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Playlist for Wednesday, May 20, 2026
12:00 - 6:00 am
12:00 am
Johannes Brahms: "F-A-E Scherzo (Sonatensatz)"
Pinchas Zukerman, v; Marc Neikrug, p
Brahms: Sonatas for Violin and Piano 1 in G Op. 78, 2 in A Op. 100, 3 in D Minor Op. 108, Scherzo in C Minor
12:05 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne in d minor
Leon Fleisher, p
George Perle: Eight Pieces (1938-1997)
12:23 am
François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 1 (1713): 2e ordre in d/D
"La Mimi"
Carole Cerasi, hc
Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord
12:25 am
Richard Strauss: Dance Suite after Couperin
Six movements
Philharmonia Orch/Artur Rodzinski
Death And Transfiguration / Dance Of The Seven Veils / Dance Suite After Couperin
12:44 am
Fabien Gabel: "Fantasie in the Style of Richard Strauss"
Randall Hawes, tb; Kathryn Goodson, p
Belle Nuit
12:55 am
Richard Strauss: "Also sprach Zarathustra," Op. 30
Introduction: "Sunrise"
Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
Also Sprach Zarathustra
1:00 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Nouvelles suite de pièces de clavecin" (1728)
"La Poule"
Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
Rameau: Complete Harpsichord Works
1:05 am
Marin Marais: "Les Folies d'Espagne"
Purcell Quartet
La Folia and More
1:21 am
Douglas Lilburn: Two Unpublished Pieces for Guitar
No. 1
Gunter Herbig, g
Prospero Dreaming: New Zealand Guitar Music by Lilburn and Farquhar
1:23 am
Douglas Lilburn: Symphony #2
New Zealand Sym/James Judd
LILBURN: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 3
1:54 am
Douglas Lilburn: "Poco lento" (1956)
Michael Houstoun, p
Lilburn: Music for Solo Piano
2:00 am
Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32
"Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity"
The 5 Browns
The Rite of Spring
2:05 am
Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32
"Mars, the Bringer of War"
French National Orch/Maazel
The Planets
2:13 am
Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32
"Venus, the Bringer of Peace"
Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
Holst: The Planets
2:22 am
Clarice Assad: "Constellation"
Harumi Rhodes, v; Clarice Assad, p
Takács Assad Libro
2:33 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Klavierstck" in C/c, "Lustig, Traurig," WoO 54 (1798)
Alice Sara Ott, p
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Bagatelles and Dances
2:35 am
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op 80 "(Choral Fantasy)"
Rudolf Serkin, p; Marlboro Festival Cho & Orch/Peter Serkin
Marlboro Music Festival -- 50th Anniversary * Beethoven, Dvorak & Janacek
2:55 am
Thomas Morley: "Joyne Hands"
Baltimore Consort
Chamber Music (Renaissance) – D'ESTREE, J. / JOHNSON, J. / RAVENSCROFT, T. / ALLISON, R. / MORLEY, T. / BYRD, W. / DOWLAND, J.
3:00 am
Anton Bruckner: "Abendzauber"
T Jenkins, t; Turtle Creek Cho, Fort Worth Sym Orch Brass/T Seelig
The Times of Day
3:05 am
Anton Bruckner: Overture in g minor
Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Leopold Hager
With Schumann: Violin Concerto and Spohr: Symphony No. 3
3:16 am
Rolf Liebermann: Variations on a theme by Anton Bruckner, Op 19 (1986)
David Korevaar, p
3:29 am
Anton Bruckner: "Aequalis" No. 2 for Three Trombones
Ensemble/Robert Shewan
Choral Works Of Anton Bruckner
3:30 am
Hans Rott: Symphony in E
3rd mvt, "Scherzo"
Cincinnati Philharmonia Orch/Gerhard Samuel
Symphony In E Major
3:43 am
Gustav Mahler: "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
"Das himmlische Leben"
Matthias Goerne, br; Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
3:53 am
Edwin GRASSE: Wellenspiel
Joshua Bell, v, Samuel Sanders, p
The Essential Joshua Bell
4:00 am
Franz Liszt: "Elégie" No. 1
Fischer Duo
Chopin and Liszt: Music for Cello and Piano
4:05 am
Ferdinand Hérold: Symphony #2 in D
Swiss Italian Orch/Wolf-Dieter Hauschild
4:23 am
Frédéric Chopin: "Variations brillantes," Op. 12
Daniel Barenboim, p
4:32 am
Johann Strauss II: Zampa Galopp, Op. 62a
Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
The Strauss Album
4:33 am
Alexander Glazunov: Piano Concerto #2 in B, Op 100
Stephen Coombs, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
Glazunov: Piano Concerto No 1 In F Minor, Piano Concerto No 2 In B Major/ Goedicke: Concertstück Op 11 (First Recording)
4:54 am
Fikret Dzhamil Amirov: Six Pieces
#3, "Dance"
Manuela Wiesler, f; Roland Pöntinen, p
The Russian Flute
5:00 am
Pablo de Sarasate: Two Spanish Dances, Op 8
#2, "Habanera"
Rachel Barton, v; Samuel Sanders, p
SARASATE, P.: Spanish Dances / Serenade andalouse / Miramar / Introduction and Tarantella / Muiniera
5:05 am
Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat" (1918-9)
Four Dances
Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
Stravinsky: The Firebird - Suite / Falla: El amor brujo; El sombrero de tres picos - Dances
5:25 am
Edward Elgar: "The Spanish Lady," Op 89
"Burlesco"
English String Orch/William Boughton
The Spirit of England
5:27 am
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 57 in F, H XVI:47
Lola Odiaga, forte-p
Sonatas, Variations & Transcriptions
5:35 am
Ignaz Pleyel: Symphonie Périodique #6 in F
Cologne Chamber Orch/Helmut Müller-Brühl
5:54 am
Lili Boulanger: "Trois pièces"
#2, "Sans vitesse et à l'aise"
Norman Fischer, vc; Jeanne Kierman Fischer, p
French Masters
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
Edward Elgar: String Serenade in E minor, Op. 20
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Serenade, Elegy; Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia, Greensleeves Fantasia
6:17 am
Niccolò Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 6
III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro spirituoso"
Hilary Hahn, v; Swedish Radio Sym/Eiji Oue
Paganini * Spohr * Violin Concertos * Hahn * Swedish RSO * Oue
6:28 am
Mason Bates: "Ford's Farm"
Hilary Hahn, v; Cory Smythe, p
In 27 Pieces
6:33 am
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville: Sonata in F, Op. 3, No. 2
Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
Mondonville: Six Sonates en symphonie, Op. 3
6:41 am
Darius Milhaud: "La Cheminée du roi René," Op. 205
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
French Wind Music
6:54 am
Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne"
Suite No. 1: IV. "Carillon"
London Sym Orch/Neville Marriner
Philips Classics: The Stereo Years
7:04 am
Aloys Schmitt: "Rondeau brillant," Op. 101
Ulster Orch/Howard Shelley, p
The Romantic Piano Concerto - Vol 84
7:17 am
Karl Goldmark: Overture, "In Italien," Op. 49
Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt
Goldmark: Symphony No. 2
7:31 am
Kevin Olson: "Summer Sonnet"
Chicago a cappella
Shall I Compare Thee?
7:36 am
Robert Applebaum: "Shall I Compare Thee to A Summer's Day"
Chicago a cappella
Shall I Compare Thee?
7:41 am
György Ligeti: "Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances"
Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw
The Ligeti Project, Vol. 5
7:52 am
György Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for Winds
No. 1, "Allegro con spirito"
Westwood Wind Quintet
Westwood Wind Quintet Play Ligeti, Barber...
7:54 am
Asako Hirabayashi: "Tango"
Gail Olszewski, fp; Asako Hirabayashi, hc
The Harpsichord in the New Millennium
8:04 am
Richard Strauss: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme," Op. 60
"Das Diner (The Dinner)"
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Divertimento after Couperin
8:16 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Bach: The Six Brandenburg Concertos - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
8:27 am
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio No. 1 in F, Op. 18
I. "Allegro vivace"
Rembrandt Trio
Chaminade, Ravel, Saint-Saëns: Piano Trios
8:36 am
William Walton: "Johannesburg Festival" Overture
London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson
Walton: Orchestral Works
8:45 am
Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40
V. Finale, "Rigaudon"
Gothenburg Sym Orch Strings/Neeme Järvi
Grieg: Holberg Suite, 2 Elegiac Melodies, 2 Nordic Melodies, 2 Melodies, 2 Lyric Pieces
8:49 am
Benjamin Godard: "Suite de trois morceaux," Op. 116
Susan Milan, f; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
La Flûte Enchantée
9:06 am
Benjamin Britten: "Matinées musicales," Op. 24 (after Rossini)
Helsingborg Sym Orch/Okko Kamu
Britten: Piano Concerto, Soirées musicales, Matinées musicales
9:22 am
Anton Arensky: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35
II. Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky
Philippe Quint, v; Lily Francis, vi; Claudio Bohórquez & Nicolas Altstaedt, vc's
Nicolas Altstaedt,
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Arensky: Quartet
9:37 am
Julius Fučík: "Donausagen (Danube Legends)" Waltz, Op. 233
Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
A Festival of Fučík
9:49 am
Zdeněk Fibich: "A Night at Karlstejn Castle"
Overture
Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 - Overtures
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
10:00 am
Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47
Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius & Elgar - Music for Strings
10:14 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat, BWV 815
András Schiff, p
Bach: French Suites BWV 812-817, Italian Concerto
10:27 am
Leonardo Leo: Cello Concerto in D
Elinor Frey, vc; Rosa Barocca/Claude Lapalme
Early Italian Cello Concertos
10:44 am
Jean Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22
No. 2, "The Swan of Tuonela"
Felix Klieser, hn; German Radio Phil Orch/Jamie Phillips
Northern Colours
10:52 am
Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"
"Sevillana; Echo du soldat"
Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas
11:01 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Le Cercle de l'Harmonie/Jérémie Rhorer
Mozart: Salzburg 1773 - Symphonies Nos 25, 26 & 29
11:23 am
Eric Whitacre: "Little Tree"
Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison; Leslie De'Ath, p
Eric Whitacre: Choral Music
11:30 am
Lyndol Mitchell: "Kentucky Mountain Portraits"
Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
Howard Hanson conducts Fiesta In Hi-fi
11:45 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two-Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 17
II. Waltz
Danill Trifonov & Sergei Babayan, p's
Rachmaninoff for Two
11:52 am
Thomas Arne: Overture No. 4 in F
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Arne: Eight Overtures
12:00 pm
Chick Corea: "The Hilltop"
Guitar4mation
Trans4mation
12:08 pm
Maurice Ravel: "Pavane for a Dead Princess"
Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Kenneth Jean
The Best of Ravel
12:15 pm
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts
Violinist Alejandra Switala and pianist Katherine Petersen perform music by Paul Schoenfield, Mel Bonis, and Florence Price, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
1:00 pm
1:00 pm
Music for the Afternoon
1:00 pm
Ottorino Respighi: "Trittico botticelliano"
Orpheus Chamber Orch
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds
1:21 pm
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38
Charles Richard-Hamelin, p
Ballades & Impromptus
1:30 pm
François Couperin: "Concert royal" No. 4 in E minor
Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
François Couperin - Les Concerts Royaux
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
What Else Ya Got?
Have you ever wondered about those composers who succeeded in writing one smashing piece but were otherwise forgotten? This week, we’ll get to know some of these immortals and their other compositions, including Pachelbel’s Suite in G Major and Dukas’ Symphony in C Major. The program also presents Hermann Baumann in a rare performance of Glière's Horn Concerto in B-flat Major, Op. 91.
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
10:00 pm
Baroque&Before with Candice Agree
The Spanish Palestrina
Swiss vocal ensemble Corund presents a concert of madrigals and sacred works by Tomás Luis de Victoria, called the greatest of all Iberian composers. Recorded live at Switzerland’s St. Gallen Festival on June 27, 2014.
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