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      Playlist for Wednesday, January 7, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Un Giorno di Regno"

      Overture

      Royal Phil/Lamberto Gardelli
      Un Giorno Di Regno

      Philips 422429-2 (2)

      12:05 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Luisa Miller"

      Suite for string orchestra

      I Solisti Italiani
      Operisti

      Denon CO-18070

      12:15 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges" Suite, Op. 33a

      National Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      Prokofiev: 6th Symphony; Suite from "The Love For Three Oranges"

      RCA 68801-2

      12:31 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges"

      "March"

      Septura
      Brass Septet Music, Vol. 3 - SHOSTAKOVICH, D. / PROKOFIEV, S. / SCRIABIN, A. / RACHMANINOV, S. (Septura)

      Naxos 8.573475

      12:33 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 76, No. 4, "Sunrise"

      Kuijken String Quartet
      Haydn: 6 'Erdody' Quartets, Op. 76

      Denon CO-18045/46 (2)

      12:55 am

      Florence Price: Song, "Sunset"

      Michael Hawes, tr; Eugenia Jeong, p
      Florence Price - Her Song

      One Voice Music OVM-01

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in c, BWV 549, 'Arnstadt'

      Lionel Rogg, o
      Bach: Complete Organ Works

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-290772.833 (12)

      1:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Darmstadt Overture" (Suite) in g

      Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      MHS 11218-L (2)

      1:24 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 133, "Ich freue mich in dir"

      Chorale, "Ich freue mich in dir"

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:26 am

      Imogen Holst: Suite for String Orchestra

      BBC Concert Orchestra/Alice Farnham

      NMC NMCD-280

      1:42 am

      Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
      Cooler By the Lake

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet

      1:55 am

      Gustav Holst: Six Choral Folk Songs, Op. 36b

      #1, "The Song of the Blacksmith"

      Orphei Drängar/Robert Sund
      The Singing Apes (And Other Songs Of Love And War)

      BIS CD-733

      2:00 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: "Il Mercato di Malmantile"

      Overture

      Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois
      CIMAROSA: Overtures, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.572734

      2:05 am

      Sergei Taneyev: String Quintet in D, Op 14

      Taneyev String Quartet, Benjamin Morozov, vc

      Melodiya MCD-138

      2:42 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Preludes, Op 67

      #1

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      2:44 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto in C

      Anthony Camden, ob; City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward
      Italian Oboe Concertos, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.553433

      2:55 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Missa Brevis" in B-Flat, K. 194

      "Kyrie"

      Soloists; Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Mozart: Complete Masses

      Brilliant 96648

      3:00 am

      Nikolai Medtner: "Six Fairy Tales", Op 51

      #1

      Hamish Milne, p

      Hyperion CDA-67491/2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in f-sharp minor, Op. 1

      Mikhail Pletnev, p; Philharmonia Orch/Libor Pesek

      Virgin 90724-2

      3:32 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      Act 2, No. 21: "Passepied"

      Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      Cinderella / Summer Night - Suite

      DG 445830-2 (2)

      3:34 am

      Portugese Anon 18th c: Six Sonatas of the Lisbon Court Trumpet Corps

      Dallas Sym Trumpets, Paul Riedo, o
      Music For Ceremony & Celebration- Handel, Purcell, Et Al

      Crystal CD-234

      3:43 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Variations on the Portugese National Anthem"

      Philip Martin, p
      Gottschalk Vol 8

      Hyperion CDA-67536

      3:54 am

      Portuguese ANON: Trumpet Sonata No. 5

      Wallace Collection
      Rule Britannia: A Stirring Collection of British Music

      Nimbus NI-5065

      4:00 am

      Albert Lortzing: "Du, mit dem Frühlingsangesichte"

      Camerata Vocale Gummersbach/Gus Anton

      Koch 3-1079-2

      4:01 am

      Albert Lortzing: "Walzerlied"

      Camerata Vocale Gummersbach/Gus Anton

      Koch 3-1079-2

      4:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 8 in D

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      Mendelssohn The Complete String Symphonies Volume 2

      Nimbus NI-5142

      4:31 am

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

      Fugue No. 11 in F

      Heidrun Holtmann, p
      Well-Tempered Clavier

      Musicaphon M-56922 (4)

      4:32 am

      Franz Waxman: "Carmen" Fantasy

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Orch/Donald Voorhees
      Rozsa: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / Spohr: Concerto No. 8

      RCA 7963-2-RG

      4:42 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen" Suite No. 1

      NBC Sym/Arturo Toscanini
      French Orchestral Music

      RCA 66924-2 (2)

      4:54 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: 25 Preludes, Op 31

      #7, "Librement mais sans secousses"

      Olli Mustonen, p

      London 433055-2

      5:00 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      "Suite de Voltes"

      New London Consort
      Dances From Terpsichore

      L'Oiseau Lyre 414633-2

      5:05 am

      Thoinot Arbeau: "Orchésographie"

      Galliards

      New York Renaissance Band/Sally Logemann
      Praetorius: Excerpts From Terpischore

      Arabesque Z-6514

      5:14 am

      Samuel Barber: "Medea's (Meditation and) Dance of Vengeance," Op. 23a

      Detroit Sym/Neeme Järvi
      Chadwick & Barber

      Chandos CHAN-9253

      5:27 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

      #9

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      5:29 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat, Op. 18

      Eybler Quartet
      Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 4-6

      Coro COR-16174

      5:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 18 Sketches

      #13

      Carl Petersson, p
      Beethoven Complete Edition

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      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

      Traditional Serbian: "God is with Us"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Christmas

      WFMT (Serbian Christmas)

      6:10 am

      George Enescu: "Aubade"

      Trio 826
      Mosaic

      Blue Griffin BGR-403

      6:14 am

      Traditional Irish: "Dance in the Morning Early"

      James Galway, f; The Chieftains, Orch/Dudley Simpson
      James Galway & The Chieftains - Over The Sea To Skye

      RCA 60424-2

      6:21 am

      Jean-Michel Damase: Variations on "Early One Morning"

      Anna Noakes, f; Gillian Tingay, h
      Damase - Music for Flute, Harp & Strings

      ASV CDDCA-898

      6:31 am

      Dave Brubeck: "Joy in the Morning"

      "Dance for Joy"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Into The Light: Symphonic Expressions of Spirit

      Telarc CD-80462

      6:37 am

      Elie Siegmeister: "Western Suite"

      I. "Prairie Morning"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Americana: 20th Century Works for Orchestra

      Vox ACD-8155

      6:44 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Morning of the Year"

      Dances

      London Sym Orch/David Atherton
      Gustav Holst: A Winter Idyll, Elegy, Indra, A Song of the Night, Interlude (Sita), Invocation, The Lure, Morning of the Year Dances

      Lyrita SRCD.209

      6:58 am

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "Suite for Skip and Sadie"

      "Good Morning"

      Richard Rodney Bennett & Carol Rosenberger, p
      My Keyboard Friends - Piano Music of Bennett and Walton

      Delos DE-6002

      7:03 am

      Traditional Serbian: Stichera, "The Magi, Kings of Persia"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Christmas

      WFMT (Serbian Christmas)

      7:06 am

      Nataša Đuragić: "The Three Kings Came"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Christmas

      WFMT (Serbian Christmas)

      7:09 am

      Franz Xaver Dussek: Sinfonia in A, Altner A3

      Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen
      Dussek: Four Symphonies

      Naxos 8.572683

      7:22 am

      Johann Christoph Pezel: "German Dance Suite"

      Canadian Brass
      CBC Radio Years

      Radio Canada Int'l PSCD-2016

      7:31 am

      Gioachino Rossini: Andante with Variations in G on "Di tanti palpiti" fr "Tancredi"

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Marielle Nordmann, h
      Music for Flute & Harp

      Sony SK-44552

      7:38 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Rossini: Overtures

      EMI CDC7-54091-2

      7:48 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "La boutique fantasque" (after Rossini)

      Suite

      Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell
      Ballet For Band

      Mercury 434322-2

      8:04 am

      Marina Adamov Stojadinović: "Three Birds Have Flown Down from the Sky"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Christmas

      WFMT (Serbian Christmas)

      8:06 am

      Marina Adamov Stojadinović: "Christmas Walks Along the Street"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Christmas

      WFMT (Serbian Christmas)

      8:08 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 2 in D

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
      Mendelssohn - Europa Galante

      Naïve V-7262

      8:21 am

      Antonio Lotti: Trio Sonata in G

      Eroica Trio
      Eroica Trio - Baroque

      EMI CDC5-56873-2

      8:32 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Invitation to the Dance," Op. 65

      Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi
      Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique/ Weber: Invitation to the Dance

      Decca 430201-2

      8:42 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Danzas Afro-Cubanas"

      Morton Gould and His Orchestra
      Lecuona Sinfónica

      RCA 68922-2

      8:54 am

      Michael Torke: "Unseen"

      No. 1

      East Coast Chamber Orch, Michael Torke Orch/Michael Torke
      Unseen - Michael Torke

      Ecstatic Records ER-092402

      9:03 am

      Tamara Adamov Petijević: Troparion, "The Nativity"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Christmas

      WFMT (Serbian Christmas)

      9:04 am

      Tamara Adamov Petijević: "Glory to God in the Highest"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Christmas

      WFMT (Serbian Christmas)

      9:08 am

      Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, "Romantic"

      III. Scherzo, "Sehr lebhaft"

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Mariss Jansons
      Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

      BR Klassik 900187

      9:20 am

      Henriëtte Bosmans: Piano Trio

      I. "Allegro con brio"

      Brundibár Ensemble
      Forgotten Voices Rediscovered: Henriëtte Bosmans & Fania Chapiro

      Fineline FL-72416

      9:31 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Straussiana" (1953)

      Northwest German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
      Korngold: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

      CPO 999146-2

      9:39 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Quintet in E, Op. 15

      I. "Mässiges Zeitmass"

      Goldner String Quartet; Piers Lane, p
      Bartók & Korngold: Piano Quintets

      Hyperion CDA-68290

      9:52 am

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Divertimento/ Romanian Folk Dances/ Mladi

      DG 415668-2

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      10:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Flute and Bassoon Concerto in G, R. 438

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

      Avie AV-2178

      10:11 am

      Percy Grainger: "In a Nutshell"

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Percy Grainger: In A Nutshell

      EMI CDC5-56412-2

      10:31 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 46 in E, H XVI:31

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. II - Marc-André Hamelin

      Hyperion CDA-67710 (2)

      10:44 am

      John Williams: "Indiana Jones"

      Raiders March

      Berlin Phil/John Williams
      John Williams: The Berlin Concert

      DG B0034852-02

      10:51 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581

      IV. Finale, "Allegretto con variazioni"

      Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet
      Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintets

      Cedille CDR-90000147

      11:01 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59

      Queensland Sym Orch/Andrew Penny
      Sir Malcolm Arnold: Dances

      Naxos 8.553526

      11:11 am

      Teresa Carreño: Waltz, "Corbeille de fleurs," Op. 9

      Clara Rodríguez, p
      Teresa Carreño * Obras para piano * Piano Works

      Fundación MMG FD-2522002237

      11:20 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78

      Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
      Dvořák: Cello Concerto, Symphonic Variations

      EMI CDC7-54320-2

      11:42 am

      Eric Whitacre: "Little Tree"

      Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison; Leslie De'Ath, p
      Eric Whitacre: Choral Music

      Naxos 8.559677

      11:49 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 5, No. 8

      Barton Pine, v; Rozendaal, viga; Acker, theorbo & archl; Schrader, hc & o
      David Schrader, harpsichord and organ,
      Arcangelo Corelli: 12 Sonatas for Violin and Continuo, Op. 5

      Cedille CDR-90000232

      12:01 pm

      Ruth Gipps: Coronation Procession, Op. 41

      BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3

      Chandos CHAN-20284

      12:09 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049

      III. Finale, "Presto"

      Cologne Chamber Orch/Helmut Müller-Brühl
      Bachanalia Vol. 1 - Carl Grapentine's Favorite Instrumental Works of J S Bach

      WFMT (Bachanalia 1)

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Pianist Motti Fang-Bentov performs music by Tomer Rozen and Ravel, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:02 pm

      Manuel de Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs

      Avi Avital, m; Ensemble
      Ralf Benesch, guitar,
      Zvi Plesser, cello,
      Between Worlds

      DG B0019758-02

      1:16 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11

      Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies

      Alpha 1004

      1:47 pm

      Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces for cello and piano

      Alexander Hersh, vc; Victor Santiago Asuncion, p
      Absinthe

      Alexander Hersh (Absinthe)

      1:55 pm

      Franz Liszt: Grand Etude after Paganini No. 3, "La Campanella"

      André Watts, p
      Liszt's Greatest Hits

      CBS MLK-39450

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 2

      Overture (Suite) in D

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      2:22 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "Maometto II"

      Overture

      Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda
      Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.570935

      2:34 pm

      Pablo de Sarasate: "The Song of the Nightingale," Op. 29

      Julia Fischer, v; Milana Chernyavska, p
      Julia Fischer: Sarasate

      Decca 4785950

      2:44 pm

      Francesco Geminiani: "La Follia" (after Corelli's Op. 5, No. 12)

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v
      Geminiani: Concerti grossi Op. 3

      Opus 111 OPS-30172

      2:57 pm

      Jean-Joseph Mouret: "Sinfonies de Fanfares"

      Rondeau

      Pierre Cochereau, o; Brass Ensemble/Armand Birbaum
      Musique à Notre-Dame de Paris

      Philips 442473-2 (2)

      3:00 pm

      Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

      Philippe Quint, v; Minería Sym Orch/Carlos Miguel Prieto
      Bruch & Mendelssohn, Beethoven: Violin Concertos, Romances

      Avanti 10362

      3:25 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

      A master of wit and elegance, Francis Poulenc was equal parts boulevardier and enfant terrible. His melodic gifts and prolific output made him one of the 20th century’s most enduring composers. Even more impressive, Poulenc was the only self-taught member of Les Six. This group of young French composers was comprised of the brightest stars of contemporary French music. Bill displays the range of Poulenc's pieces this week— from witty parody to deep tragedy and everything in between.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Sonate Italiane

      Violinist Fabio Biondi leads Europa Galante in sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani, Tartini, Veracini and Locatelli. Recorded live in concert July 22, 2023 at Świdnica, Poland’s Church of Peace, the world’s largest wooden Baroque church and a Unesco World heritage site, as part of the International Bach Festival.