Sunday, April 19, 2026

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      Playlist for Sunday, April 19, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Ambroise Thomas: "Mignon" (1866)

      Polonaise, "Oui, pour ce soir...Je suis Titania"

      Maria Callas, s; French National Radio Orch/Georges Prêtre
      The Incomparable Maria Callas

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63182-2

      12:05 am

      Ambroise Thomas: "Mignon" (1866)

      Overture

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Pops Concert

      RCA 6213-2-RC

      12:12 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Les Troyens"

      "Royal Hunt and Storm" Music

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

      Telarc CD-80164

      12:22 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Les Troyens"

      "Pas des esclaves nubiennes"

      John Alldis Cho, London Sym Orch/Colin Davis
      Berlioz * Complete Orchestral Music

      Philips 456143-2 (6)

      12:24 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Le Temple de la gloire"

      Suite

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5229

      12:54 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin" (1706)

      "Allemande II"

      Jory Vinikour, hc

      Sono Luminus DSL-92154

      1:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Fantasia in C, H XVII:4

      Alfred Brendel, p
      3 Piano Sonatas

      Philips 412228-2

      1:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony "B" in B-Flat

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer
      Haydn Symphonies 21-39

      MHS 5576550 (5)

      1:17 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

      Act 3: Pas de caractére

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Hans Vonk

      Capriccio 10168

      1:19 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22

      Borodin String Quartet

      Teldec 90422-2 (2)

      1:54 am

      Alexander Borodin: Song, "Beautiful Fishermaiden"

      Boris Christoff, b; Alexandre Tcherepnine, p; Maud Martin-Tortelier, vc

      EMI/Ang CMS7-63386-2 (3)

      2:00 am

      Giovanni Paisiello: "Il Mondo della Luna"

      Overture

      Monteverdi Conservatory Orch/Fabio Neri

      Bongiovanni GB-2173/74-2 (2)

      2:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Mozart Overtures

      EMI CDC7-47014-2

      2:11 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: "Potpourri", Op 53

      Red Chamber Music Ensemble
      Chamber Music At Schönbrunn

      Fleur de Son FDS-57983

      2:23 am

      Giovanni Paisiello: "La Molinara"

      Aria, "Nel cor più non mi sento"

      Janet Baker, ms; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Arie Amorose

      Philips 434173-2

      2:25 am

      Nicolo Paganini: Violin Concerto #1 in D, Op 6

      Shmuel Ashkenasi, v; Vienna Sym Orch/Heribert Esser
      Violinkonzerte Nr. 1 D-dur (In D Major) - Nr. 2 H-moll (In B Minor)

      DG 429524-2

      2:55 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Fantasy, "Recollections of Paganini"

      "Campanella"

      Madoka Inui, p
      HUMMEL, J.N.: Hummel Fantasies

      Naxos 8.557836

      3:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Song Without Words," Op 109

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Sergio Tiempo, p
      Sonatas | Variations | 7 Songs Without Words

      DG 471565-2

      3:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Konzertstück" in d, Op 114

      Thea King, cl; Georgina Dobrée, basset horn; London Sym Orch/Alun Franci
      The Clarinet In Concert (Concerto For Clarinet And Viola,Op.88 / Two Concert Pieces For Clarinet And Basset Horn,Op.113/114 / Introduction And Variations On A Swedish Air,Op.12)

      Hyperion CDA-66022

      3:14 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      "Wedding March"

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz Encores

      RCA 7755-2

      3:20 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Song, "Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt"

      Vienna Boys' Cho

      Cap ST-10524

      3:21 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in c, Op 11

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures

      DG 471467-2 (4)

      3:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Six Duets, Op 63

      No. 6, "Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein"

      Vienna Boys' Cho

      Cap ST-10524

      4:00 am

      Ennemond Gaultier: "Courantes"

      Hopkinson Smith, l
      Piéces De Luth

      Astrée E-8703

      4:05 am

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2

      Ulster Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier
      Bizet: Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2, L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 and 2

      Chandos CHAN-8816

      4:22 am

      Johann, Sr Strauss: Polka francaise, Piefke und Pufke, Op 235

      Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky
      Vienna Circa 1900- Music Of Lehár, Suppé, The Strausses & Zieher

      London CS-6791

      4:23 am

      Max Reger: Improvisation on Strauss's "Blue Danube" Waltzes

      Konstantin Scherbakov, p

      EMI/Ang CDZ5-69704-2

      4:31 am

      Max Reger: "Concerto in the Old Style," Op 123

      Karl Suske, v; Heinz Schunk, v; Berlin Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner
      Balletsuite, Concerto, Beethoven-Variationen

      Berlin Classics 0091232-BC

      4:54 am

      Matthew Locke: "Music for His Majesty's Sackbuts and Cornetts"

      "Air"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music for the Kings and Queens of England

      Chandos CHAN-6560

      5:00 am

      Edouard Dupuy: Ungdom og Galskab

      Duet, "Johan, Johan, Johan!"

      Gronlund, br, Paevatalu, b, Copenhagen Collegium Musicum/Schonwandt
      Youth and Folly

      Marco Polo 8.224066-67 (2)

      5:05 am

      Franz Berwald: "Estrella de Soria"

      Overture

      Royal Phil/Ulf Björlin
      Berwald: Overtures, Concertos and Symphonies

      EMI/Ang CDM5-65866-2

      5:13 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Maskarade" (1904-06)

      Overture

      San Francisco Sym Orch/Herbert Blomstedt
      Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites/ Nielsen: Aladdin

      London 425857-2

      5:17 am

      Borgstrom: "Thora paa Rimol"

      Overture

      Trondheim Sym/Terye Boye Hansen
      Thora Paa Rimol (Opera In Two Acts, Op. 7)

      Simax PSC-1230 (2)

      5:26 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

      No. 4, "Little Bird"

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Piano Sonata; Lyric Pieces, Opp 43 And 54

      Virgin 59300-2

      5:28 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in g minor, "The Hen"

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Sigiswald Kuijken

      Virgin Classics 90793-2

      5:54 am

      music continues...

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      €œI Believe in Springtime.” As the larger culture celebrates Earth Day this week, host Peter DuBois adds to the celebration with sacred choral and organ music praising creation and the changing season.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Tchaikovsky "Capriccio italien," Op. 45; Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33; "Pezzo capriccioso," Op. 62; JS Bach Sarabande from Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Encore); Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker" Suite, Op. 71a, Anna Rakitina, conductor Stravinsky "Symphony of Psalms;" Chicago Symphony Chorus; Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus; Georg Solti, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Aura — A Mexican Opera by Mario Lavista

      Based on the controversial novel by Carlos Fuentes, "Aura," Mexican composer Mario Lavista sets this dreamlike story to music with a beautiful and surrealistic score. Host Elbio Barilari will take you through this rarely heard 20th century opera.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Music by Louise Farrenc

      Henry Fogel presents works by the French Romantic composer including her Piano Trio No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 33, the Sextet, Op. 40, in C minor, the Symphony No. 3, and piano variations.