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      Playlist for Wednesday, May 27, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Soirée de Vienne"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Jean-Yves Thibaudet * Aria--Opera Without Words

      London B0008431-02

      12:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418 (Treasure Waltz, from The Gypsy Baron)

      Boston Sym Chamber Players
      Walzer- Transriptionen

      DG 463667-2

      12:14 am

      Anton von Webern: Five Movements for String Quartet, Op 5

      #4

      Artis String Quartet
      Webern: String Quartets/ Gielen: Variations

      Sony SK-48059

      12:16 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony no.3 in F, Op.90

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Brahms: The Symphonies

      Philips 442068-2 (4)

      12:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op 65

      #5, "Wahre, wahre deinen Sohn"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Helmut Deutsch, p; Bengt Forsberg, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55430-2

      1:00 am

      Benjamin Lees: String Quartet Concerto

      III. "Allegro energico"

      Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Delights & Dances

      Cedille CDR-90000141

      1:05 am

      Samuel Barber: String Quartet in b, Op. 11

      Brodsky Quartet
      New World Quartets

      Chandos CHAN-10801

      1:25 am

      Samuel Barber: String Quartet in b, Op. 11

      III. (Original Version)

      Ying Quartet
      American Anthem

      Sono Luminus DSL-92166

      1:30 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Der Messias"

      Sinfonia

      Michaelstein Collegium/Ludger Rémy
      Telemann: Der Messias

      CPO 999847-2

      1:32 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Suite in a for flute and strings

      Michala Petri, r; Berlin Baroque Soloists
      Bach / Telemann

      RCA 57130-2

      1:55 am

      Anonymous: "Da Pacem"

      The Chicago Recorder Quartet
      WFMT: Women in Music

      WFMT: Women in Music

      2:00 am

      Frederick Delius: "A Song Before Sunrise"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones
      Delius

      Naxos 8.557143

      2:05 am

      Frederick Delius: Piano Concerto in c (1897)

      Philip Fowke, p; Royal Phil/Norman Del Mar
      The Delius Collection, Vol. 2

      Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD-2072

      2:27 am

      Clive Richardson: "Beachcomber"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Frederick Fennell
      Beachcomber

      Reference Recordings RR-62-CD

      2:31 am

      Leroy Anderson: "The Typewriter"

      Eastman-rochester Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell
      Frederick Fennell Conducts Leroy Anderson

      Mercury 432013-2

      2:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in E-Flat, K. 481

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p

      DG B0007477-02

      2:55 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve German Dances, K. 586

      No. 6

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Mozart: Deutsche Tänze

      Sony SK-46696

      3:00 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 2

      "Triana"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espanola

      London 417887-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 2

      "Rondeña"

      Cincinnati Sym/Jesus Lopez-Cobos
      Albéniz: Iberia - Complete

      Telarc 2CD-80470 (2)

      3:12 am

      Rodion Shchedrin: "In the Style of Albeniz"

      Christoph Croisévc; Alexander Panfilov, p
      The Russian Album

      Avie AV-2410

      3:16 am

      Mily Balakirev: "Spanish Song"

      Olga Borodina, ms; Larissa Gergieva, p
      Olga Borodina- Songs of Desire

      Philips 442780-2

      3:18 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Symphony #6 in c, Op 58

      Bamberg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 6, Poeme Lyrique

      Orfeo C-157201-A

      3:54 am

      Manuel de Falla: "El Amor Brujo" (1915)

      "Cancion del fuego fatuo"

      Brodsky String Quartet
      Brodsky Unlimited

      Teldec 46015-2

      4:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Contrapunctus VI

      Zoltán Kocsis, p
      Bach: The Art of Fugue

      Philips 412729-2 (2)

      4:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Contrapunctus IV

      Academy of Ancient Music Berlin
      J S Bach - Die Kunst der Fuge - Akademie für alte Musik Berlin

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902064

      4:09 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Contrapunctus XVIII, "Fuga a tre soggetti"

      Fretwork
      The Art Of Fugue

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907296

      4:18 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Contrapunctus XI

      Meridian Arts Ensemble Brass Quintet
      Visions of The Renaissance

      Channel Classics CCS-6594

      4:23 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Contrapunctus XIII a

      Emerson String Quartet

      DG B0000908-02

      4:24 am

      C E F Weyse: Symphony #5 in E-Flat

      Royal Danish Orch/Michael Schonwandt
      Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse: Symphonies Nos. 4-5

      Marco Polo 8.224013

      4:54 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "ɐtudes," Op. 10

      No. 7 in C, "Toccata"

      Luiza Borac, p
      Chopin Études / Six Polish Songs

      Avie AV-2161

      5:00 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Fandanguillo," Op 36

      Julian Bream, g
      Julian Bream Edition (disc 8: Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar: Albéniz / Falla / Giuliani / Rodrigo / Villa-Lobos)

      RCA 61591-2

      5:05 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Rapsodie espagnole"

      Berlin Phil/Pierre Boulez
      Ravel: Bolero, Etc.

      DG 439859-2

      5:21 am

      Robert Schumann: "Spanisches Liederspiel," Op. 74

      No. 7, "Geständnis"

      Werner Güra, t; Christoph Berner, p
      Robert Schumann * Spanische Liebeslieder

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902050

      5:23 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54

      Brigitte Engerer, p; Royal Phil/Emmanuel Krivine
      Piano Concertos

      Denon CO-75290

      5:54 am

      music continues...

      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.

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Flutist Tyler Martin and pianist Beilin Han-Kim perform music by Joachim Andersen, Reena Esmail, Carl Reinecke, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, 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

      32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      "Pathétique. Moonlight. Appassionata. Hammerklavier." Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his first piano sonata at the age of 25 and his last at 52, and together these 32 sonatas have been called "The New Testament" of music. Artur Schnabel was the first pianist to record a complete set, and since then this feat has been achieved by Daniel Barenboim, Alfred Brendel, Claude Frank, Maurizio Pollini, and Claudio Arrau - twice! We’ll sample as many as we possibly can, and we hope you will share in our wonder and amazement at Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Bernardo Pasquini's "Sant'Agnese"

      A performance of the 1677 oratorio "Sant'Agnese" by Bernardo Pasquini, which recounts the martyrdom of the patron saint of chastity. Recorded in concert August 11, 2025 as part of the Radovljica Festival, the oldest Slovenian festival of early music.