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      Playlist for Thursday, September 3, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Cimarosa, Domenico: "L'infedelta fedele"

      Overture

      Esterhazy Orch/Alessandro Amoretti
      CIMAROSA, D.: Overtures, Vol. 1 (Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Amoretti)

      Naxos 8.570508

      12:05 am

      Cimarosa, Domenico: Sinfonia Concertante in G

      Nicolet, f; Holliger, ob; St Martin's Academy/Kenneth Sillito
      Concertos For Flute And Oboe / Konzerte Für Flöte Und Oboe / Concertos Pour Flûte Et Hautbois

      Philips 416359-2

      12:22 am

      Montsalvatge, Xavier: "Poema concertante"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; North German Radio Phil/Celso Antunes
      Montsalvatge: Canciones & Concertos

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.642

      12:34 am

      Montsalvatge, Xavier: "Cinco canciones negras"

      #5, "Canto negro"

      Marisa Martins, ms; Mac McClure, p

      Columna Musica 1CM-0080

      12:36 am

      Still, William Grant: "La Guiablesse" (1927)

      Berlin Sym/Isaiah Jackson

      Koch 3-7154-2

      12:54 am

      Still, William Grant: Little Folk Suite #4

      "Los Indios"

      Oregon String Quartet

      Koch 3-7546-2

      1:00 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Song, "An die Hoffnung," Op 94

      Peter Schreier, t; Walter Olbertz, p

      Teldec 6.42130

      1:05 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

      Manchester Camerata/Douglas Boyd
      Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8

      Avie AV-2242

      1:30 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

      #8

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      1:31 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: Bassoon Sonata in G, Op. 168

      David McGill, bn; Peter Serkin, p
      Musique Francaise

      Boston Records BR-1022-CD

      1:45 am

      Bacewicz, Grazyna: Oboe Sonatina

      Nancy Ambrose King, ob; Sylvia Wang, p
      Evocations

      Boston Records BR-1030

      1:54 am

      Philidor, André Danican: "Pavane" (1610)

      New York Kammermusiker
      Chamber Music (Renaissance) - PHILIDOR, P.D. / BUSNOYS, A. / LUZZASCHI, L. / MONTEVERDI, C. (A Renaissance Tour of Europe) (New York Kammermusiker)

      Dorian DOR-90133

      2:00 am

      Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Fantasia and Fugue in c, Wq 119/7

      Roland Münch, o

      Capriccio 10135

      2:05 am

      Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Fantasy in C, Wq 61/6

      Andreas Staier, forte-p
      C.P.E. Bach: Sonaten Und Fantasien

      RCA-DHM 77025-2-RC

      2:12 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 133, "Ich freue mich in dir"

      Chorale, "Ich freue mich in dir"

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:14 am

      Atterberg, Kurt: Symphony #1 in b, Op 3

      Frankfurt Radio Sym Orch/Ari Rasilainen
      Atterberg Complete Symphonies

      CPO 777118-2 (5)

      2:55 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: "ɐtudes," Op. 10

      No. 5 in G-flat, "Black Key"

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz: Early Romantics

      Sony S2K-53468 (2)

      3:00 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: "Notturno (Intermezzo)" in B, Op 40

      Coull String Quartet, Peter Buckoke, db
      Dvorak: Quartet In E Flat Op 55, Quintet In G Op 77, Intermezzo

      Hyperion CDA-66679

      3:05 am

      Nedbal, Oskar: "Forest Bells" Waltz

      Carlsbad Sym Orch/Douglas Bostock
      Scherzo Capriccioso

      Classico CD-192

      3:09 am

      Suk, Josef: "Spring," Op 22a

      Margaret Fingerhut, p
      Suk: Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-9026/7 (2)

      3:26 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: Twelve "Cypresses" (1887)

      #7, "Now about the house I wander"

      Cleveland Quartet

      Pro Arte CDD-237

      3:27 am

      Novak, Vitezslav: Serenade in D, Op 36

      Ukrainian Chamber Orch/Andrew Mogrelia
      NOVAK : Serenades

      Marco Polo 8.223649

      3:54 am

      Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurka in B-Flat, Op. Posth

      Idil Biret, p
      CHOPIN: Rondos and Variations

      Naxos 8.550367

      4:00 am

      Gabrieli, Giovanni: "Canzon primi toni a 10"

      Hespérion XX

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63141-2

      4:02 am

      Gabrieli, Giovanni: Canzon I a 5

      Hespérion XX

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63141-2

      4:05 am

      Rabaud, Henri: "Divertissement sur des chansons russes", Op 2

      Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Leif Segerstam
      RABAUD : Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223503

      4:18 am

      Glinka, Mikhail: Capriccio on Russian Themes (1834)

      Joan Yarbrough, Robert Cowan, p's

      Pantheon D07183

      4:26 am

      Trad, Russian: Folksong, Masha has been told

      Dmitri Hvorostovsky, br, Osipov Russian Folk Orch/Nikolai Kalinin
      Dark Eyes = Ochi Chornyje (Russian Folk Songs)

      Philips 434080-2

      4:28 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Serenade No. 12 in c minor, K. 388

      English Concert Winds
      Mozart: Wind Serenades K. 388 and K. 375- Overtures

      Hyperion CDA-66887

      4:54 am

      Poulenc, Francis: Three Novelettes

      #2

      Eric Parkin, p
      Poulenc: Piano Music, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-8847

      5:00 am

      Tchaikovsky, Peter: Piano Pieces, Op. 72

      #5, "Méditation"

      Mikhail Pletnev, p
      18 Pieces

      DG B0004284-02

      5:05 am

      Glazunov, Alexander: "Meditation," Op 32

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster

      EMI CDC5-55475-2

      5:08 am

      Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai: "Capriccio espagnol," Op. 34

      London Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Dorati Conducts Rimsky-Korsakov & Borodin

      Mercury 434308-2

      5:24 am

      Granados, Enrique: "Preludio"

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

      Centaur CRC-2043

      5:25 am

      Walton, William: Violin Concerto in b (1938-9)

      Aaron Rosand, v; Florida Phil/James Judd
      Sir William Walton: Violin Concerto, Henry V Suite, Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, Capriccio Burlesco

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907070

      5:54 am

      Lecuona, Ernesto: "Soñaba Contigo"

      Thomas Tirino, p
      Lecuona: Complete Piano Music Vol 2

      BIS CD-774

      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

      Charles Gounod: Symphony No. 1 in D

      I. "Allegro molto"

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood
      Bizet: L'Arlésienne • Gounod: Petite Symphonie, Symphony No.1

      Decca 430231-2

      6:11 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: "Serenade"

      James Galway, f; Kazuhito Yamashita, g
      Italian Serenade

      RCA 5679-2-RC

      6:24 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"

      III. Finale, "Presto"

      Sphinx Virtuosi
      Songs for Our Times

      DG 4865014

      6:32 am

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in F, S 232

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      6:41 am

      Georges Auric: Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      6:54 am

      Antônio Carlos Gomes: String Sonata in D

      I. "Allegro animato"

      English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson
      Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

      Naxos 8.574405

      7:04 am

      André Grétry: "Céphale et Procris"

      "Suite de ballet"

      Orch National de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling
      Grétry: Suites & Overtures

      ASV CDDCA-1095

      7:15 am

      Björk: "Venus as a Boy"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      7:20 am

      Max Bruch: Serenade, Op. 75

      Finale, "Allegro energico e vivace"

      Salvatore Accardo, v; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

      Philips 438748-2 (2)

      7:33 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges," Op. 33

      Suite, Op. 33a: "Ridiculous Fellows"

      National Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Prokofiev: 6th Symphony, Suite from "The Love For Three Oranges"

      RCA 68801-2

      7:36 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges," Op. 33

      Suite, Op. 33a: March

      National Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Prokofiev: 6th Symphony, Suite from "The Love For Three Oranges"

      RCA 68801-2

      7:37 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges," Op. 33

      Suite, Op. 33a: Scherzo

      National Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Prokofiev: 6th Symphony, Suite from "The Love For Three Oranges"

      RCA 68801-2

      7:42 am

      Franz Lehár: "Paganini"

      Melodies

      Musica Camerata Montréal
      Salon Viennois

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1112

      7:54 am

      Niccolò Paganini: Guitar Sonata No. 16 in E major

      Eduardo Fernández, g
      Eduardo Fernández - Guitar

      Delmark DE-5033

      8:05 am

      Walter Rabl: Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 1

      Finale, "Allegro con brio"

      D Ottensamer, cl; N Bendix-Balgley, v; S Koncz, vc; C Traxler, p
      Christoph Traxler, piano,
      Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra

      Pentatone PTC-5187425

      8:12 am

      Amadeo Roldán: "La Rebambaramba" Suite

      New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Tangazo - Music of Latin America

      Argo 436737-2

      8:22 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13

      I. "Allegro molto"

      Karisa Chiu, v; Zhu Wang, p
      Home

      Cedille CDR-90000239

      8:34 am

      Béla Bartók: Suite No. 1, Op. 3

      V. Finale, "Molto vivace" (1905 version)

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      Bartók: Suite No. 1 & Concerto for Orchestra

      Onyx 4210

      8:42 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467

      I. "Allegro maestoso"

      Alon Goldstein, p; Fine Arts Quartet
      Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21

      Naxos 8.573398

      8:56 am

      John Rutter: "Suite Antique"

      IV. Waltz

      Duke Dobing, f; Wayne Marshall, hc; City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      The Cambridge Singers Collection

      Collegium CSCD-501

      9:04 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Dolly" Suite, Op. 56

      Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Fauré: Masques et bergamasques & Pelléas et Mélisande

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004

      9:21 am

      Paul Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

      Yuja Wang, p
      Fantasia

      DG B0016606-02

      9:33 am

      Efraín Oscher: "Rapsodia latina"

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Paris Chamber Orch/Sascha Goetzel
      Winter Gardens

      Warner 2173241838

      9:48 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Hungarian Rondo"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Summer Evening

      DG 447109-2

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Florence Price: Concert Overture No. 2

      Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
      Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances

      Naxos 8.559920

      10:14 am

      Traditional English: "I Love My Love"

      St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
      Bushes & Briars

      MSR Classics MS-1606

      10:19 am

      Traditional Scottish: "Afton Water"

      St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
      Bushes & Briars

      MSR Classics MS-1606

      10:23 am

      Arnold Bax: Three Pieces for Small Orchestra

      English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      The Banks of Green Willow

      EMI CDC7-47945-2

      10:46 am

      Manuel de Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs

      Anne Gastinel, vc; Pablo Márquez, g
      Ibérica

      Naïve V-5182

      11:00 am

      Franz Xaver Richter: Trumpet Concerto in D

      Ludwig Güttler, tr; Leipzig New Bach Collegium Musicum/Max Pommer
      Classical Trumpet Concertos Vol. 2

      Capriccio 10051

      11:16 am

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 120, No. 2

      Anthony McGill, cl; Gloria Chien, p
      Here With You

      Cedille CDR-90000207

      11:39 am

      Richard Wagner: "The Flying Dutchman"

      Overture

      New York Phil/Giuseppe Sinopoli
      Wagner - Sinopoli

      DG 419169-2

      11:52 am

      John Lanchbery: "Tales of Beatrix Potter"

      "Mrs Tiggy-Winkle's Laundry"

      Royal Opera House Orch/John Lanchbery
      Tales of Beatrix Potter: Music From the Royal Ballet Film

      EMI CDC7-54537-2

      11:54 am

      John Lanchbery: "Tales of Beatrix Potter"

      "The Mouse Waltz"

      Royal Opera House Orch/John Lanchbery
      Tales of Beatrix Potter: Music From the Royal Ballet Film

      EMI CDC7-54537-2

      12:01 pm

      Regina Harris Baiocchi: "Piano Poems"

      No. 1, "common things surprise us"

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol. 3 At Play

      First Hand FHR-133

      12:03 pm

      Regina Harris Baiocchi: "Piano Poems"

      No. 2, "cockleburs in wooly hair/tiny pond"

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol. 3 At Play

      First Hand FHR-133

      12:07 pm

      Regina Harris Baiocchi: "Piano Poems"

      No. 4, "a candle burns time"

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol. 3 At Play

      First Hand FHR-133

      12:13 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Autumn," RV. 293

      Orchestre Le Consort/Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v
      Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902757-58

      12:24 pm

      Johan Wagenaar: "Twelfth Night" Overture, Op. 36

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Johan Wagenaar: Saul en David, Amphitrion, Cyrano de Bergerac, De Getemde Feeks

      Decca 425833-2

      12:35 pm

      Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet in C, Op. 42, No. 2 (G 349)

      K Nikkanen & S Kim, v's; K Johnson, vi; J Starker & Z Bailey, vc's
      Janos Starker, cello,
      Janos Starker Celebration: Live from El Paso Pro Musica, February 28, 2004

      Delos DE-3344

      12:53 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Serse"

      Overture

      The English Concert/Harry Bicket
      Handel: Serse

      Linn Records CKD-709

      1:00 pm

      Alexander Scriabin: Waltz in A-Flat, Op. 38

      Lise de la Salle, p
      When Do We Dance?

      Naïve V-5468

      1:08 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Mozart: Flute Concertos

      EMI CDC5-56365-2

      1:34 pm

      Paul Pierné: "Bucolique variée" for wind trio

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      1:43 pm

      Ernest Chausson: "Poème," Op. 25

      Julia Fischer, v; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Yakov Kreizberg
      Poème

      Decca B0015535-02

      2:00 pm

      François Couperin: "Concert royal" No. 2 in D

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Music at the Court of Louis XIV

      Artemis ATM-CD-1276

      2:15 pm

      Eric Whitacre: "Little Tree"

      Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison; Leslie De'Ath, p
      Eric Whitacre: Choral Music

      Naxos 8.559677

      2:22 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D, "Clock"

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Symphonies 93-104

      Nimbus NI-5200/04 (5)

      2:53 pm

      Howard Shore: "The Forest"

      Movement III

      Miloš, g; National Arts Centre Orch/Alexander Shelley
      The Moon and the Forest

      Decca 4851597

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Carl Reinecke: Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano, Op. 188

      Stephen Taylor, ob; David Jolley, hn; Sarah Rothenberg, p
      Adagio & Allegro: German Romantic Works for Horn

      Arabesque Z-6641

      3:25 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21

      London Sym Orch/Peter Maag
      Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"

      Decca 466990-2

      3:39 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Four African Dances, Op. 58

      Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p
      Music by Composers of African Descent

      BCM+D Records 888295594394

      3:58 pm

      Count Basie: "Jumpin' at the Woodside"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Labyrinth

      Delos DE-3163

      4:00 pm

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 49

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Shostakovich, Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 1, Cello Concerto No. 1

      CBS MK-37840

      4:19 pm

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Waltz

      Leslie Howard, p
      Liszt at the Opera: The Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. 6

      Hyperion CDA-66371/2 (2)

      4:29 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Music for a "Ballet of Old Germany"

      Basel Sym Orch/Helmut Müller-Bruhl
      Corrette, Vejvanovsky, Beethoven: Ballet Suites

      Koch 3-1617-2

      4:42 pm

      Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, "Trout"

      V. Finale, "Allegro giusto"

      Zehetmair; Zimmermann; Duven; Riegelbauer; Brendel
      Peter Riegelbauer, double bass,
      Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor; Schubert: Trout Quintet

      Philips 446001-2

      4:53 pm

      Franz von Suppé: "The Beautiful Galatea"

      Overture

      Czech Phil/Václav Neumann
      Champagne Overtures

      Teldec 8.43240

      5:00 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14

      I. "Reveries – Passions"

      Utah Sym/Thierry Fischer
      Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique & other works

      Hyperion CDA-68324

      5:16 pm

      Paul Bonneau: "Caprice en forme de valse"

      Catherine Van Handel, bn
      Bassoon Soirée: From Latin America to Paris

      Acis APL-53226

      5:22 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "Andante con variazioni"

      Ashley Solomon, f; Masumi Nagasawa, h
      Music For Flute And Harp

      Channel Classics CCS-17798

      5:26 pm

      Arvo Pärt: "Summa"

      Vox Clamantis/Jaan-Eik Tulve
      The Deer's Cry

      ECM 2466

      5:33 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F, Op. 18, No. 1

      Fine Arts Quartet
      Beethoven Festival 2012 (September 10, 2012)

      WFMT

      6:00 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales)," Op. 132

      Iris Trio
      Homage and Inspiration

      Coviello Classics COV-92002

      6:17 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Fit for A King

      For centuries, the relationship between a King and his musical subjects has been intimate and deep. From Bach to Bridge, we will listen to this rich and intriguing world of the European court composer. This means listening to some glorious music and, in most cases, giving credit where credit is due to the people who commissioned these works. Bill McGlaughlin will connect Haydn, Scarlatti, and Walton to their savvy patrons, confirming that if you want to command the finest musicians, it helps to be the king.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements; Katie Soper Orpheus Orchestra Opus Onus (World Premiere); Kate Soper, soprano; Glass Symphony No. 11; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.