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      Playlist for Thursday, August 13, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

      Act 2: Panorama

      Swedish Radio Sym/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Russian Adagios

      Ondine ODE-938-2

      12:05 am

      William Grant Still: Violin and Piano Suite

      Randall Goosby, v; Zhu Wang, p

      Decca B0033878-02

      12:19 am

      William Grant Still: "If You Should Go"

      Lecolion Washington, bn; Mark Ensley, p
      Karen Walwyn: Dark Fires, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-1038

      12:21 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Excerpts from acts 2 and 3

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein Century - Excerpts From Nutcracker, Swan Lake

      Sony SMK-63162

      12:55 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op.28

      No. 9 in E

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Seong-Jin Cho

      DG 4795332

      1:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Poetic Tone Pictures", Op 85

      #3, "At the Old Castle"

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p

      Sony 19439912092

      1:05 am

      Josef Suk: Piano Trio in c, Op 2

      New Prague Trio
      Novak/ Suk/ Fibich: Piano Trios

      Supraphon CO-72888

      1:23 am

      Clarice Assad: "A Tide of Living Water"

      Lara Downes, p

      Potrait 19075920792

      1:25 am

      Antonio Salieri: "Andante cantabile" in G

      Andrius Puskunigis, ob; Heidelberg Sym/Timo Jouko Herrmann
      Salieri: Strictly Private

      Hänssler Classic HC-19079

      1:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in D, K. 314

      John de Lancie, ob; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy

      Sony SBK-62652

      1:54 am

      Antonio Salieri: Cantata, "Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia"

      Aria, "Lascia la greggia"

      Diana Tomsche, s; Heidelberg Sym/Timo Jouko Herrmann
      Salieri: Strictly Private

      Hänssler Classic HC-19079

      2:00 am

      Erik Satie: "Trois Sarabandes" (1887)

      #1

      Daniel Varsano, p
      Un siecle de musique francaise

      Sony 88875192862

      2:05 am

      Rita Strohl: "Grande Fantaisie-Quintette"

      Ismail Margain, p; Hanson Quartet
      Compositrices

      Palazzetto Bru Zane BZ-2006 (8)

      2:36 am

      Charles Bordes: "Trois mélodies," Op. 8

      No. 3, "Fantaisie persane"

      Sophie Marin-Degor, s; François-René Duchable, p
      Bordes: Complete Mélodies: Vol. 2

      Timpani 1C-1208

      2:38 am

      César Franck: "Psyché"

      "Le sommeil de Psyché"

      Netherlands Radio Phil/Jean Fournet
      Live - The Radio Recordings

      Radio Nederland 97019 (8)

      2:46 am

      César Franck: "Psyché"

      "Psyché et Eros"

      Basel Sym Orch/Armin Jordan
      Franck: Le Chasseur Maudit, Le Eolides, Psyche

      Erato ECD-88167

      2:55 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 3 (1722): 18e ordre in f/F

      "La Verneuillière"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      3:00 am

      Emil Von Reznicek: "Donna Diana"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky
      Vienna Spectacular

      London CS-6605

      3:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op 53, "Waldstein"

      Oxana Yablonskaya, p
      Beethoven: Sonatas - Tempest, Waldstein, Op.101

      Pro Piano PPR-224516

      3:30 am

      Arthur Bliss: "Conquest of the Air" (1936)

      "The Wind"

      Philharmonia Orch/Kenneth Alwyn
      The Red Shoes - Classic British Film Music

      Silva SSD-1011

      3:31 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "North by Northwest"

      Overture

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Vintage Cinema

      Telarc CD-80708

      3:34 am

      Bernard Herrmann: Echoes for String Quartet

      Fine Arts Quartet
      EVANS, R.: String Quartet No. 1 / GLASS, P.: String Quartet No. 2 / ANTHEIL, G.: String Quartet No. 3 / HERRMANN, B.: Echoes

      Naxos 8.559354

      3:54 am

      Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus: "Echo Song"

      Horn Club of Los Angeles
      Music for Horns

      Seraphim S-60095

      4:00 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"

      Flower Duet

      Renata Scotto, s; Gillian Knight, ms; Philharmonia Orch/Lorin Maazel

      CBS MLK-45809

      4:05 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"

      Suite

      National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman

      Pro Arte CDS-3671

      4:21 am

      Alfredo Piatti: "Capriccio on a Theme from Pacini's 'Niobe'," Op 21

      Antonio Meneses, vc
      Capriccioso - Works For Solo Cello

      Avie AV-2328

      4:32 am

      Alessandro Piccinini: Corrente V

      Luciano Contini, chittarone
      Piccinini: Intavolatura di Liuto, et di Chitarrone, Book 1

      Tactus TC-56160101

      4:34 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in F, H XVIII:3

      Marc-André Hamelin, p; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie

      Hyperion CDA-67925

      4:54 am

      Thomas Vautor: Madrigal, Mother, I will have a husband

      Deller Consort
      Now Is The Month Of Maying! English Madrigals By Morley, Weelkes, Wilbye, Vautor, Bartlett, Ward And Bennet

      Vanguard VCD-72032

      5:00 am

      Paul Juon: "Fairy Tale", Op 8

      Esther Nyffenegger, vc; Desmond Wright, p

      Musica Sveciae MHCD-98.2

      5:05 am

      Nikolai Medtner: "Fairy Tale" in f-sharp, Op 26/4

      Konstantin Lifschitz, p

      Denon CO-78907

      5:09 am

      Nikolai Medtner: Fairy Tale in g-sharp, Op 31/3

      Konstantin Lifschitz, p

      Denon CO-78907

      5:11 am

      Nikolai Medtner: Fairy Tale in a, Op 34/3, "Wood Goblin"

      Konstantin Lifschitz, p

      Denon CO-78907

      5:15 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Skazka (Legend)," Op. 29

      Bochum Sym Orch/Othmar Maga

      Turnabout QTV-34736

      5:33 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Song, "Hear the Skylark Sweetly Singing"

      Linn Maxwell, ms; Robert McCoy, p
      Romances of the Russian Masters

      Albany TROY-072

      5:34 am

      Jean Sibelius: "En Saga," Op. 9

      Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Symphony No. 5, En Saga

      London 452576-2 (2)

      5:54 am

      Giovanni Maria Da crema: O felici occhi miei (after Arcadelt)

      Christopher Wilson, l
      Dall'Aquila/ Da Crema: Ricercars/ Intabulations/ Dances

      Naxos 8.550778

      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

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Italian Concerto" in F, BWV 971

      András Schiff, p
      J. S. Bach: Italian Concerto in F, French Suite No. 5 in G, French Overture

      Omega OCD-1014

      6:17 am

      Johann Ludwig Bach: Concerto in D for 2 Violins, 2 Oboes, Strings & Continuo

      Berlin Baroque Soloists/Reinhard Goebel
      Symphonies of the Bach Family

      Hännsler Classic HC-21029

      6:25 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Flute and Oboe Quintet in D, Op. 11/2

      2nd mvt, "Andantino"

      Leipzig Bach Collegium/Ludwig Güttler
      Leipziger Bach-Collegium - Stradella, J.Ch.Bach, Finger, J.S. Bach, Telemann, Albinoni

      Capriccio 10166

      6:31 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: "Duettino concertante" after Mozart's K 459

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      An Amadeus Affair

      Steinway & Sons 30022

      6:39 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Morceau de concert" in G, Op. 154

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Klaus Arp
      French Harp Concertos

      Koch 3-1142-2

      6:52 am

      Josef Rheinberger: Nonet in E-Flat, Op. 139

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Ensemble Wien-Berlin; R Kussmaul; W Christ; G Faust; A Posch
      Alois Posch, double bass,
      Rheinberger, Lachner: Nonet in F major, Nonet in E-flat major, Op. 139

      Sony SK-58971

      7:04 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Sinfonía sevillana," Op. 23

      III. Finale, "Fiesta en San Juan de Aznalfarache"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Music of Turina & Debussy

      Telarc CD-80574

      7:12 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Sexteto Místico"

      Lontano Ensemble/Odaline de la Martínez
      Villa-Lobos Chamber and Choral Music

      Lorelt LNT-102

      7:21 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Violin and Piano Concerto in D minor

      Finale, "Allegro molto"

      Gidon Kremer, v; Martha Argerich, p; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Mendelssohn: Concerto For Violin And Piano • Violin Concerto In D Minor

      DG 427338-2

      7:33 am

      Richard Wagner: "Das Rheingold"

      "He da! He da! He do!" (Entry of the Gods into Valhalla)

      Soloists; Vienna Philharmonic/Sir Georg Solti
      Kirsten Flagstad, soprano,
      Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold

      Decca 414101-2 (3)

      7:46 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 26

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      M Nowak, v; K Budnik, vi; Y Okamoto, vc; K Zimmerman, p
      Krystian Zimerman, piano,
      Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3

      DG 4864650

      7:56 am

      Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: "The Jewels of the Madonna"

      Serenata

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Domingo Hindoyan
      Verismo: Preludi e Intermezzi

      Onyx 4242

      8:03 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 3 in A, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military"

      Lang Lang, p
      Gran Turismo 5 - The Official Soundtrack

      Sony 82933

      8:10 am

      Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 3 in C, "Military"

      IV. "Finale militair"

      Bremerhaven Phil Orch/Marc Niemann
      Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

      Hännsler Classic HC-22016

      8:20 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G, "Military"

      II. "Allegretto"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 "London", Symphony No. 100 "Military"

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 411833-2

      8:26 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Suite algérienne," Op. 60

      "Marche militaire française"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Passport to France

      Sony SFK-47278

      8:32 am

      Nicola Matteis: Suite in D minor

      Arcadian Academy/Nicholas McGegan
      Matteis: Ayres for the Violin

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907067

      8:41 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "The Merchant of Venice"

      Suite

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Vivian Dunn
      Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore; Sullivan: The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice

      EMI CMS7-64412-2 (2)

      8:56 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Miniature Viennese March"

      Tine Thing Helseth, tr; Kathryn Stott, p
      Tine

      EMI 16471-2

      9:03 am

      Aaron Copland: "Danzón cubano"

      Dallas Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata
      Great American Showpieces

      EMI CDM7-64303-2

      9:13 am

      Gaspar Cassadó: Piano Trio in C

      Bekova Sisters
      Spanish Piano Trios

      Chandos CHAN-9834

      9:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Idomeneo" ballet music, K. 367

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Mozart: Symphony No 40, Ballet Music from Idomeneo

      Avie AV-2159

      9:48 am

      Kemal Belevi: "Suite Chypre"

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

      Naxos 8.579104

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Edward Elgar: "Cockaigne" Overture "(In London Town)," Op. 40

      London Phil Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Pomp and Circumstance 1-5, Cockaigne Overture, God Save The Queen

      Decca 443856-2 (2)

      10:15 am

      Dietrich Buxtehude: Trio Sonata in D, Op. 2, No. 2

      Eroica Trio
      Eroica Trio - Baroque

      EMI CDC5-56873-2

      10:27 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Concierto del sur"

      Junhong Kuang, g; Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra/Darrell Ang
      Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez - Ponce: Concierto del sur - Garcia: China Sings

      Naxos 8.579053

      10:53 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs

      Grace Davidson & Victoria Meteyard, s's; King's Singers
      Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On

      Signum SIGCD-887

      11:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Macbeth"

      Act 3 ballet music

      New Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Verdi: Preludes, Ballet Music and Opera Choruses

      EMI CDC7-47274-2

      11:11 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): String Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 1, No. 1

      Juilliard String Quartet
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 1

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      11:22 am

      Lars-Erik Larsson: "Barococo" Suite, Op. 64

      New York Scandia Sym/Dorrit Matson
      Orchestral Works of Lars-Erik Larsson

      Centaur CRC-2607

      11:41 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Fantasy"

      Louis Lortie, p; Residentie Orch/George Pehlivanian
      Liszt: Works for Piano & Orchestra, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9864

      11:56 am

      Franz Liszt: "Valse oubliée" No. 1 in F-Sharp

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Philips Classics: The Stereo Years

      Philips 4788977

      12:00 pm

      Jean Cras: String Trio

      1st mvt

      Black Oak Ensemble
      Avant l'orage: French String Trios 1926-1939

      Cedille CDR-90000212

      12:09 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425, "Linz"

      Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mozart, Sir Charles Mackerras, Prague Chamber Orchestra - Symphony Nos. 36 & 38

      Telarc CD-80148

      12:42 pm

      Teresa Carreño: "Un bal en rêve," Op. 26

      Clara Rodríguez, p
      Teresa Carreño * Obras para piano * Piano Works

      Fundación MMG FD-2522002237

      12:48 pm

      Arthur Sullivan: "Overture di Ballo"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      1:01 pm

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Sinfonia in B-flat Major

      Tempesta di Mare
      Fasch: Orchestral Works Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-0829

      1:11 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Chandos Anthem No. 11, "Let God Arise"

      Chorus, "Praised be the Lord"

      The Sixteen Cho & Orch/Harry Christophers
      Handel: Chandos Anthems, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-0509

      1:18 pm

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

      Randall Goosby, v; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Max Bruch & Florence Price: Violin Concertos

      Decca 4854234

      1:44 pm

      Nancy Dalberg: Capriccio in B minor

      Danish Phil Orch/Frans Rasmussen
      Dalberg: Capriccio for Orchestra, Scherzo for String Orchestra, String Quartet No. 2, Songs, Fantasy Piece

      Dacapo 8.224138

      1:53 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat, Op. 51

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      Evgeny Kissin Plays Chopin: The Verbier Festival Recital

      RCA 68668-2

      2:00 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Billy the Kid"

      Suite

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Copland The Populist

      RCA 63511-2

      2:23 pm

      Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat, D 929 (Op. 100)

      III. "Scherzando: Allegro moderato"

      Christian Tetzlaff, v; Tanya Tetzlaff, vc; Lars Vogt, p
      Schubert: Piano Trios, Notturno, Rondo, Arpeggione Sonata

      Ondine ODE-1394-2D

      2:31 pm

      Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: "Flowers of Frösön"

      "Entry into Summer Pastures; Summer Song; Congratulations; At Frösön Church"

      Helsingborg Sym Orch/Okko Kamu
      Swedish Orchestral Favourites

      Naxos 8.553115

      2:46 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64

      Introduction, Young Juliet, Street Awakens, Dance of the Knights

      Timothy Ridout, vi; Frank Dupree, p
      A Poet's Love

      Harmonia Mundi HMN-916118

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      J S Bach: Ouvertüren (Complete Orchestral Suites)

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902113.14 (2)

      3:25 pm

      Charlotte Sohy: "Thème varié," Op. 15bis

      Cordelia Palm, v; Avignon-Provence National Orch/Debora Waldman
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      3:35 pm

      Gian Francesco Malipiero: Symphony No. 1, "in quattro tempi, come le quattro stagione"

      Moscow Sym Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Malipiero: Symphonies Nos. 1 And 2, Sinfonie Del Silenzio E De La Morte

      Marco Polo 8.223603

      3:58 pm

      Francisco Tárrega: "Rosita"

      Norbert Kraft, g
      Cavatina: Popular Guitar Music

      Naxos 8.571085

      4:00 pm

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

      Suite No. 1, Op. 46

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Piano Concerto

      RCA 60538-2-RV

      4:15 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

      V. "Chaconne"

      Hélène Grimaud, p
      Bach

      DG B0012504-02

      4:32 pm

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "La naissance de Vénus"

      Part I: 1st to 6th entrances

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ballet royal de la naissance de Vénus

      Aparté AP-255

      4:48 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Vivace"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Beethoven: Piano Concertos, Choral Fantasy

      Decca 414391-2 (3)

      5:00 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Musical Dynasties

      This week’s topic, “Musical Dynasties,” was suggested by a station in Arizona. Andy Bade, Music Host for Classical 90.5 KUAT-FM in Tucson, wrote in with some program ideas. So, Musical Dynasties: Gabrieli, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann, Strauss: the Johanns and Richard, and ending with the Haydns: Joseph and Michael. Thanks so much for taking the time to write!

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Lanzilotti "of light and stone" (World Premiere, New York Philharmonic Commission); Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3; Yunchan Lim, piano; Ives Symphony No. 2; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.