Sunday, October 18, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Strauss, Richard: Five Songs, Op. 47

      No. 2, "Des Dichters Abendgang"

      Felicity Lott, s; Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Strauss, R: Orchestral Songs, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9159

      12:05 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Tannhäuser"

      Aria, "O du, mein holder Abendstern"

      Francesco Libetta, p
      Presenting Francesco Libetta

      VAI VAIA-1196

      12:11 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Tannhäuser"

      Venusberg Music (Bacchanale)

      Cho, Sym of the Air/Leopold Stokowski
      The Sound of Stokowski and Wagner

      RCA 88691916852 (14)

      12:25 am

      Liszt, Franz: Six Polish Songs (after Chopin)

      No. 4, "Bacchanale"

      Jean Micault, p

      Discover Int'l DICD-920272

      12:27 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: "Samson and Delilah"

      "Bacchanale"

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
      Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Phaeton, Danse Macabre, Danse Bacchanale

      Sony SK-53979

      12:34 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, Op. 33

      Lynn Harrell, vc; Cleveland Orch/Sir Neville Marriner
      Schumann: Cello Concerto in A/ Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1

      London 410019-2

      12:53 am

      Daquin, Louis-Claude: "Musette en Rondeau"

      Mie Miki, accordion
      French Baroque Music

      Challenge Classics 72014

      1:00 am

      Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: "Mathilde von Guise"

      Trio, "Il cor brillar mi sento"

      Gailete, s; Thébault, ms; Do, t; Solamente Naturali/Talpain
      Hummel: Mathilde von Guise

      Brilliant Classics 94043 (2)

      1:05 am

      Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: "Mathilde von Guise"

      Overture

      Thüringisches Kammerorchester Weimar/Martin Hoff

      Deutsche Schallplatten DS-1093-2

      1:13 am

      Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: "Romdo Brillant on a Russian Folk Theme", Op 98

      Blumental, Vienna Chamber Orch/Froschauer

      Vic VICS-1533

      1:29 am

      Trad, Russian: Folksong, Mhedruli

      Tbilisi Folk Ensemble/Robert Gogolashvili
      Lifesongs: Powerful Songs of Simplicity

      MCA Classics AED-10285

      1:30 am

      Kabalevsky, Dmitri: Symphony #2, Op 19

      New Philharmonia Orch/David Measham
      Miaskovsky/ Kabalevsky/ Shostokovich: Symphony No.21, Symphony No.2, Incidental Music To 'Hamlet'

      Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD-2066

      1:54 am

      Picchi, Giovanni: "Ballo ditto il Stefanin"

      Byron Schenkman, hc
      Sprezzatura - Virtuoso Music Of The 17th Century Italy

      Dorian DOR-93200

      2:00 am

      Chapí, Ruperto: "El Tambor de Granaderos"

      Overture

      Madrid Sym Orch/Pablo Sorozabal

      Music Guild MS-149

      2:05 am

      Sarasate, Pablo de: Two Spanish Dances, Op 21

      Aaron Rosand, v; Eileen Flissler, p
      Aaron Rosand Plays Sarasate

      Vox ACD-8160

      2:14 am

      Granados, Enrique: "Conte"

      Douglas Riva, p
      "The Unknown Granados:" Azulejos; Romanza; Serenata Para Do Violines Y Piano; En La Aldea;

      Centaur CRC-2043

      2:16 am

      Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai: Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 32

      USSR Academic Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      The Anthology Of Russian Symphonies Vol. 1

      Olympia OCD-158

      2:54 am

      PALERO, Francisco: Romanza

      Sarah Bullen, h
      The Essential Harp

      Egan 00002

      3:00 am

      Sibelius, Jean: Romance in C, Op. 42

      Hallé Orch/Sir John Barbirolli

      EMI/Ang ZDME5-67299-2 (5)

      3:05 am

      Bruch, Max: "Scottish Fantasy," Op. 46

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Orch/William Steinberg
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 6: 1946-1947

      RCA 61737-2 (2)

      3:31 am

      Trad, Scottish: Green grows the rashes

      Baltimore Consort
      Baltimore Consort: Live In Concert

      Dorian DOR-90314

      3:32 am

      Hindemith, Paul: Trumpet Sonata (1939)

      Raymond Mase, tr; Theodor Lichtmann, p
      Hindemith: Complete Brass Works

      Summit DCD-115-2 (2)

      3:47 am

      Telemann, Georg Philipp: Three-Trumpet Concerto in D

      Hardenberger, Laird, Houghton, tr's; Nicklin, Miller, ob's; ASMIF/I Brow
      Celia Nicklin, English horn,
      Telemann: Trumpet Concertos

      Philips 420954-2

      3:57 am

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

      "La Trompette"

      Siegfried Pank, viga; Academy for Ancient Music

      Capriccio 10237

      4:00 am

      Tchaikovsky, Peter: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      "Andante maestoso"

      Mikhail Pletnev, p
      Pletnev: Tchaikovsky, Schedrin, Prokofiev, Mozart

      Mel/BMG 25181-2

      4:05 am

      Medtner, Nikolai: Violin Sonata #1 in b, Op 21

      Alexander v Labko, v; Evgeni Svetlanov, p

      Russian Disc RDCD-11017

      4:27 am

      Rachmaninoff, Sergei: "Oriental Sketch" (1917)

      Sergei Rachmaninoff, p
      Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff

      RCA 7766-2-RG

      4:28 am

      Copland, Aaron: "Appalachian Spring"

      Los Angeles Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      The Leonard Bernstein Collectors Edition: The Americans

      DG 474940-2 (6)

      4:55 am

      Herbert, Victor: "Petite Valse"

      Maud Powell, v; George Falkenstein, p
      POWELL: Complete Recordings, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.110961

      5:00 am

      Offenbach, Jacques: "Die Rheinnixen"

      Overture

      Gulbenkian Foundation Orch/Michel Swierczewski
      Offenbach Music from the Operettas

      Nimbus NI-5303

      5:05 am

      Suppé, Franz von: "Light Cavalry"

      Overture

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Karajan: Famous Overtures

      DG 474275-2 (2)

      5:13 am

      Suppé, Franz von: "Poet and Peasant"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Suppe: Ouvertüren

      CBS MK-44932

      5:23 am

      Henselt, Adolph von: Etude in f#, "Si oiseau j'etais", Op 2/6

      Janina Fialkowska, p

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1114

      5:24 am

      Glinka, Mikhail: Song, The Lark

      Mischa Maisky, vc, Pavel Gililov, p
      Vocalise: Russian Romances * Mischa Maisky * Pavel Gillilov

      DG B0005831-02

      5:28 am

      Glinka, Mikhail: Song, "The Lark"

      Vladimir Leyetchkiss, p
      Great Piano Transcriptions

      Centaur CRC-2088

      5:34 am

      Aliabiev, Alexander: "The Nightingale"

      Mado Robin, s, London Phil/Anatole Fistoulari
      Stratospheric Coloratura

      London R-23197

      5:40 am

      Tchaikovsky, Peter: "The Maid of Orléans"

      Ballet Music

      Royal Opera House Orch/Colin Davis
      Ballet Music

      Philips 422845-2

      5:54 am

      Rachmaninoff, Sergei: "La Foire" (after Etude-Tableau, Op. 33, No. 7)

      San Diego Sym/Yoav Talmi

      Pro Arte CDS-3450

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "The Tudors." Sacred music of the Tudor composers Tallis, Gibbons, Byrd, and others, forms a foundation for the Anglican repertoire. They also were a great influence on and inspiration to composers nearer to our time, including Howells and Vaughan Williams. Host Peter DuBois shares music exploring those connections.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Pathétique, Appassionata and Moonlight Sonatas

      EMI CDR5-69788-2

      7:20 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Danzas Afro-Cubanas"

      No. 6, "La Comparsa"

      Sarahbanda/Sarah Willis, hn
      Sarahbanda

      Alpha 1099

      7:26 am

      Alice Mary Smith: Symphony in C minor

      London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
      Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-10283

      8:00 am

      Giuseppe Sammartini: Concerto "a più stromenti" in E-Flat

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, Volume 3

      Avie AV-2154

      8:13 am

      Florence Price: "Adoration"

      Randall Goosby, v; Zhu Wang, p
      Roots

      Decca B0033878-02

      8:19 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

      Suite No. 1, Op. 46

      San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
      Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites; Nielsen: Aladdin

      Decca 425857-2

      8:36 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 7 in E minor, G 451

      Richard Savino, g; Artaria String Quartet
      Boccherini: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 3

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907069

      8:58 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1

      No. 2, "The Dodger"

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      American Voices

      Centaur CRC-3159

      9:00 am

      Claire Cowan: "Hansel and Gretel"

      Overture

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich
      Royal New Zealand Ballet * Hansel and Gretel * Music by Claire Cowan

      (Claire Cowan) (2020)

      9:01 am

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Christoph Eschenbach
      Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2017

      Sony Classical 88985425932

      9:11 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 9 in D, K. 311

      Kristian Bezuidenhout, fp
      Mozart: Complete Keyboard Sonatas

      Harmonia Mundi HMX2904007.15

      9:29 am

      Josef Suk: "Pohadka (Fairy Tale)," Op. 16

      Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Suk: Asrael Symphony, Fairy Tale, Serenade for Strings

      Chandos CHAN-9640 (2)

      10:01 am

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

      Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon
      Handel * Water Music * Royal Fireworks

      Naxos 6.110115

      10:13 am

      Libby Larsen: "Deep Summer Music"

      Colorado Sym/Marin Alsop
      Libby Larsen: Deep Summer Music, Solo Symphony / Marin Alsop

      Koch 3-7520-2

      10:22 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830

      Rochelle Sennet, p
      Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-1910-12

      10:54 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5

      "Aria (Cantilena)"

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Plínio Fernandes, g
      Saudade

      Decca 4857617

      11:00 am

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

      "Fileuse" (Spinning Song)

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Dolly

      DG 423089-2

      11:02 am

      Nicole Murphy: "Spinning Top"

      Benaud Trio
      Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers

      ABC Classics 4817995 (2)

      11:08 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 67

      No. 4 in C, "Spinning Song (The Bee's Wedding)"

      Rotterdam Phil Orch/Lahav Shani
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"

      Warner Classics 2173272325

      11:12 am

      Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Saltarello and Piva

      Ensemble/Rolf Lislevand, l
      Diminuito

      ECM 2088

      11:19 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin," Op. 24

      Polonaise and Waltz

      Radio France Phil/Paavo Järvi
      Ballets Russes

      Virgin 45609-2

      11:31 am

      Paquito D'Rivera: "Danzón"

      Axiom Brass
      New Standards

      Axiom Brass [New Standards]

      11:38 am

      Paulo Bellinati: "Concerto Caboclo"

      Brasil Guitar Duo; Delaware Sym Orch/David Amado
      Brouwer: Book of Signs; Bellinati: Concerto Caboclo

      Naxos 8.573603

      11:57 am

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

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

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

      "Largo al factotum"

      Doc Severinsen, tr; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Trumpet Spectacular

      Telarc CD-80223

      12:06 pm

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Selva morale e spirituale"

      "Beatus vir" (Psalm 112)

      La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
      Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers

      DG 4862977

      12:16 pm

      Natasha Stojanovska: Phantasy No. 1

      Natasha Stojanovska, p
      Uncommon Voices: Women Composers from Eastern Europe

      Navona NV-6440

      12:23 pm

      Ron Nelson: Chaconne ("In Memoriam...")

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson

      Reference RR-76

      12:34 pm

      Tarquinio Merula: Ciaccona, Op. 12, No. 20

      Bach Consort Wien/Rubén Dubrovsky
      Vidala: Argentina and Roots of European Baroque

      Gramola 99064

      12:39 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 67 in F

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 57, 67 & 68

      Philharmonia Baroque PBP-08

      1:03 pm

      music continues...

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Stravinsky Four Studies for Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Richard Strauss "Don Juan," Op. 20; Salonen Sinfonia Concertante for Organ and Orchestra; Aivars Kalejs Toccata on the Chorale “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr;” Iveta Apkalna, organ; Bartók Concerto for Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Romantic Nationalism During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many Latin American composers wrote pieces in a romantic and nationalistic style, combining the techniques of 19th century western music with the flavors of their countries. Fiesta explores that fascinating musical period.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Music by Giovanni Sgambati – program 2

      Sgambati "Nocturne alla memoria di Bellini;" Nocturnes, Opp. 31 & 33; Symphony No. 2; "Cola di Rienzo" Overture; "Vecchio Minueto; Melodie de Gluck; Melodies Poetiques," Op. 36.