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      Playlist for Tuesday, May 26, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Peter Breiner: "Beatles Concerto Grosso" No. 3 (in the Style of Bach)

      Overture, "The Long and Winding Road"

      CSSR State Phil/Peter Breiner
      Beatles Go Baroque

      Naxos 8.555010

      12:04 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 1

      Handel and Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood
      6 Concerti Grossi, Op. 3; 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      Avie AV-2065 (3)

      12:13 am

      Peter Breiner: "Beatles Concerto Grosso" No. 4

      "Here Comes the Sun"

      CSSR State Phil/Peter Breiner
      Beatles Go Baroque

      Naxos 8.555010

      12:14 am

      Kevin Puts: Concerto for Orchestra

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Stéphane Denève

      Delos DE-3620

      12:37 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Grand Duetto Concertante," Op 52

      Stephanie Chase, v; Richard Savino, g
      The Essential Giuliani, Vol 2

      E-One EOM-CD-7693 (2)

      12:54 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Pièces faciles et agréables," Op 74

      #9, Tempo di marcia

      Mikael Helasvuo, f; Jukka Savijoki, g
      Mauro Giuliani - The Complete Works for Flute and Guitar, Vol.3

      BIS CD-413

      1:00 am

      Jean Sibelius: Two Humoresques, Op. 87

      Christian Tetzlaff, v; Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      Sibelius: The Complete Works For Violin Concerto

      Virgin 45534-2

      1:05 am

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

      No. 2, "The Swan of Tuonela"

      Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends Op. 22, En Saga Op. 9

      Sony SK-48067

      1:15 am

      David Farquhar: "Swan Songs"

      "The Silver Swan"

      Jenny Wollerman, s; Jane Curry, g
      Ring Round the Moon

      Rattle RAT-D062

      1:16 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F, Op. 73

      Antony Pay, cl; Age of Enlightenment Orch
      Clarinet Concertos No. 1 & 2 Op. 26

      Virgin 90720-2

      1:38 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Night Ride and Sunrise," Op. 55

      London Sym/Sir Colin Davis
      Karelia Suite; Tapiola; Nightride & Sunrise; Finlandia

      RCA 68770-2

      1:55 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Andante festivo" (1922)

      Esther Abrami, v; Louis Philippson, p

      Masterworks 19802874372

      2:00 am

      Errollyn Wallen: "Chorale"

      Orchestra of the Swan

      Signum SIGCD-662

      2:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1, "Dance in the Village Inn"

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough in Recital

      Hyperion CDA-67686

      2:16 am

      Hector Berlioz: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24

      "Mephistopheles' Song" ("Song of the Flea")

      Bryn Terfel, br; Philharmonia Cho and Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      La Damnation De Faust

      DG 453500-2 (2)

      2:17 am

      Zdenek Fibich: Symphony #1 in F, Op 17

      Czech National Sym/Marek Stilec
      FIBICH, Z.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1 / Impressions from the Countryside (Czech National Symphony, Stilec)

      Naxos 8.572985

      2:54 am

      Samuel Scheidt: "Galliard Battaglia"

      Canadian Brass
      Canadian Brass Takes Flight

      Steinway & Sons 30008

      3:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il Signor Bruschino"

      Overture

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Rossini: Overtures

      DG 415363-2

      3:05 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "La Rossiniana" #1, Op 119

      Eliot Fisk, g
      Bell'Italia: Four Centuries Of Italian Music

      Musicmasters 67079-2

      3:21 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Soirées musicales," Op. 9

      Helsingborg Sym/Okko Kamu
      Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto

      Ondine ODE-825-2

      3:32 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Four Ariettas and a Duet, Op 82

      #3, "L'amante impaziente (Arietta buffa)"

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Jörg Demus, p
      An Die Ferne Geliebte

      DG 415189-2

      3:34 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata #5 in D, Op 102/2

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Martha Argerich, p
      Cellosonaten Opp. 69 & 102 / Variationen

      DG 437514-2

      3:53 am

      Francois Couperin: "Les Nations"

      "La Française: Courants 1 and 2"

      Antiqua Musica Chamber Orch/Jacques Roussel

      EMI/Ang CDK5-65732-2

      4:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Das Rheingold"

      "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla"

      Vienna Phil/Georg Solti

      London 410137-2

      4:05 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Cello Sonata in g minor, Op. 65

      Jian Wang, vc; Carol Rosenberger, p
      Cello Recital: Wang, Jian - CHOPIN, F. / BARBER, S. / SCHUMANN, R. (Presenting Jian Wang)

      Delos DE-3097

      4:31 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Sonata no.2 in b-flat minor, Op.35, "Funeral March"

      III. "Marche funèbre"

      BBC Phil/Mathias Bamert
      Stokowski Encores

      Chandos CHAN-9349

      4:38 am

      Jeremiah Clarke: Suite in D

      Hornpipe

      Hakan Hardenberger, tr; Simon Preston, o
      Trumpet & Organ Spectacular At Sorø Church

      Philips 434074-2

      4:40 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      Wotan's Farewell & Magic Fire Music

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Paul Paray Conducts Wagner

      Mercury 434383-2

      4:54 am

      Jacinto Guerrero: "Hermosa Catalina"

      Hesperus

      Golden Apple GACD-7552

      5:00 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 - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 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

      32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      "Pathétique. Moonlight. Appassionata. Hammerklavier." Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his first piano sonata at the age of 25 and his last at 52, and together these 32 sonatas have been called "The New Testament" of music. Artur Schnabel was the first pianist to record a complete set, and since then this feat has been achieved by Daniel Barenboim, Alfred Brendel, Claude Frank, Maurizio Pollini, and Claudio Arrau - twice! We’ll sample as many as we possibly can, and we hope you will share in our wonder and amazement at Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Mozart Trio in C major, K. 548; Orion Weiss, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Carter Brey, cello; R Schumann Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63; Juho Pohjonen, piano; Danbi Um, violin; Jakob Koranyi, cello.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Grainger Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers;" Kirill Gerstein, piano; Andy Akiho "Spiel;" Colin Currie, glockenspiel; Beethoven Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer," Chad Hoopes, violin; Katia Skanavi, piano.