Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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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]

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      music continues...

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 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

      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.