Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      William Byrd: Fantasia in 6 parts

      Fretwork

      Virgin 90795-2

      12:05 am

      Robert Schumann: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 73

      Paul Meyer, cl; Eric le Sage, p

      Denon CO-75960

      12:16 am

      Adriano Banchieri: "Fantaisie" (1603)

      New York Kammermusiker
      Chamber Music (Renaissance) - PHILIDOR, P.D. / BUSNOYS, A. / LUZZASCHI, L. / MONTEVERDI, C. (A Renaissance Tour of Europe) (New York Kammermusiker)

      Dorian DOR-90133

      12:17 am

      Florence Price: Symphony #1 in e

      Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter
      Florence Price: Concerto & Symphony in E Minor

      Naxos 8.559827

      12:55 am

      Edward MacDowell: "From an Old Garden", Op 26

      #2, "The Myrtle"

      Stephen Tharp, t; James Barbagallo, p
      MACDOWELL: Songs (Complete)

      Naxos 8.559032

      1:00 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 45

      No. 2, "Zephyr"

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

      Arena AR-07015

      1:02 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 45

      No. 4, "Rocking"

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

      Arena AR-07015

      1:05 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt" Suite No. 1, Op. 46

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Peer Gynt Suites; Piano Concerto

      RCA 60538-2

      1:18 am

      Michel Corrette: "Tambourins"

      Jean-Maurice Capt, ob; Daniel Meylan, o (Abbey de Romainmôtier, Swtzrlnd)

      Cascavelle VEL-1007

      1:20 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Suite d'après Corrette," Op. 161b

      Athena Ensemble
      Darius Milhaud: Music for Wind Instruments

      Chandos CHAN-6536

      1:29 am

      Louis Durey: String Quartet #1 (1917)

      Ensemble Erwartung

      Mandala MAN-4980/81 (2)

      1:45 am

      Francis Poulenc: Brass Sonata (1922)

      Trio Puhallus

      Jase CD-0016

      1:54 am

      Francis Poulenc: Song, "Fancy"

      Elly Ameling, s; Dalton Baldwin, p

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64087-2 (4)

      2:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 118

      No. 2, Intermezzo in A

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
      Cooler By the Lake

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet

      2:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Trio in a, Op 114

      Eleonora Bekova, p; Elvira Bekova, v; Alfia Bekova, vc
      Brahms: Piano Trio

      Chandos CHAN-9400

      2:33 am

      Johannes Brahms: Six Songs, Op 7

      #3, "Anklänge"

      Edith Mathis, s; Gérard Wyss, p

      Denon CO-78947

      2:34 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Humoreske," Op 101/7

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      2:38 am

      Chevalier JJO Meude-Monpas: Violin Concerto #4 in D (1786)

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege
      Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries

      Cedille CDR-90000035

      2:55 am

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

      Chorus, "Serbate, oh Dei custodi"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      La clemenza di Tito

      Ois 444131-2 (2)

      3:00 am

      Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"

      "Méditation"

      Indianapolis Sym Orch/Raymond Leppard
      Encores

      Koss Classics KC-3303

      3:05 am

      Jules Massenet: "Le Cid" (1885)

      Ballet Music

      New York Opera Orch/Eve Queler

      CBS M2K-34211 (2)

      3:16 am

      Jules Massenet: "Ariane" (1906)

      Ariadne's Lament

      National Phil/Richard Bonynge
      Massenet: Le Cid, Araine/ Meyebeer: Les patineurs

      London CS-7032

      3:22 am

      Jules Massenet: "Ariane" (1906)

      Aria, "O Vierge guerriére"

      Lucien Muratore, t

      Ircc CD-802

      3:23 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467

      English Chamber Orch/Daniel Barenboim, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47269-2

      3:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Gigue in G, K. 574

      Daniel Barenboim, p

      EMI CDC7-47384-2

      4:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Polonaise, D 580

      Gidon Kremer, v; London Sym Orch/Emil Tchakarov
      Musik Für Violine & Orchester / Music For Violin & Orchestra

      DG 431168-2

      4:05 am

      Robert Schumann: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 88

      Martha Argerich, p; Gidon Kremer, v; Mischa Maisky, vc
      Klavierquartett Op. 25 · Fantasiestücke Op. 88

      DG 463700-2

      4:23 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37

      "May (Starlit Night)"

      Kremerata Baltica
      The Russian Seasons

      Nonesuch 79803-2

      4:25 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata in c, Op 65, No. 2

      Franz Haselböck, o
      The Most Beautiful Organ Works

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.559

      4:35 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Sonata in g

      Joanne Polk, p
      Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn

      Bridge 9367

      4:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Chorus, "Heilig!"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      A Banquet Of Voices

      Collegium COLCD-123

      5:00 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Big Lightning"

      Overture

      USSR Ministry of Culture Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Shostakovich: Orchestral Works

      Mel/BMG 59058-2 (2)

      5:05 am

      Aleksander Arutyunian: Trumpet Concerto in A-Flat

      Timofei Dokschitzer, tr; Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Trumpet Rhapsody

      RCA 32045-2

      5:19 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Music for a "Ballet of Old Germany"

      Hunting Song

      Basel Sym Orch/Helmut Müller-Brühl
      Suites de ballet

      Koch 3-1617-2

      5:21 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet no.8 in e minor, Op.59 no.2, "Razumovsky"

      Orion String Quartet
      Beethoven * Middle String Quartets * Orion String Quartet

      Koch KIC-CD-7681 (3)

      5:55 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Études," Op. 25

      No. 2 in f minor, "The Bees"

      Lubov Timofeyevna, p
      Etudes

      Melodiya SUCD-1000071

      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

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-Flat, Op. 11

      I. "Allegro con brio"

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1; Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost;" Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"

      Sony G010005464289W

      6:14 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90

      III. "Poco allegretto"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Brahms: The Symphonies

      DG 4866000

      6:22 am

      Arthur Bliss: "The Royal Palaces"

      Suite

      Black Dyke Band/John Wilson
      Bliss: Works for Brass Band

      Chandos CHSA-5344

      6:32 am

      Michael Torke: "Tahiti"

      V. "Tahaa –white sand"

      Ensemble 10-10/Clark Rundell
      Michael Torke * Tahiti

      Ecstatic Records ER-092231

      6:38 am

      Ernesto Cordero: "Sonatina tropical"

      Castellani-Andriaccio Duo
      Anima del Sur: Milongas and Tango for 2 Guitars

      Fleur de Son FDS-58020

      6:51 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Hungarian Rondo"

      Christopher Warren-Green, v; Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt
      Kodály: Symphony, Summer Evening & Hungarian Rondo

      ASV CDDCA-924

      7:04 am

      Michel Mazuel: Orchestra Suite in G minor

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Dumanoir: Suites d'orchestre

      Fontalis ES-9908

      7:17 am

      Bart Howard: "Fly Me to the Moon"

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 41779-2 (20)

      7:21 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Boléro," Op. 19

      Olga Kern, p
      Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907402

      7:31 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"

      Duet, "O soave fanciulla"

      Licia Albanese, s; Jan Peerce, t; NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      The Toscanini Collection · Highlights

      RCA 60340-2-RV

      7:38 am

      Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56

      London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop
      Brahms: Symphony No 3 * Haydn Variations

      Naxos 8.557430

      7:57 am

      Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 21 in E minor

      London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop
      Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Hungarian Dances

      Naxos 8.557429

      8:03 am

      Francis Poulenc: Brass Sonata

      Nash Ensemble
      Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music

      Hyperion CDA-67255/6 (2)

      8:11 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin en concerts": Quatrième concert

      Les Accents/Thibault Noally
      Rameau: Concerts en Sextuor

      Aparté AP-254

      8:22 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

      8:31 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two-Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 17

      II. Waltz

      Danill Trifonov & Sergei Babayan, p's
      Rachmaninoff for Two

      DG 4864805

      8:38 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Carmen" Fantasy, Op. 25 (after Bizet)

      Augustin Hadelich, v; West German Radio Sym Orch/Cristian Măcelaru
      Recuerdos

      Warner 9029631076

      8:52 am

      Karl Jenkins: "Palladio"

      III. Vivace

      London Phil Orch Strings/Karl Jenkins
      Karl Jenkins: Diamond Music - The Smith Quartet

      Sony SK-62276

      9:04 am

      Florence Price: "Mississippi River Suite"

      Vienna Radio Sym Orch/John Jeter
      Price: Symphony No. 3; The Mississippi River; Ethiopia's Shadow in America

      Naxos 8.559897

      9:31 am

      Peter Boyer: "Rolling River (Sketches on Shenandoah)"

      London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer
      Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works

      Naxos 8.559915

      9:38 am

      Ernest Chausson: Piano Quartet in A, Op. 30

      I. "Animé"

      Philippe Graffin, v; Toby Hoffman, vi; Gary Hoffman, vc; Pascal Devoyon, p
      Pascal Devoyon, piano,
      Chausson: Concert; Piano Quartet

      Hyperion CDA-66907

      9:50 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Le carnaval de Londres," Op. 172

      Overture and Dances

      New London Orch/Ronald Corp
      Milhaud: Le carnaval d'Aix, Le carnaval de Londres, L'apothéose de Molière, Le boeuf sur le toit

      Hyperion CDA-66594

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at 12:15 pm.

      10:00 am

      Robert Schumann: "Papillons," Op. 2

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Schumann: Arabeske, Papillons, Sinfonische Etüden

      Decca 414474-2

      10:16 am

      George F. Bristow: "A Winter's Tale" Overture

      Royal Northern Sinfonia/Rebecca Miller
      George Frederick Bristow: Orchestral Works

      New World 80768-2

      10:27 am

      Gabriel Pierné: "Konzertstück" in G-Sharp, Op. 39

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Klaus Arp
      French Harp Concertos

      Koch 3-1142-2

      10:42 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Suite italienne"

      Matt Haimovitz, vc; Christopher O'Riley, p
      Shuffle, Play, Listen

      Oxingale OX-2019

      11:01 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"

      Chorus, "Gloria all'Egitto" (Triumphal Scene)

      Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Verdi: Choruses

      Decca 430226-2

      11:13 am

      Jane Antonia Cornish: "Sky"

      Vicky Chow, p
      Sierra

      Cantaloupe CA-21174

      11:23 am

      Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Concerto in B-flat

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
      Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, Volume 3

      Avie AV-2154

      11:42 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Khovanshchina"

      Prelude; Dance of the Persian Slaves; Galitsin's Journey

      Royal Phil Orch/Grzegorz Nowak
      Grzegorz Nowak conducts Mussorgsky

      RPO SP-039

      12:01 pm

      music continues...

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Concerts

      The Merida Trio (Charlene Kluegel, violin; Jean Hatmaker, cello; Katherine Petersen, piano) performs Jennifer Jolley's "The Lives & Opinions of Literary Cats" and Brahms's Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      3:00 - 9:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      6:30 pm

      Grant Park Music Festival 2026

      Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3

      From the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Carlos Calmar. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Olga Kern, piano; Stravinsky "Game of Cards;" Elgar "In the South (Alassio)," Op. 50. Recorded July 3. Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      9:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Get the Picture?

      Listen to the works of composers inspired by well-known paintings and poems. Pianist Alicia de Larrocha will perform Goyescas, by Enrique Granados, a musical impression of Francisco Goya’s paintings. This week also includes Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Hindemith’s Matthias der Maler, and Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead. Many of these musical works have gone on to further inspire new artistic creations. This week, visual art and music become one!

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Napoli illustrissima

      Violinist Eva Saladin, cellist Daniel Rosin, and harpsichordist Johannes Kellerbring perform works by 18th-century Neapolitan composers Mascitti, Matteis, Cailò, Scarlatti, Lonati, and Piani. Recorded live in concert in Basel’s Stadtcasino as part of the Basel Early Music Festival.