Sunday, February 15, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      "Ride of the Valkyries"

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini

      RCA 5751-2-RC

      12:05 am

      Richard Wagner: "Parsifal"

      Act 1 Prelude

      Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63618-2

      12:18 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Song, "Ruf vom Berge", WoO 147

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Jörg Demus, p
      Beethoven Edition / Lieder • Chormusik

      DG 2720017 (7)

      12:19 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E-flat, Op. 20

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (Recorded 1939) Septet • Egmont Overture

      RCA 60270-2

      12:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 20 in e minor

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      Toscanini Conducts Light Classics

      RCA 6205-2-RC

      1:00 am

      Robert Schumann: "Arabeske" in C, Op. 18

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Paganini Variations/ Schumann: Etudes Symphony

      London 444338-2

      1:05 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

      1:34 am

      Alexander Tcherepnin: Four Arabesques, Op 11

      #1, Andantino

      Bennett Lerner, p
      Tcherepnin: Piano Music

      Etcetera ETC-1033

      1:35 am

      Cecile Chaminade: "Arabesque," Op 61

      Peter Jacobs, p
      Piano Music By Cécile Chaminade – 3

      Hyperion CDA-66846

      1:40 am

      Claude Debussy: "Deux arabesques"

      Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon

      Cala CACD-1001

      1:47 am

      Louis Vierne: "Pièces en style libre," Op 31

      "Arabesque"

      Wolfgang Rübsam, o

      Rmc Classics CD-525

      1:54 am

      Genari Karganoff: Arabesque

      Robert Silverman, p
      The Parlour Grand

      Marquis ERAD-161

      2:00 am

      Domenico Gabrielli: Cello Sonata #2 in A

      David Geringas, vc; Edgar Krapp, o
      Altitalienische Kirchensonaten

      Eurodisc 201869

      2:05 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C, Op. 119

      Michal Kanka, vc; Jaromir Klepac, p
      RUSSIAN WORKS FOR CELLO & PIANO

      Praga PRD-350015 (4)

      2:30 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64

      Romeo and Juliet Before Parting

      National Sym Orch/Mstislav Rostropovich
      Prokofiev: Romeo und Julia Suiten 1 & 2

      DG 410519-2

      2:37 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64

      Scene

      National Sym Orch/Mstislav Rostropovich
      Prokofiev: Romeo und Julia Suiten 1 & 2

      DG 410519-2

      2:39 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6

      Susanna Mildonian, h; Radio Luxembourg Sym Orch/Louis de Froment

      PG PCD-7234

      2:54 am

      Benedetto Marcello: "Requiem Cantato Secondo l'Usanza Venetiana"

      "Ora supplex"

      Athestis Cho, Academia de li Musici/Filippo Maria Bressan; Francesco Moi, o
      Marcello: Requiem In The Venetian Manner

      Chandos CHAN-0637

      3:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Impromptu no.3 in G-flat, Op.51

      Vladimir Sofronitsky, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Vladimir Sofronitsky

      Philips 456970-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”, Op. 314

      Vienna Johann Strauss Orch/Willi Boskovsky
      Johann Strauss II: Waltzes

      EMI/Ang CDK5-65141-2

      3:14 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Má Vlast (My Fatherland)"

      "Vltava (The Moldau)"

      Royal Phil/Sir Malcolm Sargent

      EMI/Ang CDZ7-62606-2

      3:26 am

      Leos Janácek: Moravian Dances

      #5, "Rozek"

      Slovak Phil/Libor Pesek
      Janacek: Orchestral Works- Danube, Incidental Music To "Schluck Und Jau", Moravian Dances, Suite, Op.3

      Records Int'l 7008-2

      3:28 am

      Luigi Cherubini: Symphony in D

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      Arturo Toscanini Collection, Vol. 27

      RCA 60278-2-RG

      3:54 am

      Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus: Chanson, "Fleur de quinze ans"

      Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
      Motets & Chansons

      Virgin 61166-2

      4:00 am

      Ferdinando Carulli: "Petit duo Nocturne," Op 90/3

      Michael Newman, g; Laura Oltman, g
      Guitar Pleasures

      Sheffield Lab SLS-504

      4:05 am

      Maria Szymanowska: Nocturne in B-Flat

      Rosario Marciano, p

      Turnabout TV-34685

      4:10 am

      Karol Szymanowski: Symphony #1 in f, Op 15

      Polish State Phil/Karol Stryja
      SZYMANOWSKI: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

      Naxos 8.553683

      4:30 am

      Karol Szymanowski: Nine Preludes, Op 1

      #5, "Allegro molto, impetuoso"

      Elzbieta Wiedner-Zajac, p
      Masques: Polish Piano Works

      Dorian DIS-80121

      4:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "A Musical Joke," K. 522

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      A Little Light Music

      DG 429783-2

      4:54 am

      Victor Herbert: Naughty Marietta (1910)

      "Italian Street Song"

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
      Ferde Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite / Victor Herbert: Hero and Leander

      Sony SK-52491

      5:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in E-flat, Op.18, "Grande valse brillante"

      Artur Rubinstein, p
      The Chopin Collection: The Waltzes

      RCA RCD1-5492

      5:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo Violin Sonata No. 2 in a minor, BWV 1003

      Aaron Rosand, v
      Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

      Vox VXP2-7901 (2)

      5:29 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Praeludium" No. 5

      Joseph Payne, o
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      5:31 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra (1887-88)

      Viktoria Postnikova, p; Residentie Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Scriabin: Piano Concerto

      Chandos CHAN-9728

      5:40 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs," Op. 13

      Rubinstein, p; Philadelphia Orch/Ormandy
      Piano Concerto no. 2 In F Minor / Fantasia on Polish Airs / Andante Spianato & Grand Polonaise

      RCA 60404-2-RG

      5:54 am

      Karol Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Op 50

      #14, "Animato"

      Anna Kijanowska, p

      Dux 0417

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "I Believe." Host Peter DuBois explores various expressions of faith through settings of creeds, ancient and modern, in sacred choral and organ music.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Traditional Scottish: "Skye Boat Song"

      King's Singers; Manuel Barrueco, g
      Folk Songs Of The British Isles

      EMI CDC7-54904-2

      7:06 am

      Gustav Holst: Seven Scottish Airs for Piano and Strings

      Michael Freyhan, p; London Festival Orch Strings/Ross Pople
      Gustav Holst: Orchestral Music

      Arte Nova 34022-2

      7:14 am

      Traditional American: "Shenandoah"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Songs of Comfort & Hope

      Sony 19439822372

      7:21 am

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in E minor

      Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter
      Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4

      Naxos 8.559827

      8:00 am

      Lili Boulanger: "D'un matin de printemps"

      Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
      Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems

      Bru Zane BZ-2007

      8:07 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 167

      Gary Gray, cl; Clifford Benson, p
      Works for Clarinet and Piano by Saint-Saëns, Martinů, Arnold, Bernstein, and Poulenc

      Centaur CRC-2165

      8:25 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "L'estro armonico" Concerto No. 10 in B minor, R. 580

      Chicago Harp Quartet
      Soirées d'été

      Chicago Harp Quartet 748252899439

      8:37 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "May Night"

      Overture

      Bolshoi Orch/Alexander Lazarev
      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel; Capriccio Espagnol; Russian Easter Festival; The Tsar's Bride

      Erato 94808-2

      8:45 am

      Manuel de Falla: "La vida breve"

      Spanish Dance No. 1

      Julian Bream & John Williams, g's
      Together

      RCA 61450-2

      8:49 am

      William Grant Still: "Vignettes" (1962)

      Stephen Caplan, ob; Bernard Kolle, bn; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      9:01 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle in A minor, "Für Elise," WoO 59

      Murray Perahia, p
      Immortal Beloved - soundtrack

      Sony SK-66301

      9:05 am

      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

      9:17 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "March for the Prince of Wales"

      Netherlands Wind Ensemble
      Netherlands Wind Ensemble Greatest Hits

      Philips 472678-2 (2)

      9:22 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio in G minor

      Eroica Trio
      Eroica Trio - Baroque

      EMI CDC5-56873-2

      9:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K. 331

      Alfred Brendel, p
      The Art of Alfred Brendel, Vol. 1

      Philips 446921-2 (5)

      9:51 am

      Vicente Lusitano: "Emendemus in melius"

      Marian Consort
      Vicente Lusitano: Motets

      Linn CKD-694

      10:01 am

      Carlyle Sharpe: "Flourishes"

      Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble
      Flourishes, Tales and Symphonies: Music for Brass and Organ

      MSR Classics MS-1598

      10:05 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Romance, Op. 39

      Elena Urioste, v; Chineke! Orch/Kevin John Edusei
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      10:16 am

      Antonio Soler: "Fandango"

      L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar
      Los Pájaros Perdidos * The South American Project

      Virgin 0709502-3

      10:26 am

      Charles-Édouard Lefebvre: Wind Suite, Op 57

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      Borèalis en Salon: 19th Century French Music for Winds

      MSR Classics MS-1250

      10:39 am

      Dani Howard: "Coalescence"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Paul Urbina
      Dani Howard Orchestral Works

      Rubicon RCD-1125

      10:53 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Libertango"

      Luis Bacalov, p; Héctor Passarella, bandoneon; Santa Cecilia Orch/MW Chung
      Misa Tango

      DG 463471-2

      10:59 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Chiquilín de Bachín"

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Thibaud Garcia, g
      Piazzolla Stories

      Warner 0190295155636

      11:03 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      Jennifer Koh, v; Odense Sym Orch/Alexander Vedernikov
      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra

      Cedille CDR-90000166

      11:41 am

      Franz Schubert: Impromptu in G-Flat, D 899, No. 3

      Myung-Whun Chung, p
      Myung-Whun Chung - Piano

      ECM 2342

      11:50 am

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Project W

      Cedille CDR-90000185

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Georges Auric: "Ouverture"

      London Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Dorati Conducts Satie, Milhaud, Auric, Françaix, Fetler

      Mercury 434335-2

      12:09 pm

      Max Bruch: "Kol Nidrei," Op. 47

      Anne Battegay, v; François Robin, vc; Chamber Orch Mannheim/Marc-Olivier Oetterli
      The Essential Hebrew Violin

      ARS Produktion ARS-38348

      12:19 pm

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

      Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F minor

      Bob van Asperen, hc
      Bach: Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 and 2

      EMI CDS7-49727-2 (2)

      12:27 pm

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

      Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E minor

      Víkingur Ólafsson, p
      Johann Sebastian Bach

      DG 4835022

      12:31 pm

      Nicholas Britell: "Moonlight"

      End Credits Suite

      Brian McNelis & Skip Williamson, prod
      Moonlight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Lakeshore Records LKS-349012

      12:36 pm

      Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 19, "La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Jorge Federico Osorio: The French Album

      Cedille CDR-90000197

      12:42 pm

      William Grant Still: "A Deserted Plantation"

      Mark Boozer, p
      STILL: Piano Music

      Naxos 8.559210

      12:55 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat, Op. 20

      IV. Finale, "Presto"

      Chamber Orch of Europe Soloists/Daniel Hope, v
      Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto * Octet * Songs * Daniel Hope

      DG 4776634

      1:01 pm

      John Adams: Fanfare, "Tromba lontana"

      San Francisco Sym/Edo de Waart
      The Chairman Dances

      Nonesuch 79144-2

      1:06 pm

      John Adams: "Short Ride in a Fast Machine"

      San Francisco Sym/Edo de Waart
      The Chairman Dances

      Nonesuch 79144-2

      1:11 pm

      Francesco Geminiani: Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 1, No. 4

      La Rêveuse
      La Rêveuse - Corelli's Legacy

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905322

      1:19 pm

      Osvaldo Golijov: "Fish Tale"

      Tara Helen O'Connor, f; David Leisner, g
      Facts of Life

      Azica ACD-71298

      1:30 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Rapsodie espagnole"

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      The French in Spain

      Naxos 8.574615

      1:45 pm

      William Byrd: "Nunc Dimittis"

      Stile Antico
      Music for Compline

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907419

      1:53 pm

      Paul Bowles: "Music for a Farce"

      I. "Allegro rigoroso"; II. "Presto"; V. "Lento"; III. "Allegretto"; IV. "Allegro"

      Chicago Pro Musica
      The Medinah Sessions

      Reference RR-2102 (2)

      2:02 pm

      Moritz Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E, Op. 59

      IV. Finale, "Allegro deciso"

      Markus Pawlik, p; Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit
      Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E major; From Foreign Lands

      Naxos 8.553989

      2:12 pm

      Lennon-McCartney: "Blackbird"

      Laura Metcalf, vc; Rupert Boyd, g
      Songs of Love and Despair

      Sono Luminus DSL-92255

      2:15 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Perpetuum Mobile," Op. 257

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Strauss: Radetzky March

      DG 410027-2

      2:18 pm

      James Scott Balentine: Three Spirituals

      Texas Clarinet Consort
      Wild Exotic Dances * Music for Clarinet by James Scott Balentine

      Albany TROY-1547

      2:27 pm

      César Franck: Violin Sonata in A

      Lara St. John, v; Matt Herskowitz, p
      Key of A: Beethoven and Franck Violin Sonatas

      Ancalagon ANC-144

      2:50 pm

      Giuseppe Tartini: Concerto grosso No. 5 in E minor

      Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini
      Tartini - Concerti

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901548

      3:01 pm

      Andrea Casarrubios: "Chorale"

      Virtuosi Guadalajara
      Casarrubios: Chorale for Strings

      Hear Now

      3:03 pm

      Andrea Casarrubios: "Anthem"

      Virtuosi Guadalajara
      Casarrubios: Anthem for Strings

      Hear Now

      3:09 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Élégie"

      Paul Galbraith, 8-string g
      French Impressions

      Delos DE-3250

      3:11 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Page d'album"

      Paul Galbraith, 8-string g
      French Impressions

      Delos DE-3250

      3:13 pm

      Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 8, "La fille aux cheveux de lin"

      Paul Galbraith, 8-string g
      French Impressions

      Delos DE-3250

      3:16 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "La Cenerentola"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini
      Rossini: Overtures

      EMI CDM7-69042-2

      3:25 pm

      William Byrd: "Circumdederunt me"

      Gesualdo Six/Owain Park
      Byrd: Mass for five voices & other works

      Hyperion CDA-68416

      3:31 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

      James Ehnes, v; Bergen Phil Orch/Edward Gardner
      Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Serenades; Humoresques; Earnest Melodies; Suite

      Chandos CHSA-5267

      4:02 pm

      music continues...

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection;" Miah Persson, soprano; Christianne Stotijin, mezzo-soprano; Bernard Haitink, conductor; Scriabin "The Poem of Ecstasy," Op. 54; Pierre Boulez, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Two Mexican Giants – Carlos Chávez & Silvestre Revueltas Silvestre Revueltas was a student of Carlos Chavez. Their musical friendship inspired both of them to reach new musical heights. Fiesta brings together some remarkable compositions by these two giants of 20th century music.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      A program featuring the early recordings of the Budapest String Quartet performing works by Beethoven, Schubert, Smetana, and Tchaikovsky.