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      Playlist for Wednesday, January 14, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Manuel Ponce: Mazurka #14 in D-Flat

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Mexican Piano Music by Manuel M Ponce * Jorge Federico Osorio

      Cedille CDR-90000086

      12:02 am

      Manuel Ponce: Mazurka #11 in a

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Mexican Piano Music by Manuel M Ponce * Jorge Federico Osorio

      Cedille CDR-90000086

      12:05 am

      Carlos Chávez: "Chapultepec (Obertura Republicana)"

      Simon Bolívar Sym/Keri-Lynn Wilson
      Danzón

      Dorian XCD-90254

      12:12 am

      Carlos Chávez: Cake-Walk

      Estela Olevsky, p
      Piano Solos Of Latin America

      Centaur CRC-2202

      12:14 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio no.6 in B-Flat, Op.97, "Archduke"

      Daniel Barenboim, p; Pinchas Zukerman, v; Jacqueline Du Pré, vc

      EMI CMS7-63124-2 (3)

      12:55 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 85

      No. 5, Allegretto

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Lieder Ohne Worte

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      1:00 am

      Eduard Strauss: "Carmen Quadrille," Op 134

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      New Year's Concert 2012

      Sony 92710 (2)

      1:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus"

      Overture

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas

      DG 400026-2

      1:14 am

      Josef Strauss: Waltz, "Heldengedichte," Op. 87

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2013

      Sony 44071-2 (2)

      1:23 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Two Pieces

      No. 2, "Valse lente"

      Quynh Nguyen, p
      Tailleferre

      Music & Arts MA-1306

      1:25 am

      Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

      Mischa Lefkowitz, v; Polish Radio Sym Orch/David Amos
      Mischa Lefkowitz- Three Tomantic Violin Concerti

      Cambria CD-1064

      1:55 am

      Jean Sibelius: Suite for Violin and Strings, Op. 117

      III. "In the Summer"

      James Ehnes, v; Bergen Philharmonic Orch/Edward Gardner
      Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Serenades; Humoresques; Earnest Melodies; Suite2023

      Chandos CHSA-5267

      2:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Polonaise in B-Flat, D 580

      German Chamber Phil/Thomas Zehetmair, v
      Thomas Zehetmair: The Teldec Recordings

      Teldec 46448-2

      2:05 am

      Mauro Giuliani: Introduction, Theme with Variations and Polonaise in A, Op 65

      Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Giuliani: Guitar Concerto In A, Introduction Variations & Polonaise

      Philips 6514296

      2:25 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Pièces faciles et agréables," Op 74

      #1

      Mikael Helasvuo, f; Jukka Savijoki, g
      Mauro Giuliani - The Complete Works for Flute and Guitar, Vol.3

      BIS CD-413

      2:26 am

      Béla Bartók: Hungarian Folk Tunes

      James Ehnes, v; Andrew Armstrong, p
      Bartók: Works for Violin & Piano, Volume 2

      Chandos CHAN-10752

      2:34 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Summer Evening"

      Budapest Phil/Zoltan Kodaly

      DG 2543809

      2:55 am

      Alma MAHLER: Song, "Laue Sommernacht"

      Angelika Kirchschlager, ms; Helmut Deutsch, p
      Mahler, Korngold: Lieder

      Sony SK-68344

      3:00 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Cantique de Jean Racine," Op 11

      King's College Cho/Stephen Cleobury; James Vivian, o
      Paradisum: Serene Sacred Songs

      Decca 482 4615 (2)

      3:05 am

      Jacques Ibert: Flute Concerto

      Eugenia Zukerman, f; Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Vive Ibert! (Jacques Ibert Orchestral Works)

      Newport Classic NPD-85531

      3:24 am

      Alan Hovhaness: "The Garden of Adonis" (Suite for Flute and Harp), Op 245

      6th mvt, "Allegretto"

      Eugenia Zukerman, f; Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Hovhaness

      Telarc CD-80530

      3:26 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Two-Violin Duet in G, Op 5/1

      Dmitri Kogan, v; Marianna Vassilieva, v
      Two Violins

      Delos DE-3390

      3:35 am

      Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet in E, Op.11 no.5, G 275

      "Minuet"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Classical Hits

      DG 437782-2

      3:38 am

      Claude Debussy: "Printemps"

      ORTF Orch/Jean Martinon
      Orchestral Works 1

      EMI CDM7-69588-2

      3:54 am

      Benjamin Britten: Folksong Settings

      "Voici le printemps"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p
      Anne Sofie von Otter: Folksongs

      DG 463479-2

      4:00 am

      François Couperin: Passacaille

      Alexandre Tharaud, p
      Couperin

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901956

      4:05 am

      Charles Dieupart: Piccolo Concerto in a

      Wolfgang Dey, piccolo; Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
      Concerti "Per L'Orchestra Di Dresda"

      DG Archiv 447644-2

      4:10 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Bass Tuba Concerto in f (1954)

      Eugene Dowling, tuba; London Sym/Paul Freeman
      The English Tuba

      Pro Arte CDD-595

      4:23 am

      Jean Joseph Mouret: Sinfonies de Fanfare

      Rondeau

      Tubadours
      The Mighty Tubadours

      Crystal CD-420

      4:24 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet no.3 in c minor, Op.60

      Lateiner, p; Heifetz, v; Schonbach, vi; Piatigorsky, vc
      Jascha Heifetz, violin,
      Schubert: Fantasie; Brahms, Beethoven

      RCA 7873-2-RG

      4:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Zigeunerlieder," Op 103

      #3, "Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen"

      Margaret Price, s; Graham Johnson, p
      Brahms: Lieder

      RCA 60901-2

      5:00 am

      Edward Elgar: Romance, Op 62

      Frank Morelli, bn; Gilbert Kalish, p
      Romance and Caprice

      MSR Classics MS-1172

      5:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 55 in B-Flat, H XVI:41

      Gilbert Kalish, p
      Piano Music: Sonatas

      Nonesuch 79162-2

      5:13 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata a 3 in F, H IV:F2

      Jakob Lindberg, l Nils-Erik Sparf, v; Lars Brolin, vi; Olof Larsson, vc
      Haydn: Lute & Strings

      BIS CD-360

      5:28 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Secular Canons, H XXVIIb:1-46

      No. 17, "Tod und Schlaf"

      Gyor Girls' Cho/Miklós Szabó
      Haydn: Cannons

      Hungaroton HCD-12890-2

      5:29 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Secular Canons, H XXVIIb:1-46

      No. 12, "Der Fuchs und der Marder"

      Gyor Girls' Cho/Miklós Szabó
      Haydn: Cannons

      Hungaroton HCD-12890-2

      5:30 am

      Richard Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59

      Suite

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Manfred Honeck

      Reference FR-722

      5:55 am

      Pierre Attaignant: "Au joly bois"

      Camerata Hungarica/Laszlo Czidra/Sárközy Gergely, lute harp.
      Choreae & Carmina

      Hungaroton HCD-12662-2

      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

      Henry Purcell: "Purcell Suite"

      Canadian Brass
      High, Light, Bright, and Clear: The Glory of Baroque Brass

      RCA RCD1-4574

      6:15 am

      Raffaele Calace: Mandolin Concerto No. 2 in A minor

      I. "Maestoso"

      Julien Martineau, m; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Come una volta

      Naïve V-5455

      6:26 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: Suite in G minor, Op. 71

      IV. Finale, "Molto vivace"

      Nazrin Rashidova, v; Daniel Grimwood, p
      Moritz Moszkowski: Works for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.573410

      6:32 am

      Christoph Graupner: Suite in F for flute, viola d'amore, chalumeau, strings and cembalo

      "Ouverture, Air en Gavotte, Air en Polonese"

      Soloists, Finnish Baroque Orch/Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, vi d'amore
      Graupner: Orchestral Suites

      Ondine ODE-1220

      6:43 am

      Franz Schubert: Octet in F, D 803

      IV. Andante and Variations

      S Meyer, cl; B Schneider, hn; D Jensen, bn; K E Sundquist, db; Modigliani Quartet
      Knut Erik Sundquist, double bass,
      Schubert: Octet

      Mirare MIR-438

      6:56 am

      Edward Elgar: "Salut d'amour," Op. 12

      John Williams, g's
      Echos of London

      CBS MK-42119

      7:04 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in B-Flat, Op. 21, No. 5 (G 497)

      1st mvt, "Allegro spiritoso"

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Boccherini: Concerti Da Violoncello, Sinfonie

      RCA 7867-2-RC

      7:14 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69

      III. "Adagio cantabile-Allegro vivace"

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

      Sony 886449139354

      7:24 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Chopiniana," Op. 46

      "Polonaise"

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Glazunov: The Seasons; Chopiniana

      Melodiya SUCD-1002085

      7:33 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, "Little Russian"

      IV. Finale, "Moderato assai"

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies / Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons

      Chandos CHAN-8672/8 (7)

      7:45 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin and Viola Duo No. 2 in B-Flat, K. 424

      Finale, "Thema con variazioni: Andante grazioso"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Pinchas Zukerman, vi
      Mozart: Duos For Violin & Viola / Perlman/Zukerman

      RCA 60735-2-RC

      7:55 am

      Michael Tilson Thomas: "Upon Further Reflection"

      III. "You Come Here Often?"

      Yuja Wang, p
      The American Project

      DG 4864478

      8:04 am

      Nino Rota: Piano Concerto in C

      I. "Allegro cantabile"

      Giorgia Tomassi, p; La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Rota: Piano Concertos

      EMI CDC5-56869-2

      8:16 am

      Ennio & Andrea Morricone: "Cinema Paradiso"

      First Youth, Love Theme, Cinema Paradiso Theme

      Mancini Pops Orch/Henry Mancini
      Cinema Italiano: Music of Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota

      RCA 60706-2

      8:28 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in G, R. 151, "Alla rustica"

      Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Vivaldi: Concerti per archi II

      Naïve OP-30554

      8:33 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Pianist Kacper Żaromski performs music by Szymanowski and Chopin, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      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 - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Sound Out of Silence – The Baroque Clavichord

      Early keyboardist Terence Charlston presents the first recording on clavichord of the complete fantasias and canzonas from Johann Jacob Froberger’s 1649 "Libro Secondo."