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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Elgar, Edward: "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches, Op. 39

      No. 5 in C

      London Sym Orch/Barry Tuckwell
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Marches

      MCA Classics MCAD-25869

      12:05 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: "March for the Prince of Wales"

      Netherlands Wind Ensemble
      Netherlands Wind Ensemble Greatest Hits

      Philips 472678-2 (2)

      12:09 am

      Handel, George Frideric: "An Occasional Oratorio"

      March

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Justin Doyle

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902708

      12:11 am

      Taneyev, Sergei: Piano Quintet in g, Op 30

      Vadim Repin, Ilya Gringolts, v's; Nobuko Imai, vi; Lynn Harrell, vc; Mikhail Pletnev, p
      Taneyev: Chamber Music

      DG 4775419

      12:55 am

      Scriabin, Alexander: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 11

      #11 in B

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      1:00 am

      Grieg, Edvard: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

      No. 2, "The Last Spring"

      San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Masterpieces in Miniatre

      SFS Media SFS-0060

      1:05 am

      Svendsen, Johan: Symphony #2 in B-Flat, Op 15

      Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Jarvi

      BIS CD-347

      1:35 am

      Grondahl, Agathe Backer: "Three Etudes," Op 32

      No. 1

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Complete Piano Music Vol III

      Arena AR-07008

      1:37 am

      Gounod, Charles: "Faust"

      Waltz

      Eduardus Halim, p
      A Program of Piano Transcriptions

      Arabesque Z-6615

      1:47 am

      Berlioz, Hector: "Béatrice et Bénédict"

      Overture

      Royal Phil/Yuri Temirkanov
      Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique/ Ouvertures: Beatrice et Benedict, Le Corsaire

      RCA 61203-2

      1:55 am

      Berlioz, Hector: "Les Troyens"

      "Entrée des Laboureurs"

      Royal Opera House Orch/Colin Davis
      Les Troyens

      Philips 416432-2 (4)

      2:00 am

      Garrop, Stacy: "Silver Dagger"

      Lincoln Trio
      In Eleanor's Words: Music of Stacy Garrop

      Cedille CDR-90000122

      2:05 am

      Turina, Joaquin: Piano Trio #2 in b, Op 76

      Lincoln Trio
      Turina Chamber Music for Strings and Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000150 (2)

      2:20 am

      Falla, Manuel de: "The Three-Cornered Hat" (1918-9)

      Suite

      Simón Bolívar Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata
      FALLA, M. de: Amor brujo (El) / 7 Canciones populares españolas / Homenajes / El sombrero de tres picos

      Dorian DOR-90210

      2:34 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Goldberg Variations," BWV 988

      Variation No. 18

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:35 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Suite in A minor for Violin & Strings (after BWV 1067)

      Jeanne Lamon, v; Tafelmusik Baroque Orch
      J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 54 & 170; Concerto BWV 1060; Orchestral Suite No. 2

      Analekta AN 2 9878

      2:55 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: "Goldberg Variations," BWV 988

      Variation No. 22

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      3:00 am

      Piazzolla, Astor: "Los Quatro Estaciones Porteñas"

      "Primavera Porteña"

      I Solisti Italiani
      Vivaldi/ Piazzolla: Seasons

      Denon CO-18036

      3:05 am

      Webern, Anton von: "Im Sommerwind"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy

      CBS MP-38760

      3:17 am

      Mendelssohn, Felix: Six Songs, Op 19a

      No. 1, "Frühlingslied"

      Peter Schreier, t; Karl Engel, p

      Berlin Classics BC-1107-2

      3:19 am

      Mendelssohn, Felix: Six Songs, Op 34

      No. 2, "Auf Flügeln des Gesanges"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 40: Gershwin and Encores

      RCA 61771-2

      3:22 am

      Moscheles, Ignaz: Piano Concerto #2 in E Flat, Op 56

      Ian Hobson, p; Sinfonia da Camera

      Zephyr Z-116-99

      3:54 am

      Mendelssohn, Felix: "Songs Without Words," Op 19

      No. 4 in A

      Melvyn Tan, forte-p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49999-2

      4:00 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: "Poetic Tone Pictures", Op 85

      #9, "Serenada"

      Stefan Veselka, p
      DVORAK: Complete Solo Piano Music

      Naxos 8.505205 (5)

      4:05 am

      Suk, Josef: Symphonic poem, "Prague," Op 26

      Czech Phil/Libor Pesek
      Suk: Praga, A Fairy-Tale

      Supraphon 33C37-7509

      4:28 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: Album Leaves (1880)

      #1

      Stefan Veselka, p
      DVORAK: Complete Solo Piano Music

      Naxos 8.505205 (5)

      4:30 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, "Prague"

      Philharmonia/Herbert von Karajan
      Beethoven: Missa Solemnis/ Mozart: Symphony No. 38- Prague

      Testament SBT-2126 (2)

      4:55 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: "Silhouettes," Op 8

      #11 in A

      Stefan Veselka, p
      DVORAK: Complete Solo Piano Music

      Naxos 8.505205 (5)

      5:00 am

      Linley, Thomas: "Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare"

      Duet, "For who can wield"

      Musicians of the Globe
      A Shakespeare Ode On The Witches And Fairies

      Philips 446689-2

      5:05 am

      Larsson, Lars-Erik: "A Winter's Tale" Incidental Music

      New York Scandia Sym/Dorrit Matson
      Orchestral Works Of Lars-erik Larsson

      Centaur CRC-2607

      5:16 am

      Barber, Samuel: Chorus, "Twelfth Night" (1969; poem by Laurie Lee)

      Oregon Repertory Singers/Gilbert Seeley

      Koch 3-7346-2

      5:19 am

      Goetz, Hermann: "The Taming of the Shrew" Overture

      Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Van Remoortel
      GOETZ: The Complete Orchestral Works

      Genesis GCD-105

      5:25 am

      Morley, Thomas: Song, "O Mistress Mine"

      Roderick Williams, br; Musicians of the Globe
      Shakespeare's Musick: Songs and Dances from Shakespeare's Plays

      Philips 446687-2

      5:27 am

      Foerster, Josef Bohuslav: "From Shakespeare" Suite, Op 76

      Prague Sym Orch/Smetacek
      From Shakespear- Foerster

      Campion RRCD-1319

      5:54 am

      Anonymous 16th century, English: A Galliard

      Dowland Consort/Jakob Lindberg
      Heavenly Noyse

      BIS CD-451

      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

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Symphonie concertante" in A, Op. 9, No. 2

      I. "Allegro"

      Yury Revich & Libor Ježek, v's; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphonies concertantes; Symphony in G major

      Naxos 8.574306

      6:14 am

      Antonio Lotti: Trio Sonata in G

      Eroica Trio
      Eroica Trio - Baroque

      EMI CDC5-56873-2

      6:24 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Scherzando" No. 1 in F, H II:33

      Berlin Haydn Ensemble
      F.J. & J.M. Haydn: Flute Concertos & Scherzandi / Emmanuel Pahud

      EMI CDC5-56577-2

      6:31 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 3 in D

      London Phil Orch/Willi Boskovsky
      Essential Liszt

      EMI CDM7-69011-2

      6:41 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      "Notte e giorno; Ah, chi mi dice; Madamina; Giovinette; Là ci darem la mano"

      Athena Ensemble
      Mozart: Don Giovanni for Wind Ensemble

      Chandos CHAN-6597

      6:54 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Trittico botticelliano"

      I. "La Primavera"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds

      DG 437533-2

      7:04 am

      William Boyce: Symphony No. 4 in F

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 436761-2

      7:12 am

      Leo Sowerby: Serenade in G

      Avalon String Quartet
      Sowerby: The Paul Whiteman Commissions & Other Early Works

      Cedille CDR-90000205

      7:24 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "American Eagle" Waltz (1876)

      Philip Collins, tr; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Jacques Offenbach: Concerto Rondo For Cello & Orchestra

      Vox VU-9011

      7:32 am

      John Rutter: "Te Deum"

      Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      John Rutter - Te Deum

      Collegium COLCD-112

      7:41 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in B-Flat, Op. 35, No. 6 (G 514)

      London Festival Orch/Ross Pople
      Boccherini: Six Symphonies Op. 35

      Hyperion CDA-66903

      7:53 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21

      IV. Finale, "Adagio-Allegro molto e vivace"

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"

      Sony G010005464289W

      8:03 am

      Buxton Orr: "Celtic Suite"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson
      The Land of the Mountain and the Flood

      ASV CDWHL-2123

      8:15 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Wind Serenade in D minor, Op. 44

      II. Menuetto & Trio

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner

      Philips 400020-2

      8:22 am

      Dora Pejačević: Symphony in F-sharp minor, Op. 41

      III. Scherzo

      BBC Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo
      Dora Pejačević: Piano Concerto, Symphony

      Chandos CHSA-5299

      8:31 am

      Robert Schumann: "Arabeske" in C, Op. 18

      Vassily Primakov, p
      Vassily Primakov: Schumann Recital

      Bridge 9300

      8:40 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Allegro in B-Flat

      Camerata Bariloche/Elias Khayat
      Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Arensky: Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky

      Price-Less D-13191

      8:52 am

      Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

      No. 1, "Allegro moderato e marcato"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

      DG 419431-2

      9:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Septet in E-Flat, Op. 65

      Nash Ensemble
      Dvořák, Saint-Saëns: Chamber Music, The Carnival of the Animals

      Virgin 61516-2 (2)

      9:24 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Two-Flute and Lute Concerto in D

      Wolfgang Loebner, f; Monika Rost, l; Dresden Baroque Soloists/Eckard Haupt, f
      Telemann: Concertos for 2 Flutes / Eckart Haupt, Wolfgang Loebner / Dresden Baroque Soloists

      Capriccio 10284

      9:36 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Marosszék Dances"

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Kodály: Concerto for Orchestra, Dances of Galánta, Dances of Marosszék, The Peacock Variations

      Naxos 8.573838

      9:51 am

      Aaron Copland: "Danzón cubano"

      Dallas Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata
      Great American Showpieces

      EMI CDM7-64303-2

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

      Lang Lang, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      First Piano Concertos

      DG B0000666-02

      10:22 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Emmanuel Ceysson, h
      Seasons...Dreams

      eOne EOM-CD-7780

      10:26 am

      Vernon Duke: "Autumn in New York"

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

      eOne EOM-CD-7780

      10:33 am

      François-Joseph Gossec: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 5, No. 2

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Gossec: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9661

      10:47 am

      Franz Schubert: "Gesang der Geister über den Wassern," D 714

      Monteverdi Cho, Orch Révolutionnaire et Romantique/JE Gardiner
      Brahms Symphony 2

      Soli Deo Gloria SDG-703

      11:00 am

      William Walton: "Orb and Sceptre," Coronation March

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Kazuki Yamada
      Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Orb and Sceptre

      DG 4868227

      11:09 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 18, No. 2

      Emerson String Quartet
      Beethoven: Complete String Quartets

      DG 447075-2 (7)

      11:33 am

      Jean Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22

      No. 4, "Lemminkäinen's Return"

      Swedish Radio Sym/Mikko Franck
      Sibelius: En Saga, Lemminkäinen Suite

      Ondine ODE-953-2

      11:41 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Two-Horn Concerto in D, "Die Jagd"

      Hermann Baumann & Radovan Vlatković, hn's; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Concerti Da Caccia

      Philips 416815-2

      11:55 am

      Darius Milhaud: Marimba & Vibraphone Concerto, Op. 278

      I. "Animé"

      Peter Sadlo, per; Bamberg Sym/Wolfgang Rögner
      Percussion in Concert

      Koch 3-6415-2

      12:01 pm

      William Byrd: "Salve Regina"

      His Majesty's Men
      The Flower of Beauty (August 12, 2023)

      His Majesty's Men

      12:05 pm

      Pablo Casals: Motet, "O Vos Omnes"

      His Majesty's Men
      The Best of His Majesty's Men (August 3, 2024)

      His Majesty's Men

      12:10 pm

      William Grant Still: "American Suite"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
      William Grant Still: Summerland

      Naxos 8.559867

      12:19 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Papillons," Op. 2

      Murray Perahia, p
      Perahia Plays Schumann - Symphonic Etudes - Posthumous Etudes - Papillons

      CBS MK-34539

      12:35 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Rob Roy" Overture

      San Diego Sym/Yoav Talmi
      Berlioz: Overtures

      Naxos 8.550999

      12:49 pm

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

      Julian Bream & John Williams, g's
      Together Again

      RCA 61452-2

      1:01 pm

      Henry Charles Litolff: "Concerto symphonique" No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102

      I. Allegro con fuoco

      Peter Donohoe, p; Bournemouth Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
      Litolff: Concerto symphonique No. 2 in B minor, Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor

      Hyperion CDA-66889

      1:16 pm

      Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 (1923-27)

      Joshua Bell, v; Jeremy Denk, p
      French Impressions

      Sony 82026-2

      1:34 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Dvořák: Scottish National Orchestra Conducted by Neeme Järvi

      Chandos CHAN-8575

      1:56 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Ave verum corpus," K. 618

      New College Choir Oxford; Capricorn/Edward Higginbottom
      Agnus Dei - Music of Inner Harmony

      Erato 14634-2

      2:00 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in C, "Alexander's Feast"

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Handel: Famous Arias

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2908288.91 (4)

      2:14 pm

      Vincent d'Indy: Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 98, "En forme de suite"

      Horszowski Trio
      Horszowki Trio plays Saint-Saëns, Fauré and d'Indy

      Bridge 9441

      2:34 pm

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel"

      Overture

      Royal Phil Orch/Rudolf Kempe
      Rudolf Kempe - Artist Profile

      EMI CDZB5-68736-2 (2)

      2:43 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "La Cenerentola"

      Overture

      Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano
      Rossini: Overtures, Andante e tema con variazioni

      Warner 24344

      2:52 pm

      Miklós Rózsa: "Spellbound"

      Prelude & Love Theme

      Daniel Hope, v; Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Alexander Shelley
      Escape to Paradise

      DG 4792954

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Orchestral Suites Nos. 2 - 4

      EMI CDR5-69879-2

      3:23 pm

      Amy Beach: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150

      Romantic Chamber Group of London
      Amy Beach: Chanson d'amour

      BIS CD-1245

      3:39 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

      Host Peter van de Graaff invites you into the vibrant musical world of Darius Milhaud, who stands among history’s most prolific composers and whose music is alive with inspiration and imagination. Born in Southern France, he traveled to Brazil and later to California, where he taught young musicians including Burt Bacharach, Dave Brubeck, and William Bolcom.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Mahler Symphony No. 7; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550; Alan Gilbert, conductor.