Wednesday, January 21, 2026

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      Playlist for Wednesday, January 21, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      John Williams: "Dracula" Film Music

      Night Journeys

      Boston Pops/Keith Lockhart
      Lights, Camera...Magic!

      BSO Classics 1704

      12:05 am

      Heinrich Marschner: "Der Vampyr"

      Overture

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Fritz Rieger

      Opera D'oro OPD-1186 (2)

      12:12 am

      Albert Lortzing: "Undine"

      Overture

      Berlin Radio Sym/Robert Heger

      EMI/Ang CMS7-63208-2 (2)

      12:22 am

      Stephen Heller: 24 Preludes, Op 81

      No. 12, "Élégie"

      Jean Martin, p
      HELLER : Preludes Opp. 81 and 150

      Marco Polo 8.223434

      12:24 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in f minor, Op. 21

      Seong-Jin Cho, p; London Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Chopin: PIano Concerto No. 2; Scherzi

      DG 4860435

      12:55 am

      Antonio Lauro: Four Venezuelan Waltzes (1963)

      #3 in e, "Natalia"

      Manuel Barrueco, g

      Warner 5565782

      1:00 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Poet and Peasant"

      Overture

      Cambridge Buskers
      The Cambridge Buskers' Compact Classics

      DG 423400-2

      1:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.6 in A, Op.30/1

      Alina Ibragimova, v; Cédric Tiberghien, p
      Alina Ibragimova * Cédric Tiberghien * Beethoven Violin Sonatas -- 3

      Wigmore Hall Live WHLive-0045

      1:27 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Eleven "Mödlinger" Dances, WoO 17

      #11

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      1:28 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Donna Juanita"

      Overture

      Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter
      Suppe: Overtures Vol. 2

      Marco Polo 8.223648

      1:41 am

      Florence Price: Concert Overture No. 2

      Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
      Florence Price: Concerto & Symphony in E Minor

      Naxos 8.559920

      1:54 am

      Florence Price: Song, "What's the Use?"

      Michael Hawes, tr; Eugenia Jeong, p
      Florence Price - Her Song

      One Voice Music OVM-01

      2:00 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Legende"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Mexican Piano Music by Manuel M Ponce * Jorge Federico Osorio

      Cedille CDR-90000086

      2:05 am

      César Franck: Piano Quintet in f

      Trio Wanderer; Catherine Montier, v; Christophe Gaugé, vi
      César Franck

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902318.19 (2)

      2:38 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"

      "Gavotte"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      L’ORCHESTRE DU ROI SOLEIL

      Alia Vox AV-9807

      2:39 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Gavota"

      Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique B tiz
      Musica Mexicana, Vol. 6

      ASV CDDCA-926

      2:46 am

      Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" #2

      Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra
      Mi Alma Mexicana * My Mexican Soul

      Sony 88697755552

      2:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 10 in F

      Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim
      Die Moldau • Slavonic Dances • Hungarian Dances • Polovtsian Dances • Les Préludes

      DG 415851-2

      3:00 am

      Reynaldo Hahn: "Le ruban dénoué"

      #5

      Huseyin Sermet, p; Kun Woo Paik, p

      Valois V-4658

      3:05 am

      Reynaldo Hahn: Piano Concerto in E (1931)

      Stephen Coombs, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Jean-Yves Ossonce
      Hahn: Piano Concerto In E Major/ Massenet: Piano Concerto In E Flat Major

      Hyperion CDA-66897

      3:34 am

      Francois Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-7): 9e ordre

      "Le Petit-deuil ou les trois Veuves"

      Kenneth Gilbert, hc
      Francois Couperin: Second Livre de Clavecin

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-190354.56 (3)

      3:35 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Gretchen am Spinnrade," D 118

      Renée Fleming, s; Christoph Eschenbach, p
      The Schubert Album * Renee Fleming/Christoph Eschenbach

      London 455294-2

      3:39 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 80

      "Fileuse" (Spinning Song)

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Faure: Pelleas et Melisande • Dolly

      DG 423089-2

      3:41 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Le rouet d'Omphale," Op. 31

      French National Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Franck: Symphony in D Minor/ Saint-Saens: Le Rouet d'Omphale

      DG 400070-2

      3:51 am

      Francois Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-7): 12e ordre

      "La Fileuse"

      Kenneth Gilbert, hc
      Francois Couperin: Second Livre de Clavecin

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-190354.56 (3)

      3:54 am

      François Couperin: "Les Baricades mysterieuses"

      Alexandre Tharaud, p
      Couperin

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901956

      4:00 am

      American Trad: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho, Orch/Jerold D Ottley
      Songs From America's Heartland

      Argo 430834-2

      4:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Battle of the Huns," Symphonic Poem No. 11 (1857)

      New Zealand Sym/Michael Halász
      Symphonic Poems

      Naxos 8.557846

      4:19 am

      Samuel Scheidt: "Galliard Battaglia"

      American Brass Quintet
      Plays Renaissance, Elizabethan And Baroque Music

      Delos D/CD-3003

      4:21 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 18 in A, K. 464

      Guarneri Quartet
      String Quartets = Streichquartette KV 464 & KV 465 «Dissonance»

      Philips 432076-2

      4:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Little Preludes, BWV. 933/38

      No. 5

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach

      Hyperion CDA-67121/2 (2)

      5:00 am

      Jules Massenet: "Le Cid"

      Aria, "O souverain, o juge, o père"

      Jonas Kaufmann, t; Bavarian State Orchestra/Bertrand de Billy
      L'Opéra

      Sony 88985390762

      5:05 am

      Jules Massenet: "Cendrillon"

      Ballet Suite

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Massenet: Ballet Suites

      Capriccio 10569

      5:25 am

      Jules Massenet: "Papillons blancs" (1907)

      Aldo Ciccolini, p
      Massenet: Piano Music

      EMI/Angel CDM7-64277-2

      5:28 am

      Jules Massenet: "Papillons noirs" (1907)

      Aldo Ciccolini, p
      Massenet: Piano Music

      EMI/Angel CDM7-64277-2

      5:29 am

      Kaija Saariaho: "Sept papillons" (2000)

      Papillon 6

      Wilhelmina Smith, vc
      Works for Solo Cello

      Ondine ODE-1294-2

      5:31 am

      Paul Hindemith: Cello Concerto

      David Geringas, vc; Queensland Sym Orch/Werner Andreas Albert
      Complete Cello Concertos

      CPO 999375-2

      5:54 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Reihe kleiner Stcke," Op 37/2

      #10

      Werner Bärtschi, p
      HINDEMITH : Piano Works

      Jecklin JD-691-2

      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

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944, "Great"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro vivace"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Hans Vonk
      Schubert Symphony Nos. 3 and 9

      Arch Media AM-1002

      6:17 am

      José Luis Merlin: "Progresiones para Pauline"

      Michelle LaPorte, f; Gerry Saulter, g
      Siempre Vivo! South American Songs, Preludes & Dances

      Centaur CRC-3549

      6:24 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Pièces pittoresques"

      No. 9, "Menuet pompeux"

      Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine
      Maurice Ravel Orchestrations

      Denon CO-78929

      6:32 am

      Johann Adolph Scheibe: Sinfonia a 4 in B-flat, SchW A2:007

      Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
      Discovering Dutch Ensembles

      Radio Nederland MCCP-121 (4)

      6:43 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Much Ado About Nothing," Op. 11

      Suite (Four Pieces)

      Brinton Averil Smith, vc; Evelyn Chen, p
      Exiles in Paradise: Emigré Composers in Hollywood

      Naxos 8.579055

      7:04 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Maskarade"

      Overture & Cockerels' Dance

      Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Music

      Dacapo 6.220518

      7:15 am

      Aulis Sallinen: "Sunrise Serenade," Op. 63

      Finnish Chamber Orch/Okko Kamu
      Sallinen: Works for String Orchestra (Complete)

      Naxos 8.553747

      7:22 am

      Anton Reicha: Wind Quintet in A, Op. 100, No. 5

      Finale, Allegro

      Aulos Wind Quintet
      Reicha, Cambini, Danzi: Wind Quintets

      Koch CD-310011

      7:32 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Night on Bald Mountain"

      Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Le Sacre du Printemps

      DG 4776198

      7:46 am

      Reinhold Glière: Harp Concerto in E-Flat, Op 74

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Osian Ellis, h; London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Glière, Glazunov – Concertos

      Decca 430006-2

      7:57 am

      Claude Debussy: "Études"

      No. 6, "Pour les huit doigts"

      Kirill Gerstein, p
      Music in Time of War

      Myrios MYR-905

      8:03 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: "Dom Sébastien"

      Ballet Music: Ballabile di Schiavi

      Philharmonia Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Donizetti: Complete Ballet Music From The Operas

      Philips 422844-2

      8:12 am

      Louise Farrenc: Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 33

      IV. Finale. "Vivace"

      Neave Trio
      Her Voice: Piano Trios by Farrenc, Beach, and Clarke

      Chandos CHAN-20139

      8:21 am

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      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Pianist Stephanie Tang performs music by Franz Schubert, Sofia Gubaidulina, Missy Mazzoli, and Johannes Brahms, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      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 - 12:00 am