Thursday, January 22, 2026

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      Playlist for Thursday, January 22, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Julian Bream, g; John Williams, g
      Guitar Dreams - Classics For A New Age

      RCA 68161-2

      12:05 am

      Edouard Lalo: "Namouna" (1882)

      Rhapsody #1

      ORTF National Orch/Jean Martinon

      DG 2543803

      12:28 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "In the Blue Mountains-A Fairy Tale Suite," Op 44

      #1, "Night"

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. IV

      Arena AR-07015

      12:30 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Violin, Flute and Bassoon Concerto in g, R 104, "La Notte"

      Katy Bircher, f; Peter Whelan, bn; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v 1
      Vivaldi * The French Connection 2 * La Serenissima * Adrian Chandler

      Avie AV-2218

      12:39 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Kammermusik" #1, Op 24/1

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch Members/Riccardo Chailly
      Kammermusik 1-7

      London 433816-2 (2)

      12:55 am

      Georg Christoph Wagenseil: Sonata No. 3 in c, Suite de pieces

      "Vivace"

      Piccolo Concerto Wien
      Wagenseil: 6 Quartets

      Symphonia SY-99168-9 (2)

      1:00 am

      Vasili Kalinnikov: "Tsar Boris"

      Entr'acte to Act 2

      Budapest Sym/Antal Jancsovics
      Kalinnikov

      Marco Polo 8.223135

      1:05 am

      Alexander Borodin: String Quartet no.2 in D

      St Petersburg String Quartet

      Sony SMK-64097

      1:34 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Sorotchinsky Fair"

      "Gopak"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      The Tsar - Greatest Hits

      Sony MLK-62683

      1:35 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "Magnolia Suite"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      1:55 am

      John Wilbye: Madrigal, "Flora gave me fairest flowers"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers: English Madrigals

      Collegium COLCD-105

      2:00 am

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

      "Menuet des follets"

      K Lewis, Terfel, von Otter; Philharmonia Cho and Orch/M-W Chung
      La Damnation De Faust

      DG 453500-2 (2)

      2:05 am

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

      "Dance of the Sylphs"

      Boston Sym/Charles Munch
      Munch Conducts Berlioz

      RCA 68444-2 (8)

      2:07 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Rob Roy" Overture

      San Diego Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi
      Berlioz: Overtures

      Naxos 8.550999

      2:21 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)

      2:22 am

      Josef Rheinberger: Nonet in E-Flat, Op 139

      Bronx Arts Ensemble
      19th Century Nonets

      Leonarda LPI-110

      2:55 am

      Peter Cornelius: "Trauer und Trost"

      No. 3, "Ein Ton"

      Markus Schäfer, t; Matthias Veit, p
      Cornelius: Lieder, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.572556

      3:00 am

      Frederick Delius: "Fennimore and Gerda" (1909-10)

      Intermezzo

      Hallé Orch/Sir John Barbirolli

      Nixa NIXCD-6003

      3:04 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in f, Op. 20, No. 5

      Tátrai String Quartet
      Haydn Quartets, Op 20

      Hungaroton HCD-11332-33 (2)

      3:26 am

      Richard Strauss: Wind Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 7

      Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Edo De Waart
      Strauss: Symphony For Wind Instruments 'The Happy Workshop', Serenade For Wind Instruments, Op. 7

      Philips 438733-2 (2)

      3:35 am

      Kaija Saariaho: "Sept papillons" (2000)

      Papillon 2

      Wilhelmina Smith, vc
      Works for Solo Cello

      Ondine ODE-1294-2

      3:36 am

      Robert Schumann: "Papillons," Op. 2

      Sarah Beth Briggs, p
      Brahms-Schumann

      Avie AV-2398

      3:53 am

      Kaija Saariaho: "Sept papillons" (2000)

      Papillon 1

      Wilhelmina Smith, vc
      Works for Solo Cello

      Ondine ODE-1294-2

      4:00 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Reihe kleiner Stcke," Op 37/2

      "Einleitung und Lied"

      Werner Bärtschi, p
      HINDEMITH : Piano Works

      Jecklin JD-691-2

      4:05 am

      Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber

      San Francisco Sym Orch/Herbert Blomstedt
      Mathis Der Maler • Symphonic Metamorphosis • Trauermusik

      London 421523-2

      4:25 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Ten German Dances, Op 4

      #9

      Eva Schieferstein, p
      Weber: Schieferstein - Valses favorites pour l'impératrice

      Koch 3-6731-2

      4:27 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Introduction, Theme & Variations for clarinet & strings, Op Po

      Jon Manasse, cl; Manhattan String Quartet

      XLNT Music CD-18004

      4:38 am

      Jenö Hubay: "Variations sur un Thème Hongrois," Op 72

      Hagai Shaham, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
      Hubay: Violin Concertos 3 & 4

      Hyperion CDA-67367

      4:54 am

      Bela Bartók: Seven Choruses, Sz 103

      No. 1, "Hussar"

      Liszt Academy Chamber Cho, Budapest Sym Orch/Antal Dorati

      Hungaroton HCD-31047

      5:00 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "La Belle Hélène"

      "Amours divins! ardentes flammes!"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Offenbach

      DG 471501-2

      5:05 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "La Belle Hélène"

      Overture

      Detroit Sym/Paul Paray
      Marches and Overtures a la Fancaise

      Mercury 434332-2

      5:12 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: "L'Africaine"

      Overture & Three Entr'actes

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Darrell Ang
      MEYERBEER, G.: Overtures and Entr'actes from the French Operas (New Zealand Symphony, Darrell Ang)

      Naxos 8.573195

      5:23 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Ouverture de la Mascarade"

      Chicago Baroque Ensemble
      The World of Lully

      Cedille CDR-90000043

      5:27 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme"

      "Deuxième air des Espagnols"

      Tempesta di Mare

      Chandos CHAN-0805

      5:29 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414

      Jos van Immerseel, forte-p; Anima Eterna Orch
      Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8, 28 & 12

      Channel Classics CCS-0690

      5:53 am

      Thomas Robinson: "The Queenes Goodnight"

      Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's
      English Lute Duets

      BIS CD-267

      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

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541

      Läubin Brass Ensemble
      Bach for Brass

      DG 423988-2

      6:12 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Prussian Sonata No. 5 in C, Wq 48/5

      Jon Mendle, 11-string arch-g
      L'Infidele: 18th-Century Music Played on 11-String Archguitar

      In A Circle ICR-004

      6:25 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

      6:32 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Transcription of Waltzes by Schubert

      Frederic Chiu, p
      Prokofiev Vol. 9 - Transcriptions / Frederic Chiu

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907195

      6:42 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "Overture di Ballo"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      6:54 am

      Joseph Hellmesberger Sr.: "Ball Scene"

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      New Year's Concert 2016

      Sony 88875174802

      7:04 am

      Alessandro Scarlatti: Concerto grosso No. 3 in F

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
      A Scarlatti & D Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie

      Virgin 45495-2

      7:13 am

      William Alwyn: Concerto grosso No. 1

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Alwyn: Oboe Concerto, Concerti Grossi

      Chandos CHAN-8866

      7:25 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "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

      You and the Night and the Music

      Novelists have built their plots around great music. Join us as we step into the minds of authors trying to describe the feelings and emotions of music. We begin with an inspiring mandolin and the letters of T.S. Eliot. In Thursday’s program, Bill tells the story of a violin maker and part-time sleuth who has a nostalgic longing for Bach. Dvorák falls in love. An author reminisces about his father’s final journey with Beethoven. We end our travels through literature and music with a dream of the devil and E.M. Forster’s vision of Beethoven from Howard’s End.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Bartok Piano Concerto No.3; Philippe Entremont, piano; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Still "Old California;" Pierre Monteux, conductor; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique;" Alan Gilbert, conductor.