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      Playlist for Tuesday, January 6, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Pachelbel: Canon in F (Canon in D)

      BRR (bamboo flute & koto quintet)
      Pachelbel's Greatest Hit- The Ultimate Canon

      RCA 55307-2

      12:05 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94

      Mathieu Dufour, f; Aleksandar Madzar, p
      Martinů - Prokofiev - Hindemith

      Harmonia Mundi HMN-911770

      12:31 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      Act III, "Duet of the Sisters with their Oranges"

      Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella / Mazurka

      London 410162-2 (2)

      12:32 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Scottish Legend"

      Antonio Oyarzábal, p
      Things Lived and Dreamt

      IBS Classical IBS-52021

      12:35 am

      Alexander Mackenzie: "Twelfth Night," Op 40

      BBC Scottish Sym/Martyn Brabbins

      Hyperion CDA-66764

      12:54 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "The wawking of the fauld," H XXXIa:40

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      1:00 am

      Quique Sinesi: "Milonga para Hermeto"

      Susan Palma-Nidel, f; Quique Sinesi, g; Héctor del Curto, band
      Elegante: New Flute Music from South America

      Flutewine Productions CD

      1:05 am

      Alberto Ginastera: "Suite de Danzas Criollas," Op 15

      Jerusalem Sym/Gisèle Ben-Dor
      Ginastera: Popol Vuh: The Mayan Creation

      Naxos 8.570999

      1:14 am

      Giles Farnaby: Suite of Six Dances

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music From The Royal Court

      London B0000807-02 (2)

      1:22 am

      William Byrd: "The Galliard to the Firste Paviane"

      Martin Souter, virginal
      Music for Virginal

      The Gift of Music CCLCD-832

      1:24 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in c minor, K. 491

      Northern Sinfonia/Imogen Cooper, p
      Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 25

      Avie AV-2175

      1:54 am

      Hugo Wolf: Song, "Elfenlied"

      Wolfgang Holzmair, br; Imogen Cooper, p
      Wolfgang Holzmair / Imogen Cooper * Wolf Songs

      Wigmore Hall Live 0029

      2:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr," BWV 662

      Lionel Rogg, o
      Bach: Complete Organ Works

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-290772.833 (12)

      2:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata #5 in f, BWV 1018

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Jory Vinikour, hc
      Bach Violin and Harpsichord Sonatas

      Cedille CDR-90000177 (2)

      2:24 am

      Francoeur: "Zélindor, Roi des Sylphes"

      "Air pour les Sylphes et Salamandres"

      Opera Lafayette/Ryan Brown
      Zelindor, Roi des Sylphes

      Naxos 8.660224

      2:25 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "The Merchant of Venice," Op 76

      Overture

      West Australian Sym Orch/Andrew Penny
      CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Shakespeare Overtures, Vol 2

      Naxos 8.572501

      2:40 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "The Merchant of Venice" Suite

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Vivian Dunn
      Gilbert & Sullivan: Operettas

      EMI/Ang CDC5-74468-2 (16)

      2:55 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Mikado"

      "For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum"

      Soloists; Orch/Carl Davis
      Topsy- Turvy

      Sony SK-61834

      3:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Oprichnik"

      Aria, "A Nightingale sang in the oak trees"

      Ghena Dimitrova, s; Hungarian State Orch/Zoltan Pesko

      CBS MK-42174

      3:05 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Potpourri on Themes from The Voyevoda"

      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano

      Decca 4834417 (10)

      3:19 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

      Royal Philharmonic Orch, London Phil Cho/Thomas Beecham
      Symphony No. 1 / Suite from Le Coq d'or / Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

      BBC 4084-2

      3:29 am

      George Frideric Handel: "The Gods Go a'Begging" Suite

      Hornpipe

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63374-2

      3:31 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in a, Op. 6, No. 4

      Handel and Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood
      6 Concerti Grossi, Op. 3; 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      Avie AV-2065 (3)

      3:41 am

      Charles Avison: Concerto Grosso #6 in D, after Domenico Scarlatti

      Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman

      Hyperion CDD-22060 (2)

      3:54 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata, Kk 45

      John Browning, p
      Keyboard Sonatas

      MHS 513732-H

      4:00 am

      Joseph Boudin de Boismortier: Two-Bassoon Suite

      Robert Thompson, bn; David Edminster, bn
      Sonatas For Bassoon And Continuo, Duos For Two Bassoons

      MHS 3858

      4:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in G, R 494

      Daniel Smith, bn; English Chamber Orch/Philip Ledger
      Bassoon Concertos Volume One

      ASV CDDCA-571

      4:16 am

      Giorgio Mainerio: "Lavandera gagliarda"

      Concentus Musicus Patavinus/Giovanni Toffano
      Musiche strumentali del Rinascimento Veneto

      Bongiovanni GB-5018-2

      4:18 am

      Henry Charles Litolff: "Concerto Symphonique" #4 in d, Op 102

      Gerald Robbins, p; Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Eduard van Remoortel
      Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No. 4 / Trio, Op. 47

      Genesis GCD-101

      4:55 am

      Emil Sjögren: "Erotikon", Op 10

      #4

      Gerald Robbins, p
      KJERULF: Piano Works- Wiegenlied, Menuett, Caprice, Impromptu, Albumblatt, Alegro, Springtanz, Sechs Skizzen, Scherzo/ SJOGREN: Erotikon, op. 10; Five Pieces for Piano

      Genesis GCD-115

      5:00 am

      Clara Schumann: Scherzo in c minor, Op. 14

      Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
      Romance

      London 4850020

      5:04 am

      Elizabeth Maconchy: String Quartet #2 (1936)

      Hanson String Quartet

      Unicorn-Kanchana DKP(CD)-9080

      5:25 am

      Louise Farrenc: Etudes, Op. 26

      No. 30

      Gena Raps, p
      Louise Farrenc - Chamber Music

      MHS 3766

      5:26 am

      Anatol Liadov: "Kikimora (Russian Folk Tale)," Op 63

      Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz
      The Enchanted Lake & Other Orchestral Works

      ASV CDDCA-657

      5:35 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Skazka (Legend)," Op. 29

      Moscow Sym/Igor Golovchin
      RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Maid of Pskov (The) / Fairy Tale

      Naxos 8.553513

      5:54 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Album for the Young," Op. 39

      #3, "Mama"

      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano

      Decca 4834417 (10)

      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

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 380 (L 23)

      Yuja Wang, p
      Transformation

      DG B0014108-02

      6:10 am

      Charles Avison: Concerto grosso No. 8 in C minor, after Domenico Scarlatti

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Charles Avison - Domenico Scarlatti - 12 Concerti Grossi / Marriner

      Philips 438806-2 (2)

      6:22 am

      Gregorio Lambranzi: "Danze da Nuova e curiosa scuola de' balli teatrali"

      Le Consort; Marie-Ange Petit, per
      Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902757-58

      6:32 am

      Henry Charles Litolff: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 47

      III. Scherzo: Molto allegro

      Leonore Piano Trio
      Henry Charles Litolff: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2

      Hyperion CDA-68305

      6:38 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Hungarian Rondo"

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

      ASV CDDCA-924

      6:47 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Rondo brillant" in E-Flat, Op. 29

      Roberto Prosseda, p; Hague Residentie Orchestra/Jan Willem de Vriend
      Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos / Prosseda, Brautigam

      Decca 4817207

      7:03 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo fantastique," Op. 3

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

      Decca 458142-2

      7:17 am

      Georges Bizet: "Chasse fantastique," WD 51

      Nathanäel Gouin, p
      Portrait Georges Bizet

      Bru Zane BZ-1059

      7:22 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Bourrée fantasque"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Chabrier: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHSA-5122

      7:32 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Feste Romane (Roman Festivals)"

      IV. Finale, "Epiphany"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Feste Romane

      EMI CDC7-47316-2

      7:39 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Four Roman Sketches," Op. 7

      No. 1, "The White Peacock"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor

      Delos DE-3099

      7:45 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Masques et Bergamasques", Op. 112

      Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Fauré: Masques et bergamasques & Pelléas et Mélisande

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004

      8:03 am

      George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches

      No. 1, "Jubilee"

      Grant Park Orch/David Loebel
      Independence Day Eve at Grant Park

      Grant Park Music Festival CD-1

      8:13 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: Clarinet Quintet in E-flat

      I. Allegro moderato

      Dieter Klöcker, cl; Berlin Philharmonia Quartet
      Clarinet Quintet - Dieter Klöcker

      Orfeo C-213901-A

      8:23 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Tänzchen im alten Stil"

      Helsinki Phil Orch/John Storgårds
      Korngold: Symphony in F-Sharp, etc

      Ondine ODE-1182-2

      8:32 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C "con molti strumenti," R. 558

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Vivaldi: Concerti "Alla Rustica" / Pinnock, English Concert

      Archiv 415674-2

      8:43 am

      Mario Gangi: "Suite Italiana"

      Andrea Pace & Cristiano Poli Cappelli, g's
      Mario Gangi: Complete Music for 2 Guitars

      Brilliant Classics 95818

      8:55 am

      Benjamin Godard: "Suite de trois morceaux," Op. 116

      No. 3, "Valse"

      William Bennett, f; English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
      Celebration for Flute

      ASV CDDCA-652

      9:03 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

      III. "Un poco allegretto e grazioso"

      NFM Wrocław Phil/Giancarlo Guerrero
      Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Academic Festival Overture

      CD Accord ACD-277

      9:10 am

      Jennifer Higdon: "All Things Majestic"

      IV. "Cathedrals"

      Nashville Sym/Giancarlo Guerrero
      Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic

      Naxos 8.559823

      9:21 am

      Traditional Serbian: "God is with Us"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Christmas

      WFMT (Serbian Christmas)

      9:26 am

      Tamara Adamov Petijević: "Sing for Joy Today, O Sion"

      St. Stephen of Dečani Choir/Tamara Adamov Petijević
      Serbian Christmas

      WFMT (Serbian Christmas)

      9:32 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 3 in D

      London Phil Orch/Willi Boskovsky
      Essential Liszt

      EMI CDM7-69011-2

      9:41 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Tres danzas andaluzas," Op. 8

      Martin Jones, p
      Joaquín Turina: Piano Works

      Nimbus NI-1710

      9:53 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Festive March" for "Mlada"

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain

      Sony SK-62034

      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

      Henriëtte Bosmans: Piano Concertino

      Ronald Brautigam, p, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/Ed Spanjaard
      Piano Concertos In The Netherlands

      NM Classics 92095

      10:16 am

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      Suite

      Caroline Goulding, v; Christopher O'Riley, p
      Caroline Goulding

      Telarc CD-80744

      10:34 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Ruins of Athens," Op. 113

      Overture

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Beethoven: Overtures

      Pro Arte CDD-392

      10:39 am

      Jean-Féry Rebel: "Les caractères de la danse"

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Rameau: Les éléments; Les caractères de la danse

      Erato 45974-2

      10:49 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
      Bach: The Six Brandenburg Concertos - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Delos DE-3185

      11:01 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Berlin" Symphony No. 3 in D, Wq 176

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902317

      11:12 am

      Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"

      Laurence Fromentin & Dominique Plancade, p
      Collection: French Piano Duets

      EMI CDZ5-72526-2

      11:28 am

      John Alden Carpenter: "Sea-Drift"

      Royal Phil Orch/Karl Krueger
      American Tone Poems

      Bridge 9190

      11:44 am

      George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Zadok the Priest"

      Westminster Abbey Cho, English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Handel Gold

      Decca B0012801-02 (2)

      11:50 am

      Otto Klemperer: "Merry Waltz"

      Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer
      Klemperer Conducts German Opera Overtures

      EMI CDM7-63917-2

      12:00 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 75

      X. "Romeo and Juliet Before Parting"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Russian Recital

      Cedille CDR-90000153

      12:09 pm

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Act 3 Instrumental Suite

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Purcell: The Fairy Queen & The Prophetess - Orchestral Suites

      Fontalis ES-8583

      12:21 pm

      Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat"

      Suite

      Philharmonia Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini
      Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos; El Amor Brujo; Noches en los Jardines de España

      EMI CDM7-69037-2

      12:41 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Trio

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

      Chandos CHAN-20242

      12:51 pm

      Carl Nielsen: Five Piano Pieces, Op 3

      Barbara Meister, p
      Piano Works of Carl Nielsen

      Centaur CRC-2254

      1:01 pm

      Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor

      Toronto Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      Borodin: Symphonies Nos 1-3, Overture and Polovtsian Dances, In the Steppes of Central Asia

      Sony SB2K-62406 (2)

      1:28 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370

      Douglas Boyd, ob; Gabrieli String Quartet members
      Mozart: Clarinet Quintet & Oboe Quartet / Douglas Boyd

      MCA Classics MCAD-25875

      1:44 pm

      Ethel Smyth: Serenade in D

      3rd mvt, Allegretto grazioso — Molto vivace grazioso — Allegretto grazioso

      BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez
      Ethel Smyth Concerto for Violin, Horn & Orchestra * Serenade

      Chandos CHAN-9449

      1:51 pm

      Edward German: "Nell Gwyn"

      Overture

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson
      Made in Britain

      Avie AV-2194

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Amy Beach: "Suite for Two Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies," Op. 104

      Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo
      Amy Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo

      CPO 555453-2

      2:24 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto

      Arnold Jacobs, tuba; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      The Chicago Principal

      DG B0000025-02

      2:37 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

      A master of wit and elegance, Francis Poulenc was equal parts boulevardier and enfant terrible. His melodic gifts and prolific output made him one of the 20th century’s most enduring composers. Even more impressive, Poulenc was the only self-taught member of Les Six. This group of young French composers was comprised of the brightest stars of contemporary French music. Bill displays the range of Poulenc's pieces this week— from witty parody to deep tragedy and everything in between.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Enrique Fernandez Arbos Kristin Lee, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello; Soyeon Kate Lee, piano; de Falla "Siete canciones populares espanola;" Vanessa Becerra, soprano; Soyeon Kate Lee, piano; Gaspar Cassado Trio in C major; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Danbi Um, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello.

      11:00 pm