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      Playlist for Monday, February 2, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Élégie"

      Isabelle Faust, v

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-992671

      12:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in F, K. 376

      Isabella Faust, v; Alexander Melnikov, fp
      Mozart: The Violin Sonatas

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902361

      12:20 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Missa Brevis" in G, K. 140, "Pastoral"

      "Benedictus"

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

      Brilliant 96648

      12:22 am

      George Macfarren: Concert Overture, "Chevy Chace"

      English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones

      Hyperion CDA-66515

      12:30 am

      Dora Bright: Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor

      Samantha Ward, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Charles Peebles
      Piano Concertos by Dora Bright and Ruth Gipps

      Somm SOMMCD-273

      12:54 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Songs of Travel" (1901-04)

      No. 8, "Bright Is the Ring of Words"

      Bryn Terfel, br; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Bryn Terfel * The Vagabond--English Songs by Vaughan Williams * Butterworth U A

      DG 445946-2

      1:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Götterdämmerung"

      Siegfried's Rhine Journey

      Nikolai Lugansky, p

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902393

      1:05 am

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried"

      "Forest Murmurs"

      London Symphony Orchestra/Leopold Stokowski

      Decca 028947868692

      1:14 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      "Ride of the Valkyries"

      Oslo Phil/Maris Janssons
      Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

      Seraphim 73299-2

      1:19 am

      Richard Wagner: "Das Rheingold"

      Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla

      Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta
      Orchestral Music from 'Der Ring Des Nibelungen'

      Naxos 8.573839

      1:27 am

      Othmar Schoeck: "Eichendorff Lieder," Op. 30

      No. 12, "Auf dem Rhein"

      Nathan Berg, br; Julius Drake, p
      Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 1

      New Classical Adventure 234405 (12)

      1:28 am

      David Diamond: String Quartet #3 (1946)

      Potomac String Quartet
      Diamond: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 - Nos. 3 & 8, Concerto for String Quartet

      Albany TROY-504

      1:54 am

      Carter Pann: "Differences"

      V. "Song"

      David Ying, vc; Elinor Freer, p
      Music in the Loft

      Cedille CDR-90000100

      2:00 am

      Ricardo Lorenz: "Bachangó"

      Marta Aznavoorian, p
      Music in the Loft

      Cedille CDR-90000100

      2:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in d minor, BWV 1043

      Petra Müllejans, v; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz, v
      J S Bach * Violin Concertos * Freiburger Barockorchester

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902145

      2:20 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "St John Passion," BWV 245

      Chorale, "Herzlich lieb hab' ich dich, O Herr"

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

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:22 am

      Alice Mary Smith: Symphony in c

      London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
      Alice Mary Smith

      Chandos CHAN-10283

      2:54 am

      Johann Jakob Froberger: Suite XV in a

      "Gigue"

      Ludger Rémy, hc
      The Strasbourg Manuscript

      CPO 999750-2

      3:00 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "La mélancolie"

      Philip Martin, p
      Gottschalk Vol 8

      Hyperion CDA-67536

      3:05 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony #1, "La Nuit de tropiques"

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Igor Buketoff

      Vox CDX-5009 (2)

      3:25 am

      Arthur Benjamin: "Jamaican Rhumba"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Milton Kaye, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 19: 51 Miniatures 1944-1946

      RCA 61750-2 (2)

      3:26 am

      Johann Wenzel Stamitz: Symphony in G

      New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
      Jan Stamitz

      Naxos 8.553194

      3:34 am

      Carl Stamitz: "Sinfonia Concertante" in D

      Desirée Ruhstrat, v; Michael Strauss, vi; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Music by Johann & Carl Stamitz. Johann Stamitz: Mannheim Symphonies: Symphony in A Major

      Centaur CRC-2860

      3:54 am

      Richard Farrant: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake

      Voices of Ascension Cho/Dennis Keene
      Choral Music - HILDEGARD OF BINGEN / PALESTRINA, G. / BYRD, W. / ISAAC, H. / JOSQUIN DES PREZ / DUFAY, G. (Voices of Ascension Chorus)

      Delos DE-3174

      4:00 am

      Max Saunders: "A Cotswold Lament"

      Leon Goossens, ob; David Lloyd, p
      The Goossens Family

      Chandos CHAN-7132

      4:05 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Oboe Quartet, Op 61

      Nash Ensemble
      The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold – 3

      Hyperion CDA-66173

      4:16 am

      Samuel Arnold: Overture in F, Op 9/3

      Toronto Camerata/Kevin Mallon
      ARNOLD, S.: 6 Overtures, Op. 8 / Macbeth (Incidental Music)

      Naxos 8.557484

      4:26 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian National Melodies"

      #1

      Leslie Howard, p
      The Complete Liszt Piano Music

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      4:28 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 4 in E-flat

      Leslie Howard, p
      The complete music for solo piano, Vol. 57 - Hungarian Rhapsodies

      Hyperion CDA-67418/9 (2)

      4:34 am

      Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat

      Leslie Howard, p; Budapest Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher

      Hyperion CDA-67401/2 (2)

      4:54 am

      Franz Liszt: "Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Liszt: The Late Pieces

      Hyperion CDA-66445

      5:00 am

      Heinrich von Biber: Sonata Sancti Polycarpi a 9 in C

      New York Trumpet Ensemble/Gerard Schwarz
      The Sound of Trumpets

      Delos D/CD-3002

      5:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Three-Trumpet Concerto in D

      Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
      Music of the Baroque

      Mintel Archive 21

      5:14 am

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

      Prelude No. 10 in e

      Keith Jarrett, p
      Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

      ECM 2627/28 (2)

      5:16 am

      Nikolai Medtner: Piano Concerto #2 in c, Op 50

      Nikolai Demidenko, p; BBC Scottish Stm/Jerzy Maksymiuk
      Romantic Piano Concerto-2

      Hyperion CDA-66580

      5:54 am

      Marchetto Cara: "Cangia spera"

      Doulce Mémoire/Denis Raisin-Dadre
      L'Harmonie du Monde

      Naive E-8883

      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

      Carlos Guastavino: "Jeromita Linares"

      Pablo Cohen, g; Camerata Bariloche
      Impresiones

      Dorian DOR-90202

      6:17 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Italian Concerto" in F, BWV 971

      Martin Stadler, ob; Marilyn Boenau, bn; Harp Consort/A Lawrence-King, hc
      J. S. Bach - Italian Concerto - Andrew Lawrence-King

      RCA-DHM 77366-2

      6:32 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 3 in D

      London Phil Orch/Willi Boskovsky
      Essential Liszt

      EMI CDM7-69011-2

      6:41 am

      Henri Herz: Fantasy on Donizetti's "La fille du régiment"

      Tasmanian Sym Orch/Howard Shelley, p
      Herz: Piano Concerto No. 2 & other works

      Hyperion CDA-68100

      6:55 am

      Chick Corea: Children's Song No. 6

      Greene String Quartet
      Bluegreene

      Virgin 45133-2

      7:04 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Orchestral Works: Vaughan Williams/ Elgar, Etc.

      Decca 417778-2

      7:25 am

      George Fenton: "Groundhog Day"

      Quartet No. 1 in D, "The Groundhog"

      Bruce Dukov & Sheldon Sanov, v's; Pam Goldsmith, vi; Dennis Karmayzn, vc
      Dennis Karmayzn, cello,
      Groundhog Day (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Epic Soundtrax G010001222222N

      7:27 am

      George Fenton: "Groundhog Day"

      "Some People Just Die"

      Studio Orch/George Fenton
      Groundhog Day (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Epic Soundtrax G010001222222N

      7:28 am

      George Fenton: "Groundhog Day"

      "A New Day"

      Studio Orch/George Fenton
      Groundhog Day (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Epic Soundtrax G010001222222N

      7:33 am

      Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77

      III. Finale, "Allegro giocoso ma non troppo vivace"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Classical Fan Favorites

      Sony (Classical Fan Favorites)

      7:41 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in C, R. 467

      Sergio Azzolini, bn; L'Onda Armonica
      Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos Vol. 5

      Naïve OP-30573

      7:54 am

      Michael Torke: "Unseen"

      No. 1

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

      Ecstatic Records ER-092402

      8:04 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      The Symphonies

      Decca 414488-2

      8:15 am

      Paul Taffanel: Wind Quintet in G minor

      Finale, "Vivace"

      Aulos Wind Quintet
      Aulos-Bläserquintett - Vol. VI - Virtuoso Romantic Music

      Koch CD-310087

      8:23 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "African Suite," Op. 35

      IV. "African Dance"

      Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      8:31 am

      Douglas Lilburn: "Aotearoa" Overture

      New Zealand Sym Orch/James Judd
      Lilburn Orchestral Works

      Naxos 8.557697

      8:41 am

      Friedrich Kalkbrenner: "Grand Septuor" in A, Op. 132

      I. "Allegro brillante"

      Claudius Tanski, p; Consortium Classicum members
      Friedrich Kalkbrenner: Chamber Works

      MD+G 3010808-2

      8:53 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Les Sylphides"

      "Grande valse brillante" in E-Flat, Op. 18

      National Phil/Richard Bonynge
      Essential Ballet

      Decca 436658-2

      9:03 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo fantastique," Op. 3

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, Scherzo Fantastique, The Firebird Suite

      Decca 458142-2

      9:16 am

      Bryan Kelly: "Suite Parisienne"

      Brass Ring
      Brass Ring - Music For Brass Quintet

      Crystal CD-561

      9:31 am

      Wynton Marsalis: "Blues Symphony"

      IV. "Southwestern Shakedown"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Jader Bignamini
      Marsalis: Blues Symphony

      Pentatone PTC-5187232

      9:41 am

      Claude Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor

      Steven Isserlis, vc; Pascal Devoyon, p
      Debussy, Poulenc, Franck: Cello Sonatas

      Virgin 61198-2

      9:53 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Kamarinskaya"

      San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra
      Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

      Koch 3-7042-2

      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.

      10:00 am

      Alfred Schnittke: "Suite in the Old Style"

      Daniel Hope, v; Alexey Botvinov, p
      Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano

      DG 4839235

      10:16 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 4 in A, BWV 1055

      St. Martin's Academy/Murray Perahia, p
      JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4

      Sony SK-89245

      10:30 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat, "Drum Roll"

      I. "Adagio - Allegro con spirito"

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Symphonies 99-104

      Nimbus NI-5105

      10:41 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Steal Away"

      Imani Winds
      Imani Winds: The Classical Underground

      Koch 3-7599-2

      10:48 am

      Nino Rota: "Balli (Dances)"

      Ferrara City Orch/Giuseppe Grazioli
      Concerto soirée

      Travelling K-1034

      11:01 am

      Josef Strauss: Waltz, "Village Swallows from Austria," Op. 164

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Vienna

      RCA 68160-2

      11:09 am

      Franz Liszt: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1 ("Dance in the Village Inn")

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough Plays Liszt

      Virgin 90700-2

      11:21 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Old King Cole"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Andrew Manze
      Vaughan Williams: Job, Old King Cole & The Running Set

      Onyx 4240

      11:43 am

      Henry Purcell: Suite of Theater Music

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
      A Baroque Festival

      Virgin Classics 61304-2

      11:52 am

      Dan Locklair: "Arise in Beauty"

      Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough; Martin Baker, o
      Dan Locklair: Requiem & Other Choral Works

      Convivium Records CR-070

      12:00 pm

      Shirley Thompson: "Dance of the Night Sky"

      Black Oak Ensemble
      Dance of the Night Sky

      Cedille CDR-90000237

      12:09 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 1

      Flute, Violin & Cello Concerto in A

      Soloists; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      12:30 pm

      Ernest John Moeran: Overture for a Masque (1944)

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Moeran: In the Mountain Country

      Naxos 8.573106

      12:40 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage" Overture, Op. 27

      Rotterdam Phil Orch/Lahav Shani
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"

      Warner Classics 2173272325

      12:54 pm

      Samuel Arnold: "Polly"

      "Dance of the Pirates"

      Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon
      Samuel Arnold: Polly

      Naxos 8.660241

      1:00 pm

      Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Schubert: Trout Quintet, Arpeggione Sonata

      Sony SK-61964

      1:26 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Cantique de Jean Racine," Op. 11

      Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      Fauré: Requiem (1893 Version) and Other Choral Music

      Collegium COLCD-109

      1:34 pm

      Arnold Bax: "The Happy Forest"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson
      Made in Britain

      Avie AV-2194

      1:45 pm

      Laura Netzel: "Berceuse et Tarentelle," Op. 28

      Paula Gudmundson, f; Tracy Lipke-Perry, p
      Breaking Waves: Music by Swedish Women Composers

      MSR Classics MS-1722

      1:52 pm

      James Horner: "Legends of the Fall"

      The Ludlows

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/David Arnold
      James Horner: Collage

      Mercury 4812810

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture-Fantasy

      Colorado Sym/Marin Alsop
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Romeo & Juliet

      Naxos 8.555714

      2:21 pm

      Miguel Llobet: "Canciones populares catalanas"

      Six Songs

      Eduardo Fernández, g
      Eduardo Fernandez

      Decca 417618-2

      2:31 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

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      The exquisite pianist Matt Hagle performs an all-Chopin program. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

      Anna Clyne Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26; María Dueñas, violin; Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Anna Clyne "Restless Oceans;" Alan Gilbert, conductor.