Friday, July 24, 2026

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      Playlist for Friday, July 24, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "La Verita in Cimento"

      Sinfonia

      American Bach Soloists/Jeffrey Thomas
      Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Sings Gluck, Handel, Vivaldi

      American Bach Soloists

      12:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in D, R 472

      Sergio Azzolini, bs; L'Aura Soave Cremona
      Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos Volume 2

      Naive OP-30518

      12:16 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: "Bassoon Set"

      No. 1

      Lecolion Washington, bn
      Karen Walwyn: Dark Fires, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-1038

      12:18 am

      Hugo Alfvén: Ballet, "The Prodigal Son"

      Stockholm Royal Opera Orch/Hugo Alfvén

      Discofil SCD-1003

      12:35 am

      William Walton: "The Wise Virgins" Suite (after J.S. Bach)

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: The Quest And The Wise Virgins Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8871

      12:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 43, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen"

      Chorale, "Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist"

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op 118

      No. 2, "Intermezzo" in A

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p

      Cedille CDR-90000171 (2)

      1:05 am

      Manuel Ponce: Piano Concerto (1912)

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p; Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique B tiz
      Musica Mexicana, Vol. 6

      ASV CDDCA-926

      1:26 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Four Mexican Dances"

      No. 2

      Argentina Duràn, p
      Rapsodia Mexicana

      Bravo Music0

      1:27 am

      Niccolo Paganini: "Andantino variato"

      Andrés Segovia, g
      The Segovia Collection Vol. 9: The Romantic Guitar

      MCA Classics MCAD-10281

      1:35 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Violin Concerto #4 in b, Op 10

      Hoelscher, v; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Christian Fröhlich
      Violin Concertos 10, 7 & 9

      CPO 777818-2 (8)

      1:55 am

      Valerie Capers: "Ruby"

      "Postlude: Change"

      Victoria Ehrlich, vc
      Where Freedom Rings

      Cambria CD-1238

      2:00 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "The Tempest" Incidental Music

      "Dance of Nymphs and Reapers"

      Kansas City Sym Orch/Michael Stern
      Shakespeare's Tempest

      Reference Recordings RR-115

      2:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #17 in d, Op 31/2, "Tempest"

      Maurizio Pollini, p
      Sonatas Op. 31 & 49

      DG 479 4325

      2:26 am

      Afro-American Traditional: "Early One Morning"

      St Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
      St Charles Singers: I Know Where I'm Going

      Proteus 4027

      2:27 am

      Jean-Michel Damase: Variations on "Early one morning" (1980)

      Anna Noakes, f; Gillian Tingay, h
      Damase

      ASV CDDCA-898

      2:37 am

      Edward German: Incidental Music for "Nell Gwynn"

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper
      GERMAN : British Light Music

      Marco Polo 8.223419

      2:54 am

      English ANON: This Merry Pleasant Spring

      Julianne Baird, s, Ronn Mcfarlane, l
      The English Lute Song

      Dorian DOR-90109

      3:00 am

      Matthias Kleemann: Chorale-prelude, "Ein feste Burg"

      Ludwig Güttler, tr; Friedrich Kircheis, o
      GUTTLER, KIRCHEIS: Music for trumpet, corno da caccia & organ

      Berlin Classics 0011102-BC

      3:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046

      Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6/ Orchestral Suites 1-4

      Berlin Classics 0011452-BC (2)

      3:23 am

      Hans Gál: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 83 (1960)

      #9 in E

      Leon McCawley, p
      Gal: The Complete Works For Solo Piano

      Avie AV-2064 (3)

      3:25 am

      Hans Gál: Symphony #1 in D, Op 30

      Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair
      Franz Schubert * Hans Gal * Kindred Spirits

      Avie AV-2224

      3:55 am

      Hans Gál: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 83 (1960)

      #20 in d

      Leon McCawley, p
      Gal: The Complete Works For Solo Piano

      Avie AV-2064 (3)

      4:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Capriccio in E, BWV 993

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Italian Concerto & French Overture

      Hyperion CDA-67306

      4:05 am

      Adrien François Servais: Caprice in A, Op 11/4

      Anner Bylsma, vc; Smithsonian Chamber Players

      RCA-DHM 77108-2-RG

      4:09 am

      Alfredo Piatti: 12 Caprices, Op 25

      #12 in e

      Antonio Meneses, vc
      Capriccioso - Works For Solo Cello

      Avie AV-2328

      4:13 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Capriccio", Op. 49

      Paul Klinck, v; Claude Coppens, p

      Cypres CYP-2619

      4:18 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Guia Prático"

      No. 76, "A Maré Encheu"

      Nelson Freire, p

      London B0017179-02

      4:19 am

      Edward Elgar: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36

      London Phil/Leonard Slatkin
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Cockaigne Overture, Froissart Overtures

      RCA 60073-2-RC

      4:54 am

      William Walton: Duets for Children (1940)

      #12, Trumpet Tune

      Richard Rodney Bennett, Carol Rosenberger, p
      BENNETT, R.R.: Suite for Skip and Sadie / Partridge Pie / 7 Days a Week / WALTON, W.: Duets for Children

      Delos DE-6002

      5:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La clemenza di Tito," K. 621

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk
      11 Overtures

      Laserlight 15885

      5:05 am

      Darius Milhaud: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 225 (1941)

      Sari Biro, p; Orch/Emanuel Vardi
      Sari Biro Legacy: Historic Performances 1944-1972

      Cambria CD-1174 (4)

      5:18 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Chorus, "Das klinget so herrlich"

      Amadeus Ensemble/Julius Rudel
      Mozart: The Magic Flute and The Abduction from the Seraglio

      Musicmasters MMD-60141-F

      5:20 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 11 in E-Flat, K. 171

      International String Quartet

      Price-Less D-22662

      5:34 am

      Francis Poulenc: Piano Concerto (1949)

      François René Duchable, p; Rotterdam Phil/James Conlon
      Concerto Pour 2 Pianos / Concerto Pour Piano / Aubade

      Erato 45232-2

      5:54 am

      Erik Satie: "Monotones"

      "Gnossienne #2"

      Royal Opera House Orch/John Lanchbery
      Monotones • Jack In The Box • Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire • Two Preludes

      Angel S-37580

      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: Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006

      Suite (Prelude, Gavotte & Gigue)

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Rachmaninov: Piano Transcriptions

      Decca 470291-2

      6:12 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Gavota"

      Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Música Mexicana Vol. 6

      ASV CDDCA-926

      6:19 am

      Benjamin Godard: "Suite de trois morceaux," Op. 116

      Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      La Flûte Enchantée

      Chandos CHAN-8840

      6:31 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat, K. 450

      I. "Allegro"

      Alfred Brendel, p; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: The Piano Concertos

      Philips 412856-2 (10)

      6:43 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      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.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Get the Picture?

      Listen to the works of composers inspired by well-known paintings and poems. Pianist Alicia de Larrocha will perform Goyescas, by Enrique Granados, a musical impression of Francisco Goya’s paintings. This week also includes Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Hindemith’s Matthias der Maler, and Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead. Many of these musical works have gone on to further inspire new artistic creations. This week, visual art and music become one!

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Musical Americana (7/2/1981)

      Studs Terkel conjures a musical reminiscence of days gone by. The hour includes the mighty Wurlitzer organ heard in so many movie palaces of the past; Scott Joplin’s "Treemonisha;" a tribute to Lucky Lindbergh, Eagle of the USA; jazz by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines; and so much more. jazz by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines; and so much more.