Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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      Playlist for Tuesday, April 21, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Leos Janácek: "Jenufa"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Janacek: The Operas

      London 414483-2

      12:05 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Má Vlast (My Fatherland)"

      "Vysehrad (The High Castle)"

      Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Smetana: Ma Vlast

      Supraphon SU-3465-2031

      12:20 am

      Leos Janácek: "Rikadla (Nursery Rhymes)"

      "Bear Sits Down Upon a Tree Trunk"

      Academie Muzickych Umeni Praha Cho, Netherlands Wind Ensemble/T Fischer
      Janacek: Music For Wind Ensemble

      Chandos CHAN-9399

      12:22 am

      Herbert Howells: String Quartet #3, "In Gloucestershire"

      Divertimenti
      Howells & Dyson

      Hyperion CDA-66139

      12:55 am

      Benjamin Britten: Eight Folk Song Arrangements

      "Avenging and Bright"

      Peter Pears, t; Benjamin Britten, p
      Folk Songs

      London 430063-2

      1:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "From the Bohemian Forest," Op 68

      #5, "Silent Woods (Klid)"

      Peter Bruns, vc; Dresden Staatskapelle/Michael Helmrath
      Bach: Transcriptions And Variations

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.478

      1:05 am

      Mel Bonis: "Scènes de la forêt," Op 123

      Gabriela Vargas, f; David Cooper, h; Kuang-Hao Huang, p

      Classical Music Chicago

      1:19 am

      Leo Sowerby: From the Northland Suite (1922)

      "Forest Voices"

      Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Prairie: Tone Poems by Leo Sowerby

      Cedille CDR-90000033

      1:26 am

      Robert Schumann: Six Songs, Op 89

      #4, "Abschied vom Walde"

      Hanno Müller-Brachmann, br; Graham Johnson, p

      Hyperion CDJ-33111

      1:28 am

      Jan Hugo Vorisek: Sinfonia in D

      Prague Chamber Orch/Oldrich Vlcek
      Vorisek: Symphony In D Major, Variations De Bravoure, Introduction Et Rondeau Brillant

      Supraphon 103868-2

      1:55 am

      Harold Arlen: "Wizard of Oz" (1939)

      "If I Only Had a Brain"

      Richard Glazier, p
      A Salute to the Hollywood Musical

      Centaur CRC-2577

      2:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Solveig's Song"

      Barbara Bonney, s; Antonio Pappano, p

      Decca 4789679

      2:05 am

      Edvard Grieg: Old Norwegian Romance With Variations, Op. 51

      Iceland Sym/Petri Sakari
      Old Norwegian Romance, Norwegian Dnaces, In Autumn Overture, Erotik, Two Icelandic Melodies

      Chandos CHAN-9028

      2:29 am

      Edvard Grieg: 25 Norwegian Folksongs and Dances, Op. 17

      No. 6, "Wedding Tune"

      Eva Knardahl, p
      Grieg: The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 5

      BIS CD-108

      2:30 am

      William Grant Still: "Kaintuck"

      Meisha Adderley & Stacey Holliday, p
      Adderley & Holliday: Piano Duo Project

      Albany TROY-1383

      2:43 am

      Jacques Ibert: Louisville Concerto (1953)

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Louis Frémaux

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49261-2

      2:54 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Cinq pièces en Trio"

      #2

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      20th Century French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      3:00 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Two Duets, Op 10

      Elly Ameling, s (both parts); Dalton Baldwin, p

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64079-2 (4)

      3:05 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Berceuse," Op 16

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Vienna Phil
      Carmen-Fantasie

      DG 437544-2

      3:09 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in C, K. 303

      Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
      Mozart: The Violin Sonatas

      DG B0007102-02 (4)

      3:19 am

      Johann Helmich Roman: Drottningholm Wedding Music

      #5

      Uppsala Chamber Orch/Anthony Halstead
      Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding

      Naxos 8.553733

      3:21 am

      Ludvig Norman: Symphony #2 in E-Flat, Op 40

      Helsingborg Sym/Hans-Peter Frank
      Ludvig Norman

      Musica Sveciae MSCD-512

      3:53 am

      Johann Helmich Roman: Drottningholm Wedding Music

      #2

      Uppsala Chamber Orch/Anthony Halstead
      Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding

      Naxos 8.553733

      4:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in b, Kk 87

      Victoria Drake, h

      Well-Tempered Productions WTP-5168

      4:05 am

      Francesco Geminiani: Concerto grosso in A, Op 2/6

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Geminiani: Concerti Grossi

      Sony SK-48043

      4:11 am

      Francesco Geminiani: Cello Sonata in F, Op 5/5

      Anthony Pleeth, vc; Richard Webb, vc; Christopher Hogwood, hc
      Cello Sonatas, Op.5

      L'Oiseau Lyre 4759108

      4:18 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Allegro"

      St Louis Brass Quintet
      Baroque Brass

      Summit DCD-120

      4:20 am

      Carl Nielsen: Symphony #5, Op 50

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi

      DG 437507-2 (3)

      4:54 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 71

      #3, "Puck"

      Hagai Shaham, v; Arnon Erez, p
      Grieg

      Hyperion CDA-67504

      5:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "I vespri siciliani"

      Aria, "O tu, Palermo"

      Ildar Abdrazakov, b; Montreal Metropolitan Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Verdi

      DG 4836096

      5:05 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "I Vespri Siciliani"

      Four Seasons ballet music

      Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier
      Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

      Naxos 8.572818-19 (2)

      5:34 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Choral Songs, "Der erste Frühlingstag," Op 48

      No. 3, "Frühlingsfeier"

      Leipzig Radio Cho/Horst Neumann
      Mendelssohn: Choruses

      Philips 6514362

      5:36 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 54, No. 1

      Endellion String Quartet

      Virgin 90719-2

      5:54 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      "Ballet des Amazones"

      New York Renaissance Band/Sally Logemann
      Praetorius: Terpsichore- Suites Nos. 1-4

      Arabesque Z-6531

      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

      Frédéric Chopin: Etudes, Op. 25

      No. 9 in G-flat, "Butterfly"

      Murray Perahia, p
      Frédéric Chopin: Études Opus 10, Opus 25 • Masterworks Expanded Edition / Murray Perahia

      Sony SK-92731

      6:05 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

      No. 1, "Butterfly"

      Andrey Gugnin, p
      Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, Ballade & Lyric Pieces

      Hyperion CDA-68424

      6:07 am

      Elena Kats-Chernin: "Butterflying"

      Tamara-Anna Cislowska, p
      The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection

      ABC Classics 4816430/3

      6:12 am

      Louise Héritte-Viardot: Piano Quartet No. 1 in A, Op. 9, "Im Sommer"

      II. "Fliegen und Schmetterlinge (Flies and Butterflies)"

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-20329

      6:19 am

      Traditional: "The Butterfly"

      Ronn McFarlane, l
      The Celtic Lute

      Sono Luminus DSL-92225

      6:22 am

      Mark O'Connor: "Butterfly's Day Out"

      Mark O'Connor, m; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

      Sony S2K-93927 (2)

      6:28 am

      George F. Bristow: Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 26

      3rd mvt, Scherzo, "The Butterfly's Frolic"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Barber & Bristow: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9169

      6:35 am

      Arthur Foote: "Theme and Variations"

      Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
      American Romantics, Volume II

      New Focus FCR-166B

      6:47 am

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

      VI. "Tema con variazioni (Andante)"

      Orch of St. Luke's/Charles Mackerras
      Mozart: Serenade in B-flat Major for 13 Winds "Gran Partita" / St Luke's Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras

      Telarc CD-80359

      6:57 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Gadfly," Op. 97

      Galop

      KBS Sym Orch/Vakhtang Jordania
      Dmitri Shostakovich - Suites For Film And Stage

      Koch 3-7274-2

      7:03 am

      Andrew York: "Sunburst"

      Jason Vieaux, g
      Play

      Azica ACD-71287

      7:09 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Voyage dans la lune"

      Ballet of the Snowflakes

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Offenbach Romantique

      Archiv 4776403

      7:21 am

      Pierre Muller: Valse, "Nuit étoilée"

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Jerome Cohen
      French Ballroom Favourites: Les succès de la danse

      Marco Polo 8.223801

      7:33 am

      Thomas Arne: "God Save the Queen"

      St Paul's Cathedral Cho, Trumpeters/B Rose; C Dearnley, o
      Coronation Anthems and Hymns

      Guild GMCD-7102

      7:37 am

      Arthur Bliss: March, "Welcome the Queen," F 95

      Black Dyke Band/John Wilson
      Bliss: Works for Brass Band

      Chandos CHSA-5344

      7:43 am

      John Stanley: String Concerto in D, Op 2/1

      Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman
      Six Concertos in Seven Parts, Op. 2

      Hyperion CDA-66338

      7:53 am

      Edward Elgar: "King Arthur" Suite

      #3, The Banqueting Hall at Westminster

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst
      Elgar: Starlight Express & King Arthur Suite

      Chandos CHAN-6582

      8:03 am

      Richard Strauss: "Festmusik der Stadt Wien"

      Onyx Brass/John Wilson
      Festmusik: A Legacy

      Chandos CHSA-5284

      8:15 am

      Richard Strauss: String Quartet in A, Op. 2

      IV. Allegro moderato

      Ensō Quartet
      Strauss: String Quartet in A; Puccini: Crisantemi, Three Minuets; Verdi: String Quartet

      Naxos 8.573108

      8:24 am

      Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D

      III. Finale, "Vivace - Allegro"

      John de Lancie, ob; English Chamber Orch/Max Wilcox
      Strauss: Oboe Concerto; Françaix: L'Horloge de flore; Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1; Ibert: Symphonie concertante

      RCA 7989-2

      8:33 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in B-Flat, R.362 (Op. 8/10), "La caccia"

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
      Vivaldi 8+, Volume 2

      Signum SIGCD919

      8:43 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in F, H XV:6

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Haydn: Complete Piano Trios

      Philips 454098-2 (9)

      8:56 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006

      III. "Gavotte en rondeau"

      Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell, v
      Bach

      Sony 88843-08779-2

      9:04 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Simple Symphony," Op. 4

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      Britten, Tippett, Walton

      RCA 7846-2-RC

      9:21 am

      Gustav Holst: Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28, No. 2

      Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell
      Music for Wind Band

      Telarc CD-80038

      9:34 am

      François-Joseph Gossec: "Suite de Danses"

      Orch National de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling
      Gossec: Gavotte, Suite De Danses, 4 Symphonies

      ASV CDDCA-1124

      9:49 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wine, Women and Song," Op. 333

      Alban Berg Quartet; Alfred Mitterhofer, harmonium
      J. Strauss II, J. Strauss I, Lanner arr. Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Walzer

      EMI CDC7-54881-2

      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.

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      10:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Don Carlos"

      "Ballet de la Reine"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

      Naxos 8.572818-19 (2)

      10:18 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Clair de lune," Op. 46, No. 2

      Alex Klein, ob; Rita Costanzi, h
      Amoroso

      Navona NV-6477

      10:22 am

      Michael Cohen: "Canção Pequena"

      Alex Klein, ob; Rita Costanzi, h
      Amoroso

      Navona NV-6477

      10:28 am

      Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'; Violin Concerto; Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber

      Decca 433081-2

      10:49 am

      Kim André Arnesen: "Cradle Hymn"

      Kantorei/Joel Rinsema; Alicia Rigsby, p
      Infinity: Choral Works

      Naxos 8.573788

      11:01 am

      Jean Coulthard: "Canada Mosaic"

      Introduction and Three Folksongs

      CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi
      Ovation Volume 1: Music of Coulthard, Hétu, Weinzweig, Freedman, and Adaskin

      CBC Records PSCD-2026-5

      11:13 am

      Arvo Pärt: "Spiegel im Spiegel"

      Vadim Gluzman, v; Angela Yoffe, p
      Time and Again

      BIS CD-1392

      11:23 am

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

      Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 (re-orchestrated by Mahler)

      Naxos 8.574430

      11:50 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 3

      Trio in D

      Freiburg Baroque Orch members
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      12:01 pm

      George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
      Cooler By The Lake

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet (Cooler By The Lake)

      12:09 pm

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

      Suite No. 2, Op. 55

      Judith Blegen, s; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Piano Concerto

      RCA 60538-2-RV

      12:28 pm

      Giovanni Ristori: Oboe Concerto in E-Flat

      Albrecht Mayer, ob; I Musici de Roma
      Tesori d'Italia

      DG 4797144

      12:43 pm

      Dana Suesse: "Syncopated Love Song"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      12:48 pm

      Dana Suesse: "Jazz Nocturne"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      1:01 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried"

      "Forest Murmurs"

      Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt
      Wagner: Music From The Ring

      EMI CDC7-47007-2

      1:09 pm

      Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; Joshua Bell, v; Steven Isserlis, vc
      Chausson Concert, Ravel Trio

      Decca 425860-2

      1:36 pm

      Michael Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in D

      Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
      Baroque Music For Trumpets

      CBS MK-42478

      1:46 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in C, "Alexander's Feast"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Fireworks Music

      Philips 420397-2

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Ignaz Pleyel: Flute Concerto in C, B 106

      Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois, f
      Pleyel: Symphonies in B-Flat Major and in G Major, Flute Concerto

      Naxos 8.572550

      2:24 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivace assai"

      Camerata Salzburg/Géza Anda, p
      Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 6, 17 & 21 / Géza Anda / Camerata Academica Salzburg

      DG 447436-2

      2:32 pm

      Michael Haydn: Horn Concertino in D

      Dale Clevenger, hn; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/János Rolla
      Horn Concertos - Dale Clevenger

      Teldec 8.42960

      2:49 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Schlagobers," Op. 70

      "Whipped-Cream Waltz"

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Rudolf Kempe
      Kempe conducts Strauss - Vol. 2, Orchestral Works & Concertos

      EMI CMS7-64346-2 (3)

      2:58 pm

      Fritz Kreisler: "Schön Rosmarin"

      Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Isaac Stern, v
      Caprice Viennois - Music of Fritz Kreisler

      Sony SK-62692

      3:00 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, Op. 44

      Linos Ensemble
      Farrenc: Piano Trios and Sextet

      CPO 777256

      3:25 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia, Fantasia on Greensleeves, The Lark Ascending, Variants of Dives and Lazarus

      Decca 433085-2

      3:38 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 87 in A

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Haydn: Symphonies No. 86 & No. 87

      Philips 412888-2

      4:00 pm

      Federico Moreno Torroba: "Castles of Spain"

      Andrés Segovia, g
      Castles of Spain

      MCA Classics MCAD-42067

      4:18 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio"

      Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber
      Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7

      DG 447400-2

      4:28 pm

      Adolphe Adam: "Griseldis"

      Third Tableau, "Le Toucher (Touch)"

      Sofia Phil Orch/Dario Salvi
      Adam: Griseldis, ou Les Cinq Sens - Ballet-Pantomime

      Naxos 8.574621-22

      4:45 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041

      Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze, v
      Bach: Solo and Double Violin Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907155

      5:00 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      The Russian Five

      This group, also known as The Mighty Handful, includes Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, César Cui, Alexander Borodin, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Led by Balakirev, they helped create the Russian National School of Composers in Saint Petersburg from 1856 to 1870. Bill introduces each composer and shares important works performed by renowned musicians.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Penderecki Quartet No. 3; Shanghai Quartet; Bloch Quintet No. 1; Gloria Chien, piano; Kristin Lee, James Thompson, violins; Yura Lee, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello.

      11:00 pm