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      Playlist for Thursday, June 4, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Four Songs (Women's Chorus, Two Horns & Harp), Op 17

      #4, "Gesang aus Ossians ̄Fingal"

      Monteverdi Cho/John Eliot Gardiner
      Brahms * Choral Works

      Philips 4757558

      12:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)" Overture, Op 26, Rome version 1830

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Mendelssohn Discoveries * Symphony No 3 * Piano Concerto No 3 * Prosseda

      London 4781525

      12:16 am

      Scottish Trad: Folksong, Sea Wandering

      Lisa Milne, s, Sioned Williams, h
      Land Of Heart's Desire- Songs Of The Hebrides

      Hyperion CDA-66988

      12:18 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture (1830)

      Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      The Woman's Philharmonic- Boulanger: D'un Soir Triste, D'un Matin de Printemps/ Schumann: Piano Concerto In A Minor Op. 7/ Tailleferre: Concertino For Harp And Orchestra/ Mendelssohn: Overture

      Koch 3-7169-2

      12:28 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Clavier Concerto in e, Wq 15

      Miklós Spányi, fortepiano; Concerto Armonico
      C P E Bach - Complete Keyboard Concertos, Volume 6

      BIS CD-786

      12:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Part Sinfonias, BWV 787-801

      No. 13 in a minor

      Pieter-Jan Belder, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante in C, K. 315

      Lisa Beznosiuk, f; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Flute And Harp Concerto • Flute Concerto No. 1 • Andante In C • Bassoon Concerto

      L'Oiseau Lyre 417622-2

      1:05 am

      Dag Wirén: Symphony No. 3, Op. 20

      Norrköping Sym/Thomas Dausgaard
      Dag Wirén

      CPO 999677-2

      1:27 am

      Marianna Martines: Sinfonia in C

      Women's Philharmonic/JoAnn Falletta
      Marianna Martines

      Newport Classic NCD-60102

      1:42 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Eine kleine gigue" in G, K 574

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Mozart: Piano Sonatas K457, K533, K545, K570, K576

      Hyperion CDA-68431/2 (2)

      1:44 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Twelve Variations in B-Flat, K. 500

      Kristian Bezuidenhout, fp
      Mozart: Keyboard Music, Volume 5 and 6

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907529.30 (2)

      1:54 am

      Johann Anton Kozeluch: Cassation in E-Flat

      "Marcia"

      Consortium Classicum
      Koželuch: Divertimenti for Bläser

      Orfeo C-442981-A

      2:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Rigoletto"

      Quartet, "Un dì...Bella figlia dell'amore"

      A Rost, s; Pentcheva, ms; Alagna, t; Bruson, br; La Scala Orch/Muti
      M Pentcheva,
      Verdi: Rigoletto - Highlights

      Sony SK-61966

      2:05 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: String Quartet in e

      Vermeer Quartet
      Streichquartette

      Teldec 8.43105

      2:28 am

      Giacomo Puccini: Minuetto I (1892)

      Orch d'Auvergne/Jean-Jacques Kantorow
      Crisantemi: For String Quartet, 3 Minuetti for String Quartet

      Denon 81757-3871-2

      2:33 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Minuet in g minor

      Igor Kipnis, hc

      CBS MLK-45524

      2:34 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.1 in C, BWV 1066

      Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett
      J S Bach: Orchestral Suites for A Young Prince * Ensemble Sonnerie * Monica Huggett

      Avie AV-2171

      2:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 4 in F, BWV 809

      Courante

      Francesco Tristano, p
      Bach: The 6 English Suites

      Naive V-8828

      3:00 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Marcia funerale"

      Joanne Polk, p
      By The Still Waters

      Arabesque Z-6693

      3:05 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak"

      London Sym/Per Dreier
      Sigurd Jorsalfar

      Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD-2019

      3:12 am

      Ole Bull: "A Mountain Vision"

      Henning Kraggerud, v; Dalasinfoniettan/Bjarte Engeset
      Nordic Violin Favorites

      Naxos 8.572827

      3:20 am

      John Bull: "Dutch Dance"

      Alan Feinberg, p
      Basically Bull

      Steinway & Sons 30019

      3:22 am

      Carl Nielsen: Symphony #2, Op 16, "The Four Temperaments"

      Swedish Radio Sym/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments" / Pan & Syrinx, Op. 49 / Aladdin

      CBS MK-44934

      3:54 am

      Julius Schulhoff: Etudes, Op 13

      #9

      Adrian Ruiz, p
      SCHULHOFF: Bohemian Show Pieces

      Genesis GCD-119

      4:00 am

      Victor Herbert: "Karma" (1916)

      Eastman-Dryden Sym Orch/Donald Hunsberger
      Souvenir

      Arabesque Z-6529

      4:02 am

      Victor Herbert: "March-22nd Regiment"

      Eastman-Dryden Sym Orch/Donald Hunsberger
      Souvenir

      Arabesque Z-6529

      4:05 am

      Victor Herbert: Cello Concerto #1 in D, Op 8

      Lynn Harrell, vc; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Cello Concertos

      London 417672-2

      4:32 am

      Victor Herbert: Naughty Marietta (1910)

      "Italian Street Song"

      Beverly Sills, s; London Sym Orch/André Kostelanetz
      Music Of Victor Herbert

      Angel SFO-37160

      4:33 am

      Franz Lehár: "Magyar Abrand," Hungarian Fantasy, Op 45

      Robert McDuffie, v; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Viennese Violin

      Telarc CD-80402

      4:41 am

      Béla Bartók: Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op 20

      Lili Kraus, p

      Vanguard OVC-8087

      4:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 10 in F

      Budapest Festival Orch/Ivan Fischer

      Hungaroton HCD-12571-2

      5:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E

      Air with variations, "The Harmonious Blacksmith"

      New Mexico Brass Quintet
      New Mexico Brass Quintet

      Crystal CD-563

      5:04 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in A, Op. 6, No. 11

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      DG 471758-2 (3)

      5:21 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Theodora"

      Chorus, "Venus Laughing from the Skies"

      Arnold Schoenberg Cho, Vienna Concentus Musicus/Harnoncourt
      Theodora

      Teldec 46447-2 (2)

      5:23 am

      Edward Elgar: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Elgar

      Chandos CHAN-8610

      5:54 am

      Peter Philips: "Aria"

      Parley of Instruments
      Consort Music By Peter Philips

      Hyperion CDA-66240

      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.

      6:03 am

      Franz Xaver Dussek: Sinfonia in A, Altner A3

      Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen
      Dussek: Four Symphonies

      Naxos 8.572683

      6:16 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 118

      No. 2, Intermezzo in A

      Stewart Goodyear, p
      For Glenn Gould

      Sono Luminus DSL-92220

      6:23 am

      Ruth Gipps: "Ambarvalia"

      BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3

      Chandos CHAN-20284

      6:32 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Ragtime"

      Boston Sym Chamber Players
      Johann Strauss: Waltzes - Transcriptions by Berg, Webern & Schoenberg; Igor Stravinsky: Octet, Pastorale, Ragtime, Concertino

      DG 463667-2

      6:38 am

      George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F

      I. "Allegro"

      Daniil Trifonov, p; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      My American Story: North

      DG 4865756

      6:51 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      III. "On the Trail"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      The American Album

      RCA 60778-2-RC

      7:04 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat

      Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Lev Markiz
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies (Complete)

      Brilliant Classics 93777 (7)

      7:17 am

      Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op. 43

      II. Menuet

      Ensemble Wien-Berlin
      Nielsen & Taffanel Wind Quintets

      Sony SK-45996

      7:23 am

      Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 99

      III. "Allegro appassionato"

      Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Inon Barnatan, p
      Brahms Cello Sonatas

      Pentatone PTC-5187215

      7:33 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      Aria, "E Susanna non vien...Dove sono"

      Cecilia Bartoli, s; Vienna Chamber Orch/György Fischer
      Mozart Portraits

      Decca 443452-2

      7:42 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: "Serenade"

      James Galway, f; Kazuhito Yamashita, g
      Italian Serenade

      RCA 5679-2-RC

      7:54 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Scherzo"

      Milan Verdi Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Puccini Discoveries

      Decca B0002141-02

      8:03 am

      César Franck: "Les Éolides"

      New York Phil/Kurt Masur
      Symphony In D Minor / Les Éolides

      Teldec 74863-2

      8:16 am

      Malcolm Sargent: "An Impression on a Windy Day"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music World Premieres

      ASV CDWHL-2116

      8:25 am

      Meyer/Thile/Duncan: "Attaboy"

      Stuart Duncan, v; Chris Thile, man; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      Edgar Meyer, double bass,
      The Goat Rodeo Sessions

      Sony 84118-2

      8:31 am

      Karl Goldmark: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 26, "Rustic Wedding"

      V. Finale, "Dance"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony; Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2

      Vanguard OVC-5002

      8:41 am

      Karl Goldmark: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op 28

      III. Finale, "Moderato; Allegretto"

      Joshua Bell, v; Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Sibelius & Goldmark: Violin Concertos

      Sony SK-65949

      8:55 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in G, R. 151, "Alla rustica"

      Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Vivaldi: Concerti per archi II

      Naïve OP-30554

      9:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 2

      Three-Violin Concerto in F

      Soloists; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      9:20 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Dvořák: From the New World, The Water Goblin

      Koss KC-1010

      9:33 am

      Kemal Belevi: "Suite Chypre"

      Silvia Grasso, v; Livio Grasso, g
      Belevi: Cypriana - Works for Violin & Guitar

      Naxos 8.579104

      9:46 am

      Hugo Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19, "Midsommarvaka"

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      A Nordic Festival

      Sony SK-46668

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in C, Op. 5, No. 1

      Lausanne Chamber Orch/Renaud Capuçon, v
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op. 5 & 8

      Erato 5419718972

      10:19 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 2 in C-sharp minor

      Earl Wild, p
      Liszt Sonata, Etudes, Rhapsodies

      Etcetera KTC-2010 (2)

      10:30 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Scherzando" No. 3 in D, H II:35

      Berlin Haydn Ensemble
      F.J. & J.M. Haydn: Flute Concertos & Scherzandi / Emmanuel Pahud

      EMI CDC5-56577-2

      10:40 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Poem"

      Mary Stolper, f; Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      American Flute Concertos

      Cedille CDR-90000046

      10:51 am

      Alfonso Montes: "Surama"

      Amadeus Guitar Duo
      Images from the South

      Naxos 8.573442

      11:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, "Pastoral"

      Jonathan Biss, p
      Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 - Nos. 15, 16, 21 'Waldstein'

      Onyx 4115

      11:24 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "La forza del destino"

      Overture

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Berlin Gala

      DG 459555-2

      11:33 am

      Carl Orff: "Carmina Burana"

      "O, Fortuna"

      Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
      The Power & The Majesty - Essential Choral Classics

      Telarc CD-80397

      11:40 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 6

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/Georg Kallweit
      Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, 1-6

      Pentatone PTC-5187234

      12:01 pm

      music continues...

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Strangers in a Strange Land

      We will hear the musical evolution of five mature composers as they started their new lives in America: Russian Igor Stravinsky, Hungarian Bela Bartok, German Kurt Weill, Italian Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Austrian Ernst Toch. These five composers arrived in America early in the Twentieth Century and quickly became vital members of our American musical community. Bill leads us through their development of new sounds and relationships, all the while telling the fantastic stories that link us to their teachers, Rimsky-Korsakov and Richard Strauss.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Kodály "Dances of Galánta;" Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D minor; Lorin Maazel, conductor; Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor; Leonard Rose, cello; Borodin Symphony No. 2 in B minor; Dmitri Mitropoulos, conductor.