Thursday, October 22, 2026

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      Playlist for Thursday, October 22, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Suesse, Dana: "Afternoon Of A Black Faun"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Collected Piano Music Of Dana Suesse

      Koch B002MT3BIA

      12:05 am

      Debussy, Claude: "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune"

      Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
      Debussy La Mer

      DG 4783618

      12:15 am

      Bordes, Charles: "4 Poems"

      No. 3, "Oh! ce parfum d'enfant dans la prairie"

      Eric Huchet, t; François-René Duchable, p
      Bordes: Complete Mélodies: Vol. 2

      Timpani 1C-1208

      12:17 am

      Sterndale, William: Piano Sextet in f#, Op 8

      Prunyi, p; Kiss, v; Balogh, v; Bársony, vi; Botvay, vc; Kubina,db
      Károly Botvay,
      Kubina,
      BENNETT : Piano Sextet / Sonata Duo

      Marco Polo 8.223304

      12:55 am

      Berners, Gerald Tyrwhitt, Lord: "The Triumph of Neptune" Suite

      7th mvt, Hornpipe

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47668-2

      1:00 am

      Danzi, Franz: "Der Berggeist"

      Overture

      Stuttgart Chamnber Orch/Frieder Bernius
      Der Berggeist

      Carus 83296

      1:05 am

      Spohr, Ludwig (Louis): Fantasy and Variations on a Theme of Danzi, Op 81

      Ernst Ottensamer, cl; Slovak Radio Sym/Johannes Wildner
      SPOHR: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 / Fantasia, Op. 81

      Naxos 8.550689

      1:11 am

      Herz, Henri: Fantasy & Variations on Rossini's "Otello"

      Tasmanian Sym Orch/Howard Shelley, p
      Herz: Piano Concerto No 2, Op 74, Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op 30, Fantaisie Et Variations Sur La Marche D'Otello De Rossini, Op 67, Grande Fantaisie Militaire Sur La Fille Du Régiment, Op 163

      Hyperion CDA-68100

      1:27 am

      Heller, Stephen: 25 Melodic Studies, Op 45

      No. 20, "Le Ballet"

      Jan Vermeulen, p
      Virtuoso Piano Etudes

      Brilliant Classics 95571 (22)

      1:29 am

      Karlowicz, Mieczyslaw: Episode During a Masquerade

      Silesian Phil-Sym Orch/J Salwarowski

      Chant du Monde LCD-278966/67 (2)

      1:54 am

      Morley, Thomas: Madrigal, "When loe by breake of morning"

      Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hiller

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49197-2

      2:00 am

      Debussy, Claude: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Debussy's Greatest Hits

      CBS MLK-39444

      2:04 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: French Suite No. 4 in E-flat, BWV 815

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Bach: French Suites

      Decca 483 2150

      2:17 am

      Daquin, Louis-Claude: "La Joyeuse"

      Mie Miki, accordion
      French Baroque Music

      Challenge Classics 72014

      2:18 am

      Wassenaer, Unico Wilhelm van: Concerto Armonico #2 in G

      Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      6 Concerti Armonici

      Erato 45305-2

      2:28 am

      Bosmans, Henriette: Cello Concerto No. 2

      Raphael Wallfisch, vc; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ed Spanjaard
      Henriette Bosmans: Cello Concertos 1 & 2; Poeme

      CPO 555694-2

      2:54 am

      Verhulst, Johannes: "Liedeke van 't looze molenarinnetje," Op 26/11

      Nico van der Meel, t; Leo van Doeselaar, p

      NM Classics 92029

      3:00 am

      Grieg, Edvard: Norwegian Dances, Op. 35

      No. 2, "Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso"

      Paris Harp Sextet
      The Paris Harp Sextet

      Adda 581124

      3:02 am

      Grieg, Edvard: Norwegian Dances, Op. 35

      No. 3, Allegro moderato

      Paris Harp Sextet
      The Paris Harp Sextet

      Adda 581124

      3:05 am

      Debussy, Claude: "Danses sacrée et profane"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Debussy's Harp

      Telarc CD-80622

      3:15 am

      Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "Deux Rigaudons"

      Christopher O'Riley, p
      Christopher O'Riley at the Break

      CPI 3294112

      3:17 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: Symphony No. 3 in c minor, Op. 78, "Organ"

      Philadelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach, Olivier Latry, o
      Barber * Poulenc * Saint-Saens * The Philadelphia Orchestra * Eschenbach

      Ondine ODE-1094-5

      3:55 am

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      Exploring Music

      Gustav Mahler, Part 2 (1860-1911)

      For a second week, we continue with the life and works of Gustav Mahler. This week features "Kindertotenlieder," sung by Kathleen Ferrier; "Symphony of a Thousand;" and tenor Fritz Wunderlich singing 'The Drinking Song of the Earth's Sorrow' from "Das Lied von der Erde." This is to name just a few highlights- you don’t want to miss this week!

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      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      JS Bach, arr. Webern "Fuga (Ricercata)" from "Musical Offering;" Dvořák Cello Concerto; Lakner Three-Minute Cello Concerto; Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Simone Young, conductor.