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      Playlist for Monday, July 27, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Sally Greenaway: "Poems I, II, III"

      Sally Walker, f; Emily Granger, h
      Something Like This

      Avie AV-2626

      12:05 am

      Andre Caplet: "Conte fantastique"

      Elizabeth Hainen, h; IRIS Orch/Michael Stern
      Les Amis: Debussy & Caplet

      Avie AV-2285

      12:22 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "In the Blue Mountains-A Fairy Tale Suite," Op 44

      #1, "Night"

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. IV

      Arena AR-07015

      12:24 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle No. 25, "Für Elise"

      Alexis Weissenberg, p

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69336-2

      12:26 am

      Jan Hugo Vorisek: Symphony in D

      Czech National Sym/Paul Freeman
      Vorisek: Symphony in D * Mass in Bb

      Cedille CDR-90000058

      12:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Egmont," Op.84

      V. Lied: "Freudvoll und Leidvoll"

      Peter Schreier, t; Walter Olbertz, p
      Lieder Vol. I

      Teldec 6.41997

      1:00 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Forest Scenes," Op. 66

      "The Phantom Tells His Tale of Longing"

      Waka Hasegawa, p
      Undiscovered Piano Works: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

      Metropolis MR-1301

      1:04 am

      Arnold Bax: "The Happy Forest"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson
      Made in Britain

      Avie AV-2194

      1:14 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Má vlast (My Fatherland)"

      "From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Smetana: Ma Vlast

      Telarc CD-80265

      1:27 am

      Othmar Schoeck: "Unter Sternen," Op. 55

      No. 9, "Aus den Waldliederen II"

      Roman Trekel, br; Christoph Keller, p
      Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 8

      New Classical Adventure 234405 (12)

      1:28 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 1 in b, BWV 1002

      Christian Tetzlaff, v
      Christian Tetzlaff * J S Bach: Sonatas & Partitas

      Hänssler Classic 5287318 (2)

      1:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G, BWV 816

      "Bourée"

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:00 am

      Hugo Alfvén: Festival Music, Op 25

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Stig Westerberg

      Caprice CAP-21340

      2:05 am

      Josef Martin Kraus: Symphony in C, VB 139

      Swedish Chamber Orch/Petter Sundkvist
      KRAUS: Symphonies

      Naxos 930195

      2:18 am

      Josef Martin Kraus: "Soliman II"

      "March of the Janissaries" (ballet)

      Swedish Royal Opera Orch/Philip Brunelle
      Kraus: Soliman II * A Gustavian Turkish Opera * Royal Opera of Sweden

      Virgin 91496-2

      2:20 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

      Chandos CHAN-20329

      2:55 am

      Clara Schumann: Six Songs, Op. 23

      No. 6, "O Lust, o Lust"

      Susan Gritton, s; Eugene Asti, p
      The Songs of Clara Schumann

      Hyperion CDA-67249

      3:00 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in F, "Alster"

      Overture

      Tafelmusik
      Baroque Delights

      Analekta AN2-9760

      3:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 25 in B-Flat, K. 378

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 9: Chamber Music Collection I

      RCA 88765440152 (9)

      3:23 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Kuolema", Op. 44

      "Scene VI"

      Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä
      Karelia - Complete Score / Kuolema - Incidental Music

      BIS CD-915

      3:25 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Karelia" Overture, Op. 10

      Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
      Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, "Karelia" Overture and Suite, "Finlandia"

      RCA 7765-2-RC

      3:33 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Karelian Legend", Op 99

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Anthology of Russian Symphony Music, Vol. 17

      Melodiya SUCD-1000027

      3:54 am

      Ludwig Senfl: "Ich weiss nit"

      Folger Consort
      Carmina Burana and other Spirited songs from the German Middle Ages

      Bard BDCD1-8901

      4:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Opera, "L'Olimpiade"

      Overture

      Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli
      Vivaldi: Opera Overtures

      Brilliant Classics 94030

      4:05 am

      Nardini: Violin Concerto in G

      Giuliano Carmignola, v; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon
      Concerto Italiano * Giuliano Carmignola * Venice Baroque Orchestra * Andrea Marcon

      Archive 4776606

      4:22 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 161 (L 417)

      John Browning, p
      Keyboard Sonatas

      MHS 513732-H

      4:23 am

      Rudolf Forst: Homage to Ravel

      Elizabeth Richter, h
      Looking Glass River: Music For Solo Harp

      Beneficence 102

      4:27 am

      Raimundo Penaforte: "An Eroica Trio"

      2nd mvt, "Maurice"

      Eroica Trio

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57033-2

      4:36 am

      Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand

      Yuja Wang, p; Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Lionel Bringuier

      DG B0023931-02

      4:53 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Wiegenlied" Op.49, no.4, "Lullaby"

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yuja Wang, p

      London B0020329-02

      5:00 am

      Kevin Volans: "Walking Song"

      Marieke Schneemann, f; Menno Van Delft, hc
      Volans: Music for Wind Ensemble

      Chandos CHAN-9563

      5:05 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      American Voices

      Centaur CRC-3159

      5:14 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.1 in C, BWV 1066

      Stuttgart Chamber Orch/Karl Münchinger
      Munchner Conducts Bach

      London 414505-2 (2)

      5:34 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 16, "Herr Gott, dich loben wir" (Lord God, we praise you)

      Chorus, "Herr, Gott, dich loben wir"

      King's College Cho Cambridge, Leonhardt Consort/Leonhardt
      J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk · Complete Cantatas · Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 4 - BWV 12-14, 16

      Teldec 8.35030 (2)

      5:35 am

      George Templeton Strong: "Chorale on a Theme of Leo Hassler" (1929)

      Moscow Sym Orch/ Adriano
      STRONG: Symphony No. 2, 'Sintram' / Chorale

      Naxos 8.559018

      5:42 am

      Norman Dello Joio: "Introduction and Fantasies on a Chorale Tune"

      Debra Torok, p
      Norman Dello Joio: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 3 - Family Album, Five Images, Stage Parodies

      Albany TROY-359

      5:54 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 2

      V. "Ching-a-ring Chaw"

      Marilyn Horne, ms; English Chamber Orch/Carl Davis
      Marilyn Horne * Beautiful Dreamer

      London 417242-2

      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

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

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

      CPO 999298-2

      6:14 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D minor, BWV 974 (after A Marcello)

      Víkingur Ólafsson, p
      Johann Sebastian Bach

      DG 4835022

      6:24 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in B-Flat, Wq 171

      III. Finale, "Allegro assai"

      Guy Fishman, vc; Handel & Haydn Society
      C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerti

      New Focus FCR-915

      6:32 am

      Julius Röntgen: Serenade for Seven Wind Instruments in A, Op. 14 (1876)

      IV. Allegro molto vivace

      Viotta Ensemble
      The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

      NM Classics 92035

      6:39 am

      Charles Avison: Concerto grosso No. 6 in D, after Domenico Scarlatti

      Café Zimmermann
      Charles Avison: Concertos in Seven Parts Done from the Lessons of Domenico Scarlatti

      Alpha 031

      6:53 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 74

      III. "Alla Polacca"

      Arthur Stockel, cl; Luxembourg Phil Orch/Leo McFall
      Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Clarinet Quintet

      Aparté AP-354

      7:03 am

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Divertimento/ Romanian Folk Dances/ Mladi

      DG 415668-2

      7:11 am

      Carlos Simon: "Memory of Summer"

      Carlos Simon, p
      Together

      Decca 4854768

      7:15 am

      Traditional American: "Amazing Grace"

      Randall Goosby, v; Carlos Simon, p
      Together

      Decca 4854768

      7:20 am

      Rayburn Wright: "Shaker Suite"

      Canadian Brass; New York Phil & Boston Sym Brass/Lukas Foss
      Red, White, and Brass

      Philips 434276-2

      7:32 am

      Enrique Granados: "Danzas españolas," Op. 37 (Op. 5)

      No. 5, "Andaluza (Playera)"

      Julian Bream, g
      Julian Bream: My Favorite Albums

      RCA 61848-2

      7:37 am

      Joan Manén: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. A-7, "Concierto español"

      I. Allegretto ben moderato

      Mark Kaplan, v, Barcelona Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster
      Lalo: Symphony Espagnole/ Manen: Concierto Espagnol

      Koch 3-7531-2

      7:51 am

      Louise Héritte-Viardot: Piano Quartet No. 2 in D, Op. 11, "Spanish"

      IV. "Divertimento: Allegro giocoso"

      Matous Michal, v; Lawrence Neuman, vi; David Cunliffe, vc; Victor Santiago Asuncion, p
      Victor Santiago Asuncion, piano,
      Rush Hour Concerts: French Romantic Piano Quartets (July 30, 2024)

      Classical Music Chicago

      8:03 am

      Georges Auric: "Ouverture"

      London Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Dorati Conducts Satie, Milhaud, Auric, Françaix, Fetler

      Mercury 434335-2

      8:12 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Waltzes, Op. 110

      "Since We Met" from "War and Peace"

      São Paulo Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 / Waltz Suite / São Paulo Symphony/Alsop

      Naxos 8.573518

      8:20 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op. 47

      Nos. 3-5

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

      Decca 430077-2

      8:32 am

      John Field: Divertissement No. 1 in E

      Míceál O'Rourke, p; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Field: Piano Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-9534

      8:39 am

      Franz Schubert: Octet in F, D 803

      IV. Andante and Variations

      S Meyer, cl; B Schneider, hn; D Jensen, bn; K E Sundquist, db; Modigliani Quartet
      Knut Erik Sundquist, double bass,
      Schubert: Octet

      Mirare MIR-438

      8:51 am

      Franz Schubert: Overture in C, "In the Italian Style," D 591

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly
      Musa Italiana

      Decca 4852944

      9:04 am

      Richard Strauss: Divertimento after Couperin, Op. 86

      V: "Le Trophée"

      Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
      Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Divertimento after Couperin

      DG 435871-2

      9:15 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44

      Emanuel Ax, p; Cleveland Quartet
      Schumann: Piano Quintet & Quartet / Ax

      RCA 6498-2-RC

      9:45 am

      Ernest Chausson: "Soir de fête," Op. 32

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Chausson: Symphony in B-Flat, Viviane, Soir de fête, La tempête

      Chandos CHAN-9650

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Sonata in G minor

      Anna Shelest, p
      Donna Voce

      Sorel Classics SCCD-015

      10:17 am

      Gustav Holst: "Brook Green" Suite

      English Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths
      Holst: Double Concerto, St Paul's Suite, Brook Green Suite

      Naxos 8.570339

      10:24 am

      Robert Schumann: "Manfred," Op. 115

      Overture

      London Sym Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
      Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 3

      LSO Live LSO-0844

      10:36 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D, R. 208, "Grosso Mogul"

      Rachel Podger, v; Brecon Baroque
      Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni

      Channel Classics CCSSA-40318

      10:54 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata No. 19

      Empire Brass and Friends
      Music of Gabrieli

      Telarc CD-80204

      11:00 am

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

      National Sym Orch of Ireland/Jean-Luc Tingaud
      Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Prométhée (excerpts), Shylock, Songs

      Naxos 8.574619

      11:19 am

      Franz Schubert: Twelve "Grazer Walzer," D 924 (Op. 91)

      Till Fellner, p
      Schubert: Moments musicaux, Op. 94; Piano Sonata in A No. 14 / Till Fellner

      Erato 17869-2

      11:31 am

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

      English Concert/Andrew Manze
      Mozart: Night Music

      Harmonia Mundi 907280

      11:53 am

      John Williams: "The Long Goodbye"

      Theme

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Boston Sym Orch/John Williams
      Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes

      DG 4861698

      12:00 pm

      Ferdinando Carulli: Serenade No. 1 in A, Op. 96

      Waller & Maxwell Guitar Duo
      Spain, Italy and the New World

      Senti SP-2810012

      12:11 pm

      Alessandro Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor (C minor)

      Heinz Holliger, ob; Camerata Bern/Erich Höbarth
      Johann Sebastian Bach: Concertos and Sinfonias for Oboe

      ECM 2229

      12:23 pm

      Aram Khachaturian: "Masquerade" Suite

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, Masquerade Suite, Gayaneh

      Chandos CHAN-8542

      12:40 pm

      John Ireland: "A Sea Idyll"

      John Lenehan, p
      Ireland: Piano Concerto

      Naxos 8.572598

      12:53 pm

      Johann Christian Bach: Symphony in B-Flat, Op. 9, No. 3

      Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead
      JC Bach - Symphonies Op. 9

      CPO 999487-2

      1:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat

      Håkan Hardenberger, tr; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Haydn, Hummel, Hertel, Stamitz: Trumpet Concertos

      Philips 420203-2

      1:15 pm

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wine, Women and Song," Op. 333

      Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian
      Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian - Wine Women & Song · Aimer, Boire Et Chanter

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5164

      1:27 pm

      Marie Jaëll: "Voix du printemps"

      Roberto Prosseda & Alessandra Ammara, p
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      1:39 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 2

      Handel & Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood
      Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 421729-2

      1:51 pm

      Franz von Suppé: "Isabella"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2023

      Sony 196589022110

      2:01 pm

      Charlotte Sohy: "Histoire sentimentale," Op. 34

      Avignon-Provence National Orch/Debora Waldman
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      2:13 pm

      François Borne: "Fantaisie brillante" on themes from Bizet's "Carmen"

      Cavatina Duo
      Cavatina at the Opera

      Bridge 9448

      2:26 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "Feste Romane (Roman Festivals)"

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
      Ottorino Respighi: Pini di Roma, Feste Romane, Fontane di Roma

      Sony SK-66843

      2:52 pm

      Dobrinka Tabakova: "Truro Canticles"

      "Magnificat"

      Truro Cathedral Cho/Christopher Gray; Joseph Wicks, o
      Dobrinka Tabakova * Kynance Cove * On the South Downs * and works for choir

      Regent REGCD-530

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, "Spring"

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

      eOne EOM-CD-7780

      3:26 pm

      Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet No. 4 in B-Flat

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      3:39 pm

      Kurt Atterberg: Horn Concerto, Op 28

      Felix Klieser, hn; German Radio Phil Orch/Jamie Phillips
      Northern Colours

      Berlin Classics 0303248-BC

      4:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995

      Paul Galbraith, 8-string g
      Bach: Lute Suites / Paul Galbraith

      Delos DE-3258

      4:18 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"

      II. "Largo"

      Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
      Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9

      DG 4863413

      4:31 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Boléro"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Bolero/ Daphnis Et Chloe- Suite No. 2/ Alborada Del Gracioso

      EMI CDC7-47022-2

      4:50 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25

      IV. Finale, "Rondo alla zingarese"

      Isaac Stern, v; Jaime Laredo, vi; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Emanuel Ax, piano,
      Brahms: Piano Trios, Quartets

      Sony SM3K-64520 (3)

      5:00 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

      Zuill Bailey, vc; San Francisco Ballet Orch/Martin West
      Russian Masterpieces for Cello and Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80724

      5:19 pm

      John Rutter: Psalm 150

      Cambridge Singers, Royal Phil Orch/John Rutter
      Rutter: The Gift of Life

      Collegium COLCD-138

      5:25 pm

      Florence Price: "Clouds"

      Michael Clark, p
      Waltzes & Character Pieces of Florence Price

      Navona NV-6591

      5:31 pm

      Ruth Gipps: Violin Concerto, Op. 24

      Charlie Lovell-Jones, v; BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-20319

      6:00 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)

      Nadia Boulanger taught and influenced an entire generation of musicians, from Aaron Copland and Ástor Piazzolla to Philip Glass and Quincy Jones. This week, Bill shares some of her compositions and performances alongside those of her prolific students.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61; Stravinsky "The Firebird," Concert Suite from the Ballet; Simon Rattle, conductor.