Thursday, June 18, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59

      VII. "O Lo Ba"

      National Phil/Michael Repper
      Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L'Ouverture, Ballade Op. 4, Suites from "24 Negro Melodies"

      Albany AV-2763

      12:05 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Romance for Violin" Op. 39

      Callum Smart, v; Richard Uttley, p

      Orchid ORC-100149

      12:16 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance No. 1 in G, Op. 40

      Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Isaac Stern, v
      Isaac Stern Plays Mozart Beethoven Haydn

      Sony SK-62693

      12:23 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Ruins of Athens," Op. 113

      "Turkish March"

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Claudio Abbado * Marce & Danze

      DG 4777645

      12:24 am

      Cipriani Potter: Piano Concerto No. 4 in E

      Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Howard Shelley, p
      The Romantic Piano Concerto - Vol 72

      Hyperion CDA-68151

      12:55 am

      John Burton: Piano Sonata #1 in D

      3rd mvt, Presto

      Ian Hobson, p
      Field: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-4

      Arabesque Z-6594

      1:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Scenes from Folk Life," Op. 19

      No. 1, "Mountain Dance"

      Eva Knardahl, p
      Grieg: The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 5

      BIS CD-108

      1:05 am

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      Virtuosi di Kuhmo/Peter Csaba
      Bartók: Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113, etc.

      Ondine ODE-919-2

      1:12 am

      Zoltán Kodaly: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10

      Kodaly Quartet
      Koaly: String Quartets No. 1-2

      Hungaroton HCD-12362

      1:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Praeambulum" No. 9

      Joseph Payne, clavichord
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      1:31 am

      Jan Dismas Zelenka: "Sinfonia a 8 Concertanti" in a, ZWV 189

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz

      RCA-DHM 77339-2

      1:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 4 in F, BWV 809

      "Menuet"

      Bob van Asperen, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:00 am

      Franz Schubert: "Three Military Marches," Op. 51, D. 733

      No. 1 in D

      Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p
      Piano Music For Four Hands, Vol. 3

      Sony S2K-68240 (2)

      2:04 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 4 "Tragic" / Overture in the Italian Style

      Teldec 97509-2

      2:32 am

      Norwegian Trad: "Minuet"

      Lodestar Trio

      Naxos NXW-76158-2

      2:34 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: Piano Pieces, Op 63

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music Vol V

      Arena AR-08016

      2:41 am

      Christian Sinding: Suite in a, Op 10

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Pittsburgh Sym/André Previn
      The Perlman Edition: Sibelius & Korngold: Violin Concertos / Sinding: Suite

      EMI/Ang 62590-2

      2:54 am

      William Byrd: "Ave Maria"

      Gesualdo Six/Owain Park
      William Byrd

      Hyperion CDA-68416

      3:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 48

      No. 1 in C

      Martha Argerich, p
      Live from the Concertgebouw 1978 and 1979

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56975-2

      3:05 am

      Francesco Maria Veracini: Sonata in D, Op 2/1

      Trio Settecento
      Veracini Complete Sonate Accademiche

      Cedille CDR-90000155 (3)

      3:23 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet," Op 64

      "Quarrel"

      Martha Argerich, p; Sergei Babayan, p
      Prokofiev

      DG 4799854

      3:24 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26

      Martha Argerich, p; Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly

      Radio Netherlands MCCM-97033 (13)

      3:54 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges"

      March

      Christoph Croisévc; Alexander Panfilov, p
      The Russian Album

      Avie AV-2410

      4:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Zaís"

      Overture

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski

      DG Archiv 4775578

      4:05 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin en concerts" (1741): Cinquième concert

      Montagnana Trio
      The Montagnana Trio plays d'Indy & Rameau

      Facet 8004

      4:15 am

      Marin Marais: "Les Folies d'Espagne"

      Nancy Ambrose-King, ob; Charlotte Mattax, hc
      Evocations

      Boston Records BR-1030

      4:26 am

      Marin Marais: "Alcyone"

      "Gigue"

      Tempesta di Mare

      Chandos CHAN-0805

      4:28 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in c minor, D. 417, "Tragic"

      Menuhin Orch/Yehudi Menuhin
      Symphony No. 4 In C Minor (Tragic) / Symphony No. 5 In B Flat

      EMI/Ang CDFB5-73359-2 (2)

      4:55 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Lied", D 373

      Lucia Popp, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 17

      Hyperion CDJ-33017

      5:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Lohengrin"

      Elsa's Procession to the Cathdral

      Solid Brass
      Opera Highlights (arr. for brass and percussion) - WAGNER, R. / VERDI, G. / MOZART, W.A. / BIZET, G. / PURCELL, H. (Solid Brass)

      Dorian DOR-90108

      5:05 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Mlada" (1872)

      "Procession of the Nobles"

      Empire Brass
      Class Brass

      Telarc CD-80220

      5:10 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Wedding Procession", Op 21

      Roumanian State Orch/Horia Andreescu

      Marco Polo 8.220487

      5:18 am

      Herbert Howells: "Procession"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Howells: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9410

      5:22 am

      William Walton: "As You Like It" (Film score, 1936)

      Procession

      London Phil/Carl Davis

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47944-2

      5:24 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet #1 in c, Op 15

      Jean Hubeau, p; Gallois-Montbrun, v; Colette Lequien, vi; AndréNavarra,
      André Navarra,
      Deux Quatuors Pour Piano, Violon, Alto Et Violoncelle

      Erato ECD-71564

      5:54 am

      Erik Satie: "La Belle Excentrique"

      "Cancan Grand-Mondain"

      Alexandre Tharaud & Eric Le Sage, p
      Erik Satie * Avant-Dernière Pensées * Alexandre Tharaud

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902017.18 (2)

      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.

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      6:03 am

      György Ligeti: "Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances"

      Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw
      The Ligeti Project, Vol. 5

      Teldec 88262-2

      6:14 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Jeux d'eau"

      Stewart Goodyear, p
      Stewart Goodyear: Ravel

      Orchid Classics ORC-100061

      6:20 am

      Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Sinfonia in D, F 64

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      WF Bach: Symphonies, Harpsichord Concerto

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901772

      6:30 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Sigurd Jorsalfar," Op. 22

      Homage March

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

      Sony SK-46668

      6:40 am

      Charles Ives: Symphony No. 4

      III. Fugue

      Chicago Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Charles Ives: Symphonies Nos 1 & 4

      Sony SK-44939

      6:48 am

      William Grant Still: Miniatures for Flute, Oboe & Piano

      Sierra Winds; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      7:04 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 35, No. 2 (G 510)

      London Festival Orch/Ross Pople
      Boccherini: Six Symphonies Op. 35

      Hyperion CDA-66903

      7:15 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Introduction and Tarantella," Op. 43

      Midori, v; Robert McDonald, p
      Encore!

      Sony SK-52568

      7:21 am

      Vincent d'Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25

      III. Finale, "Animé"

      Catherine Collard, p; Radio France Phil/Marek Janowski
      D'Indy: Jour d'été à la montagne, Symphonie "Cévenole"

      Erato 45821-2

      7:31 am

      Lennon-McCartney: "Eleanor Rigby"

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

      DG 447104-2

      7:33 am

      Lennon-McCartney: "Yesterday"

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

      DG 447104-2

      7:38 am

      Paul McCartney: "A Leaf"

      London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster
      Working Classical

      EMI 56897-2

      7:50 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in G, Op. 2, No. 1

      I. Allegro

      Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Bologne: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7

      Naxos 8.574452

      8:03 am

      Pierre-Max Dubois: Saxophone Quartet

      Prism Quartet
      The Prism Quartet: Dubois, Levy, Singelée, Peck, Woods

      Koch 3-7024-2

      8:14 am

      Emil von Reznicek: "Donna Diana"

      Overture

      Utah Sym/Joseph Silverstein
      Light Cavalry

      Pro Arte CDD-402

      8:20 am

      Virgil Thomson: "For a Happy Occasion"

      Yvar Mikhashoff, p
      The Waltz Project (17 Contemporary Waltzes For Piano)

      Nonesuch D-79011

      8:20 am

      Anatoly Liadov: "The Enchanted Lake," Op. 62

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Russian Nights

      Telarc CD-80657

      8:30 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Orpheus in the Underworld"

      Overture

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Offenbach: Overtures

      DG 400044-2

      8:40 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Rusalka," Op. 114

      "Song to the Moon"

      Rachel Willis-Sørensen, s; Teatro Carlo Felice Orch/Frédéric Chaslin
      Rachel

      Sony 19439968352

      8:47 am

      Dave Brubeck: "Blue Rondo à la Turk"

      Janoska Ensemble
      The Big B's

      DG 4540390

      8:54 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Concierto del Sur"

      Finale, Allegro moderato e festivo

      Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g; Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra
      Mi Alma Mexicana

      Sony 88697755552

      9:04 am

      Franz Schubert: Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F, D 487

      Kodály Quartet members; Jenő Jandó, p
      Schubert: Piano Quintet, 'Trout'

      Naxos 8.550658

      9:19 am

      Mel Bonis: "Salomé," Op. 101, No. 1

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Leo Hussain
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      9:25 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79

      I. "Presto alla tedesca"

      Matthew Hagle, p
      Live from WFMT: Matthew Hagle plays Beethoven Sonatas

      WFMT (rel. Fall 2019)

      9:31 am

      Richard Rodgers: "My Funny Valentine"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 41779-2 (20)

      9:36 am

      Maurice Greene: Overture No. 4 in E

      Baroque Band/Garry Clarke
      Greene: Overtures

      Cedille CDR-90000152

      9:43 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "The Union," Op. 48

      Alan Marks, p
      Gottschalk for 2 Hands

      Nimbus NI-5014

      9:53 am

      Scott Joplin: "Bethena: A Concert Waltz"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; André Previn, p
      The Easy Winners and Other Rag-Time Music of Scott Joplin

      EMI CDC7-47170-2

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Edward Elgar: String Serenade in E minor, Op. 20

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Serenade, Elegy; Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia, Greensleeves Fantasia

      DG 419191-2

      10:13 am

      Lluis Jordà: "Danzas nocturnas"

      Argentina Durán, p
      Rapsodia Mexicana

      Bravo Music (Rapsodia Mexicana)

      10:21 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 31 in D, "Hornsignal"

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Robin Ticciati
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 31, 70 & 101

      Linn CKD-500

      10:54 am

      Johan Halvorsen: "Entry March of the Boyars"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Symphonic Spectacular

      Telarc CD-80170

      11:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

      Lang Lang, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      First Piano Concertos

      DG B0000666-02

      11:22 am

      Ola Gjeilo: "The Lake Isle"

      Tenebrae/Nigel Short; Ola Gjeilo, p; Kristian Kvalvaag, g; str quartet
      Ciaran McCabe, violin,
      Matthew Sharp, cello,
      Voices, Piano, Strings

      Decca B0024646-02

      11:30 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"

      Three Dance Episodes

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein Conducts Bernstein: West Side Story, On the Town, On the Waterfront, Candide

      CBS MK-42263

      11:41 am

      Giovanni Ristori: Oboe Concerto in E-Flat

      Albrecht Mayer, ob; I Musici de Roma
      Tesori d'Italia

      DG 4797144

      11:55 am

      Percy Grainger: "In a Nutshell"

      IV. "The Gum-Suckers March"

      Martin Jones, p
      Percy Grainger: Dished Up for Piano Vol. 1

      Nimbus NI-5220

      12:00 pm

      Alan Thomas: "Out of Africa"

      I. "Call at Sunrise"

      Denis Azabagić, g
      Out of Africa & Around the World

      Cedille CDR-7005

      12:04 pm

      Alan Thomas: "Out of Africa"

      II. "Morning Dance"

      Denis Azabagić, g
      Out of Africa & Around the World

      Cedille CDR-7005

      12:08 pm

      Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: "Concerto Armonico" No. 1 in G

      Combattimento Consort Amsterdam/Ed Spanjaard
      Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: Sei Concerti Armonici

      NM Classics 92030

      12:21 pm

      Frank Bridge: "The Sea"

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      Britten: 4 Sea Interludes - Bridge: The Sea - Bax: On The Sea Shore

      Chandos CHAN-8473

      12:44 pm

      Ferruccio Busoni: "Duettino concertante" after Mozart's K 459

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      Jewel Box Recital Series: Anderson & Roe Piano Duo (February 17, 2017)

      WFMT

      12:53 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Shadow Dances - Stravinsky Miniatures

      DG 453458-2

      1:00 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in C minor, Op. 73

      Elena Urioste, v; Tom Poster, p
      From Brighton to Brooklyn

      Chandos CHAN-20248

      1:14 pm

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Tausend und eine Nacht," Op. 346

      Vienna Phil/Daniel Barenboim
      2022 New Year's Concert

      Sony 19439962512

      1:23 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Nouvelles suite de pièces de clavecin" (1728)

      "Gavotte avec six doubles"

      Bruce Liu, p
      Waves

      DG 4864400

      1:31 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried Idyll"

      St Martin's Academy Chamber Ensemble
      Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll; Brahms: Serenade No. 1

      Philips 426298-2

      1:50 pm

      Ferdinand Hérold: "La Fille mal gardée"

      "Tambourine Dance" & "Harvesters"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Barry Wordsworth
      La Fille Mal Gardée Highlights

      EMI CDC7-49403-2

      2:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat, K. 543

      Camerata Salzburg/Leonidas Kavakos
      Mozart * Violin Concertos * Leonidas Kavakos * Camerata Salzburg

      Sony 82876842412

      2:31 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Motet, "Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden," BWV 230

      Hilliard Ensemble
      Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets

      ECM 1875

      2:39 pm

      Thomas Canning: Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      American Adagios

      Telarc CD-80503

      2:49 pm

      Carl Nielsen: "Maskarade"

      Overture & "Dance of the Cockerels"

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

      Sony SK-46668

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Réminiscences des Puritains" (after Bellini)

      Leslie Howard, p
      Liszt at the Opera, Vol. 4

      Hyperion CDA-67101/02

      3:22 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      The Symphonies, Part X

      This week, Bill McGlaughlin continues his multi-part exploration of this vibrant, exciting musical form with symphonies written between 1900 and 1920. Bill focuses on rarely-heard works: Alexander Scriabin’s Symphony No. 3 conducted by Riccardo Muti, an important interpreter of the Scriabin color wheel; George Enescu’s Symphony No. 2; and Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor; Paul Lewis, piano; Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C major; Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor.