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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Julian Bream, g; John Williams, g
      Guitar Dreams - Classics For A New Age

      RCA 68161-2

      12:05 am

      Edouard Lalo: "Namouna" (1882)

      Rhapsody #1

      ORTF National Orch/Jean Martinon

      DG 2543803

      12:28 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "In the Blue Mountains-A Fairy Tale Suite," Op 44

      #1, "Night"

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

      Arena AR-07015

      12:30 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Violin, Flute and Bassoon Concerto in g, R 104, "La Notte"

      Katy Bircher, f; Peter Whelan, bn; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v 1
      Vivaldi * The French Connection 2 * La Serenissima * Adrian Chandler

      Avie AV-2218

      12:39 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Kammermusik" #1, Op 24/1

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch Members/Riccardo Chailly
      Kammermusik 1-7

      London 433816-2 (2)

      12:55 am

      Georg Christoph Wagenseil: Sonata No. 3 in c, Suite de pieces

      "Vivace"

      Piccolo Concerto Wien
      Wagenseil: 6 Quartets

      Symphonia SY-99168-9 (2)

      1:00 am

      Vasili Kalinnikov: "Tsar Boris"

      Entr'acte to Act 2

      Budapest Sym/Antal Jancsovics
      Kalinnikov

      Marco Polo 8.223135

      1:05 am

      Alexander Borodin: String Quartet no.2 in D

      St Petersburg String Quartet

      Sony SMK-64097

      1:34 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Sorotchinsky Fair"

      "Gopak"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      The Tsar - Greatest Hits

      Sony MLK-62683

      1:35 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "Magnolia Suite"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      1:55 am

      John Wilbye: Madrigal, "Flora gave me fairest flowers"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers: English Madrigals

      Collegium COLCD-105

      2:00 am

      Hector Berlioz: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24

      "Menuet des follets"

      K Lewis, Terfel, von Otter; Philharmonia Cho and Orch/M-W Chung
      La Damnation De Faust

      DG 453500-2 (2)

      2:05 am

      Hector Berlioz: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24

      "Dance of the Sylphs"

      Boston Sym/Charles Munch
      Munch Conducts Berlioz

      RCA 68444-2 (8)

      2:07 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Rob Roy" Overture

      San Diego Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi
      Berlioz: Overtures

      Naxos 8.550999

      2:21 am

      Hector Berlioz: "The Damnation of Faust," Op. 24

      "Mephistopheles' Song" ("Song of the Flea")

      Bryn Terfel, br; Philharmonia Cho and Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      La Damnation De Faust

      DG 453500-2 (2)

      2:22 am

      Josef Rheinberger: Nonet in E-Flat, Op 139

      Bronx Arts Ensemble
      19th Century Nonets

      Leonarda LPI-110

      2:55 am

      Peter Cornelius: "Trauer und Trost"

      No. 3, "Ein Ton"

      Markus Schäfer, t; Matthias Veit, p
      Cornelius: Lieder, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.572556

      3:00 am

      Frederick Delius: "Fennimore and Gerda" (1909-10)

      Intermezzo

      Hallé Orch/Sir John Barbirolli

      Nixa NIXCD-6003

      3:04 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in f, Op. 20, No. 5

      Tátrai String Quartet
      Haydn Quartets, Op 20

      Hungaroton HCD-11332-33 (2)

      3:26 am

      Richard Strauss: Wind Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 7

      Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Edo De Waart
      Strauss: Symphony For Wind Instruments 'The Happy Workshop', Serenade For Wind Instruments, Op. 7

      Philips 438733-2 (2)

      3:35 am

      Kaija Saariaho: "Sept papillons" (2000)

      Papillon 2

      Wilhelmina Smith, vc
      Works for Solo Cello

      Ondine ODE-1294-2

      3:36 am

      Robert Schumann: "Papillons," Op. 2

      Sarah Beth Briggs, p
      Brahms-Schumann

      Avie AV-2398

      3:53 am

      Kaija Saariaho: "Sept papillons" (2000)

      Papillon 1

      Wilhelmina Smith, vc
      Works for Solo Cello

      Ondine ODE-1294-2

      4:00 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Reihe kleiner Stcke," Op 37/2

      "Einleitung und Lied"

      Werner Bärtschi, p
      HINDEMITH : Piano Works

      Jecklin JD-691-2

      4:05 am

      Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber

      San Francisco Sym Orch/Herbert Blomstedt
      Mathis Der Maler • Symphonic Metamorphosis • Trauermusik

      London 421523-2

      4:25 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Ten German Dances, Op 4

      #9

      Eva Schieferstein, p
      Weber: Schieferstein - Valses favorites pour l'impératrice

      Koch 3-6731-2

      4:27 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Introduction, Theme & Variations for clarinet & strings, Op Po

      Jon Manasse, cl; Manhattan String Quartet

      XLNT Music CD-18004

      4:38 am

      Jenö Hubay: "Variations sur un Thème Hongrois," Op 72

      Hagai Shaham, v; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
      Hubay: Violin Concertos 3 & 4

      Hyperion CDA-67367

      4:54 am

      Bela Bartók: Seven Choruses, Sz 103

      No. 1, "Hussar"

      Liszt Academy Chamber Cho, Budapest Sym Orch/Antal Dorati

      Hungaroton HCD-31047

      5:00 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "La Belle Hélène"

      "Amours divins! ardentes flammes!"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Offenbach

      DG 471501-2

      5:05 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "La Belle Hélène"

      Overture

      Detroit Sym/Paul Paray
      Marches and Overtures a la Fancaise

      Mercury 434332-2

      5:12 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: "L'Africaine"

      Overture & Three Entr'actes

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Darrell Ang
      MEYERBEER, G.: Overtures and Entr'actes from the French Operas (New Zealand Symphony, Darrell Ang)

      Naxos 8.573195

      5:23 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Ouverture de la Mascarade"

      Chicago Baroque Ensemble
      The World of Lully

      Cedille CDR-90000043

      5:27 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme"

      "Deuxième air des Espagnols"

      Tempesta di Mare

      Chandos CHAN-0805

      5:29 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414

      Jos van Immerseel, forte-p; Anima Eterna Orch
      Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8, 28 & 12

      Channel Classics CCS-0690

      5:53 am

      Thomas Robinson: "The Queenes Goodnight"

      Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's
      English Lute Duets

      BIS CD-267

      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

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541

      Läubin Brass Ensemble
      Bach for Brass

      DG 423988-2

      6:12 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Prussian Sonata No. 5 in C, Wq 48/5

      Jon Mendle, 11-string arch-g
      L'Infidele: 18th-Century Music Played on 11-String Archguitar

      In A Circle ICR-004

      6:25 am

      Antônio Carlos Gomes: String Sonata in D

      I. "Allegro animato"

      English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson
      Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

      Naxos 8.574405

      6:32 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: Transcription of Waltzes by Schubert

      Frederic Chiu, p
      Prokofiev Vol. 9 - Transcriptions / Frederic Chiu

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907195

      6:42 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "Overture di Ballo"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      6:54 am

      Joseph Hellmesberger Sr.: "Ball Scene"

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      New Year's Concert 2016

      Sony 88875174802

      7:04 am

      Alessandro Scarlatti: Concerto grosso No. 3 in F

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
      A Scarlatti & D Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie

      Virgin 45495-2

      7:13 am

      William Alwyn: Concerto grosso No. 1

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Alwyn: Oboe Concerto, Concerti Grossi

      Chandos CHAN-8866

      7:25 am

      Pablo Ziegler: "Suite Canyengue"

      III. Finale, "Sandunga"

      Susan Palma-Nidel, f; Borromeo String Quartet
      Elegante: New Flute Music from South America

      Flutewine Productions 616892044949

      7:33 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1

      No. 4, "Simple Gifts"

      William Warfield, br; Columbia Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Copland Conducts Copland

      CBS MK-42430

      7:34 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 2

      No. 2, "Zion's Walls"

      William Warfield, br; Columbia Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Copland Conducts Copland

      CBS MK-42430

      7:36 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 2

      No. 4, "At the River"

      William Warfield, br; Columbia Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Copland Conducts Copland

      CBS MK-42430

      7:42 am

      John Alden Carpenter: "Krazy Kat"

      Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose
      John Alden Carpenter: Complete Ballets

      BMOP Sound 1100

      7:55 am

      Percy Grainger: "Spoon River"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Lincolnshire Posy: Music for Band by Percy Grainger

      Reference RR-117

      8:04 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Two-Horn Concerto in D, "Die Jagd"

      Kurt Sandau, tr; Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler, tr
      Concertos for como de caccia

      Berlin Classics BC-1072-2

      8:17 am

      Lars-Erik Larsson: "Barococo" Suite, Op 64

      V. Barcarolle; VI. Finale, Quadrille

      New York Scandia Sym/Dorrit Matson
      Orchestral Works of Lars-Erik Larsson

      Centaur CRC-2607

      8:25 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Villageoises (Petites pièces enfantines)"

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Poulenc: Nocturnes, Suites, 6 Improvisations, Intermezzi, Villageoises

      Decca 425862-2

      8:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361, "Gran Partita"

      III. "Adagio"

      Music of the Baroque Winds/Jane Glover
      Celebrating our 50th Season, 2020-21

      Music of the Baroque CD-2020

      8:40 am

      Manuel de Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs

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

      DG B0019758-02

      8:55 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Rusalka," Op. 114

      "Song to the Moon"

      Pablo Ferrández, vc; Swedish Chamber Orch/Martin Fröst
      Moonlight Variations

      Sony G010005447981C

      9:04 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "Inspiration Waltzes"

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

      Navona NV-6013

      9:11 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88, 89, 90 / Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra / Bruno Weil

      Sony SK-66253

      9:32 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Elégie" in C minor, Op. 24

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Cello Ensemble
      Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Elgar

      Decca B0031491-02

      9:41 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin and Oboe Concerto in G minor, R. 576

      Neven Lesage, ob; Gli Incogniti/Amandine Beyer, v
      Vivaldi: Il Mondo al rovescio

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902688

      9:52 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Sextet, Op. 70, "Souvenir de Florence"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio e vivace"

      Nash Ensemble
      Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets

      Hyperion CDA-68406

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      Court Dance; Mazurka & Entrance of the Prince; Cinderella's Arrival; Grand Waltz

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Prokofiev: Cinderella (Suite) / Leonard Slatkin

      RCA RCD1-5321

      10:14 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

      Alexandre Da Costa, v; Oviedo Phil/Marzio Conti
      Saint-Saëns: Rondo Capriccioso; Jota Aragonese; Concerto No. 3; Symphonie No. 3

      Warner 0825646281442

      10:26 am

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker

      Delos DE-3132

      10:35 am

      Candelario Huízar: "Imágenes"

      Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra
      Mi Alma Mexicana

      Sony 88697755552

      10:53 am

      Ola Gjeilo: "Second Eve"

      Voces8
      Eventide

      Decca 4785703

      11:00 am

      Alexey Shor: "Seascapes"

      I. "Abandoned Lighthouse"

      David Aaron Carpenter, vi; London Phil Orch/David Parry
      Motherland

      Warner 0190295697693

      11:07 am

      Tielman Susato: "The Danserye" (1551)

      Six Dances

      English Chamber Orch Brass Ensemble/Donald Fraser
      Baroque Brass

      RCA 61541-2

      11:18 am

      Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 35

      Solistes Européens Luxembourg/Christoph König
      Louise Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

      Naxos 8.573706

      11:52 am

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

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      An Amadeus Affair

      Steinway & Sons 30022

      12:01 pm

      John Rutter: Suite for Strings

      Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      The English Connection (April 2023)

      Camerata Chicago

      12:14 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Fidelio," Op. 72

      Overture

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies

      Warner 0825646278299

      12:22 pm

      Irene Britton Smith: Violin Sonata (1947)

      Dawn Wohn, v; Emely Phelps, p
      Unbounded: Music by American Women

      Delos DE-3599

      12:38 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in C, "Alexander's Feast"

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Handel: Famous Arias

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2908288.91 (4)

      12:51 pm

      Eduard Tubin: "Prélude solennel"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Eduard Tubin: Prélude sollenel, Violin Concerto No. 1, Suite on Estonian Dances

      BIS CD-286

      1:00 pm

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

      Martha Argerich, p
      Martha Argerich - The Legendary 1965 Recording

      EMI CDC5-56805-2

      1:08 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "The Water Goblin," Op. 107

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Dvořák: From the New World, The Water Goblin

      Koss KC-1010

      1:31 pm

      Andrea Grossi: Sonata a 5, Op. 3/1

      Anna Freeman, tr; Baroque Instrumental Ensemble
      Baroque Trumpet And Strings / Paul Plunkett

      Move MD-3127

      1:39 pm

      Máximo Diego Pujol: "Suite mágica"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Jason Vieaux, g
      Together

      Azica ACD-71297

      1:52 pm

      Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 2

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Henry Cowell: Persian Set

      Koch 3-7220-2

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

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

      Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

      DG 459156-2

      2:29 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Alborada del gracioso"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Jorge Federico Osorio: The French Album

      Cedille CDR-90000197

      2:38 pm

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Overture

      Philharmonic Brass/Tugan Sokhiev
      Overture!

      Decca 4854171

      2:49 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "L'amant anonyme"

      Act II, Scene 5: Ballet 1, "Choeur", Ballet 2, March

      Haymarket Opera Orch/Craig Trompeter
      L'Amant Anonyme

      Cedille CDR-90000217

      2:57 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Champagne Polka," Op. 211

      London Sym Orch/John Georgiadis
      An Evening In Vienna

      MCA Classics MCAD-25967

      3:00 pm

      Muzio Clementi: Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 26, No. 2

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz Plays Clementi

      RCA 7753-2

      3:14 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 120, No. 2

      Daniel Ottensamer, cl; Berlin German Sym Orch/Stephan Koncz
      Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra

      Pentatone PTC-5187425

      3:35 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B-Flat, K. 319

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      3:58 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      You and the Night and the Music

      Novelists have built their plots around great music. Join us as we step into the minds of authors trying to describe the feelings and emotions of music. We begin with an inspiring mandolin and the letters of T.S. Eliot. In Thursday’s program, Bill tells the story of a violin maker and part-time sleuth who has a nostalgic longing for Bach. Dvorák falls in love. An author reminisces about his father’s final journey with Beethoven. We end our travels through literature and music with a dream of the devil and E.M. Forster’s vision of Beethoven from Howard’s End.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Bartok Piano Concerto No.3; Philippe Entremont, piano; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Still "Old California;" Pierre Monteux, conductor; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique;" Alan Gilbert, conductor.