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      Playlist for Tuesday, August 4, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Haydn Wood: "Moods Suite"

      No. 6, Waltz, "Joyousness"

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Adrian Leaper

      Marco Polo 8.223402

      12:04 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 64 in A, "Tempora Mutantur"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Haydn: Symphonies Vol 7

      L'Oiseau Lyre 443777-2 (3)

      12:25 am

      Erik Nordgren: "Smiles of a Summer Night"

      "Escape"

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Adriano
      The Bergman Suites - Classic Film Music of Erik Nordgren

      Marco Polo 8.223682

      12:27 am

      Doreen Carwithen: "Boys in Brown"

      Suite

      BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland
      Carwithen: Orchestral Works

      Dutton CDLX-7266

      12:36 am

      York Bowen: Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 23, "Fantasia"

      Danny Driver, p; BBC Scottish Sym/Martyn Brabbins
      The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 46

      Hyperion CDA-67659

      12:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Fantasia" No. 3

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      1:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 380 (L 23)

      Ida Presti, g; Alexandre LaGoya, g
      Essential Guitar - 34 Guitar Masterpieces

      London 470477-2 (2)

      1:05 am

      Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Concerto in A, D 96

      Giuliano Carmignola, v; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon

      DG Archiv B0003849-02

      1:23 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Balletto a cinque #3

      "Allemanda"

      Savaria Sym Orch/Pàl Németh

      Hungaroton HCD-32006

      1:24 am

      Max Reger: Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin, Op 128

      No. 3, "Die Toteninsel"

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Herman Abendroth
      Concertgebouw Orchestra 1935-1950

      Radio Nederland RN-97017 (13)

      1:33 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "The Isle of the Dead," Op. 29

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin

      DG 4864775

      1:54 am

      Ferenc Farkas: "Contrafacta Hungarica" (1974)

      #3, "Passamezzo"

      Les Vents de Montréal/Jacques Lacombe

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1105

      2:00 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: Four Pieces, Op. 82

      No. 3, "Melody"

      Nazrin Rashidova, v; Daniel Grimwold, p

      Naxos 8.573410

      2:05 am

      Libby Larsen: "Deep Summer Music"

      Colorado Sym/Marin Alsop

      Koch 3-7520-2

      2:12 am

      Jean Sibelius: Suite for Violin and Strings, Op. 117

      III. "In the Summer"

      James Ehnes, v; Bergen Philharmonic Orch/Edward Gardner
      Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Serenades; Humoresques; Earnest Melodies; Suite2023

      Chandos CHSA-5267

      2:14 am

      Xaver Scharwenka: Piano Concerto #2 in c, Op 56

      Seta Tanyel, p; Hannover Radio Phil/Tadeusz Strugala
      Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No 2, Op 56, Piano Concerto No 3, Op 80

      Hyperion CDA-67365

      2:55 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: Piano Pieces, Op 36

      #6, "Étincelles"

      Nazrin Rashidova, v; Daniel Grimwold, p

      Naxos 8.573410

      3:00 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: "Il matrimonio segreto (The Secret Marriage)"

      Overture

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      Arturo Toscanini Collection, Vol. 27

      RCA 60278-2-RG

      3:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Tragic" Overture, Op.81

      BBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      The HMV Recordings

      EMI/Ang CDH7-69783-2

      3:18 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 21 in e minor

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      Toscanini Conducts Light Classics

      RCA 6205-2-RC

      3:19 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E-flat, Op. 20

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (Recorded 1939) Septet • Egmont Overture

      RCA 60270-2

      3:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 20 in e minor

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      Toscanini Conducts Light Classics

      RCA 6205-2-RC

      4:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Valse-Scherzo" in C, Op. 34

      Dmitri Berlinsky, v; Svetlana Gorakhovich, p
      Souvenir D'un Lieu Cher

      Helicon HE-1015

      4:05 am

      Anton Arensky: 24 Pieces, Op 36

      #23, "Andante and Variation"

      Anatoly Sheludiakov, p
      Arensky: Twenty Four Pieces

      Angelok 1 Records ANG-CD-8803

      4:11 am

      Anton Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op 35a

      Moscow Sym/Kerry Stratton
      Slavonic Serenades

      Dorian DIS-80144

      4:27 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations in C on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op 120

      #26

      Andreí Vieru, p
      Beethoven: Variations Diabelli, Bagatelles

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901613

      4:29 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations in C on "God Save the King," WoO 78

      Melvyn Tan, forte-p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54526-2

      4:37 am

      Ferdinando Carulli: "Fantaisie sur un Air National Anglais," Op 102

      Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g
      Café Vienna: 19th Century Café Music * Michala Petri * Lars Hannibal

      Our Recordings 6.220601

      4:44 am

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      Moeran: Serenade in G · Warlock: Serenade · Capriol Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8808

      4:53 am

      Guillaume Costeley: "Allons au vert boccage"

      Toronto Consort/David Fallis
      O Lusty May: Renaissance Songs Of Spring

      Dorian DOR-93172

      5:00 am

      Claude Debussy: Cantata, "Le Printemps"

      Choeur & Orch de Paris-Sorbonne/Jacques Grimbert
      Prix De Rome Cantatas

      Marco Polo 8.223755

      5:04 am

      Claude Debussy: "Printemps"

      San Francisco Ballet Orch/Emil de Cou
      Debussy Rediscovered: Premiere Orchestral Recordings * The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

      Arabesque Z-6734

      5:23 am

      French Trad: Folksong, "Alouette, gentille alouette"

      Rampal, f, Andre, tr, St-Laurent Children's Cho, Inst Ens/Francois Rauber
      Children's Songs

      CBS MK-39669

      5:25 am

      Franz Schubert: "Des Teufels Lustschloss," D 84

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Istvàn Kertész
      The Symphonies

      London 430773-2 (4)

      5:34 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 17, No. 6

      Festetics String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Volume 2

      Arcana A-412 (2)

      5:54 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Háry János"

      Aria, "Once I had a brood of chicks"

      Olga Szonyi, s, London Sym Orch/Istvan Kertesz
      Music Of Kodály

      London CS-6417

      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

      Francesco Durante: String Concerto No. 3 in E-flat

      Ensemble Imaginaire/Cristina Corrieri
      Durante: Concertos for Strings

      Brilliant Classics 95542

      6:15 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pavane," Op. 50

      William Bennett, f; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Victoria Presents Musical Moments in the Garden

      EMI CDM5-65203-2

      6:21 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 98 in B-Flat

      IV. Finale, "Presto"

      Il Giardino Armonico; Basel Chamber Orch/Giovanni Antonini
      Haydn 2032, Vol. 16: The Surprise

      Alpha 698

      6:31 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 43

      V. Scherzo

      Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner
      Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 & 2

      Capriccio 10227

      6:39 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 7 in A-Flat, Op. 61, "Polonaise-fantaisie"

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Chopin: The Complete Piano Works Vol. 5 - Polonaises and Impromptus

      Arabesque Z-6642 (2)

      6:54 am

      Gerónimo Giménez: "La Boda de Luis Alonso"

      Intermezzo

      Sinfonía por el Perú Youth Orch/Guillermo García Calvo
      Flórez: Zarzuela

      Florez Records JDF-001

      7:04 am

      Scott Joplin: "Bethena: A Concert Waltz"

      Agave
      American Originals: A New World, A New Canon

      Acis APL-20445

      7:12 am

      Christopher Palmer: Fantasy on themes from Puccini's "La Bohème"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      The Academy Plays Opera

      EMI CDC7-49552-2

      7:25 am

      Richard Rodgers: "The King and I"

      "March of the Siamese Children"

      Stephen Hough, p
      The Piano Album

      Virgin 61498-2 (2)

      7:31 am

      William Schuman: "Newsreel"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss
      American Festival

      Pro Arte CDD-102

      7:40 am

      François Couperin: "Pièces en concert"

      Jian Wang, vc; Camerata Salzburg
      The Baroque Album

      DG 474236-2

      7:53 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Trois mouvements perpétuels"

      Carol Wincenc, f; Eliot Fisk, g
      Eliot Fisk, Carol Wincenc - Two American Virtuosi

      Musicmasters MM-60059-X

      8:03 am

      Michael Daugherty: "Blue Electra"

      II. "Paris (1932)"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Albany Sym/David Alan Miller
      Michael Daugherty: Blue Electra, Last Dance at the Surf, To the New World

      Naxos 8.559955

      8:08 am

      George F. Bristow: Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 26

      3rd mvt, Scherzo, "The Butterfly's Frolic"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Barber & Bristow: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9169

      8:15 am

      George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody

      Michael Boriskin, p; Eos Orch/Jonathan Sheffer
      Gershwin: Concerto For Piano and Orchestra in F, Rhapsody in Blue, etc.

      Conifer 51342-2

      8:31 am

      Gordon Langford: "Prelude, Polonaise and Promenade"

      Onyx Brass
      Transatlantic

      Chandos CHAN-20399

      8:39 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

      IV. Finale

      NFM Wrocław Phil/Giancarlo Guerrero
      Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Academic Festival Overture

      CD Accord ACD-277

      8:58 am

      William Grant Still: "American Suite"

      II. "Danse"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
      William Grant Still: Summerland

      Naxos 8.559867

      9:04 am

      Juventino Rosas: "Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)"

      Cuarteto Latinoamericano and friends
      Valses Mexicanos 1900

      Dorian DOR-93224

      9:13 am

      Jean Sibelius: "The Oceanides," Op. 73

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, The Oceanides

      EMI CDM7-64119-2

      9:25 am

      David Amram: Variations on "Red River Valley"

      Julius Baker, f; Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      David Amram - An American Original

      Newport Classic NPD-85546

      9:39 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 2 in D

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902216

      9:50 am

      Malcolm Arnold: "Water Music," Op. 82

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Malcolm Arnold for Band

      Reference RR-66

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Impromptu in B-Flat, D 935, No. 3

      Andreas Haefliger, p
      Impromptus Op. 90 and Op. 142

      Sony SK-53108

      10:12 am

      Giuseppe Torelli: Sinfonia in C

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      The Italian Job

      Avie AV-2371

      10:21 am

      Ruth Gipps: "Knight in Armour"

      BBC National Orch of Wales/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4; Song for Orchestra; Knight in Armour

      Chandos CHAN-20078

      10:33 am

      Montague Ring: "Carnival" (Suite of Five Dances)

      Rochelle Sennet, p
      Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-1910-12

      10:46 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Indian Queen"

      Instrumental Suite

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

      Sony SK-66169

      11:00 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: "Don Pasquale"

      Overture

      Santa Cecilia Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      Italian Overtures

      DG 471566-2

      11:08 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73, "Emperor"

      I. "Allegro"

      Yundi Li, p; Berlin Phil/Daniel Harding
      Beethoven and Schumann: Emperor and Fantasy

      DG 4810710

      11:29 am

      Mario Gangi: "Fantas"

      Andrea Pace & Cristiano Poli Cappelli, g's
      Mario Gangi: Complete Music for 2 Guitars

      Brilliant Classics 95818

      11:39 am

      Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes

      "Nuages"

      New Philharmonia Orch/Pierre Boulez
      A Century of French Music

      Sony 88875192862

      11:46 am

      Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes

      "Fêtes"

      New Philharmonia Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Debussy: Orchestral Works

      Sony SM2K-68327 (2)

      11:53 am

      Ēriks Ešenvalds: "Stars"

      Baylor A Cappella Choir/Alan Raines
      All the Host of Heaven

      Acis APL-55284

      12:01 pm

      Johann Schop: "Nasce la pena mia" (after Alessandro Striggio)

      Martin Davids, v; David Yearsley, o
      In the Cabinet of Wonders

      False Azure Records FAR-004

      12:08 pm

      music continues...

      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

      String Quartet Composers from Fibich to Sibelius

      This week, Bill broadens his look at the string quartet, focusing on lesser-known late-19th-century composers. He begins with Poème for violin and piano by Czech composer Zdeněk Fibich. Bill says, 'The music is familiar, but the composer may not be.' 'Poème' was the score for one of George Balanchine's first ballets. Fibich was among the European composers born in the mid-19th century featured here, such as Hugo Wolf, Vincent d’Indy, and Ernest Chausson. Bill also adds New England composer Amy Beach to this group.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Ligeti Sonata; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Bridge "Novelletten;" Shanghai Quartet; Mendelssohn Quartet in C Minor, Op. 1; Wu Qian, piano; Chad Hoopes, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Gary Hoffman, cello.

      11:00 pm