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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches, Op. 39

      No. 1 in D

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Stars and Stripes Forever and the Greatest Marches

      RCA 09026-60838-2

      12:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3, "Emperor"

      Lindsays
      Cello Concerto / 8 Songs For Cello And Orchestra

      ASV CDDCA-1076

      12:34 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "O'er the hills and far away", H XXXIa:149

      Lorna Anderson, s; Haydn Trio
      The Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 93782 (150)

      12:35 am

      Havergal Brian: Comedy Overture, "The Jolly Miller" (1962)

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Lionel Friend
      BRIAN : Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 18

      Marco Polo 8.223479

      12:40 am

      Edward Elgar: "Cockaigne" Overture ("In London Town"), Op. 40

      BBC Sym/Sir Andrew Davis

      Erato 94809-2

      12:55 am

      Lili Boulanger: "Clairières dans le ciel"

      #1, "Elle était descendue"

      Nicholas Phan, t; Myra Huang, p
      Clairières

      Avie AV-2414

      1:00 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance, Op. 37

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Marielle Nordmann, h
      Music For Flute & Harp

      Sony SK-44552

      1:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Le carnaval des animaux (Carnival of the Animals)"

      Ensemble Musique Oblique
      Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval Des Animaux, Quintette Op.14

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901472

      1:29 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Le Bestiaire" (1918)

      #1, "Le Dromadaire"

      Gerard Souzay, br; Dalton Baldwin, p

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64087-2 (4)

      1:30 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Le Bal Martiniquais," Op. 249

      Stephen Coombs & Artur Pizarro, p's
      Milhaud: Music For Two Pianists

      Hyperion CDA-67014

      1:38 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Piano Concerto

      Josephine Gandolfi, p; Orch/Nicole Paiement

      Helicon HE-1048

      1:55 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Suite française" (1935)

      #7 (Finale), "Carillon"

      London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
      Shepherd's Hey: Wind Music of Grainger, Milhaud and Poulenc

      ASV CDWHL-2067

      2:00 am

      Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D

      Tafelmusik
      Reference Classics: First Sampling

      Reference Recordings RR-13-CD

      2:05 am

      Johann Pachelbel: Suite in B-Flat

      Paillard Chamber Orch/Jean-François Paillard
      The Pachelbel Canon And Two Suites For Strings / Two Sinfonias And Concerto For Trumpet

      RCA RCD1-5468

      2:16 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Das Orgelbüchlein," BWV 599/644

      "Da Jesu am dem Kreuze stund," BWV 621

      Lionel Rogg, o (Silbermann instrument, Arlesheim, Switzerland)
      Bach: L'Œuvre D'Orgue

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-290772.83 (12)

      2:18 am

      Saariaho: "Frises"

      "Frise grise"

      Jennifer Koh, v
      Bach & Beyond Part 2

      Cedille CDR-90000154 (2)

      2:22 am

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 52

      Hallé Orch/Sir John Barbirolli

      EMI/Ang ZDME5-67299-2 (5)

      2:55 am

      Guillaume Dumanoir: "Suite du Ballet de Stockholm"

      "Double"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Suites d'Orchestre, 1650-1660

      Fontalis ES-9908

      3:00 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Zigeuner Capriccio"

      Lorin Maazel, v; Barton Weber, p
      Virtuoso Violin

      RCA 68414-2

      3:05 am

      Ilan Rechtman: "Gypsy Nocturne"

      Lara St John, v; Ilan Rechtman, p

      Well-Tempered Productions WTP-5185

      3:10 am

      Edward German: "Gipsy Suite"

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
      GERMAN : British Light Music

      Marco Polo 8.223419

      3:24 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Danzas gitanas," Set 1, Op 55

      "Sacro-monte"

      Katarzyna Musial, p
      My Spanish Heart

      Dux 1448

      3:26 am

      Gian-Carlo Menotti: Violin Concerto (1952)

      Jennifer Koh, v; Spoleto Festival Orch/Richard Hickox
      Menotti: Violin Concerto

      Chandos CHAN-9979

      3:55 am

      Nino Rota: 15 Preludes

      #14

      Danielle Laval, p
      Nino Rota

      Naive V-1003 (2)

      4:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons)"

      Spring: Trio & Chorus, "Sei nun gnädig,à"

      Soloists, Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner
      Haydn: The Seasons / Die Jahreszeiten

      DG Archiv 431818-2 (2)

      4:04 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Baryton Trio No. 71 in A

      John Hsu, baryton; David Miller, vi; Fortunato Arico, vc
      HAYDN, J.: Baryton Trios - Vol. 2

      ASV CDGAU-109

      4:14 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: London Trio No. 1 in C, H IV:1

      Laurel Zucker, f; Renée Siebert, f; Samuel Magill, vc
      Haydn London Trios & Divertimentos with Laurel Zucker, Renee Siebert, Shirien Taylor, and Samuel Magill

      Cantilena Records 66013-2

      4:23 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in E-Flat, H XV:36

      Munich Piano Trio
      Joseph Haydn

      Orfeo C-117051-A

      4:34 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "Cro Challin," H XXXIa:253a

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn: Scottish Songs, Vol. 3

      Brilliant Classics 93059/5 (5)

      4:36 am

      Don Gillis: "Encore" Concerto

      Alan Feinberg, p; Albany Sym Orch/David Alan Miller
      Gillis: Symphony X

      Albany TROY-391

      4:53 am

      Stephen Foster: "Byerly's Waltz"

      Paula Robison, f
      By the Old Pine Tree

      Arabesque Z-6679

      5:00 am

      Eric Coates: The Merrymakers Overture

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
      Eric Coates

      Marco Polo 8.223445

      5:04 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Variations sérieuses" in d, Op 54

      Jan Lisiecki, p
      Felix Mendelssohn

      DG 4836471

      5:16 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      No. 10, "Almost Too Serious"

      Canadian Brass
      Carnaval

      Opening Day ODR-7438

      5:18 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67

      Philharmonia Orch/Christian Thielemann
      Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Symphony No. 7 in A Major

      DG 449981-2

      5:54 am

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

      Deller Consort
      The English Madrigal School

      Vanguard OVC-2533/34 (2)

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:04 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in G, Wq 183/4

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      CPE Bach and Beethoven Symphonies

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902420

      6:14 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314

      I. "Allegro aperto"

      Ray Still, ob; Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3, Bassoon Concerto, Oboe Concerto; Haydn: Trumpet Concerto

      DG 415104-2

      6:23 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Valse Caprice" No. 1 in A, Op. 30

      Michael Houstoun, p
      trois

      Rattle RAT-D075

      6:31 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Cortège"

      Turku Phil Orch/Leif Segerstam
      Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast, Overture in E major, Scène de ballet, Cortège, Menuetto

      Naxos 8.573300

      6:38 am

      Anonymous 14th-century Italian: "Istampita Ghaetta"

      Newberry Consort
      The Newberry Consort * Puzzles and Perfect Beauty

      Newberry 2004

      6:46 am

      Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: "Polish Bagpipes"

      Quicksilver
      Fantasticus: Extravagant and Virtuosic Music of the German Seventeenth Century

      Acis APL-94710

      6:53 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 19

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Molto allegro"

      Murray Perahia, p; Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Beethoven* - Murray Perahia, Concertgebouw Orchestra*, Bernard Haitink - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

      CBS MK-42177

      7:04 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Jubel" Overture, Op. 59

      Philharmonia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
      Weber: Overtures

      EMI CDM7-69572-2

      7:12 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio"

      Philip Setzer, v; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p
      Dvořák: Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4

      ArtistLed 11201-2

      7:23 am

      Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

      Celia Nicklin, ob; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Barber, Ives, Copland

      Argo 417818-2

      7:32 am

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D, "Titan"

      II. "Kräftig bewegt"

      New York Phil/Bruno Walter
      Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn

      Sony MHK-63328

      7:39 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Flute Quintet in C, G 439

      I. "Allegro vivace"

      Rampal, f; R Pasquier, v; B Pasquier, vi; Pidoux & Sternat, vc's
      Roland Pidoux, cello,
      Luigi Boccherini: Flute Quintets

      Sony SK-62679

      7:47 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of My Old Age)," Vol VII

      "Petite Polka Chinoise"

      Jenny Lin, p
      Chinoiserie

      BIS CD-1110

      7:53 am

      Anton Arensky: Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 2

      Scherzo-Finale: "Allegro molto"

      Stephen Coombs, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Jerzy Maksymiuk
      Arensky & Bortkiewicz: Piano Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-66624

      8:04 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Romance of the Prairie Lilies," Op. 39

      RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper
      Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite

      Naxos 8.555191

      8:11 am

      Franz Schubert: Octet in F, D 803

      IV. Andante and Variations

      S Meyer, cl; B Schneider, hn; D Jensen, bn; K E Sundquist, db; Modigliani Quartet
      Knut Erik Sundquist, double bass,
      Schubert: Octet

      Mirare MIR-438

      8:24 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Allegro appassionato," Op. 70

      Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo
      Saint-Saëns: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

      Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2)

      8:30 am

      Charles Ives: Variations on "America"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Morton Gould
      Chicago Symphony Orchestra: The Centennial Collection

      RCA 60206-2-RG (3)

      8:38 am

      Manuel Infante: "Danses Andalouses"

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's
      ¡España!

      Philips 438938-2

      8:54 am

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 in D minor

      III. "Juba"

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

      DG 4865137

      9:04 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"

      Chorus, "Gloria all'Egitto" (Triumphal Scene)

      Royal Opera House Cho & Orch/Lamberto Gardelli
      The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

      Warner 50999082826

      9:12 am

      Pablo Casals: "Sant Martí del Canigó"

      Barcelona Cellists/Lluis Claret
      Music at the Time of Picasso

      Valois V-4780

      9:20 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivace"

      Emmanuel Despax, p; Chineke! Chamber Ensemble
      Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (String Quintet Versions)

      Signum SIGCD-700

      9:30 am

      Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio in E-Flat, Op. 40

      II. Scherzo: "Allegro"

      Jenő Keveházi, hn; Ildikó Hegyi, v; Jenő Jandó, p
      Heroic Horn: Best Loved Classical Music

      Naxos 8.578177

      9:38 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Straussiana" (1953)

      Northwest German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
      Korngold: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

      CPO 999146-2

      9:46 am

      Paul Bowles: "Music for a Farce"

      Chicago Pro Musica
      The Medinah Sessions

      Reference RR-2102 (2)

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:01 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E, BWV 1016

      Yuuko Shiokawa, v; András Schiff, p
      Bach / Busoni / Beethoven

      ECM 2510

      10:19 am

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Selva morale e spirituale"

      "Beatus vir" (Psalm 112)

      Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
      Saint Mark & Venice

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2908546.47

      10:27 am

      Jules Massenet: Orchestral Suite No. 5, "Scènes napolitaines"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce
      Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4 - 7

      Naxos 8.553125

      10:40 am

      John Williams: "The Cowboys"

      Suite

      Dallas Winds/Jerry Junkin
      John Williams: At the Movies

      Reference RR-142

      10:51 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in E-flat minor

      Till Fellner, p
      Das wohltemperierte Klavier

      ECM 1853/54 (2)

      11:02 am

      Leo Brouwer: "Cuban Landscape with Rain"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      El Amor Brujo

      GHA 126001

      11:09 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Horn Concerto in F, R. 539

      Anneke Scott & Jocelyn Lightfoot, hn's; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Vivaldi x2

      Avie AV-2392

      11:18 am

      Darius Milhaud: "La Cheminée du roi René," Op. 205

      Reykjavik Wind Quintet
      French Wind Music

      Chandos CHAN-9362

      11:32 am

      Alberto Nepomuceno: "Suíte antiga," Op. 11

      English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson
      Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

      Naxos 8.574405

      11:46 am

      Claude Debussy: "Pour le piano"

      Ivan Moravec, p
      Ivan Moravec Plays French Keyboard Masterpieces

      VAI VAIA-1043 (2)

      12:01 pm

      Elliott Carter: "Pastoral" for Clarinet and Piano (1945)

      John Bruce Yeh, cl; Easley Blackwood, p
      Chicago Pro Musica - Early Chamber Works by Elliott Carter

      Cedille CDR-90000048

      12:11 pm

      Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      The Berlin Album

      DG 471627-2 (2)

      12:22 pm

      Michael Haydn: Symphony in B-Flat, P 52

      Oradea Phil Orch/Ervin Acél
      Michael Haydn: Symphonies

      Olympia OCD-404

      12:39 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 72

      Nos. 2-4

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's
      Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 and 72

      Philips 426264-2

      12:54 pm

      Burt Bacharach: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

      "South American Getaway"

      Berlin Phil Cellists
      South American Getaway

      EMI CDC5-56981-2

      1:00 pm

      Benjamin Britten: "Gloriana," Op. 53

      Courtly Dances

      Royal Phil Orch/André Previn
      Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf; Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Gloriana Courtly Dances

      Telarc CD-80126

      1:12 pm

      Joaquín Turina: Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76

      Lincoln Trio
      Turina * Chamber Music for Strings and Piano * Lincoln Trio

      Cedille CDR-90000150 (2)

      1:29 pm

      Frederick Delius: "A Village Romeo and Juliet"

      "The Walk to the Paradise Garden"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson
      Made in Britain

      Avie AV-2194

      1:38 pm

      Johann Melchior Molter: "Concerto pastorale" in G

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Noël

      Analekta AN2-8730

      1:51 pm

      Einojuhani Rautavaara: "Notturno e Danza"

      Johan Dalene, v; Christian Ihle Hadland, p
      Nordic Rhapsody

      BIS 2560

      2:00 pm

      Franz Schubert: 16 German Dances, D 783

      Alfred Brendel, p
      The Art of Alfred Brendel Vol. 3 - Schubert

      Philips 446923-2 (5)

      2:11 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36

      National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies

      National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0013

      2:45 pm

      Ola Gjeilo: "Second Eve"

      Voces8
      Eventide

      Decca 4785703

      2:52 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Siege of Corinth"

      Air de danse No. 1

      Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Rossini: Ballet Music

      Philips 422843-2

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Mikhail Glinka: "A Life for the Tsar"

      Three Dances

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Mikhail Glinka: Symphonic Operatic Excerpts

      Melodiya SUCD-1000166

      3:17 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 5 in D, K. 175

      Robert Levin, o; Academy of Ancient Music/Laurence Cummings
      Mozart: Piano Concertos K 107, 175, 336

      AAM Records 042

      3:41 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Valses nobles et sentimentales"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Ravel: Boléro, Rapsodie espagnole, Alborada del gracioso, La valse, Valse nobles et sentimentales

      Telarc CD-80171

      3:57 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Humoresque in G, Op. 10, No. 2

      Chicago Sym Orch Wind Quintet
      Encore! - Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet

      Audiophile AP-17

      4:00 pm

      Jacques Ibert: Flute Concerto

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Zürich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman
      Ibert, Khachaturian: Flute Concertos

      EMI CDC5-57563-2

      4:22 pm

      Jacques Offenbach: "Orpheus in the Underworld"

      "Ballet pastoral"

      Philharmonia Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Offenbach: Can Can, Overtures & Ballets: Original Versions

      Philips 422057-2

      4:32 pm

      Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor, "Devil's Trill"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; David Schrader, hc; John Mark Rozendaal, vc
      Instrument of the Devil

      Cedille CDR-90000041

      4:49 pm

      Ruth Gipps: "Ambarvalia"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Charles Peebles
      Piano Concertos by Dora Bright and Ruth Gipps

      Somm SOMMCD-273

      4:57 pm

      Leroy Anderson: "The Syncopated Clock"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Leroy Anderson Favorites

      RCA 68048-2

      5:00 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Konzertstück" in F, Op. 86

      Owen, Parkes, Frank-Gemmill & Willis, hn's; BBC Phil/John Wilson
      Sarah Willis, horn,
      Martin Owen Plays Strauss, Schumann, Weber

      Chandos CHAN-20168

      5:18 pm

      Cecilia McDowall: "God is light"

      Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/Stephen Layton
      Cecilia McDowall: Choral Music

      Hyperion CDA-68251

      5:24 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

      Forlane

      Cécile Ousset, p
      Ravel: The Two Piano Concertos, Le tombeau de Couperin

      EMI CDC7-54158-2

      5:30 pm

      Bedřich Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Mendelssohn, Smetana: Piano Trios

      Philips 432125-2

      6:00 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

      IV. Finale

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir George Solti
      Brahms: Symphony No. 1

      Decca 414458-2

      6:19 pm

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      Nash Ensemble/Martyn Brabbins
      Warlock: The Curlew, Capriol, Serenade & Songs

      Hyperion CDA-66938

      6:30 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Macbeth," Op. 23

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Strauss Alliance

      DG 4862040

      6:51 pm

      Scott Joplin: "Solace" (A Mexican Serenade)

      William Albright, p
      The Complete Rags of Scott Joplin

      Musicmasters 7061-2-C (2)

      6:57 pm

      Scott Joplin: "The Entertainer"

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      American Voices

      Centaur CRC-3159

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Caucasian Sketches From the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea

      This week’s journey starts in Armenia and Azerbaijan, continues through Georgia and Ukraine, and ends on the western banks of the Black Sea with composers including Giya Kancheli, Aram Khachaturian, and Richard Yardumian.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Fauré "La Bonne Chanson," Op. 61; Meigui Zhang, s; A Sussmann & P Huang, v's; M Lipman, vi; D Requiro, vc; T Cobb, db; G Chien, p; Brahms "Liebeslieder Walzer," Op. 52; S Phillips, s; T Mumford, ms; N Phan, t; N Gunn, br; S Knauer & AM McDermott, p.

      11:00 pm