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      Playlist for Sunday, January 4, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Leopold Godowsky: "Alt Wien"

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

      Angel SZ-37560

      12:02 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Ciganske Melodie (Gypsy Melodies)," Op 55

      #4, "Songs my mother taught me"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47467-2

      12:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, "Prague"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      The Symphonies

      L'Oiseau Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      12:36 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C, K. 248

      "Kyrie"

      Soloists; Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Mozart: Complete Masses

      Brilliant 96648

      12:38 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Humoresques," Op. 101

      No. 7 in G-flat, "Poco lento e grazioso"

      Lorin Maazel, v; Barton Weber, p
      Virtuoso Violin

      RCA 68414-2

      12:41 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      Act 2 Music (Symphonic Synthesis)

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
      Tannhäuser Without Words

      Sony SK-47178

      12:54 am

      Luciano Berio: Duetti for two violins, Vol I (1979-83)

      #33, "Lorin (Maazel)"

      Accademia Bizantina

      Denon CO-75448

      1:00 am

      Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op 21

      No. 1 in a

      Jean-Pierre Armengaud, p
      Clara Schumann: Piano Music, Vol. 1

      Grand Piano GP-930

      1:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio #2 in C, Op 87

      Myra Hess, p; Josef Szigeti, v; Pablo Casals, vc
      Brahms: Piano Trio No.2/ Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1

      Sony SMK-66571

      1:36 am

      Robert Schumann: "Spanische Liebeslieder," Op. 138

      Prelude, "in Bolero tempo"

      Christoph Berner, p; Camillo Radicke, p
      Robert Schumann * Spanische Liebeslieder

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902050

      1:38 am

      Mana-Zucca: "Bolero de Concert," Op. 72/2

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

      Albany TROY-1580

      1:41 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Boléro"

      Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
      Boléro * Kunzel * Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80703

      1:55 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 4 (1730): 22e ordre in D/d

      "Le Croc-en-jambe"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      2:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"

      I. Adagio

      Béla Fleck, banjo; Gary Hoffman, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      Bela Fleck: Perpetual Motion

      Sony SK-89610

      2:05 am

      Friedrich Witt: Septet in F

      Consortium Classicum
      Chamber Works For Winds & Strings: Friedrich Witt, Carl Friedrich Zu Lowenstein-wertheim-freudenberg

      CPO 777486-2

      2:28 am

      Jacques Ibert: Symphonic Suite, "Paris" (1930)

      "Parade Foraine"

      Mahattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Vive Ibert! (Jacques Ibert Orchestral Works)

      Newport Classic NPD-85531

      2:30 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Escales (Ports of Call)" (1922)

      Los Angeles Phil/André Previn
      French Classics - Various Composers

      Philips 426255-2

      2:45 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: "An American Port of Call"

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

      Cedille CDR-90000061

      2:54 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: "Bassoon Set"

      No. 1

      Lecolion Washington, bn
      Karen Walwyn: Dark Fires, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-1038

      3:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Athalie"

      War March of the Priests

      Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler
      Marches In Hi-Fi

      MHS 514551-F

      3:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 102

      Howard Shelley, p
      Felix Mendelssohn

      Hyperion CDA-68368

      3:17 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 8

      No. 3 in D-Flat

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol 1, In Nature

      FHR FHR-131

      3:21 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Song, Verlust

      Wolfang F Holzmair, br, Rosario Marciano, p
      Lieder By Women Composers From The Classical Period To Modern Times Vol. 1: From Maria Walpugis to Clara Schumann

      MHS 512350

      3:22 am

      Eduard Tubin: Symphony #1 in c (1934)

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Symphony No. 1 • Balaika Concerto • Music For Strings

      BIS CD-351

      3:54 am

      Samuel Scheidt: "Galliard Battaglia"

      Canadian Brass
      Canadian Brass Takes Flight

      Steinway & Sons 30008

      4:00 am

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

      II. "Nanbu Ushioi Uta"

      Apollo Chamber Players
      Blurred Boundaries

      Navona Records NV-6038

      4:05 am

      Michio Miyagi: "Haru No Umi"

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Lily Laskine, h
      Sakura: Japanese Melodies For Flute And Harp

      CBS MK-34568

      4:12 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Etudes-Tableaux," Op. 33

      No. 6 in E-flat

      Sviatoslav Richter, p

      Melodiya VDC-508

      4:14 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in a, Op. 44

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko
      Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3, Caprice Bohémien, Vocalise

      EMI 6 79019 2

      4:55 am

      English Anon 17th c: "The Miller of the Dee"

      Broadside Band/Jeremy Barlow
      Popular Tunes In 17th Century England

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-1901039

      5:00 am

      Knudage Riisager: "Primavera" Overture, Op 31

      Aarhus Sym Orch/Bo Holten
      Riisager: Symphonic Edition, Vol. 2 (Aarhus Symphony, Holten) - Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 / Concerto for Orchestra / Primavera Overture

      Dacapo 8.226147

      5:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3, "Emperor"

      Lindsays
      Cello Concerto / 8 Songs For Cello And Orchestra

      ASV CDDCA-1076

      5:34 am

      Burleigh: "Six Fancies" (1917)

      "Dew"

      Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
      BURLEIGH: Music for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.559061

      5:35 am

      Burleigh: "Four Rocky Mountain Sketches," Op 11

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      5:45 am

      Henry Thacker Burleigh: "Plantation Melodies, Old and New"

      Apollo Chamber Players

      Navona Records NV-6038

      5:55 am

      Florence Price: "Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint"

      No. 3, "Little David, Play on Yo' Harp"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Epiphany, Shine forth!" Music for Epiphany goes beyond portraying the arrival of the Three Kings to the manger, and makes known the arrival of the Savior to all nations. Host Peter DuBois shares music of proclamation and celebration as the Christmas season draws to a close.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Traditional Chinese: "Gong Xi Fa Cai (Happy New Year)"

      Brandon Cheng, vc
      Introductions: An Introductions Christmas (December 25, 2021)

      WFMT

      7:02 am

      Traditional American: "Amazing Grace"

      Randall Goosby, v; Carlos Simon, p
      Together

      Decca 4854768

      7:05 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Das Jahr"

      January, "A Dream", "Adagio quasi una fantasia"

      Ulrich Urban, p
      Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Das Jahr

      Koch 3-6719-2

      7:10 am

      Marianna Martines: Sinfonia in C

      Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      Baroquen Treasures

      Newport Classic NCD-60102

      7:26 am

      Traditional American: "Bright Morning Stars"

      St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
      American Reflections

      MSR Classics MS-1660

      7:32 am

      Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 99

      Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; Francesco Piemontesi, p
      Johannes Brahms: The Cello Sonatas

      Orfeo ORF-C979201

      8:01 am

      John Williams: "The Fabelmans"

      "The Journey Begins" (after Haydn's Piano Sonata No. 48 in C, Hob. XVI:35)

      Studio Orch/John Williams
      The Fabelmans (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Sony G010004911337T

      8:08 am

      Charlotte Sohy: "Histoire sentimentale," Op. 34

      Avignon-Provence National Orch/Debora Waldman
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      8:21 am

      Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F

      Tokyo String Quartet
      Impressions

      RCA 62552-2

      8:50 am

      Florence Price: "Thumbnail Sketches in the Day of a Washerwoman"

      Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
      Scenes in Tin Can Alley

      Blue Griffin BGR-615

      8:56 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C minor

      IV. Finale, "Vivace"

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Symphonies 93-104

      Nimbus NI-5200/04 (5)

      9:01 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Whimsical Symphony"

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Don Quixote: Concertos and Suites by Telemann / Apollo's Fire / Jeannette Sorrell

      Koch 7576

      9:10 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Solomon"

      Act 3 Sinfonia, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"

      New Brandenburg Collegium
      O Baroque - Music for Three Oboes and Strings

      MCA Classics MCAD-6402

      9:14 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808

      Prelude & Gigue

      Simone Dinnerstein, p
      Bach: A Strange Beauty * Simone Dinnerstein

      Sony 81742-2

      9:19 am

      Philip Lasser: "In the Air" (after Bach's 'Air on the G String'")

      Baroklyn/Simone Dinnerstein, p
      Complicité

      Supertrain Records STR-075

      9:25 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in C, R. 447

      Alex Klein, ob; New Brandenburg Collegium/Anthony Newman
      Oboe Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi

      Cedille CDR-7003

      9:40 am

      Marianna Martines: "Dixit Dominus"

      Opening chorus

      Cologne Kurrende Cho, Clara Schumann Orch/Elka Mascha Blankenburg
      Marianna Martines: Psalm 114; Dixit Dominus

      Koch 3-1788-2

      9:46 am

      Leopold Mozart: "Sinfonia pastorale" in G

      New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
      Leopold Mozart: Symphonies

      Naxos 8.553347

      9:58 am

      Fazıl Say: "Alla Turca Jazz" (Fantasia on Mozart's K. 331)

      Louis Philippson, p
      Exposition

      Masterworks 19802874372

      10:01 am

      Carrie Jacobs-Bond: "A Perfect Day"

      Thomas Allen, br; Malcolm Martineau, p
      More Songs my Father Taught Me

      Hyperion CDA-67374

      10:04 am

      Catherine McMichael: "Totem Voices"

      Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr & flugelhorn; Milana Strezeva, p
      Radiance

      Summit DCD-655

      10:19 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Mississippi Suite"

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      American Visions

      RCA 68786-2

      10:34 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Trois mouvements perpétuels"

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Poulenc: Les Soirées De Nazelles, 3 Mouvements Perpétuels, 3 Novelettes, 9 Improvisations

      Decca 417438-2

      10:41 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No. 1

      Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call

      Naxos 8.559722

      11:03 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

      IV. "Oh, Happy We"

      June Anderson, s; Jerry Hadley, t; London Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein: Candide

      DG 449656-2 (2)

      11:06 am

      Francesco Geminiani: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 3, No. 1

      Capella Istropolitana/Jaroslav Krček
      Geminiani: Concerti Grossi, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.553019

      11:17 am

      Anthony Holborne: Coranto, "The Fairy Round"

      Christopher Wilson, l; Fretwork
      Heart's Ease

      Virgin 90706-2

      11:19 am

      Traditional Scottish: Folksong, "Donald Willie and His Dog"

      Ofra Harnoy, vc's; Mike Herriott, brass & per
      On the Rock

      Analekta AN2-8909

      11:23 am

      Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      American Classics * Bernstein: Serenade * Facsimile * Divertimento

      Naxos 8.559245

      11:39 am

      Dana Suesse: "The Cocktail Suite"

      No. 1, "Old-Fashioned"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      11:41 am

      Dana Suesse: "The Cocktail Suite"

      No. 2, "Champagne"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      11:43 am

      Dana Suesse: "The Cocktail Suite"

      No. 3, "Bacardi"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Leroy Anderson: "The Waltzing Cat"

      BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Anderson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.559356

      12:03 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G, BWV 816

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Bach: French Suites

      Decca 4832150

      12:21 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "The Noon Witch," Op. 108

      Montreal Sym Orch/Kent Nagano
      Danse Macabre

      Decca 4830396

      12:37 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Valse sentimentale," Op. 51, No. 6

      Timofei Dokshizer, tr; pianist
      Timofei Dokshizer - Russian Miniatures

      LP Classics 5638583260

      12:39 pm

      Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh"

      Dance of the Rose Maidens

      Royal Phil Orch/Yuri Temirkanov
      Khachaturian: Suites From The Ballets

      EMI CDC7-47348-2

      12:42 pm

      Ferenc Farkas: "Contrafacta Hungarica"

      Les Vents de Montréal
      Chansons et Danses

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1105

      12:51 pm

      María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir: "Clockworking"

      Iceland Sym Orch/Daníel Bjarnason
      Atmosphériques, Vol. 1

      Sono Luminus DSL-92267

      1:01 pm

      Josef Suk: Elegy in D-Flat, Op. 23

      NZTrio
      Merge

      Rattle RAT-D121

      1:08 pm

      John Taverner: Mass, "Gloria Tibi Trinitas"

      Sanctus and Benedictus

      Fretwork
      The Hidden Face

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907285

      1:18 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Brahms Serenades

      Decca 4786775

      1:45 pm

      Ilan Eshkeri: "A Perfect Planet"

      "Flamingos"

      London Metropolitan Orch/Ilan Eshkeri
      A Perfect Planet (Soundtrack from the BBC Series)

      Sony G010004513880O

      1:51 pm

      Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 8, "La fille aux cheveux de lin"

      Ruth Slenczynska, p
      My Life in Music

      Decca B0035175-02

      1:55 pm

      Väinö Raitio: "Idyll"

      Oulu Sinfonia/Rumon Gamba
      Pictures from Finland

      Chandos CHAN-20401

      2:02 pm

      Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: "Salve Regina" in F minor

      Andreas Scholl, ct; Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

      Decca 466134-2

      2:17 pm

      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Sinfonietta No. 1

      Experiential Orch/James Blachly
      American Counterpoints

      Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0200

      2:33 pm

      Franz von Suppé: "Pique Dame"

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Suppe: Overtures

      EMI CDC7-54056-2

      2:42 pm

      George Butterworth: "The Banks of Green Willow"

      English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      Victoria Presents Musical Moments in the Garden

      EMI CDM5-65203-2

      2:49 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle in A minor, "Für Elise," WoO 59

      Jenő Jandó, p
      Perfect Piano: Best Loved Classical Music

      Naxos 8.578180

      2:53 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in E, K. 261

      Frank Peter Zimmermann, v; Bavarian Radio Sym Chamber Orch/Radoslaw Szulc
      Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 3, 4 / Radoslaw Szulc

      Hänssler Classic 98.039

      3:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007

      VI. Finale, Gigue

      Pieter Wispelwey, vc
      Bach - Suites for cello solo

      Channel Classics CCS-1090 (2)

      3:02 pm

      Sérgio Assad: "Contos Ciganos"

      Cavatina Duo; Simin Ganatra, v
      River of Fire

      Cedille CDR-90000235

      3:20 pm

      Francesco Turini: "Sonata a tre"

      Palladian Ensemble
      The Winged Lion

      Linn CKD-015

      3:27 pm

      Michael Haydn: Flute Concerto in D, MH 81

      István-Zsolt Nagy, f; Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Michael Haydn, Joseph Haydn: 2 Flute Concertos; Symphony In F; Symphony No. 22

      Nimbus NI-5392

      3:43 pm

      Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      III. "On the Trail"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Out West! - Tone Poems Of The American West

      Delos DE-3104

      3:50 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in D-Flat, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute Waltz"

      Arthur Rubinstein, p
      Classical Fan Favorites

      Sony (Classical Fan Favorites)

      3:53 pm

      Percy Grainger: Scotch Strathspey and Reel

      Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten
      Salute to Percy Grainger

      Decca 425159-2

      4:02 pm

      Josef Suk: Symphony in C minor, Op. 27, "Asrael"

      Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Suk: Asrael Symphony, Fairy Tale, Serenade for Strings

      Chandos CHAN-9640 (2)

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Tenor Daniel Luis Espinal, baritone Sankara Harouna, and pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias and songs in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Candice Agree.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11; Yulianna Avdeeva, piano; Panufnik "Heroic" Overture; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13, "Winter Dreams;" Tugan Sokhiev, conductor; Wagner Prelude to "Tristan and Isolde;" Daniel Barenboim, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      A Kaleidoscope of 20th Century Latin American Music Fiesta showcases a variety of great 20th century Latin American composers. Featuring José Pablo Moncayo from Mexico, Mozart Camargo Guarnieri from Brazil, as well as the living Argentine composer Esteban Benzecry.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Furtwängler conducts Brahms

      In the second of two programs featuring performances of Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting Brahms, Henry Fogel shares Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4.