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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Max Richter: "In the Garden"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Pulsations

      Analekta AN2- 8748

      12:05 am

      Frederick Delius: "In a Summer Garden"

      Welsh National Opera Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras
      Brigg Fair / In a Summer Garden / The Walk to the Paradise Garden / North Country Sketches

      Argo 430202-2

      12:19 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "From Grandmother's Garden," Op 97

      #1, "Morning Glories"

      Joanne Polk, p
      Fire - Flies

      Arabesque Z-6721

      12:20 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Piano Quartet #1 in D, Op 23

      Domus
      Dvorak: Piano Quartets Op. 23 & 87

      Hyperion CDA-66287

      12:54 am

      Jules Massenet: "Le Cid" (1885)

      "Aragonaise"

      Hollywood Bowl Orch/Carmen Dragon

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63734-2

      1:00 am

      Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D

      Tafelmusik
      Reference Classics: First Sampling

      Reference Recordings RR-13-CD

      1:05 am

      Leo Weiner: Serenade for small orchestra, Op 3

      Budapest Festival Orch/Sir Georg Solti

      London 458929-2

      1:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 567

      No. 5 in A

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Mozart: Deutsche Tänze

      Sony SK-46696

      1:27 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6

      Maxine Eilander, h; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      A Baroque Feast

      Analekta AN2-9811

      1:39 am

      Marin Marais: "Alcyone"

      Suite

      Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon

      Tafelmusik Media TMK-1020 (DVD & CD)

      1:55 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin" (1706)

      "Courante"

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      Rameau: Complete Harpsichord Works

      Brilliant 93903 (3)

      2:00 am

      Mana-Zucca: "Southland Zephyrs," Op. 72, No. 1

      Nanette Kaplan Solomon, p
      Badinage: The Piano Music of Mana-Zucca

      Albany TROY-1580

      2:05 am

      César Franck: "Les Éolides"

      New York Phil/Kurt Masur

      Teldec 74863-2

      2:16 am

      Jean Sibelius: "En Saga," Op. 9

      Swedish Radio Sym/Mikko Franck
      Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22, etc.

      Ondine ODE-953-2

      2:36 am

      William Schuman: "Mail-Order Madrigals" (1971)

      #1, Attention, Ladies!

      Gregg Smith Singers/Gregg Smith

      Vox CD3X-3037 (3)

      2:38 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      Vera Gornostaeva, p
      Discovering a Legend - Vol. IV

      LP Classics 1012

      2:55 am

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

      No. 1, "Abendstern"

      Ann Murray, ms; Felicity Lott, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 9

      Hyperion CDJ-33109

      3:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Pieces, Op. 72

      #5, "Meditation"

      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano

      Decca 4834417 (10)

      3:05 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in d, Op. 40

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Martha Argerich, p
      Maisky and Argerich: In Concert

      DG B0004047-02

      3:30 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2 (Suite for Promenade Orchestra) (1938)

      No. 5, Little Polka

      Russian State Sym Orch/Dmitri Yablonsky
      Shostakovich * Jazz Suites Nos 1 and 2

      Naxos 6.110104

      3:32 am

      Willem de Fesch: Concerto #4 in D

      Musica Ad Rhenum
      VI Concerti Opera Quinta

      NM Classics 92054

      3:40 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in d, Op. 6, No. 10

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      DG 471758-2 (3)

      3:55 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 8 in G

      Gigue

      Anthony Newman, hc
      The Eight Great Suites for Harpsichord

      Newport Classic NCD-60047

      4:00 am

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

      No. 6, "Sonetto 123 del Petrarca"

      Jerome Lowenthal, p
      Franz Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage (Complete)

      Bridge 9307-A/C (3)

      4:05 am

      Franz Hasenöhrl: "Till Eulenspiegel Einmal Anders!"

      OSM Chamber Soloists

      Analekta AN2-8788

      4:14 am

      Richard Strauss: "Don Juan," Op. 20

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Also Sprach Zarathustra / Till Eulenspiegel / Don Juan

      London 414043-2

      4:31 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Don Juan" Ballet

      "Allegro forte risoluto"

      English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Don Juan (Il Convitato Di Pietra) Ballet

      Apex 89233-2

      4:33 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite in g, BWV 995

      Sharon Isbin, g
      Bach for Guitar

      Erato 825646175185

      4:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Inventions, BWV 772/86; Sinfonias, BWV 787/801

      No. 12 in A

      Arthur Dobrucki, p
      Bach: Inventions, Sinfonias

      Azure Hills Music0

      5:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Mitridate, ré di Ponto," K. 87

      Aria, "In faccia all'oggetto"

      Elzbieta Szmytka, s; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

      Philips 422523-2 (8)

      5:05 am

      Johann Wenzel Stamitz: Symphony in D, Op 3/2

      New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
      Jan Stamitz

      Naxos 8.553194

      5:15 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Aria, "Un moto di gioia," K. 579

      Kathleen Battle, s; Royal Phil/André Previn
      Mozart: Arias

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47355-2

      5:17 am

      Ernest Chausson: Piano Quartet in A, Op 30

      Les Musiciens
      Chausson

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901115

      5:55 am

      Charles Gounod: Six Preludes and Fugues

      Prelude in C

      Roberto Prosseda, p
      Gounod Piano Works

      London 4816956

      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.

      6:03 am

      Johann Stamitz: Symphony in A

      Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Music by Johann & Carl Stamitz

      Centaur CRC-2860

      6:15 am

      Franz Schubert: Impromptu in F minor, D 935, No. 4

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata & Impromptus

      Hyperion CDA-68213

      6:23 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55

      II. "Valse mélancolique"

      NDR Radio Phil/Stanislav Kochanovsky
      Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suite No. 3 - Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905392

      6:30 am

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in G, S 214

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      6:41 am

      John Field: Piano Quintet in A-Flat

      Míceál O'Rourke, p; London Mozart Players
      J Godson,
      Field: Piano Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-9534

      6:52 am

      Josef Lanner: "Flüchtige Lust" Waltzes, Op 46

      Ensemble Wien
      Joseph Lanner: Dance Music from Old Vienna

      Sony SK-57974

      7:04 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Balada Mexicana"

      Eva Suk, p; Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Música Mexicana Vol. 6

      ASV CDDCA-926

      7:17 am

      José Elizondo: "Estampas Mexicanas"

      Black Moon Trio
      Principal

      Black Moon Trio BMT-01

      7:27 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in G, R. 151, "Alla rustica"

      Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Vivaldi: Concerti per archi II

      Naïve OP-30554

      7:33 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32

      "Neptune, the Mystic"

      RIAS Chamber Cho, Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      The Planets

      DG 400028-2

      7:43 am

      Florence Price: Piano Quintet (possibly unfinished)

      Catalyst Quartet; Michelle Cann, p
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      7:52 am

      Adrian Cruft: Traditional Hornpipe Suite

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries 2

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      8:04 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

      I. "Allegro vivace e con brio"

      Berlin Staatskapelle/Daniel Barenboim
      Beethoven: The Symphonies

      Teldec 27838-2 (6)

      8:15 am

      Gregorio Allegri: Motet, "Miserere"

      Voces8
      Lux

      Decca B0022601-02

      8:22 am

      Rabih Abou-Khalil: "Arabian Waltz"

      Silk Road Ensemble
      The Silk Road Ensemble * Yo-Yo Ma * New Impossibilities

      Sony 10319-2

      8:31 am

      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Sinfonietta No. 1

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro furioso"

      Experiential Orch/James Blachly
      American Counterpoints

      Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0200

      8:39 am

      Joseph Horovitz: "Music Hall Suite"

      Onyx Brass
      Transatlantic

      Chandos CHAN-20399

      8:51 am

      George Macfarren: Concert Overture, "Chevy Chace"

      English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones
      Victorian Concert Overtures

      Hyperion CDA-66515

      9:03 am

      Malcolm Sargent: "An Impression on a Windy Day"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music World Premieres

      ASV CDWHL-2116

      9:13 am

      César Franck: "Les Éolides"

      New York Phil/Kurt Masur
      Symphony In D Minor / Les Éolides

      Teldec 74863-2

      9:25 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

      9:40 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

      Sol Gabetta, vc; Munich Radio Orch/Ari Rasilainen
      Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Ginastera

      RCA 82876759512

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Violin Sonatina No. 1 in D, D 384

      Joseph Swensen, v; Jeffrey Kahane, p
      Schubert: Violin Sonatas - Joseph Swensen / Jeffrey Kahane

      RCA 7962-2

      10:14 am

      Aaron Copland: "Billy the Kid"

      Suite

      Baltimore Sym/David Zinman
      The Ultimate Copland Album

      Decca 466909-2

      10:35 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs

      Grace Davidson & Victoria Meteyard, s's; King's Singers
      Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On

      Signum SIGCD-887

      10:42 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Married Beau"

      Suite of Dances

      La Stravaganza Cologne
      18th Century English Theatre Music

      Denon 81757-9250-2

      10:52 am

      Santos Cifuentes: Scherzo on Tropical Airs

      Norwegian Radio Orch/Miguel Harth-Bedoya
      Inca Trial Connections

      Naxos 8.574266

      11:00 am

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "La Catedral"

      Xuefei Yang, g
      Guitar Favorites

      Decca 4858195

      11:09 am

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

      Orchestral Suite (Five Pieces)

      Northwest German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
      Korngold: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      CPO 999046-2

      11:27 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 2 in F

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      The Handel Project

      DG 4863018

      11:38 am

      Léo Delibes: "Le Roi s'amuse"

      Ballet music

      Bohemia Chamber Phil/Douglas Bostock
      French Orchestral Minatures, Vol.1: 1850-1950

      Classico CD-158

      11:52 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54

      III. Finale, "Presto"

      Oslo Phil/Klaus Mäkelä
      Shostakovich Symphonies 4, 5 & 6

      Decca 4854637

      12:00 pm

      Alex Baranowski: "The Windermere Children"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Portrait: Alex Baranowski

      Analekta AN2-8750

      12:08 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)"

      American Horn Quartet
      Im Herbst (Autumn)

      EBS 6046

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Pianist Yeontaek Oh performs music by Robert and Clara Schumann, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:00 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Zürich/Fabio Luisi
      Wagner: Preludes and Interludes

      Philharmonia Records PHR-0102 (2)

      1:16 pm

      Mark O'Connor: "Appalachia Waltz"

      Mark O'Connor, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      Appalachia Waltz - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor

      Sony SK-68460

      1:23 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Horn Concerto in F, R. 539

      Anneke Scott & Jocelyn Lightfoot, hn's; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Vivaldi x2

      Avie AV-2392

      1:32 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 50 in C

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 40-54 - The Esterházy Recordings

      Nimbus NI-5530/4 (5)

      1:52 pm

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D, "Titan"

      II. "Kräftig bewegt"

      Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä
      Mahler: Symphony No. 1

      BIS 2346

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7

      Isata Kanneh-Mason, p; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Holly Mathieson
      Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann

      Decca 4850020

      2:22 pm

      Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: "Caucasian Sketches" Suite No. 1, Op. 10

      I. "In the Mountain Pass"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Showpieces for Orchestra

      Vanguard OVC-5010

      2:33 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in C, Op. 5, No. 1

      Lausanne Chamber Orch/Renaud Capuçon, v
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op. 5 & 8

      Erato 5419718972

      2:51 pm

      Arrigo Boito: "Mefistofele"

      Prelude

      La Scala Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Overtures, Preludes & Intermezzi

      Decca 4831148

      2:57 pm

      Percy Grainger: "Country Gardens"

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Percy Grainger: In A Nutshell

      EMI CDC5-56412-2

      3:00 pm

      Pamela Harrison: Viola Sonata (1946)

      Helen Callus, vi, Robert McDonald, p
      A Portrait of the Viola

      ASV CDDCA-1130

      3:22 pm

      Johann Christian Bach: Flute and Oboe Quintet in D, Op. 22/1

      English Concert members
      JC Bach: 3 Quintets, Sextet

      Archiv 423385-2

      3:44 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Idomeneo," K. 366

      Ballet music

      NHK Chamber Soloists/Roberto Paternostro
      Mozart: The Magic Flute; Idomeneo / Roberto Paternostro

      Laserlight 15888

      4:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Bach: French Suites

      Decca 4832150

      4:14 pm

      Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      V. Finale, "Cloudburst"

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
      Ferde Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite; Victor Herbert: Hero and Leander

      Sony SK-52491

      4:26 pm

      Zoltán Kodály: "Dances of Galánta"

      Helsinki Phil Orch/János Fürst
      Kodály: Symphonic Works

      Kontrapunkt 32153/54 (2)

      4:43 pm

      Florence Price: String Quartet in A minor

      I. "Moderato"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      5:00 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Johannes Brahms, Part I

      The first of a two-week biography exploring the music and life of a defining voice of the German Romantic Era. In his formative years as a pianist, Brahms befriends Robert and Clara Schumann, and with their support and later with the violinist Joseph Joachim, develops his musical voice. Topics includes Brahms’s struggles to publish symphonies on the heels of Beethoven and writing the German Requiem.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Bach’s Mass in B minor

      Nicholas Kraemer leads the Czech Philharmonic, Collegium Vocale 1704, and vocal soloists in Bach's monumental masterpiece. Recorded live in concert January 24, 2025, in Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague.