Thursday, October 16, 2025

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Mitridate, rè di Ponto," K. 87

      Overture

      La Scala Philharmonic/Riccardo Chailly
      Ouvertures

      Decca 4852944

      12:05 am

      Igor Stravinsky: Wind Octet (1923)

      London Sinfonietta/Riccardo Chailly
      Stravinsky: Divertimento, Fanfare for a New Theatre, Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, Suites Nos. 1 and 2

      London 417114-2

      12:20 am

      Carl Loewe: "Paria," Op. 58

      No. 3, "Dank des Paria"

      Jan Tobow, t; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      12:22 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Symphony #5 in c, Op 102

      Swiss Italian Orch/Howard Shelley
      Spohr Symphonies

      Hyperion CDA-67622

      12:55 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Song, Verlust

      Wolfang F Holzmair, br, Rosario Marciano, p
      Lieder By Women Composers From The Classical Period To Modern Times Vol. 1: From Maria Walpugis to Clara Schumann

      MHS 512350

      1:00 am

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

      "Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps"

      Baltimore Sym/David Zinman
      Berlioz: La Marseillase, Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet, Three Excerpts from the Damnation of Faust

      Telarc CD-80164

      1:05 am

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Ballet music

      Royal Opera House Orch/Sir Georg Solti

      London 421396-2

      1:21 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)

      1:23 am

      Leo Brouwer: "Triptico" (1958)

      Brasil Guitar Duo
      BROUWER: Music for 2 Guitars

      Naxos 8.573336

      1:36 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Trittico botticelliano"

      Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon
      Respighi

      Cala CACD-1007

      1:55 am

      Antonio Estévez: "17 Piezas Infantiles"

      No. 12

      Gabriela Montero, p
      Solatino

      EMI 18201-2

      2:00 am

      Mateo Flecha: "La Guerra"

      Piffaro (Renaissance Band)
      Los Ministriles: Spanish Renaissance Wind Music

      DG Archiv 453441-2

      2:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Wellington's Victory," Op 91

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Beethoven: Wellington's Victory

      Telarc CD-80079

      2:21 am

      Hyacinthe Jadin: Piano Sonata in A, Op 6/2

      Nicholas Fuller, forte-p
      Sonates Pour Pianoforte

      Palatine PL9-0505 (3)

      2:33 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

      #11

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      2:34 am

      Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 7

      Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Howard Shelley, p
      Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 78

      Hyperion CDA-68240

      2:55 am

      Robert Schumann: "Album für die Jugend," Op. 68

      #4, "Chorale"

      Luba Edlina, p
      Schumann: Album for the Young

      Chandos CHAN-9731

      3:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477

      Le Concert d'Astrée/Louis Langrée
      Mozart: Mass in C Minor K 427

      Virgin Classics 359309-2

      3:04 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in g, K. 478

      Domus

      Virgin 91485-2

      3:33 am

      Dominick Argento: "Songs About Spring"

      #3, "in Just spring"

      Patrice Michaels Bedi, s; Elizabeth Buccheri, p; Larry Combs, cl
      Songs by Argento & Vaughan Williams

      Cedille CDR-90000029

      3:35 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "The Seasons," Op 67

      Spring

      Philharmonia Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47847-2

      3:43 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Spring," Op 34

      Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Schermerhorn

      Records Int'l 7001-2

      3:53 am

      Nikolai Medtner: Song, "Spring Calm", Op 28/5

      Ludmilla Andrew, s; Geoffrey Tozer, p
      Medtner: Songs

      Chandos CHAN-9327

      4:00 am

      John Dowland: "Pavan a 4"

      Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen
      Dowland: Farewell Unkind

      Erato 12704-2

      4:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Two Rhapsodies, Op 79

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Brahms: Handel Variations, Ballades Op. 10, Rhapsodies Op. 79

      London 433849-2

      4:21 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 67

      No. 3 in C

      Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Dejan Lazic, p
      Chopin: Cello Waltzes, Vol 1

      Channel Classics CCS-16298

      4:22 am

      George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles/ Barber: School For Scandal Overture/ Gershwin: American In Paris

      Delos DE-3078

      4:44 am

      Hilding Rosenberg: "Voyage to America"

      Suite

      Stockholm Phil/Antal Dorati

      Vic VICS-1319

      4:54 am

      Johann Friedrich JF Peter: "Der Herr ist mein Heil"

      Boston Baroque Cho and Orch/Martin Pearlman, forte-p
      Lost Early Music Of Early America

      Telarc CD-80482 (2)

      5:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Song, "Urians Reise um die Welt", Op 52/1

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

      DG 2720017 (7)

      5:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.6 in B-Flat, Op.18

      Takàcs String Quartet
      Beethoven: String Quartets Op 18 * Takács Quartet

      London B0001864-02 (2)

      5:29 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Suite italienne" (1932-3)

      7th mvt, Scherzino presto alla breve

      Samuel Dushkin, v; Igor Stravinsky, p

      EMI/Ang CDS7-54607-2 (2)

      5:30 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo à la russe"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Shadow Dances

      DG 453458-2

      5:34 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo fantastique," Op. 3

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete, Scherzo Fantastique, The Firebird Suite

      London 458142-2

      5:46 am

      Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: "Symphonic Scherzo", Op 2

      Slovak Radio Sym/Donald Johanos
      IPPOLITOV - IVANOV : Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223629

      5:53 am

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: "The Comedians," Op 26

      #9, Scherzo

      Bavarian State Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch

      EMI/Ang CDD7-63893-2

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      6:04 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivace"

      Daniil Trifonov, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      Chopin Evocations

      DG 4797518 (2)

      6:13 am

      Carlo Monza: String Quartet in F, "La fucina di vulcano"

      Europa Galante
      Opera in Musica: Carlo Monza Quartets

      Naïve V-7541

      6:22 am

      Josef Mysliveček: Sinfonia in C

      Concerto Köln
      Il Divino Boemo: Josef Mysliveček Symphonies

      Archiv 4776418

      6:31 am

      music continues...

      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.

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 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

      Top Shelf, Part II

      Closing in on twenty years, Bill has been collecting and programming music for Exploring Music. However, many of his favorite recordings don’t find their way into a thematic week and end up orphaned on a top shelf in his back room. This is the second week of Bill featuring these special recordings that have become a theme of colorful, great performances that Bill adores.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Brahms Symphony No. 4; Kurt Masur, conductor; St. Antoni Variations; Lorin Maazel, conductor; Schoenberg "Song of the Wood Dove" from "Gurrelieder;" Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano; "Verklärte Nacht;" Pierre Boulez, conductor.