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      Playlist for Thursday, April 9, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 4 in b minor

      London Phil/Marin Alsop
      BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 / Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4-9 (orch. Breiner)

      Naxos 8.570233

      12:05 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen," Op 20

      Augustin Hadelich, v; Pablo Sainz Villegas, g
      Histoire du Tango * Music for Violin and Guitar

      Avie AV-2280

      12:13 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Tzigane"

      Joshua Bell, v; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton

      London 433519-2

      12:23 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 9 in e

      Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Classic Abbado

      DG 4792549

      12:25 am

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

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Schumann: The Symphonies

      DG 4792437 (2)

      12:54 am

      Robert Schumann: "Lieder-Album für die Jugend," Op. 79

      No. 24, "Er ist's"

      Felicity Lott, s; Graham Johnson, p

      Hyperion CDJ-33109

      1:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans

      Sinfonia

      Academia Montis/Alessandro De Marchi
      Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans, RV644

      Naive OP-30314 (3)

      1:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Sonata #3 in a, R 43

      Anner Bylsma, vc; Ivano Zanenghi, arch-l; Andrea Marcon, hc
      Vivaldi: Sonatas For Violoncello

      Sony SK-51350

      1:20 am

      Erwin Schulhoff: Jazz Cantata, "HMS Royal Oak"

      "Tango-Interlude"

      Amsterdam Ebony Band/Werner Herbers
      Erwin Schulhoff

      Channel Classics CCS-25109

      1:21 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Histoire du Tango"

      "Nightclub 1960"

      Augustin Hadelich, v; Pablo Sainz Villegas, g
      Histoire du Tango * Music for Violin and Guitar

      Avie AV-2280

      1:27 am

      José Serebrier: "Aires de Tango"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v
      Capricho Latino

      Cedille CDR-90000124

      1:36 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Piano Concerto #2 in B, Op 100

      Alexander Romanovsky, p; Russian National Orch/José Serebrier
      Complete Concertos

      Warner Classics 67946-2 (2)

      1:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twelve Etudes, Op 8

      No. 7

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      2:00 am

      Johann Joseph Fux: "Il Fonte della Salute"

      Aria, "Dio pietoso, Dio clemente"

      Ann Monoyios, s; Vienna Academy/Martin Haselböck
      Il Fonte della Salute

      CPO 999680-2 (2)

      2:05 am

      Johann Joseph Fux: Overture in D

      Amsterdam Combattimento Consort

      Olympia OCD-342

      2:20 am

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

      Prelude No. 3 in C-Sharp

      Léon Berben, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:22 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in C

      Amadeus Chamber Orch/Agnieszka Duczmal
      12 Sinfonien Fur Streicher

      Koch 350204 (4)

      2:55 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Mélodie" in c-sharp, Op. 4/2

      David Kadouch, p
      Fanny Mendelssohn

      Mirare MIR-532

      3:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 27

      No. 2 in D

      David Allen Wehr, p
      Chopin: 21 Nocturnes

      Connoisseur CD-4211 (2)

      3:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (“A Little Night Music”

      Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
      Music of the Baroque

      Mintel Archive 23

      3:23 am

      Alberto Ginastera: Doce Preludios Americanos, Op 12

      #3, "Creole Dance"

      Barbara Nissman, p
      Criolla-The Complete Music for Piano and Piano Chamber Ensembles-Volume 1

      Newport Classic NPD-85510

      3:24 am

      Alberto Ginastera: Overture to the Creole "Faust"

      Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Fiesta In Hi-fi

      Mercury 434324-2

      3:32 am

      Ole Bull: "Los recuerdos de la Habana"

      Henning Kraggerud, v; Dalasinfoniettan/Bjarte Engeset
      Nordic Violin Favorites

      Naxos 8.572827

      3:40 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Danzas Afro-Cubanos"

      Thomas Tirino, p
      Lecuona: Complete Piano Music Vol 3

      BIS CD-794

      3:54 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      Bourées I, II

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: The Nutcracker Suite / PRAETORIUS, M.: Terpsichore / WARLOCK, P.: Capriol Suite (arr. for guitar quartet) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

      Delos DE-3132

      4:00 am

      William Byrd: "The Earl of Salisbury's Pavan and Galliard"

      London Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Leopold Stokowski: Orchestral Transcriptions

      London 448946-2

      4:05 am

      William Byrd: Fantasy No. 1

      Orch/Carlos Surinach

      Heliodor H/HS-25022

      4:11 am

      Carlos Surinach: Piano Concertino

      Santiago Rodriguez, p; Richmond Sinfonia/George Manahan
      GINASTERA: VARIACIONES CONCERTANTES

      Elan CD-2222

      4:28 am

      Carlos Surinach: "Ritmo Jondo" (1952)

      #3, "Garrotin"

      Bronx Arts Ensemble
      Carlos Surinach: Ritmo Jondo

      New World 80505-2

      4:29 am

      Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

      Suite

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Fledermaus/ Gypsy Baron

      RCA LSC-2130

      4:54 am

      Morten Lauridsen: Fanfare for Brass Sextet (2003)

      Bay Brass
      Sound the Bells! American Premieres for Brass

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807556

      5:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Clavier Concerto No. 1 in c, BWV 1060

      II. "Adagio"

      Jon Gillock, o; Kathleen Bride, h
      Organ and Harp: Bach, Handel, Soler....

      Milan 35764-2

      5:05 am

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

      London Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      BBC Legends- Stokowski

      BBC BBCL-4059-2

      5:17 am

      Franz Liszt: Six Consolations (1849-50)

      No. 1

      Nelson Freire, p
      Nelson Freire * Liszt: Harmonies du Soir

      London 4782728

      5:18 am

      Franz Liszt: Fantasy on the Waltz from Gounod's "Faust"

      Francesco Libetta, p
      Presenting Francesco Libetta

      VAI VAIA-1196

      5:29 am

      Franz Liszt: "A Faust Symphony" (1854-57)

      1st mvt, "Faust"

      Klaus König, t; Leipzig Radio Men's Cho, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur

      EMI/Ang CDFB5-68595-2 (2)

      5:54 am

      Italian Anon 16th c: Salterello el francosin

      Concordia Viol Consort
      Music for Mona Lisa

      Metronome METCD-1023

      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 Adolph Scheibe: Sinfonia a 4 in B-flat, SchW A2:007

      Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
      Discovering Dutch Ensembles

      Radio Nederland MCCP-121 (4)

      6:15 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Trio No. 7 in E-Flat, Op. 96

      III. (Finale), "Rondo allo russa"

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Johann Nepomuk Hummel Piano Trios

      Philips 446077-2

      6:22 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: "Caprice espagnol," Op 37

      Jeffrey Biegel, p
      Grand Romance

      Steinway & Sons 30017

      6:30 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Act 4 Instrumental Suite

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Purcell: The Fairy Queen & The Prophetess - Orchestral Suites

      Fontalis ES-8583

      6:40 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian; A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture And Incidental Music

      Virgin 90725-2

      6:53 am

      Fritz Kreisler: String Quartet in A minor

      II. Scherzo

      Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg & Benny Kim, v's; Masao Kawasaki, vi; Mats Lidström, vc
      Mats Lidström, cello,
      Night and Day

      EMI CDC5-56481-2

      7:03 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto andaluz"

      I. "Tiempo de Bolero"

      Amadeus Guitar Duo, Eden Stell Duo, International Phil Orch/Horst-Hans Bäcker
      Spanish Night

      Naxos 8.573441

      7:13 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Serenata andaluza," Op 28

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

      Decca 4785950

      7:20 am

      Chris Batchelor: "Andalusian Suite"

      London Brass
      Viva España!

      Teldec 76990-2

      7:31 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 98 in B-Flat

      IV. Finale, "Presto"

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Haydn: The Complete Symphonies

      Decca 4781221 (33)

      7:42 am

      Carl Nielsen: Piano Trio in G

      Trio Ondine
      Carl Nielsen: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

      Dacapo 8.226064

      7:53 am

      Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Dances, Op. 35

      No. 1, "Allegro marcato"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

      DG 419431-2

      8:04 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, "Caractéristique"

      I. "Jeu de sons"

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Alpesh Chauhan
      Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

      Chandos CHSA-5352

      8:17 am

      Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

      II. Giuoco delle coppie

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      8:24 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Jeux d'eau"

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works

      DG 4866814

      8:31 am

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

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Bizet: Symphony in C; Jeux d'enfants; Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane

      Philips 416437-2

      8:43 am

      David Hamilton: "Parlour Games"

      Jade String Quartet
      Parlour Games

      Rattle RAT-D073

      8:56 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Children's Games"

      Jenny Lin, p
      Melody's Mostly Musical Day

      Steinway & Sons 30043

      9:04 am

      Eugene Goossens: Oboe Concerto, Op. 45

      Albrecht Mayer, ob; Bamberg Sym/Jakub Hruša
      Longing for Paradise

      DG 4836622

      9:18 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65

      I. "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Philip Setzer, v; David Finckel, vc; Wu Han, p
      Dvořák: Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4

      ArtistLed 11201-2

      9:34 am

      Domenico Caudioso: Mandolin Concerto in G

      Julien Martineau, m; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Come una volta

      Naïve V-5455

      9:48 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Tales from the Vienna Woods", Op. 325

      Vienna Johann Strauss Orch/Willi Boskovsky
      Famous Strauss Waltzes

      EMI CDC7-47052-2

      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

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in G, S 213

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      10:17 am

      Vincent Persichetti: "Pastoral," Op. 21

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      10:24 am

      Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

      Christian-Pierre La Marca, vc; Philharmonia Orch/Raphaël Merlin
      Love Letters

      Naïve V-7364

      10:48 am

      Margaret Bonds: "Credo"

      V. "I Believe in the Prince of Peace"

      Dessoff Choirs and Orch/Malcolm J. Merriweather
      Margaret Bonds: Credo, Simon Bore the Cross

      Avie AV-2589

      10:54 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Sonata pian e forte"

      Music of the Baroque Brass/Thomas Wikman
      Renaissance Christmas Vol. 1

      Music of the Baroque MB-108

      11:00 am

      Mario Gangi: "Suite Italiana"

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

      Brilliant Classics 95818

      11:13 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, BWV 552, "St Anne"

      BBC Phil/Leonard Slatkin
      Bach Transcriptions

      Chandos CHAN-9835

      11:29 am

      John Ireland: "A Sea Idyll"

      John Lenehan, p
      Ireland: Piano Concerto

      Naxos 8.572598

      11:43 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Le voyage dans la lune"

      Overture

      Gulbenkian Orch/Michel Swierczewski
      Music from The Operettas

      Nimbus NI-5303

      11:51 am

      Wilhelm Stenhammar: Serenade in F, Op. 31

      III. Scherzo

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Stig Westerberg
      Stenhammar: Piano Concerto No.2, Serenade, etc.

      EMI CDM5-65081-2

      12:00 pm

      Hajime Komatsu: "Four Japanese Folk Songs" Suite No. 2

      Kontras Quartet
      Origins

      MSR Classics MS-1537

      12:15 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 1 in F

      "Allegro-Andante-Allegro"

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Handel: Water Music, Music For Royal Fireworks

      Virgin 45265-2

      12:23 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"

      Suite

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

      Naxos 8.572693

      12:43 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra

      London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly
      Stravinsky: Divertimento, Fanfare for a New Theatre, Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, Suites Nos. 1 and 2

      Decca 417114-2

      12:51 pm

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise brillante" No. 2 in A, Op. 21

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p
      Itzhak Perlman - Encores

      Angel SZ-37560

      1:00 pm

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

      Scherzo

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Rachmaninov: Piano Transcriptions

      Decca 470291-2

      1:05 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Song, "Daisies," Op. 38, No. 3

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Rachmaninov: Piano Transcriptions

      Decca 470291-2

      1:09 pm

      Georges Bizet: Symphony in C

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Bizet: Symphony in C, Britten: Simple Symphony

      DG 423624-2

      1:42 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in C minor, R. 83

      Musica Alta Ripa
      Vivaldi: Concertos, Chamber Music

      MD+G 3090927-2

      1:52 pm

      Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part II

      No. 3 in D-sharp minor

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

      Albany TROY-1519

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622

      Sabine Meyer, cl; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Mozart * / Debussy * / Takemitsu * - Sabine Meyer - Klarinettenkonzert

      EMI CDC5-56832-2

      2:28 pm

      Fernando Sor: Variations on a Theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute," Op 9

      Martha Masters, g
      Martha Masters: Guitar Recital

      Naxos 8.555720

      2:38 pm

      Manuel de Falla: "Tres Obras de Juventud"

      Jean-François Heisser, p
      Manuel de Falla: Piano Works

      Erato 45481-2

      2:51 pm

      Isaac Albéniz: "Suite española", Op. 47

      No. 1, "Granada (Serenade)"

      London Sym Orch/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
      Spanish Spectacular

      MCA Classics MCAD-25887

      2:59 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28

      No. 3 in G

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Chopin Competition Winner 2015: Seong-Jin Cho

      DG 4795332

      3:00 pm

      Leopold Hofmann: Symphony in D

      Northern Chamber Orch/Nicholas Ward
      Hofmann: Five Symphonies

      Naxos 8.553866

      3:15 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Homage

      The gift of immortality through the hands of great composers. How would you like to be the subject of a composition by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, or Mozart? In many cases, the fame of the music has outlasted that of its honoree, but we’ll explore some of these heartfelt gestures and the composers who made them. Works include Handel’s "Water Music" and Mussorgsky’s "Pictures at an Exhibition."

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Sibelius Symphony No. 2; Zubin Mehta, conductor; Berlioz "The Death of Cleopatra;" Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Berg "Lulu-Suite;" Angelina Réaux, soprano; Kurt Masur, conductor; Liszt "Mephisto" Waltz; Kurt Masur, conductor.