-2511

      12:08 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 1

      Handel & Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood
      Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 421729-2

      12:17 pm

      Teresa Carreño: Ballade, Op. 15

      Clara Rodríguez, p
      Teresa Carreño * Obras para piano * Piano Works

      Fundación MMG FD-2522002237

      12:25 pm

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto serenata"

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Royal Seville Sym Orch/Edmon Colomer
      Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

      Valois V-4815

      12:51 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Variations concertantes," Op. 17

      Haruma Sato, vc; Wataru Hisasue, p
      Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song

      Universal 00028948586936

      1:01 pm

      Claude Debussy: "La Mer"

      Philharmonia Orch/Pablo Heras-Casado
      Debussy: La Mer & Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902310

      1:26 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: "Barcarolle" in F-Sharp, Op. 60

      Miyako Arishima, p
      Takemitsu, Szymanowski, Chopin, Serocki: Works for Solo Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30118

      1:36 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Roman Carnival" Overture, Op. 9

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Sir Colin Davis
      Hector Berlioz: Overtures / Sir Colin Davis

      RCA 68790-2

      1:46 pm

      Claude Gervaise: "Branles"

      Renaissonics
      Dance!

      Titanic TI-232

      1:53 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in G minor, R. 157

      Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Vivaldi: Concerti per archi II

      Naïve OP-30554

      2:00 pm

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

      National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies

      National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0013

      2:32 pm

      Dan Locklair: "Requiem"

      Introit & Kyrie Eleison

      Soloists; Choir of Royal Holloway, Southern Sinfonia/Rupert Gough; Martin Baker, o
      Geoff Williams, bass,
      Dan Locklair: Requiem & Other Choral Works

      Convivium Records CR-070

      2:41 pm

      Daniel-François Auber: "Fra Diavolo"

      Overture

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
      Great Comedy Overtures

      Naxos 8.573418

      2:50 pm

      Alec Templeton: "Skye Variations"

      Janice Weber, p
      Seascapes - Janice Weber

      Sono Luminus DSL-92188

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      3:00 pm

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      Philippe Quint, v; Minería Sym Orch/Carlos Miguel Prieto
      Korngold: Violin Concerto * Philippe Quint

      Naxos 8.570791

      3:24 pm

      Ernest Chausson: "Viviane," Op. 5

      Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
      Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems

      Bru Zane BZ-2007

      3:38 pm

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Organ Concerto in E-Flat, Wq 35

      Roland Münch, o; CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Hartmut Haenchen
      CPE Bach, Vol. 3 - Organ Concertos

      Capriccio 10135

      3:57 pm

      Alice Mary Smith: Symphony in C minor

      III. Allegro ma non troppo-Poco meno mosso

      London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
      Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-10283

      4:00 pm

      Arvo Pärt: "Spiegel im Spiegel"

      Daniel Hope, v, Simon Mulligan, p
      Shostakovich: Violin Sonata, Penderecki, Pärt, Schnittke

      Nimbus NI-5631

      4:10 pm

      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)

      4:27 pm

      Fritz Kreisler: "Schön Rosmarin"

      Orch d'Auvergne/Jean-Jacques Kantorow, v
      Nocturne

      Denon CO-75596

      4:30 pm

      Brian Easdale: "The Red Shoes"

      Ballet

      Philharmonia Orch/Kenneth Alwyn
      The Red Shoes: Classic British Film Music

      Silva SSD-1011

      4:46 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      "Notte e giorno; Ah, chi mi dice; Madamina; Giovinette; Là ci darem la mano"

      Athena Ensemble
      Mozart: Don Giovanni for Wind Ensemble

      Chandos CHAN-6597

      4:58 pm

      Richard Rodgers: "Blue Moon"

      Lara Downes, p
      A Billie Holiday Songbook

      Steinway & Sons 30026

      5:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D, "Le Matin"

      Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6, 7, 8

      Denon 81757-9612-2

      5:19 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "La cambiale di matrimonio"

      Overture

      Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda
      Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.570935

      5:24 pm

      Jacques Gallot: "La belle cromatique sarabande"

      Konrad Junghänel, l
      European Lute Music, Vol. 2

      RCA-DHM 77037-2-RC

      5:31 pm

      Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A minor

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      American Quintets

      Chandos CHAN-20224

      6:00 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Get the Picture?

      Listen to the works of composers inspired by well-known paintings and poems. Pianist Alicia de Larrocha will perform Goyescas, by Enrique Granados, a musical impression of Francisco Goya’s paintings. This week also includes Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Hindemith’s Matthias der Maler, and Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead. Many of these musical works have gone on to further inspire new artistic creations. This week, visual art and music become one!

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Musical Americana (7/2/1981)

      Studs Terkel conjures a musical reminiscence of days gone by. The hour includes the mighty Wurlitzer organ heard in so many movie palaces of the past; Scott Joplin’s "Treemonisha;" a tribute to Lucky Lindbergh, Eagle of the USA; jazz by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines; and so much more. jazz by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines; and so much more.