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      Playlist for Thursday, December 4, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Luigi Cherubini: "Les Abencérages, ou L'Étendard de Grenade"

      Overture

      Orfeo Orch/György Vashegyi
      Les Abencérages

      Bru Zane BZ-1050 (3)

      12:05 am

      Luigi Cherubini: Etude #2

      Barry Tuckwell, fh; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Horn Concertos of Knechtl, M. Haydn, Mozart (#4), Strauss (2), & Hoddinott; Sonatas of Danzi & Beethoven

      London B0006249-02 (2)

      12:12 am

      Louise Farrenc: "25 Études Faciles," Op. 50

      No. 16

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-912-13 (2)

      12:13 am

      Richard Strauss: "Aus Italien," Op. 16

      Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy

      London 425941-2

      12:55 am

      Hugo Wolf: "Italienisches Liederbuch"

      "Mein Liebster ist so klein"

      Geraldine McGreevy, s; Sholto Kynoch, p
      Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 3

      Stone Records 5060192780116

      1:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 72

      No. 2 in e minor

      Czech Phil/Jiri Belohlavek
      Dvorak Slavonic Dances

      Dec 4789458

      1:05 am

      Dora Pejacevic: Violin Sonata No. 2 in b-flat, Op. 43, "Slavonic"

      Itamar Zorman, v; Ieva Jokubaviciute, p
      Dora Pejacevic

      First Hand Records FHR-119

      1:22 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: "Borova" (Seven Czech Dances) (1929-30)

      #7

      Radoslav Kvapil, p
      Anthology of Czech Piano Works, Vol. 3: Bohuslav Martinu

      Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD-9140

      1:24 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 89 in F

      18th-Century Orch/Frans Brüggen
      Symphonies 88 & 89 • Sinfonia Concertante

      Philips 462602-2

      1:43 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Recorder Sonata in F, Op 5/4

      Frans Brüggen, r; Gustav Leonhardt, hc; Anner Bylsma, vc

      Teldec 93669-2

      1:55 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in a, TWV 55:a2

      Passepied I/II

      Marion Verbruggen, r; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Monica Huggett
      Telemann: Les Plaisirs, Chamber Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907093

      2:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Ave Maris Stella"

      The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
      A Mother's Love: Music for Mary

      London B0010836-02

      2:05 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Prelude to Act 1

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      Summer Night Concert 2013

      Sony 88883712052

      2:16 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      Entry of the Guests

      Llyr Williams, p
      Wagner Without Words

      Signum SIGCD-388 (2)

      2:27 am

      Elena Ruehr: String Quartet No. 8, "Insect Dances"

      V. "Lady Bug Waltz"

      Arneis Quartet
      Lift: Chamber Music by Elena Ruehr

      Avie AV-2502

      2:29 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Wasps" incidental music

      Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern
      Elgar: Enigma Variations/Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, Greensleeves

      Reference Recordings RR-129

      2:54 am

      Benjamin Britten: Two Insect Pieces

      "The Wasp"

      Sara Watkins, ob; Osian Ellis, h
      Tit for Tat: A Celebration

      Meridian CDE-84119

      3:00 am

      Igor Stravinsky: Five Easy Pieces (1917)

      Ursula Oppens, Paul Jacobs, p's
      Stravinsky: Music For Two Pianos & Piano Four Hands

      Nonesuch H-71347

      3:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G, "Surprise"

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Haydn: The "London" Symphonies Nos. 93-99

      Sony SM3K-47553 (3)

      3:32 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Symphonies of Wind Instruments"

      Orch of St Luke's/Robert Craft
      Stravinsky: The Composer, Vol. 3

      Musicmasters 67103-2

      3:39 am

      Mondonville: "Titon et l'Aurore"

      "Air pour les vents"

      Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      MONDONVILLE: Titon et l'Aurore

      Erato 45715-2 (2)

      3:41 am

      Jacques Champion de Chambonniè: "Pièces de clavecin," bk 1

      Arion Ensemble
      Un Concert En Nouvelle-France

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1081

      3:54 am

      Emile Waldteufel: "Béobile"

      Gulbenkian Foundation Orch/Michel Swierczewski
      Waldteufel Waltzes, Polkas and Galops

      Nimbus NI-5264

      4:00 am

      Dietrich Buxtehude: Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne

      Robert Noehren, o
      Buxtehude: Organ Music

      Delos D/CD-3023

      4:05 am

      Johann Christoph Pezel: "Sonata-Ciacona" in B-Flat

      Musica Antiqua Köln
      Chaconne

      DG Archiv 453418-2

      4:21 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in d minor, BWV 1004

      V. "Chaconne"

      Eliot Fisk, g
      Eliot Fisk Performs Works by Baroque Composers

      Musicmasters 67130-2

      4:33 am

      Johann Christoph Pezel: Ballo, Ciacona and Gigue

      London Little Orch/Joshua Rifkin
      Student Music In 17th Century Leipzig

      Nonesuch H-71204

      4:35 am

      Morton Gould: "Latin-American Symphonette"

      London Sym Orch/Morton Gould

      Varese-Sarabande VCDM-100010

      4:54 am

      George Gershwin: George Gershwin's Song Book (1932)

      "Do it again"

      Peter Donohoe, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54280-2

      5:00 am

      Franz Liszt: Six Grand Etudes after Paganini (1838)

      No. 1 in g

      Barbara Nissman, p
      Liszt: Sonata in B Minor, Rhapsodie Espagnole, Grandes Etudes de Paganini

      Newport Classic NPD-85538

      5:05 am

      Nicolo Paganini: "Sonata Concertata"

      Gil Shaham, v; Göran Söllscher, g
      Paganini for Two

      DG 437837-2

      5:19 am

      French ANON 13th c: Montpellier Codex

      "Qui d'amours se plaint"

      Anonymous Four
      Love's Illusion: Music From The Montpellier Codex 13th Century

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907109

      5:21 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C, Op 56

      W Hendl, p; J Corigliano, v; L Rose, vc; New York Phil/B Walter
      Bruno Walter Edition - Double Concerto / Triple Concerto

      Sony SMK-64479

      5:55 am

      Anton Diabelli: Rondo in C

      Leo Witoszinskyj, g; Rosario Marciano, p

      Turnabout TV-34728

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      6:04 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto serenata"

      I. "Estudiantina"

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Royal Seville Sym Orch/Edmon Colomer
      Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

      Valois V-4815

      6:13 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Flute Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 19, No. 1 (G 425)

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

      Avie AV-2698

      6:24 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Pièces pittoresques"

      No. 9, "Menuet pompeux"

      Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine
      Maurice Ravel Orchestrations

      Denon CO-78929

      6:31 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36

      II. "Larghetto"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Ludwig van Beethoven: The Symphonies

      DG 4863050

      6:42 am

      Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, "Trout"

      I. "Allegro vivace"

      The Kanneh-Masons
      River of Music

      Decca 4871265

      7:04 am

      Christoph Graupner: Suite in F for flute, viola d'amore, chalumeau, strings and cembalo

      "Ouverture, Air en Gavotte, Air en Polonese"

      Soloists, Finnish Baroque Orch/Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, vi d'amore
      Graupner: Orchestral Suites

      Ondine ODE-1220

      7:15 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Septet in D minor, Op. 74

      Finale, "Vivace"

      Linos Ensemble
      Mozart, Hummel: Quintet & Septet

      Calig CAL-50895

      7:23 am

      Friedrich Kuhlau: "Hugo and Adelheid," Op. 107

      Overture

      Danish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Schønwandt
      Kuhlau: Overtures

      Chandos CHAN-9648

      7:32 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivacissimo"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Brahms & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

      RCA 61495-2

      7:41 am

      Bedřich Smetana: Three Salon Polkas, Op. 7

      Radoslav Kvapil, p
      An Anthology of Czech Piano Music Vol. 6 - Smetana

      Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD-9152

      8:04 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G minor, R. 416

      Pulcinella/Ophélie Gaillard, vc
      Vivaldi: I Colori dell'Ombra

      Aparté AP-226

      8:14 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, K. 498, "Kegelstatt"

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegretto"

      Patrick Messina, cl; Lise Berthaud, vi; Fabrizio Chiovetta, p
      Mozart, Bruch

      Aparté AP-332

      8:23 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

      8:31 am

      Ron Nelson: "Savannah River Holiday"

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      American Visions

      RCA 68786-2

      8:41 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Danças características africanas"

      Brazilian Guitar Quartet
      Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos

      Delos DE-3409

      9:04 am

      William Walton: "Capriccio burlesco"

      London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-8968

      9:12 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Suite burlesque"

      Mark Clinton & Nicole Narboni, p
      Germaine Tailleferre: Music for 2 Pianos & Piano 4 Hands / Mark Clinton / Nicole Narboni

      Elan CD-82278

      9:19 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Burlesque de Don Quichotte"

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Ravinia: Apollo's Fire (June 26, 2018)

      WFMT

      9:33 am

      Manuel de Falla: "El amor brujo"

      Ritual Fire Dance; Pantomime

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Infernal Violins

      Analekta AN2-8723

      9:42 am

      Karl Jenkins: "La Folia" (after Corelli)

      Evelyn Glennie, mar; Hong Kong Chamber Orch/Jean Thorel
      Alrich - Jenkins - Rorem: Concertos for Mallet Instruments

      Naxos 8.574218

      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.

      10:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas, Nos. 28-32 / Vladimir Ashkenazy

      Decca 417150-2 (2)

      10:22 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concertino in E-Flat, Op. 26

      David Shifrin, cl; Orch di Padova e del Veneto/David Golub
      Weber: Clarinet Concertos

      Delos DE-3220

      10:34 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio in G minor

      Daniel Hope, v; Katta, o; Zürich Chamber Orch
      Hope

      DG 4860543

      10:43 am

      Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Mario Rossi
      Brahms: Hungarian Dances - complete / Mário Rossi

      Omega OCD-1023

      10:46 am

      Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 4

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Mario Rossi

      Omega OCD-1023

      10:51 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Alborada del gracioso"

      ChromaDuo
      Ravel & Debussy: Music for Two Guitars

      Naxos 8.573286

      11:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: Two Norwegian Airs, Op. 63

      Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch/Juha Kangas
      Folk Into Classic

      Ondine ODE-766-2

      11:14 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Schübler Chorale, "Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake)," BWV 645

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach Arrangements * Angela Hewitt, Piano

      Hyperion CDA-67309

      11:18 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537

      BBC Phil/Leonard Slatkin
      Bach Transcriptions

      Chandos CHAN-9835

      11:29 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 1 in C

      Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Lev Markiz
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies (Complete)

      Brilliant Classics 93777 (7)

      11:41 am

      Frederick Delius: "A Village Romeo and Juliet"

      "The Walk to the Paradise Garden"

      Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Delius: Brigg Fair, In a Summer Garden, The Walk to the Paradise Garden, North Country Sketches / Sir Charles Mackerras

      Argo 430202-2

      11:53 am

      Pierre de Manchicourt: "Reges Terrae"

      Chanticleer
      Chanticleer Sings Christmas

      Warner 0190295228781

      12:01 pm

      John Cheetham: Sonata for Brass Quintet

      Gaudete Brass
      Chicago Moves

      Cedille CDR-90000136

      12:14 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Eine kleine Nachtmusik," K. 525

      Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer
      After Mozart

      Nonesuch 79633-2

      12:32 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Orpheus," Symphonic Poem No. 4

      Berlin Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Franz Liszt - Liszt: Symphonic Poems

      Sony SK-66834

      12:44 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

      Martha Argerich, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Martha Argerich II

      Philips 456703-2 (2)

      12:54 pm

      Philip Glass: "Aguas da Amazonia"

      "Madeira River," Part 2

      Third Coast Percussion; Constance Volk, f
      Aguas da Amazonia by Philip Glass

      Rockwell 198883460711

      1:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C

      Christian Poltéra, vc; Munich Chamber Orchestra
      Haydn: Cello Concertos; Hindemith: Trauermusik

      BIS 2507

      1:25 pm

      Josef Suk: "Summer Impressions," Op. 22b

      Margaret Fingerhut, p
      Suk: Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-9026/7 (2)

      1:40 pm

      Franz von Suppé: "The Beautiful Galatea"

      Overture

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Leonard Bernstein: The Royal Edition No. 17 of 100

      Sony SMK-61830

      1:49 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Paris Quartet No. 1 in G

      London Handel Players
      Telemann Paris Quartets Vol. 1: 6 Quadri (1730)

      Somm Recordings SOMMCD-0698

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Leoš Janáček: "Taras Bulba"

      North German Radio Sym Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
      Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances; Janáček: Taras Bulba

      DG 445838-2

      2:24 pm

      Johann Christian Bach: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 6, No. 5

      Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead
      JC Bach: Symphonies, Op. 6

      CPO 999298-2

      2:35 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C, K. 330

      III. Finale, "Allegretto"

      Fazıl Say, p
      Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

      Warner Classics 0825646942060 (6)

      2:45 pm

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan," Op. 8

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, The White Peacock, Three Tone Pictures, Poem

      Naxos 8.559164

      2:58 pm

      Johann Michael Bach: Chorale Prelude, In dulci jubilo

      Webb Wiggins, o
      Bright Day Star

      Dorian DOR-90198

      3:00 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

      André Watts, p; Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
      Tchaikovsky; Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos - Yoel Levi, André Watts

      Telarc CD-80386

      3:26 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Carnival Overture," Op. 92

      Philharmonic Brass/Tugan Sokhiev
      Overture!

      Decca 4854171

      3:39 pm

      Alec Wilder: Concerto for Oboe, Orchestra and Percussion

      Bert Lucarelli, ob; Brooklyn Phil Orch/Michael Barrett
      John Corigliano, Alec Wilder: Aria, Concerto for Oboe

      Koch 3-7187-2

      4:00 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      March

      Stewart Goodyear, p
      The Nutcracker for Solo Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30040

      4:00 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"

      Three Dance Episodes

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront, Chichester Psalms

      Naxos 8.559177

      4:12 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87

      Fugue No. 24 in D minor

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Russian Recital

      Cedille CDR-90000153

      4:20 pm

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

      St Martin's Academy/Murray Perahia, p
      Murray Perahia Plays Bach Concertos

      Sony 82429-2 (3)

      4:40 pm

      John Corigliano: "Gazebo Dances"

      Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy/Arjan Tien
      Rhapsody in Navy Blue/Originals

      Channel Classics CCS-42920

      4:58 pm

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto madrigal"

      VI. "Pastoral"

      Amadeus Guitar Duo; International Phil Orch/Horst-Hans Bäcker
      Spanish Night

      Naxos 8.573441

      5:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004

      V. "Chaconne"

      Anna Shelest, p
      Spirit and Romance

      Sorel Classics SCCD-001

      5:16 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      The Sweet Spot

      As Bill explains: 'I’ve spent my life as a classical musician devoted to the great body of standard repertoire, which began about 1685 with the birth of Bach and Handel and continued through Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven on to the present. I loved that music as a youngster and I still do, but there are occasions, especially when I’m least expecting it, when music composed roughly between 1550 and 1650 will take my breath away.' Madrigalists and other Italian composers, giants like Palestrina (born 500 years ago), the Gabrielis, and Orlando di Lasso. We will be listening to Renaissance composers from France, Spain, Germany, and England.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      David Robertson, conductor. Ravel: Suite from "Ma Mère l’Oye" (Mother Goose); Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14, Gil Shaham, violin; Bartok: "The Wooden Prince," Op. 13, Sz. 60.