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      Playlist for Thursday, November 5, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Rondo in G, Wq 56/3

      Ana-Marija Markovina, p
      CPE Bach Edition

      Brilliant Classics HC-21100 (60)

      12:05 am

      Kodály, Zoltán: "Hungarian Rondo" (1917)

      Christopher Warren-Green, v; Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt
      Kodaly: Symphony, Summer Evening & Hungarian Rondo

      ASV CDDCA-924

      12:14 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Rondo in B-Flat, WoO 6

      Boris Giltburg, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko
      Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

      Naxos 8.574151

      12:24 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No. 15 in C, K. 545

      "Rondo"

      András Schiff, p
      Piano Sonatas (KV333 - KV545 - KV457, Fantasia KV475)

      London 417149-2

      12:26 am

      Franck, César: Violin Sonata in A

      Shauna Rolston, vc; Menahem Pressler, p
      Faure: Sonata No. 1/ Franck: Sonata In A Major

      Summit DCD-109

      12:55 am

      Scarlatti, Domenico: Clavier Sonata in e, Kk 98 (L 325)

      Hédi Salànki, hc

      Price-Less D-16565

      1:00 am

      Granados, Enrique: "Goyescas"

      Intermezzo

      Chicago Sym/Fritz Reiner
      Spain

      RCA 62586-2

      1:05 am

      Granados, Enrique: "Valses poéticos"

      Stephen Marchionda, g
      Granados:La guitarra poética

      MD&G Recordings 903 2009-6

      1:22 am

      Montsalvatge, Xavier: "Cinco canciones negras"

      #5, "Canto negro"

      Marisa Martins, ms; Mac McClure, p

      Columna Musica 1CM-0080

      1:23 am

      Price, Florence: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D

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

      Naxos 8.559952

      1:54 am

      Price, Florence: Preludes (1926-52)

      No. 5

      Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
      Scenes in Tin Can Alley

      Blue Griffin BGR-615

      2:00 am

      Schubert, Franz: "Moments musicaux," D 780

      No. 4

      Adam Laloum, p
      Schubert D.959 and Moments Musicaux

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902386

      2:05 am

      Schubert, Franz: "Der Spiegelritter", D 11

      Overture

      Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Paul Angerer

      Pantheon D-07116

      2:14 am

      Bürde, Jeannette Antonie: Song, "Der Berghirt"

      Stella Doufexis, ms; Graham Johnson, p
      Songs By Schubert's Friends and Contemporaries

      Hyperion CDJ-33051/3 (3)

      2:17 am

      Kraus, Josef Martin: "Soliman II"

      "Roxelane's March" (ballet)

      Swedish Royal Opera Orch/Philip Brunelle
      Kraus: Soliman II * A Gustavian Turkish Opera * Royal Opera of Sweden

      Virgin 91496-2

      2:19 am

      Stenhammar, Wilhelm: Serenade in F, Op 3

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Stig Westerberg

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65081-2

      2:54 am

      Couperin, François: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-17): 8e ordre in b

      "La Morinete"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      3:00 am

      Rossini, Gioachino: "William Tell"

      Aria, "Selva opaca"

      Katia Ricciarelli, s; Lyon Opéra Orch/Gabriele Ferro
      Rossini: Arias

      Virgin 91484-2

      3:05 am

      Rossini, Gioachino: "William Tell"

      Overture

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      Toscanini Conducts Light Classics

      RCA 6205-2-RC

      3:17 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Années de pèlerinage:" 1st Year, Switzerland (1848-54)

      No. 4, "Au bord d'une source"

      Leslie Howard, p

      Hyperion CDA-67026

      3:21 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Années de pèlerinage:" 1st Year, Switzerland (1848-54)

      No. 5, "Orage"

      Muza Rubackyte, p

      Lyrinx LYR-2216 (3)

      3:26 am

      Schubert, Franz: Song, "Schweizerlied", D 559

      Edith Mathis, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 21

      Hyperion CDJ-33021

      3:27 am

      Honegger, Arthur: Symphony #4, "Deliciae Basilienses" (1946)

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch
      Honegger: Symphonie No. 2 "Pour Cordes", Symphonie No. 4 "Deliciæ Basilienses"

      Erato ECD-88178

      3:54 am

      Honegger, Arthur: "Chanson de Ronsard" (1924)

      Claudia Patacca, s; Nicholas Ross, p
      Honegger: Melodies & Chansons

      Centaur CRC-3151/3152 (2)

      4:00 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Rondo in C, Op 51/1

      Jenö Jandó, p
      Beethoven Complete Edition

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      4:05 am

      Berlioz, Hector: "Les francs-juges," Op. 3

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Les Francs-juges

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49889-2

      4:17 am

      Berlioz, Hector: "Les Troyens"

      March for the Arrival of the Queen (Act IV)

      Covent Garden Orch/Colin Davis
      Berlioz * Complete Orchestral Music

      Philips 456143-2 (6)

      4:18 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quintet in C, Op 29

      Fine Arts Quartet
      Beethoven Complete Edition

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      4:55 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Song, "Cara selve, o cara," WoO 119

      Hermann Prey, br; Leonard Hokanson, p
      Beethoven: Complete Edition

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      5:00 am

      Brahms, Johannes: "Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)" Op. 45

      IV. "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (How lovely are thy dwellings)"

      King's College Cho Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury

      EMI/Ang CDC3-66948-2

      5:05 am

      Brahms, Johannes: Piano Sonata #1 in C, Op 1

      Norman Krieger, p

      London 4814871

      5:35 am

      Plog, Anthony: Fanfare

      Anthony Plog, tr; Russell Kidd, tr

      Crystal S-362

      5:37 am

      Vivaldi, Antonio: Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R 537

      Maurice André, Bernard Soustrot, tr; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47012-2

      5:44 am

      Vivaldi, Antonio: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 8, RV 294, "Spring"

      Luka Sulic, vc; Santa Cecilia Academy Orch
      Le Quattro Stagioni, The Four Seasons, Die Vier Jahreszeiten, Concerto Per L'Orchestra Di Dresda

      Sony 98635-2

      5:54 am

      Argento, Dominick: "Songs About Spring"

      #4, "in Spring comes"

      Patrice Michaels Bedi, s; Elizabeth Buccheri, p
      Songs by Argento & Vaughan Williams

      Cedille CDR-90000029

      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

      Francesco Geminiani: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 2, No. 4

      Capella Istropolitana/Jaroslav Krček
      Geminiani: Concerti Grossi, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.553019

      6:12 am

      Antonio Rosetti: Symphony in D, M.A12

      1st mvt, "Allegro moderato"

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Rosetti: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9567

      6:20 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Roses from the South," Op. 388

      Diabolicus/Dietrich Henschel
      A nos amours

      Naïve AM-137

      6:31 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Bohemian-Danish Folk Melody"

      Danish National Sym Orch/Herbert Blomstedt
      Carl Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 "The Four Temperaments"; Bohemian-Danish Folk Tune

      EMI CDM5-65306-2

      6:41 am

      Kemal Belevi: "Suite Chypre"

      Silvia Grasso, v; Livio Grasso, g
      Belevi: Cypriana - Works for Violin & Guitar

      Naxos 8.579104

      6:53 am

      Claude Debussy: Two Arabesques

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Debussy: Preludes (Livres I Et II): The Complete Works For Solo Piano Vol. I / Jean-Yves Thibaudet

      Decca 452022-2 (2)

      7:04 am

      Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber

      IV. Finale, "Marcia"

      San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
      Hindemith: Mathis Der Maler, Symphonic Metamorphosis, Trauermusik

      Decca 421523-2

      7:09 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Sextet, Op. 70, "Souvenir de Florence"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio e vivace"

      Nash Ensemble
      Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets

      Hyperion CDA-68406

      7:18 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Mandolin Concerto in G, R. 532

      Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch/Alon Sariel, m
      Art of the Mandolin

      DG 4838534

      7:32 am

      Claude Debussy: "L'isle joyeuse"

      Walter Gieseking, p
      BBC Legends: Walter Gieseking

      BBC Music BBCL-4030-2

      7:39 am

      Richard Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59

      First Waltz Sequence

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt
      Richard Strauss: Complete Tone Poems and Concertos

      Decca 4786480

      7:53 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, Op. 53, "Heroic"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      The Chopin I Love

      Decca 466357-2

      8:03 am

      Edward Elgar: "Caractacus," Op. 35

      Triumphal March

      Royal Phil Orch/Yehudi Menuhin
      Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, etc.

      Virgin 91175-2

      8:12 am

      William Grant Still: Folk Suite No. 2

      Sierra Winds; Kim DeLibero, h
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      8:20 am

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      8:31 am

      Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27, "Sinfonia espansiva"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
      Nielsen: Symphonies 2 & 3

      Decca 430280-2

      8:42 am

      Ernest Chausson: "Concert" in D, Op. 21

      IV. Finale

      Daniel Hope, v; Lise de la Salle, p; Zürich Chamber Orchestra
      Daniel Hope: Belle Epoque

      DG 4837244

      8:54 am

      Chick Corea: "Spain"

      Berlin Phil Cellists
      Round Midnight

      EMI CDC5-57319-2

      9:04 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944, "Great"

      I. "Andante - Allegro ma non troppo"

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt
      Schubert: Symphonies 8 and 9

      DG 4863045

      9:21 am

      Evaristo Dall'Abaco: Concerto in D "a più istrumenti," Op. 5, No. 6

      Ciaconna, Rondeau, Finale

      Zürich Chamber Orch/Daniel Hope, v
      Dance!

      DG 4864994

      9:28 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35

      Yuja Wang, p; Thomas Rolfs, tr; Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works

      DG 4866956

      9:53 am

      Walter Rabl: Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 1

      Finale, "Allegro con brio"

      D Ottensamer, cl; N Bendix-Balgley, v; S Koncz, vc; C Traxler, p
      Christoph Traxler, piano,
      Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra

      Pentatone PTC-5187425

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      William Schuman: "New England Triptych"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      William Schuman * Symphony No. 10 / New England Triptych / American Festival Overture

      RCA 61282-2

      10:17 am

      Eric Whitacre: "Little Tree"

      Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison; Leslie De'Ath, p
      Eric Whitacre: Choral Music

      Naxos 8.559677

      10:23 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 64, No. 4

      Angeles String Quartet
      Haydn: Complete String Quartets

      Philips 464650-2 (21)

      10:40 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Marche slave," Op. 31

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Marches and Dances

      DG 4777645

      10:52 am

      Peter Sculthorpe: "Little Suite"

      Tasmanian Sym Orch/David Porcelijn
      The Fifth Continent

      ABC Classics 456363-2

      11:00 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Suite

      Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell & Handel)

      EMI 40329-2

      11:15 am

      Franz Schubert: Grand March in B minor, D 819, No. 3

      Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p
      Complete Piano Music For Four Hands

      Sony S2K-66256 (2)

      11:26 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22

      Bomsori Kim, v; Warsaw Phil Orch/Jacek Kaspszyk
      Wieniawski & Shostakovich

      Warner 57632-2

      11:51 am

      Jean-Féry Rebel: "Les caractères de la danse"

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Rameau: Les éléments; Les caractères de la danse

      Erato 45974-2

      12:01 pm

      José Rolón: "Vals Capricho," Op. 14

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Salón Mexicano

      Cedille CDR-90000132

      12:10 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      Overture

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      Wagner: Overtures and Orchestral Music

      Seraphim 73299-2

      12:25 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299

      Wilbert Hazelzet, f; Saskia Kwast, h; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Mozart: Concertos For Flute & Harp KV. 299 / Ton Koopman

      Erato 91724-2

      12:52 pm

      Ethel Smyth: Serenade in D

      2nd mvt, Scherzo: "Allegro vivace"

      BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez
      Ethel Smyth Concerto for Violin, Horn & Orchestra * Serenade

      Chandos CHAN-9449

      1:00 pm

      Irene Britton Smith: Violin Sonata (1947)

      Dawn Wohn, v; Emely Phelps, p
      Unbounded: Music by American Women

      Delos DE-3599

      1:16 pm

      William Walton: "Henry V"

      Suite

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
      Walton: Belshazzar's Feast, Henry V Suite

      Decca 448134-2

      1:34 pm

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Andante e Rondo Ungarese," Op. 35

      Bernard Garfield, bn; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Mozart, Strauss, Weber - Wind Concertos

      Sony SBK-62652

      1:45 pm

      Pedro de Cristo: "Magnificat octavi toni"

      Cupertinos/Luís Toscano
      Pedro de Cristo: Magnificat, Marian Antiphons & Missa Salve Regina

      Hyperion CDA-68393

      1:53 pm

      Léo Delibes: "Coppélia"

      Variations on a Slavic Theme

      Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
      Delibes: Coppélia (Highlights)

      Erato 96368-2

      2:00 pm

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Suite pastorale"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Chabrier: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHSA-5122

      2:21 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 75

      X. "Romeo and Juliet Before Parting"

      Yoonie Han, p
      Love and Longing

      Steinway & Sons 30030

      2:29 pm

      Carl Friedrich Abel: Cello Concerto in B-flat major

      Bruno Delepelaire, vc; Berlin Baroque Soloists
      Abel: Cello Concertos

      Hännsler Classic HC-22022

      2:44 pm

      Henry Kimball Hadley: "The Ocean," Op. 99

      Ukraine National Sym Orch/John McLaughlin Williams
      Henry Kimball Hadley: Symphony No. 4, The Ocean, The Culprit Fay

      Naxos 8.559064

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 8 in D

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies for Strings Nos. 8-10

      DG 437528-2

      3:27 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 6, No. 7

      Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman
      Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Nos. 7-12

      Telarc CD-80688

      3:41 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in C, Op. 5, No. 1

      Lausanne Chamber Orch/Renaud Capuçon, v
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op. 5 & 8

      Erato 5419718972

      4:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 7 in D, K. 250, "Haffner"

      VIII. Finale, "Adagio - Allegro assai"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Serenade K. 250, "Haffner"

      Philips 416154-2

      4:09 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
      Bach: The Six Brandenburg Concertos - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Delos DE-3185

      4:21 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Sonate posthume"

      Manon Galy, v; Jorge González Buajasán, p
      Nuits Parisiennes

      Aparté AP-306

      4:37 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde"

      Prelude and "Liebestod"

      Frankfurt Radio Sym/Eliahu Inbal
      Tchaikovsky, Wagner

      Denon 81757-9715-2

      4:57 pm

      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: "Louisiana Blues Strut"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v
      Blues Dialogues

      Cedille CDR-90000182

      5:00 pm

      Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

      II. "Adagio"

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Romance

      DG 447070-2

      5:10 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G, R. 146

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Once Upon A Time / Il Était Une Fois...

      Analekta AN2-8719

      5:16 pm

      George Enescu: "Cantabile et Presto"

      Susan Milan, f; Ian Brown, p
      Flute Fantaisie

      Chandos CHAN-8609

      5:23 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      6:00 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      A Little Traveling Music, Please

      Rivers, boatmen, wanderers, and travelers are always on the go. This week, Bill shares stories about journeys and the music they inspired, featuring works by George Handel, Bedřich Smetana, and Duke Ellington. We’ll also hear pieces like Beethoven’s "Les Adieux," Schubert’s "Die schöne Müllerin," and Haydn’s "Farewell" Symphony.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Hindemith "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d: Requiem for Those We Love;" Louise Parker, alto; George London, bass; Schola Cantorum; Paul Hindemith, conductor; Milhaud "Suite française," Op. 248; Darius Milhaud, conductor; Stravinsky "Firebird Suite" (1945); Igor Stravinsky, conductor; Rodgers "The Carousel Waltz;" Richard Rodgers, conductor.