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      Playlist for Sunday, April 26, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude No. 8 in e-flat minor

      Pleeth Cello Octet
      Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras 1 & 5; Suite For Voice And Violin; Bach Preludes And Fugues For An Orchestra Of Cellos

      Hyperion CDA-66257

      12:05 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas brasileiras" No. 8 (1944)

      French National Radio Orch/Heitor Villa-Lobos

      EMI/Ang CZS7-67229-2 (6)

      12:29 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)"

      Chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

      Dinu Lipatti, p
      Piano Collection

      EMI/Ang CDZB7-67205-2 (2)

      12:32 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (Blessed are you, Jesus Christ)" BWV 604

      Anthony Newman, o
      Bach: Preludes & Fugues for Organ Volume 4

      Newport Classic NC-60004

      12:34 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat, K. 238

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p
      Piano Concertos 6, 15 & 27

      Warner Classics 62259-2

      12:54 am

      Johann, Sr Strauss: Chinese Galop, Op 20

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Ein Straussfest II

      Telarc CD-80314

      1:00 am

      Frederick Delius: "Irmelin" (1890-92)

      Prelude

      Hallé Orch/Sir John Barbirolli

      Nixa NIXCD-6003

      1:05 am

      Frederick Delius: Violin Sonata #3 (1930)

      Galina Heifetz, v; David Allen Wehr, p
      Delius: Sonatas For Violin & Piano, Music For Solo Piano

      Connoisseur CD-4224

      1:20 am

      Frederick Delius: Song, "Chanson d'automne"

      Sarah Walker, ms; Eric Fenby, p
      English, French & Scandinavian Songs

      Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD-2041

      1:22 am

      Leos Janácek: "The Cunning Little Vixen" (1921-3)

      Suite

      Czech Phil/Vaclav Talich
      Janacek: Taras Bulba, The Cunning Little Vixen (Suite)/ Novak: Moravian-Slovak Suite

      Supraphon 111905-2

      1:41 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "The Two Widows"

      Suite

      Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Robert Stankovsky
      SMETANA : Orchestral Highlights From Operas

      Marco Polo 8.223326

      1:54 am

      Czech Trad: Folksong, Glaubst du, dass ich

      Quink
      Folksongs Of The World

      Telarc CD-80275

      2:00 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata in B-Flat, Op 3/3

      Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa
      Opera omnia

      Koch 350202 (3)

      2:05 am

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

      Mela Tenenbaum, v
      Sonatas & Partitas for Violin

      Ess.a.y CD-1049-50-51 (3)

      2:23 am

      Bach/Godowsky: Solo Violin Sonata No. 3 in a, BWV 1005

      "Allegro"

      Carlo Grante, p
      Bach/ Godowsky: Three Sonatas For Violin Adapted For Piano

      Music & Arts CD-1039

      2:29 am

      Johann Schickhardt: Trumpet Piece, Op 17/12

      Maurice André, tr

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49722-2

      2:31 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham
      Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5, and 6

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63398-2

      2:54 am

      Vincent Persichetti: Serenade #10 for Flute and Harp

      Vivo

      Jadwiga Kotnowska, f; Joanna Kozielska, h

      Societe Generale QM-6937

      3:00 am

      Hans Christian Lumbye: "Queen Louise" Waltz

      Danish National Radio Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Lumbye: Champagne Galop

      Chandos CHAN-9209

      3:05 am

      Kurt Weill: “Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (Little Threepenny Music)”

      Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer

      EMI CDM7-64142-2

      3:25 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Gaîté Parisienne"

      VIII. "Polka"

      Monte Carlo Phil/Manuel Rosenthal

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63136-2

      3:27 am

      Johannes Brahms: Eight Piano Pieces, Op 76

      Robert Silverman, p
      Piano Music of Brahms, Vol. 2

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1113

      3:55 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Love in Bath"

      "The Plot"

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63374-2

      4:00 am

      Witold Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini

      Anthony, Joseph Paratore, p's

      Koch CD-310088

      4:05 am

      Nicolo Paganini: Violin Concerto #5 in a

      Salvatore Accardo, v; London Phil Orch/
      Niccolò Paganini - Concerto Per Violino N.5 - Maestosa Sonata Sentimentale

      DG 2530961

      4:45 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Chorus, "Heilig!"

      Gloriae Dei Cantores/Elizabeth Patterson
      Joy and Gladness

      Gloriae Dei Cantores GDCD-113

      4:46 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia (Overture) in B-Flat, Op 18/2, "Lucio Silla"

      Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead
      Six Symphonies Op. 18

      CPO 999752-2

      4:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Jesu, meines Lebens Leben (Jesus, My Life's Life)" BWV 1107

      David Boe, o
      Brombaugh Op. 9: Five Centuries Of Organ Music

      Veritas 96002

      5:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Abduction from the Seraglio," K. 384

      "Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln"

      Paul Fried, f; Allan Vogel, ob

      Golden Tone GTCD-004

      5:02 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Abduction from the Seraglio," K. 384

      Aria, "O wie ängstlich, o wie feurig"

      Paul Fried, f; Allan Vogel, ob

      Golden Tone GTCD-004

      5:05 am

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

      Heinz Holliger, ob; Munich Chamber Orch/Hans Stadlmair
      Oboe Concertos

      DG Archiv 471724-2 (2)

      5:26 am

      Dinicu: "Pacsirta"

      Mela Tenenbaum, v; Richard Kapp, p
      Songs Without Words

      Ess.a.y CD-1048

      5:28 am

      Alberto Ginastera: "Panambi" (Ballet Suite, 1937)

      Lyon National Orch/David Robertson
      GINASTERA: Estancia, Op. 8a; Panambi, Op. 1a; Concerto for Harp. Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals

      Astrée V-4860

      5:41 am

      Alberto Ginastera: "Estancía" (Ballet Suite, 1943)

      Granada City Orch/Josep Pons
      Ginastera: Estancia, Concerto For Harp, Etc

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901808

      5:54 am

      Alberto Ginastera: "Suite de danzas criollas," Op 15

      #1

      Barbara Nissman, p
      Criolla-The Complete Music for Piano and Piano Chamber Ensembles-Volume 1

      Newport Classic NPD-85510

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Psalm 23 and More." Host Peter DuBois shares various sacred choral and organ music based on the psalm for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, and others.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Flute Quintet in G minor, Op. 19, No. 2 (G426)

      Sally Walker, f; Layton & Rayner, v's; King, vi; Marlin, vc
      Stephen King, viola,
      Boccherini: Chamber Works for Flute

      Avie AV-2698

      7:14 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Close Your Eyes and Listen"

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel
      Piazzolla Stories

      Warner 0190295155636

      7:21 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

      Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 "Linzer" & 40

      Philips 434107-2

      8:01 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      Inon Barnatan, p
      Darknesse Visible

      Avie AV-2256

      8:19 am

      Agustín Lara: "Granada"

      Canadian Brass
      Perfect Landing

      Opening Day ODR-7450

      8:24 am

      Léo Delibes: "Lakmé"

      Flower Duet, "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (with introduction)

      HHS Park, s; E D'Angelo, ms; Teatro Carlo Felice Orch/J Rieder
      Breathe

      DG 4864627

      8:31 am

      Alfred Newman: "Street Scene"

      Richard Glazier, p
      Broadway to Hollywood

      Centaur CRC-3347

      8:39 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Gaîté Parisienne"

      Overture; "Allegro brillante"; Polka; "Poco allegro"; Mazurka; Valse

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Ibert: Divertissement

      Telarc CD-80294

      8:52 am

      Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      9:01 am

      George Frideric Handel: Sarabande (on "La Follia")

      Jupiter/Thomas Dunford, l
      Handel: Eternal Heaven

      Erato 5419719677

      9:07 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3, "The Bird"

      Cuarteto Casals
      Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2962022.23 (2)

      9:28 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance No. 1 in G, Op. 40

      Maxim Vengerov, v; London Sym Orch/Mstislav Rostropovich
      Maxim Vengerov: 5 Classic Albums

      Warner 5099998443529

      9:37 am

      Pauline Viardot: "Six Morceaux"

      No. 1, "Romance"

      Karin Hendel, v; Ewa Warykiewicz, p
      Andrée, Viardot, Boulanger, Farrenc

      Zuk Records 324

      9:41 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La scala di seta"

      Overture

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Rossini: Overtures

      DG 431653-2

      9:48 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 1

      Flute Sonata in B minor

      Karl Kaiser, f; Freiburg Baroque Orch members
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      10:01 am

      John Rutter: "Five Meditations for Orchestra"

      I. What sweeter music

      King's College Cho Cambridge; Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Hyde
      All the Stars Looked Down: A John Rutter Celebration

      Kings College KGS-0075

      10:05 am

      John Rutter: "Suite Antique"

      IV. Waltz

      Duke Dobing, f; Wayne Marshall, hc; City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      The Cambridge Singers Collection

      Collegium CSCD-501

      10:09 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges," Op. 33

      Suite, Op. 33a

      National Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Prokofiev: 6th Symphony, Suite from "The Love For Three Oranges"

      RCA 68801-2

      10:25 am

      Lawson Lunde: Saxophone Sonata, Op. 37, "Alpine"

      Paul Cohen, ssx; Allison Brewster Franzetti, p
      Quiet City

      Sono Luminus DSL-92135

      10:35 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Poetic Tone Pictures," Op. 85

      "Twilight Way; Serenade; Furiant; On the Holy Mountain"

      William Howard, p
      Dvořák: Piano Music

      Chandos CHAN-9044

      10:53 am

      Monika Stadler: "Away for a While"

      Lauren Scott, h
      Beyond the Horizon

      Avie AV-2417

      10:58 am

      Bill Banfield/Tim Adams: "Brooke's Way"

      Bill Banfield, g; Tim Adams, per
      AB2 * Journeys * Sixteen Songs

      Albany TROY-793

      11:01 am

      Aaron Copland: "Our Town"

      Three Pieces for Piano

      Ian Gindes, p
      American Visions

      Centaur CRC-3475

      11:12 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"

      "Lonely Town"

      Alison Balsom, tr; Britten Sinfonia/Scott Stroman
      Quiet City

      Warner 9029622991

      11:16 am

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 3 in C minor

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Florence Price - Symphonies 1 & 3

      DG 4861900

      11:48 am

      Carlos Simon: "Memory of Summer"

      Carlos Simon, p
      Together

      Decca 4854768

      11:54 am

      Alex Shapiro: "Perpetual Spark"

      Fifth House Ensemble
      Fifth House Ensemble - Excelsior

      Cedille CDR-90000148

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

      Overture

      Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan
      Famous Overtures

      DG 474275-2 (2)

      12:11 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Winter," RV. 297

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons etc.

      Avie AV-2344

      12:21 pm

      John Williams: "Jaws"

      "The Barrel Chase"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 41779-2 (20)

      12:27 pm

      Gabriel Jackson: "O sacrum convivium"

      Bella Voce/Andrew Lewis
      Awake the Dawn

      Bella Voce (Awake the Dawn)

      12:35 pm

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

      Marc Hantaï, f; Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Bach, J S: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069

      Alia Vox AVSA-9890 (2)

      1:02 pm

      William Bolcom: "Fields of Flowers"

      Spencer Myer, p
      William Bolcom: Piano Rags

      Steinway & Sons 30041

      1:06 pm

      William Bolcom: "Graceful Ghost" Rag

      Spencer Myer, p
      William Bolcom: Piano Rags

      Steinway & Sons 30041

      1:12 pm

      Charles Ives: Symphony No. 4

      III. Fugue

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Charles Ives - An American Journey

      RCA 63703-2

      1:19 pm

      Scott Joplin: "Solace" (A Mexican Serenade)

      Itzhak Perlman, v; André Previn, p
      The Easy Winners and Other Rag-Time Music of Scott Joplin

      EMI CDC7-47170-2

      1:27 pm

      Florence Price: "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight"

      S Swietlicki, s; R Bennesh, o; Malmö Opera Cho & Orch/J Jeter
      Price: Choral Works

      Naxos 8.559955

      1:50 pm

      music continues...

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Dvořák Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104; Svante Henryson Black Run from Colors in D Suite (encore); Andrei Ioniță, cello; Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; Respighi "Fountains of Rome;" Strauss, Jr. "Thunder and Lightning Polka," Op. 324; Fritz Reiner, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Guitar Music from Spain, Brazil & Mexico

      Guitar music is one of the many strengths of Spanish and Latin American music for both popular and classical genres. Elbio showcases remarkable compositions for the guitar by Spanish composer Joaquín Turina, Brazilian composer Almeida Prado and Mexican composer Manuel Ponce.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Krips conducts Mahler and more

      Josef Krips conducts Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde;" Haydn's Symphony No. 104 in D, "Londo," and Schubert's Symphony No. 6 in C.