Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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      Playlist for Tuesday, January 20, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in E-flat, Op.18, "Grande valse brillante"

      Lang Lang, p
      The Chopin Album

      Sony 48960-2

      12:05 am

      Malcolm Arnold: "A Grand, Grand Overture," Op 57

      Royal Phil/Vernon Handley
      Arnold: Symphony No. 2, etc.

      Conifer 51240-2

      12:13 am

      Doreen Carwithen: Overture, "ODTAA (One Damn Thing After Another)"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Carwithen: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9524

      12:21 am

      Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 21

      No. 2 in F

      Jean-Pierre Armengaud, p
      Clara Schumann: Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-930

      12:22 am

      Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2 in d, Op. 121

      Andrew Wan, v; Charles Richard-Hamelin, p
      Robert Schumann

      Analekta AN2-9003

      12:55 am

      Robert Schumann: Five Poems of Queen Mary Stuart, Op. 135

      No. 1, "Abschied von Frankreich"

      Juliane Banse, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 3

      Hyperion CDJ-33103

      1:00 am

      Bastiano Chilese: Canzon in Echo a 8 (1608)

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Battaglie And Lamenti 1600-1660: Monteverdi, Peri, Fontei, Strozzi

      Alia Vox AV-9815

      1:05 am

      Anna Bon: Flute Sonata in D, Op 1/4

      Sabine Dreier, f; Irene Hegen, p
      Flute Sonatas Op.1

      CPO 999181-2

      1:14 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in F, Kk 85 (L 166)

      Scott Ross, hc
      Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works

      Erato 45309-2 (34)

      1:16 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, "Caractéristique"

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Alpesh Chauhan

      Olympia CHSA-5352

      1:54 am

      Peter Cornelius: "Das Kind"

      "Gesegnet"

      Matthias Hausmann, br; Matthias Veit, p
      Cornelius: Lieder, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.572557

      2:00 am

      Jacques Hotteterre: "L'Hymen Pastoral (The Country Wedding)"

      Elena Polonska, h; Roger Cotte, r
      The Baroque Collection

      Vox PVTS-7601

      2:05 am

      Johann David Heinichen: "Pastorale" in A

      Susanne Regel, ob; Monika Nielen, ob; Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
      Concerti "Per L'Orchestra Di Dresda"

      DG Archiv 447644-2

      2:12 am

      Gunnar de Frumerie: "Pastoral Suite," Op 13b

      Kathleen Rudolph, f; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5157

      2:25 am

      Lera Auerbach: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 46

      No. 14

      Avila Duo
      24 Preludes for Violin and Piano

      Hänssler Classic HC-21059

      2:26 am

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

      London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
      Mozart: Symphonies No 31, 36 And 38

      ASV CDDCA-647

      2:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Missa Brevis" in G, K. 49

      "Sanctus"

      Soloists; Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Mozart: Complete Masses

      Brilliant 96648

      3:00 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

      Huntsmen's Chorus

      Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresden Staatskapelle/Silvio Varviso
      German Opera Choruses

      Philips 422410-2

      3:02 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Euryanthe"

      Hunting Chorus

      Vienna State Opera Cho, Horn Ens/R Dunn
      Forest & Hunting Songs of Romantic Era

      MHS 1224

      3:05 am

      Franz Danzi: Bassoon Concerto in g

      Albrecht Holder, bn; Neubrandenburger Phil/Nicholas Pasquet
      DANZI: Bassoon Concertos

      Naxos 8.554273

      3:25 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Favorite Waltzes for Empress Marie Louise"

      #12

      Eva Schieferstein, p
      Weber: Schieferstein - Valses favorites pour l'impératrice

      Koch 3-6731-2

      3:27 am

      Percy Grainger: "Handel in the Strand" (Clog Dance)(1912)

      Collage
      The Christmas Connection

      Northeastern NR-228-CD

      3:31 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 2 in D

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Handel: Water Music

      DG Archiv 410525-2

      3:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Love in Bath"

      "The Plot"

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63374-2

      4:00 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: Etude in A-Flat

      Raymond Lewenthal, p
      Lewenthal Playing And Conducting Funeral March For A Papagallo And Other Grotesqueries Of Alkan

      CBS M-30234

      4:05 am

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

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Jaime Laredo
      Mendelssohn: 'Scottish' and 'Italian' Symphonies

      Nimbus NI-5067

      4:34 am

      Girolamo FANTINI: Prima Imperiale

      John Wallace, tr, Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright
      Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares

      Nimbus NI-5079

      4:35 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: Concerto da Camera #1 in a, Op 10

      Dmitry Feofanov, p; Razumovsky Sym Orch/Robert Stankovsky
      ALKAN: Piano Concerto, Op. 39 / Concerto da Camera, Nos. 1-3

      Naxos 8.553702

      4:50 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: "Le Tambour qui bat aux champs"

      Raymond Lewenthal, p
      Lewenthal Playing And Conducting Funeral March For A Papagallo And Other Grotesqueries Of Alkan

      CBS M-30234

      4:54 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Spanish Lady," Op 89

      Bourrée

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      The Spirit of England

      Nimbus NI-5008

      5:00 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Boccaccio"

      Minuet and Tarantella

      Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter
      Suppe: Overtures Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223647

      5:05 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in d, Op. 63

      Clara Wieck Trio

      Signum SIGX-80-00 (2)

      5:35 am

      Robert Schumann: Oratorio, "The Pilgrimage of the Rose," Op. 112

      Aria, "Bald hat das neue Töchterlein"

      Rainer Trost, t; Das Neue Orchester/Christoph Spering
      Der Rose Pilgerfahrt

      Opus 111 OPS-30-190

      5:36 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Poem"

      Joseph Mariano, f; Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Howard Hanson Conducts Barber, Piston, Griffes & Others

      Mercury 434307-2

      5:46 am

      Samuel Barber: "Adagio for Strings" (from Op. 11)

      London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Copland: Quiet City, 8 Poems of Emily Dickinson/ Barber: Adagio for Strings Op. 11, Knoxville- Summer of 1915

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55358-2

      5:54 am

      Edward MacDowell: Twelve Virtuoso Studies, Op 46

      #2, "Moto perpetuo"

      Malcolm Frager, p
      Edward MacDowell and Company

      New World 80206-2

      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

      Jan Dismas Zelenka: Capriccio No. 2 in G

      Das Neu-Eröffnete Orchestre/Jürgen Sonnentheil
      Zelenka: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

      CPO 999458-2

      6:19 am

      Leopold Kozeluch: "Oktett Concertant" (Parthia) in B-Flat

      Consortium Classicum
      Leopold Kozeluch: Divertimenti für Bläser

      Orfeo C-442981-A

      6:32 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Les Troyens"

      Ballet Music

      Royal Opera House Orch/Colin Davis
      Berlioz: Les Troyens

      Philips 416432-2 (4)

      6:43 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "La belle Hélène"

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Famous Overtures

      Philips 411450-2

      6:51 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Creatures of Prometheus," Op. 43

      Introduction, "La Tempesta"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus

      DG 419608-2

      6:53 am

      music continues...

      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.

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      You and the Night and the Music

      Novelists have built their plots around great music. Join us as we step into the minds of authors trying to describe the feelings and emotions of music. We begin with an inspiring mandolin and the letters of T.S. Eliot. In Thursday’s program, Bill tells the story of a violin maker and part-time sleuth who has a nostalgic longing for Bach. Dvorák falls in love. An author reminisces about his father’s final journey with Beethoven. We end our travels through literature and music with a dream of the devil and E.M. Forster’s vision of Beethoven from Howard’s End.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Osvaldo Golijov "Tenebrae;" Quartetto di Cremona; Biber Sonata representativa in A major, C. 146 (B. IV 184); William Fedkenheuer, violin; Joshua Grindele, cello; Michael Stephen Brown, harpsichord; Jörg Widmann "Jagdquartett (Hunt Quartet);" Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Frederik Oland, violins; Asbjørn Norgaard, viola; Ravel "Tzigane, rapsodie de concert;" Yura Lee, violin; Wu Han, piano.

      11:00 pm