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      Playlist for Tuesday, October 6, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Zimmer, Hans: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" film music

      Jack Sparrow; Hornpipe

      Eric Kim, vc; Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
      Masters and Commanders: Music from Seafaring Film Classics

      Telarc CD-80682

      12:05 am

      Sierra, Roberto: "Caribbean Rhapsody"

      James Carter, sx's; Regina Carter, v; Akua Dixon String Quintet
      Caribbean Rhapsody

      Decca B0015472-02

      12:19 am

      Sierra, Roberto: "Cinco Bocetos"

      No. 4, "Canción de la Montaña"

      J Lawrie Bloom, b-cl
      Monologues * J Lawrie Bloom, Bass Clarinet

      Bloom 2006

      12:20 am

      Saint-Saens, Camille: Symphony No. 3 in c minor, Op. 78, "Organ"

      Gillian Weir, o; Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier
      Organ Symphony/ Symphony No. 2

      Chandos CHAN-8822

      12:54 am

      Corrette, Michel: "Tambourins"

      Jean-Maurice Capt, ob; Daniel Meylan, o (Abbey de Romainmôtier, Swtzrlnd)

      Cascavelle VEL-1007

      1:00 am

      Tárrega, Francisco: "Sueño"

      David Russell, g

      Opera Tres CDS-1003/4 (2)

      1:05 am

      Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo: Symphony in d

      Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga : L'Oeuvre Orchestrale

      Astrée E-8532

      1:34 am

      Tárrega, Francisco: "Estudio en forma de Minueto"

      David Russell, g

      Opera Tres CDS-1003/4 (2)

      1:36 am

      Debussy, Claude: "Préludes", Book 1

      X. "La cathédrale engloutie"

      Michel Dalberto, p
      Un siècle de musique française

      Sony 88867192682

      1:43 am

      Higdon: "Blue Cathedral"

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano
      Rainbow Body - Barber, Copland, Higdon, Theofanidis

      Telarc CD-80596

      1:55 am

      Weir, Judith: "Drop Down, Ye Heavens, From Above"

      Christ Church Cathedral Cho/Steven Grahl
      The Promise of Ages: A Christmas Collection

      Avie AV-2721

      2:00 am

      Grainger, Percy: Irish Tune from County Derry "(Londonderry Air)"

      Melbourne Sym Orch/Geoffrey Simon
      Grainger: The Warriors

      Koch 3-7003-2

      2:05 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Deux Légendes"

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Liszt * Sonata * Alfred Brendel

      Philips 410040-2

      2:24 am

      Liszt, Franz: Song, "Es muss ein Wunderbares sein"

      Angelika Kirchschlager, ms; Julius Drake, p
      Liszt Complete Songs-2

      Hyperion CDA-67934

      2:26 am

      Von bayreuth, Princess Wilhelmine: Clavier Concerto in g

      Orch, Viktor Lukas, hc
      Markgrafin Wilhelmine von Bayreuth

      Campion RRCD-1333

      2:38 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Parsifal"

      Act 1 Prelude

      New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Wagner

      Sony SK-45749

      2:55 am

      Heller, Stephen: 20 Preludes, Op 150

      #19

      Jean Martin, p
      HELLER : Preludes Opp. 81 and 150

      Marco Polo 8.223434

      3:00 am

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

      Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Paolo Giacometti, p
      Reger: Cello Suite No 1 in G major, Op 131c No 1, etc.

      Channel Classics CCS-9596

      3:04 am

      Bruch, Max: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26

      Zino Francescatti, v; New York Phil/Dimitri Mitropoulos
      Zino Francescatti: Great Violin Concertos

      Sony MH2K-62339 (2)

      3:28 am

      Schubert, Franz: "Die Winterreise," D 911

      No. 19, "Täuschung"

      Thomas Allen, br; Roger Vignoles, p

      Virgin 91430-2

      3:29 am

      Schubert, Franz: "Des Teufels Lustschloss," D 84

      Overture

      Stuttgart Radio Sym/Paul Angerer
      Franz Schubert Ouvertüren

      Pantheon D-07116

      3:39 am

      Dompierre, Francois: Le diable matou

      La Pietà/Angéle Dubeau, v
      Infernal Violins

      Analekta AN2-8723

      3:43 am

      Liszt, Franz: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 2

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57002-2

      3:53 am

      Stravinsky, Igor: "L'Histoire du Soldat"

      "The Devil's Dance"

      Chicago Pro Musica
      Stravinsky: L´Histoire Du Soldat - Suite / Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

      Reference Recordings RR-17-CD

      4:00 am

      Canteloube, Joseph: Songs of the Auvergne, Set 1

      "Baíléro (Shepherd's Song)"

      Karita Mattila, s; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Twentieth Century Classics

      Philips 442406-2

      4:05 am

      Vaughan Williams, Ralph: English Folk Song Suite (1923) (Orchestral version)

      Vienna State Opera Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult
      Holst: The Planets/ Williams: Tallis Fantasia, Greensleeves Fantasia, English Folk-Song Suite

      MCA Classics MCAD2-9813 (2)

      4:16 am

      De Boeck, August: Fantasy on Two Flemish Folksongs

      Belgian Radio/TV Phil/Alexander Rahbari
      Flemish Romantic Music

      Marco Polo 8.223418

      4:24 am

      Bartók, Béla: "Romanian Folk Dances" for orchestra

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Divertimento / Romanian Folk Dances / Mládí

      DG 415668-2

      4:30 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: Russian Folksong, "Kak pashli"

      New York Vocal Arts Ensemble
      Beethoven: Folk Song Arrangements For Vocal Ensemble

      Arabesque Z-6672

      4:31 am

      Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet No. 4 in c minor, Op.18

      Lindsay String Quartet
      Beethoven: The String Quartets Vol 2

      ASV CDDCA-1112

      4:54 am

      Beach, Amy: 3 Piano Pieces, Op 128

      #1, Scherzino: "A Peterboro Chipmunk"

      Joanne Polk, p
      By The Still Waters

      Arabesque Z-6693

      5:00 am

      Glinka, Mikhail: "Russlan and Ludmila"

      Overture

      Leningrad Phil/Yevgeny Mravinsky
      Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini/ Mussorgsky: Dawn on the Moscow River

      Erato 45757-2

      5:05 am

      Glazunov, Alexander: Prelude and Two Mazurkas, Op 25

      Tatjana Franová, p
      GLAZUNOV : Piano Music Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223151

      5:18 am

      Kabalevsky, Dmitri: "The Comedians," Op 26

      #2, Galop

      San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra
      Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

      Koch 3-7042-2

      5:20 am

      Arensky, Anton: Symphony #1 in b, Op 4

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Arensky: Symphonies No. 1 & No. 2

      Mobile Fidelity MFCD-878

      5:55 am

      Satie, Erik: "Le Piccadilly" (Piano Rag, c 1904)

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Satie * 3 Gymnopédies & Other Piano Works * Pascal Rogé

      London B0006393-02

      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

      Bernhard Joachim Hagen: Trio Sonata in E-Flat

      I. "Allegro"

      Miguel Rincón, l; Il Pomo d'Oro/Zefira Valova, v
      Concertos for Baroque Lute

      Aparté AP-376

      6:12 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Spartacus"

      Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites

      Chandos CHAN-8927

      6:22 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo in B-Flat, WoO 6

      Sviatoslav Richter, p; Vienna Phil/Kurt Sanderling
      Essential Beethoven

      DG B0009666-72 (23)

      6:33 am

      Gustav Holst: "A Moorside Suite" (1928)

      Scherzo & March

      Dallas Wind Sym/Howard Dunn
      Holst: Hammersmith & Suites

      Reference RR-39

      6:41 am

      Luigi Boccherini: String Quartet in C, Op. 2, No. 6 (G 164)

      Cremona Quartet
      Italian Journey

      Klanglogo KL-1400

      6:53 am

      Gabriele Roberto: "Solaria"

      Fábio Brum, tr; Seville Royal Sym Orch/Noam Zur
      Alchemy

      Naxos 8.579119

      7:04 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Overture, "The Fair Melusina," Op. 32

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures / Abbado

      DG 471467-2 (4)

      7:17 am

      Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 7, "Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest"

      Michel Dalberto, p
      A Century of French Music

      Sony 88875192862

      7:22 am

      Malcolm Sargent: "An Impression on a Windy Day"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music World Premieres

      ASV CDWHL-2116

      7:31 am

      Karol Szymanowski: "Masques," Op. 34

      III. "Don Juan's Serenade"

      Easley Blackwood, p
      Music of Casella and Szymanowski

      Cedille CDR-90000003

      7:38 am

      Andrzej Panufnik: "Concerto in modo antico"

      Igor Cecocho, tr; Polish Chamber Orch/Mariusz Smolij
      Panufnik: Homage to Polish Music

      Naxos 8.570032

      7:53 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, Op. 53, "Heroic"

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz in Hamburg: The Last Concert

      DG B0011458-02

      8:04 am

      Béla Bartók: Suite No. 1, Op. 3

      V. Finale, "Molto vivace" (1905 version)

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      Bartók: Suite No. 1 & Concerto for Orchestra

      Onyx 4210

      8:12 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108

      III. Finale, "Allegro non troppo"

      Augustin Dumay, v; Jean-Philippe Collard, p
      Fauré: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

      EMI CMS7-62545-2 (2)

      8:20 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Maskarade"

      Overture & "Dance of the Cockerels"

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      A Nordic Festival

      Sony SK-46668

      8:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro assai"

      Evren Ozel, p; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Camerata Chicago: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 with Evren Ozel

      Camerata Chicago [2026 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 with Evren Ozel]

      8:43 am

      Manuel de Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs

      Avi Avital, m; Ensemble
      Ralf Benesch, guitar,
      Zvi Plesser, cello,
      Between Worlds

      DG B0019758-02

      8:56 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "The Old Refrain"

      I Salonisti
      Orient Express

      Decca 425200-2

      9:05 am

      George Gershwin: "I Got Rhythm" Variations

      Fazıl Say, p; New York Phil/Kurt Masur
      Gershwin

      Teldec 26202-2

      9:14 am

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      Suite

      Music@Menlo Ensemble
      Resonance

      Music@Menlo 2012 (6)

      9:40 am

      Mary Howe: Violin Sonata

      I. "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Laura Talbott-Clark, v; Pi-Ju Chiang, p
      Between Us: Music for Two by Mary Howe

      Navona NV-6432

      9:51 am

      Amy Beach: Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45

      IV. (Finale), "Allegro con scioltezza"

      Joanne Polk, p; English Chamber Orch/Paul Goodwin
      Amy Beach - Empress of Night

      Arabesque Z-6738

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Sigurd Jorsalfar," Op. 22

      Suite, Op. 56

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      A Nordic Festival

      Sony SK-46668

      10:17 am

      Gabriel Pierné: "Voyage au Pays du Tendre"

      Carol Wincenc, f; Vanessa McKeand, h; Allegri String Quartet
      Introduction et Allegro: French Music for Harp

      Virgin 90721-2

      10:29 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"

      Chorus, "Gloria all'Egitto" (Triumphal Scene)

      Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Verdi: Choruses

      Decca 430226-2

      10:42 am

      Tielman Susato: "The Danserye" (1551)

      Six Dances

      English Chamber Orch Brass Ensemble/Donald Fraser
      Baroque Brass

      RCA 61541-2

      10:53 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Ritter Pázmán," Op. 441

      Waltz

      Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann
      2019 New Year's Concert

      Sony 19075902892

      11:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in C-sharp minor, Op. 66

      Thérèse Motard, vc; Louise-Andrée Baril, p
      Chopin: Cello Sonata, Polonaise brillante, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Nocturnes, Valse

      Analekta FL2-3142

      11:07 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Fountains of Rome"

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      Respighi: Fontane di Roma, Pini di Roma, Feste Romane

      EMI CDC5-55600-2

      11:25 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 1

      Flute, Violin & Cello Concerto in A

      Soloists; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      11:46 am

      Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Pièces de Clavecin

      Antonio Oyarzábal, p
      La Muse Oubliée

      IBS Classical IBS-52021

      11:53 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Pièces pittoresques"

      No. 9, "Menuet pompeux"

      Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine
      Maurice Ravel Orchestrations

      Denon CO-78929

      12:00 pm

      Michael Abels: "Delights and Dances"

      Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Delights & Dances

      Cedille CDR-90000141

      12:14 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 16

      Vienna Wind Soloists; André Previn, p
      Piano & Wind Quintets In E-Flat

      Telarc CD-80114

      12:43 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Wasps"

      Overture

      BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics

      Warner 256469667-7

      12:54 pm

      Sydney Guillaume: "Gagòt"

      Cantus
      Manifesto

      Signum SIGCD-686

      1:00 pm

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "Un Sueño en la Floresta"

      Thibaut Garcia, g
      El Bohemio

      Warner 5054197726170

      1:09 pm

      Franz Danzi: Fantasia on "Là ci darem" from Mozart's "Don Giovanni"

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Potsdam Chamber Academy
      New Era

      Decca 4814711

      1:21 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Lucio Silla," K. 135

      Overture

      La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
      Mozart Overtures

      DG 4779445

      1:30 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Petite Suite de Concert," Op. 77

      Chineke! Orch/Anthony Parnther
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      1:47 pm

      Darius Milhaud: "La Cheminée du roi René," Op. 205

      Reykjavik Wind Quintet
      French Wind Music

      Chandos CHAN-9362

      2:00 pm

      Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat

      Alice Sara Ott, p; Munich Phil/Thomas Hengelbrock
      Liszt & Tchaikovsky: First Piano Concertos

      DG 4778779

      2:21 pm

      York Bowen: "Allegro de concert," Op. 21, No. 2

      Yue Yu, vi; Anthony Hewitt, p
      Chamber Music with Viola

      Naxos 8.574150

      2:32 pm

      Henry Purcell: "The Gordian Knot Untied"

      Suite

      Accademia Bizantina/Stefano Montanari
      O Solitude: Songs and Arias by Henry Purcell

      Decca 4782262

      2:44 pm

      Percy Grainger: "Lincolnshire Posy"

      Chicago Sym Orch Brass/Mark Ridenour
      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live

      CSO Resound 9011101

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Samuel Barber: "Souvenirs," Op. 28

      London Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Britten: Les Illuminations, Young Apollo; Barber: Souvenirs, Canzonetta

      ASV CDDCA-737

      3:21 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin, Two-Oboe, Two-Horn & Bassoon Concerto in F, R. 569

      Les Violons du Roy/Mathieu Lussier
      Vivaldi: Concertos

      Atma ACD2-2602

      3:36 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Flute Sonata (Violin Sonata No. 2) in D, Op. 94

      Johan Dalene, v; Christian Ihle Hadland, p
      Stained Glass

      BIS 2730

      4:00 pm

      George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"

      Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Ives: Symphony No. 2; Carter: Instances; Gershwin: An American in Paris

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1003

      4:19 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio"

      Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner
      Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

      Archiv 439900-2 (5)

      4:28 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808

      Murray Perahia, p
      Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3, and 6

      Sony SK-60276

      4:47 pm

      Mario Oyanadel: "Tres Campanas de Rere"

      Thomas Mesa, vc; Michelle Cann, p
      Our Stories

      Navona NV-6571

      4:55 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Lohengrin"

      Bridal chorus, "Treulich geführt"

      Bavarian Radio Cho & Sym Orch/Robert Heger
      The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

      Warner 50999082826

      5:00 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Die Frau ohne Schatten," Op. 65

      Symphonic Fantasy

      Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Strauss Alliance

      DG 4862040

      5:22 pm

      Nathaniel Heyder: "Earthview"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Five Minutes for Earth

      Azica ACD-71349

      5:28 pm

      Cécile Chaminade: "Étude symphonique"

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

      Steinway & Sons 30037

      5:34 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D, K. 575

      Old City String Quartet
      Live from WFMT: The Old City String Quartet (October 18, 2010)

      WFMT

      6:00 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music

      Les Cinq Plus

      This week’s theme: French composers from the generation before Les Six, that we are fondly calling Les Cinq Plus. Like Les Six, our composers did not have a great deal in common, and the way they have been grouped is a historical accident. Unlike Les Six, Les Cinq Plus grew up listening to the art songs of the 1800s, and each in their way carried this romantic torch forward: Chabrier, Massenet, Duparc, Chausson, Dukas, and perhaps Satie as “L’Autre.”

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Rota Trio; Sooyun Kim, flute; Angelo Xiang Yu, violin; Lise de la Salle, piano; Korngold Suite, Op. 23; Danbi Um, Sean lee, violins; Mihai Marcia, cello; Wu Qian, piano left hand.

      11:00 pm