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      Playlist for Sunday, April 12, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Anton Rubinstein: Barcarolle #2

      Sergei Rachmaninoff, p

      Newport Classic NC-60030

      12:04 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

      "Barcarolle" (Belle nuit)

      Sutherland, s; Tourangeau, ms; Suisse Romande Orch/Bonynge
      The Tales Of Hoffmann

      London OS-26369

      12:08 am

      Léo Délibes: "Coppélia"

      Act III

      Rotterdam Phil/David Zinman
      Essential Ballet

      Philips 438763-2 (2)

      12:34 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Song, "Als Luise die Briefe," K. 520

      Edith Mathis, s; Berhard Klee, p
      Mozart Lieder

      DG 410546-1 (2)

      12:36 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in G, H XVIII:4

      Ilse von Alpenheim, forte-p; Bamberg Sym Orch/Antal Dorati

      Pantheon D-19157 (3)

      12:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: Waltzes, Op 39

      #4 in e

      Ruth Laredo, p
      My Second Recital

      Ess.a.y CD-1026

      1:00 am

      Edward MacDowell: Orchestra Suite #1 in d, Op 42

      3rd mvt, "In October"

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Hanson Conducts Chadwick, MacDowell & Peter

      Mercury 434337-2

      1:05 am

      Rick Sowash: "October Reveries"

      Josh Aerie, vc; Greg Kostraba, p
      Seasonal Breezes

      Rick Sowash RSP-13

      1:14 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37

      "October (Autumn Song)"

      Moscow Chamber Orch/Constantine Orbelian
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: Serenade in C Major / The Seasons (arr. A. Gauk) (Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Orbelian)

      Delos DE-3255

      1:18 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37

      "October (Autumn Song)"

      Dmitry Paperno, p
      Introducing Dmitry Paperno

      Cedille CDR-90000001

      1:23 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      "Monologue of the Summer Fairy"

      Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      Cinderella / Summer Night - Suite

      DG 445830-2 (2)

      1:24 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet" Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Romeo And Juliet (Complete Suites From The Ballet)

      Telarc CD-80597

      1:54 am

      Enrique Granados: "Valses poéticos"

      #6

      Het Nederlands Gitaarduo
      Works for Two Guitars

      Partridge 1128-2

      2:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Nais"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907121

      2:03 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Nais"

      "Tambourins"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907121

      2:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

      Pinnock, Gilbert, Mortensen, hc; English Concert
      Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a Due Cori

      DG Archiv 415129-2

      2:23 am

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

      Prelude No. 2 in c

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier

      Hyperion CDA-67741/4 (4)

      2:25 am

      Friedrich Kiel: "Three Romances," Op 69

      Zaslav Duo
      Brahms & Friends

      Music & Arts CD-1087 (2)

      2:33 am

      Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 7

      Isata Kanneh-Mason, p; Royal Liverpool Phil/Holly Mathieson
      Romance

      London 4850020

      2:54 am

      Clara Schumann: "Quatre Pièces Caractéristiques," Op 5

      #1

      Jozef De Beenhouwer, p
      Clara Schumann: Piano Works, Vol 3

      Partridge 1131-2

      3:00 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata in C, Op 3/8

      Purcell Quartet
      Corelli: Sonatas for Strings, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-0532

      3:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in e, R 484

      Alberto Grazzi, bn; Zefiro/Alfredo Bernardini
      Vivaldi: Concertos, RV 461, 484, 535, 537, 538, 545 & 557

      Astrée E-8679

      3:16 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in b, Kk 27 (L 449)

      Sean Kennard, p

      Cougar Classics0

      3:18 am

      Edvard Grieg: Symphony in c (1864)

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Okko Kamu
      Symphony In C Minor / Overture "In Autumn"

      BIS CD-200

      3:55 am

      Edvard Grieg: 25 Norwegian Folksongs and Dances, Op. 17

      No. 16, "I Know a Little Maiden"

      Eva Knardahl, p
      Grieg - Complete Piano Music, Vol.6

      BIS LP-109

      4:00 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

      Aria, "Les oiseaux dans la charmille"

      Sumi Jo; Lyon Opéra Cho and Orch/Kent Nagano
      Offenbach * Les Contes d'Hoffmann * Highlights

      Erato 17355-2

      4:05 am

      Ture Rangström: "Notturno nella maniera di E.T.A. Hoffmann"

      Uppsala Chamber Soloists

      LCM C-115

      4:18 am

      E T A Hoffmann: Symphony in E-Flat

      Concerto Bamberg/Rolf Beck
      Hoffman: Miserere B-Moll, Sinfonie Es-Dur

      Koch 3-1148-2H1

      4:39 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      #12a, Chocolate (Spanish Dance)

      Philharmonia Orch/John Lanchbery

      EMI/Ang CDS7-49399-2 (2)

      4:40 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat, BWV 1051

      Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

      DG Archiv 423116-2 (2)

      4:54 am

      Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigal, "Ardo si ma non t'amo"

      Camerata Lutetiensis
      Music At The Courts (Italy, Sweden & France 16th To 18th Centuries)

      Nonesuch HC-73014 (3)

      5:00 am

      Darzins: "Valse mélancolique"

      Detroit Sym/Neeme Järvi
      Favourite Encores!

      Chandos CHAN-9227

      5:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503

      Melvyn Tan, forte-p; London Classical Players/Roger Norrington

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54295-2

      5:35 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"

      Aria, "Addio, fiorito asil"

      Salvatore Licitra, t; London Sym Orch/Carlo Rizzi
      Salvatore Licitra- The Debut

      Sony SK-89923

      5:37 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Portrait of Madama Butterfly"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p

      London B0008431-02

      5:49 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"

      "Potpourri"

      Maud Powell, v; Orch/Josef Pasternack
      The Complete Recordings 1904-17, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.110963

      5:54 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"

      Aria, "Vecchia zimarra, senti"

      José van Dam, br; Paris Orch Ensemble/Jean-Pierre Wallez
      Le Chant d'un Maître: Donizetti, Mahler, Mozart, Etc.

      Arcade 302269 (2)

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Octave of Easter." Host Peter DuBois continues the celebration of Easter with music of joy and praise.

      6:58 am

      Dario Marianelli: "Pride and Prejudice"

      "The Secret Life of Daydreams"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch
      Pride & Prejudice (Music from the Motion Picture)

      Decca B0005620-02

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Jennifer Curtis: "The Moon in the Sand"

      Ariana Kim, v; Jennifer Curtis, man
      Routes of Evanescence

      Ariana Kim Routes of Evanescence

      7:12 am

      Hamilton Harty: "A John Field Suite"

      II. Nocturne

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Harty: John Field Suite, Etc.

      Chandos CHAN-6583

      7:19 am

      Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F

      II. "Assez vif, très rythmé"

      Lindsay String Quartet
      Ravel, Debussy & Stravinsky: String Quartets

      ASV CDDCA-930

      7:27 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417, "Tragic"

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Edward Gardner
      Schubert: Symphonies 1 & 4

      Chandos CHSA-5265

      7:59 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Minuet in G, BWV. Anh 114

      E. Power Biggs, o
      The Biggs Bach Book

      CBS MK-30539

      8:01 am

      Kevin Day: Cello Sonata

      Thomas Mesa, vc; Michelle Cann, p
      Our Stories

      Navona NV-6571

      8:18 am

      William Grant Still: "Three Visions"

      No. 2, "Summerland"

      Lara Downes, p
      The Bedtime Sessions

      Flipside FL-0011

      8:23 am

      Jovan Živković: "Christ is Risen"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Easter

      WFMT (Serbian Easter)

      8:28 am

      Petar Vitovec: "This is the Chosen and Holy Day"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Easter

      WFMT (Serbian Easter)

      8:32 am

      Arnold Bax: Three Pieces for Small Orchestra

      English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      The Banks of Green Willow

      EMI CDC7-47945-2

      8:55 am

      Christopher Tin: "The Lost Birds"

      X. "I Shall Not See The Shadows"

      Voces8, Royal Phil Orch/Christopher Tin
      The Lost Birds

      Decca 4858030

      9:01 am

      Johann Christian Bach: "Adriano in Siria"

      Overture

      Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead
      JC Bach: Opera Overtures, Vol. 2

      CPO 999488-2

      9:08 am

      Claudio Monteverdi: "L'Orfeo"

      Toccata (Overture)

      Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      Italian Overtures

      DG 471566-2

      9:11 am

      Marin Marais: Recorder Suite in F

      Quadro Hotteterre
      Marin Marais: 6 Suites

      Teldec 77617-2 (2)

      9:33 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232

      Credo: Cho, "Et resurrexit"

      Music of the Baroque Cho & Orch/Jane Glover
      WFMT: 70 Essential Years

      WFMT (70 Essential Years)

      9:38 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Sonata in B-Flat, Op. 1b, No. 1

      Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p
      Music by Composers of African Descent

      BCM+D Records 888295594394

      9:52 am

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

      Overture

      Modern Mandolin Quartet
      Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite

      Windham Hill 11108-2

      10:01 am

      Keith Jarrett: "Bridge of Light"

      Patricia McCarty, vi; Fairfield Orch/Thomas Crawford
      Bridge of Light

      ECM 1450

      10:19 am

      Traditional Russian: Russian Easter Liturgy

      "Alleluia, Behold the Bridegroom"

      St. Petersburg Chamber Cho/Nikolai Korniev
      Sacred Treasures III: Choral Masterworks from Russia and Beyond

      Hearts of Space 11114-2

      10:26 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Pictures at an Exhibition"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin

      Decca 400051-2

      11:02 am

      Peter Boyer: Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue

      Jeffrey Biegel, p; London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer
      BOYER, P.: Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue

      Naxos 9.70359

      11:21 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"

      IV. Finale, "Adagio lamentoso"

      Evanston Symphony Orchestra/Lawrence Eckerling
      Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique'

      Live in Evanston 2026

      11:33 am

      Michael Torke: "Unseen"

      No. 1

      East Coast Chamber Orch, Michael Torke Orch/Michael Torke
      Unseen - Michael Torke

      Ecstatic Records ER-092402

      11:40 am

      Robert Schumann: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 73

      Jörgen van Rijen, tb; Alma Quartet
      Mirrored in Time

      BIS 2616

      11:53 am

      Sting: "Saint Agnes and the Burning Train"

      Soweto String Quartet; Johan Laas, syn
      Zebra Crossing

      RCA 26865-2

      11:56 am

      Sting: "August Winds"

      Renée Fleming, s; BBC Concert Orch/Rob Fisher
      Broadway

      Decca B0028739-02

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Russian Easter Overture," Op. 36

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      "1812" Overture

      DG 419407-2

      12:15 pm

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "Ruddigore"

      Overture

      Pro Arte Orchestra
      Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore; Sullivan: The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice

      EMI CMS7-64412-2 (2)

      12:22 pm

      Josef Suk: Piano Pieces, Op. 7

      No. 1, "Love Song"

      Ivan Moravec, p
      Piano Music of Smetana, Korte, Suk

      Nonesuch 79146-2

      12:30 pm

      John Williams: "War Horse"

      "Dartmoor, 1912"

      Vienna Phil/John Williams
      John Williams Live in Vienna - Live Edition

      DG 4839887

      12:37 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Twelve "Cypresses" (1887)

      Nos. 7-12

      Cypress String Quartet
      Dvořák: Cypresses & String Quartet No. 13

      Avie AV-2275

      12:53 pm

      Scott Joplin: "Ragtime Dance"

      NE Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble/Gunther Schuller
      Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book/Elite Syncopations

      EMI 47193-2

      12:57 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

      "America"

      Pro Arte Guitar Trio
      America

      ASV CDWHL-2099

      1:01 pm

      Alan Hovhaness: "Khirgiz Suite," Op. 73, No. 1

      Zina Schiff, v; Valerie Stark, p
      Hovhaness: Concerto No. 2 for Violin & Strings, Op. 89a & Other Works

      Naxos 8.559957

      1:09 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 3 in G

      English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Handel: Water Music

      Philips 434122-2

      1:20 pm

      Zenobia Powell Perry: "Tawawa House" Suite

      Josephine Gandolfi & Deanne Tucker, p
      Zenobia Powell Perry Piano Works

      Cambria CD-1235

      1:35 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Boréades" (1764)

      Acte IV, Scène 4: Entrée pour les Muses, les Zéphyres, les Saisons, les Heures et les Arts

      MusicAeterna/Teodor Currentzis
      Rameau * The Sound of Light

      Sony 88875014502

      1:44 pm

      Kosma-DeRosa: "Tenderly/Autumn Leaves"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Reiko Uchida, p
      Seasons...Dreams

      eOne EOM-CD-7780

      1:49 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      Variations on a Shaker Hymn ("Simple Gifts")

      Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
      Roadtrip

      Warner 0825646327911

      1:53 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Rêverie et caprice," Op. 8

      Aaron Rosand, v; Southwest German Radio Orch/Rolf Reinhardt
      Aaron Rosand Plays Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Lalo, Others

      Vox CDX-5116 (2)

      2:01 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Burlesque de Don Quichotte"

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      Georg Philipp Telemann: Suites (Overtures); Concerto

      RCA-DHM 77321-2

      2:23 pm

      Lili Boulanger: "D'un matin de printemps"

      Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre, Boulanger

      Koch 3-7169-2

      2:28 pm

      Lili Boulanger: "Clairières dans le ciel"

      No. 5, "Au pied de mon lit"

      Nicholas Phan, t; Myra Huang, p
      Clairières * Songs by Lili & Nadia Boulanger

      Avie AV-2414

      2:31 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Autumn," RV. 293

      Trondheim Soloists/Anne-Sophie Mutter, v
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Tartini: Devil's Trill

      DG 463259-2

      2:46 pm

      Frederick Delius: "In a Summer Garden"

      Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli
      Frederick Delius: Orchestral Works

      EMI ZDMB5-65119-2 (2)

      3:01 pm

      Dulcie Holland: Piano Trio (1944)

      Eggner Trio
      Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers

      ABC Classics 4817995 (2)

      3:18 pm

      Hector Berlioz: Overture, "Le Corsaire," Op. 21

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

      Mercury 434328-2

      3:26 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Les nuits d'été," Op. 7

      No. 6, "L'île inconnue"

      Susan Graham, ms; Royal Opera House Orch/John Nelson
      Berlioz: Les nuits d'été

      Sony SK-62730

      3:30 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American"

      Takács Quartet
      Dvorák: String Quartets, Op. 96 "The American" & 105; 5 Bagatelles, Op. 47

      Decca 430077-2

      3:57 pm

      Stanley Myers: "The Deer Hunter"

      Cavatina

      Angel Romero, g
      A Touch of Class

      Telarc CD-80134

      4:01 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat, K. 191

      David McGill, bn; Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi
      Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Bassoon Concerto

      Decca 443176-2

      4:20 pm

      Paul Simon: "The Sound of Silence"

      Miloš Karadaglić, g; 12 Ensemble
      Sound of Silence

      Decca B0030836-02

      4:23 pm

      Carlos Simon: "Warmth from Other Suns"

      I. "Rays of Light"

      Ivalas Quartet
      Light: Migration Music, Part I

      Rising Sun Music Light

      4:29 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Oratorio, "St Paul," Op 36

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Francesco d'Avalos
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2, St. Paul Overture

      IMP Masters MCD-83

      4:38 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3, "Emperor"

      Leipzig String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Vol 3: Op. 76, Nos. 2-4

      MD+G 3071683-2

      5:01 pm

      Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"

      Dawn Upshaw, s; London Sinfonietta/David Zinman
      Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3

      Nonesuch 79282-2

      5:56 pm

      music continues...

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Caroline Shaw "Boris Kerner;" Kenneth Olsen, cello; Cynthia Yeh, percussion; Hailstork "Arabesques;" Emma Gerstein, flute; Cynthia Yeh, percussion; Mahler Symphony No. 9; Jakub Hrůša, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Latino Composers in the US

      Elbio presents some of the most well-known and talented Latino composers based in the US including Roberto Sierra and Gabriela Lena Frank.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Historic performance of Mahler’s 8th Symphony in best restoration yet

      London Symphony Orchestra's live performance of the "Symphony of a Thousand" at the Royal Albert Hall in 1959 conducted by Jascha Horenstein, from a high definition tape transfer.