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      Playlist for Tuesday, May 19, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Jennifer Higdon: "Echo Dash"

      Hilary Hahn, v; Cory Smythe, p
      In 27 Pieces

      DG B0019103-02

      12:02 am

      Kala Ramnath: "Aalap and Tarana"

      Hilary Hahn, v; Cory Smythe, p

      DG B0019103-02

      12:05 am

      Henri Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto #4 in d, Op 31

      Hilary Hahn, v; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Paavo Järvi

      DG B0022698-02

      12:36 am

      Charles Dieupart: Clavier Suite No. 5 in F

      "Menuet en Rondeau"

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Dieupart: Harpsichord Suites

      Centaur CRC-2617

      12:37 am

      Napoleon Coste: "Rondeau de Concert," Op. 12

      Jeffrey McFadden, g
      Cavatina

      Naxos 8.571085

      12:44 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo in B-Flat, WoO 6

      Alfred Brendel, p; Vienna Sym/Heinz Wallberg

      MMG MWCD-7107

      12:54 am

      Charles Dieupart: Clavier Suite No. 6 in F

      "Courante"

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Dieupart: Harpsichord Suites

      Centaur CRC-2617

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele" BWV 654

      Lionel Rogg, o
      Bach: Complete Organ Works

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-290772.833 (12)

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in d minor, BWV 1004

      V. "Chaconne"

      Ray Chen, v
      Ray Chen: Virtuoso

      Sony 82967

      1:20 am

      Louis Couperin: Suite in g

      No. 5, "Chaconne"

      Blandine Verlet, hc
      Louis Couperin: Les pièces de clavessin

      Astrée E-8819 (5)

      1:22 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 54

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko
      Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 6 and 12

      Naxos 8.572658

      1:55 am

      Alexander Scriabin: "Two Poems," Op 69

      No. 1

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      2:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "La fedeltà premiata"

      Aria, "Deh soccorri un'infelice"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Opera Arias (Mozart • Haydn • Gluck)

      DG Archiv 449206-2

      2:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 33, No. 5

      Cuarteto Casals
      Haydn * String Quartets Op 33 * Cuarteto Casals

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2962022.23 (2)

      2:21 am

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

      #3, "Stortrollet"

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

      Arena AR-07015

      2:22 am

      Jennifer Higdon: "Smoky Mountain Air" (2021)

      Dawn Wohn, v
      Unbounded: Music by American Women

      Delos DE-3599

      2:26 am

      Franz Liszt: "Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne"

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur

      MHS 522171-L (2)

      2:54 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Accedentes principes"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      3:00 am

      Richard Strauss: Five Songs, Op. 39

      #4, "Befreit"

      Michelle Breedt, s; Nina Schumann, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      3:05 am

      Theodor Blumer: Wind Quintet, Op 52

      Moran Wind Quintet
      Wind Chamber Music of Theodor Blumer

      Crystal CD-753

      3:26 am

      Richard Strauss: Six Songs, Op. 67

      #4, "Wer wird von der Welt verlangen"

      Martin Mitterutzner, br; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      3:28 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82

      Menuhin Orch/Yehudi Menuhin
      Schubert: Symphony No 1 & 3 in D Major.

      EMI/Ang CDFB5-73359-2 (2)

      3:54 am

      Muzio Clementi: "Monferrine", Op 49

      #2 in C

      Lilya Zilberstein, p
      Clementi

      Hänssler Classic CD-93.096

      4:00 am

      Henry Purcell: "King Arthur"

      Overture

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Thomas Hengelbrock
      Purcell: Instrumental Suites

      RCA-DHM 77231-2

      4:05 am

      Arnold Bax: "Tintagel" (1917-19)

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Symphony No 4 · Tintagel

      Chandos CHAN-8312

      4:20 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: March, "Sea Songs"

      Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell
      Olympic Theme

      Telarc CD-80099

      4:24 am

      Frederick Keel: "Three Saltwater Ballads"

      #3, "Mother Carey"

      Bryn Terfel, b-br; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Silent Noon

      DG B0004216-02

      4:26 am

      Jenö Hubay: Violin Concerto #3 in g, Op 99

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

      Hyperion CDA-67367

      4:55 am

      Jenö Hubay: "Poèmes hongrois," Op 27

      #4

      Shagai Shaham, v; Arnon Erez, p

      Hyperion CDA-67441/2 (2)

      5:00 am

      August Conradi: "Zigeuner-Polka"

      Leslie Howard, p
      The Complete Liszt Piano Music

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      5:05 am

      Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat

      Leslie Howard, p; Budapest Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
      Liszt Complete Piano Works

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      5:19 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Attendite"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      5:20 am

      Albert Roussel: String Quartet, Op 56

      Parisii String Quartet
      French Quartets

      Adda 581126

      5:40 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 80

      "Sicilienne"

      Branford Marsalis, sx; English Chamber Orch/Andrew Litton
      Romances For Saxophone

      CBS M-42122

      5:44 am

      Jean-Jules Roger-Ducasse: "Hommage à Fauré"

      Vladimir Valjarevic, p; Svetla Kaltcheva, v
      Valjarevic: Music Of Tribute, Vol. 3 - Faure

      Labor LAB-7043

      5:54 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Les animaux modèles" (1939)

      "The Lion in Love"

      French National Orch
      Poulenc: Aubade, Les Biches, Etc.

      London 452937-2

      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-Philippe Rameau: "Nouvelles suite de pièces de clavecin" (1728)

      "Gavotte avec six doubles"

      Brasil Guitar Duo
      Ghosting

      CAG Records CAG-119

      6:12 am

      Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22

      Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      Carmen Suite, L'Arlesienne Suite 1 and 2

      DG 431778-2

      6:24 am

      Augusta Holmès: "La Nuit et l'Amour"

      Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
      Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems

      Bru Zane BZ-2007

      6:32 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Vivace"

      David Lively, p; Cambini-Paris Quartet
      Chopin: Concertos for Piano & String Quintet

      Aparté AP-204

      6:43 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60

      I. "Adagio-Allegro Vivace"

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 "Archduke"

      Sony 19658881642

      6:55 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"

      II. "Adagio cantabile"

      Janoska Ensemble
      The Big B's

      DG 4540390

      7:04 am

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

      London Phil Orch/Willi Boskovsky
      Essential Liszt

      EMI CDM7-69011-2

      7:12 am

      Bohuslav Martinů: Serenade No. 2 for two violins & viola

      St Martin's Academy Chamber Ensemble
      Dvořák & Martinů: Sextets

      Chandos CHAN-8771

      7:20 am

      Franz Krommer: Wind Partita in B-Flat, Op 45/1

      I. "Allegro vivace"

      Academy of St Martin in the Fields Winds/Bastiaan Blomhert
      Krommer: Three Partitas, Six Marches

      Chandos CHAN-9905

      7:31 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      "1812" Overture

      DG 419407-2

      7:43 am

      Enrique Granados: "Valses poéticos"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Icon: Alicia De Larrocha

      EMI CMS7-64524-2 (2)

      7:56 am

      Percy Grainger: "Youthful Suite"

      II. "Rustic Dance"

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery
      Grainger: Famous Folk Settings

      Chandos CHAN-6542

      8:03 am

      James Moody: Little Suite

      Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Vaughan Williams, Moody, Jacob: Classical Music for Harmonica

      Chandos CHAN-8617

      8:17 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003

      Finale, "Allegro"

      Chris Thile, m
      Bach: Sonatas & Partitas Vol. 1

      Nonesuch 535360-2

      8:23 am

      William Boyce: Symphony No. 4 in F

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 436761-2

      8:31 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, Op. 100

      II. "Allegro marcato"

      Cleveland Orch/Franz Welser-Möst
      Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

      Cleveland Orchestra TCO-0006

      8:41 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "María de Buenos Aires"

      Suite

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel
      Piazzolla Stories

      Warner 0190295155636

      8:53 am

      Alberto Hemsi: Quintet, Op. 28

      II. "Burlesca"

      ARC Ensemble
      Chamber Works by Alberto Hemsi

      Chandos CHAN-20243

      9:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto in F, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr, o
      Handel * Organ Concertos Op 7 * Academy of Ancient Music * Egarr

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807447.48 (2)

      9:22 am

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

      Lucerne Sym Orch/James Gaffigan
      Americans

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902611

      9:33 am

      Victor Ewald: Brass Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 6

      Axiom Brass
      New Standards

      Axiom Brass [New Standards]

      9:50 am

      Giacomo Puccini: Three Minuets (1892)

      Ensō Quartet
      Strauss: String Quartet in A; Puccini: Crisantemi, Three Minuets; Verdi: String Quartet

      Naxos 8.573108

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Much Ado About Nothing," Op. 11

      Suite (Four Pieces)

      Svetlin Roussev, v; Yeol Eum Son, p
      Love Music

      Naïve V-8122

      10:16 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Nabucco"

      Overture

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Verdi: Preludes and Overtures

      Sony SK-68468

      10:24 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concertino in E-Flat, Op. 26

      David Shifrin, cl; Orch di Padova e del Veneto/David Golub
      Weber: Clarinet Concertos

      Delos DE-3220

      10:35 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "In the Bottoms"

      Rochelle Sennet, p
      Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 1

      Albany TROY-1869-71 (3)

      10:53 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

      III. Valse, "Allegro moderato"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, Op. 64; Voyevoda, Op. 78

      CBS MK-42094

      11:00 am

      Páll Ísólfsson: "The Feast at Solhaug"

      Suite

      Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
      Icelandic Works for the Stage

      Chandos CHSA-5319

      11:14 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

      Sony TMK-1004 (2)

      11:35 am

      Traditional Chinese: "Spring Flowers in the Moonlit Night on the River"

      Fan Wei, pipa; Lang Lang, p
      Dragon Songs

      DG B0008233-00

      11:43 am

      Lili Boulanger: "Pie Jesu"

      Pembroke College Girls’ Cho/Anna Lapwood; Owen Saldanha, o
      Celestial Dawn

      Signum SIGCD-714

      11:48 am

      Nadia Boulanger: "Cantique (Lux aeterna)"

      Pembroke College Girls’ Cho/Anna Lapwood; Joseph Beadle, p
      Celestial Dawn

      Signum SIGCD-714

      11:51 am

      Percy Grainger: "Green bushes" (Passacaglia on an English Folksong)

      English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
      Salute to Percy Grainger

      Decca 425159-2

      12:00 pm

      Chevalier (JJO) de Meude-Monpas: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege
      Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries

      Cedille CDR-90000035

      12:19 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Moments musicaux," Op. 16

      No. 1 in B-flat minor

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Rachmaninov * Moments Musicaux * Ashkenazy

      Decca B0004200-02

      12:28 pm

      Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Sinfonia for Strings in F, F 67

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      WF Bach: Symphonies, Harpsichord Concerto

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901772

      12:44 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "King Stephen," Op. 117

      Overture

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Beethoven: Symphonies No. 6 "Pastoral" & No. 8, "King Stephen" Overture

      Sony SMK-47517

      12:52 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Zaide," K. 344

      Aria, "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben"

      Felicity Lott, s; London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
      Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate * Felicity Lott/LMP/Glover

      ASV CDDCA-683

      1:00 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

      Suite

      Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue
      Bernstein:Suite From Candide, Etc

      Reference RR-87

      1:20 pm

      Frederick the Great (Friedrich II): Flute and Continuo Sonata in e minor

      Barthold Kuijken, f; Bob van Asperen, hc; Wieland Kuijken, vc
      From the Court of Frederick the Great

      Sony SK-66267

      1:29 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Le rouet d'Omphale," Op. 31

      Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
      Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems, Le Carnaval des animaux, L'Assassinat du duc de Guise

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902614.15

      1:38 pm

      Arvo Pärt: "Littlemore Tractus"

      Estonian Phil Chamber Cho, Tallinn Chamber Orch/Tõnu Kaljuste
      Tractus

      ECM 2800

      1:47 pm

      François-Joseph Gossec: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 5, No. 2

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Gossec: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9661

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, "Serioso"

      Calidore String Quartet
      Beethoven: The Middle Quartets

      Signum SIGCD-872

      2:23 pm

      Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part II

      No. 4 in f-sharp minor

      Thomas Otten, p
      Thomas Otten * H. Leslie Adams * Piano Etudes, Part II

      Albany TROY-1519

      2:31 pm

      Richard Strauss: Dance Suite after Couperin

      Six movements

      Philharmonia Orch/Artur Rodzinski
      Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome), Dance Suite After Couperin (1923)

      Seraphim S-60030

      2:52 pm

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "La Catedral"

      Danny Masters, g
      Canción

      Infinite Eye Entertainment 2010

      3:00 pm

      Franz Lehár: Violin Concertino in B minor

      Robert McDuffie, v; Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
      Viennese Violin: The Romantic Music of Lehár, Kreisler & Strauss

      Telarc CD-80402

      3:14 pm

      Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110

      Trio Fontenay
      Schumann: Piano Trios Nos. 2 & 3

      Teldec 90864-2

      3:43 pm

      Bohuslav Martinů: Three Czech Dances for two pianos (1949)

      Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, p's
      Scottish Ballad, Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra

      Phoenix PHCD-104

      3:57 pm

      George Gershwin: "Strike Up the Band"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      America The Beautiful

      Philips 454391-2

      4:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412

      Barry Tuckwell, hn; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4, Rondo

      EMI CDM7-69569-2

      4:09 pm

      Alfred Schnittke: "Suite in the Old Style"

      Shea-Kim Duo
      All Roads

      Blue Griffin BGR-643

      4:29 pm

      Antonio Bertali: "Sonata à 5"

      Irish Baroque Orch Chamber Soloists/Monica Huggett
      Flights of Fantasy: Early Italian Chamber Music

      Avie AV-2202

      4:38 pm

      Georg Anton Benda: Clavier Concerto in B minor

      Il Pomo d'Oro/Francesco Corti, hc
      The Age of Extremes

      Arcana A-573

      4:57 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Schwanengesang," D 957

      No. 1, "Liebesbotschaft"

      Arcadi Volodos, p
      Arcadi Volodos: Piano Transcriptions

      Sony SK-62691

      5:00 pm

      Helen Crane: Six Idylls, Op. 51

      Juliana Soltis, vc; Ruoting Li, p
      American Woman

      Navona NV-6659

      5:15 pm

      Peter Boyer: "Festivities"

      London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer
      Boyer: Symphony No. 1, Silver Fanfare, Festivities, Three Olympians, Celebration Overture

      Naxos 8.559769

      5:20 pm

      Ernesto Nazareth: Tango, "Carioca"

      Clélia Iruzun, p
      Ernesto Nazareth * Portrait of Rio

      Lorelt LNT-139

      5:26 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p; Royal Scottish National Orch/Elim Chan
      Chopin Piano Concertos

      Decca 4850365

      5:58 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Etudes, Op. 25

      No. 8 in D-flat, "Sixths"

      Yunchan Lim, p
      Yunchan Lim: Chopin Études

      Decca 4870122

      6:00 pm

      Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 2

      Montpellier Phil Orch/Enrique Arturo Diemecke
      Concert du Nouvel An: Chants et danses de l"Amérique du Sud

      Actes Sud AD-085

      6:11 pm

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

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Bach: Italian Concerto

      Decca 4786773

      6:25 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Rosamunde," D 797

      Overture, "The Magic Harp," D 644

      Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Schubert: Symphony No. 2, Rosamunde, Die Zauberharfe

      EMI CDC7-54873-2

      6:38 pm

      Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand

      Cédric Tiberghien, p; Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
      Ravel: Piano Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902612

      6:58 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      What Else Ya Got?

      Have you ever wondered about those composers who succeeded in writing one smashing piece but were otherwise forgotten? This week, we’ll get to know some of these immortals and their other compositions, including Pachelbel’s Suite in G Major and Dukas’ Symphony in C Major. The program also presents Hermann Baumann in a rare performance of Glière's Horn Concerto in B-flat Major, Op. 91.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Nikolai Myaskovsky Quartet No. 13 in A minor, Op. 86; Borodin Quartet; Dohnányi Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1; Alessio Bax, piano; Ida Kavafian, Alexi Kenney, violins; Yura Lee, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      J.S. Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041; Joel Link, violin; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra musicians; Enescu Octet in C Major, Op. 7; Chad Hoopes, Ida Kavafian, Adam Barnett-Hart, James Thompson, violins; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, Pierre Lapointe, violas; Eric Kim, Brook Speltz, cellos.