Monday, July 20, 2026

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      Playlist for Monday, July 20, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in c minor

      Michael Houstoun, p
      The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books One and Two

      Rattle RAT-D155

      12:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Oboe d'Amore Concerto (BWV 209)

      English Concert/Albrecht Mayer, ob d'amore
      Cantilena: Voices of Bach

      London 4781517

      12:23 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Bk 1, BWV 846/69

      Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat

      Léon Berben, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:25 am

      Clara Schumann: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16

      No. 3 in E minor

      Agave
      In Her Hands

      Acis APL-53714

      12:29 am

      William Schuman: Symphony #4

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      American Classics * Schuman: Symphonies Nos 4 and 9

      Naxos 8.559254

      12:54 am

      Robert Schumann: Song-cycle, "Dichterliebe (A Poet's Love)," Op. 48

      No. 1, "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai"

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Great Moments

      Sony 88985304202

      1:00 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Gadfly," Op. 97

      "Youth (Romance)"

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Leonid Grin

      Capriccio 10298

      1:05 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Six Piano Pieces, Op. 51

      #5, "Romance" in F

      Barry Douglas, p
      Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata, The Seasons

      RCA 7887-2-RC

      1:13 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Le Baiser de la fée"

      Divertimento

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale / The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento / Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain

      RCA 5733-2-RC

      1:37 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37

      "July (Song of the Reaper)"

      Dudok Quartet
      Tchaikovsky: Seasons Op. 37

      Rubicon RCD-1124

      1:39 am

      Géntil Montaña: "Suite Colombiana" #2

      José Antonio Escobar, g
      Guitar Music of Colombia

      Naxos 8.573059

      1:55 am

      Claudio Santoro: "Paulistana #1"

      Nelson Freire, p
      Brasileira: Villa-Lobos & Friends

      London B0017179-02

      2:00 am

      Joachim Raff: Two Romances, Op. 182

      No. 1 in F

      Christoph Croisé, vc; Oxana Shevchenko, p

      Avie AV-2490

      2:05 am

      Joachim Raff: "Cavatina"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p
      Itzhak Perlman: Encores

      Angel SZ-37560

      2:08 am

      Joachim Raff: "Maria Stuart," Op. 172

      No. 2, "Klage II"

      Noemi Nadelmann, s; Jan Schultsz, p
      Sanges-Frühling

      Divox CDX-2080607-6 (2)

      2:10 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony no.1 in c minor, Op.68

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Symphonie No.1

      DG 423141-2

      2:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Minuet in G

      Igor Kipnis, hc

      CBS MLK-45524

      3:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto movement in d

      Paul Nicholson, o; Parley of Instruments
      English 18th-Century Keyboard Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-66700

      3:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Flute Concerto in F

      Michala Petri, r; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Recorder Concertos / Blockflötenkonzerte / Concertos Pour Flûte A Bec

      Philips 400075-2

      3:13 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6

      Valérie Milot, h; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
      Handel, Boieldieu, Mozart: Concertos for Harp

      Analekta AN 2 9990

      3:26 am

      Carlos Salzedo: "Rumba"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Salzedo's Harp * Music of Carlos Salzedo * Yolanda Kondonassis, Harp

      Telarc CD-80691

      3:28 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      Shen Lu, p
      Watercolor

      Steinway & Sons 30039

      3:54 am

      music continues...

      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.

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Get the Picture?

      Listen to the works of composers inspired by well-known paintings and poems. Pianist Alicia de Larrocha will perform Goyescas, by Enrique Granados, a musical impression of Francisco Goya’s paintings. This week also includes Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Hindemith’s Matthias der Maler, and Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead. Many of these musical works have gone on to further inspire new artistic creations. This week, visual art and music become one!

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      WDR Symphony Orchestra

      Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson "Louisiana Blues Strut;" Augustin Hadelich, violin; Sibelius "Pohjola's Daughter," Op. 49; Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor.