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      Playlist for Thursday, February 26, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons in Buenos Aires)"

      "Otoño Porteño (Autumn)"

      Neave Trio
      Tangos Among Friends

      Azica ACD-71324

      12:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, “Autumn”

      Joshua Bell, v; St Martin's Academy
      The Four Seasons

      Sony 11013-2

      12:15 am

      Frantisek Janoska: "The Four Seasons in Janoska Style" (after Vivaldi)

      Autumn: I. "7/8 Balkan Journey"

      Janoska Ensemble
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons in Janoska Style

      DG 9487617

      12:22 am

      Betty Jackson KING: "Four Seasonal Sketches"

      No. 3, "Autumn Dance"

      Rochelle Sennet, p
      Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 3

      Albany TROY-1965-68 (3)

      12:24 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Symphony #9 in b, Op 143, "The Seasons"

      Swiss Italian Orch/Howard Shelley

      Hyperion CDA-67939

      12:54 am

      Stephen Foster: Song, "Some Folks"

      Robert Shaw Cho/Robert Shaw; John Cali, banjo
      Stephen Foster Songbook * Robert Shaw Chorale

      MHS 514489-H

      1:00 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon VIII a 8"

      Concerto Palatino
      Gabrieli: Sonate E Canzoni

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901688

      1:05 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Suite italienne"

      Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, vc; Martin Helmchen, p

      Alpha 827

      1:23 am

      Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Flute Concerto in G

      James Galway, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Italian Flute Concertos

      RCA 61164-2

      1:35 am

      Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: "Livietta e Tracollo"

      Aria, "Ecco il povero Tracollo"

      Dino Mantovani, br; Orch/Enio Gerelli
      Livietta e Tracollo

      Naxos 981073

      1:37 am

      Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 in a, Op. 105

      Shea-Kim Duo
      All Roads

      Blue Griffin BGR-643

      1:55 am

      Robert Schumann: Four Duets, Op 34

      #3, "Unterm Fenster"

      Dorothea Röschmann, s; Ian Bostridge, t; Graham Johnson, p
      Songs of Robert Schumann 7

      Hyperion CDJ-33107

      2:00 am

      Johann Strauss Sr: "Schäfer" Quadrille, Op. 217

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      Sony 88697914112

      2:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”, Op. 314

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Strauss Waltzes

      RCA RCD1-5405

      2:13 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Liebeslieder Waltzes" Op. 52

      No. 8, "Wenn so lind dein Augen mir"

      Bonney, von Otter, Streit, Bär; Helmut Deutsch, Bengt Forsberg,p
      Helmut Deutsch, piano,
      Liebeslieder Waltzes

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55430-2

      2:15 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor, Op 34

      Casals Quartet; Claudio Martínez Mehner, p
      Brahms: The Complete Quartets

      Harmonia Mundi HMI-987074.75

      2:55 am

      Ferenc Farkas: "Contrafacta Hungarica" (1974)

      #6, "Heiduckentanz"

      Les Vents de Montréal/Jacques Lacombe

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1105

      3:00 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Gaspard de la nuit"

      "Ondine"

      Martha Argerich, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57101-2

      3:05 am

      George Templeton Strong: "Ondine (Symphonic Poem)"

      Moscow Sym Orch/ Adriano
      Strong

      Naxos 8.559078

      3:30 am

      Albert Lortzing: "Undine"

      Chorus, "Auf, ihr Zecher"

      RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Robert Heger

      EMI/Ang CMS7-63208-2 (2)

      3:32 am

      Carl Reinecke: Flute Sonata in e, Op 167, "Undine"

      Karen Kevra, f; Jeffrey Chappell, p
      Romantic Music

      Petrichor PTR-0001

      3:53 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Three Preludes and Three Studies, Op 104

      Etude #3 in a

      Bertrand Chamayou, p
      Mendelssohn

      Naive V-5131

      4:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltzes, Op.34

      no.1 in A-flat, "Valse brillante"

      Samson François, p
      Chopin: Piano Works

      EMI/Ang 646106-2 (36)

      4:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5

      Panocha String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Op.76, Nos. 4-6

      Supraphon 110362-2

      4:23 am

      William Walton: "Henry V" Suite (1944)

      Passacaglia: Death of Falstaff

      New Zealand Sym Orch/William Walton
      Walton Conducts Walton: The 1964 New Zealand Tour

      Bridge 9133-A/B (2)

      4:24 am

      William Walton: Viola Concerto

      Maxim Vengerov, vi; London Sym/Mstislav Rostropovich

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57510-2

      4:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 13 in a minor

      Dave Camwell, sx; Stephen Page, sx
      Dave Camwell * Bach-Centric

      Teal Creek Music TC-2019

      5:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 50

      No. 3 in c-sharp

      Michel Block, p
      Chopin: Mazurkas

      Pro Piano PPR-224507

      5:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543

      London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 37, 40 and 41

      ASV CDDCA-615

      5:36 am

      Franz Xaver Mozart: Song, "Die Einsamkeit"

      Barbara Bonney, s; Malcolm Martineau, p
      F.X. Mozart: Lieder

      London B0005505-02

      5:37 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Twelve Little Pieces, Wq 82

      Nancy Hadden, f; Elizabeth Walker, f; Lucy Carolan, hc; Erin Headley, viga
      Elizabeth Walker,
      C.P.E. Bach: Flute Sonatas

      ASV CDGAU-161

      5:55 am

      music continues...

      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.

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      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 II

      This is the second of two weeks exploring the music and life of the great German master. Brahms’s love of Hungarian Roma music and folksongs allowed him to create music that speaks to our inner souls. Scholars believe Brahms discarded more works than he published, so let us treasure the music we have from him.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      George Benjamin "Dance Figures: Nine Choreographic Scenes for Orchestra;" Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Ginastera "Dance Suite from Estancia," Op. 8bis; David Robertson, conductor.