Monday, August 17, 2026

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      Playlist for Monday, August 17, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Set 1

      "Baíléro (Shepherd's Song)"

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt

      RCA 60695-2-RG

      12:05 am

      Luigi Boccherini: (Cello) Sonata #6 in A

      Marcos Machado, db; Ney Fialkow, p

      Blue Griffin BGR-369

      12:13 am

      John Ireland: Song, "In Summer Woods"

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; Jiaxin Cheng, vc; John Lenehan, p
      DELIUS, F. / IRELAND, J.: Songs (arr. for cello and piano) (J. Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Cheng, Lenehan)

      Naxos 8.572902

      12:15 am

      Arnold Bax: Symphony #6 (1934)

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Symphony No. 6/ Festival Overture

      Chandos CHAN-8586

      12:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Wiegenlied" Op.49, no.4, "Lullaby"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Songs from the Arc of Life

      Sony 10316-2

      1:00 am

      Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: "Andantino" in G

      Lajos Lencses, ob; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch
      Classical Oboe

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.277

      1:05 am

      Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: "Ovid" Symphony in D, "The Petrification of Phineus and his Friends"

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Dittersdorf: Six Symphonies

      MHS 522223-A (2)

      1:22 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Scherzo à la Dittersdorf"

      Isaac Stern, v; Franz Liszt Ch Orch
      Caprice Viennois (Music Of Kreisler)

      Sony SK-62692

      1:26 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Dances of the Dolls"

      "Lyrical Waltz"

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Shostakovich Piano Works

      London B0001846-02

      1:27 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in e, Op. 67

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Shostakovich * Piano Trios, 7 Romances * Beaux Arts Trio * Rodgers

      Warner Classics 62514-2

      1:54 am

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: "The Comedians," Op 26

      "Galop"

      Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy
      Russian Sailor's Dance and Other Dazzling Dances

      Sony SFK-47282

      2:00 am

      Carlos Antônio Gomes: "Joana de Flandres"

      Act 1 Prelude

      Minas Gerais Phil/Fabio Machetti
      Gomes Overtures

      Naxos 8.574409

      2:05 am

      Arthur de Greef: Piano Concerto #1 in c (1914)

      André De Groote, p; Moscow Sym/Frédéric Devreese
      De Greef Piano Concertos

      Marco Polo 8.223810

      2:37 am

      Jef van Hoof: Song, "Puppetjes-Wiegelied"

      Wilke te Brummelstrote, ms; Jozef de Beenhouwer, p
      Jef van Hoof

      Phaedra 92090

      2:39 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna"

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Suppe: Ouvertüren

      CBS MK-44932

      2:47 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltzes, Phönix-Schwingen, Op. 125

      Vienna Phil/Daniel Barenboim
      New Year's Concert

      Sony 19439962512

      2:54 am

      Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Clavier Suite No. 1 in d

      "Gigue"

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol 2, The Dance

      FHR FHR-132

      3:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Soirées musicales" (after Rossini)

      "La serenata-notturno"

      Vincenzo Balzani, p
      Soirees Musicales

      Peters Int'l PLE-022

      3:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: Two-Clarinet Concerto in c/A-Flat/E-Flat

      Klöcker, cl; Link, cl; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Schröter-Seebeck
      Spohr: Quintet & Octet

      Orfeo C-417961-A

      3:20 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Cat" Duet "(Duetto buffo di due gatti)"

      Felicity Lott, s; Ann Murray, ms; Graham Johnson, p
      Sweet Power Of Song

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54411-2

      3:23 am

      Virgil Thomson: "Cat Duet"

      Ellen Phillips Frohnmayer, s; Philip Frohnmayer, br; Logan Skelton, p
      Virgil Thomson

      Centaur CRC-2180

      3:27 am

      Maurice Ravel: "L'enfant et les sortilèges"

      Cat Duet

      Linda Finnie, c; Philippe Hüttenlocher, br; London Sym Orch/André Previn
      Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47169-2

      3:29 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D, "London"

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Schubert: Symphony No. 8/ Haydn: Symphony No. 104

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69961-2

      3:54 am

      Antony Holborne: "The Fairy Round"

      Paul O'Dette, l
      Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone

      Nonesuch 79123-2

      4:00 am

      Teresa CARRENO: Un rêve en mer, Op 28

      Clara Rodriguez, p
      N/A

      Fundacion Mmg FD-2522002237

      4:05 am

      Pauline Viardot-Garcia: "Six Morceaux"

      Karin Hendel, v; Ewa Warykiewicz, p
      Andree, Viardot, Boulanger, Et Al.

      Zuk Records 324

      4:25 am

      Charles Auguste de Bériot: "Scène de Ballet," Op 100

      Yuri Bashmet, vi; Moscow Phil Orch

      Melodiya SUCD-1000540

      4:36 am

      Pauline Viardot-Garcia: Song, "Moriró"

      Isabel Bayrakdarian, s; Serouj Kradjian, p
      Viardot-Garcia: Songs

      Analekta AN2-9903

      4:38 am

      Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a

      New York Phil/Bruno Walter
      Mahler: Symphony No. 1/ Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn

      Sony MHK-63328

      4:54 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Song, "The Lady's Looking Glass"

      Elly Ameling, s; Jörg Demus, p
      Haydn: Complete Songs

      Philips 6769064 (3)

      5:00 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Radieuse"

      Cary Lewis, p; Brady Millican, p

      Vox CDX-5009 (2)

      5:05 am

      Richard Strauss: "Burleske" in D minor

      Eugene List, p; Vienna State Opera Orch/Kurt List
      Violin Concerto, Burleske

      Odyssey 32160312

      5:26 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Gordion Knot Untied"

      Chaconne

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69853-2

      5:28 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Six Piano Pieces, Op. 19

      #6, Theme and Variations

      Naum Starkmann, p

      Transart TR-135

      5:40 am

      Anton Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op 35a

      St Petersburg Camerata/Saulius Sondeckis
      Tchaikovsky: Sérénade pour cordes op.48

      Sony SMK-58976

      5:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twelve Etudes, Op 8

      #10 in D-Flat

      Arthur Greene, p
      Scriabin: Etudes

      Supraphon SU-3324-2131

      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

      Reinhold Glière: Harp Concerto in E-Flat, Op 74

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Rachel Masters, h; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Glière & Ginastera: Harp Works

      Chandos CHAN-9094

      6:15 am

      Roman Hoffstetter: Serenade, "Andante cantabile"

      Alban Berg Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets, Serenade

      EMI CDC5-57541-2

      6:21 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 13 in D

      III.-IV.

      Basel Chamber Orch/Giovanni Antonini
      Haydn 2032: Vol. 17, Per Il Luigi

      Alpha 1146

      6:31 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Summer Night in Madrid" (Spanish Overture No. 2)

      BBC Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky
      Glinka: Spanish Overture No. 1 "Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonese," etc.

      Chandos CHAN-9861

      6:41 am

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      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

      Curse of the Ninth! Ninth Symphonies

      Why did so many great composers die after finishing their ninth symphony? This week, we look at the so-called curse of the Ninth Symphony, a legend that started with Beethoven in the mid-1820s. Over time, people began to believe that writing a ninth symphony could be a composer’s final work and maybe even mark their last year on Earth. We’ll listen to five famous ninth symphonies by Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, Dvořák, and Mahler.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Budapest Festival Orchestra

      Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491; Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano; Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34; Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97, "Rhenish;" Iván Fischer, conductor.