Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Claude Debussy: Waltz, "La plus que lente"

      I Salonisti
      The Last Dance: Music for a Vanishing Era (The Music Heard on the Fateful Voyage of the Titanic)

      RCA-DHM 77377-2

      12:05 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Tyrolean Valse-Fantaisie," Op 116

      Alan Feinberg, p
      The American Virtuoso

      Argo 436121-2

      12:14 am

      Arthur Foote: "Four Character Pieces after the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám", Op 48

      Royal Phil/Karl Krueger
      American Tone Poems

      Our Musical Past OMP-105

      12:33 am

      Jean Cras: "Robaiyat de Omar Khayyam" (1924)

      #5, "Serviteurs, n'apportez pas les lampes"

      Georgine Resick, s; Warren Jones, p
      Vision Interieures

      Bridge 9168-A/B (2)

      12:35 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046

      Age of Enlightenment Orch
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

      Virgin 90747-2 (2)

      12:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807

      Allemande

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 English Suites

      Naive V-8828

      1:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 380 (L 23)

      Ida Presti, g; Alexandre LaGoya, g
      Essential Guitar - 34 Guitar Masterpieces

      London 470477-2 (2)

      1:05 am

      Alessandro A. Scarlatti: Oratorio, "Agar et Ismaele Esiliati"

      Sinfonia

      Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone
      Alessandro Scarlatti * Il Giardino di Rose * Sinfonie & Harpsichord Concertos

      London 470650-2

      1:10 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in f, Kk 239 (L 281)

      Hédi Salànki, hc

      Price-Less D-16565

      1:12 am

      Jules Massenet: "Cigale"

      National Phil/Richard Bonynge
      Massenet: Cigale, Valse Tres Lente

      London 425413-2 (2)

      1:55 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Song, "La cigale et la fourmi"

      François Le Roux, br; Graham Johnson, p
      Songs By Camille Saint-Saëns

      Hyperion CDA-66856

      2:00 am

      Laura Zaerr: "River Right Rhumba" (2016)

      Emily Granger, h
      In Transit

      Avie AV-2495

      2:05 am

      Paul Creston: "Rumba-Tarantella" (1964)

      Quattro Mani
      Hallelujah Junction

      Bridge 9552

      2:08 am

      Arthur Benjamin: "Jamaican Rhumba"

      Isaac Stern, v; Orch/Milton Katims
      Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Encores With Orchestra

      Sony SMK-64537

      2:10 am

      Franz Liszt: "Venezia e Napoli" (1859)

      Finale, "Tarantella"

      Dmitry Paperno, p
      Recordings by a Moscow Pianist

      Cedille CDR-90000037

      2:18 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56, "Scottish"

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Mendelssohn Discoveries * Symphony No 3 * Piano Concerto No 3 * Prosseda

      London 4781525

      2:54 am

      Carl Loewe: "Der Bergmann," Op. 39

      No. 1, "Im Schlacht der Adern"

      Christoph Prégardien, t; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      3:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

      Andante

      Mikhail Pletnev, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Mikhail Pletnev

      Philips 456931-2 (2)

      3:04 am

      Arnold Bax: "The Truth About the Russian Dancers" Incidental Music

      Part 1

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: The Truth about the Russian Dances/ From Dusk Till Dawn

      Chandos CHAN-8863

      3:27 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

      Danse des Pages

      Mikhail Pletnev, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Mikhail Pletnev

      Philips 456931-2 (2)

      3:29 am

      Marcel Tournier: "Vers la source dans le bois"

      Rita Costanzi, h
      Of Fields & Forests

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1119

      3:34 am

      François Boieldieu: Harp Concerto in C (in Three Tempi)

      Marisa Robles, h; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Harp Concertos

      London 425723-2

      3:54 am

      John Dowland: "Go christall teares"

      Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      His Majesty's Harper - Fancies & Farewells, Airs & Dances

      RCA-DHM 77504-2

      4:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Samson"

      Aria, "Let the Bright Seraphim"

      Kathleen Battle, s; Wynton Marsalis, tr; Orch of St Luke's/John Nelson
      Baroque Duet

      Sony SK-46672

      4:05 am

      Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale for Viola and Clarinet

      Patricia McCarty, vi; Peter Hadcock, cl
      Music For Viola

      Northeastern NR-212-CD

      4:20 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Notturno"

      Betty Ann Miller, p
      Music By Maria Hester Park, Marie Bigot And Fanny Mendelsshon Hensel

      Centaur CRC-2320

      4:26 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op 7

      #3, "Frühling (Spring)"

      Susan Gritton, s, Eugene Asti, p
      Fanny Mendelssohn: Lieder

      Hyperion CDA-67110

      4:27 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in c, Op 11

      Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5. Reformation, Symphony No. 1.

      London CS-7038

      4:55 am

      Fernando Sor: "Huit pièces pour guitare seule"

      #6, Menuet in F

      David Starobin, g
      Fernando Sor: Les Plus Belles Pages

      Bridge 9166

      5:00 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Les Nuits d'Été," Op. 7

      #5, "Au cimitiére"

      Measha Brueggergosman, s; Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi
      Extase

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5236

      5:05 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Rob Roy" Overture

      Brno State Phil/Petr Vronsky
      Berlioz: Corsaire Overture Op21; Benvenuto Cellini H76

      Supraphon 110388-2

      5:19 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Twelve Etudes for Guitar (1928)

      No. 2 in A, Allegro

      Narciso Yepes, g
      Guitar Concertos, 12 Etudes

      DG 423700-2

      5:20 am

      Carl Czerny: Fantasia, op 256

      Huntingdon Trio
      Collage: The Huntingdon Trio

      Leonarda LE-325

      5:35 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, Op 80 "(Choral Fantasy)"

      Levin, Monteverdi Cho, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/J E Gardine
      Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor'- Choral Fantasy

      DG Archiv 447771-2

      5:53 am

      Carl Czerny: Etudes, Op 740

      #8 in a

      Hans Kann, p
      Czerny: Op. 345, 35, 33 & 92

      MHS 973

      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.

      6:03 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1053

      III. Finale, "Allegro"

      Beatrice Rana, p; Amsterdam Sinfonietta
      Bach: Concertos

      Warner 2173243358

      6:10 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio in G minor

      Gautier Capuçon, vc; Paris Chamber Orch/Adrien Perruchon
      Emotions

      Erato B08CJTWP7P

      6:20 am

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      6:31 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Morgenblätter," Op. 279

      Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky
      50x Waltz

      Decca 4787305

      6:41 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5 in A, Op. 18, No. 5

      I. "Allegro"

      Jerusalem Quartet
      Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18

      Harmonia Mundi HMC 902207.08 (2)

      6:51 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"

      III. "Scherzo: Molto vivace"

      Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi
      Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'

      Decca 414421-2

      7:04 am

      Nicola Matteis: Suite in D minor

      Arcadian Academy/Nicholas McGegan
      Matteis: Ayres for the Violin

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907067

      7:12 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Chopin: PIano Concerto No. 2; Scherzi

      DG 4860435

      7:23 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

      Overture

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss
      American Festival

      Pro Arte CDD-102

      7:31 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "Overture di Ballo"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      7:44 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Danças características africanas"

      Brazilian Guitar Quartet
      Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos

      Delos DE-3409

      7:56 am

      Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: "The Jewels of the Madonna"

      Intermezzo

      Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
      Jewels of the Classics

      RCA 61935-2

      8:03 am

      George Harrison: "Taxman"

      Andrew Owens, t; Theo Hoffman, br; Steven Blier, p; ensemble
      Alex Levine, guitar,
      Sam Weber, double bass,
      Schubert Beatles

      NYFOS Records 198622719254

      8:07 am

      George Gershwin: "Lullaby"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      American Adagios

      Telarc CD-80503

      8:16 am

      Michael Torke: "Unseen"

      No. 7

      East Coast Chamber Orch; Michael Torke Orch/Michael Torke
      Unseen - Michael Torke

      Ecstatic Records ER-092402

      8:24 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Four Roman Sketches," Op. 7

      No. 1, "The White Peacock"

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, The White Peacock, Three Tone Pictures, Poem

      Naxos 8.559164

      8:31 am

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in F, S 233

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      8:41 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Wind Divertimento No. 14 in B-Flat, K. 270

      Orpheus Chamber Orch members
      Mozart: Serenata Notturna, Divertimenti

      DG 415669-2

      9:03 am

      Franz Schubert: Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F, D 487

      Kodály Quartet members; Jenő Jandó, p
      Schubert: Piano Quintet, 'Trout'

      Naxos 8.550658

      9:19 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Hungarian Rondo"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Summer Evening

      DG 447109-2

      9:31 am

      Jan Koetsier: Brass Symphony, Op. 80

      TenThing
      tenThing - 10

      EMI 88326-2

      9:47 am

      Cecil Coles: "From the Scottish Highlands"

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
      Coles: Music from Behind the Lines

      Hyperion CDA-67293

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz No. 1 in D, Op. 47

      Bamberg Sym/Neeme Järvi
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 2 & Concert Waltz No. 1

      Orfeo C-148101-A

      10:09 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Cantique de Jean Racine," Op. 11

      Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      Fauré: Requiem (1893 Version) and Other Choral Music

      Collegium COLCD-109

      10:17 am

      Clara Schumann: Piano Sonata in G minor

      Inna Faliks, p
      The Schumann Project

      MSR Classics MS-1763

      10:39 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "La Cetra" Concerto No. 3 in G minor, R. 334

      Monica Huggett, v; Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer
      Vivaldi: La Cetra Op. 9

      Virgin 61246-2 (2)

      10:50 am

      Michael Torke: "Javelin"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      Summon the Heroes

      Sony SK-62592

      11:00 am

      Elie Siegmeister: "Western Suite"

      I. "Prairie Morning"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Americana: 20th Century Works for Orchestra

      Vox ACD-8155

      11:07 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)"

      Chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

      Simone Dinnerstein, p
      Bach: A Strange Beauty * Simone Dinnerstein

      Sony 81742-2

      11:11 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf," BWV 617

      Baroklyn/Simone Dinnerstein, p
      Complicité

      Supertrain Records STR-075

      11:17 am

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

      Heinz Holliger, ob; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 9 - Wind Concertos

      Philips 422509-2 (5)

      11:38 am

      Efraín Oscher: "Rapsodia latina"

      I. "Guajira;" II. "Bolero"

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Paris Chamber Orch/Sascha Goetzel
      Winter Gardens

      Warner 2173241838

      11:50 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Gran Quintetto," Op. 65

      III. "Polonaise"

      Emanuele Segre, g; I Pomeriggi Musicali/Carlo Boccadoro
      Italian Guitar Concertos

      Delos DE-3546

      12:01 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Rákóczy March"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Hi-Fi Fiedler

      RCA 67895-2

      12:08 pm

      Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata da camera in C, Op. 2, No. 3

      Purcell Quartet
      Corelli: Sonatas for Strings Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-0516

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Cellist Julia-Hyunji Lee and pianist Andrew Barnwell perform music by Robert Schumann, Nadia Boulanger, Beethoven, and Price, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      12:56 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, "Gran Partita"

      VII. Finale, "Molto allegro"

      German Wind Soloists/Richard Edlinger
      Festival! Music selected by WFMT

      WFMT (Spring 2025 Festival)

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:01 pm

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      Suite, "Catfish Row"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Porgy and Bess Suite & Grand Canyon Suite

      Telarc CD-80086

      1:28 pm

      Paul Pabst: Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky "Sleeping Beauty"

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough's New Piano Album

      Hyperion CDA-67043

      1:36 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 72

      Nos. 4-6

      Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Dvořák Slavonic Dances

      Decca 4789458

      1:50 pm

      César Franck: "Les Éolides" ("The Breezes")

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Franck: Les Eolides, Symphonic Variations, Symphony in D minor

      Chandos CHAN-9875

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Cécile Chaminade: Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor, Op. 11

      Neave Trio
      A Room of Her Own

      Chandos CHAN-20238

      2:24 pm

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Steal Away"

      Imani Winds
      Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

      Koch 3-7599-2

      2:32 pm

      Zdeněk Fibich: "Impressions from the Countryside," Op 54

      "Fireside Talk"

      Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
      Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1

      Naxos 8.572985

      2:40 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Shh, it’s a Secret — Musical Cryptograms

      Musicians have long been told that their minds are similar to those of mathematicians. This week, we'll discover and decipher codes, messages, and meanings hidden within pieces of classical music. Some of these messages were encoded for the fun of the puzzle, while others held deep, painful meanings. Composers such as JS Bach, Edward Elgar, and Alban Berg delighted in tucking these musical enigmas into their masterpieces.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Codex Calixtinus

      Under the direction of Marcel Pérès, Ensemble Organum performs music for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela from the Codex Calixtinus, a twelfth-century manuscript preserved at the Cathedral of Santiago.