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      Playlist for Wednesday, December 17, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      English Trad: Carol, "O Come All Ye Faithful"

      Westminster Cathedral Cho, Trumpeters/David Hill; James O'Donnell, o

      MCA Classics MCAD-5900

      12:05 am

      English Trad: Carol, "O Come All Ye Faithful"

      Galliard Brass
      A Christmas Celebration: A Collection Of Classical Brass. String And Choral Favorites

      Musicmasters 67077-2

      12:08 am

      English Trad: "Adeste Fideles"

      Luciano Pavarotti, t; Wandsworth School Boys Choir, National Phil/Adler
      Luciano Pavarotti: O Holy Night

      London 414044-2

      12:12 am

      Samuel Webbe: Variations in A on "Adeste Fideles"

      Salomon String Quartet

      Hyperion CDA-66780

      12:19 am

      English Trad: Carol, "I saw three ships"

      Elizabethan Singers/Louis Halsey
      Sir Cristemas

      Boston Skyline BSD-124

      12:21 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb, Op. 73, "Emperor"

      Melvyn Tan, forte-p; London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Beethoven Piano Concertos

      Virgin 22014-2 (2)

      12:55 am

      French Trad: Carol, "Ding, Dong, Merrily on High"

      True Concord; Eric Holton
      Christmas With the True Concord

      Reference Recordings FR-734

      1:00 am

      Bela Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      Adelphi Saxophone Quartet

      EMI/Ang CDZ5-72527-2

      1:05 am

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Christmas Carols"

      Deszö Ranki, p
      Bela Bartok

      Hungaroton HCD-31036

      1:15 am

      George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A, Op. 11, No.1

      Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Leopold Stokowski Stereo Collection- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B Minor/ Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody/ Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody

      RCA 88691916852 (14)

      1:27 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "Glory to God"

      St Martin's Academy Cho, Orch/Neville Marriner
      Messiah Highlights

      Philips 434723-2

      1:28 am

      Friedrich Ernst Fesca: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 10

      North German Radio Phil/Frank Beerman
      Fesca

      CPO 999869-2

      1:54 am

      Claude PASSEREAU: Noel, Pres Bethleem dans une estable

      Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen
      Boston Camerata Christmas: Worlds of Early Music

      Erato ECD-75569

      2:00 am

      Franz Schubert: "Die Winterreise," D 911

      #12, "Im Dorfe"

      Leslie Howard, p
      The Complete Liszt Piano Music

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      2:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248

      Part 5

      Soloists, Gächinger Kantorei & Stuttgart Bach Collegium/Helmuth Rilling
      Edition Bachakademie Vol. 76

      Hänssler Classic 76

      2:28 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Das Orgelbüchlein," BWV 599/644

      "In dulci jubilo" BWV 608

      Marie-Claire Alain, o
      Christmas Organ Music

      Erato 10703-2

      2:29 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Giuseppe Sinopoli
      Schubert: Symphonies 8 'Unfinished' and 9 'Great'

      DG 437689-2

      2:54 am

      French ANON 15th c: Et d'ou venez-vous, Madame Lucette?

      Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen
      Boston Camerata Christmas: Worlds of Early Music

      Erato ECD-75569

      3:00 am

      Welsh Trad: Carol, "Deck the Hall"

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley

      Intersound CDS-3494

      3:02 am

      German Trad: "Personent hodie"

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Jerold D Ottley

      Intersound CDS-3494

      3:05 am

      Victor Christian Hely-Hutchinson: "Carol Symphony"

      City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland
      A Carol Symphony

      Naxos 8.557099

      3:30 am

      Welsh Trad: Carol, "Deck the Hall"

      Oregon Repertory Singers/Gilbert Seeley
      The Glory of Christmas * Oregon Repertory Singers

      Koch 3-7362-2

      3:32 am

      William Boyce: Symphony #8 in d

      I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro
      William Boyce: Eight Symphonies

      Vanguard SVC-46

      3:41 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in c-sharp minor, H XVI:16

      Bart van Oort, forte-p
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      3:54 am

      English Trad: Carol, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

      Anthony Newman, o

      Newport Classic NCD-60072

      4:00 am

      Gottfried Wolters: Carol, "Maria durch ein Dornwald ging"

      Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
      Dormi Bel Bambin

      Prospero PROSP-0059

      4:02 am

      Burkhard Kinzler: Carol, "Still, still, still"

      Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
      Dormi Bel Bambin

      Prospero PROSP-0059

      4:05 am

      Alexei Verstovsky: "Jingle Bell"

      Osipov Balalaika Orch/Viktor Dubrovsky
      The World Of The Balalaika

      Angel/ Melodiya SR-40171

      4:08 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, Op. 33

      Laszlo Varga, vc; Radio Luxembourg Orch/Louis de Froment
      Saint-Saens: Works for Violin, Cello

      Vox CDX-5084 (2)

      4:27 am

      French Trad: Carol, "D'où viens-tu, belle bergère?"

      Maria Stader, s; Ensemble
      The Christmas Album

      DG 474573-2 (2)

      4:29 am

      Gregory Vasilevich Sviridov: "The Snowstorm"

      Yurlov State Cho; Ostankino Sym Orch/Vladimir Fedoseyev
      Sviridov

      MHS 514828-T

      4:55 am

      Marcel Dupré: 79 Chorales, Op. 28

      "In dulci jubilo"

      Jeremy Filsell, o
      Marcel Dupré: Complete Organ Works, Vol 12

      Guild GMCD-7203

      5:00 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Snow"

      American Boy Cho/James Litton
      Trumpets Sound • Voices Ring (A Joyous Christmas)

      MHS 523153-F (2)

      5:05 am

      Edward Elgar: String Quartet in e, Op 83

      Chilingirian String Quartet

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47661-2

      5:34 am

      English Trad: We Wish You a Merry Christmas

      Huddersfield Cho Society, Black Dyke Mills Band/Roy Newsome
      Black Dyke: Huddersfield Choral Society: Christmas Fantasy

      MHS 522676-W (2)

      5:36 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: Merry Christmas 1941

      St Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood
      Martinů

      London 433660-2

      5:40 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Má vlast (My Fatherland)"

      "Vysehrad (The High Castle)"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Rafael Kubelik
      Má Vlast ("My Country"), Symphonic Cycle

      Mercury 434379-2

      5:54 am

      Jaroslav Jezek: "Bagatelles"

      #8, "Polka"

      Tomas Visek, p
      The Piano of Jaroslav Jezek

      Matous MK-0055-2131

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:04 am

      Dave Brubeck: "La Fiesta de la Posada"

      Lullaby, "Sleep Holy Infant"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Noël

      Analekta AN2-8730

      6:09 am

      Robert Russell Bennett: Christmas Medley No. 3

      Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
      The Many Moods of Christmas

      Telarc CD-80087

      6:22 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat, Op. 47

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Ballades

      DG B0026046-02

      6:32 am

      Traditional Irish: "A Christmas Jig"

      Baltimore Consort
      Bright Day Star

      Dorian DOR-90198

      6:36 am

      Frank Bridge: "Sir Roger de Coverley" (Christmas Dance) (1922)

      English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones
      English String Miniatures, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.555068

      6:42 am

      Guillaume Dumanoir: Orchestra Suite in F/C

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Dumanoir: Suites d'orchestre

      Fontalis ES-9908

      6:55 am

      John Ireland: "The Holy Boy"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Noël

      Analekta AN2-8730

      7:03 am

      Giuseppe Tartini: "Sonata Pastorale" in A

      Trio Settecento
      An Italian Sojourn

      Cedille CDR-90000099

      7:14 am

      Henry Charles Litolff: "Concerto symphonique" No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 45

      I. Maestoso

      Peter Donohoe, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Andrew Litton

      Hyperion CDA-67210

      7:26 am

      David Overton: Fantasy on "I Saw Three Ships"

      Royal Phil Orch/James Galway, f
      The Most Fabulous Classical Christmas Album Ever!

      RCA 63712-2

      7:32 am

      Leroy Anderson: "A Christmas Festival"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      A Christmas Festival with Arthur Fiedler

      RCA 6428-2-RG

      7:41 am

      Evaristo Dall'Abaco: Concerto in C "a più istrumenti," Op. 5, No. 5

      Concerto Köln
      Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco: Concerti / Concerto Köln

      Teldec 22166-2

      7:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Christmas Oratorio," BWV 248

      Sinfonia ("Pastoral Symphony")

      English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Discover Bach

      DG 4785698

      8:04 am

      Emile Waldteufel: "Roses de Noël" Waltzes, Op. 230

      Gulbenkian Orch/Michel Swierczewski
      Waldteufel: The Skaters' Waltz

      Nimbus NI-5264

      8:15 am

      Paul Schoenfield: "Four Souvenirs"

      Caroline Goulding, v; Christopher O'Riley, p
      Caroline Goulding

      Telarc CD-80744

      8:27 am

      Irving Berlin: "White Christmas"

      Northern Lights Orch/Petri Juutilainen
      What if Mozart Wrote White Christmas

      Warren Schatz Classics WS-5

      8:33 am

      John Rutter: "Mary's Lullaby"

      Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      Christmas Day In The Morning

      Collegium COLCD-121

      8:36 am

      John Rutter: "Christmas Lullaby"

      Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      Christmas Day In The Morning

      Collegium COLCD-121

      8:42 am

      Massimo Paris: "X'Mas Suite"

      IV. Aria, "Holy Child Lullaby"

      Los Romeros; Concerto Málaga/Massimo Paris
      Christmas with Los Romeros

      DG 4779365

      8:47 am

      Massimo Paris: "X'Mas Suite"

      V. Finale, "X'mas Saltarello"

      Los Romeros; Concerto Málaga/Massimo Paris
      Christmas with Los Romeros

      DG 4779365

      8:52 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

      IV. Finale, "Saltarello: Presto"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly
      Musa Italiana

      Decca 4852944

      9:04 am

      Harry Rowe Shelley: "Santa Claus Overture"

      Sym Orch of America/Matthew Phillips
      Those Fabulous Americans

      Albany TROY-103

      9:13 am

      Various: Medley, "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town; Here Comes Santa Claus"

      Ayako Shinozaki & Kazuko Shinozaki, h's
      Silent Night - Beautiful Melodies of Christmas

      Sony SFK-62677

      9:19 am

      František Janoska: "The Four Seasons in Janoska Style" (after Vivaldi)

      Winter

      Janoska Ensemble
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons in Janoska Style

      DG 9487617

      9:32 am

      John Mindeman: "Joy" (after Handel's "Joy to the World" and "Hallelujah" Chorus)

      Millar Brass Ensemble/Stephen Squires
      A Jubilant Christmas

      Millar Brass Ensemble (A Jubilant Christmas)

      9:36 am

      Robert Applebaum: "Haneirot Halulu"

      Chicago a cappella
      Miracle of Miracles

      Cedille CDR-90000225

      9:42 am

      Arthur Honegger: Piano Concertino

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Támas Vásáry, p
      Honegger: Symphony No. 4, Pastorale d'été, Prélude Arioso & Fughette, Concertino

      Chandos CHAN-8993

      9:55 am

      Robert Applebaum: "Funky Dreidl"

      Chicago a cappella
      Miracle of Miracles

      Cedille CDR-90000225

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      10:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

      Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

      Sony SK-62599

      10:11 am

      Traditional: "O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)"

      Norwegian Soloists Choir/Grete Pedersen; instrumental ensemble
      Andreas Utnem, harmonium,
      Veni: Songs of Christmas II

      BIS 2511

      10:15 am

      John Jacob Niles: "I Wonder As I Wander"

      Smoking Bishop
      Any Tune for a Tuppence

      Final Score 888295197816

      10:17 am

      Karl Jenkins: "Stella Natalis"

      IV. "Only Heavenly Music"

      K Royal, s; A Balsom, tr; Tenebrae; Marylebone Camerata/Jenkins
      Jenkins: Stella Natalis

      Warner Classics 6886482

      10:22 am

      Clara Schumann: Piano Sonata in G minor

      Jennifer Eley, p
      Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano in E Minor, Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn

      Koch 3-7197-2

      10:42 am

      Samuel Barber: "The School for Scandal" Overture, Op. 5

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Barber: Adagio, Symphony No. 1, The School for Scandal, Essays

      Argo 436288-2

      10:52 am

      Traditional Catalan: Carol, "Fum, fum, fum"

      St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
      2024 Candlelight Carols Concert

      St. Charles Singers

      10:53 am

      Traditional Catalan: Carol, "El desembre congelat"

      Sonos Handbell Ensemble/James Meredith
      Christmas with Sonos Handbell Ensemble

      Well-tempered Productions WTP-5176

      10:56 am

      Traditional Catalan: "Song of the Birds"

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; City of Birmingham Sym Orch Cellos
      Inspiration

      Decca 4832948

      11:00 am

      Herbert Clarke: Valse Brillante, "Sounds from the Hudson"

      Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger
      Carnaval

      CBS MK-42137

      11:10 am

      Florence Price: String Quartet in G (unfinished)

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      11:27 am

      Irving Berlin: "White Christmas"

      Carlos Simon, p
      Carlos Simon Christmas

      Decca 4854781

      11:31 am

      Vince Guaraldi: "Skating"

      Canadian Brass
      Christmas Time is Here

      Steinway & Sons 30027

      11:32 am

      Leopold Mozart: "Musical Sleigh Ride"

      BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth
      The Night Before Christmas and other seasonal music for orchestra

      Naxos 8.570331

      11:37 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C, R 425

      Christopher Parkening, g; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Parkening Plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius

      EMI CDC5-55052-2

      11:51 am

      Ambroise Thomas: "Mignon"

      Overture

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gounod: Faust Ballet Music; Chabrier: España; Thomas: Mignon

      DG 423698-2

      12:00 pm

      Johannes Eccard: "Übers Gebirg Maria geht (Mary Went over the Mountains)"

      Bella Voce/Andrew Lewis
      Brighter Than The Day Is Light

      Bella Voce 2014

      12:04 pm

      Anonymous 17th-century Guatemalan: Villancico, "De la Sagrada María"

      Bella Voce/Liza Calisesi Maidens
      Expanding the Choral Canon

      Centaur CRC-4072

      12:05 pm

      Traditional Danish: "Lad det klinge sødt i sky (Let The Clouds Sweetly Resound)"

      Bella Voce/Andrew Lewis
      Brighter Than The Day Is Light

      Bella Voce 2014

      12:10 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581

      Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet
      Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintets

      Cedille CDR-90000147

      12:42 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il Signor Bruschino"

      Overture

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Rossini: Overtures

      DG 415363-2

      12:48 pm

      Giuseppe Torelli: Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 8, No. 6, "Christmas Concerto"

      Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
      Encore! Les Violons Du Roy

      Dorian DOR-90012

      12:54 pm

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "In the Bottoms"

      IV. Barcarolle, "Morning"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      1:00 pm

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "On Christmas Day to my Heart"

      King's College Cho Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
      On Christmas Day: New Carols from King's

      EMI CDC5-58070-2 (2)

      1:04 pm

      Roger Harvey: Medley, "Fantasy de Noël"

      Burning River Brass
      Twas the Night Before Christmas

      Azica ACD-71319

      1:11 pm

      Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain"

      London Sym Orch/John Williams
      The Five Sacred Trees, Tree Line, Symphony No. 2 Op. 132, Old and Lost Rivers

      Sony SK-62729

      1:28 pm

      Franz Schubert: Twelve German Dances "(Ländler)," D. 790

      Ensemble Wien
      Schubert: 12 German Dances, Rondo, Overture, Concerto

      Sony SK-48386

      1:42 pm

      John Carter: Carol, "In Time of Softest Snow"

      Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy
      Nativitas: American Christmas Carols

      Nimbus NI-5413

      1:45 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      Waltz of the Snowflakes

      New York Phil/Kurt Masur
      Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes * New York Philharmonic * Masur

      Teldec 94571-2

      1:50 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Lohengrin"

      Prelude to Act 3 & Bridal Chorus

      Berlin Deutsche Oper Cho, Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Wagner: Lohengrin

      EMI 69314-2

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19

      James Ehnes, v; BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda
      Prokofiev: Complete Works for Violin

      Chandos CHAN-10787 (2)

      2:23 pm

      Franz Schubert: Rondo in A, D 951

      Paul Badura-Skoda & Jörg Demus, p
      Pièces pour piano à quatre mains

      Valois V-4622

      2:37 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Weihnachtsbaum"

      Rebecca Turner, v; BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth
      The Night Before Christmas and other seasonal music for orchestra

      Naxos 8.570331

      2:49 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Romance, Op. 39

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

      Decca 4853322

      3:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F, Op. 5, No. 1

      Jacqueline Du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, p
      Beethoven: The Five Cello Sonatas, Variations

      EMI CMS7-63015-2 (2)

      3:22 pm

      Conrad Susa: "Serenade for a Christmas Night"

      David John Olsen, vib; Lynne Aspnes, h; Philip Brunelle, o
      Serenade for a Christmas Night

      Virgin 91088-2

      3:32 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995

      Jason Vieaux, g
      Bach, Vol. 1: Works for Lute

      Azica ACD-71250

      3:55 pm

      Luther Henderson: "Saints' Hallelujah" (after Trad African-American and Handel)

      Canadian Brass
      Canadian Brass Takes Flight

      Steinway & Sons 30008

      4:00 pm

      Carl Davis: Ballet, "A Christmas Carol"

      Suite

      Northern Ballet Theatre Orch/John Pryce-Jones
      20th Century English Ballets

      Naxos 8.553495

      4:19 pm

      Antonio Salieri: Sinfonia, "Il Giorno Onomastico"

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Salieri: Symphonies & Overtures

      Chandos CHAN-9877

      4:39 pm

      Gabriel Pierné: "Variations libres et Finale," Op. 51

      Oxalys
      Voyage au pays du tendre et de l'effroi

      Fuga Libera FUG-511

      4:52 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14

      II. "A Ball"

      San Diego Sym/Yoav Talmi
      Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

      Naxos 8.553597

      5:00 pm

      Frederick Delius: Violin Sonata No. 3

      Tasmin Little, v; Piers Lane, p
      Delius: The Four Violin Sonatas

      Conifer 51315-2

      5:17 pm

      Gustav Holst: Carol, "This have I done for my true love," Op. 34, No. 1

      Christ Church Cathedral Cho/Stephen Darlington
      Make We Joy (Christmas Music By Holst And Walton)

      Nimbus NI-5098

      5:23 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Peter Tchaikovsky, part II (1840-1893)

      This week, we’ll continue our exploration of Peter Tchaikovsky, focusing on the latter part of his life, including his symphonies, ballets, and life at the Moscow Conservatory. Bill will begin with Tchaikovsky’s "Variations on a Rococo Theme," Op. 33, for cello and orchestra, composed in 1876. We will conclude the week with his Symphony No. 6 in B minor, titled "Pathétique," which premiered in 1893 just days before his death. Throughout the week, Bill will share the story of Tchaikovsky’s failed marriage and his unique relationship with his patroness, Nadezhda von Meck.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Italian Christmas Concertos

      Concerto Copenhagen performs Christmas concertos by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italian composers, recorded live in Malmö, Sweden.