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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude No. 5 in D

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier

      Hyperion CDA-67741/4 (4)

      12:05 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007

      Colin Carr, vc
      J S Bach: Cello Suites

      GM Recordings 2054-CD (2)

      12:23 am

      Ives, Charles: Song, "The Last Reader"

      Dora Ohrenstein, s; Phillip Bush, p
      The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 4

      Albany TROY-080

      12:25 am

      Barber, Samuel: Essay No. 3, Op. 47

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Ives: Symphony No. 1 & Barber: Three Essays for Orchestra

      Chandos CHAN-9053

      12:37 am

      Copland, Aaron: "Statements for Orchestra"

      London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Appalachian Spring, Spirituals for String Choir and Orchestra

      Everest EVC-9039

      12:55 am

      Copland, Aaron: "Old American Songs" Set 2

      V. "Ching-a-ring Chaw"

      William Warfield, br; Aaron Copland, p
      Modern American Vocal Works: Premiere Recordings 1950-1953

      Sony MHK-60899

      1:00 am

      Kuhlau, Friedrich: "Lulu, oder die Zauberflöte"

      "Spinnlied der Hexen"

      Rummel, s; Friboe, s; Orvad, ms; Danish Radio Sym Orch/Schonwandt
      Kuhlau: Schonwandt - Lulu

      Kontrapunkt 32009/11 (3)

      1:05 am

      Fobbes, Robert: Fantasy on Mozart's "The Magic Flute"

      Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      A Night at the Opera

      EMI/Ang CDC4-57814-2

      1:18 am

      Couperin, François: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-7): 12e ordre

      "La Fileuse"

      Kenneth Gilbert, hc
      Francois Couperin: Second Livre de Clavecin

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-190354.56 (3)

      1:21 am

      Schubert, Franz: Song, "Gretchen am Spinnrade," D 118

      Dawn Upshaw, s; Richard Goode, p
      Goethe Lieder

      Nonesuch 79317-2

      1:25 am

      Herold/Lanchbery: "La Fille mal gardée"

      "Spinning"

      National Phil/Richard Bonynge
      La Fille Mal Gardée - Mam'zelle Angot

      London 430849-2 (2)

      1:27 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: "The Golden Spinning Wheel," Op 109

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Dvorak: Symphony No. 7

      Chandos CHAN-241-3 (2)

      1:54 am

      Martinu, Bohuslav: "Borova" (Seven Czech Dances) (1929-30)

      #4

      Radoslav Kvapil, p
      Anthology of Czech Piano Works, Vol. 3: Bohuslav Martinu

      Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD-9140

      2:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestra Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068

      II. Air

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc (1712 Stradivarius); Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Simply Baroque

      Sony SK-60680

      2:05 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Piano Concerto in F, H XVIII:6

      Ton Koopman, hc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch
      Complete Harpsichord Concertos: Divertimenti & Concertini

      Philips 446542-2 (2)

      2:24 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Six Schübler Chorales, BWV 645-650

      No. 3, "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten"

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

      Sony SK-60681

      2:27 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Chorale, "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten"

      Nicholas McGegan, hc
      Clavierbüchlein Für Anna Magdalena Bach

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907042

      2:29 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26

      William Kapell, p; Dallas Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Khachaturian: Concerto/ Prokofiev: Concerto No.3/ Shostakovich: 3 Preludes

      RCA 68993-2

      2:54 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas, Op. 17

      No. 2 in e

      William Kapell, p
      Chopin Mazurkas

      RCA 68990-2

      3:00 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Trois études de concert" (1848)

      No. 3 in D-Flat, "Un sospiro"

      Susann McDonald, h
      Music In The Air

      Klavier K-11133

      3:05 am

      Molique, Wilhelm Bernhard: Flute Quintet in D, Op 35

      John Wion, f; Manhattan String Quartet
      Molique: Flute Quintet in D; Romberg: Quintet in G

      MHS 3402

      3:29 am

      Tallis, Thomas: Anthem, "Purge me, O Lord"

      Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
      Tallis-Complete English Anthems

      Gimell CDGIM-007

      3:31 am

      Borodin, Alexander: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

      Philharmonia Orch/Constantin Silvestri
      Borodin: Symphony No. 2, Polovtsian Dances/ Mussorgsky: Night On Bald Mountain

      Seraphim 69021-2

      3:44 am

      Gershwin, George: "Lullaby" (1919)

      Moscow Phil/Dmitri Kitayenko
      The Moscow Sessions, Vol. 3

      Sheffield Lab CD-27

      3:54 am

      Warlock, Peter: Song, "Lullaby"

      Ruth Golden, s; Levering Rothfuss, p
      My Own Country: The Songs of Peter Warlock

      Koch 3-7118-2

      4:00 am

      Bosmans, Henriette: Nuit calme (1926)

      Francien Schatborn, vi, Jeannette Koekkoek, p
      Dutch Music For Viola And Piano

      Etcetera KTC-1255

      4:04 am

      Bosmans, Henriette: Concert Piece for Flute and Chamber Orch

      Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/Jac van Steen

      NM Classics 92095

      4:14 am

      Bosmans, Henriette: Song, Je ne suis pas seul (1950)

      Jannie Pranger, s, Tomoko Mukaiyama, p
      Melodies Francaises

      NM Classics 92107

      4:16 am

      Tchaikovsky, Peter: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat, Op. 23

      Lang Lang, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      First Piano Concertos

      DG B0000666-02

      4:54 am

      Scriabin, Alexander: Etudes, Op 8

      #2 in f#

      Lang Lang, p
      Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3/ Scriabin: Etudes

      Telarc CD-80582

      5:00 am

      Strauss, Josef: Polka mazur, Aus der Ferne, Op 270

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Most
      New Year's Concert 2011/Franz Welser-Most

      London 4782601 (2)

      5:05 am

      Strauss II, Johann: Waltzes, "Donauweibchen," Op. 427 (on Themes from "Simplicius")

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      New Year's Concert 1990

      Sony SK-45808

      5:13 am

      Reznicek, Emil Von: "Donna Diana"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
      New Year's Concert 1988

      DG 423662-2

      5:17 am

      Strauss II, Johann: Waltzes, "Nordseebilder (Pictures from the North Sea)," Op. 390

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      New Year's Concert 1998

      RCA 63144-2 (2)

      5:25 am

      Strauss, Johann, Sr: Chinese Galop, Op 20

      Vienna Phil/Georges Pretre
      New Year's Concert 2008

      London B0010611-02 (2)

      5:26 am

      Strauss II, Johann: Polka francaise, Bluette, Op. 271

      Vienna Phil/Georges Pretre
      Neujahrskonzert/New Years Concert 2008

      London B0010611-02 (2)

      5:30 am

      Lanner, Josef: "Die Schönbrunner" Waltzes, Op 200

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      1994 New Year's Concert

      Sony SK-46694

      5:38 am

      Strauss II, Johann: Waltz, “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”, Op. 314

      Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Neujahrskonzert In Wien

      DG 419616-2

      5:48 am

      Strauss, Johann, Sr: Radetzky March, Op 228

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      2007 New Year's concert

      DG B0008289-02 (2)

      5:52 am

      Strauss, Josef: Polka schnell, Eingesendet, Op 240

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      Gala New Year's Concert In Vienna

      DG 2532002

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Reformation Sunday." The Reformation was the catalyst for whole new dimensions of sacred music, of which we are still the beneficiaries. Host Peter DuBois shares music from the time of the Reformation, as well as music that resulted from the creative expression that has blossomed since.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Humoresque" in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7

      James Oesi, db; Djuwa Mroivili, p
      Adoration

      James Oesi (Adoration)

      7:04 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Humoresque-Bagatelles," Op. 11

      Peter Seivewright, p
      Piano Music, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.553574

      7:11 am

      Henry Thacker Burleigh: "Plantation Melodies, Old and New"

      Apollo Chamber Players
      Blurred Boundaries

      Navona NV-6038

      7:22 am

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

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Brahms: Tragic Overture; Song of Destiny; Symphony No. 3

      DG 429765-2

      8:00 am

      Vernon Duke: "Autumn in New York"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Reiko Uchida, p
      Impromptu: Anne Akiko Meyers & Reiko Uchida (September 21, 2010)

      WFMT

      8:07 am

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      Malmö Opera Orch/John Jeter
      Price: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Piano Concerto, and Dances in the Canebrakes

      Naxos 8.559952

      8:17 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

      Paris Chamber Orch/Lars Vogt, p
      Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 24

      Ondine ODE-1414-2

      8:48 am

      Aaron Copland: "Our Town"

      Suite

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Music For Films

      RCA 61699-2

      8:57 am

      Count Basie: "Jumpin' at the Woodside"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Labyrinth

      Delos DE-3163

      9:00 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Harp Concertino

      Gillian Benet, h; Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre, Boulanger

      Koch 3-7169-2

      9:17 am

      Henry Purcell: "Dido and Aeneas"

      Suite

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Thomas Hengelbrock
      Henry Purcell: Instrumental Music

      RCA-DHM 77231-2

      9:35 am

      Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 (1923-27)

      II. "Blues"

      Cho-Liang Lin, v; Paul Crossley, p
      Poulenc, Ravel, Debussy: Works for Violin and Piano

      Sony SK-66839

      9:42 am

      Duke Ellington: "New World a-Comin'"

      Jeffrey Biegel, p; Brown U Orch/Paul Phillips
      Manhattan Intermezzo

      Naxos 8.573490

      9:57 am

      Laura Netzel: "Humoresque," Op. 37

      Paula Gudmundson, f; Tracy Lipke-Perry, p
      Breaking Waves: Music by Swedish Women Composers

      MSR Classics MS-1722

      10:01 am

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "Country Dances"

      Book 1

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

      Chandos CHSA-5244

      10:13 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Trio Sonata No. 6 in G, BWV 530

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, man; Edgar Meyer, db
      Bach Trios

      Nonesuch 558933-2

      10:27 am

      Manuel de Falla: "Nights in the Gardens of Spain"

      Josep Colom, p; City of Granada Orch/Josep Pons
      Falla: El sombrero de tres picos, etc.

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901606

      10:53 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Milonga del ángel"

      Axiom Brass
      Astor

      Axiom Brass 198002109903

      11:01 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra

      Sharon Isbin, g; New York Phil/José Serebrier
      Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto For Guitar; Ponce: Concierto del Sur

      Warner 60296-2

      11:21 am

      Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet No. 5 in F minor

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      11:35 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8

      Analekta AN-2-9947

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus"

      Overture

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      An der schönen blauen Donau

      Teldec 25669-2

      12:10 pm

      Darius Milhaud: "Scaramouche," Op. 165b

      Sohre Neidenbach-Rahbari, asx; Czech Phil/Alexander Rahbari
      Le centenaire de Darius Milhaud Vol. 4

      Praga PR-250013

      12:19 pm

      Michel Legrand: "The Other Side of Midnight"

      Noelle's Theme

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Conversations with Bill Evans

      Decca 455512-2

      12:25 pm

      Bill Evans: "Since We Met"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Conversations with Bill Evans

      Decca 455512-2

      12:31 pm

      Roberto Sierra: "Carnaval"

      Nashville Sym/Giancarlo Guerrero
      American Classics: Roberto Sierra

      Naxos 8.559738

      12:53 pm

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

      Contrapunctus I-III

      Les Voix Humaines Viol Consort
      Bach: The Art of Fugue

      Atma ACD2-2645

      1:02 pm

      Alexander Gretchaninov: "In Thy Kingdom," Op. 58, No. 3

      Holst Singers/Stephen Layton
      Gretchaninov: Vespers

      Hyperion CDA-67080

      1:10 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Rêverie et caprice," Op. 8

      Aaron Rosand, v; Southwest German Radio Orch/Rolf Reinhardt
      Aaron Rosand Plays Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Lalo, Others

      Vox CDX-5116 (2)

      1:18 pm

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

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

      Mariinsky MAR-0530

      1:27 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G minor, "The Hen"

      London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 83 "The Hen", 84 & 88/Jane Glover

      ASV CDQS-6167

      1:51 pm

      Amy Beach: Ballade, Op. 6

      Alan Feinberg, p
      Alan Feinberg - Gottschalk * · Beach * · Helps * - The American Romantic

      Argo 430330-2

      2:02 pm

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne"

      Suite No. 1

      Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      Carmen Suite, L'Arlesienne Suite 1 and 2

      DG 431778-2

      2:21 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      Overture

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Bobby McFerrin
      Paper Music

      Sony SK-64600

      2:26 pm

      Douglas Lilburn: "Music Box" No. 1, "The Lassie's Lament and The Highlander's Greeting"

      Michael Houstoun, p
      Lilburn

      Rattle RAT-D040

      2:29 pm

      John Tavener: "The Lamb"

      Monteverdi Cho/John Eliot Gardiner
      Once As I Remember: The Story of Christmas

      Philips 462050-2

      2:32 pm

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      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Schumann "Manfred" Overture, Op. 115; Daniel Harding, conductor; Brahms "Schiksalslied," Op. 54; Holst "The Planets," Op. 32; Jenny Wong, chorus director; Daniel Harding, conductor; Stravinsky "Symphony of Psalms;" Chicago Symphony Chorus; Georg Solti, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Spanish Composer Matilde Salvador Matilde Salvador was brilliant Spanish composer and painter and was one of the leading figures in Valencian art scene. Fiesta will feature her solo guitar work "Homenatge a Mistral" as well as some rarely heard pieces by this amazing artist.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Two great Mahler recordings by Bruno Walter

      Mahler Symphony No. 1; "Das Lied von der Erde."