Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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      Playlist for Wednesday, February 18, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Max Richter: "In the Garden"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Pulsations

      Analekta AN2- 8748

      12:05 am

      Frederick Delius: "In a Summer Garden"

      Welsh National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras
      Brigg Fair / In a Summer Garden / The Walk to the Paradise Garden / North Country Sketches

      Argo 430202-2

      12:19 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "From Grandmother's Garden," Op 97

      #1, "Morning Glories"

      Joanne Polk, p
      Fire - Flies

      Arabesque Z-6721

      12:20 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Piano Quartet #1 in D, Op 23

      Domus
      Dvorak: Piano Quartets Op. 23 & 87

      Hyperion CDA-66287

      12:54 am

      Jules Massenet: "Le Cid" (1885)

      "Aragonaise"

      Hollywood Bowl Orch/Carmen Dragon

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63734-2

      1:00 am

      Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D

      Tafelmusik
      Reference Classics: First Sampling

      Reference Recordings RR-13-CD

      1:05 am

      Leo Weiner: Serenade for small orchestra, Op 3

      Budapest Festival Orch/Sir Georg Solti

      London 458929-2

      1:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 567

      No. 5 in A

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Mozart: Deutsche Tänze

      Sony SK-46696

      1:27 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6

      Maxine Eilander, h; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      A Baroque Feast

      Analekta AN2-9811

      1:39 am

      Marin Marais: "Alcyone"

      Suite

      Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon

      Tafelmusik Media TMK-1020 (DVD & CD)

      1:55 am

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

      "Courante"

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      Rameau: Complete Harpsichord Works

      Brilliant 93903 (3)

      2:00 am

      Mana-Zucca: "Southland Zephyrs," Op. 72, No. 1

      Nanette Kaplan Solomon, p
      Badinage: The Piano Music of Mana-Zucca

      Albany TROY-1580

      2:05 am

      César Franck: "Les Éolides"

      New York Phil/Kurt Masur

      Teldec 74863-2

      2:16 am

      Jean Sibelius: "En Saga," Op. 9

      Swedish Radio Sym/Mikko Franck
      Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22, etc.

      Ondine ODE-953-2

      2:36 am

      William Schuman: "Mail-Order Madrigals" (1971)

      #1, Attention, Ladies!

      Gregg Smith Singers/Gregg Smith

      Vox CD3X-3037 (3)

      2:38 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      Vera Gornostaeva, p
      Discovering a Legend - Vol. IV

      LP Classics 1012

      2:55 am

      Robert Schumann: "Lieder-Album für die Jugend," Op. 79

      No. 1, "Abendstern"

      Ann Murray, ms; Felicity Lott, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 9

      Hyperion CDJ-33109

      3:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Pieces, Op. 72

      #5, "Meditation"

      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano

      Decca 4834417 (10)

      3:05 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in d, Op. 40

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Martha Argerich, p
      Maisky and Argerich: In Concert

      DG B0004047-02

      3:30 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2 (Suite for Promenade Orchestra) (1938)

      No. 5, Little Polka

      Russian State Sym Orch/Dmitri Yablonsky
      Shostakovich * Jazz Suites Nos 1 and 2

      Naxos 6.110104

      3:32 am

      Willem de Fesch: Concerto #4 in D

      Musica Ad Rhenum
      VI Concerti Opera Quinta

      NM Classics 92054

      3:40 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in d, Op. 6, No. 10

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      DG 471758-2 (3)

      3:55 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 8 in G

      Gigue

      Anthony Newman, hc
      The Eight Great Suites for Harpsichord

      Newport Classic NCD-60047

      4:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 2nd Year, Italy (1837-49)

      No. 6, "Sonetto 123 del Petrarca"

      Jerome Lowenthal, p
      Franz Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage (Complete)

      Bridge 9307-A/C (3)

      4:05 am

      Franz Hasenöhrl: "Till Eulenspiegel Einmal Anders!"

      OSM Chamber Soloists

      Analekta AN2-8788

      4:14 am

      Richard Strauss: "Don Juan," Op. 20

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Also Sprach Zarathustra / Till Eulenspiegel / Don Juan

      London 414043-2

      4:31 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Don Juan" Ballet

      "Allegro forte risoluto"

      English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Don Juan (Il Convitato Di Pietra) Ballet

      Apex 89233-2

      4:33 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite in g, BWV 995

      Sharon Isbin, g
      Bach for Guitar

      Erato 825646175185

      4:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Inventions, BWV 772/86; Sinfonias, BWV 787/801

      No. 12 in A

      Arthur Dobrucki, p
      Bach: Inventions, Sinfonias

      Azure Hills Music0

      5:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Mitridate, ré di Ponto," K. 87

      Aria, "In faccia all'oggetto"

      Elzbieta Szmytka, s; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

      Philips 422523-2 (8)

      5:05 am

      Johann Wenzel Stamitz: Symphony in D, Op 3/2

      New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
      Jan Stamitz

      Naxos 8.553194

      5:15 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Aria, "Un moto di gioia," K. 579

      Kathleen Battle, s; Royal Phil/André Previn
      Mozart: Arias

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47355-2

      5:17 am

      Ernest Chausson: Piano Quartet in A, Op 30

      Les Musiciens
      Chausson

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901115

      5:55 am

      Charles Gounod: Six Preludes and Fugues

      Prelude in C

      Roberto Prosseda, p
      Gounod Piano Works

      London 4816956

      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

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Pianist Yeontaek Oh performs music by Robert and Clara Schumann, 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

      Johannes Brahms, Part I

      The first of a two-week biography exploring the music and life of a defining voice of the German Romantic Era. In his formative years as a pianist, Brahms befriends Robert and Clara Schumann, and with their support and later with the violinist Joseph Joachim, develops his musical voice. Topics includes Brahms’s struggles to publish symphonies on the heels of Beethoven and writing the German Requiem.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Bach’s Mass in B minor

      Nicholas Kraemer leads the Czech Philharmonic, Collegium Vocale 1704, and vocal soloists in Bach's monumental masterpiece. Recorded live in concert January 24, 2025, in Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague.