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      Playlist for Friday, October 30, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Boccherini, Luigi: String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 32/1

      4th mvt, "Allegro vivace"

      Borciani Quartet
      Boccherini

      Naxos 8.555042

      12:05 am

      Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario: Guitar Sonata, "Hommage à Boccherini," Op 77

      Julian Bream, g

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55362-2

      12:24 am

      Boccherini, Luigi: String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 32/1

      3rd mvt, "Grave"

      Borciani Quartet
      Boccherini

      Naxos 8.555042

      12:25 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: String Serenade in E, Op. 22

      Metamorphosen Chamber Orch/Scott Yoo
      Metamorphosen

      Archetype 60105

      12:54 am

      Farr, Gareth: "Love Songs"

      III. "For Charlotte"

      Henry Wong Doe, p

      Trust MMT-2070

      1:00 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony in D, K. 87/K 74a

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      The Symphonies

      L'Oiseau Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      1:05 am

      Dett, Robert Nathaniel: "Enchantment"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      1:24 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Twelve German Dances, K. 586

      No. 5 in A

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Mozart: Deutsche Tänze

      Sony SK-46696

      1:25 am

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

      David Mcgill, bn; Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnànyi
      Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Bassoon Concerto

      London 466247-2 (2)

      1:44 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Variations on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen," Op.66

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p

      CBS M2K-42446 (2)

      1:55 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Terzette, "La libertà," K. 532

      Julie Kaufmann, s; Rudolf Jansen, p
      Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

      Philips 422523-2 (8)

      2:00 am

      Rossini, Gioachino: "The Barber of Seville"

      Cavatina, "Largo al factotum"

      Leo Nucci, br; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orch/Giuseppe Patané
      The Greatest Opera Show on Earth

      London 458118-2 (2)

      2:05 am

      Bochsa, Robert Nicholas Char: Rondeau on a Theme from Rossini's 'Barber of Seville'

      Isabelle Moretti, h
      Cantare: La Voix de la Harpe * Isabelle Moretti * Felicity Lott

      Naive V-5186

      2:12 am

      Rossini, Gioachino: "The Barber of Seville"

      Overture

      Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti
      Overtures

      EMI CDC7-47118-2

      2:19 am

      Fauré, Gabriel: "Songs Without Words," Op 17

      #3

      Kathryn Stott, p
      Faure: Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-67064

      2:20 am

      Stravinsky, Igor: "Petrouchka"

      Orch/Igor Stravinsky
      Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Petrushka, Le Sacre Du Printemps

      CBS MK-42433

      2:54 am

      Stravinsky, Igor: Double Canon, "Raoul Dufy in memoriam" (1959)

      Isabelle Faust, v; Les Siècles members

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902718

      3:00 am

      Orr, Charles Wilfrid: A Cotswold Hill Tune

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.554186

      3:05 am

      Lane, Philip: Suite of Cotswold Folkdances (1978)

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      3:16 am

      Howells, Herbert: "Paradise Rondel"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Howells: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9410

      3:26 am

      Morley, Thomas: "Crewell you pull away too soone"

      The City Musick

      Avie AV-2364

      3:28 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: English Suite No. 6 in d minor, BWV 811

      Glenn Gould, p
      Glenn Gould Plays Bach / The English Suites Complete

      CBS M2K-42268 (2)

      3:54 am

      Holborne, Anthony: "The Cecilia Almain"

      The City Musick

      Avie AV-2364

      4:00 am

      Haydn, Michael: "Die Hochzeit auf der Alm"

      Sinfonia

      Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner
      Michael Haydn

      Profil PH-06061

      4:05 am

      Haydn, Franz Josef: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat

      Paul Merkelo, tr; Oxford Phil/Marios Papadapoulos
      The Enlightened Trumpet

      Sony 80463

      4:20 am

      Turrin, Joseph: "Escapade"

      Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Alexandra Carlson, p
      Radiance

      Summit DCD-655

      4:25 am

      Arnold, Malcolm: "Trapeze" (1956)

      Prelude

      BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
      Arnold Film Music Vol 2

      Chandos CHAN-9851

      4:26 am

      Bliss, Arthur: String Quartet #1 in B-Flat

      Maggini String Quartet
      BLISS: String Quartets / Conversations

      Naxos 8.557108

      4:55 am

      Ireland, John: "We'll to the Woods No More"

      "In Boyhood"

      John Mark Ainsley, t; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of John Ireland

      Hyperion CDA-67261/2 (2)

      5:00 am

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

      Lang Lang, p
      The Chopin Album

      Sony 48960-2

      5:05 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Waltzes, Op. 70

      No. 2 in f

      Richard Raymond, p
      Chopin: Piano Waltzes

      Analekta FL2-3158

      5:08 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Waltzes, Op. 64

      No. 1 in D-Flat, "Minute"

      Ruth Laredo, p
      My First Recital

      Ess.a.y CD-1006

      5:10 am

      Tchaikovsky, Peter: Symphony No. 3 in D, Op. 29, "Polish"

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      The Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-10392 (6)

      5:55 am

      Lutoslawski, Witold: "Six Children's Songs"

      #3, "Kitten"

      Urszula Kryger, s; Polish National Radio Sym/Antoni
      LUTOSLAWSKI, W.: Double Concerto for Oboe and Harp / Dance Preludes / Chain I (Polish National Radio Symphony, Wit)

      Naxos 8.555763

      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

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047

      Michael Laird, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Panorama: Bach

      Archiv 413629-2 (4)

      6:17 am

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

      III. Minuetto

      Linos Ensemble
      Farrenc: Piano Trios and Sextet

      CPO 777256

      6:24 am

      Vincent d'Indy: "Sérénade et Valse," Op. 28

      Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
      d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Volume 6

      Chandos CHSA-5157

      6:31 am

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

      Overture

      Royal Phil Orch/Colin Davis
      Mozart: Symphony No 40, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Etc / Davis

      Seraphim 69027-2

      6:37 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331

      Finale, "Rondo alla turca"

      Murray Perahia, p
      Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 11 & 15

      Sony SK-48233

      6:41 am

      Fazıl Say: "Alla Turca Jazz" (Fantasia on Mozart's K. 331)

      Roberto Plano, p

      WFMT (2009)

      6:44 am

      Dave Brubeck: "Blue Rondo à la Turk"

      Janoska Ensemble
      The Big B's

      DG 4540390

      6:50 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, "Turkish"

      III. Finale, Rondeau

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman, v
      Mozart: Violin Concerti Nos. 3 & 5 / Pinchas Zukerman

      CBS MK-37290

      7:04 am

      Frederick Delius: "A Song Before Sunrise"

      Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Delius: Miniatures

      EMI CDC7-47610-2

      7:11 am

      Radamés Gnattali: Sonata for cello and guitar

      Edmond Carlier, vc; Odair Assad, g
      Fuga y misterio

      GHA 126027

      7:23 am

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

      II. "Valse"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2, The Tempest

      Chandos CHAN-9454

      7:32 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1

      No. 4, "Simple Gifts"

      Thomas Hampson, br; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
      Long Time Ago

      Teldec 77310-2

      7:33 am

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      "Variations on a Shaker melody"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      American Adagios

      Telarc CD-80503

      7:39 am

      Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11

      I. "Allegro molto"

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Brahms Serenades 1 & 2

      Telarc CD-80522

      7:53 am

      Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F

      II. "Assez vif, très rythmé"

      Juilliard String Quartet
      A Century of French Music

      Sony 88875192862

      8:04 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "La boutique fantasque" (after Rossini)

      Suite

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      Ballet For Band

      Mercury 434322-2

      8:17 am

      Gioachino Rossini: String Sonata No. 1 in G

      Ensemble Explorations
      Rossini: Sonate a Quattro

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901776

      8:31 am

      William Bolcom: "Graceful Ghost" Rag

      Spencer Myer, p
      William Bolcom: Piano Rags

      Steinway & Sons 30041

      8:36 am

      William Bolcom: "Poltergeist" Rag

      Spencer Myer, p
      William Bolcom: Piano Rags

      Steinway & Sons 30041

      8:39 am

      William Bolcom: "Dream Shadows"

      Spencer Myer, p
      William Bolcom: Piano Rags

      Steinway & Sons 30041

      8:47 am

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection"

      II. "Andante moderato"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Mahler: Symphony No 2

      Decca 410202-2 (2)

      9:03 am

      Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: "Concerto Armonico" No. 2 in B-Flat

      I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
      Pergolesi: Concerti Grossi

      Chandos CHAN-8481

      9:17 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"

      Suite

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances, Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella Suite

      DG 445541-2

      9:41 am

      Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Flute Concerto in G

      James Galway, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Italian Flute Concertos

      RCA 61164-2

      9:54 am

      Anonymous Neapolitan: Tarantalla, "La Vallubrella"

      Pulcinella/Ophélie Gaillard, vc piccolo
      Napoli!

      Aparté AP-326

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Aaron Copland: "Prairie Journal (Music for Radio)"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Music For Films

      RCA 61699-2

      10:13 am

      Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Violin Sonata No. 5 in A minor (1707)

      Sophie de Bardonnèche, v; Lucile Boulanger, viga; Justin Taylor, hc
      Destinées

      Alpha 1078

      10:25 am

      Percy Grainger: "Lincolnshire Posy"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Lincolnshire Posy: Music for Band by Percy Grainger

      Reference RR-117

      10:43 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2

      Nikita Magaloff, p
      50x Waltz

      Decca 4787305

      10:48 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in D-Flat, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute Waltz"

      Nikita Magaloff, p
      50x Waltz

      Decca 4787305

      10:51 am

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

      II. "Allegro con grazia"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      11:00 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Suite española", Op. 47

      "Asturias; Sevilla"

      Emerald Brass Quintet
      Danzon * Emerald Brass Quintet

      Albany TROY-1839

      11:13 am

      Niccolò Paganini: Introduction & Variations on Rossini's "Di tanti palpiti"

      Vilde Frang, v; Michail Lifits, p
      Paganini, Schubert

      Warner 0190295419363

      11:24 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Ballet Suite

      Monte Carlo Opera Orch, Chorus/Antonio de Almeida
      Rossini: Ballet Music

      Philips 422843-2

      11:43 am

      Mario Oyanadel: "Tres Campanas de Rere"

      Thomas Mesa, vc; Michelle Cann, p
      Our Stories

      Navona NV-6571

      11:51 am

      Gustav Holst: "A Fugal Concerto," Op. 40, No. 2

      Julia Bogorad, f; Kathryn Greenbank, ob; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood
      Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

      Decca 440376-2

      12:00 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces

      "Ave Maria"

      Chicago Chorale/Bruce Tammen
      And Give Us Peace

      Chicago Chorale 2010

      12:08 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Jeux (Poème dansé)"

      London Sym Orch/François-Xavier Roth
      Strauss & Debussy

      LSO Live LSO-0833

      12:27 pm

      Josef Mysliveček: "Ezio"

      Overture

      Collegium 1704/Václav Luks
      "Il Boemo" Soundtrack

      Erato 5054197238147

      12:35 pm

      Johannes Brahms: "Tragic" Overture, Op. 81

      London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop
      Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Overtures

      Naxos 8.557428

      12:51 pm

      Einojuhani Rautavaara: "Notturno e Danza"

      Johan Dalene, v; Christian Ihle Hadland, p
      Nordic Rhapsody

      BIS 2560

      1:01 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin en concerts": Troisième concert

      Les Accents/Thibault Noally
      Rameau: Concerts en Sextuor

      Aparté AP-254

      1:14 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103, "Egyptian"

      Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo
      Saint-Saëns: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

      Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2)

      1:42 pm

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Minuet, Fantasy and Fugue

      Eliot Fisk, g
      Eliot Fisk Plays Guitar Fantasies

      Musicmasters MMD-60169-F

      1:51 pm

      Peter Boyer: "Fanfare, Hymn and Finale"

      London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer
      Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works

      Naxos 8.559915

      2:00 pm

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Ciclo brasileiro"

      Justin Badgerow, p
      Reminiscences of Brazil

      Divine Art 25201

      2:12 pm

      Francesco Durante: String Concerto No. 3 in E-flat

      Ensemble Imaginaire/Cristina Corrieri
      Durante: Concertos for Strings

      Brilliant Classics 95542

      2:24 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltz," Op. 437

      Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
      The Strauss Album

      Black Box BBM-1059

      2:35 pm

      Augusta Holmès: "Andromède"

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Leo Hussain
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      2:52 pm

      Ludovico Einaudi: "Pathos"

      L Einaudi, p; de Swarte, v; etc.; Royal Phil Orch Strings/Ames
      Redi Hasa, cello,
      Mauro Durante, drum,
      The Summer Portraits

      Decca 6806162

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      3:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Triple Concerto in A minor, BWV 1044

      Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze
      Bach: Harpsichord Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907283/84 (2)

      3:24 pm

      Gaspar Cassadó: Requiebros

      Clara Rockmore, theremin, Nadio Reisenberg, p
      Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album

      Bridge 9208

      3:29 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2

      Pinchas Zukerman, v; Marc Neikrug, p
      Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano

      RCA 60991-2 (4)

      3:57 pm

      Franz Liszt: Grand Etude after Paganini No. 5, "La Chasse"

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt

      DG 4795529 (2)

      4:00 pm

      Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 11

      Dale Clevenger, hn; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Richard Strauss: Wind Concertos

      Teldec 23913-2

      4:18 pm

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

      II. "Andante con moto"

      Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
      Schubert: Unfinished Symphony; Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony

      DG 410862-2

      4:28 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve German Dances, K. 586

      No. 7 in G

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Mozart: German Dances

      Sony SK-46696

      4:30 pm

      Victor Young: The Uninvited

      Moscow Sym Orch/William Stromberg
      Young: The Uninvited; Gulliver's Travels

      Naxos 8.573368

      4:55 pm

      Anderson & Roe: "Ragtime alla Turca" (after Mozart)

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      An Amadeus Affair

      Steinway & Sons 30022

      5:00 pm

      Alexandre Tansman: "Musique de cour d'après Robert de Visée"

      Thibaut Garcia, g; Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/Ben Glassberg
      Thibaut Garcia: Aranjuez

      Erato 9029523571

      5:20 pm

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "Mazurka Apasionada"

      José Fernández Bardesio, g
      Bach & Barrios

      Hänssler Classic HC-21047

      5:27 pm

      Antonio Lauro: "El Marabino"

      Christoph Denoth, g
      Tanguero: Music from South America

      Signum SIGCD-538

      5:29 pm

      William Byrd: "Sellinger's Round"

      Glenn Gould, p
      Glenn Gould - Great Pianists of the 20th Century

      Philips 456808-2 (2)

      5:34 pm

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme"

      "Chaconne d'Arlequin"

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ballet royal de la naissance de Vénus

      Aparté AP-255

      5:37 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 8 in G, "Le soir"

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Symphonies Nos. 6, 7 and 8 - Le Matin, Le Midi, Le Soir

      Nimbus NI-5240

      6:00 pm

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      Peter’s Picks

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      8:00 - 11:00 pm

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      The Brothers Gershwin (2/6/1979)

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