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      Playlist for Friday, November 21, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Erkki Melartin: "Sleeping Beauty," Op 22

      Overture

      Tempere Phil/Leif Segerstam
      Melartin

      Ondine ODE-923-2

      12:04 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Act I, Waltz

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy

      CBS MLK-39440

      12:11 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty," Op. 66

      "Panorama; Waltz"

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      New Year's Concert 2012

      Sony 92710 (2)

      12:18 am

      Florence Price: "Child Asleep"

      Lara Downes, p
      The Bedtime Sessions

      Flipside Music FL-0011

      12:19 am

      Erkki Melartin: Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 40 (1907)

      Tampere Phil/Leonid Grin
      Melartin: The Six Symphonies

      Ondine ODE-931-2 (3)

      12:54 am

      Louis Couperin: Suite in A

      No. 4, "Gigue"

      Blandine Verlet, hc
      Louis Couperin: Les pièces de clavessin

      Astrée E-8819 (5)

      1:00 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

      No. 15 in E-Flat

      Lafayette String Quartet
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: String Quartet No. 1 / SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: String Quartet No. 8

      Dorian DOR-90163

      1:05 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Fantasia Fugata," Op 87

      Joanne Polk, p
      Fire - Flies

      Arabesque Z-6721

      1:11 am

      Jaromir Weinberger: "Schwanda the Bagpiper"

      Polka and Fugue

      Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble
      FLOURISHES, TALES AND SYMPHONIES

      MSR Classics MS-1598

      1:19 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in D

      New Mexico Brass Quintet
      New Mexico Brass Quintet

      Crystal CD-563

      1:20 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271, "Jeunehomme"

      Alfred Brendel, p; Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mozart: Pian Concertos K271 "Jeunehomme" & K503

      Philips 470287-2

      1:55 am

      Andre Philidor: Pavane "Henry IV" (1600)

      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

      2:00 am

      Josef Myslivecek: "Abramo de Isacco"

      Trio, "Siam passagieri erranti"

      Soloists; Sinfonietta Praha/Ivan Parik
      Abramo de Isacco

      Supraphon SU-3209-2 (2)

      2:05 am

      Josef Myslivecek: Sinfonia in F

      Prague Chamber Orch
      Myslivecek: Sinfonias

      Supraphon 110304-2

      2:17 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"

      "Gavotte"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      L’ORCHESTRE DU ROI SOLEIL

      Alia Vox AV-9807

      2:18 am

      Richard Strauss: "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"

      Suite

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      STRAUSS: Ariadne auf Naxos - Symphony-Suite (arr. D. Wilson Ochoa), Suite Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60.

      Naxos 8.573460

      2:55 am

      Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Le Malade Imaginaire

      Overture

      Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
      Le Malade Imaginaire

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901336

      3:00 am

      Johann Ludwig Krebs: Chorale Prelude, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"

      Ute Hartwich, tr; Franz Raml, o
      Johann Ludwig Krebs

      MD&G Recordings MDG-6140971-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in c, BWV 1011

      Sung-Won Yang, vc
      Bach Cello Suites

      London DD-41156 (2)

      3:30 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Inventions, BWV 772/86; Sinfonias, BWV 787/801

      No. 5 in E-Flat

      Evgeni Koroliov, p
      Bach: Inventions, Sinfonias

      Hänssler Classics CD-92.106

      3:32 am

      Jacques-Christophe Naudot: Recorder Concerto in C, Op 17/2

      Hesperus/Scott Reiss, r
      Baroque Recorder Concerti

      Koch 3-7454-2

      3:41 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Masques et Bergamasques", Op 112

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Pavane, Pelleas Et Melisande, Masques Et Bergamasques Suite, Fantasie for Flute

      Argo 410552-2

      3:54 am

      André Cardinal Destouches: "Le Carnaval et la Folie"

      "Passepieds"

      Limoges Baroque Ensemble

      Lyrinx CD-069

      4:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Seven Contredanses, WoO 14

      Jenö Jandó, p
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: Bagatelles and Dances, Vol. 2 (Jandó)

      Naxos 8.553798

      4:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture no.1 in C, Op.138

      Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie/Daniel Harding
      Beethoven: Overtures

      Virgin 45364-2

      4:14 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Andante and Variations in D, WoO 44/2

      Alon Sariel, m; Michael Tsalka, p
      Beethoven Complete Edition

      Naxos 8.500250 (90)

      4:23 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Guia pr tico" (1932)

      "The Little Dove Flew Away"

      Christina Ortiz, p
      Villa-Lobos: Piano Music

      London 417650-2

      4:24 am

      Wilhelm Stenhammar: Piano Concerto #2 in d, Op 23

      Christina Ortiz, p; Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Piano Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 23 / "Chitra", Incidental Music, Op. 43

      BIS CD-476

      4:53 am

      Lars-Erik Larsson: Twelve Songs

      "The Girl with the Divining-Herb"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p
      Anne Sofie von Otter: Folksongs

      DG 463479-2

      5:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in a

      Keith Jarrett, p
      Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

      ECM 2627/28 (2)

      5:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in C, "Hamburger Ebb' und Flut (Wassermusik)"

      New London Consort/Philip Pickett
      Wassermusik ∙ Water Music / Alster Overture / Concerto 'Die Relinge' ∙ 'The Frogs'

      London 455621-2

      5:33 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music"

      "Bourrée"

      Boston Baroque Orch/Martin Pearlman
      Handel: Music For The Fireworks, Water Music

      Telarc CD-80594

      5:35 am

      Paul Hindemith: Violin Sonata in D, Op 11/2

      Roman Mints, v; Alexander Kobrin, p
      Hindemith Violin and Piano Music

      Quartz QTZ-2132

      5:55 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Reihe kleiner Stcke," Op 37/2

      #6

      Werner Bärtschi, p
      HINDEMITH : Piano Works

      Jecklin JD-691-2

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:04 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in B-Flat, R. 368

      Anton Steck, v; Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli
      Vivaldi * Concerti per Violino II 'Di Sfida'

      Naïve OP-30427

      6:14 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 51, "Slavonic"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro assai"

      Kontras Quartet
      All Made of Stories

      MSR Classics MS-1859

      6:22 am

      Giles Farnaby: Suite of Six Dances

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music from the Royal Court

      Decca B0000807-02 (2)

      6:31 am

      Wilhelm Stenhammar: Serenade in F, Op. 31

      V. Finale

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Stenhammar: Midvinter

      Musica Sveciae MSCD-626

      6:41 am

      Franz Schubert: Violin Sonatina No. 1 in D, D 384

      Josef Suk, v; Jan Panenka, p
      The Intimate Schubert

      Boston Skyline BSD-146

      6:54 am

      Eric Coates: "Footlights"

      BBC Phil/John Wilson
      Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-20292

      7:04 am

      Johann Gottlieb Graun: Overture and Allegro in D minor

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Friedrich der Grosse: Music for the Berlin Court

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902132

      7:17 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, "Gradus ad Parnassum"

      III. Scherzo

      Barret; Burke; Beck; Burns; Fadial; Orenstein; Rawls; Whitehouse; Harley
      Michael Burns, bassoon,
      Janet Orenstein, violin,
      Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music

      Centaur CRC-2691

      7:24 am

      Paul Dukas: "Villanelle"

      Hermann Baumann, hn; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Hermann Baumann plays Glière, Saint-Saëns, Dukas, Chabrier

      Philips 416380-2

      7:32 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

      IV. Finale, "Allegro non troppo"

      St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov
      Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 9

      RCA 68548-2

      7:44 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 2 in D

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
      Mendelssohn - Europa Galante

      Naïve V-7262

      7:57 am

      Anonymous 16th-century French: "La Gelosia"

      Newberry Consort/Mary Springfels
      Villon to Rabelais- 16th Century Music Of The Streets, Theatres, And Courts

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907226

      8:03 am

      Mily Balakirev: "Islamey"

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Balakirev: 1812, Polovtsian Dances, Islamey

      Philips 412552-2

      8:14 am

      Rabih Abou-Khalil: "Arabian Waltz"

      Silk Road Ensemble
      The Silk Road Ensemble * Yo-Yo Ma * New Impossibilities

      Sony 10319-2

      8:22 am

      Albert Ketèlbey: "In a Persian Market"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Pops Stoppers

      RCA 63304-2

      8:30 am

      Giovanni Bottesini: "Duetto"

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Richard Fredrickson, db; Slovak Radio Sym Orch
      Phoenix in Flight

      Navona NV-5801

      8:41 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante" in E-Flat, Op. 22

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Daniil Trifonov plays Frédéric Chopin

      Decca B0018271-02

      8:54 am

      Pietro Locatelli: "Introduttione teatrale" in D, Op. 4, No. 1

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Thomas Hengelbrock
      The Years 1700-1800: Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, et al.

      RCA-DHM 77604-2

      9:03 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivace"

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p; Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

      Decca 417613-2

      9:13 am

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

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      9:23 am

      Gabriel Pierné: Three Pieces for Orchestra (Concert Suite)

      Bohemia Chamber Phil/Douglas Bostock
      French Orchestral Miniatures, Vol. 2

      Classico CD-168

      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

      Ernest Bloch: "Suite modale"

      Noam Buchman, f; Atlas Camerata/Dalia Atlas
      Bloch: Four Episodes, Two Poems, Concertino, Suite modale

      Naxos 8.570259

      9:55 am

      Cécile Chaminade: Toccata, Op. 39

      Eric Parkin, p
      Chaminade Piano Works

      Chandos CHAN-8888

      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

      Ernest John Moeran: Overture for a Masque (1944)

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Moeran: In the Mountain Country

      Naxos 8.573106

      10:10 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 1

      Overture (Suite) in E minor

      Pierre Hamon, f; Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Le Concert Spirituel - At the time of Louis XV

      Alia Vox AVSA-9877

      10:34 am

      Amy Beach: Four Sketches, Op. 15

      No. 3, "Dreaming"

      Alan Feinberg, p
      Discover America

      Argo 436752-2

      10:42 am

      Gustav Holst: "Song of the Night", Op. 19, No. 1

      Lorraine McAslan, v; London Phil Orch/David Atherton
      Gustav Holst: A Winter Idyll, Elegy, Indra, A Song of the Night, Interlude (Sita), Invocation, The Lure, Morning of the Year Dances

      Lyrita SRCD.209

      10:52 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Pirates of Penzance"

      Overture

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Alexander Faris
      Rule Britannia - A Stirring Collection of British Music

      Nimbus NI-7067/8 (2)

      11:00 am

      Nigel Westlake: "Antarctica" (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra)

      "Wooden Ships"

      John Williams, g; London Sym Orch/Paul Daniel
      From Australia

      Sony SK-53361

      11:04 am

      Nigel Westlake: "Antarctica" (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra)

      "Penguin Ballet"

      John Williams, g; London Sym Orch/Paul Daniel
      From Australia

      Sony SK-53361

      11:09 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Snow Maiden"

      Suite

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Suites

      Naxos 8.572787

      11:23 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232

      "Gloria in excelsis; Et in terra pax"

      Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon
      Bach: Mass in B Minor

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902754.55

      11:31 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 52, "Lobgesang"

      Sinfonia

      Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies

      Alpha 1004

      11:56 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "On Wings of Song," Op. 34, No. 2

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Sergio Tiempo, p
      Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas Nos 1 and 2

      DG 471565-2

      12:00 pm

      Woldemar Bargiel: Octet in C minor, Op. 15a

      II. "Andante sostenuto"

      Midsummer's Music

      Midsummer's Music June 2025 Concert

      12:10 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Idomeneo" ballet music, K. 367

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Mozart: Symphony No 40, Ballet Music from Idomeneo

      Avie AV-2159

      12:27 pm

      Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 10, "La cathédrale engloutie"

      Stewart Goodyear, p
      Phoenix

      Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0154

      12:36 pm

      Zoltán Kodály: "Dances of Galánta"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Kodály: Háry János Suite, Peacock Variations, Dances of Galánta

      Chandos CHAN-8877

      12:53 pm

      Ola Gjeilo: "The Lake Isle"

      Tenebrae/Nigel Short; Ola Gjeilo, p; Kristian Kvalvaag, g; str quartet
      Ciaran McCabe, violin,
      Matthew Sharp, cello,
      Voices, Piano, Strings

      Decca B0024646-02

      1:00 pm

      George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)

      Eroica Trio
      Eroica Trio

      EMI CDC5-56482-2

      1:16 pm

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Cello Concerto in C, Op. 37

      Edgar Moreau, vc; Lucerne Sym Orch/Michael Sanderling
      Transmission

      Erato 0190295105105

      1:30 pm

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

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

      Sony SB2K-62406 (2)

      1:44 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Twelve "Cypresses" (1887)

      Nos. 7-12

      Cypress String Quartet
      Dvořák: Cypresses & String Quartet No. 13

      Avie AV-2275

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      2:00 pm

      Francesco Maria Veracini: "Ouverture" (Suite) No. 1 in B-Flat

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Veracini: 5 Overtures

      Archiv 439937-2

      2:15 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      The Symphony, Part II — (1803 -1950)

      This week, we begin with Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, marking the end of the symphonic Classical period. From there, Bill will guide us through the next 50 years, showing how composers expanded the orchestra’s size and found new ways to express stories and emotions. As our journey continues, we listen to Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony from 1803, move forward with symphonic works by Berlioz, Mendelssohn, and Schubert, and conclude with Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Bryn Terfel (11/30/1995)

      The Welsh bass-baritone was a young singer at the beginning of a meteoric rise into operatic stardom when he spoke with Studs Terkel in November 1995