Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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      Playlist for Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Fourteen Songs, Op. 34

      No. 14, "Vocalise"

      Renée Fleming, s; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      Renée Fleming: The Beautiful Voice

      London 458858-2

      12:05 am

      Conni Ellisor: "Blackberry Winter"

      Stephen Seifert, dulcimer; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
      Nashville Chamber Orchestra * Conversations in Silence

      Warner Classics 46739-2

      12:22 am

      Anon 16th c, English: "My Lady Carey's Dompe"

      Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer; Brian Kay, theorbo
      Play, Music! Songs from Shakespeare's Plays

      Avie AV-2787

      12:26 am

      Thomas Morley: Song, "O Mistress Mine"

      Mark Cudek, cittern;Ronn McFarlane, l;Grabelle, treble viol
      Play, Music! Songs from Shakespeare's Plays

      Avie AV-2787

      12:27 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in f-sharp minor, Op. 1

      Simon Trpceski, p; Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko
      Rachmaninov * Piano Concertos 1 & 4 * Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

      Avie AV-2191

      12:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Two Pieces, Op 59

      #2, "Prelude"

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      1:00 am

      Antonin Dvorak: "Saint Ludmila," Op. 71

      Chorus, "Blossoms with which spring allures"

      Czech Phil Cho; Prague Sym/Vaclav Smetacek
      St. Ludmila

      Supraphon 50585 (2)

      1:05 am

      Johann (Jan)(Jiri) Benda: Harpsichord Concerto in D

      Josef Hala, hc; Ars Rediviva Ensemble
      Benda: Harpsichord Concertos

      Supraphon 111001-2

      1:20 am

      Viteslava Kapralova: "April Preludes," Op 13

      No. 4

      Antonio Oyarzábal, p
      Things Lived and Dreamt

      IBS Classical IBS-52021

      1:22 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Quintet No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, "American"

      Takács Quartet; Lawrence Power, vi
      Dvorak: String Quartet Op 105, String Quintet Op 97

      Hyperion CDA-68142

      1:55 am

      Charles Ives: Song, "I Travelled among Unknown Men"

      William Sharp, br; Steven Blier, p
      The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-078

      2:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 216 (L 273)

      Scott Ross, hc
      Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works

      Erato 45309-2 (34)

      2:05 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 29

      Igor Kamenz, p

      Naive V-5399

      2:09 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Don Quichotte" Suite

      "Sancho Panza Swindled"

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Bach's Coffeehouse

      Avie AV-2520

      2:11 am

      Richard Strauss: "Don Quixote," Op. 35

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Strauss, R: Don Quixote

      Chandos CHAN-8631

      2:55 am

      Richard Strauss: Six Songs, Op. 17

      #1, "Seitdem dein Aug' in meines schaute"

      Martin Mitterrutzner, b; Wolfram Rieger, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      3:00 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Romance

      Paul Barritt, v; James Lisney, p
      Chanson D'amour

      BIS CD-1245

      3:05 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/John Farrer

      IMP Masters MCD-75

      3:26 am

      George Gershwin: George Gershwin's Song Book (1932)

      "Embraceable You"

      New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Music From The Woody Allen Film 'Manhattan'

      CBS MK-36020

      3:28 am

      Muzio Clementi: Piano Sonata in E-Flat, Op 12/2

      Malcolm Binns, forte-p

      L'Oiseau Lyre DSLO-540

      3:38 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D, K. 576

      Jean-Bernard Pommier, p

      Virgin 91095-2

      3:54 am

      John Bull: "Corranto Battle"

      Burning River Brass
      Of Knights And Castles

      Dorian XCD-90277

      4:00 am

      Witold Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini

      Anthony, Joseph Paratore, p's

      Koch CD-310088

      4:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Two-Piano Concerto No. 1 in E

      Anthony, Joseph Paratore, p's; Berlin RIAS Sym Orch/Uros Lajovic
      Mendelssohn: 2 Concertos For 2 Pianos & Orchestra

      CBS MK-42523

      4:33 am

      Johannes Brahms: Waltzes, Op 39

      #2 in E

      Anthony Paratore, p; Joseph Paratore, p
      Classic Romance - Piano Music

      Four Winds FW-3005

      4:35 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Tzigane"

      Lara St John, v

      Well-Tempered Productions WTP-5185

      4:45 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen," Op 20

      Joshua Bell, v; Royal Phil/Andrew Litton

      London 433519-2

      4:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Zigeunerlieder," Op 103

      #7, "Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn"

      RIAS Chamber Cho/Marcus Creed
      Brahms: Zigeunerlieder, Quartette

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901593

      5:00 am

      Max Reger: "Lyrisches Andante"

      Neuss German Chamber Academy/Johannes Goritzki
      Schoeck: Concerto for Cello and Strings

      Claves D-8502

      5:04 am

      Max Reger: Clarinet Sonata #1 in A-flat, Op 49/1

      Ron Chen-Zion, cl; Roglit Ishay, p
      Reger: Complete Works For Clarinet & Piano

      Kontrapunkt 32190

      5:24 am

      Franz Lehár: "Die lustige Witwe" (The Merry Widow)

      "Vilja-Lied"

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen
      Aria

      RCA 68817-2

      5:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Canonic Adagio in F, K. 410

      Chicago Sym Winds

      CBS M2K-42144 (2)

      5:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201

      Lithuanian Chamber Orch/Saulus Sondeckis

      MCA Classics MLD-32110

      5:54 am

      English ANON 16th c: Tandernaken

      Karl-Ernst Schroder, l, Crawford Young, l
      Amours Amours Amours (Lautenduos Um 1500/ Duos De Luths Autour 1500/ Lute Duos Around 1500)

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-905253

      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

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

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

      WFMT

      6:05 am

      Ren Guang: "Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon"

      Yundi Li, p
      Yundi: The Red Piano

      EMI 88658-2

      6:08 am

      Traditional Chinese: "Moon Reflection at Second Stream"

      Pacific Harmony String Quartet
      Melodies of the Far East

      Pacific Harmony 2000

      6:16 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs," Op. 13

      Emanuel Ax, p; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Grand Fantasia, Grande polonaise

      Sony SK-63371

      6:31 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony No. 1, "A Night in the Tropics"

      II. Finale, "Festa Criolla"

      Hot Springs Music Festival Sym Orch/Richard Rosenberg
      Festival! Music selected by WFMT

      WFMT (Spring 2025 Festival)

      6:38 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      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

      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

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Schubert "Der Tod und das Mädchen (Death and the Maiden);" Nikolay Borchev, baritone; Wu Qian, piano; Bloch "Suite hébraïque;" Matthew Lipman, viola; Henry Kramer, piano; Prokofiev Sonata in C major, Op. 56; Arnaud Sussmann, Alexander Sitkovetsky, violins; Tchaikovsky "Souvenir d’un lieu cher," Op. 42; Alexander Stovetsky, violin; Wu Han, piano.

      11:00 pm