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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott"

      Sinfonia

      Pierre Cochereau, o; Wind Ensemble
      Musique à Notre-Dame de Paris

      Philips 442473-2 (2)

      12:05 am

      Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich JCF: Symphony #3 in d

      Berlin Baroque Soloists/Reinhard Goebel
      Bach: 7 Symphonies

      Hänssler Classics HC-21029

      12:13 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Praeludium" No. 1

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      12:15 am

      Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Symphony No. 3 in a, Op. 44

      Detroit Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      RACHMANINOV, S.: Symphony No. 3 / Symphonic Dances (Detroit Symphony, Slatkin)

      Naxos 8.573051

      12:55 am

      Scriabin, Alexander: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 11

      No. 15

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      1:00 am

      Spohr, Ludwig (Louis): "Festmarsch" in D

      Swiss Italian Orch/Howard Shelley

      Hyperion CDA-67939

      1:05 am

      Still, William Grant: Lyric Quartet (1960)

      II. "The Quiet One"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, William Grant Still

      Azica ACD-71357

      1:10 am

      Walker, George: Lyric for Strings (1946)

      Cleveland Chamber Sym/Edwin London
      Walker: Orchestral Works

      Albany TROY-270

      1:16 am

      Burleigh, Henry Thacker: "I Don't Feel No-Ways Tired"

      Alchemy Viols/Philip Spray
      Deep River: Spirituals' Cross-Currents

      Navona Records NV-6650

      1:18 am

      Spohr, Ludwig (Louis): Symphony #4 in F, Op 86, "Die Weihe der Töne"

      Swiss Italian Orch/Howard Shelley
      Spohr Symphonies

      Hyperion CDA-67622

      1:55 am

      Loewe, Carl: Song, "Du schönes Fischermädchen," Op 9/5

      Yvi Jänicke, ms; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      2:00 am

      Chaminade, Cecile: "Sérénade aux étoiles," Op. 142

      Juliette Hurel, f; Hélène Couvert, p
      Compositrices

      Alpha 573

      2:05 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Flute Quartet No. 1 in D, K. 285

      L Beznosiuk, f; P Beznosiuk, v; T Dunn, vi; R Tunnicliffe, vc
      R Tunnicliffe,
      Mozart Flute Quartets * Beethoven Serenade

      Avie AV-2108

      2:19 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Six German Dances, K. 571

      No. 3 in C

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Taras Krysa
      Mozart: Complete Edition

      Brilliant Classics 92540 (170)

      2:20 am

      Benda, Johann (Jan)(Jiri): Clavier Concerto in C

      Josef Hala, hc; Ars Rediviva Ensemble
      Benda: Harpsichord Concertos

      Supraphon 111001-2

      2:35 am

      Hindemith, Paul: "Kammermusik" #2, Op 36/1

      Ronald Brautigam, p; Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Kammermusik 1-7

      London 433816-2 (2)

      2:54 am

      Colnot, Cliff: Fanfare (1984)

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      Virtuoso Brass

      Delos DE-1022

      3:00 am

      Glazunov, Alexander: "The Seasons," Op 67

      "Petit Adagio"

      Swedish Radio Sym/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Russian Adagios

      Ondine ODE-938-2

      3:05 am

      Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail: "Caucasian Sketches," Suite #2, Op 42, "Iveria"

      Ukraine National Sym Orch/Arthur Fagen
      IPPOLITOV- IVANOV: Caucasian Sketches / Turkish Fragments

      Naxos 8.553405

      3:29 am

      Martinu, Bohuslav: Five Madrigal Stanzas (1943)

      #4, Scherzando, poco allegro

      Josef Suk, v; Josef Hala, p

      Discover Int'l DICD-920317

      3:30 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048

      Suk Chamber Orch/Josef Suk, vi
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Orchestral Suite No 2

      Vanguard OVC-7002/3 (2)

      3:42 am

      Martinu, Bohuslav: Violin Sonata #2 (1931)

      Josef Suk, v; Josef Hala, p

      Supraphon 110099-2

      3:54 am

      Verdi, Giuseppe: "Aida"

      Act 2: Dance of the Moorish Slaves

      Metropolitan Opera Orch
      Verdi: Ballet Music * James Levine

      Sony SK-52489

      4:00 am

      Massenet, Jules: "Werther" (1892)

      "Je ne soi si je veille..O nature pleine de grace"

      Marcelo Alvarez, t; Nice Phil and Cho/Mark Elder
      Marcelo Alvarez: French Tenor Arias

      Sony SK-89650

      4:05 am

      Massenet, Jules: Orchestral Suite from "Esclarmonde"

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean
      MASSENET: Orchestral Suites

      Marco Polo 8.223354

      4:28 am

      Rameau, Jean-Philippe: "Daphnis et Aeglé"

      "Contredanse"

      La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
      Concert De Danse

      Accent ACC-96122-D

      4:30 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott (We thank you, God)"

      Sinfonia

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Complete Cantatas Vol. 5

      Teldec 8.35034 (2)

      4:33 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Clavier Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1053

      Edwin Fischer, p; Philharmonia Orch/Edwin Fischer

      EMI/Ang CDH7-64928-2

      4:54 am

      Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann: Acht Fugen für Orgel oder Clavier, F 31

      Fugue IV

      Chris Farr, hc
      J. S. Bach and Sons

      Channel Classics CCS-2091

      5:00 am

      Stenhammar, Wilhelm: Serenade in F, Op 31 (1911-13)

      3rd mvt, "Canzonetta"

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Serenad / Midvinter / Chitra

      Musica Sveciae MSCD-626

      5:04 am

      Wirén, Dag: String Serenade, Op 11

      Stockholm Sinfonietta/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      A Swedish Serenade

      BIS CD-285

      5:18 am

      Stenhammar, Wilhelm: Song, "I en skogsbacke"

      Ingvar Wixell, br; Stockholm Phil/Johan Arnell

      Musica Sveciae MSCD-617

      5:20 am

      Elgar, Edward: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36

      London Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata

      Vox VU-9018

      5:54 am

      Ford: A Galliard

      Narciso Yepes, g, Godelieve Monden, g
      Guitar Duos

      RCA 60764-2

      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

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      6:15 am

      Charles Wuorinen: "Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch"

      Ensemble Recherche
      renaissance transcriptions

      Coviello COV-60812

      6:24 am

      Haydn Wood: "An 18th Century Scherzo"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      English String Miniatures, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.555069

      6:32 am

      Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 1 in C minor

      III. Menuet

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Emilie Mayer: Piano Concerto, Symphony No. 1, Overtures

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905417

      6:40 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Partie polonaise," TWV 39:1

      Julian Bream & John Williams, g's
      Together Again

      RCA 61452-2

      6:52 am

      Hugo Wolf: Scherzo and Finale

      Finale

      Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
      Hugo Wolf: Penthesilea, Der Corregidor, Italian Serenade, Scherzo & Finale

      Warner 49582-2

      7:04 am

      André Grétry: Rococo Suite

      France Springuel, vc; I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen
      Grétry, Ysaÿe, Vieuxtemps, Servais, Gossec, Léonard, Lekeu - I Fiamminghi / Rudolf Werthen

      Koch CD-311197

      7:15 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106

      III. "Molto vivace"

      Takács Quartet
      Dvořák & Coleridge-Taylor: Quartets

      Hyperion CDA-68413

      7:23 am

      Thomas Arne: Overture No. 7 in D

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 4759117

      7:32 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

      IV. Finale, "Allegro non troppo"

      St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov
      Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 9

      RCA 68548-2

      7:44 am

      Claude Debussy: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

      Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä
      Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: Jeux, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

      Decca 4870146

      7:55 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Tambourin Chinois," Op 3

      David Garrett, v; Royal Phil Orch/Ion Marin
      Legacy

      Decca 4764425

      8:04 am

      Bedřich Smetana: Shakespeare Festival March

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Robert Stankovsky
      Smetana: Wedding Scenes, Libuše's Judgement

      Marco Polo 8.223705

      8:12 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian; A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture And Incidental Music

      Virgin 90725-2

      8:25 am

      Louise Farrenc: Nonet in E-Flat, Op. 38

      IV. Finale, "Adagio-Allegro"

      Bernold, Leleux, Guyot, Cazalet, Audin, Sutre, Da Silva, Salque, V Pasquier
      André Cazalet, horn,
      Guillaume Sutre, violin,
      Louise Farrenc - Chamber Music

      Naïve V-5033

      8:33 am

      Johann Gottfried Berwald: Sinfonia in C

      Örebro Chamber Orch/Göran Nilson
      Mozart & His Contemporaries

      Bluebell ABCD-031

      8:41 am

      Franz Berwald: Symphony No. 3 in C, "Sinfonie singulière"

      I. Allegro fuocoso

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Berwald: 4 Symphonies

      DG 415502-2 (2)

      8:52 am

      Franz Berwald: Grand Septet in B-Flat

      III. Finale, "Allegro con spirito"

      Uppsala Chamber Soloists
      Beethoven & Berwald: Septets

      Bluebell ABCD-033

      9:04 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Menuet antique"

      Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Ravel: Mother Goose

      Chandos CHAN-9203

      9:12 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622

      Charles Neidich, cl; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Horn Concertos 1 & 4

      DG 423377-2

      9:43 am

      Vincent d'Indy: "Suite in Olden Style," Op. 24

      Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
      d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Volume 6

      Chandos CHSA-5157

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, BWV 552, "St Anne"

      BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
      King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions

      Chandos CHAN-20400

      10:17 am

      Pietro Mascagni: "Cavalleria rusticana"

      Chorus, "Gli aranci olezzano"

      Ambrosian Opera Cho, Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

      Warner 50999082826

      10:26 am

      Victor Herbert: Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 30

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; New York Phil/Kurt Masur
      Dvořák, Herbert: Concertos from the New World

      Sony SK-67173

      10:47 am

      Muzio Clementi: Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 8, No. 1

      Maria Tipo, p
      Clementi: Sonates / Maria Tipo

      EMI CDC7-54766-2

      11:00 am

      George Gershwin: Fantasy on themes from "Porgy and Bess"

      Joshua Bell, v; London Sym Orch/John Williams
      Gershwin Fantasy

      Sony SK-60659

      11:22 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 33

      No. 4 in B minor

      Mattias Jacobsson, g
      Invocación

      Avie AV-2254

      11:29 am

      Alessandro Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor (C minor)

      John Abberger, ob; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      A Baroque Feast

      Analekta AN2-9811

      11:41 am

      Miklos Rózsa: "El Cid"

      "Love Scene"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/James Sedares
      Miklós Rózsa: El Cid / James Sedares

      Koch 3-7340-2

      11:51 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "Fra Diavolo"

      Overture

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
      Great Comedy Overtures

      Naxos 8.573418

      12:00 pm

      Gwyneth Walker: Fantasy Etudes

      Blue Violet Duo
      Strike, Strum and Stride

      Centaur CRC-3978

      12:13 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503

      I. "Allegro maestoso"

      Martha Argerich, p; Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado
      Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 25

      DG 4791033

      12:28 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie"

      Orch de Paris/Jean Martinon
      Ravel: Orchestral Works

      EMI CDM7-69565-2

      12:43 pm

      Domenico Caudioso: Mandolin Concerto in G

      Julien Martineau, m; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Come una volta

      Naïve V-5455

      12:57 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      Aria, "Voi che sapete"

      Susan Graham, ms; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Harry Bicket
      Il Tenero Momento - Mozart & Gluck Arias

      Erato 85768-2

      1:01 pm

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Suite pastorale"

      Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
      Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, etc.

      DG 447751-2

      1:20 pm

      Franz Schubert: 16 German Dances, D 783

      Alfred Brendel, p
      The Art of Alfred Brendel Vol. 3 - Schubert

      Philips 446923-2 (5)

      1:33 pm

      Jean-Marie Leclair: "Ouverture" in A, Op. 13, No. 5

      Les Folies Françoises/Patrick Cohën-Akenine

      Alpha 083

      1:44 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Overture for Brass Band, "Henry the Fifth"

      Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes
      Brass from the Masters, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-4553

      1:54 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "O vos omnes"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Hail, Gladdening Light

      Collegium COLCD-113

      2:00 pm

      Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet Movement

      Daniel Hope, v; Paul Neubauer, vi; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p
      Wu Han, piano,
      Brahms, Schumann, Mahler: Piano Quartets

      DG B0022906-02

      2:13 pm

      Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, "Romantic"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Hanson: Symphony No 2 Romantic

      Naxos 8.559701

      2:43 pm

      José Bragato: "Graciela y Buenos Aires"

      Viktor Aepli, vc, Camerata Bariloche
      ¡Tango!

      Dorian DOR-90201

      2:52 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 30

      II. "Adagio non troppo"

      Linos Ensemble
      Piano Quintets Op. 30 & 31

      CPO 999194-2

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      3:00 pm

      Alfredo Casella: "Italia," Op. 11

      BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda
      Casella: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

      Chandos CHAN-10768

      3:21 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "La valse"

      Yekwon Sunwoo, p
      Yekwon Sunwoo - Cliburn Gold 2017

      Decca B0027008-02

      3:35 pm

      Ernest Chausson: "Poème," Op. 25

      Rachel Kolly d'Alba, v; Pays de la Loire National Orch/John Axelrod
      French Impressions

      Warner Classics 67181-4

      3:53 pm

      Scott Joplin: "Bethena: A Concert Waltz"

      Agave
      American Originals: A New World, A New Canon

      Acis APL-20445

      4:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on "See the Conquering Hero Comes," WoO 45

      Zuill Bailey, vc; Simone Dinnerstein, p
      Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano and Cello

      Telarc CD-80740 (2)

      4:14 pm

      Florence Price: "Fantasie Nègre" No. 2 in G minor

      Michelle Cann, p
      Revival

      Platoon PLAT-18088

      4:24 pm

      Otto Nicolai: "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

      "Mondaufgang"

      Vienna Singverein, Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn 2010: Moon Planets Stars

      DG 4763793

      4:30 pm

      Franz Waxman: "Hollywood Suite"

      St Clair Trio; Lenore Sjoberg, v; James Van Valkenburg, vi; Steven Molina, db
      Franz Waxman - Old Acquaintances

      Koch 3-7398-2

      4:47 pm

      Bedřich Smetana: "Vltava (The Moldau)"

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favourites

      EMI CDM7-69465-2

      5:00 pm

      Albert Roussel: "Bacchus et Ariane," Op. 43

      Suite No. 2

      Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Munch

      Sony Classical 88876192862

      5:17 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "Milonga del ángel"

      Marcel Worms, p
      Tangos for Piano from Latin America & Europe

      Zefir 9647

      5:23 pm

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      8:00 - 11:00 pm

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      David Attenborough (2/8/1985)

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