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      Playlist for Sunday, December 28, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Jacques Offenbach: Duo in E, Op. 54

      Polonaise

      Maria Kliegel, Werner Thomas, vc's
      Cellicatessen (Violoncello-Duos)

      Signum SIGX12-00

      12:05 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Orpheus in the Underworld"

      Overture

      Luxembourg Radio TV Sym Orch/Jean-Pierre Wallez
      Johann Strauss: Concert De Gala

      Forlane UCD-13151/52 (2)

      12:14 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Lieschen et Fritzschen"

      "Fantasie"

      Orch/Marcel Cariven

      Omega OCD-1034

      12:16 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata in E-Flat, Op 64 (after Piano Trio, Op 3)

      Norman Fischer, vc; Jeanne Kierman, p
      Beethoven: Cello And Piano Complete

      Centaur CRC-3322/23/24/25 (4)

      12:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 1 in F

      "Bourrée" and "Hornpipe"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks, Water Music

      Argo 414596-2

      1:00 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Suite, "From the Middle Ages" in E, Op 79

      The Troubadour's Serenade

      USSR Sym Orch/Evgeni Svetlanov
      From the Middle Ages, Elegie "To the Memory of a Hero", Slavonic Festival, Wedding Procession

      Melodiya SUCD-1000157

      1:05 am

      Spanish Anon 13th c: "Alavanca de Mudanza"

      Ensemble Alcatraz
      Visions and Miracles

      Nonesuch 79180-2

      1:17 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: Medieval Sketches, Op. 33

      Geoffrey Douglas Madge, p
      Ferruccio Busoni: The Piano Work

      Philips 420740-2 (6)

      1:30 am

      English ANON: Gregorian chant, Alma redemptoris mater

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Lighten Our Darkness: Music for the Close of Day

      Collegium CSCD-502

      1:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313

      Jacques Zoon, f; Boston Baroque Orch/Martin Pearlman
      Mozart: Flute Concertos, Symphony No 41

      Telarc CD-80624

      1:54 am

      Hans Newsidler: "Die prünlein die da fliessen"

      Monika Rost, l
      Songs And Dances For Lute

      Capriccio 10164

      2:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Variations on "Gott erhalte"

      Lola Odiaga, forte-p
      Franz Josef Haydn Keyboard Works, Volume I

      Titanic TI-156

      2:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Song, "Gott, erhalte Franz den Kaiser"

      Oscar Shumsky, v; Milton Kaye, p

      MHS 436772-K (3)

      2:07 am

      Carl Czerny: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 73

      Felicja Blumental, p; Vienna Chamber Orch/Helmut Froschauer

      Brana Records BR-0024

      2:34 am

      Carl Czerny: Etudes, Op 740

      #7 in C

      Hans Kann, p

      MHS 973

      2:36 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 11 in E-Flat

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos 9 - 12

      Chandos CHAN-8813

      2:54 am

      Hermann Goetz: "Genrebilder", Op 13

      #4

      Adrian Ruiz, p
      GOETZ: Lose Blätter, op.7; Sonatina in F, op. 8, No. 1; Sonatina in E Flat, op. 8, No. 2; Genrebilder, op.13

      Genesis GCD-107

      3:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Rêverie" (1890)

      Johana Harris, p
      A Living Legacy: Johana Harris Plays Debussy

      MCA Classics MCAD-6260

      3:04 am

      Roy Harris: Lyric Study (1950)

      Paula Robison, f; Timothy Hester, p

      Musicmasters MMD-60195-A

      3:08 am

      Roy Harris: Symphony #3 (1939)

      Dallas Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata
      COPLAND, A.: Billy the Kid Suite / BERNSTEIN, L.: On the Waterfront / HARRIS, R.: Symphony No. 3 (An American Panorama)

      Dorian DOR-90170

      3:26 am

      Aaron Copland: "Sunday Afternoon Music"

      Leo Smit, p
      The Complete Music For Solo Piano

      Sony SM2K-66345 (2)

      3:28 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op 53, "Waldstein"

      Rudolf Serkin, p
      Serkin - The Unreleased Studio Recordings - Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      Sony SM3K-64490 (3)

      3:54 am

      Alec Wilder: Wind Quintet #1

      "Up Tempo"

      New York Wind Quintet

      Boston Skyline BSD-139

      4:00 am

      Edward Elgar: Romance, Op 62

      Julie Price, bn; English Ch Orch/Paul Goodwin
      Elgar, Nursery Suite, Serenade, Dream Children, and Other Works

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907258

      4:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Romance in f minor, Op. 11

      Ivan Zenaty, v; Virtuosi di Praga/Oldrich Vlcek
      N/A

      Discover Int'l DICD-920265

      4:18 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Romance

      Meir Rimon, fh; Israel Phil/David Amos
      Dances, Moods, And Romances

      Crystal CD-513

      4:19 am

      Eduard Tubin: Symphony #4 in A, Sinfonia lirica

      Bergen Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Symphony No. 4 • Symphony No. 9 • Toccata

      BIS CD-227

      4:55 am

      Scottish Trad: Adew Dundee

      Baltimore Consort
      Adew Dundee: Early Music Of Scotland

      Dorian DOR-90314

      5:00 am

      Ambroise Thomas: "Le Songe d'une nuit d'été"

      Aria, "Où suis-je?"

      Michael Schade, t; Canadian Opera Company Orch/Richard Bradshaw
      Soirée Française

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5174

      5:05 am

      Erik Satie: "Cinq grimaces pour 'Le songe d'une nuit d'été'"

      Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
      The Complete Ballets of Erik Satie

      Vanguard OVC-4030

      5:08 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21

      Berlin German Sym Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      A Midsummer Night's Dream * Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

      London 466098-2

      5:20 am

      Michael White: Scenes from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

      #6, "Puck's Pranks,"

      Julian Gray, Ronald Pearl, g's
      The Magic Circle

      Dorian DIS-80111

      5:21 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Suite Élisabéthaine" for "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Vive Ibert! (Jacques Ibert Orchestral Works)

      Newport Classic NPD-85531

      5:45 am

      Anonymous: "Greensleeves to A Ground"

      Hesperion XXI
      La Barcha d'Amore * 1563-1685 * Montserrat Figueras * Jordi Savall

      Alia Vox AV-9811

      5:54 am

      Cutting: Variations on "Greensleeves"

      Timothy Walker, g

      Helios CDH-88027

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Christmastide, 'For unto us a Child is born!'" Joyous music of the season continues this week as host Peter DuBois shares choral and organ favorites, both old and new!

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleeves"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vernon Handley
      Symphony No.6 in E Minor, Symphony No.9 in E Minor, Fantasia On Greensleeves

      EMI CDM7-64613-2

      7:06 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 47 in B minor, H XVI:32

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Haydn: Piano Sonatas

      EMI CDC5-56756-2

      7:18 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf," Op. 67

      Sting, n; Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, March in B-Flat, Overture on Hebrew Themes, Classical Symphony

      DG 429396-2

      7:46 am

      Florence Price: Octet for Brasses and Piano

      Michael Hawes, tr; brass ensemble; Eugenia Jeong, p
      Florence Price - Her Song

      One Voice Music OVM-01

      8:00 am

      Dani Howard: "Ellipsis"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Paul Urbina
      Dani Howard Orchestral Works

      Rubicon RCD-1125

      8:12 am

      John Jacob Niles: "I wonder as I wander"

      Miró Quartet
      Hearth

      Pentatone PTC-5187495

      8:16 am

      Margaret Bonds: "Fields of Wonder"

      Cantus
      Fields of Wonder

      Signum SIGCD-867

      8:29 am

      Pablo Casals: "Sardana"

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

      Decca 4832948

      8:36 am

      Eric Ewazen: Trio for horn, violin and piano

      III. "Andante grazioso"

      Michael Thornton, hn; Yumi Hwang-Williams, v; Andrew Litton, p
      Inspired by Brahms: Music for Horn Trio

      Albany TROY-1616

      8:44 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

      III. "Adagio"

      Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
      Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, etc.

      Chandos CHSA-5309

      8:58 am

      Justin Hurwitz: "La La Land"

      "Engagement Party"

      Randy Kerber, p
      La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Interscope B0025620-02

      9:00 am

      Justin Hurwitz: "La La Land"

      "The End"

      Orch/Tim Davies
      La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Interscope B0025620-02

      9:01 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 70, "Wachet! betet! (Watch! Pray!)"

      Soloists; Amsterdam Baroque Orch & Cho/Ton Koopman
      Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone,
      Complete Cantatas - Volume 9

      Erato 27315-2 (3)

      9:24 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore"

      Suite in D

      Christopher Parkening, g
      Parkening Plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius

      EMI CDC5-55052-2

      9:37 am

      Francesco Manfredini: Two-Trumpet Concerto in D

      I. Allegro

      H Schneidewind, W Pasch, tr's; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Faerber
      The Baroque Collection

      Vox PVTS-7601

      9:40 am

      Francesco Manfredini: Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 3, No. 10

      Capella Istropolitana/Jaroslav Krček
      Francesco Onofrio Manfredini: Concerti Grossi Op. 3

      Naxos 8.553891

      9:50 am

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Selva morale e spirituale"

      "Beatus vir" (Psalm 112)

      Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
      Saint Mark & Venice

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2908546.47

      9:57 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232

      No. 23, "Osanna in excelsis"

      Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Famous Bach Choruses

      Archiv 439885-2

      10:01 am

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Christmas Carols," Sz 57

      Zoltán Kocsis, p
      Béla Bartók: Works for Piano Solo, Vol. 2

      Philips 442016-2

      10:13 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Scaramouche," Op. 165b

      Branford Marsalis, sx; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Creation

      Sony SK-89251

      10:26 am

      David Skidmore: "Lover," from "Archetypes"

      Clarice Assad & Sérgio Assad, g's; Third Coast Percussion
      Archetypes

      Cedille CDR-90000201

      10:31 am

      Ludovico Einaudi: "Life"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

      Analekta AN2-8738

      10:36 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"

      Suite

      National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman
      Puccini: Opera for Orchestra

      Pro Arte CDS-3671

      10:51 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La bohème"

      Aria, "Che gelida manina"

      Pene Pati, t; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orch/Emmanuel Villaume
      Nessun Dorma

      Warner 5419789770

      10:57 am

      Scott Hiltzik: "Spirals"

      Bay Brass
      Sound the Bells!

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807556

      11:01 am

      Ferdinando Carulli: Flute and Guitar Fantasy, Op. 337

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Alexandre Lagoya, g
      Carulli: Music for Flute and Guitar

      CBS MK-42130

      11:12 am

      Josef Suk: "Summer Impressions," Op. 22b

      Margaret Fingerhut, p
      Suk: Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-9026/7 (2)

      11:26 am

      Zdeněk Fibich: "Impressions from the Countryside," Op. 54

      "Village Dance"

      Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
      Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1

      Naxos 8.572985

      11:34 am

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

      Maggini Quartet
      Holidays with WFMT

      Naxos/WFMT (Xmas 2021)

      11:40 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Coincident Dances"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Project W

      Cedille CDR-90000185

      11:53 am

      Ronn McFarlane: "A Star in the East"

      Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surrick, viga
      A Star in the East

      Flowerpot Productions A Star in the East

      11:56 am

      Linda Kachelmeier: "We Toast the Days"

      Choral Scholars of University College Dublin/Desmond Earley
      Be All Merry

      Signum SIGCD-643

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Ave verum corpus," K. 618

      Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
      Mozart: Requiem, Ave verum corpus

      Erato 10697-2

      12:03 pm

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

      Overture

      La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
      Mozart Overtures

      DG 4779445

      12:11 pm

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Jubilate Deo"

      Music of the Baroque Choir & Brass/Edward Zelnis
      O Be Joyful - Renaissance Brass & Choral Music - Music of the Baroque

      Music of the Baroque 2006

      12:18 pm

      Jaromír Weinberger: "Schwanda the Bagpiper"

      Polka and Fugue

      Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble
      Flourishes, Tales and Symphonies: Music for Brass and Organ

      MSR Classics MS-1598

      12:26 pm

      Reinhold Glière: "The Red Poppy"

      "Russian Sailors' Dance"

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Russian Sailor's Dance and Other Dazzling Dances

      Sony SFK-47282

      12:30 pm

      Ernesto Nazareth: Tango, "Carioca"

      Arthur Moreira Lima, p
      Moreira Lima, Nazareth: Tangos, Waltzes & Polkas

      Pro Arte PAD-144

      12:38 pm

      Edward Elgar: "Dream Children," Op. 43

      Indianapolis Sym Orch/Raymond Leppard
      Elgar: Dream Children, The Wand of Youth Suites I & II, Nursery Suite, Starlight Express

      Koss KC-1014

      12:45 pm

      Domenico Caudioso: Mandolin Concerto in G

      Julien Martineau, m; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Come una volta

      Naïve V-5455

      12:59 pm

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Das Jahr"

      December, "Allegro molto"

      Chloe Flower, p; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Jessica Cottis
      She Composed: The Holidays

      Popsical Music Group 199538674651

      1:03 pm

      Grace Williams: "Sea Sketches"

      Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch/Malin Broman
      Breaking Waves

      BIS 2702

      1:21 pm

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in A, Kk 101 (L 494)

      Igor Kamenz, p
      Igor Kamenz plays Scarlatti

      Naïve V-5399

      1:26 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Humoresque" in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/Manfred Honeck
      Dvořák: Violin Concerto

      DG B0019303-02

      1:29 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 33, No. 2, "Joke"

      IV. Finale, "Presto"

      Panocha String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos. 1-4

      Supraphon 110634-2

      1:33 pm

      Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 5 in D, G 478

      Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Zürich Collegium Musicum/Paul Sacher
      Vivaldi, Tartini, Boccherini: Cello Concertos

      DG 4776337

      1:51 pm

      Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27, "Sinfonia espansiva"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
      Nielsen: Symphonies 2 & 3

      Decca 430280-2

      2:01 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48

      Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
      Grieg - Dvořák - Tchaikovsky

      Archetype 60105

      2:33 pm

      Tina Nicholson: "Moments from Women" for solo oboe

      "Spicy Girl"

      Sherry Sylar, ob
      Double Take: American Reed

      Albany TROY-1515

      2:35 pm

      Ennio Morricone: "The Mission"

      "Gabriel's Oboe"

      London Phil Orch/Dirk Brossé
      The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s-2000s

      LPO 0110

      2:39 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 14, No. 2

      Murray Perahia, p
      Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 26, 14 & 28

      Sony 88697326462

      2:55 pm

      Thomas Adès: "The Tempest"

      "Five Spells: Ferdinand and Miranda"

      London Phil Orch/Thomas Adès
      Thomas Adès Orchestral Suites

      LPO 0131-D

      3:01 pm

      Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor (1707)

      Resche-Caserta, v; Dunford, l; Christie, hc; Rignol, viga
      Myriam Rignol, viola da gamba,
      Bill & Friends

      Harmonia Mundi HAF-8905379

      3:16 pm

      Franz Schubert: Overture in C, "In the Italian Style," D 591

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Schubert: Symphonies 1 & 4

      Teldec 97509-2

      3:25 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Arabeske" in C, Op. 18

      Stephen Hough, p
      Schumann: Arabeske, Kreisleriana & Fantasie

      Hyperion CDA-68363

      3:32 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Two-Horn Suite in F

      H Baumann & T Brown, hn's; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Telemann: Horn concertos

      Philips 412226-2

      3:47 pm

      Michel Legrand: "Windmills of Your Mind"

      Gautier Capuçon, vc; Jérôme Ducros, p
      Sensations

      Erato 190296157073

      3:50 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: "Turandot"

      Aria, "Nessun dorma"

      Gautier Capuçon, vc; Orch National de Bretagne/Johanna Malangré
      Sensations

      Erato 190296157073

      3:54 pm

      William Byrd: Second Service: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis

      Magnificat

      Magdalen College Choir, Fretwork/Bill Ives
      William Byrd: Second Service and Consort Anthems

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907440

      4:02 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

      Chineke! Orch/Roderick Cox
      Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 * Sibelius Symphony No. 2

      Signum SIGCD-548

      4:45 pm

      Michael Praetorius: Carol, "Resonet in laudibus"

      London Early Music Consort/David Munrow
      Praetorius: Terpsichore dances; Motets from Musæ Sionæ

      Virgin 61289-2

      4:48 pm

      Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"

      No. 2, "Clementine"

      Agave
      American Originals: A New World, A New Canon

      Acis APL-20445

      4:52 pm

      Carl Joseph Toeschi: Sextet in B-Flat

      I. Andante grazioso-Allegro

      Freiburg Baroque Orch members
      Mozart's Mannheim

      DG 4863502

      5:01 pm

      Margaret Bonds: "Three Dream Portraits"

      Will Liverman, br; Paul Sánchez, p
      Dreams of a New Day — Songs by Black Composers

      Cedille CDR-90000200

      5:08 pm

      Béla Bartók: Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csík

      Víkingur Ólafsson, p
      From Afar

      DG 4861681

      5:12 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2

      Cecilia String Quartet
      Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Op. 44, Nos. 1 & 2

      Analekta AN2-9844

      5:38 pm

      music continues...

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Bruckner "Psalm 150;" Ruth Welting, soprano; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Bartók "Cantata profana;" John Aler, tenor; John Tomlinson, baritone; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Brahms "A German Requiem;" Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Bernd Weikl, baritone; Georg Solti, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Music from Spain Spain has historic, diverse and strong musical tradition. Fiesta delves into the history of Spanish music starting with medieval music, moving to the 'Golden Century' of Spain, during the Renaissance, and ends with 18th century brilliant baroque music.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Furtwängler conducts Brahms – program 1 of 2

      Brahms Symphony Nos. 1 & 2.