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      Playlist for Wednesday, February 4, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"

      "Gavotta con due variazioni", "Vivo"

      Soulima Stravinsky, p
      Soulima Stravinsky Plays Igor Stravinsky

      Centaur CRC-2188

      12:05 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "The Firebird"

      Suite (1945)

      Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      Symphony In E Flat / "The Firebird" Suite

      DG 453434-2

      12:34 am

      Mondonville: "Titon et l'Aurore"

      "Contredanse"

      Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      MONDONVILLE: Titon et l'Aurore

      Erato 45715-2 (2)

      12:36 am

      Chevalier De Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 2, No. 2

      Fumika Mohri, violin; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Monsieur de Saint-Georges

      Naxos 8.574452

      12:54 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 4 (1730): 20e ordre in G/g

      "La Boufonne"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      1:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Choral Song, "Nachthelle," D 892

      London Schubert Chorale/Stephen Layton
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 26

      Hyperion CDJ-33026

      1:05 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 10 in D, D. 936a

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Schubert: The 10 Symphonies

      Philips 412176-2 (6)

      1:33 am

      Claude Gervaise: Danceries

      "Allemande"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music From The Royal Court

      London B0000807-02 (2)

      1:34 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Suite française"

      André Previn, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: André Previn

      Philips 456934-2 (2)

      1:45 am

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music For Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      1:55 am

      Peter Warlock: "Benedicamus Domino"

      Christ Church Cathedral Cho/Steven Grahl
      The Promise of Ages: A Christmas Collection

      Avie AV-2721

      2:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Czech Suite," Op 39

      #2, Polka

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Symphony No. 8 / Czech Suite

      Koss Classics KC-1002

      2:05 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Memories of Bohemia in the Form of Polkas," Op. 12

      András Schiff, p
      Smetana: Polkas

      Teldec 21261-2

      2:14 am

      Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Deborah

      Polka

      Prague Sym Orch/Vàclav Smetàcek
      Salvne Ceske Malickosti

      Supraphon 101429-2

      2:17 am

      Christoph Förster: Oboe Concerto in E-Flat

      Lajos Lencses, ob; La Follia Ensemble
      Oboe Concertos by Handel and Förster

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.217

      2:31 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in D, TWV 55, D6

      "Réjouissance"

      Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
      Sinfonia Spirituosa (String Concertos)

      DG Archiv 471492-2

      2:32 am

      Richard Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59

      Suite

      Vienna Phil/André Previn
      Rosenkavaliersuite / Vier Sinfonische Zwischenspiele / Capriccio / Salome

      DG 437790-2

      2:54 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in D, TWV 55, D6

      "Loure"

      Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
      Sinfonia Spirituosa (String Concertos)

      DG Archiv 471492-2

      3:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Surprises" de l'amour"

      Overture

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Rameau: Ouvertures * Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset

      L'Oiseau Lyre 4759107

      3:05 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin en concerts" (1741): Quatrième concert

      Trevor Pinnock, hc; Rachel Podger, v; Jonathan Manson, vc
      Pièces De Clavecin En Concerts

      Channel Classics CCS-19098

      3:15 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Le temple de la gloire"

      "Air pour les Romains et Romaines"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Temple de la Gloire

      PBP PBP-10 (2)

      3:17 am

      Giovanni Sgambati: Piano Concerto in g, Op 15

      Jorge Bolet, p; Nürnberg Sym/Ainslee Cox
      SGAMBATI: Piano Concerto in G Minor, op. 15

      Genesis GCD-106

      3:54 am

      Johann Herbeck: "Tanzmomente"

      #2

      Leslie Howard, p
      The Complete Liszt Piano Music

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      4:00 am

      Henry Purcell: Ode on the Birthday of Queen Mary (1694), "Come ye sons of art"

      Duet, "Sound the Trumpet"

      Soloists; St Anthony Singers; Orch/Anthony Lewis
      The Glory of Purcell

      L'Oiseau Lyre 444620-2

      4:04 am

      Henry Purcell: Trumpet Sonata in D

      John Wallace, tr; Philharmonia/Christopher Warren-Green

      MHS 512972-Y

      4:11 am

      Francis Poulenc: Brass Sonata (1922)

      John Cerminaro, fh; Thomas Stevens, tr; Ralph Sauer, tb
      John Cerminaro

      Crystal CD-775

      4:20 am

      Francis Poulenc: Brass Suite

      "Française"

      Equale Brass
      Bacchanales

      Nimbus NIM-5004

      4:21 am

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 38, "Spring"

      Indianapolis Sym Orch/Raymond Leppard

      Koss Classics KC-2213

      4:54 am

      Robert Schumann: "Liederkreis (Song Cycle)," Op. 39 (texts by Eichendorff)

      #4, "Die Stille"

      Kyle Stegall, t; Eric Zivian, p
      Myrtle & Rose

      Avie AV-2407

      5:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Hamlet," Op. 67

      Act I Prelude

      USSR Radio Sym/Alexander Gauk

      Mobile Fidelity MFCD-870

      5:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #32 in c, Op 111

      Dirk Herten, p
      Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      White 4 (10)

      5:31 am

      Ernst Bacon: "Ford's Theatre: A Few Glimpses of Easter Week, 1865"

      "Preamble"

      Nashville Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      Orchestral Music - IVES, C. / PERSICHETTI, V. / HARRIS, R. / BACON, E. / GOULD, M. / McKAY, G.F. / TUROK, P. (Lincoln Portraits) (Slatkin)

      Naxos 8.559373-74 (2)

      5:33 am

      John Duffy: "Freedom Overture" (1990)

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Freedom Works

      Koss Classics KC-1022

      5:38 am

      Samuel Barber: "The School for Scandal" Overture, Op. 5

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles/ Barber: School For Scandal Overture/ Gershwin: American In Paris

      Delos DE-3078

      5:46 am

      William Grant Still: Festive Overture

      Royal Phil/Arthur Bennett Lipkin
      Still: Symphony No. 3, Festive Overture

      Cambria CD-1060

      5:54 am

      William Grant Still: Miniatures for Flute, Oboe & Piano

      #5, "A Frog Went A'Courtin'"

      Sierra Winds
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      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

      Jean Sibelius: "Andante festivo"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch Strings/Neeme Järvi
      Nightmoods: Twilight Hour

      DG 453909-2

      6:10 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Introduction and Allegro"

      Galway, f; Stoltzman, cl; Lehwalder, h; Tokyo String Quartet
      Impressions

      RCA 62552-2

      6:22 am

      Edward German: "Henry VIII"

      Three Dances

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Adrian Leaper
      German: Merrie England Suite, Nell Gwyn: Overture and 3 Dances, Gipsy Suite, Romeo and Juliet

      Marco Polo 8.223419

      6:32 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Sinfonia spirituosa" in D, TWV44:1

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Telemann: Sinfonia Spirituosa (String Concertos)

      Archiv 471492-2

      6:41 am

      Mario Gangi: "Suite Italiana"

      Andrea Pace & Cristiano Poli Cappelli, g's
      Mario Gangi: Complete Music for 2 Guitars

      Brilliant Classics 95818

      6:53 am

      Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 5 in C, Op. 39, No. 5

      BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
      Elgar: Cello Concerto, Introduction and Allegro, Elegy, Marches Nos 1 to 5

      Chandos CHAN-10709

      7:04 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Berlin" Symphony No. 1 in C, Wq 174

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902317

      7:15 am

      William Grant Still: Violin and Piano Suite

      II. "Mother and Child"

      Zina Schiff, v; Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
      William Grant Still: Summerland

      Naxos 8.559867

      7:24 am

      Giovanni Paisiello: Mandolin Concerto in E-Flat

      I. "Allegro maestoso"

      Avi Avital, m; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
      Concertos

      DG 4865228

      7:32 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      Overture

      Concert Arts Orch/Erich Leinsdorf
      The Sound of Wagner & Strauss

      EMI CDM5-65613-2

      7:47 am

      David Popper: "Hungarian Rhapsody," Op. 68

      Civitas Ensemble
      Alla Zingarese

      Cedille CDR-90000179

      7:56 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Miniature Viennese March"

      I Salonisti
      The Last Dance - Music For A Vanishing Era

      RCA-DHM 77377-2

      8:03 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

      I. "Non allegro"

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1, Symphonic Dances

      DG 4839839

      8:16 am

      William Bolcom: Piano Quartet

      III. Intermezzo

      American Trio; David Ireland, vi
      Chamber & Solo Music of Ross Lee Finney & William Bolcom

      CRI CD-711

      8:23 am

      Manuel de Falla: "Homenajes"

      No. 4, "Pedrelliana"

      BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena
      De Falla: Works for Stage and Concert Hall

      Chandos CHAN-10694

      8:32 am

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in F, S 234

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      8:42 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75

      Donald Weilerstein, v; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, p
      Dvořák Trios * Weilerstein Trio

      Koch KICCD-7657

      8:55 am

      Björk: "Venus as a Boy"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      9:03 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

      III. "Presto"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies

      Warner 0825646278299

      9:14 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Septet in E-Flat, Op. 65

      Guerrier; R Capuçon; Hoppe; Muthelet; G Capuçon; Saksala; Braley
      Béatrice Muthelet, viola,
      Janne Saksala, double bass,
      Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals, Septet, Fantasy

      Virgin 45603-2

      9:32 am

      Edvard Grieg: Two Norwegian Airs, Op. 63

      Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch/Juha Kangas
      Folk Into Classic

      Ondine ODE-766-2

      9:46 am

      Valerie Coleman: "Umoja, Anthem of Unity"

      New York Youth Sym/Michael Repper
      New York Youth Symphony: Florence Price, Valerie Coleman, Jessie Montgomery

      Avie AV-2503

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      John Field: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 1, No. 2

      John O'Conor, p
      John Field: Sonatas And Nocturnes

      Telarc CD-80290

      10:14 am

      Pablo Casals: "Sardana"

      Cellos from London Phil Orch, Royal Phil Orch, BBC Phil & Philharmonia Orch/Simon
      The London Cello Sound

      Cala CACD-0104

      10:21 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 417

      Sarah Willis, hn; Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón
      Mozart y Mambo

      Alpha 878

      10:35 am

      Leo Brouwer: "La Gran Sarabanda"

      Bokyung Byun, g
      Guitar Recital: Bokyung Byun

      Naxos 8.574433

      10:46 am

      Karl Goldmark: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op 28

      III. Finale, "Moderato; Allegretto"

      Joshua Bell, v; Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Sibelius & Goldmark: Violin Concertos

      Sony SK-65949

      11:01 am

      Francesco Morlacchi: "The Swiss Shepherd"

      James Galway, f; Phillip Moll, p
      Music For My Friends - James Galway, Phillip Moll, et al

      RCA 68882-2

      11:11 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

      Decca 4810778

      11:40 am

      Emmy Wegener: Suite for violin, viola and cello

      Hague String Trio
      Celebrating Women!

      Cobra 0083

      11:50 am

      Elliott Carter: "Holiday Overture"

      American Composers Orch/Paul Dunkel
      Music of Elliott Carter

      CRI CD-610

      12:00 pm

      Gustav Holst: "Brook Green" Suite

      Royal Phil Strings/Barry Wordsworth
      English String Music

      Tring TRP-037

      12:08 pm

      Maurice Greene: Overture No. 2 in G

      Baroque Band/Garry Clarke
      Greene: Overtures

      Cedille CDR-90000152

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Amnis Piano Quartet (Minkyung Lee, v; Matthew McDowell, vi; Jenny Bahk, vc; Linda Lee, p) performs Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 25, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:00 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah," Op. 47

      "Bacchanale"

      Orchestre de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
      Panorama: À la française

      DG 469250-2 (2)

      1:08 pm

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Orchestra Suite (Overture) in D

      Tempesta di Mare
      Fasch: Orchestral Works Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-0829

      1:31 pm

      John Ireland: "Greenways"

      Eric Parkin, p
      Ireland: Piano Works, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9140

      1:41 pm

      Anatoly Liadov: "The Enchanted Lake," Op. 62

      Mexico City Phil Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Liadov: The Enchanted Lake and Other Orchestral Works

      ASV CDDCA-657

      1:47 pm

      Anatol Liadov: "A Musical Snuffbox," Op. 32

      Mexico City Phil Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Liadov: The Enchanted Lake and Other Orchestral Works

      ASV CDDCA-657

      1:49 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Wasps"

      Overture

      BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics

      Warner 256469667-7

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"

      Trio de l'Île
      Babadjanian - Chebotaryan - Piazzolla * Piano Trios

      Divine Art 25211

      2:24 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Capriccio in E, BWV 993

      Mahan Esfahani, hc
      Bach: Italian Concerto, French Overture

      Hyperion CDA-68336

      2:31 pm

      Antonio Rosetti: Symphony in D, M.A20, "La Chasse"

      Vienna Volksoper Chamber Orch/Christoph Campestrini
      La Chasse

      Orfeo C-466971-A

      2:50 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Moscow, Cheryomushki," Op. 105

      "A Spin Through Moscow; Polka; Galop"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Shostakovich: The Dance Album

      Decca 452597-2

      3:00 pm

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Fantasía para un gentilhombre"

      Ekachai Jearakul, g; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Stars of the Guitar

      Beau Fleuve 610708-094982 (2)

      3:22 pm

      Manuel de Falla: Four Spanish Pieces

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Manuel de Falla: Fantasia Baetica & other piano music

      Hyperion CDA-68177

      3:42 pm

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Trio Sonata in B-Flat, Wq 161

      Les Coucous Bénévoles
      Trio Sonatas: Music from the Court of Frederick the Great

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1117

      4:00 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Music of Scandinavia

      The lighter these northern lands are in the summer just means the darker the winters will be, and these dark winters are in the living tissue of every Scandinavian. Bill features composers such as Wilhelm Stenhammar, Per Nørgård, and Lars-Erik Larsson, as well as music performed by contemporary Scandinavian artists.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Le Remède de Fortune

      Vocalist Marc Mauillon and friends (Maud Haering, Angélique Mauillon, Nolwenn Le Guern, and Pierre Hamon) bring us the romantic "Le Remède de Fortune," a narrative poem by Guillame de Machaut (1300-1377), exemplar of the "ars nova" musical style. Recorded live in concert May 17, 2025 at Les Riches Heures de Valère Early Music Festival.