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      Playlist for Thursday, July 16, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      William Byrd: Motet, "Visita, Quaesumus Domine"

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

      Collegium COLCD-131

      12:05 am

      James Hook: Piano Concerto in D

      David Owen Norris, p; Sonnerie
      The World's First Piano Concertos

      Avie AV-0014

      12:20 am

      James Nares: Harpsichord Suite No. 2 in D

      "Larghetto"

      Julian Perkins
      English 18th-Century Keyboard Concertos

      Avie AV-2152

      12:22 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto no.2 in f minor, Op.21

      Daniel Barenboim, p; Berlin Staatskapelle/Andris Nelsons
      The Chopin Concertos * Daniel Barenboim * Staatskapelle Berlin * Andris Nelsons

      DG B0015387-02

      12:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 30

      No. 2 in b-flat

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Lieder Ohne Worte

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      1:00 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "War and Peace"

      "Waltz"

      Philharmonia Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Prokofiev: War & Peace Suite

      Chandos CHAN-9096

      1:05 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin"

      Act II, Entr'acte and Waltz

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Alpesh Chauhan

      Chandos CHSA-5352

      1:13 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Lady Soubrette"

      Waltz

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Waltzes And Polonaises By Russian Composers

      Melodiya SUCD-1000179

      1:19 am

      Valentin Silvestrov: "Three Waltzes with a Postlude," Op. 3

      I. "Allegretto"

      Alexei Lubimov, p
      Silvestrov: ...flowering Over Lethe...

      Fuga Libera FUG-846

      1:21 am

      Dora Pejacevic: Piano Trio in C, Op. 29

      TrioW
      Unheard-of Treasures: Music by Women Composers

      Naxos 8.551438

      1:55 am

      Valentin Silvestrov: Three Postludes, Op. 64

      I. "Andantino"

      Alexei Lubimov, p
      Silvestrov: ...flowering Over Lethe...

      Fuga Libera FUG-846

      2:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Lohengrin"

      Bridal chorus, "Treulich geführt"

      Bavarian Radio Sym Cho and Orch/Rafael Kubelik
      Dies Irae: The Essential Choral Collection

      DG 457196-2 (2)

      2:04 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde"

      Prelude and "Liebestod"

      New York Phil/Pierre Boulez
      Pierre Boulez: Wagner

      Sony SMK-64108

      2:21 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve German Dances, K 586

      No. 9 in B-Flat

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Taras Krysa
      Mozart: Complete Edition

      Brilliant Classics 92540 (170)

      2:22 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in d, K. 397

      Mieczyslaw Horszowski, p
      Mozart: Fantasia In D Minor, K. 397 / Chopin: Two Nocturnes / Debussy: Children's Corner / Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 2 In A Major, Op. 2, No. 2

      Nonesuch 79160-2

      2:28 am

      Adalbert Gyrowetz: Symphony in D, Op 12/1

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Gyrowetz: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9791

      2:54 am

      Charles Dieupart: Clavier Suite No. 2 in D

      "Ouverture"

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Dieupart: Harpsichord Suites

      Centaur CRC-2617

      3:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Préludes," Book 2

      II. "Feuilles mortes"

      Walter Gieseking, p

      Price-Less D-14244

      3:02 am

      Claude Debussy: "Préludes," Book 2

      III. "La puerta del Vino"

      Walter Gieseking, p

      Price-Less D-14244

      3:05 am

      Ernest Bloch: Concerto Grosso no.1

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/William Steinberg; Harry Franklin, p

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66555-2

      3:26 am

      Joseph Wagner: Concerto Grosso (1949)

      3rd mvt, "Gavotte"

      Carnegie-Mellon University Band/Richard Strange
      Works For Concert Band

      Orion ORS-73118

      3:28 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in F, Op 6/2

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Concerti Grossi Op.6 1-6

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907014

      3:37 am

      Ernest Bloch: Concerto Grosso no.2

      Atlas Camerata/Dalia Atlas
      Bloch: Concerti Grossi

      ASV CDDCA-1055

      3:55 am

      Josquin Des Prez: Chanson, "Pour souhaitter"

      King's Singers
      Renaissance: The Music Of Josquin Desprez

      RCA 61814-2

      4:00 am

      Friedrich Kuhlau: Andante and Polacca

      Thomas Bacon, fh; Phillip Moll, p

      Crystal S-379

      4:05 am

      Anton Diabelli: Serenade, Op 99

      Virginia Sindelar, f; Richard Schilling, p
      Romantic Music for Flute and Guitar Music of Giuliani, Diabelli, Doppler, Coste, Godard, and Fauré

      Titanic TI-191

      4:20 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Song, "Die Liebe", Op 52/6

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Jörg Demus, p
      Beethoven Edition / Lieder • Chormusik

      DG 2720017 (7)

      4:21 am

      Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

      Andrea Marcovici, v; Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Violin Concerto In D Minor, Op.47 (Overture In A Minor ✱ Menuetto ✱ In Memoriam)

      BIS CD-372

      4:54 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 30

      No. 1 in c

      Frederic Chiu, p
      Complete Mazurkas

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907247.48 (2)

      5:00 am

      Claudio Monteverdi: Aria, "Più lieto il guardo"

      Topi Lehtipuu, t; Le Concertàd'Astrée/Emmanuelle Haim
      Monteverdi: Combattimento

      Virgin 63350-2

      5:05 am

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

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
      Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream/ Symphony No. 4

      Telarc CD-80318

      5:31 am

      Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Bk IV (1603)

      "Quel augellin che canta"

      Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Quarto Libro dei Madrigali

      Opus 111 OPS-30-81

      5:33 am

      Jean Françaix: Little Quartet for Saxophones (1912)

      Netherlands Saxophone Quartet
      Paris, À Nous Deux! (Opera Comique) Music of Francaix, Pierné, & Rivier for Saxophone Quartet

      Nonesuch H-71402

      5:40 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Saxophone Concerto in E-Flat

      Gary Louie, sx; St Petersburg State Academic Orch/Vladimir Lande
      Classic Saxophone Concertos * Gary Louie

      Kleos Classics KL-5150

      5:54 am

      Reinhold Gliere: Song, "Today is mine"

      Linn Maxwell, ms; Robert McCoy, p
      Romances of the Russian Masters

      Albany TROY-072

      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.

      6:05 am

      Alice Mary Smith: Symphony in A minor

      IV. Allegro

      London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
      Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-10283

      6:12 am

      James MacMillan: "Ave Maris Stella"

      ORA Singers/Suzi Digby
      Sanctissima

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905334.35

      6:18 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Curious Impertinent"

      Suite

      Septura
      Brass Septet Music, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.573386

      6:32 am

      Jean Françaix: Piano Concertino (1932)

      Claude Françaix, p; London Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Dorati Conducts Satie, Milhaud, Auric, Françaix, Fetler

      Mercury 434335-2

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Symphony, Part IV

      We start this week featuring the symphonic form at its Romantic apex, with Austrian composers Anton Bruckner and Gustav Mahler. Then we’ll head over to Britain to enjoy the music of Edward Elgar. Together, these three composers wrote 22 symphonies, which is impressive considering Bruckner didn’t compose his first until his forties, and Elgar was turning fifty! Get ready for a week filled with vivid, colorful orchestral symphonies.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on "Greensleeves;" David Nadien, violin; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2, Movement I; Semyon Bychkov, conductor; Ravel "Tzigane;" Itzhak Perlman, violin; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Debussy "La Mer;" Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5; Lorin Maazel, conductor; Copland "Appalachian Spring;" Alan Gilbert, conductor; Trad, arr. Berio "Loosin Yelav;" Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Brahms Adagio from Violin Concerto; Pinchas Zuckerman, violin; Berlioz "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath" from "Symphonie fantastique;" Alan Gilbert, conductor;