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      Playlist for Wednesday, October 15, 2025

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes, Op. 23

      No. 4

      Vassily Primakov, p
      Sergei Rachmaninoff * Preludes and Élégie from Opp 3, 23 & 32 * Vassily Primakov, Piano

      Bridge 9348

      12:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467

      Vassily Primakov, p; Odense Sym/Simon Gaudenz
      Mozart * Piano Concertos, Vol 2 * Primakov, Odense SO, Gaudenz

      Bridge 9339

      12:33 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 30

      No. 1 in c

      Vassily Primakov, p
      Chopin: 21 Mazurkas

      LP Classics 1021

      12:34 am

      Egberto Gismonti: "Baiao Malandro"

      Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
      Dances -- Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

      Chandos CHAN-10609

      12:39 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "A prole do bebê," set 1

      Helen Huang, p (b 10/1982)
      For Children

      Teldec 13148-2

      12:55 am

      Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22

      XII. "Le bal" (The Ball)

      French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa

      EMI/Ang CDM5-66230-2

      1:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltzes, "Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring)," Op. 410

      Ensemble Wien
      New Year's Concert In Vienna 1999

      Koch 3-6564-2

      1:05 am

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 38, "Spring"

      Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner
      Schumann: Complete Symphonies

      Archive 457591-2 (3)

      1:35 am

      Carl Loewe: Song, "Frühling," Op. 107/3

      Monica Groop, ms; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      1:37 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Introduction et allegro"

      Galway, f; Stoltzman, cl; Lehwalder, h; Tokyo String Quartet
      Impressions - Debussy, Ravel

      RCA 62552-2

      1:48 am

      George Gershwin: Three Preludes

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; London Sym/Eric Stern
      Copland: Clarinet Concerto/ Bernstein, Gershwin

      RCA 61790-2

      1:55 am

      Valerie Capers: Portraits in Jazz (1976)

      No. 8, "Mr. Satchmo"

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes

      Albany TROY-857

      2:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Christ on the Mount of Olives," Op 85

      Introduction

      Das Neue Orchester/Christoph Spering

      Opus 111 OPS-30-281

      2:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #2 in A, Op 2/2

      Paul Lewis, p
      Beethoven * Complete Piano Sonatas * Paul Lewis

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2901902.11 (10)

      2:30 am

      Othmar Schoeck: Five Songs, Op. 31

      No. 5, "Epigramm"

      Nathan Berg, br; Julius Drake, p
      Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 1

      New Classical Adventure 234405 (12)

      2:31 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Suite in a for flute and strings

      Michala Petri, r; Berlin Baroque Soloists
      Bach / Telemann

      RCA 57130-2

      2:55 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Song, "Gemüts=Ruhe"

      Klaus Mertens, br; Ludger Rémy, hc
      Singe-, Spiel- Und Generalbaß-Übungen 1733

      CPO 777045-2

      3:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 56

      #3 in c

      Maurizio Pollini, p
      Pollini Chopin

      DG 4836475

      3:05 am

      Thomas Arne: Overture #6 in B-Flat

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures * The A A M/Christopher Hogwood

      L'Oiseau Lyre 4759117

      3:12 am

      Edward Elgar: "Polonia", Op 76

      New Zealand Sym/James Judd
      Elgar Marches

      Naxos 8.557273

      3:26 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in D

      Idil Biret, p
      CHOPIN: Rondos and Variations

      Naxos 8.550367

      3:28 am

      Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Eternal Song, Op 10

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Karlowicz

      Chandos CHAN-9986

      3:54 am

      Giovanni Maria Trabaci: "Versi"

      Joan Benson, clavichord
      The Joan Benson Collection

      Clavier Classics CC-108 (2)

      4:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Berceuse héroïque"

      Jerry Wong, p
      Of Motion and Dance

      MSR Classics MS-1678

      4:05 am

      Eugène Bozza: Oboe Sonata (1971)

      Alex Klein, ob; Phillip Bush, p
      20th Century Oboe Sonatas

      Cedille CDR-90000186

      4:18 am

      Eugene Bozza: "En Forêt"

      Gregory Hustis, fh; Steven Harlos, p
      Lyrical Gems for the Horn

      Crystal CD-770

      4:25 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op. 65

      #12, "Schwarzer Wald, diein Schatten ist so düster"

      Edith Mathis, s; Brigitte Fassbaender, ms; Peter Schreier, t; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br
      Brahms

      DG 423133-2

      4:26 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "From the Bohemian Forest," Op 68

      #5, "Silent Woods (Klid)"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa
      Dvorak In Prague (A Celebration)

      Sony SK-46687

      4:32 am

      Johann Anton Kozeluch: Clarinet Concerto in E-Flat

      Emma Johnson, cl; Royal Phil/Gunther Herbig
      Crusell, Kozeluch and Krommer: Clarinet Concertos

      ASV CDDCA-763

      4:54 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Minuets," Op 28

      #6

      Tomas Visek, p
      Piano Music

      Rosa RD-1318

      5:00 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Morceaux de Fantaisie," Op. 3

      #4, "Mélodie"

      Idil Biret, p
      Rachmaninoff

      Naxos 8.553004

      5:05 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in c-sharp, Op. Posth

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Daria Hovora, p
      Cellissimo

      DG 439863-2

      5:09 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in B-Flat, Op. Posth

      Idil Biret, p
      CHOPIN: Rondos and Variations

      Naxos 8.550367

      5:11 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor, Op. 30

      Lang Lang, p; St. Petersburg Phil Orch/Yuri Temirkanov
      Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3/ Scriabin: Etudes

      Telarc CD-80582

      5:54 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Six Piano Pieces, Op. 19

      #3, "Album Leaf"

      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano

      Decca 4834417 (10)

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:04 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 1 in C

      Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Lev Markiz
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies (Complete)

      Brilliant Classics 93777 (7)

      6:16 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11

      II. "Andante"

      Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies

      Alpha 1004

      6:23 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541

      Läubin Brass Ensemble
      Bach for Brass

      DG 423988-2

      6:31 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American"

      IV. Finale, "Vivace ma non troppo"

      Modern Mandolin Quartet
      Americana

      Sono Luminus DSL-92157

      6:39 am

      Michael Torke: "Bliss"

      University of Kansas Wind Ensemble/Paul W. Popiel
      Michael Torke: Concerto for Orchestra

      Ecstatic Records ER-092261

      6:52 am

      Aaron Copland: "Danzón cubano"

      Dallas Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata
      Great American Showpieces

      EMI CDM7-64303-2

      7:04 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 135 (L 224)

      Ivo Pogorelich, p
      Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas

      DG 435855-2

      7:09 am

      Charles Avison: Concerto grosso No. 6 in D, after Domenico Scarlatti

      Tiento Nuovo
      Avison: Concerti Grossi (based on Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti)

      Glossa GCD-923526

      7:24 am

      Étienne-Nicolas Méhul: Symphony No. 4 in E

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Gulbenkian Orch/Michel Swierczewski
      Méhul: The Complete Symphonies

      Nimbus NI-5184/5 (2)

      7:33 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)"

      Chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

      Munich Bach Cho & Orch/Karl Richter
      Baroque Festival

      Archiv 415338-2

      7:38 am

      George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11, No. 1

      I Salonisti
      Orient Express

      Decca 425200-2

      7:51 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Rectus & Inversus

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, man; Edgar Meyer, db
      Bach Trios

      Nonesuch 558933-2

      8:04 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Scherzando" No. 2 in C, H II:34

      Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss
      Haydn: 6 Scherzandi

      Koch 3-1443-2

      8:14 am

      Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat, D 929 (Op. 100)

      III. "Scherzando: Allegro moderato"

      Christian Tetzlaff, v; Tanya Tetzlaff, vc; Lars Vogt, p
      Schubert: Piano Trios, Notturno, Rondo, Arpeggione Sonata

      Ondine ODE-1394-2D

      8:23 am

      Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, "Romantic"

      III. Finale, "Allegro con brio"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Schwarz: Hanson Symphonies 1 "Nordic" & 2 "Romantic"

      Delos D/CD-3073

      8:31 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Spring," RV. 269

      Amelia Piscitelli, v; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

      DMD Classics 03152019

      8:41 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Trittico botticelliano"

      I. "La Primavera"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Andrew Schenck
      Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, The Birds, Ancient Airs & Dances

      Stradivari SCD-8013

      8:49 am

      Eric Coates: "Summer Days Suite"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson
      London Again: The Music of Eric Coates

      Avie AV-2070

      9:05 am

      Giacomo Puccini: Three Minuets (1892)

      No. 1

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Puccini: Orchestral Music

      Decca 410007-2

      9:09 am

      Giacomo Puccini: Three Minuets (1892)

      No. 2

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Puccini: Orchestral Music

      Decca 410007-2

      9:11 am

      Giacomo Puccini: Three Minuets (1892)

      No. 3

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Puccini: Orchestral Music

      Decca 410007-2

      9:16 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Curious Impertinent"

      Suite

      Septura
      Brass Septet Music, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.573386

      9:31 am

      Emanuil Sheynkman: Variations on Two Russian Folksongs

      Odessa Balalaikas
      The Art of Balalaika

      Nonesuch 79034-2

      9:39 am

      Fritz Kreisler: Fantasy on Russian Themes (after Rimsky-Korsakov)

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster
      À la carte

      EMI CDC5-55475-2

      9:49 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Soirées musicales," Op. 9 (after Rossini)

      London Phil Orch/Adrian Boult
      Benjamin Britten:‎ The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes

      EMI CDM7-63777-2

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      10:00 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Wasps"

      Overture

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

      Warner 256469667-7

      10:11 am

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

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, No. 9-12

      Archiv 410899-2

      10:29 am

      Ernest Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1

      III. Pastorale and Rustic Dances

      Jenny Lin, p; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Jiří Stárek
      Ernest Bloch: Concerto Symphonique, Concerto Grosso No. 1, Scherzo Fantasque

      Hänssler Classic CD-93.192

      10:38 am

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

      IV. "Adagietto"

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Love Songs

      Hyperion CDA-68341

      10:48 am

      John Adams: "The Chairman Dances"

      San Francisco Sym/Edo de Waart
      The Chairman Dances

      Nonesuch 79144-2

      11:01 am

      Ron Nelson: "Sonoran Desert Holiday"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Holidays & Epiphanies - The Music of Ron Nelson

      Reference RR-76

      11:12 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto "a cinque" in G minor, Op. 9, No. 8

      Anthony Robson, ob; Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage
      Albinoni: Oboe Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-0579

      11:23 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22

      II. Scherzo: "Allegro giusto"

      Vermeer Quartet
      Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2 and Souvenir de Florence

      Cedille CDR-90000017

      11:31 am

      Antônio Carlos Gomes: String Sonata in D

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

      Naxos 8.574405

      11:54 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in D-Flat, Op. 27, No. 2

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      50x Relaxing Classics

      Decca 4787309

      12:01 pm

      Henry Charles Litolff: "Concerto symphonique" No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102

      II. Scherzo

      Arthur Ozolins, p; Toronto Sym Orch/Mario Bernardi
      Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1, etc.

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5052

      12:10 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Four Humoresques, Op. 89

      No. 2 in G minor

      Augustin Hadelich, v; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Hannu Lintu
      Sibelius & Adès: Violin Concertos

      Avie AV-2276

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Katarina String Quartet (violinists Jeanel Liang and Jérôme Chiasson, violist Celia Morin, and cellist Maya Enstad) performs music by Kevin Puts and Haydn, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, "Prague"

      London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos 31, 36 and 38

      ASV CDDCA-647

      1:29 pm

      Alfonso Montes: "Surama"

      Amadeus Guitar Duo
      Images from the South

      Naxos 8.573442

      1:39 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Printemps"

      Part 1, "Très modéré"

      New Philharmonia Orch/Pierre Boulez
      A Century of French Music

      Sony 88875192862

      1:50 pm

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"

      IV. Finale, "Presto"

      12 Ensemble
      Death and the Maiden

      Sancho Panza SPANCD-002

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      François Couperin: "Concert royal" No. 1 in G

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      François Couperin: Concerts Royaux

      Aparté AP-196

      2:13 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds"

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Louis Lane
      Classical Zoo

      Telarc CD-80443

      2:33 pm

      Brenno Blauth: Oboe Concertino

      I. Animado

      Andrés Spiller, ob; Camerata Bariloche
      Death Of An Angel by Camerata Bariloche

      Dorian 90249

      2:41 pm

      William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"

      Denver Oldham, p
      Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still

      Koch 3-7084-2

      3:00 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture-Fantasy

      Simón Bolívar Sym/Gustavo Dudamel
      Tchaikovsky & Shakespeare

      DG B0015296-02

      3:25 pm

      Maddalena Sirmen: Violin Duet in C, Op. 5, No. 6

      Shelby Yamin & Sarah Bleile Douglas, v's
      Maddalena Lombardi: Violin Duets, Op. 5

      Orpheus (Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duets, Op. 5)

      3:37 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

      Philippe Entremont, p; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Grieg : Piano Concerto No. 1/Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 2 CBS Great Performances

      CBS MYK-37805

      4:00 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Top Shelf, Part II

      Closing in on twenty years, Bill has been collecting and programming music for Exploring Music. However, many of his favorite recordings don’t find their way into a thematic week and end up orphaned on a top shelf in his back room. This is the second week of Bill featuring these special recordings that have become a theme of colorful, great performances that Bill adores.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Christophe Rousset plays Couperin

      Harpsichordist Christophe Rousset performs selections from Couperin’s "L’Art de toucher le clavecin." Recorded live in concert January 8, 2025, in Madrid’s Fundación Juan March.