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      Playlist for Thursday, April 2, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "O vos omnes"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      Hail, Gladdening Light: Music of the English Church

      Collegium COLCD-113

      12:05 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Suite for Pipes

      London Early Music Consort
      Greensleeves To A Ground

      Angel S-37263

      12:16 am

      Giorgio Mainerio: Dances 6-10 from "Primo Libro" (1578)

      London Early Music Consort/David Munrow
      Monteverdi's Contemporaries

      Virgin Classics 61288-2

      12:27 am

      Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      "Passameze" à 6

      London Early Music Consort/David Munrow
      Dances From Terpsichore / Motets From Musae Sionae

      Virgin 61289-2

      12:29 am

      Miklos Rózsa: Concerto for String Orchestra, Op 17

      Virtuosi di Kuhmo/Peter Csaba
      Bartók: Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113, etc.

      Ondine ODE-919-2

      12:55 am

      Nino Rota: "La Dolce Vita" film music

      "La tromba di Polydor"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Nino Rota: Music for Film * Riccardo Muti

      Sony SK-63359

      1:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Sinfonia #3 in G

      Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob; I Solisti Italiani

      Denon CO-75338

      1:05 am

      Charles Avison: Concerto Grosso #8 in c, after Domenico Scarlatti

      Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman

      Hyperion CDD-22060 (2)

      1:14 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in G, Kk 55 (L 335)

      Hédi Salànki, hc

      Price-Less D-16565

      1:16 am

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

      George Walker, p
      George Walker in Recital

      Albany TROY-117

      1:22 am

      George Walker: String Quartet No. 1, "Lyric"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, William Grant Still

      Azica ACD-71357

      1:45 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo in B-Flat, WoO 6

      Sviatoslav Richter, p; Vienna Phil/Kurt Sanderling
      Essential Beethoven

      DG B0009666-72 (23)

      1:54 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Etudes-Tableaux," Op. 33

      No. 6 in E-flat

      Sviatoslav Richter, p

      MMG MCD-10031

      2:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Festival March," Op 54

      Czech Phil/Vaclav Neumann
      Smetana/ Fibich/ Dvorak: Orchestral Music

      Orfeo C-180891-A

      2:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet Movement in F, B 120

      Panocha String Quartet
      Dvorak: String Quartets- In F Major Op. 56 "American", in E Major Op. 51 "Slavonic"

      Supraphon 1458-2131

      2:14 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in c minor, D. 703, "Quartettsatz"

      Juilliard String Quartet
      Miniatures

      CBS MP-39553

      2:22 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "ɐtudes," Op. 10

      No. 2 in a minor, "Chromatique"

      Dmitry Paperno, p
      Paperno Plays Chopin

      Cedille CDR-90000026

      2:23 am

      Bela Bartók: Suite No. 2, Op 4b

      BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard
      Bela Bartók

      Onyx 4213

      2:55 am

      Harold Arlen: "Wizard of Oz" (1939)

      "If I Only Had a Brain"

      Richard Glazier, p
      A Salute to the Hollywood Musical

      Centaur CRC-2577

      3:00 am

      Philippe Gaubert: "Nocturne et Allegro scherzando"

      William Bennett, f; English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
      Celebration For Flute And Orchestra ‎

      ASV CDDCA-652

      3:05 am

      Johann Joachim Quantz: Trio Sonata in D

      Musica Poetica

      Thorofon CTH-2073

      3:12 am

      Paul Taffanel: "Romance et Saltarelle"

      Scandinavian Wind Quintet

      Paula PACD-58

      3:25 am

      Albert Franz Doppler: "Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy," Op 26

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Tokyo Concert Orch/Shigenobu Yamaoka
      Jean-Pierre Rampall Plays His Favorite Encores

      CBS MK-34559

      3:35 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 7 in A

      Berlin Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner
      Hungarian Dances

      Denon 81757-4597-2

      3:37 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Caprice bohémien," Op. 12

      USSR Sym/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Symphonic Poems from Russia

      Melodiya 34166 (2)

      3:54 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Rigaudon"

      Sergio Assad, Odair Assad, g's
      Play Rameau, Scarlatti, Couperin, Bach

      Nonesuch 79292-2

      4:00 am

      Joseph Willcox Jenkins: American Overture

      Lone Star Wind Orch/Eugene Migliaro Corporon
      American Tapestry - Music for Wind Band

      Naxos 8.570968

      4:04 am

      Arthur Foote: Nocturne and Scherzo (1918)

      Jeani Foster, f; Da Vinci String Quartet
      FOOTE: Piano Quartet / String Quartet / Nocturne and Scherzo

      Naxos 8.559014

      4:17 am

      Aaron Copland: "Letter from Home"

      Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      American Classics * Aaron Copland * Four Dances from Rodeo

      Naxos 8.559240

      4:24 am

      Christopher Tucker: Ceremonial Fanfare (2004)

      Lone Star Wind Orch/Eugene Corporon
      American Tapestry - Music for Wind Band

      Naxos 8.570968

      4:25 am

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

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Mad About Vivaldi

      DG 439516-2

      4:35 am

      Francis Poulenc: Piano and Wind Sextet (1932-9)

      Pascal Rogé, p; Wind Quintet
      Poulenc: Chamber Music

      London 421581-2

      4:53 am

      Jean-Louis Duport: Etude #7 in g

      Janos Starker, vc
      The Road To Cello Playing

      Parnassus PACD-97-008

      5:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Abduction from the Seraglio," K. 384

      Overture

      Prague Chamber Orch
      Mozart: Operas Ouvertures

      Transart TR-144

      5:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, "Turkish"

      Vadim Repin, v; Vienna Chamber Orch/Yehudi Menuhin
      Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 5

      Warner 63263-2 (10)

      5:36 am

      Ulvi Cemal Erkin: Seven Turkish Folk Songs (1967-9)

      #3, "Ayin ondördü"

      Mustafa Iktu, b-br, Budapest Sym Orch/Hikmet Simsek
      Turkish Folk Songs

      Hungaroton HCD-31454

      5:37 am

      Bela Bartók: Dance Suite

      New York Phil/Pierre Boulez
      Bartók: The Wooden Prince/ Scriabin: Le Poeme De L'extase

      Sony SM2K-64100 (2)

      5:55 am

      Bela Bartók: "Mikrokosmos"

      "Major Seconds Broken and Together"

      Equale Brass
      Sonata/ Equalisation

      Nimbus 45010

      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

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Konzertstück" in D minor, Op. 114

      Thea King, cl; Julian Farrell, basset hn; English Chamber Orch Winds
      Classic Champagne - Salon Music for Wind Instruments

      EMI CD-CFP-4555

      6:14 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Sextet, Op. 70, "Souvenir de Florence"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio e vivace"

      Nash Ensemble
      Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets

      Hyperion CDA-68406

      6:22 am

      Tomás Bretón: "En la Alhambra"

      City of Granada Orch/Juan de Udaeta
      En la Alhambra: 19th Century Spanish Symphonic Music

      Almaviva DS-0107

      6:32 am

      Johan Halvorsen: "Norwegian Dance" No. 6

      Harald Aadland, v; Norwegian Radio Orch/Ari Rasilainen
      Johan Halvorsen: Suite Ancienne, Mascarade

      Norsk NKFCD-50033-2

      6:40 am

      Johan Svendsen: "Carnival in Paris," Op 9

      Trondheim Sym Orch/Ole Kristian Ruud
      Johan Svendsen: Zorahayda; Karneval i Paris, Norsk kunstnerkarneval, Romeo og Jule

      Virgin 45128-2

      6:53 am

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Divertimento/ Romanian Folk Dances/ Mladi

      DG 415668-2

      7:05 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Wasps"

      Overture

      BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics

      Warner 256469667-7

      7:15 am

      Granville Bantock: Comedy Overture, "The Frogs"

      Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes
      Brass from the Masters, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-4553

      7:25 am

      Henry Mancini: "Baby Elephant Walk"

      Orch/Henry Mancini
      Wild Classics: A Celebration of Animals and Nature

      RCA 68483-2

      7:27 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals"

      Finale

      Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
      Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems, Le Carnaval des animaux, L'Assassinat du duc de Guise

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902614.15

      7:32 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

      I. "Non allegro"

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

      DG 4839839

      7:46 am

      Charles Loeffler: Octet

      III. Finale, "Andante-Allegro alla Zingara"

      Ensemble/Graeme Steele Johnson, cl
      Stella Chen, violin,
      Matthew Lipman, viola,
      Forgotten Sounds

      Delos DE-3603

      7:57 am

      Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 18, "Général Lavine - eccentric"

      Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Kassia Ensemble
      Rêverie

      Summit DCD-743

      8:04 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: "Caprice espagnol," Op 37

      Ksenija Sidorova, acc
      Fairy Tales

      Champs Hill Records CHRCD-055

      8:14 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Capriccio espagnol," Op. 34

      Chicago Pro Musica
      L'Histoire du soldat Suite, Capriccio espagnol

      Reference RR-17

      8:30 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia (Overture) in D, Op. 18/4

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery
      C.P.E. Bach & J.C. Bach: Concertos & Symphonies

      EMI CDK5-65733-2

      8:42 am

      Charles-Édouard Lefebvre: Wind Suite, Op 57

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

      MSR Classics MS-1250

      8:54 am

      Roman Hoffstetter: Serenade, "Andante cantabile"

      Alban Berg Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets, Serenade

      EMI CDC5-57541-2

      9:04 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture-Fantasy

      Cincinnati Sym/Paavo Järvi
      Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Symphony No 6

      Telarc CD-80681

      9:26 am

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

      Folk Dance; The Street Awakens; Arrival of the Guests; The Young Juliet

      Frederic Chiu, p
      Prokofiev * Piano Music * Frederic Chiu

      Harmonia Mundi HCX-3957150

      9:40 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Much Ado About Nothing," Op. 11

      Orchestral Suite (Five Pieces)

      Minería Sym Orch/Carlos Miguel Prieto
      Korngold: Violin Concerto / Schauspiel Overture / Much Ado About Nothing Suite

      Naxos 8.570791

      9:57 am

      Kurt Weill: "Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera)"

      "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" (Mack the Knife)

      Windscape Wind Quintet
      The Roaring 20s

      Arabesque Z-6732

      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

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

      Valérie Milot, h; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
      Handel, Boieldieu, Mozart: Concertos pour harpe

      Analekta AN2-9990

      10:14 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese," H XXIIIc: 2

      Tölz Boys' Cho; Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Haydn: Missa Sancti Bernardi de Offida "Heiligmesse"

      Sony SK-66260

      10:23 am

      Louise Farrenc: Variations on Rossini's "La Cenerentola," Op. 5

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2: Variations

      Grand Piano GP-934

      10:33 am

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 2

      "Ibéria"

      Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

      Sony SK-62599

      10:55 am

      Gaspar Sanz: "Canarios"

      Orphénica Lyra/José Miguel Moreno, g

      Glossa GCD-920206

      11:00 am

      Ernest John Moeran: Symphonic Impression, "In the Mountain Country"

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Moeran: In the Mountain Country

      Naxos 8.573106

      11:07 am

      Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

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

      Vladimir Ashkenazy & André Previn, p's
      Rachmaninov: Music for 2 Pianos- Suites Nos. 1 and 2 Op. 5 17, Etude-Tableau Op. 33, Symphonic Dances Op. 45, Russian Rhapsody, Corelli Variations Op. 42

      Decca 444845-2 (2)

      11:18 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Otello"

      Ballet music, part 1

      Monte Carlo Opera Cho, Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Rossini: Ballet Music

      Philips 422843-2

      11:33 am

      Johann Neruda: Horn Concerto in E-flat

      Steven Gross, hn; Capella Istropolitana/Dale Clevenger
      Baroque.horn

      Summit DCD-511

      11:52 am

      John Williams: "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"

      Stargazers

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      Lights, Camera...Magic!

      BSO Classics 1704

      12:01 pm

      Clarice Assad: "Sephardic Suite"

      III. "Ay sarica, bre"

      Cavatina Duo; Avalon String Quartet
      Sephardic Journey

      Cedille CDR-90000163

      12:08 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Brahms Serenades

      Decca 4786775

      12:36 pm

      Mel Bonis: "Soir et matin," Op. 76

      Neave Trio
      La Mer - French Piano Trios

      Chandos CHAN-20337

      12:45 pm

      Francesco Maria Veracini: "Ouverture" (Suite) No. 4 in F

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Veracini: 5 Overtures

      Archiv 439937-2

      1:00 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Orpheus," Symphonic Poem No. 4

      Berlin Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Franz Liszt - Liszt: Symphonic Poems

      Sony SK-66834

      1:12 pm

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

      Joseph Swensen, v; Jeffrey Kahane, p
      Schubert: Violin Sonatas - Joseph Swensen / Jeffrey Kahane

      RCA 7962-2

      1:26 pm

      George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody in D, Op. 11, No. 2

      Baltimore Sym Orch/Sergiu Comissiona
      Hary Janos (suite) Op. 15

      MMG MCD-10015

      1:40 pm

      music continues...

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 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

      Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

      German composer Felix Mendelssohn has been hailed as one of the greatest musical minds of all time. This week, Bill ventures from his precocious youth to his early death surveying his great body of work including the beloved Violin Concerto, String Octet, and "Italian" Symphony.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Bartok Piano Concerto No. 3; Philippe Entremont, piano; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; William Grant Still "Old California;" Pierre Monteux, conductor; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique;" Alan Gilbert, conductor.