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      Playlist for Sunday, August 9, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in D, K. Anh 184

      English Chamber Orch/Jean-Pierre Rampal, f
      Sakura: Japanese Melodies For Flute And Harp

      CBS MK-42477

      12:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in E, K. 261

      Julia Fischer, v; Netherlands Chamber Orch/Yakov Kreizberg

      Pentatone PTC-5186453 (2)

      12:13 am

      Joseph Jongen: "Adagio symphonique" in B, Op 20

      Philippe Graffin, v; Royal Flemish Phil/Martyn Brabbins
      Jongen: Violin Concerto, Adagio Symphonique, Fantasia/ Lazzari: Rapsodie in E Minor

      Hyperion CDA-68005

      12:25 am

      Nicholas Jacques LEMMENS: Fanfare

      Michael Murray, o
      Encores À La Française

      Telarc CD-80104

      12:26 am

      César Franck: Violin Sonata in A

      Vadim Repin, v; Nikolai Lugansky, p
      Violin Sonatas * Franck * Grieg * Janacek * Vadim Repin * Nikolai Lugansky

      DG 4778794

      12:54 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1 (1934)

      No. 2, "Polka"

      Frankfurt Radio Sym Orch/Dmitri Kitaenko
      Suites for Jazz Orchestra 1 and 2, Ballet Suites 1 and 3

      RCA 68304-2

      1:00 am

      Arthur Honegger: Prélude, Arioso et Fughette sur le nom de Bach

      Annette Middelbeek, p
      Honegger: Klavierstücke

      Koch 3-1220-2

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048

      CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Hartmut Haenchen
      Bach: Symphony In D/ Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik/ Bach: Brandenburgisches Konzert No. 3/ Britten: Simple Symphony/ Handel: Water Music

      Sony SK-48062

      1:16 am

      Franz Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H

      Markus Groh, p
      Piano Sonata In B Minor | Fantasy And Fugue On B-A-C-H | Totentanz For Piano Solo

      Avie AV-2097

      1:28 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 212, "Mer hahn ein neue Oberkeet" (Peasant Cantata)

      Aria, "Unser trefflicher lieber Kammerherr (Our excellent dear chamberlain)"

      Dorothea Röschmann, s; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
      VIOLONS DU ROY (LES) - Celebration

      Dorian DOR-90024

      1:30 am

      Viktor Ullmann: Symphony #2 in D

      Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon
      Ullman: Symphony No. 2 in D; 6 Lieder Op. 17; Symphony No. 1 "Von meiner Jugend"

      Capriccio 67017

      1:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      March in D, BWV. Anh 122

      Michigan State University Marching Band/Keith Brion
      MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND: To the Fore! - Percy Grainger's Great Symphonic Band Music

      Delos DE-3101

      2:00 am

      Aurelio Bonelli: Two Canzonas

      Piffaro/Joan Kimball, Robert Wiemken
      Piffaro The Renaissance Band- Canzoni e danze

      DG Archiv 445883-2

      2:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto "a due cori" No. 3 in F

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Water Music, Fireworks Music, Etc

      London 458333-2 (8)

      2:19 am

      Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Te Deum"

      "Prelude"

      St Martin's Academy/Philip Ledger
      Te Deum

      EMI/Ang D-105778

      2:21 am

      Vincent D'Indy: Clarinet Trio in B-Flat, Op 29

      Montagnana Trio
      The Montagnana Trio plays d'Indy & Rameau

      Facet 8004

      2:55 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Gaîté Parisienne"

      VIII. "Polka"

      Monte Carlo Phil/Manuel Rosenthal

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63136-2

      3:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Montezuma," R 723

      Aria, "Se prescritta in questo giorno"

      Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis
      Vivaldi: Motezuma

      DG Archiv B0006490-02 (3)

      3:05 am

      Carl Heinrich Graun: "Montezuma"

      Overture

      German Chamber Academy/Johannes Goritzki

      Capriccio 60032-2 (2)

      3:12 am

      Josef Myslivecek: "Montezuma"

      Overture

      L'Orfeo/Michi Gaigg
      Myslivecek: Symphonies

      CPO 777050-2 (2)

      3:20 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Montezuma," R 723

      Overture

      Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis
      Vivaldi: Motezuma

      DG Archiv B0006490-02 (3)

      3:26 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Montezuma," R 723

      Chorus, "Al gran genio guerriero"

      Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis
      Vivaldi: Motezuma

      DG Archiv B0006490-02 (3)

      3:28 am

      Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata #1 in G, Op 78

      Christian Tetzlaff, v; Lars Vogt, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57525-2

      3:53 am

      Henri Rabaud: "Merchant of Venice"

      "Andante"

      Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Leif Segerstam
      RABAUD : Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223503

      4:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Fidelio," Op 72

      Prisoner's Chorus, "O welche Lust"

      Consortium Classicum
      Chamber Music for Winds Vol. 2

      CPO 999437-2

      4:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049

      Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

      DG Archiv 423116-2 (2)

      4:18 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Trio Sonata No. 6 in G, BWV 530

      Jan Michiels, p
      From The Diary Of Béla Bartók

      Etcetera KTC-4006

      4:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Minuet in G, BWV Anh 116

      Graziano Mandozzi, synth
      Bach / Handel 300

      DG 415110-2

      4:32 am

      Béla Bartók: Viola Concerto

      Yehudi Menuhin, vi; New Philharmonia Orch/Antal Dorati

      EMI/Ang CMS7-63984-2 (5)

      4:54 am

      Derick GERARDE: La Rocha el Fuso

      London Early Music Group/James Tyler
      O Dolce Vita Mia

      Nonesuch D-79029

      5:00 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Peter Grimes:" Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a

      IV. "Storm"

      Boston Sym Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein: The Final Concert

      DG 431768-2

      5:05 am

      Ethel Smyth: "The Wreckers"

      Overture

      Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69206-2

      5:14 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Perfect Fool," Op. 39

      Ballet music

      Summit Brass
      Spirits Of Fire

      Summit DCD-218

      5:26 am

      William Walton: "Troilus and Cressida" (1947-54)

      Interlude

      London Phil/Carl Davis

      EMI/Ang CDM5-67192-2

      5:31 am

      Henry Purcell: "Dido and Aeneas"

      Act III Prelude

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
      Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

      Chandos CHAN-8306

      5:33 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in a, Op 82

      David Oistrakh, v; Russian State Sym/Kiril Kondrashin

      Omega OCD-1025

      5:54 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Serenade"

      Christopher Headington, p

      Kingdom KCLCD-2008

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "I Believe." Host Peter DuBois explores various expressions of faith through settings of creeds, ancient and modern, in sacred choral and organ music.

      6:58 am

      Aaron Copland: "Midsummer Nocturne"

      Leo Smit, p
      Aaron Copland: The Complete Music For Solo Piano

      Sony SM2K-66345 (2)

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Emil von Reznicek: "Donna Diana"

      Overture

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - William Tell & Other Favorite Overtures

      Telarc CD-80116

      7:08 am

      Anna Bon: Divertimento No. 4

      Sarah Darlin & Laura Gulley, v's; Noriko Yasuda, fp; Laury Gutiérrez, viga
      Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba,
      Anna Bon: La virtuosa de Venezia

      La Donna Musicale LA-10104

      7:20 am

      Georges Bizet: Symphony in C

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Bizet: Symphony in C, Britten: Simple Symphony

      DG 423624-2

      7:53 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Jeux d'eau"

      Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p
      The Liszt Project

      DG B0015944-02

      8:00 am

      Léo Delibes: "Sylvia"

      "Pizzicato Polka"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Greatest Hits: The Ballet, Vol. 3

      CBS MLK-45660

      8:01 am

      Charles-Édouard Lefebvre: Wind Suite, Op 57

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      Borèalis en Salon: 19th Century French Music for Winds

      MSR Classics MS-1250

      8:14 am

      David Lyon: "Joie de vivre" Overture

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music World Premieres

      ASV CDWHL-2116

      8:22 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz - The Historic Return - Carnegie Hall 1965 · The 1966 Concerts

      Sony S3K-53461 (3)

      8:40 am

      José White: Violin Concerto in F-sharp minor

      I. "Allegro"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege
      Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries

      Cedille CDR-90000035

      8:53 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

      Septura
      Brass Septet Music, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.573475

      8:59 am

      Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"

      "My Favorite Things"

      Stephen Hough, p
      The Piano Album 1

      Virgin 59509-2

      9:01 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"

      III. "Allegro molto vivace"

      London Phil Orch/Karina Canellakis
      Karina Canellakis conducts Tchaikovsky

      LPO LPO-0137

      9:11 am

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

      I. Prelude

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc
      Inspired by Bach

      Sony S2K-63203 (2)

      9:15 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Orchestra Suite (Overture) in D minor

      Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht
      Fasch: Ouvertures

      Fuga Libera FUG-502

      9:40 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Étude romantique"

      Joanne Polk, p
      The Flatterer: Piano Music of Cécile Chaminade

      Steinway & Sons 30037

      9:46 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80

      III. Finale, "Allegro molto"

      Elena Urioste, v; Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      9:58 am

      George Harrison: "Here Comes the Sun"

      Göran Söllscher, g
      Here, There, and Everywhere - The Beatles for Guitar

      DG 447104-2

      10:01 am

      John Dowland: "The Frog Galliard"

      Hopkinson Smith, l
      Hopkinson Smith: Album

      Naïve E-8908

      10:05 am

      Eric Coates: "The Three Elizabeths"

      I. "Halcyon Days"

      BBC Phil/John Wilson
      Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Volume 3

      Chandos CHAN-20164

      10:14 am

      Alfonso Montes: "Surama"

      Amadeus Guitar Duo
      Images from the South

      Naxos 8.573442

      10:23 am

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Project W

      Cedille CDR-90000185

      10:34 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American"

      Emerson String Quartet
      Dvořák: Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 "American"; Smetana: Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life."

      DG 429723-2

      11:01 am

      Reinhold Glière: "The Red Poppy"

      "Phoenix"; Valse; Russian Sailors' Dance

      New Jersey Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Gliere: Symphony No. 2, The Red Poppy Suite

      Delos DE-3178

      11:11 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25

      IV. Finale, "Rondo alla zingarese"

      collectif 9
      Volksmobiles

      collectif 9

      11:18 am

      Henry Mancini: "Moon River"

      Romain Leleu, tr; Stuttgart Phil/Marcus Bosch
      Move: The Trumpet as Movie Star

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902600

      11:22 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No. 2

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Shostakovich: Five Ballet Suites

      Chandos CHAN-7000/1 (2)

      11:43 am

      Maddalena Sirmen: String Quartet No. 6 in E

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      11:53 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Overture

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Highlights / Bernard Haitink

      EMI CDC7-47008-2

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Johannes Brahms: "Tragic" Overture, Op. 81

      London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop
      Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Overtures

      Naxos 8.557428

      12:15 pm

      Joaquín Turina: "La oración del torero," Op. 34

      Euclid Quartet
      Breve

      Afinat AF-2401

      12:25 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Un ballo in maschera"

      Prelude

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Verdi: Preludes and Overtures

      Sony SK-68468

      12:29 pm

      David Raksin: Meditation on "Laura"

      Jenny Lin, p
      Get Happy

      Steinway & Sons 30011

      12:35 pm

      Frederick Delius: "Summer Evening"

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      The Spirit of England

      Nimbus NI-5210/3

      12:41 pm

      Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Violin Sonata II in A minor (1695)

      Sophie de Bardonnèche, v; Lucile Boulanger, viga; Justin Taylor, o
      Destinées

      Alpha 1078

      12:55 pm

      David Guetta: "One Last Time"

      King's Singers
      Finding Harmony

      Signum SIGCD-607

      1:01 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, "Classical"

      Bergen Phil Orch/Andrew Litton
      Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 - Bergen Philharmonic/Andrew Litton

      BIS 2174

      1:17 pm

      Keir GoGwilt: "Ortiz Sobre la Folia - La Chacona Huayna"

      Wilfrido Terrazas, f; Zarabanda Variations
      Zarabanda Variations

      Carrier 9780819502902

      1:27 pm

      Alexander Glazunov: Two Pieces, Op. 20

      No. 1, "Mélodie"

      Steven Isserlis, vc; Chamber Orch of Europe/John Eliot Gardiner
      Rococo Variations

      Virgin 91134-2

      1:30 pm

      Ravinia Festival 2026

      Misha Dichter

      Live from Bennett Gordon Hall: Pianist Misha Dichter marks his 50th season at the festival—and 78th festival performance—with a solo recital featuring sonatas by Brahms and Prokofiev. He also pays homage to his Polish-immigrant parents with performances of polonaise and mazurka dances by Chopin and Beethoven.

      3:26 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"

      I. "En bateau"

      Répercussion
      Fantaisies Classiques

      Atma ACD2-2141

      3:31 pm

      Dag Wirén: Serenade for Strings, Op. 11

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wirén

      Argo 417132-2

      3:46 pm

      Anna Bon: Flute Sonata in D, Op. 1, No. 4

      Sabine Dreier, transverse flute; Irene Hegen, tafelklavier
      Anna Bon di Venezia: Flute Sonatas Op.1 / Sabine Dreier, Irene Hegen

      CPO 999181-2

      3:56 pm

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"

      "Dance of the Furies"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Pachelbel: Canon - Handel, Vivaldi, Gluck

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 410553-2

      4:01 pm

      Jennifer Higdon: "Trumpet Songs"

      Scott Meredith, tr; Rúbia Santos, p
      Chamber Music of Jennifer Higdon

      Albany TROY-1395

      4:11 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D minor, R. 63, "La Folia"

      Francisco Fullana & Alan Choo, v's; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, La Folia

      Avie AV-2485

      4:22 pm

      Beth Anderson: "September Swale"

      Nancy Boston, p
      American Women: Modern Voices in Piano Music

      Nancy Boston CD-2006

      4:28 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Amaryllis" Suite

      "Gavotte"; "Minuet"; "Scherzo & Trio"

      Royal Phil Orch/Yehudi Menuhin
      Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Amaryllis Suite, Suite from the Water Music

      MCA Classics MCAD-6186

      4:36 pm

      Nico Muhly: "Fallings"

      Byrd Ensemble/Markdavin Obenza
      Penitence & Lamentation

      Scribe SRCD-12

      4:45 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Totentanz"

      Russian State Sym Orch/Dmitry Masleev, p
      Dies Irae

      Aparté AP-384

      5:02 pm

      Reynaldo Hahn: Song, "A Chloris"

      Karim Sulayman, t; Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      Hahn: Piano Quintet; Songs; Piano Quartet

      Chandos CHAN-20326

      5:05 pm

      music continues...

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Schoenberg Piano Concerto; Peter Serkin, piano; Bartók Concerto for Orchestra; Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; Borodin Polovstian Dances from "Prince Igor;" Seiji Ozawa, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      The Turinas – A Family Affair The well-known Spanish composer Joaquín Turina is also the grandfather of another fine musician, the living composer José Luis Turina. Fiesta presents the music of two generations of Turinas.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Music by Richard Stöhr

      Stöhr Symphony No. 2 in D minor; Suite for Strings, "Per Aspera ad Astra;" Symphony No. 1 in A.