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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Charlotte Sohy: "Triptyque champêtre," Op. 21

      II. "Au fil de l'eau (Très modéré)"

      Mathilde Calderini, f; Omer Bouchez, v; Lou Yung-Hsin Chang, vi; Yan Levionnois, vc; Constance Luzzati, h
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      12:05 am

      Jules Massenet: "Le Cid"

      Ballet music

      City of Birmingham Sym/Louis Frémaux
      Le Cid- Ballet Music, Scènes Pittoresques, The Last Sleep Of The Virgin

      Klavier KCD-11007

      12:24 am

      Peter Cornelius: "Der Cid"

      Overture

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Gustav Kuhn
      Cornelius: Kuhn - Der Cid

      Koch 3-1522-2 (2)

      12:34 am

      Peter Cornelius: Six Songs, Op. 1

      No. 6, "Denkst du an mich?"

      Christina Landshamer, s; Matthias Veit, p
      Cornelius: Lieder, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.572556

      12:36 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 3 in C, K. 285b

      Carol Wincenc, f; Emerson String Quartet members

      DG 445606-2

      12:54 am

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

      "Fin ch'han dal vino"

      Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, b-br; Turin Teatro Regio Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Mozart * Ildebrando D'Arcangelo

      DG B0015741-02

      1:00 am

      Máximo Diego Pujol: "Milonga para mi Tierra"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Five Minutes for Earth

      Azica ACD-71349

      1:05 am

      Cras: Quintet for Harp, Flute, and Strings

      Linos Harp Quintet
      Linos Harfenquintett * Impressions

      Hänssler Classic CD-93.175

      1:25 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "La Joyeuse"

      Nancy Lendrim, h; Jody Guinn, h
      Short Stories - Music For Harp Duo By Carlos Salzedo

      Azica ACD-71226

      1:27 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin en concerts" (1741): Premier concert

      Les Accents/Thibault Noally
      Rameau: Concerts en Sextuor

      Aparté AP-254

      1:36 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "La jeunesse d'Hercule," Op. 50

      Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
      Camille Saint-Saëns

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902614.15

      1:54 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin" (1706)

      "Allemande II"

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      Rameau: Complete Harpsichord Works

      Brilliant 93903 (3)

      2:00 am

      Takuma Itoh: "Koholā Sings (Humpback Whales)"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Five Minutes for Earth

      Azica ACD-71349

      2:05 am

      Japanese Trad: Folksong, Sakura

      Isaac Stern, v, Ensemble Nipponia/Masaaki Hayakawa
      Dinner Classics: The Japanese Album

      CBS M-35872

      2:11 am

      Dinicu: "Hora Staccato"

      Isaac Stern, v; Alexander Zakin, p
      Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Encores For Violin & Piano

      Sony SMK-64536

      2:13 am

      Anton Bruckner: Symphony in d minor, "Die Nullte"

      Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 0 "Die Nullte"

      Sony S2K-45864 (2)

      2:55 am

      Hans Pfitzner: Six Songs, Op. 40

      No. 1, "Leuchtende Tage"

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

      CPO 999491-2

      3:00 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Paul Bunyan," Op. 17 (1941)

      Overture

      English Chamber Orch/Philip Brunelle
      Britten: The Company of Heaven

      Virgin 91107-2

      3:05 am

      Don Gillis: "Paul Bunyan: An Overture to a Legend" (1964)

      Sinfonia Varsovia/Ian Hobson
      Don Gillis: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6

      Albany TROY-768

      3:11 am

      Leo Sowerby: "From the Northland: Suite for Orchestra"

      Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman
      Prairie: Tone Poems by Leo Sowerby

      Cedille CDR-90000033

      3:32 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 7 in A

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Mario Rossi

      Omega OCD-1023

      3:34 am

      Robert Fuchs: "Phantasiestcke", Op 117

      Zaslav Duo
      Brahms & Friends

      Music & Arts CD-1087 (2)

      3:54 am

      Friedrich Silcher: Chorus, "Maidle, lass dir was verzähle"

      Teisendorf Mens' Chorus/Ernst Gruber

      Christophorus CHR-74614

      4:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Liebestraum" No. 1 in A-Flat

      Leslie Howard, p
      The Complete Liszt Piano Music

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      4:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in G, H XVIII:4

      Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Emanuel Ax, p
      Haydn: Piano Concertos (F Major · G Major · D Major)

      Legacy 89853-2

      4:26 am

      Franz Liszt: "Sancta Dorothea"

      Leslie Howard, p
      The Complete Liszt Piano Music

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      4:27 am

      Samuel Barber: Piano Concerto, Op. 38

      Jon Kimura Parker, p; Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
      Barber: Violin & Piano Concertos

      Telarc CD-80441

      4:55 am

      Samuel Barber: Four Songs, Op. 13

      No. 1, "A Nun Takes the Veil"

      Cheryl Studer, s; John Browning, p
      Complete Songs Of Samuel Barber (Secrets Of The Old)

      DG 435867-2 (2)

      5:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Six Piano Pieces, Op. 19

      #4, "Nocturne"

      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano

      Decca 4834417 (10)

      5:05 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Maid of Orleans"

      Ballet Music

      Ukraine National Sym/Theodore Kuchar

      Naxos 8.554845

      5:16 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Six Songs, Op. 63

      #2, I Opened the Window

      Dmitri Hvorostovsky, br; Oleg Boshniakovich, p
      Russian Romances

      Philips 432119-2

      5:18 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Le Baiser de la fée"

      Divertimento

      Russian National Orch/Vladimir Jurowski
      Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 In G, Op. 55 - Stravinsky: Divertimento (Ballet Suite From "Le Baiser De La Fée")

      Pentatone 5186061

      5:42 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "The Firebird"

      Excerpts

      Jenny Lin, p
      Stravinsky: Solo Piano Works

      Steinway & Sons 30028

      5:54 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      "Refreshments for the Guests"

      Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      Cinderella / Summer Night - Suite

      DG 445830-2 (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: "King Arthur"

      Suite

      Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell & Handel)

      EMI 40329-2

      6:19 am

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "Country Dances"

      Book 1

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/John Wilson
      Richard Rodney Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHSA-5244

      6:32 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Symphonie concertante" in A, Op. 10, No. 2

      I. "Allegro"

      Soloists; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphonies concertantes; Symphony in G major

      Naxos 8.574306

      6:42 am

      Robert Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94

      Juliette Herlin, vc; Kevin Ahfat, p
      Dialogue - Debussy & Schumann

      Orchid ORC-100382

      6:55 am

      Kevin Puts: "Emily — No Prisoner Be"

      No. 26, "No Prisoner Be"

      Joyce DiDonato, ms; Time for Three
      Kevin Puts: Emily — No Prisoner Be

      Platoon [Emily]

      7:04 am

      Claude Debussy: "Danses sacrée et profane"

      Alice Chalifoux, h; Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Debussy: Orchestral Works

      Sony SM2K-68327 (2)

      7:15 am

      Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Saltarello and Piva

      Ensemble/Rolf Lislevand, l
      Diminuito

      ECM 2088

      7:22 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 27 in G, K. 199/161b

      III. Presto

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Symphonies 24, 25, 26, 27, 32

      EMI CDC7-49176-2

      7:31 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Otello"

      Opening scene: "Una vela; Esultate"

      Soloists; Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Michael Spyres, tenor,
      Verdi: Otello

      CSO Resound 9011301 (2)

      7:40 am

      Jean-Michel Damase: Seventeen Variations for Woodwind Quintet

      Reykjavik Wind Quintet
      French Wind Music

      Chandos CHAN-9362

      7:54 am

      Chick Corea: "Spain"

      Berlin Phil Cellists
      Round Midnight

      EMI CDC5-57319-2

      8:04 am

      Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders"

      Chicago Pro Musica
      The Medinah Sessions

      Reference RR-2102 (2)

      8:13 am

      George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"

      Haerim Elizabeth Lee, v; Alex Brown, p
      My Time Is Now: Inspirations from the Gershwins

      Innova 014

      8:20 am

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

      I. "Adagio molto-Allegro con brio"

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"

      Sony G010005464289W

      8:32 am

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

      Septura
      Brass Septet Music, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.573475

      8:39 am

      Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E

      IV. Finale, "Bewegt, doch nicht schnell"

      Rotterdam Phil Orch/Lahav Shani
      Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

      Warner 5054197619663

      8:52 am

      Danish String Quartet: Medley, "Marie Louise; The Chat; Gale Warning"

      Danish String Quartet
      Keel Road

      ECM 2785

      9:04 am

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Project W

      Cedille CDR-90000185

      9:15 am

      Carlo Farina: "Capriccio Stravagante"

      Irish Baroque Orch Chamber Soloists/Monica Huggett
      Flights of Fantasy: Early Italian Chamber Music

      Avie AV-2202

      9:32 am

      Hugo Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19, "Midsommarvaka"

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      A Nordic Festival

      Sony SK-46668

      9:47 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Gaîté Parisienne"

      Overture; "Allegro brillante"; Polka; "Poco allegro"; Mazurka; Valse

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Ibert: Divertissement

      Telarc CD-80294

      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.

      10:00 am

      Maurice Ravel: Sonatine

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works

      DG 4866814

      10:13 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Maid of Orléans"

      Ballet Music

      Royal Opera House Orch/Colin Davis
      Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music

      Philips 422845-2

      10:29 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Two-Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat

      H Hardenberger & M Laird, tr's; St. Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

      Philips 420954-2

      10:41 am

      Ding Shande: Variations on a Chinese Folk Song

      Gunma Sym Orch/Lim Kek-Tjiang
      Popular Chinese Orchestral Music - The Yellow River Concerto

      Marco Polo 8.225805

      10:49 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Crisantemi"

      I Solisti Italiani
      More of the Most Relaxing Classical Music In The Universe

      Denon CO-18070

      10:56 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Tosca"

      Aria, "Vissi d'arte"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Aria - Opera Without Words

      Decca B0008431-02

      11:01 am

      Ron Nelson: "Savannah River Holiday"

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      American Visions

      RCA 68786-2

      11:10 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in B-Flat, Wq 171

      Guy Fishman, vc; Handel & Haydn Society
      C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerti

      New Focus FCR-915

      11:33 am

      Caterina Assandra: "Duo Seraphim"

      Anna Joy Buegel, s; Kirsten Hedegaard, s; Amanda Koopman, a; Bella Voce/Liza Calisesi Maidens
      Expanding the Choral Canon

      Centaur CRC-4072

      11:39 am

      Max Bruch: Eight Pieces, Op. 83

      No. 3 in C-sharp minor, "Andante con moto"

      Patrick Messina, cl; Lise Berthaud, vi; Fabrizio Chiovetta, p
      Mozart, Bruch

      Aparté AP-332

      11:46 am

      Max Bruch: Eight Pieces, Op. 83

      No. 7 in B, "Allegro vivace"

      Patrick Messina, cl; Lise Berthaud, vi; Fabrizio Chiovetta, p
      Mozart, Bruch

      Aparté AP-332

      11:50 am

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

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

      Grant Park Music Festival

      12:00 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Macbeth"

      Chorus of Scottish refugees, "Patria oppressa"

      Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Italian Masterworks

      CSO Resound 9011801

      12:09 pm

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi
      Dancing for 100 Years

      Analekta FL2-3156

      12:17 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Russian Easter Overture," Op. 36

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Russian Easter Overture

      Telarc CD-80568

      12:34 pm

      Dag Wirén: "Suite miniature," Op. 8b

      Torleif Thedéen, vc; Stefan Bojsten, p
      Dag Wirén: Chamber Music, Vol. 2

      BIS CD-797

      12:42 pm

      Johann Baptist Vanhal: Symphony in E-Flat, Bryan Eb1

      Toronto Chamber Orch/Kevin Mallon
      Vanhal: Symphonies, Vol 4

      Naxos 8.570280

      1:01 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat, K. 271, "Jeunehomme"

      Alexandre Tharaud, p; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
      Alexandre Tharaud - Mozart - Haydn - Jeunehomme

      Erato 462626-8

      1:33 pm

      Thomas Tallis: "Dum transisset sabbatum"

      Matilda Lloyd, tr; The Gesualdo Six/Owain Park
      Radiant Dawn

      Hyperion CDA-68465

      1:42 pm

      César Franck: Symphony in D minor

      III. Finale, "Allegro non troppo"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Pierre Monteux
      Symphony In D Minor

      RCA 63303-2

      1:53 pm

      Domenico Scarlatti: Sinfonia No. 3 in G

      Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob; I Solisti Italiani
      Italian Baroque Oboe Concerti / HansJörg Schellenberger

      Denon CO-75338

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      José White: Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege
      Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries

      Cedille CDR-90000035

      2:23 pm

      William Boyce: Overture No. 4 in D

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Boyce: Overtures 1-9

      Chandos CHAN-6531

      2:32 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Music of Scandinavia

      The lighter these northern lands are in the summer just means the darker the winters will be, and these dark winters are in the living tissue of every Scandinavian. Bill features composers such as Wilhelm Stenhammar, Per Nørgård, and Lars-Erik Larsson, as well as music performed by contemporary Scandinavian artists.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Lei Liang "Verge" for 18 Strings; Marc‐André Dalbavie "Melodia;" Magnus Lindberg, conductor; Matthias Pintscher Songs from "Solomon’s Garden;" Thomas Hampson, baritone; Sean Shepherd "These Particular Circumstances…;" Muhly "Detailed Instructions;" Alan Gilbert, conductor.