Wednesday, July 15, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Conradin Kreutzer: "Das Nachtlager in Granada"

      Chorus, "Schon die Abendglocken klangen"

      Cologne Radio Sym Cho and Orch/Helmut Froschauer

      Capriccio 60029-2 (2)

      12:05 am

      Marin Marais: "La sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris"

      Munich Pro Arte Orch/Kurt Redel
      La Sonnerie de Sainte Genevieve Du Mont de Paris

      Peters Int'l PLE-044

      12:12 am

      Francois Couperin: Concert Royal #2 in D

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

      Artemis ATM-CD-1276

      12:26 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 1 (1713): 2e ordre in d/D

      No. 12, "Fanfare pour la suite de Diane"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      12:28 am

      Ruth Gipps: Violin Concerto, Op. 24

      Charlie Lovell-Jones, v; BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-20319

      12:55 am

      James Nares: Harpsichord Suite No. 6 in E

      "Courant"

      Julian Perkins
      English 18th-Century Keyboard Concertos

      Avie AV-2152

      1:00 am

      Franz Schubert: "Rosamunde" Incidental Music, D 797

      Ballet Music No. 2 in G

      Cologne Radio Sym Orch/Günter Wand
      Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485, etc.

      RCA 60100-2-RG

      1:05 am

      Franz Schubert: "Rosamunde" Incidental Music, D 797

      Overture "(Die Zauberharfe," D 644)

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Rosamunde (Complete)

      Philips 412432-2

      1:15 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 3 in D

      Ton Koopman, hc

      Capriccio 10210

      1:16 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Symphonie Concertante in A

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; St Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman, v
      Concerto For Cello & Orchestra, G. 482 / Symphonie Concertante For Violin, Cello & Orchestra / Grand Overture (Symphony) For Double Orchestra Op. 18, No. 1

      CBS MK-39964

      1:32 am

      Frank Martin: "Petite Symphonie Concertante"

      Guibentif, h; Jaccottet, hc; Ruttimann, p; Suisse Romande Orch/Armin Jor
      Martin: Petite Symphonie Concertante, Concerto Pour Sept Instruments À Vent, Six Monologues De Jedermann

      Erato 45694-2

      1:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Part Sinfonias, BWV 787-801

      No. 14 in B-flat

      Ton Koopman, hc

      Capriccio 10210

      2:00 am

      Franz Liszt: Song, "Oh! quand je dors"

      Janet Obermeyer, s; Leslie De'Ath, p

      ASV CDQS-6209

      2:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Harmonies poétiques et religieuses"

      "Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude"

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Liszt * Piano Sonata * Marc-André Hamelin

      Hyperion CDA-67760

      2:22 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Atys"

      Overture

      Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
      LULLY: Atys, Extraits

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901249

      2:24 am

      Richard Strauss: "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"

      Suite

      Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner
      Strauss: Sympohnia Domestica, Op. 53; Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60

      RCA 68637-2

      2:55 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"

      "Chaconne d'Arlequin"

      Les Talens Lyriques/C Rousset
      Lully: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

      Aparté AP-255

      3:00 am

      Willem de Fesch: Trio Sonata #4 in g

      Los Angeles Baroque Players

      Crystal S-703

      3:05 am

      Thomas Arne: Clavier Sonata #6 in G

      Christopher Hogwood, hc

      L'Oiseau Lyre DSLO-609

      3:11 am

      Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Two-Clavier Concerto in C

      Emerson Buckley, hc; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone, hc
      INTERFACES: Durante/ Pergolesi/ Porpora/ Cl. Scimone

      Erato ECD-88172

      3:21 am

      Johann Jakob Froberger: Clavier Suite #19 in c

      Gigue

      Enrico Baiano, hc

      Symphonia SY-96152

      3:23 am

      Charles Villiers Stanford: Piano Trio #2 in g, Op 73

      Pirasti Trio
      Piano Trios

      ASV CDDCA-925

      3:55 am

      Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus: Duo for Two Bassoons

      New York Kammermusiker
      Chamber Music (Renaissance) - PHILIDOR, P.D. / BUSNOYS, A. / LUZZASCHI, L. / MONTEVERDI, C. (A Renaissance Tour of Europe) (New York Kammermusiker)

      Dorian DOR-90133

      4:00 am

      Morton Gould: "American Ballads"

      "Star-Spangled Overture"

      Ukraine National Sym Orch/Theodore Kuchar
      GOULD, M.: American Ballads / Foster Gallery / American Salute (Ukraine National Symphony, Kuchar)

      Naxos 8.559005

      4:05 am

      Morton Gould: "American Salute"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Marches In Hi-Fi

      MHS 514551-F

      4:09 am

      Antonin Dvorák: American Suite in A, Op 98b

      Stefan Veselka, p
      DVORAK: Complete Solo Piano Music

      Naxos 8.505205 (5)

      4:27 am

      Eldon Rathburn: "Two Railoramas"

      #1, "Dvorak at 155th Street"

      Ensemble
      Mostly Railroad Music

      Crystal CD-520

      4:28 am

      Hilding Rosenberg: "Voyage to America"

      "Railway Fugue"

      Southwest German Radio Orch/Jiri Starek
      Railroad Rhythems- Classical Music About Trains

      Hänssler Classic 5193526

      4:36 am

      George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"

      Daniel Majeski, p; Cleveland Orch/Lorin Maazel
      Essential Gershwin - 20 Of His Greatest Masterpieces

      London 472780-2 (2)

      4:53 am

      Joseph Fennimore: Berlitz: Introduction to French

      When You Go Sightseeing

      Joyce Castle, ms; Joseph Fennimore, p
      Music of Joseph Fennimore

      Albany TROY-023-2

      5:00 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Airs du Rossignol"

      Isabelle van Keulen, v; Olli Mustonen, p
      Stravinsky: The Works for Violin and Piano

      Philips 420953-2 (2)

      5:04 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e minor, Op. 64

      Isabelle van Keulen, v; Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam/Lev Markiz
      Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64, Violin Concerto In D Minor ・ Scherzo From Octet, Op. 20

      BIS CD-935

      5:30 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Chorus, "Aus tiefer Noth schrei' ich zu dir," Op 23, No. 1

      "Ob bei uns ist der Sünden viel"

      St John's College Cho, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson
      Mendelssohn Church Music

      Nimbus NI-5529

      5:32 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 56 in D, H XVI:42

      Marcia Hadjimarkos, clavichord
      Prokofiev: Clarinet Concerto, Etc

      Zig-zag Territoires ZZT-990901

      5:41 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in C, H XVI:48

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Haydn * Piano Sonatas, Volume II * Marc-André Hamelin

      Hyperion CDA-67710 (2)

      5:53 am

      Eugene Bozza: Four-Horn Suite in F

      Fanfare

      Detmolder Horn Quartet
      Hornquartette (Horn Quartets/ Quatuors pour cors)

      MD+G Recordings L-3324

      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: Four Miniatures for Orchestra

      Royal Phil Orch/John Rutter
      John Rutter - Reflections

      Decca 4871478

      6:14 am

      Ferenc Farkas: "Ancient Hungarian Dances"

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      6:24 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14

      II. "A Ball"

      Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä
      Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse

      Decca 4870959

      6:33 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Flute, Oboe and Bassoon Suite in b

      Soloists; European Baroque Soloists
      Telemann: Suite in B; Concerto in G; Six Canonic Sonatas

      Denon 81757-9614-2

      6:44 am

      Gaspard Fritz: Symphony in A, Op. 1, No. 6

      La Stagione/Michael Schneider
      Fritz: 5 Sinfonias

      CPO 777696-2

      6:56 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, "Gran Partita"

      VII. Finale, "Molto allegro"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: The Singles - 66 Classic Tracks

      Decca 4831010

      7:05 am

      Antonio Casimir Cartellieri: Two-Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat

      III. Rondo. Allegro

      Dieter Klocker & Sandra Arnold, cl's, Czech Phil Chamber Orch
      Cartellieri: Clarinet Concerto's, Vol. 2

      MD+G 3010960-2

      7:15 am

      Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 2

      Grant Park Orch/Thomas Wilkins
      Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony (July 30, 2016)

      Grant Park Music Festival

      7:23 am

      Jacques Ibert: Two Interludes (1946)

      Aureole
      Aureole plays Debussy, Ibert, Ravel, Devienne, Fauré

      Koch 3-7102-2

      7:34 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D, R. 93

      Julian Bream, l; Monteverdi Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
      Concertos and Sonatas For Lute

      RCA 61588-2

      7:45 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 35, No. 2 (G 510)

      London Festival Orch/Ross Pople
      Boccherini: Six Symphonies Op. 35

      Hyperion CDA-66903

      7:56 am

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

      III. "Gavotte en rondeau"

      Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell, v
      Bach

      Sony 88843-08779-2

      8:04 am

      Richard Strauss: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme," Op. 60

      "Das Diner (The Dinner)"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Divertimento after Couperin

      DG 435871-2

      8:15 am

      Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      American Classics * Bernstein: Serenade * Facsimile * Divertimento

      Naxos 8.559245

      8:33 am

      Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g's
      Soul of the Tango - The Music of Astor Piazzolla

      Sony SK-63122

      8:44 am

      Florence Price: Piano Quintet (possibly unfinished)

      Catalyst Quartet; Michelle Cann, p
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      8:53 am

      Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Vienna Phil/Rafael Kubelík
      Borodin: Symphony No. 2, Polovtsian Dances, etc.

      Seraphim 69021-2

      9:04 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"

      Suite

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances, Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella Suite

      DG 445541-2

      9:28 am

      Charles Wuorinen: "Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch"

      Ensemble Recherche
      renaissance transcriptions

      Coviello COV-60812

      9:37 am

      Howard Cable: "Quebec Folk Fantasy"

      Edmonton Wind Ensemble/Harry Pinchin
      Snake Fence Country

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5165

      9:45 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Rondo à la Krakowiak," Op. 14

      Garrick Ohlsson, p; Warsaw Phil Orch/Kazimierz Kord
      The Complete Chopin Piano Works Vol. 9 - The Orchestral Works

      Arabesque Z-6702 (2)

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at 12:15 pm.

      10:00 am

      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)

      10:17 am

      Herbert Howells: "Te Deum"

      Choir of King's College, Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Cleobury
      Howells: Cello Concerto, An English Mass / Choir of King's College

      King's College Cambridge KGS-0032

      10:26 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Tragic" Overture, Op. 81

      London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop
      Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Overtures

      Naxos 8.557428

      10:41 am

      Francis Poulenc: Piano and Wind Sextet

      Nash Ensemble
      Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music

      Hyperion CDA-67255/6 (2)

      11:00 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 3 in D, G 476

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Simply Baroque II

      Sony SK-60681

      11:18 am

      Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 11

      Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
      Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann

      Decca 4850020

      11:33 am

      Ernest John Moeran: Symphonic Impression, "In the Mountain Country"

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      An Irish Rhapsody

      Chandos CHAN-6525

      11:42 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Variations in D minor on "La Follia," Op. 5, No. 12

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Altre Follie (1500 - 1750)

      Alia Vox AV-9844

      11:53 am

      John Williams: "Catch Me If You Can"

      "Joy Ride"

      Recording Arts Orch of Los Angeles/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 41779-2 (20)

      12:00 pm

      Ernest Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1

      III. Pastorale and Rustic Dances

      Jenny Lin, p; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Jiří Stárek
      Ernest Bloch: Concerto Symphonique, Concerto Grosso No. 1, Scherzo Fantasque

      Hänssler Classic CD-93.192

      12:08 pm

      Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 2 in A minor, Op. 39, No. 2

      London Phil Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Pomp & Circumstance Marches, Cockaigne Overture

      Decca 417719-2

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Violist JungAhn Shin and pianist Umi Garrett perform music by Go-San Baek, Ernest Bloch, and York Bowen, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      12:56 pm

      Giuseppe Torelli: Trumpet Sonata in D, G 5

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

      Sony SK-66244

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:01 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: "Preludio sinfonico"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Puccini, Catalani e Ponchielli per Orchestra

      Sony SK-63025

      1:10 pm

      Nkeiru Okoye: "African Sketches"

      No. 2, "Dusk"

      William Chapman Nyaho, p
      Kete: Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora

      MSR Classics MS-1708

      1:14 pm

      Alain-Pierre Pradel: "Pomme Cannelle"

      William Chapman Nyaho, p
      Kete: Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora

      MSR Classics MS-1708

      1:18 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21

      Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner
      Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

      Archiv 439900-2 (5)

      1:44 pm

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Selva morale e spirituale"

      "Laudate pueri Dominum" (Psalm 112)

      La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
      Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers

      DG 4862977

      1:53 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Serenade, Op. 15

      Basque National Orch/Jun Märkl
      Coffee and Classical

      Naxos 8.578358

      2:01 pm

      Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821

      David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p
      Schubert: Sonata for Piano D959; Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano D821

      ArtistLed 10401-2

      2:28 pm

      Hans Christian Lumbye: "Amelie" Waltz

      Danish National Radio Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Lumbye: Champagne Galop

      Chandos CHAN-9209

      2:41 pm

      Edward Elgar: "Chanson de matin," Op. 15, No. 2

      Brodsky Quartet
      Brodsky Unlimited: A Compilation of the Quartet's Favourite Encores

      Teldec 46015-2

      2:44 pm

      music continues...

      3:00 - 8:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      6:21 pm

      Grant Park Music Festival 2026

      Ravel Piano Concerto

      Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Jeri Lynne Johnson. Still "Festive Overture;" Ravel Piano Concerto in G major; Michelle Cann, piano; Price Symphony No. 3 in C minor. Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      8:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Symphony, Part IV

      We start this week featuring the symphonic form at its Romantic apex, with Austrian composers Anton Bruckner and Gustav Mahler. Then we’ll head over to Britain to enjoy the music of Edward Elgar. Together, these three composers wrote 22 symphonies, which is impressive considering Bruckner didn’t compose his first until his forties, and Elgar was turning fifty! Get ready for a week filled with vivid, colorful orchestral symphonies.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Sonate Italiane

      Violinist Fabio Biondi leads Europa Galante in sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani, Tartini, Veracini and Locatelli. Recorded live in concert July 22, 2023 at Świdnica, Poland’s Church of Peace, the world’s largest wooden Baroque church and a Unesco World heritage site, as part of the International Bach Festival.