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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in c minor

      Michael Houstoun, p
      The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books One and Two

      Rattle RAT-D155

      12:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Oboe d'Amore Concerto (BWV 209)

      English Concert/Albrecht Mayer, ob d'amore
      Cantilena: Voices of Bach

      London 4781517

      12:23 am

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

      Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat

      Léon Berben, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      12:25 am

      Clara Schumann: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16

      No. 3 in E minor

      Agave
      In Her Hands

      Acis APL-53714

      12:29 am

      William Schuman: Symphony #4

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      American Classics * Schuman: Symphonies Nos 4 and 9

      Naxos 8.559254

      12:54 am

      Robert Schumann: Song-cycle, "Dichterliebe (A Poet's Love)," Op. 48

      No. 1, "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai"

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Great Moments

      Sony 88985304202

      1:00 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Gadfly," Op. 97

      "Youth (Romance)"

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Leonid Grin

      Capriccio 10298

      1:05 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Six Piano Pieces, Op. 51

      #5, "Romance" in F

      Barry Douglas, p
      Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata, The Seasons

      RCA 7887-2-RC

      1:13 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Le Baiser de la fée"

      Divertimento

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale / The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento / Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain

      RCA 5733-2-RC

      1:37 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37

      "July (Song of the Reaper)"

      Dudok Quartet
      Tchaikovsky: Seasons Op. 37

      Rubicon RCD-1124

      1:39 am

      Géntil Montaña: "Suite Colombiana" #2

      José Antonio Escobar, g
      Guitar Music of Colombia

      Naxos 8.573059

      1:55 am

      Claudio Santoro: "Paulistana #1"

      Nelson Freire, p
      Brasileira: Villa-Lobos & Friends

      London B0017179-02

      2:00 am

      Joachim Raff: Two Romances, Op. 182

      No. 1 in F

      Christoph Croisé, vc; Oxana Shevchenko, p

      Avie AV-2490

      2:05 am

      Joachim Raff: "Cavatina"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p
      Itzhak Perlman: Encores

      Angel SZ-37560

      2:08 am

      Joachim Raff: "Maria Stuart," Op. 172

      No. 2, "Klage II"

      Noemi Nadelmann, s; Jan Schultsz, p
      Sanges-Frühling

      Divox CDX-2080607-6 (2)

      2:10 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony no.1 in c minor, Op.68

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Symphonie No.1

      DG 423141-2

      2:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Minuet in G

      Igor Kipnis, hc

      CBS MLK-45524

      3:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto movement in d

      Paul Nicholson, o; Parley of Instruments
      English 18th-Century Keyboard Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-66700

      3:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Flute Concerto in F

      Michala Petri, r; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Recorder Concertos / Blockflötenkonzerte / Concertos Pour Flûte A Bec

      Philips 400075-2

      3:13 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 for Harp

      Analekta AN 2 9990

      3:26 am

      Carlos Salzedo: "Rumba"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Salzedo's Harp * Music of Carlos Salzedo * Yolanda Kondonassis, Harp

      Telarc CD-80691

      3:28 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      Shen Lu, p
      Watercolor

      Steinway & Sons 30039

      3:54 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Suite Élisabéthaine" (1942; for "A Midsummer Night's Dream)"

      Scherzo

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Clark
      Vive Ibert! (Jacques Ibert Orchestral Works)

      Newport Classic NPD-85531

      4:00 am

      Philippe Gaubert: "Nocturne et Allegro scherzando"

      Susan Milan, f; Ian Brown, p
      Gaubert: Complete Flute Works

      Chandos CHAN-8981/2 (2)

      4:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 28 in A

      Apollo Ensemble/John Hsu
      Haydn: Symphonies No 28, 18 And 52

      Centaur CRC-2447

      4:26 am

      Japanese Trad: Hakone Hachiri

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f, Ensemble Lunaire
      Jean-Pierre Rampal Plays Japanese Folk Melodies

      CBS MK-35862

      4:28 am

      Leo Smit: "Schemselnihar" (1929)

      Netherlands Phil/Ed Spanjaard

      NM Classics 93003 (4)

      4:55 am

      Karol Szymanowski: "Love Songs of Hafiz," Op 24

      "Wishes"

      Halina Lukomska, s; Jerzy Sulikowski, p

      Muza PNCD-067

      5:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wine, Women and Song," Op. 333

      Vienna Sym Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
      An Evening With The Vienna Symphony Orchestra

      Philips PHS-900-018

      5:05 am

      Sigmund Romberg: "The Student Prince"

      "Drink, drink, drink"

      Jerry Hadley, t; Harvard Glee Club, American Theatre Orch/Paul Gemignani
      Opera's Greatest Drinking Songs

      RCA 68095-2

      5:08 am

      Albert Roussel: "Bacchus et Ariane," Op 43

      Orch de Paris
      Bacchus Et Ariane / Suite En Fa

      Erato 45278-2

      5:43 am

      Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

      Champagne Song, Act 2

      Luxembourg Radio TV Sym Orch/Jean-Pierre Wallez
      Johann Strauss: Concert De Gala

      Forlane UCD-13151/52 (2)

      5:45 am

      Josef Triebensee: Two-Oboe and English Horn Trio in C

      Marilyn Zupnik, ob; Kathryn Greenbank, ob; Elizabeth Starr, eh
      Beethoven & Triebensee: Oboe Trios

      ASV CDQS-6192

      5:55 am

      Gustav Holst: Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28, No. 2 (1911)

      3rd mvt, "Song of the Blacksmith"

      London Wind Orch/Denis Wick
      Military Band Suites 1 and 2

      ASV CDQS-6021

      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

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in F, S 234

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      6:13 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 33, No. 5, "How Do You Do"

      I. "Vivace assai"

      Salomon String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos. 4, 5, 6 & Op. 42

      Hyperion CDA-66682

      6:23 am

      Josef Lanner: "Styrian Dances," Op. 165

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2013

      Sony 44071-2 (2)

      6:32 am

      Josef Suk: Piano Quartet in a minor, Op. 1

      III. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"

      Domus
      Martinů, Suk: Piano Quartets; Dvořák: Bagatelles

      Virgin 59245-2

      6:40 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14

      I. "Rêveries - Passions"

      Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä
      Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse

      Decca 4870959

      6:56 am

      Antônio Carlos Gomes: String Sonata in D

      IV. Finale, "The Wooden Donkey"

      English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson
      Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

      Naxos 8.574405

      7:04 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Oboe Concerto in F, BWV 1053

      I. "Allegro"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Douglas Boyd, ob
      Oboe Concertos BWV 1053, 1055, 1059

      DG 429225-2

      7:14 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Histoire du Tango"

      I. "Bordel 1900"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Manuel Barrueco, g
      Cantos y Danzas

      Warner 5565782

      7:18 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Histoire du Tango"

      III. "Nightclub 1960"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Manuel Barrueco, g
      Cantos y Danzas

      Warner 5565782

      7:25 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      San Francisco Ballet Orch/Emil de Cou
      Debussy Rediscovered: Premiere Orchestral Recordings

      Arabesque Z-6734

      7:33 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Le voyage dans la lune"

      Overture

      Gulbenkian Orch/Michel Swierczewski
      Music from The Operettas

      Nimbus NI-5303

      7:42 am

      Franz Schubert: Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F, D 487

      Ralf Gothoni, p; Munich String Trio
      Schubert: Adagio and Rondo; Piano Quintet 'Die Forelle'

      Ondine ODE-763-2

      7:55 am

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

      Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
      Vivaldi: Four Seasons, Concerti

      EMI CDC7-54208-2

      8:04 am

      George Dyson: Overture, "At the Tabard Inn"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims

      Chandos CHAN-9531 (2)

      8:17 am

      Richard Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13

      II. Scherzo. Presto

      R Capuçon, v; P Zientara, vi; J Hagen, vc; G Bellom, p
      Guillaume Bellom, piano,
      Richard Strauss - Renaud Capuçon - Seiji Ozawa

      DG 4867082

      8:25 am

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

      III. Scherzo

      Oslo Phil/Klaus Mäkelä
      Sibelius: Complete Symphonies

      Decca 4852256

      8:33 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

      8:41 am

      Francis Poulenc: Flute Sonata

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p
      Paris

      EMI CDC5-56488-2

      8:54 am

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 in D minor

      IV. Scherzo

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

      DG 4865137

      9:04 am

      Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio in E-Flat, Op. 40

      Barry Tuckwell, hn; Itzhak Perlman, v; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Franck: Violin Sonata; Brahms: Horn Trio

      Decca 414128-2

      9:34 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Shostakovich: The Jazz Album

      Decca 433702-2

      9:43 am

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

      "Adventures on Earth"

      Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 41779-2 (20)

      9:53 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Menuetto" (1894)

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Overture, Menuetto, In memoriam

      BIS CD-372

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Franz Ignaz Beck: Symphony in D, Op. 2, No. 6

      Thirteen Strings Chamber Orch/Kevin Mallon
      Beck: Symphonies, Op. 2

      Naxos 8.573323

      10:11 am

      William Bolcom: "Dream Shadows"

      Spencer Myer, p
      William Bolcom: Piano Rags

      Steinway & Sons 30041

      10:19 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Morgenblätter," Op. 279

      Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky
      50x Waltz

      Decca 4787305

      10:29 am

      Edward Elgar: "In the South (Alassio)" Overture, Op. 50

      London Phil Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Sir Edward Elgar: Symphonies 1 & 2, Cockaigne, In the South / Georg Solti

      Decca 443856-2 (2)

      10:50 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Oboe Concerto in A

      Brynjar Hoff, ob; English Chamber Orch/Ian Watson
      Italian Oboe Concertos

      Simax PSC-1049

      11:00 am

      Henry Purcell: "Dido and Aeneas"

      Suite

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Thomas Hengelbrock
      Henry Purcell: Instrumental Music

      RCA-DHM 77231-2

      11:19 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Ballet music: "Passo a tre; Coro tirolese"

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

      Philips 422843-2

      11:28 am

      Emilio Pujol: "Festivola (Danza Catalana de Espiritu Popular)"

      David Russell, g
      Spanish Legends

      Telarc CD-80633

      11:31 am

      Anonymous 14th-century Catalan: Llibre vermell of Montserrat

      Song, "Mariam matrem"

      Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner
      Santiago a cappella

      Soli Deo Gloria SDG-710

      11:36 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Dances of Galánta"

      Hungarian State Sym/Ádám Fischer
      Kodály: Háry János Suite, Dances Of Galánta, Peacock Variations

      Nimbus NI-5284

      11:54 am

      Enrique Soro: "Danza fantástica"

      Norwegian Radio Orch/Miguel Harth-Bedoya
      Inca Trial Connections

      Naxos 8.574266

      12:00 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: "Crisantemi"

      Avalon String Quartet
      Live from Mayne Stage (October 17, 2010)

      WFMT

      12:07 pm

      Bedřich Smetana: "Vyšehrad (The High Castle)"

      Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Smetana: Má Vlast

      Decca 4833187

      12:23 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 67

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      12:38 pm

      Magnus Lindberg: "Absence"

      Finnish Radio Sym Orch/Nicholas Collon
      Magnus Lindberg: VIola Concerto; Absence; Serenades

      Ondine ODE-1436-2

      12:50 pm

      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

      1:01 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G

      Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
      Haydn: Symphonies 88 & 89, Sinfonia concertante

      Philips 462602-2

      1:23 pm

      Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces for cello and piano

      Antonio Meneses, vc; Celina Szrvinsk, p
      Soirées Internationales

      Avie AV-2162

      1:31 pm

      Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 4

      Camerata de las Américas/Joel Sachs
      Conga-Line in Hell - Modern Classics from Latin America

      Dorian DOR-93230

      1:43 pm

      Luigi Boccherini: Quintet in B-Flat, G 443

      Sally Walker, f; Craig, ob; Layton, v; King, vi; Marlin, vc
      Stephen King, viola,
      Boccherini: Chamber Works for Flute

      Avie AV-2698

      2:01 pm

      Frederick Delius: "In a Summer Garden"

      Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli
      Frederick Delius: Orchestral Works

      EMI ZDMB5-65119-2 (2)

      2:17 pm

      Franz Schubert: Choral Song, "Nachthelle," D 892

      Berlin Radio Cho Men/Dietrich Knothe; Bernd Casper, p
      Schubert Edition

      Brilliant Classics 94870

      2:24 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Le bourgeois gentilhomme," Op. 60

      Suite

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Strauss: Symphonia Domestica / Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite

      RCA 68637-2

      2:55 pm

      Hania Rani: "Glass"

      Mari Samuelsen, v; Julien Quentin, p; Scoring Berlin/Stockhammer
      Life

      DG 4865773

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

      Francesco Piemontesi, p; Suisse Romande Orchestra/Jonathan Nott
      Schoenberg - Messiaen - Ravel: Piano Concertos

      Pentatone PTC-5186949

      3:24 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D, R. 428, "The Goldfinch"

      Matthias Maute, f; Rebel/Jörg-Michael Schwarz
      Venetian Dreams

      Bridge 9377

      3:36 pm

      Peter Schickele: Oboe Concerto

      Pamela Pecha, ob; Moscow Phil Orch/Paul Freeman
      Richard Strauss, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Peter Schickele: Oboe Concertos

      Carlton Classics 30366-00652

      4:00 pm

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      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Get the Picture?

      Listen to the works of composers inspired by well-known paintings and poems. Pianist Alicia de Larrocha will perform Goyescas, by Enrique Granados, a musical impression of Francisco Goya’s paintings. This week also includes Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Hindemith’s Matthias der Maler, and Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead. Many of these musical works have gone on to further inspire new artistic creations. This week, visual art and music become one!

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      WDR Symphony Orchestra

      Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77; Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson "Louisiana Blues Strut;" Augustin Hadelich, violin; Sibelius "Pohjola's Daughter," Op. 49; Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor.