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      Playlist for Thursday, November 20, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Trois morceaux," Op 15

      No. 1, "Serenade"

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music Vol II

      Arena AR-08014

      12:02 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 45

      No. 4, "Rocking"

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. IV

      Arena AR-07015

      12:05 am

      Erkki Melartin: Violin Concerto, Op 60

      John Storgards, v; Tempere Phil/Leif Segerstam
      Melartin

      Ondine ODE-923-2

      12:35 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 36

      No. 3, Waltz

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Complete Piano Music Vol III

      Arena AR-07008

      12:36 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Sigurd Jorsalfar" (Three Orchestral Pieces), Op. 56

      Intermezzo (Borghild's Dream)

      Czech State Phil/Stephen Gunzenhauser
      GRIEG, E.: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Lyric Pieces / 3 Orchestral Pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar (CSSR State Philharmonic, Gunzenhauser)

      Naxos 8.550140

      12:40 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt" Suite No. 1, Op. 46

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, Finlandia, Valse Triste, Swan Of Tuonela

      CBS MYK-36718

      12:54 am

      George Gershwin: Prelude No. 1

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Jeffrey Kahane, p
      The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

      Sony S2K-93927 (2)

      1:00 am

      Ignaz Holzbauer: "Günther von Schwarzburg"

      Aria, "Schönster Sohn des Himmels"

      Christoph Prégardien, t; La Stagione/Michael Schneider
      Günther von Schwarzburg

      CPO 999265-2 (3)

      1:05 am

      Franz Krommer: Oboe Concerto #1 in F, Op 37

      Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman
      Oboe concertos by Krommer and Hummel

      Cedille CDR-90000045

      1:27 am

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: "The Comedians," Op 26

      "Galop"

      Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy
      Russian Sailor's Dance and Other Dazzling Dances

      Sony SFK-47282

      1:28 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf," Op. 67

      Sting, n; Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/ March In B Flat/ Overture On Hebrew Themes/ Classical Symphony

      DG 429396-2

      1:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Four Preludes, Op 22

      #1 in g-sharp

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      2:00 am

      Mikhail Glinka: Song, "The Lark"

      Michael Lewin, p
      A Russian Piano Recital

      Centaur CRC-2134

      2:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5, "Lark"

      Lindsay String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Op 64 No 4, 5 & 6

      ASV CD-DCA-1084

      2:26 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Am ersten Maimorgen," D 344

      Christoph Prégardien, t; Graham Johnson, p
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 23

      Hyperion CDJ-33023

      2:27 am

      Franz Schubert: Violin Sonatina No. 3 in g, D 408 (Op. 137/3)

      Mark Kaplan, v; David Golub, p
      Schubert: Works For Piano And Violin

      Arabesque Z-6636

      2:44 am

      Ferdinand David: Introduction and Variations on a theme by Schubert, Op 8

      Dieter Klöcker, cl; Slovak Radio Sym Orch/G. Schmalfuss
      Clarinet and Orchestra

      Marco Polo 8.223431

      2:54 am

      Hélène de Montgeroult: "Cours complet pour l’enseignement du forte-piano"

      No. 82

      Claire Hammond, p
      Helene de Mongeroult

      BIS 2603

      3:00 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Manon Lescaut" (1893)

      Act 3 Intermezzo

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan

      EMI/Ang CDM7-64629-2

      3:05 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"

      Aria, "Un bel di vedremo"

      David Hickman, tr; Arizona State University Chamber Orch/Russell
      Brassy Night at the Opera

      Summit DCD-190

      3:09 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"

      Musetta's Waltz Song, "Quando m'en vo"

      BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth
      Opera Without Words

      London 473371-2

      3:14 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Tosca"

      Aria, "E lucevan le stelle"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49552-2

      3:20 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Turandot"

      Aria, "Nessun dorma"

      Andrea Giuffredi, tr; Orch/Antonella Gotta
      Tribute to Luciano Pavarotti

      Summit DCD-499

      3:23 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La fanciulla del West"

      Aria, "Ch'ella mi creda libero"

      Salvatore Licitra, t; London Sym Orch/Carlo Rizzi
      Salvatore Licitra- The Debut

      Sony SK-89923

      3:25 am

      Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F

      Orpheus String Quartet
      Debussy, Dutilleux & Ravel: String Quartets

      Channel Classics CCS-3892

      3:53 am

      Joseph Nicholas JN Royer: Pièces de Clavecin

      "Les Matelots"

      Mark Kroll, hc
      Vertigo: Harpsichord Music of 18th Century France

      Newport Classic NCD-60051

      4:00 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Canonic Sonata #5 in A, Op 5/5

      Wolfgang Schulz, f; Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob
      Telemann: Suite in b / Concerto in G / 6 Canonic Sonatas

      Denon 81757-9614-2

      4:05 am

      Maurice Ravel: Sonatine

      Don Bailey, f; Arcata String Quartet
      Voyage

      Summit DCD-239

      4:17 am

      Eugene Bozza: "Sonatine" (1951)

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      Virtuoso Brass

      Delos DE-1022

      4:28 am

      James Cohn: Suite Champêtre, Op 47 (after Rameau)

      "La Follette"

      Piccinini, f; Dine, ob; Manasse, cl; Finn, bn; Tarpley, fh
      Finn,

      XLNT LP-2

      4:29 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Dardanus" (1739)

      Suite

      Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
      Les Boréades • Dardanus (Suites)

      Philips 420240-2

      4:54 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "La Follette"

      Sergio Assad, Odair Assad, g's
      Play Rameau, Scarlatti, Couperin, Bach

      Nonesuch 79292-2

      5:00 am

      Russian Trad: Folksong, On the River Neva

      USSR Russian Cho/Aleksandr Sveshnikov
      The White Birch Tree and Other Russian Songs

      Angel/ Melodiya SR-40187

      5:05 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Ballet, "On the Dnieper," Op. 51

      Suite

      Monte Carlo Phil/James DePreist

      Koch 3-7349-2

      5:26 am

      music continues...

      6:00 - 10:00 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

      The Symphony, Part II — (1803 -1950)

      This week, we begin with Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, marking the end of the symphonic Classical period. From there, Bill will guide us through the next 50 years, showing how composers expanded the orchestra’s size and found new ways to express stories and emotions. As our journey continues, we listen to Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony from 1803, move forward with symphonic works by Berlioz, Mendelssohn, and Schubert, and conclude with Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Mendelssohn "Elijah;" Twyla Robinson, soprano; Alice Coote, Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-sopranos; Allan Clayton, tenor; Gerald Finley, bass-baritone; Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, boy soprano; New York Choral Artists; Alan Gilbert, conductor.