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      Playlist for Thursday, July 30, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Histoire du Tango"

      3rd mvt "Night Club 1960"

      Similia
      Nota Del Sol

      Analekta AN2-9817

      12:05 am

      Kurt Weill: "Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)"

      "Tango Ballad"

      Marcel Worms, p
      Tangos for Piano

      Zefir 9647

      12:08 am

      Kurt Weill: "Lady in the Dark-Symphonic Nocturne"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Lady in the Dark - Symphonic Nocturne

      Naxos 8.557481

      12:25 am

      Dan Visconti: "Lonesome Roads"

      "Nocturne"

      Lara Downes, p

      Sono Luminus DSL-92207

      12:27 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 8 in B-Flat, D. 112

      Takács Quartet
      Schubert: String Quartet in G major, D887; String Quartet in B-Flat major D112

      Hyperion CDA-68423

      12:54 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Die Liebe," D 210

      Elly Ameling, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 7

      Hyperion CDJ-33007

      1:00 am

      Jozsef Bengraf: "Ungarischer Tantz"

      Benkö Consort
      Tanzmusik aus Ungarn

      Teldec 8.42782

      1:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 2nd Year, Italy (1837-49)

      No. 7, "Après une lecture du Dante"

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Liszt: Piano Sonata & other works

      Hyperion CDA-68067

      1:23 am

      George Gershwin: "Girl Crazy"

      "Embraceable You"

      Richard Glazier, p
      Broadway to Hollywood

      Centaur CRC-3347

      1:25 am

      Alla Pavlova: "Old New York Nostalgia"

      "Broadway's Song"

      Globalis International Sym Orch/Konstantin Krimets
      Music Of Alla Pavlova

      Albany TROY-397

      1:28 am

      John Alden Carpenter: "Skyscrapers"

      Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose
      John Alden Carpenter: Complete Ballets

      BMOP 1100

      1:55 am

      Richard Thompson: Prelude No. 5

      Richard Thompson, p
      Poetry Prelude

      Albany TROY-830

      2:00 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Spirituals"

      "Deep River"

      Lara Downes, p
      America Again

      Sono Luminus DSL-92207

      2:05 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Petite Suite de Concert"

      RTÉ Concert Orchestra/Adrian Leaper
      Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite

      Naxos 8.555191

      2:21 am

      Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"

      Laurence Fromentin & Dominique Plancade, p

      EMI/Ang CDZ5-72526-2

      2:34 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin" (1724)

      "Courante"

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      Rameau: Complete Harpsichord Works

      Brilliant 93903 (3)

      2:36 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: String Quartet #9 in d

      Orch d'Auvergne/Jean-Jacques Kantorow
      Crisantemi: For String Quartet, 3 Minuetti for String Quartet

      Denon 81757-3871-2

      2:54 am

      Franz Schubert: Twelve German Dances ("Ländler"), D 790

      No. 8

      Ensemble Wien
      Schubert: Rondo pour violon et orchestre à cordes en la

      Sony SK-48386

      3:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Six German Dances, WoO 42

      David Garrett, v; Bruno Canino, p
      Essential Beethoven

      DG B0009666-72 (23)

      3:04 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

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

      Naxos 8.550433

      3:23 am

      Richard Strauss: "Schlagobers," Op. 70

      Cocoa Dance

      Tokyo Metropolitan Sym Orch/Hiroshi Wakasugi
      Strauss: Schlagobers, Ballet Music, Op. 70

      MHS 514507-L

      3:24 am

      Richard Strauss: Violin Concerto in d, Op. 8

      Ulf Hoelscher, v; Dresden Staatskapelle/Rudolf Kempe

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64346-2 (3)

      3:54 am

      American Trad: Hymn, Freuen wir uns

      Martin Pearlman, forte-p
      Lost Early Music Of Early America

      Telarc CD-80482 (2)

      4:00 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Serenade #1, Op 7

      Royal Phil/Yondani Butt
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 6

      ASV CDDCA-699

      4:04 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Serenade #2, Op 11

      Anton Hammer, fh; RIAS Sinfonietta/Jiri Starek

      Koch 3-1611-2

      4:08 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Suite "On the Name Sascha," Op 2

      Tatjana Franov , p
      GLAZUNOV : Piano Music Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223151

      4:22 am

      music continues...

      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.

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)

      Nadia Boulanger taught and influenced an entire generation of musicians, from Aaron Copland and Ástor Piazzolla to Philip Glass and Quincy Jones. This week, Bill shares some of her compositions and performances alongside those of her prolific students.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Bernstein "Chichester Psalms;" John Bogart, alto; Camerata Singers; "Candide" Overture; Schumann "Manfred" Overture, Op. 115; JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1040; John Wummer, flute; Isaac Stern, violin; Thomson "Four Saints" Selections; Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano; McHenry Boatwright, bass; Lee Venora, soprano; Arnold Voketaitis, baritone; Robert Eckert, tenor; Choral Art Society; Debussy Rhapsody for Saxophone and Piano; Sigurd Rascher, saxophone; H. Brubeck II Andante-Ballad from "Dialogues" for Jazz Combo and Orchestra; Dave Brubeck Quartet;" Leonard Bernstein, conductor.