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      Playlist for Thursday, September 18, 2025

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Philip Glass: Piano Etude No. 19

      Jenny Lin, p
      Philip Glass: Complete Etudes for Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30070 (2)

      12:05 am

      Ernest Bloch: Concerto Grosso no.1

      Jenny Lin, p; Southwest German Radio Sym/Jiri Stárek
      Bloch: Concerto Symphonique, Works For Piano & Orchestra

      Hänssler Classic CD-93.192

      12:29 am

      Giuseppe Tartini: Concerto Grosso #3 in C

      Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini
      Tartini: Concerti

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901548

      12:37 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in f, Kk 239 (L 281)

      Hédi Salànki, hc

      Price-Less D-16565

      12:39 am

      Jennifer Higdon: "An Exaltation of Larks"

      Lark Quartet
      Jennifer Higdon: An Exaltation of Larks

      Bridge 9379

      12:55 am

      Franz Liszt: Song, "Wie singt die Lerche schön"

      Matthew Polenzani, t; Julius Drake, p

      Hyperion CDA-67782

      1:00 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Bolt," Op. 27

      Tango

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Shostakovich: The Dance Album * Philadelphia Orchestra * Riccardo Chailly

      London 452597-2

      1:05 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat, Op. 70

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko
      SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphonies (Complete)

      Naxos 8.501111 (11)

      1:31 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes, Op. 34

      No. 3 in G

      Marta Deyanova, p
      Skriabin and Shostakovich Preludes for Piano

      Nimbus NI-5026

      1:33 am

      Chevalier De Saint-Georges: Violin Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat

      Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p
      Music by Composers of African Descent

      BCM+D Records

      1:46 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, K. 57

      Willi Boskovsky, v; Lili Kraus, p

      EMI CHS7-63873-2 (6)

      1:55 am

      Franz Schubert: "Grazer Galop," D 925

      Boskovsky Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky
      The Willi Boskovsky Collection Vol. 3, Greetings from Vienna

      Vanguard OVC-8017

      2:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Opera, "Orlando furioso"

      Overture

      Matheus Ensemble/Jean-Christophe Spinosi
      Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso, RV728

      Naive OP-30393 (3)

      2:05 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio in g

      Angel & Lito Romero, g's
      A Touch Of Class

      Telarc CD-80134

      2:12 am

      Scottish Trad: The Reel of Tullochgorum

      Jordi Savall, viga, Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      The Celtic Viol

      Alia Vox AVSA-9865

      2:14 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56, "Scottish"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin

      DG 479 7337 (3)

      2:55 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "Jockey was the blythest lad," H XXXIa:64

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      3:00 am

      Thomas Arne: Overture #3 in G

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures * The A A M/Christopher Hogwood

      L'Oiseau Lyre 4759117

      3:05 am

      Arthur Sullivan: Overture in C, "In Memoriam"

      BBC Phil/Richard Hickox
      Sullivan

      Chandos CHAN-9859

      3:16 am

      Arnold Bax: "In Memoriam" (1916)

      BBC Phil/Vernon Handley
      Bax: Bard of Dimbovitza · In Memoriam · Concertante for Piano

      Chandos CHAN-9715

      3:31 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Praeambulum" No. 8

      Joseph Payne, clavichord
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      3:32 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Triple Concerto in a, BWV 1044

      Galway, Wolters, Deutschler; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Jörg Faerber
      James Galway Performs J. S. Bach

      RCA 60900-2

      3:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Praeambulum" No. 9

      Joseph Payne, clavichord
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      4:00 am

      Gabriel Dupont: "Les heures dolentes"

      #12, "Des enfants jouent dans le jardin"

      Bo Ties, p
      Gabriel Dupont

      MSR Classics MS-1699

      4:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 102

      Olivier Charlier, v; Jean Hubeau, p
      Saint-Saëns

      Musifrance 45017-2

      4:27 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: Clavier Sonata #8

      Roberte Mamou, p
      Cimarosa: 32 Sonatas

      Astoria DP-87002

      4:29 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto in C

      Lajos Lencses, ob; Stuttgart Chamber Orch/Patrick Strub
      Oboe Italiano

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.467

      4:39 am

      Samuel Wesley: Symphony #3 in A

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Wesley: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9823

      4:54 am

      Orlando Gibbons: Madrigal, "The Silver Swan"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Lighten Our Darkness: Music for the Close of Day

      Collegium CSCD-502

      5:00 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Liebesfreud"

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Rachmaninov- Piano Transcriptions

      London 470291-2

      5:05 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "Liebesleid"

      Kennedy, v; John Lenehan, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56626-2

      5:09 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op 65

      #14, "Flammenauge, dunkles Haar"

      Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Shaw; Norman Mackenzie, John Wustman, p's
      Brahms - Liebeslieder Waltzes

      Telarc CD-80326

      5:10 am

      Richard Strauss: "Don Quixote," Op. 35

      Kim Cook, vc; St Petersburg State Sym/Arkady Shteinlucht
      Kim Cook, Cello

      MSR Classics MS-1637 (2)

      5:55 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Don Quichotte" Suite

      "Gallop of Sancho Panza's Mule"

      Orch of St Luke's

      Musicmasters MMD-60210-X

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:03 am

      Johan Agrell: Sinfonia in A, Op. 1, No. 3

      Barokkbandið Brák
      Tvær Hliðar | Two Sides

      Sono Luminus SLE-70026

      6:15 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Andante con moto" in C minor

      Trio Wanderer
      Rachmaninov: Piano Trios

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902338

      6:25 am

      Johan Halvorsen: "Mascarade" Incidental Music

      "Holberg-Overture"

      Norwegian Radio Orch/Ari Rasilainen
      Johan Halvorsen: Suite Ancienne, Mascarade

      Norsk NKFCD-50033-2

      6:30 am

      William Walton: "Crown Imperial"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
      Walton: Belshazzar's Feast, Henry V Suite

      Decca 448134-2

      6:38 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 26

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      C Tetzlaff, v; B Buntrock, vi; T Tetzlaff, vc; L Vogt, p
      Lars Vogt, piano,
      Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3

      Ondine ODE-1448-2D

      6:51 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)" Overture, Op 26

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Vladimir Jurowski
      Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos, The Hebrides

      Hyperion CDA-67795

      7:14 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Gran duetto concertante" in A, Op. 52

      III. Finale, "Rondo militaire"

      Michala Petri, r; Lars Hannibal, g
      Café Vienna: 19th Century Café Music

      Our Recordings 6.220601

      7:23 am

      Dave Brubeck: "Blue Rondo à la Turk"

      Quartet San Francisco
      QSF Plays Brubeck

      Violin Jazz Recordings JCCD-106

      7:32 am

      Arthur Benjamin: Harmonica Concerto

      III. Finale, "Rondo amabile"

      Larry Adler, harmonica; London Sym Orch/Basil Cameron
      Larry Adler in Concert

      EMI CDM7-64134-2

      7:39 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Mazurka-Obéreque"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster
      À la carte

      EMI CDC5-55475-2

      7:50 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59

      Queensland Sym Orch/Andrew Penny
      Sir Malcolm Arnold: Dances

      Naxos 8.553526

      8:04 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Bourrée fantasque"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Chabrier: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHSA-5122

      8:12 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996

      V. "Bourrée"

      José Fernández Bardesio, g
      Bach & Barrios

      Hänssler Classic HC-21047

      8:13 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006

      VI. "Bourrée"

      Lodestar Trio
      Bach to Folk

      Naxos NXW76158-2

      8:17 am

      Johan Halvorsen: "Suite ancienne," Op. 31

      "Bourrée"

      Bergen Phil Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-10614

      8:21 am

      Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Set 1

      Three Bourrées

      Dawn Upshaw, s; Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
      Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne; Maurice Emmanuel: Chansons bourguignonnes

      Erato 17577-2

      8:28 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore"

      "La Bourrée"

      Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer
      Dance Music of the High Renaissance

      Boston Skyline BSD-118

      8:33 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

      III. Finale, "Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo"

      Augustin Hadelich, v; Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Jakub Hrůša
      Bohemian Tales

      Warner 0190295274764

      8:43 am

      Louise Farrenc: Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, Op. 44

      IV. Finale. Allegro

      Romain Guyot, cl; François Salque, vc; Brigitte Engerer, p
      Louise Farrenc - Chamber Music

      Naïve V-5033

      8:51 am

      Michael Torke: "Bright Blue Music"

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Michael Torke - Color Music / David Zinman

      Argo 433071-2

      9:03 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "The Bartered Bride"

      Dance of the Comedians

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Encore!

      RCA 68511-2

      9:08 am

      Josef Lanner: "Die Schmetterlinge" Ländler, Op. 65

      Ensemble Wien
      Souvenirs de Vienne

      Sony SK-47187

      9:16 am

      Robert Schumann: "Papillons," Op. 2

      Murray Perahia, p
      Perahia Plays Schumann - Symphonic Etudes - Posthumous Etudes - Papillons

      CBS MK-34539

      9:31 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Vivace"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Beethoven: Piano Concertos, Choral Fantasy

      Decca 414391-2 (3)

      9:42 am

      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Sinfonietta No. 1

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro furioso"

      Experiential Orch/James Blachly
      American Counterpoints

      Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0200

      9:50 am

      Carter Pann: "Slalom"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
      American Portraits

      Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Media CSOM-945

      10:00 am - 3:00 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

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Overture

      Boston Pops Orchestra/Arthur Fiedler
      Pops Caviar - Russian Orchestral Fireworks

      RCA 68132-2

      10:11 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 1 in C, "Per Il Luigi"

      Dmitry Smirnov, v; Basel Chamber Orch/Giovanni Antonini
      Haydn 2032: Vol. 17, Per Il Luigi

      Alpha 1146

      10:31 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Nabucco"

      Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va, pensiero"

      La Scala Cho & Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Verdi Choruses

      Decca 4853950

      10:37 am

      Robert Schumann: Introduction and Concert Allegro in D minor, Op. 134

      Jan Lisiecki, p; Santa Cecilia Orch/Antonio Pappano
      Jan Lisiecki: Schumann

      DG 4795327

      10:50 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Bassoon Concerto in C

      Peter Whelan, bn; Ensemble Marsyas
      Fasch: Quartets and Concertos

      Linn CKD-467

      11:01 am

      Ron Nelson: "Aspen Jubilee"

      Women's Cho of Dallas, Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson

      Reference RR-76

      11:13 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Petite Suite de Concert," Op. 77

      Chineke! Orch/Anthony Parnther
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      11:30 am

      Antonio Soler: "Fandango"

      Alain Lefèvre, p
      Alain Lefèvre, Soler, Rameau, Scarlatti - Fandango

      Koch 3-7389-2

      11:43 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Rusalka," Op. 114

      "Song to the Moon"

      Lucia Popp, s; Munich Radio Orch/Stefan Soltesz
      Slavonic Opera Arias

      EMI CDC7-49319-2

      11:50 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il turco in Italia"

      Overture

      Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda
      Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.572735

      12:01 pm

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Five Preludes for Guitar

      No. 3 in A minor, "Homage to Bach"

      Goran Ivanovic, g
      Impromptu: Desirée Ruhstrat, David Cunliffe & Goran Ivanovic (January 14, 2011)

      WFMT

      12:03 pm

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" No. 1

      Goran Ivanovic, g
      Impromptu: Desirée Ruhstrat, David Cunliffe & Goran Ivanovic (January 14, 2011)

      WFMT

      12:07 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in D, R. 453

      Alex Klein, ob; New Brandenburg Collegium/Anthony Newman
      Oboe Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi

      Cedille CDR-7003

      12:16 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59

      Suite

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Strauss Alliance

      DG 4862040

      12:42 pm

      Florence Price: "Fantasie Nègre" No. 1 in E minor

      Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, p
      Fantasie

      Sony 19802889462

      12:51 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46

      No. 4 in F

      Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel
      Dvořák: Slavonic Dances / Lorin Maazel

      EMI CDC7-49547-2

      1:00 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks, Concerti a Due Cori

      Sony SK-63073

      1:21 pm

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Sextet in D, Op. 10

      IV. Finale, "Presto"

      Nash Ensemble
      Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets

      Hyperion CDA-68406

      1:28 pm

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Fantasy Pieces," Op. 6

      Drew Petersen, p
      Barber, Carter, Griffes, Ives, Zaimont

      Steinway & Sons 30095

      1:47 pm

      Ernest John Moeran: Rhapsody No. 2 (1924)

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Moeran: In the Mountain Country

      Naxos 8.573106

      2:00 pm

      Leopold Mozart: Horn Concerto in D

      Stewart Rose, hn; St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
      From the Forest

      Arabesque Z-6750

      2:17 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

      II. "Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)"

      Joseph Moog & Kai Adomeit, p's
      Rachmaninoff, Bowen, Medtner

      Onyx 4229

      2:27 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

      III. Finale, "Lento assai - Allegro vivace"

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1, Symphonic Dances

      DG 4839839

      2:42 pm

      Errollyn Wallen: "Pace"

      Choir of King's College Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
      Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth

      King's College Cambridge KGS-0050

      2:49 pm

      Frederick Delius: "A Song of Summer"

      BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      Best of British: From the BBC Proms 2007

      DG 4777352 (2)

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Davidsbündlertänze," Op. 6

      Book 2 (Nos. 10– 18)

      George Li, p
      Movements

      Warner Classics 5419789314

      3:22 pm

      Karl Goldmark: Overture, "In Italien," Op. 49

      Ireland National Sym/Stephen Gunzenhauser
      Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony, In The Spring

      Naxos 8.550745

      3:36 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Wind Octet in E-Flat, Op. 103

      Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich
      Beethoven: Octet Op. 103, Rondino WoO 25, March WoO 29, Duo WoO 27:1, Sextet Op. 71

      Sony SK-53367

      3:58 pm

      Francisco Tárrega: "Adelita"

      Mattias Schulstad, g
      Invocación

      Avie AV-2254

      4:00 pm

      Henri Casadesus: "Ronde de saisons"

      Science Ficta
      Ronde de Saisons: Musique pour quatuor de violes

      New Focus FCR-922

      4:23 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolle No. 2 in G, Op. 41

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles

      Hyperion CDA-68331/2

      4:33 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Scheherazade," Op. 35

      IV. Finale, "Festival at Baghdad-The Sea-Shipwreck"

      London Phil Orch/Zubin Mehta
      Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica; Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

      LPO 0117

      4:48 pm

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      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Caucasian Sketches From the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea

      This week’s journey starts in Armenia and Azerbaijan, continues through Georgia and Ukraine, and ends on the western banks of the Black Sea with composers including Giya Kancheli, Aram Khachaturian, and Richard Yardumian.

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      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Varèse "Amériques;" Gershwin "An American in Paris;" Ravel "Mother Goose" Suite; "Daphnis et Chloé," Suite No. 2; "Prélude et Danse de Sémiramis" (World Premiere); Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.