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      Playlist for Wednesday, October 28, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Goldberg Variations," BWV 988

      "Aria"

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:05 am

      Goldberg, Johann Gottlieb: Two-Violin Sonata in B-flat

      Rebel/Jörg-Michael Schwarz
      Goldberg: Beyond the Variations

      Bridge 9478

      12:14 am

      Martinu, Bohuslav: "Duo concertante" (1937)

      Bohuslav Matousek, v; Régis Pasquier, v; Czech Phil/Christopher Hogwood
      Martinu * The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra

      Hyperion CDS-44611/4 (4)

      12:32 am

      Cimarosa, Domenico: Clavier Sonata #24 in C

      Roberte Mamou, p
      Cimarosa: 32 Sonatas for Pianoforte

      Asturia DP-87002

      12:33 am

      Boccherini, Luigi: String Quintet in c, Op 45/1, G 355

      Europa Galante
      Boccherini: Trio * Quartet * Quintet * Sextet for Strings

      Virgin Classics 12149-2

      12:54 am

      Cimarosa, Domenico: Clavier Sonata #18

      Roberte Mamou, p
      Cimarosa: 32 Sonatas for Pianoforte

      Asturia DP-87002

      1:00 am

      Dowland, John: "Lachrimae antiquae"

      Sit Fast Viol Consort

      Evidence EVCD-034

      1:05 am

      Williams, William: Sonata "in Imitation of Birds"

      Musica Poetica

      Thorofon CTH-2055

      1:12 am

      Villa-Lobos, Heitor: "Uirapurú (The Enchanted Bird)" (1917)

      Simon Bolivar Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata
      Orchestral Music - VILLA-LOBOS, H. / CHAVEZ, C. / GINASTERA, A. (Latin American Ballets)

      Dorian DOR-90211

      1:31 am

      Loewe, Carl: "Lied eines Vögeleins in der Oasis," Op. 10

      Ingeborg Danz, s; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      1:32 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Triple Concerto in a, BWV 1044

      Richard Egarr, hc; Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze
      Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Triple Concerto BWV 1044

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907283.84 (2)

      1:54 am

      Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: "Polonaise" in E-Flat, Wq 116/2

      Ana-Marija Markovina, p
      CPE Bach Edition

      Brilliant Classics HC-21100 (60)

      2:00 am

      Respighi, Ottorino: Six Piano Pieces

      III. "Notturno"

      Magdalena Hoffmann, h
      Nightscapes

      DG 4861734

      2:04 am

      Respighi, Ottorino: "Adagio con variazioni"

      Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Moscow Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky

      Russian Disc RDCD-11104

      2:17 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Canon, "Heil dem Tag," K. 347

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Mozart: Complete Edition

      Brilliant Classics 92540 (170)

      2:18 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quintet No. 2 in C, K. 515

      Talich String Quartet, Karel Rehak, vi
      Quintettes A Cordes K. 515 & 516

      Calliope CAL-3231.3 (3)

      2:54 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Six German Dances, K. 567

      No. 10

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Taras Krysa
      Mozart: Complete Edition

      Brilliant Classics 92540 (170)

      3:00 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Transcendental Etudes" (1851)

      No. 3, "Paysage"

      Russell Sherman, p
      Liszt: Transcendental Etudes

      Albany TROY-028-2

      3:05 am

      Brouwer, Leo: "Cuban Landscape with Rain"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Latin

      Telarc CD-80593

      3:12 am

      Gershwin, George: "Cuban Overture"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      An American Salute

      RCA 6806-2-RG

      3:21 am

      Lecuona, Ernesto: "Andalucía, Suite Espagnole"

      "Malagueña"

      Katia Labéque, p; Marielle Labéque, p
      Espana!

      Philips 438938-2

      3:25 am

      Nin-Culmell, Joaquín: "Tonadas" (1956-61)

      "Muñeira"

      Paul Galbraith, g
      Guitar Music - NIN-CULMELL, J.M. / FRASER, M.K. / CONSTANTINIDIS, Y. / MORENO, T.F. / BARTOK , B. / GRIEG, E. (Galbraith)

      Delos DE-3236

      3:27 am

      Strauss, Richard: "Metamorphosen"

      West German Radio Sym Orch/Semyon Bychkov
      Ein Heldenleben | Metamorphosen

      Avie AV-0017

      3:54 am

      Strauss, Richard: Five Songs, Op. 32

      #4, "O süsser Mai!"

      Lucian Krasznec, t; Nina Schumann, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      4:00 am

      Poulenc, Francis: "Trois mouvements perpétuels" (1918)

      Schmidt Verdery Duo
      Reverie: French Music For Flute And Guitar

      Newport Classic NC-60010

      4:05 am

      Ravel, Maurice: "Valses nobles et sentimentales"

      Royal Phil/André Previn
      Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole/ Alborada del gracioso/ Le Tombeau de Couperin/ Valses Nobles et Sentimentales/ Pavane pour une infante defunte

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47468-2

      4:23 am

      Moran, Robert: Waltz, "In Memoriam Maurice Ravel"

      Yvar Mikhashoff, p
      The Waltz Project (17 Contemporary Waltzes For Piano)

      Nonesuch D-79011

      4:25 am

      Holst, Gustav: Two-Violin Concerto, Op. 49

      Andrew Watkinson, v; Nich Ward, v; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hicko
      Holst: St. Paul's Suite, Double Concerto, Fugal Concerto, Brook Green Suite

      Chandos CHAN-9270

      4:40 am

      Vivaldi, Antonio: Two-Violin Concerto in D, R 513

      Jaap Schröder, v; Stanley Ritchie, v; Aston Magna
      Vivaldi: Concertos & Sonatas For Two Violins

      Nonesuch 79056-2

      4:53 am

      Brahms, Johannes: Piano Pieces, Op 119

      #3, Intermezzo in C

      André Watts, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49094-2

      5:00 am

      De greef, Arthur: Humoresque (1928)

      Flemish Radio Orch/Yannick Nezet-Seguin
      Flemish Connection V

      Etcetera KTC-4013

      5:05 am

      Sibelius, Jean: Two Humoresques, Op. 87

      Christian Tetzlaff, v; Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      Sibelius: The Complete Works For Violin Concerto

      Virgin 45534-2

      5:11 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: "Humoresques," Op. 101

      Radoslav Kvapil, p
      Piano Works

      Supraphon 111113-2

      5:34 am

      Liadov, Anatol: "A Musical Snuffbox (Waltz-Humoresque)," Op 32

      Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bàtiz
      The Enchanted Lake & Other Orchestral Works

      ASV CDDCA-657

      5:35 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Violin Concerto No. 4 in G, H VIIa:4

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Chamber Orch of Europe
      Joseph Haydn - Cellokonzerte

      DG 419786-2

      5:54 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Military March #2 in F, WoO 19

      Berlin Phil Winds/Hans Priem-Bengrath

      DG 139045

      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

      George Frideric Handel: "Amaryllis" Suite

      "Gavotte"; "Minuet"; "Scherzo & Trio"

      Royal Phil Orch/Yehudi Menuhin
      Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Amaryllis Suite, Suite from the Water Music

      MCA Classics MCAD-6186

      6:13 am

      Mario Gangi: "Suite Italiana"

      Andrea Pace & Cristiano Poli Cappelli, g's
      Mario Gangi: Complete Music for 2 Guitars

      Brilliant Classics 95818

      6:25 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

      IV. Finale, "Saltarello: Presto"

      Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
      Schubert: Unfinished Symphony; Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony

      DG 410862-2

      6:32 am

      Alberto Nepomuceno: "O Garatuja"

      Prelude

      Minas Gerais Phil/Fabio Mechetti
      Nepomuceno: Symphony in G Minor, O Garatuja: Prelude, Série brasileira

      Naxos 8.574067

      6:43 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 51, "Slavonic"

      I. "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Kontras Quartet
      All Made of Stories

      MSR Classics MS-1859

      6:54 am

      Joseph Hellmesberger Sr.: "Ball Scene"

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      New Year's Concert 2016

      Sony 88875174802

      7:03 am

      Clémence de Grandval: Oboe Concerto, Op. 7

      III. Finale, "Moderato maestoso"

      Lajos Lencsés, ob; Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Andrey Boreyko
      Clémence de Grandval: Works For Oboe

      Hänssler Classic 98295

      7:11 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

      Khatia Buniatishvili, p
      Chopin - Khatia Buniatishvili

      Sony 88691-97129-2

      7:22 am

      Thomas Arne: Overture No. 2 in A

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 4759117

      7:32 am

      Howard Hanson: "Merry Mount," Op. 31

      Children's Dance

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Howard Hanson: The Composer and his Orchestra

      Mercury 434370-2 (2)

      7:33 am

      Howard Hanson: "Merry Mount," Op. 31

      Act 2 Prelude & Maypole Dances

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Howard Hanson: The Composer and his Orchestra

      Mercury 434370-2 (2)

      7:42 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "Il Convegno"

      Larry Combs & Eddie Daniels, cl's; Chicago String Quartet; Brad Opland, db
      Crossing the Line

      Summit DCD-1022

      8:04 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in B-Flat, Wq 171

      III. Finale, "Allegro assai"

      Jean-Guihen Queyras, vc; Ensemble Resonanz/Riccardo Minasi
      Antonín Kraft & Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902392

      8:12 am

      Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio in E-Flat, Op. 40

      II. Scherzo: "Allegro"

      Jenő Keveházi, hn; Ildikó Hegyi, v; Jenő Jandó, p
      Heroic Horn: Best Loved Classical Music

      Naxos 8.578177

      8:21 am

      Richard Strauss: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme," Op. 60

      "Das Diner (The Dinner)"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Divertimento after Couperin

      DG 435871-2

      8:32 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32

      "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity"

      Royal Phil Orch/André Previn
      The Planets Op. 32

      Telarc CD-80133

      8:42 am

      Amanda Lee Falkenberg: "The Moons Symphony"

      VI. "Ganymede: Magnetic Forces and Colossal Discoveries"

      London Voices, London Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      The Moons Symphony

      Signum SIGCD-730

      8:48 am

      Charles Loeffler: Octet

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Ensemble/Graeme Steele Johnson, cl
      Stella Chen, violin,
      Matthew Lipman, viola,
      Forgotten Sounds

      Delos DE-3603

      9:03 am

      Henry Charles Litolff: "Concerto symphonique" No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102

      IV. Finale, Allegro impetuoso

      Peter Donohoe, p; Bournemouth Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
      Litolff: Concerto symphonique No. 2 in B minor, Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor

      Hyperion CDA-66889

      9:15 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at 12:15 pm.

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      Pianist Mateusz Mikolajczak performs music by Grażyna Bacewicz, Frédéric Chopin, and Franz Liszt, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Peter’s Picks

      Host Peter van de Graaff shares some of his favorite music. We'll wander the continents and the ages, sampling everything from Bach to Bax, Purcell to Piston, and a few less-known works along the way.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      17th-century Fantasias

      Viola da gamba player Lucile Boulanger and the ensemble Consort Les Lucioles present the complete Fantaisies (Fancies) for viol consort by Henry Purcell, alongside works from his English contemporaries William Lawes, John Jenkins, Orlando Gibbons, and Christopher Simpson. Recorded live in concert on May 24, 2026 at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique in Paris.