Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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      Playlist for Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Histoire du Tango"

      IV. "Concert aujourd'hui"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Christian Rivet, g
      Around the World

      Warner 15399-2

      12:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado

      EMI CDC5-56365-2

      12:23 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klavierstück in g, K. Anh 109/7

      Lera Auerbach, p

      Lyric Records 103

      12:25 am

      Max Reger: Cello Sonata No. 3, F, Op. 78

      Guido Schiefen, vc; Jacob Leuschner, p
      Reger: Complete Cello Sonatas

      Oehms Classics OC-456(2)

      12:54 am

      Peter Cornelius: "Trauer und Trost"

      No. 2, "Andenken"

      Markus Schäfer, t; Matthias Veit, p
      Cornelius: Lieder, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.572556

      1:00 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Crisantemi" (1890)

      Ofra Harnoy, vc; Orford String Quartet

      Pro Arte CDD-552

      1:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 60 in C, H XVI:50

      Emanuel Ax, p
      Haydn: Sonatas Nos. 33, 38, 58 & 60

      CBS MK-44918

      1:22 am

      Guillaume Dumanoir: Orchestra Suite in F/C

      "Sarabande italienne"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Suites d'Orchestre, 1650-1660

      Fontalis ES-9908

      1:23 am

      Max Bruch: Adagio on Celtic Themes, Op. 56

      Ofra Harnoy, vc; London Phil/Sir Charles Mackerras
      Schelomo / Kol Nidrei

      RCA 60757-2

      1:31 am

      Alfred Hill: Symphony No. 6, "Celtic"

      Queensland Sym/Wilfried Lehmann
      Alfred Hill

      Marco Polo 8.220345

      1:55 am

      Buxton Orr: Celtic Suite

      "Reel"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson
      The Land Of The Mountain And The Flood: Scottish Orchestral Music

      ASV CDWHL-2123

      2:00 am

      Carl Scheindienst: "Variations on 'Gestern Abend war Vetter Michel da'"

      Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g
      Air

      RCA 68769-2

      2:05 am

      Ernst von Dohnányi: "Variations on a Nursery Song," Op 25

      Isata Kanneh-Mason, p; Royal Liverpool Phil/Domingo Hindoyan
      Dohnanyi: Symphony No. 1

      Decca 00028948542185

      2:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811

      Courante

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 English Suites

      Naive V-8828

      2:32 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068

      II. Air

      Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett
      J S Bach: Orchestral Suites for A Young Prince * Ensemble Sonnerie * Monica Huggett

      Avie AV-2171

      2:36 am

      Max Reger: "Aria," Op 103a/3

      Guido Schiefen, vc; Jacob Leuschner, p
      Reger: Complete Cello Sonatas

      Oehms Classics OC-456(2)

      2:40 am

      Carl Friedrich Abel: Cello Concerto in B-Flat

      Bruno Delepelaire, cello; Berlin Baroque Soloists

      Hännsler Classic HC-22022

      2:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 1 in C

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      3:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-flat

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier, Book II

      Warner Classics 61940-2 (3)

      3:05 am

      George Whitefield Chadwick: "Elegy" (in memory of Horatio Parker)

      Czech State Phil/José Serebrier
      Chadwick

      Reference Recordings RR-2104-CD (2)

      3:13 am

      Horatio Parker: "Four Sketches," Op 19

      Peter Kairoff, p
      American Reverie (Piano Music Of Horatio Parker)

      Albany TROY-315

      3:26 am

      Ned Rorem: Song, "Ferry Me Across the Water"

      Susan Graham, ms; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Songs of Ned Rorem

      Erato 80222-2

      3:28 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Recorder Concerto in e

      Frédéric de Roos, r; Ricercar Consort

      Ricercar 206732

      3:41 am

      Richard Wagner: "A Faust Overture"

      Radio France Phil/Yutaka Sado
      Faust * Berlioz * Liszt * Wagner * Yutaka Sado

      Erato 80234-2

      3:54 am

      Hector Berlioz: Eight Scenes from "Faust," Op. 1

      "Histoire d'un rat"

      Frédéric Caton, br; Radio France Phil/Yutaka Sado
      Faust * Berlioz * Liszt * Wagner * Yutaka Sado

      Erato 80234-2

      4:00 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Russlan and Ludmila"

      Overture

      Utah Sym Orch/Joseph Silverstein
      Light Cavalry

      Pro Arte CDD-402

      4:05 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "A Life for the Tsar"

      Overture

      Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Andrey Chstiakov

      Chant du Monde LDC-288053

      4:13 am

      Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar

      Susanin's Aria

      Shtokolov, Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Mansurov
      Opera Arias

      CBS M-34569

      4:19 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Russlan and Ludmila"

      Chernomor's March

      Leslie Howard, p
      Tscherkessenmarsch aus Glinkas Oper Russlan und Ludmilla, S405ii

      Hyperion CDA-66371/2 (2)

      4:25 am

      Jules Massenet: "Le Cid" (1885)

      "Aragonaise"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Dances From The Opera

      Vox CDX-5130 (2)

      4:26 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet No. 2 in f, Op 2

      Bartholdy Piano Quartet
      MENDELSSOHN: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 and 3

      Naxos 8.550967

      4:54 am

      Diomedes Cato: Galliarda II

      Konrad Ragossnig, l
      Works For Lute

      DG Archiv 2533294

      5:00 am

      Heinrich von Biber: Sonatae "tam aris quam aulis servientes"

      Sonata No. 7

      Rare Fruits Council/Manfredo Kraemer
      Biber: Sontatae- Tam Aris Quam Aulis Servientes

      Astrée E-8630

      5:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 2 in C, Op. 58

      Philippe Graffin, v; BBC Scottish Sym/Martyn Brabbins
      Saint-Saens: The Three Violin Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-67074

      5:37 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Six Études, Op. 135

      No. 2

      Leon Fleisher, p
      Leon Fleischer: Recital

      Sony SK-48081

      5:39 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042

      Lara St. John, v; New York Bach Ensemble
      J. S. Bach: The Concerto Album

      Ancalagon 131

      5:55 am

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      Mornings with Jan Weller

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      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Pianist Hyerim Lee performs music by Chopin, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Debussy, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

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      Music for the Afternoon

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      7:00 pm

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      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Johannes Brahms, Part II

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      8:00 - 10:00 pm

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      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      The Brandenburg Concertos

      Swiss recorder player and conductor Maurice Steger and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra present Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos. Recorded in concert March 27, 2025, at Broadcasting Hall, Frankfurt, Germany.