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      Playlist for Wednesday, September 17, 2025

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Steven Banks: "Come As You Are"

      "Lift My Eyes"

      Julian Velasco, sx; Winston Choi, p
      As We Are

      Cedille CDR-90000213

      12:05 am

      Steven Banks: "Come As You Are"

      IV. "Lift My Hands"

      Julian Velasco, sx; Winston Choi, p
      As We Are

      Cedille CDR-90000213

      12:09 am

      Russell Garcia: Miniature Symphony for Saxophone

      West Coast Saxophone Quartet
      All The Sax You've Ever Dreamed Of

      Cambria CD-1045

      12:18 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Part Sinfonias, BWV 787-801

      No. 2 in c minor

      Ton Koopman, hc

      Capriccio 10210

      12:20 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, D. 125

      Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim
      Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8

      CBS MK-39676

      12:55 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Schweizerlied", D 559

      Edith Mathis, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 21

      Hyperion CDJ-33021

      1:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Six Piano Pieces, Op. 19

      #4, Nocturne in d

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; London Sym Orch/Maxim Shostakovich
      Cello Works

      Philips 434106-2

      1:04 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat, Op 45

      Lluis Claret, vc; Alain Planës, p
      Schubert: Sonate 'Arpeggione'/ Mendelssohn: Sonates pour violoncelle et Piano

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901383

      1:29 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Sechs Sprüche (Six Liturgical Texts)," Op 79

      "Am Himmelfahrtstage"

      Oregon Symphony Horns
      Mendelssohn, Bach

      Centaur CRC-2344

      1:30 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e minor, Op. 64

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Boston Sym Orch/Charles Munch
      Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D/ Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor

      RCA 61391-2

      1:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 102

      No. 3 in C, Presto

      András Schiff, p
      Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words

      London 421119-2

      2:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Zadok the Priest"

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho, Utah Sym Orch/Joseph Silverstein
      A Song of Thanksgiving

      London 436284-2

      2:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D, K. 537, "Coronation"

      Robert Casadesus, p; Orch/George Szell
      Piano Concertos: No. 21 "Elvira Madigan", No. 26 "Coronation"

      Sony SBK-67178

      2:34 am

      Gabriel Pierné: Ramuntcho (1907)

      "La Cidrerie"

      Lorraine Phil/Jacques Houtmann
      Pierne:Piano Concerto/Suites 1 and 2

      BIS CD-381

      2:35 am

      Paul Pierné: "Bucolique variée" for wind trio

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      20th Century French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      2:43 am

      Gabriel Pierné: "Voyage au Pays du Tendre"

      Vanessa McKeand, h; Carol Wincenc, f; Allegri String Quartet

      Virgin 90721-2

      2:54 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Song, "Ici-bas!", Op 8/3

      Gérard Souzay, br; Dalton Baldwin, p

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64079-2 (4)

      3:00 am

      Karol Szymanowski: Two Pieces "(Notturno e Tarantella)," Op 28

      #1, Notturno

      Polish State Phil/Karol Stryja
      SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

      Marco Polo 8.223291

      3:05 am

      Henryk Gorecki: Concerto for Piano and Strings (1980)

      Anna Górecka, p; Amadeus Chamber Orch/Agnieszka Duczmal
      Górecki: Piano Concerto, Etc/ Shostakovich, Et Al

      Conifer 51246-2

      3:13 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Études," Op. 25

      No. 4 in a minor, "Paganini"

      Louis Lortie, p
      Chopin: Etudes

      MHS 512141-X

      3:14 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto no.1 in e minor, Op.11

      Olga Kern, p; Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit
      Chopin * Olga Kern

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907402

      3:54 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Études," Op. 25

      No. 3 in F, "The Horseman"

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Vladimir Horowitz: Recordings 1930-1951

      EMI/Ang CHS7-63538-2 (3)

      4:00 am

      Pohle: Sonata in A, Nun danket alle Gott

      Musica Antiqua Koln/Reinhard Goebel
      Virtuoso German Violin Music of the 17th Century

      Peters Int'l PLE-057

      4:04 am

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

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures

      DG 471467-2 (4)

      4:18 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Cantata, "Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt," Op 112

      Gulbenkian Foundation Cho, Orch/Michel Corboz

      Erato 45461-2

      4:24 am

      Samuel Wesley: Twelve Short Organ Pieces and a Full Voluntary

      #13

      Margaret Phillips, o (Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk, England)

      York CD-111

      4:26 am

      Ottorino Respighi: Violin Sonata in b minor

      Lydia Mordkovitch, v; Clifford Benson, p
      Lydia Mordlovitch - Respighi:Violin Sonata/ Ravel: Sonate for Violin and Piano/Violin Sonata

      Chandos CHAN-9351

      4:53 am

      Witold Lutoslawski: "Dance Preludes" (1955)

      #5, Allegro molto

      Gary Gray, cl; Royal Phil/Harry Newstone
      Copland: Clarinet Concerto / Arnold: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 / Lutoslawski Dance Preludes / Rossini Variations

      Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD-9066

      5:00 am

      Albert Lortzing: "Zar und Zimmermann"

      Overture

      Munich Radio Orch/Heinz Fricke

      EMI/Ang CDS7-49369-2 (2)

      5:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #28 in A, Op 101

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      The Late Piano Sonatas, Nos. 28-32

      London 417150-2 (2)

      5:26 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F, Op 17

      Barry Tuckwell, fh; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Horn Concertos of Knechtl, M. Haydn, Mozart (#4), Strauss (2), & Hoddinott; Sonatas of Danzi & Beethoven

      London B0006249-02 (2)

      5:38 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.5 in F, Op.24, "Spring"

      III. Scherzo

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Violin sonatas : Kreutzer-Spring

      London 410554-2

      5:39 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata #4 in C, Op 102/1

      Lynn Harrell, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Cello Sonatas 1-5

      London 417628-2 (2)

      5:54 am

      Roque Cordero: Eight Miniatures for Small Orchestra

      #4, "Danzonete"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 2

      Cedille CDR-90000061

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:04 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C "con molti strumenti," R. 558

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Vivaldi: Concerti "Alla Rustica" / Pinnock, English Concert

      Archiv 415674-2

      6:15 am

      Felix Borowski: "Suite Rococo"

      Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
      American Romantics, Volume II

      New Focus FCR-166B

      6:25 am

      Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

      No. 3, "Allegro giocoso"

      Bergen Phil Orch/Edward Gardner
      Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Before a Southern Convent, Funeral March for Rikard Nordaak, Bergliot

      Chandos CHSA-5301

      6:31 am

      William Bolcom: "Tabby Cat Walk"

      Hsiang Tu, p
      Bestiary on Ivory: Music from the Animal Kingdom

      Bridge 9544

      6:37 am

      Jean Françaix: "Le gay Paris"

      Prague Wind Quintet
      Françaix: Le gay Paris; Wind Quintets; L'heure du berger

      Praga PRD-250126

      6:47 am

      Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      7:03 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Le roi malgré lui"

      "Fête polonaise"

      Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
      Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, etc.

      DG 447751-2

      7:11 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante" in E-Flat, Op. 22

      Bruce Liu, p
      Bruce Liu: Chopin

      DG 4861556

      7:26 am

      Dobrinka Tabakova: "Suite in Old Style"

      III. "Riddle of the barrel-organ player"

      Vaiva Eidukaitytė-Storastienė, hc; Lithuanian Chamber Orch/Maxim Rysanov, vi
      Dobrinka Tabakova * String Paths

      ECM 2239

      7:33 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Four Roman Sketches," Op. 7

      No. 1, "The White Peacock"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor

      Delos DE-3099

      7:40 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Roman Carnival" Overture, Op. 9

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker - The Berlin Album

      DG 471627-2 (2)

      7:50 am

      Vision String Quartet: "Copenhagen"

      Vision String Quartet
      Spectrum

      Warner 0190296656699

      7:55 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Maskarade"

      Overture

      Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Music

      Dacapo 6.220518

      8:03 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty," Op. 66

      "Bluebird" pas de deux

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fée & Tchaikovsky: 'Bluebird' Pas de deux

      Chandos CHAN-8360

      8:09 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Four Norwegian Moods"

      Cleveland Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps and Four Norwegian Moods

      Decca 417325-2

      8:19 am

      Johan Svendsen: String Quintet in C, Op. 5

      Finale - "Allegro"

      Oslo String Quartet, Henning Kraggerud, vi
      Svendsen: String Quartet, String Quintet / Kraggerud, Oslo

      CPO 999858-2

      8:30 am

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

      Suite: III. "The Three Wonders"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - Tsar Saltan

      Erato 91717-2

      8:38 am

      Morley Calvert: "Monteregian Hills" Suite

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      Virtuoso Brass

      Facet 8006

      8:49 am

      Maurice Ravel: Sonatine

      Debussy Trio
      Works by Mendoza, Debussy and Ravel

      Sierra OXCD-5002

      9:06 am

      Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, "Trout"

      I. "Allegro vivace"

      Domus; Chi-chi Nwanoku, db
      Mozart, Schubert: Piano Quartets; "Kegelstatt" Trio; "The Trout" Quintet

      Virgin 61454-2 (2)

      9:20 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

      Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
      Dances and Waves: Summer Night Concert 2012

      DG B0017175-02

      9:34 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Cellist Dilshod Narzillaev and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción perform music by Chopin, Brahms, and Afanasyevich Varelas, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      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

      Caucasian Sketches From the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea

      This week’s journey starts in Armenia and Azerbaijan, continues through Georgia and Ukraine, and ends on the western banks of the Black Sea with composers including Giya Kancheli, Aram Khachaturian, and Richard Yardumian.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      The World of Ramon Llull

      Jordi Savall leads La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, and guest artists in a program focused on Ramon Llull (1232-1316), one of the most prominent writers and poets of medieval Catalonia. Recorded in the Saló del Tinell de Barcelona on November 28, 2015.