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      Playlist for Thursday, May 21, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "The Dying Poet", Op 110

      Alan Mandel, p

      Vox CD3X-3033 (3)

      12:05 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Cakewalk"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Hershy Kay - Stars And Stripes / Cakewalk

      RCA 61501-2

      12:30 am

      Francis Johnson: "Bingham's Cotillion"

      Tami Lee Hughues, v; Ellen Bottorff, p
      Legacy

      Albany TROY-1293

      12:32 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Harp Sonata (1957)

      Maria Graf, h
      Maria Graf: Recital

      Philips 432103-2

      12:41 am

      Georg Christoph Wagenseil: Harp Concerto

      Roberta Alessandrini, h, Mantova Orch/Vittorio Parisi
      DUSSEK / WAGENSEIL / KRUMPHOLTZ: Harp Concertos

      Naxos 8.553622

      12:55 am

      Gordon Jacob: Five Pieces

      #3, "Country Dance"

      Tommy Reilly, harmonica; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Tommy Reilly - Vaughan Williams/ Moody/Jacob: Classical Music For Harmonica

      Chandos CHAN-8617

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)"

      Chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Pure Classics

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66646-2

      1:05 am

      Dag Wirén: String Serenade, Op 11

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Grieg / Sibelius / Nielsen / Wirén

      Argo 417132-2

      1:19 am

      Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Wagner: Siegfried Idyll and Works by Faure, Tchaikovsky, Greig, Dvorak, and Boccherini

      EMI/Ang CDD7-64107-2

      1:28 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: Three Piano Pieces, Op 53

      #2, "Albumblad"

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

      Arena AR-07015

      1:30 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Viola da gamba Sonata in D, Wq 137

      Paolo Pandolfo, viga; Rinaldo Alessandrini, hc
      Bach: Sonate Per Viola Da Gamba E Basso Continuo

      Tactus TC-71020501

      1:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Jesu, meine Freude"

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      2:00 am

      Franz von Suppé: Requiem

      "Lacrimosa Dies Illa"

      Barbara Gohl, ms; Zurich Chamber Och, Cho/Edmond de Stoutz
      Suppé: Requiem

      Novalis 150112-2

      2:05 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Light Cavalry"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Suppe: Ouvertüren

      CBS MK-44932

      2:11 am

      John Cage: Sonata V for Prepared Piano

      Joshua Pierce, p
      Between The Keys: Microtonal Masterpieces Of The 20th Century

      Newport Classic NPD-85526

      2:13 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Two-Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-Flat

      Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, p's; Slovak State Phil/Bystrik Rezucha
      Mendelssohn: Concertos Nos 1 & 2 for Two Pianos * Pierce & Jonas * SSPO * Rezucha

      MSR Classics MS-1330

      2:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 38

      No. 2 in c, "Allegro non troppo"

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Lieder Ohne Worte

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      3:00 am

      Giuseppe Torelli: Trumpet Sonata in D

      Sandro Verzari, tr; Ensemble/Flavio Colusso

      Bongiovanni GB-10008-2

      3:05 am

      Edward Elgar: "In the South (Alassio)" Overture, Op. 50

      Royal Phil/Yondani Butt
      Elgar: In The South, Froissart, Meditation, Coronation March

      ASV CDDCA-619

      3:26 am

      Edward Elgar: "Canto popolare," originally from "In the South"

      Nigel Kennedy, v; Peter Pettinger, p
      Salut D'Amour & Other Elgar Favourites

      Chandos CHAN-8380

      3:29 am

      Landini: Ballata, La bionda treccia

      London Early Music Consort/David Munrow
      Early Music Festival

      London 452967-2 (2)

      3:31 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Oboe Concerto in C, H VIIg:C1

      Pierre Pierlot, ob; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/Janos Rolla

      CBS M2K-39772 (2)

      3:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La clemenza di Tito," K. 621

      Chorus, "Che del ciel, che degli dei"

      RIAS Chamber Cho; Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      La clemenza di Tito

      DG 4835210 (2)

      4:00 am

      Henry Kimball Hadley: "Cleopatra's Night," Op 90

      BBC Concert Orch/Rebecca Miller

      Dutton CDLX-7319

      4:04 am

      Ludvig Norman: "Antonius och Cleopatra," Op 57

      Overture

      Helsingborg Sym/Hans-Peter Frank
      Ludvig Norman

      Musica Sveciae MSCD-512

      4:13 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: "Cleopatra"

      Overture

      Esterhazy Orch/Alessandro Amoretti
      CIMAROSA, D.: Overtures, Vol. 1 (Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Amoretti)

      Naxos 8.570508

      4:18 am

      Muzio Clementi: "Monferrine", Op 49

      #6 in d

      Lilya Zilberstein, p
      Clementi

      Hänssler Classic CD-93.096

      4:19 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C, K. 330

      Mitsuko Uchida, p
      The Complete Piano Sonatas

      Philips 422115-2 (6)

      4:37 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 75

      Kirill Gerstein, p; Czech Phil/Semyon Bychkov
      The Tchaikovsky Project

      London 4834942 (7)

      4:53 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

      No. 1, "Butterfly"

      Emil Gilels, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Emil Gilels

      Philips 456799-2 (2)

      5:00 am

      Ernest Bloch: "From Jewish Life"

      #1, "Prayer"

      Jonathan Aasgaard, vc; Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz
      From Jewish Life. Music For Cello And Orchestra

      Avie AV-2149

      5:04 am

      Ernest Bloch: "Schelomo - Hebraic Rhapsody"

      Zara Nelsova, vc; Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
      Bloch: Schelomo, "Israel" Symphony

      Vanguard OVC-4047

      5:24 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Yigdal"

      Rochester Singers/Samuel Adler
      A Jewish Legacy

      Naxos 8.559407

      5:25 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A, Op 81

      Lateiner, p; Heifetz, v; Baker, v; De Pasquale, vi; Piatigorsky, vc
      Joseph de Pasquale,
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 41: Dvořák: Quintet, op. 81 / Brahms: Sextet, op. 36

      RCA 7965-2-RG

      5:54 am

      Richardson: "Fairbank's Quickstep"

      Chestnut Brass Company
      Listen to the Mockingbird

      Newport Classic NPD-85516

      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

      François-Joseph Gossec: Symphony in D, Op. 3, No. 6

      Concerto Köln
      La Prise de la Bastille - Music of the French Revolution

      Capriccio 10280

      6:13 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Trio No. 7 in E-Flat, Op. 96

      III. (Finale), "Rondo alla russa"

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Johann Nepomuk Hummel Piano Trios

      Philips 446077-2

      6:20 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in C, R. 450

      Zefiro/Alfredo Bernardini, ob
      Vivaldi: Concerti per oboe

      Naïve OP-30478

      6:32 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: "L'Africaine"

      Indian March

      Barcelona Sym Orch/Michal Nesterowicz
      Meyerbeer: Ballet Music from the Operas

      Naxos 8.573076

      6:41 am

      Fela Sowande: "African Suite"

      I. "Joyful Day"

      London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 7

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      6:49 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Africa," Op. 89

      Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo
      Saint-Saëns: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

      Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2)

      7:03 am

      Gerónimo Giménez: "La Boda de Luis Alonso"

      Intermezzo

      Burning River Brass
      Romanza España

      Dorian DOR-90316

      7:09 am

      Joaquín Turina: "La oración del torero," Op. 34

      San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra
      Joaquín Turina: Rapsodia sinfonica pour piano et orchestre Op. 66 / Barra

      Koch 3-7160-2

      7:20 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Alborada del gracioso"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon
      Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, Alborada del gracioso, Mother Goose, Introduction and Allegro, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2

      RCA 63683-2

      7:30 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: Oboe Sonata in F

      Heinz Holliger, ob; Gabriel Bürgin, p
      Heinz Holliger at the Opera

      Philips 426288-2

      7:40 am

      Arthur Benjamin: "Cotillon"

      Sydney Sym Orch/Patrick Thomas
      Swagman's Promenade - Australian Light Classics for Orchestra

      ABC Classics 442374-2 (2)

      7:52 am

      William Grant Still: Folk Suite No. 2

      Sierra Winds; Kim DeLibero, h
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      8:04 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Prague Waltzes"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Dvořák: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes / Dorati

      Decca 414370-2

      8:14 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042

      Hilary Hahn, v; Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Kahane
      Bach: Concertos

      DG B0000986-02

      8:31 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "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

      What Else Ya Got?

      Have you ever wondered about those composers who succeeded in writing one smashing piece but were otherwise forgotten? This week, we’ll get to know some of these immortals and their other compositions, including Pachelbel’s Suite in G Major and Dukas’ Symphony in C Major. The program also presents Hermann Baumann in a rare performance of Glière's Horn Concerto in B-flat Major, Op. 91.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Haydn "The Creation," Hob. XXI:2; Judith Raskin, soprano; Alexander Young, tenor; John Reardon, baritone; Camerata Singers; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Trompet Concerto finale; Philip Smith, trumpet; Zubin Mehta, conductor.