Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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      Playlist for Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Menuet antique"

      Robert Casadesus, p
      Robert Casadesus: The Complete Piano Music of Maurice Ravel

      Sony MH2K-63316 (2)

      12:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat, K. 450

      Robert Casadesus, p; Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Robert Casadesus Plays Mozart

      Sony MPK-46736

      12:27 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 1, No. 3

      Finale, "Presto"

      Buchberger String Quartet
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      12:28 am

      Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"

      Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl
      DEBUSSY, C.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 (Markl) - Suite bergamasque / Petite suite / En blanc et noir

      Naxos 8.572583

      12:41 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Pequena Suite"

      Rebecca Rust, vc; David Apter, p
      VILLA - LOBOS : Bachianas Brasileiras / Pequena Suite

      Marco Polo 8.223527

      12:54 am

      Othmar Schoeck: "Unter Sternen," Op. 55

      No. 1, "Trost der Kreatur"

      Roman Trekel, br; Christoph Keller, p
      Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 8

      New Classical Adventure 234405 (12)

      1:00 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Prelude, Op. 5, No. 1

      Catalyst Quartet
      Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

      Azica ACD-71336

      1:04 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Op. 1

      Catalyst Quartet; Stewart Goodyear, p
      Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

      Azica ACD-71336

      1:30 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Forest Scenes," Op. 66

      "The Phantom Lover Arrives"

      Waka Hasegawa, p
      Undiscovered Piano Works: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

      Metropolis MR-1301

      1:32 am

      Stewart Goodyear: "Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso"

      Stewart Goodyear, p
      Schumann, Goodyear, Mendelssohn

      Orchid Classics ORC-100061

      1:39 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

      Joshua Bell, v; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton
      The Best of Joshua Bell

      London 433519-2

      1:49 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Le Déluge," Op. 45

      Prelude

      Augustin Dumay, v; Monte Carlo Phil/Manuel Rosenthal

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47544-2

      1:54 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Song, "La Coccinelle"

      François Le Roux, br; Graham Johnson, p
      Songs By Camille Saint-Saëns

      Hyperion CDA-66856

      2:00 am

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

      No. 2 in a minor

      London Phil/Sir Georg Solti
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Pomp & Circumstance Marches, Cockaigne Overture

      London 417719-2

      2:05 am

      Thomas Arne: Overture #6 in B-Flat

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures * The A A M/Christopher Hogwood

      L'Oiseau Lyre 4759117

      2:12 am

      Hummel/Giuliani: "Grand Potpourri National"

      Claudio Maccari, g; Giovanni Togni, p
      Hummel Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95792 (20)

      2:36 am

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

      #12

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

      BIS CD-413

      2:37 am

      William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"

      Denver Oldham, p
      Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still * Denver Oldham

      Koch 3-7084-2

      2:55 am

      William Grant Still: "American Suite" (1918)

      "Danse"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
      William Grant Still

      Naxos 8.559867

      3:00 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Four-Violin (Unaccompanied) Concerto in G

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      For Thy Pleasure: J S Bach and Other Baroque Masters

      Delos DE-3205

      3:05 am

      Richard Strauss: "Death and Transfiguration," Op. 24

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt

      Denon CO-73801

      3:30 am

      Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: "Arcifanfano, King of Fools"

      Aria, "That his sowing yield a growing"

      Joseph Sopher, t; Orch/Newell Jenkins

      VAI VAIA-1010 (2)

      3:31 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on Dittersdorf's "Es war einmal ein alter Mann"

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Beethoven Piano Music, Vol.I

      Vox SVBX-5416 (3)

      3:43 am

      Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Symphony in C

      Oradea Phil Orch/Miron Ratju
      Dittersdorf: Symphonies & Concertos

      Olympia OCD-405

      3:53 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Indian Queen" Incidental Music

      Symphony and Dance

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69853-2

      4:00 am

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

      Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C

      Bob van Asperen, hc
      Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

      Virgin 602519-2 (6)

      4:05 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

      No. 16 in b-flat

      Tatiana Nikolaeva, p
      24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87

      Hyperion CDA-66441/3 (3)

      4:17 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 99

      No. 3 in E-flat

      Odile Pierre, o
      Sämtliche Präludien Und Fugen

      RCA LSB-4088

      4:25 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Eight Preludes and Fugues, BWV 555

      Fugue in e

      Julia Shaw, h; Nora Bumanis, h
      Bach To Bach

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1139

      4:27 am

      Howard Hanson: Symphony #2, Op 30, "Romantic"

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Hanson Conducts Hanson: Symphony No. 1 «Nordic» / Symphony No. 2 «Romantic» / Song Of Democracy

      Mercury 432008-2

      4:55 am

      William Byrd: "Sermone blando"

      Frideswide Consort/Andrew Carwood
      Early Latin Church Music

      ASV CDGAU-170

      5:00 am

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Pacific Overtures I

      Join Bill for a trip around the Pacific Rim! From Australia, we'll hear Aboriginal music alongside pieces by Percy Grainger and Peter Sculthorpe. In New Zealand, we'll hear Māori music, featuring Dame Gillian Whitehead and Kiri Te Kanawa. Then, we'll continue sailing west to South America, where we'll encounter music from Argentina and Chile. It's a two-part show, so tune in next week to see where else we go!

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

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      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Bach’s Chorale Preludes

      Daniel Gauss, organist at the Bern Cathedral, performs "The Great Eighteen" chorale preludes on the Gottlieb Leu organ, built in 1729.