Monday, August 24, 2026

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      Playlist for Monday, August 24, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Lecuona, Ernesto: "Andalucía, Suite Espagnole"

      "Cordoba"

      Gabriela Montero, p
      SoLatino * Gabriela Montero

      EMI 41144-2

      12:03 am

      Lecuona, Ernesto: "El tanguito de Mamá (A la Antigua)"

      Gabriela Montero, p
      SoLatino * Gabriela Montero

      EMI 41144-2

      12:05 am

      ROLDAN, Amadeo: La rebambaramba: Suite

      New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Tangazo (Music Of Latin America)

      Argo 436737-2

      12:14 am

      Brouwer, Leo: Dos aires populares cubanos

      Pepe Romero, g
      La Paloma: Spanish And Latin American Favourites

      Philips 432102-2

      12:18 am

      Guerau, Francisco: Canarios

      Pepe Romero, g
      Noches de Espana: Romantic Guitar Classics

      Philips 442150-2

      12:19 am

      Chausson, Ernest: Symphony in B-Flat, Op 20

      Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet
      Symphonie en si bémol / Pelléas et Mélisande ; Pénélope - Prélude ; Masques et bergamasques

      London 433715-2

      12:54 am

      Dieupart, Charles: Clavier Suite No. 5 in F

      "Menuet en Rondeau"

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Dieupart: Harpsichord Suites

      Centaur CRC-2617

      1:00 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: "Czech Suite," Op 39

      #2, Polka

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Symphony No. 8 / Czech Suite

      Koss Classics KC-1002

      1:05 am

      Weinberger, Jaromir: "Schwanda the Bagpiper"

      Polka and Fugue

      Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble
      FLOURISHES, TALES AND SYMPHONIES

      MSR Classics MS-1598

      1:12 am

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

      Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat

      Léon Berben, hc
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:14 am

      Dvorák, Antonín: Cello Concerto in b minor, Op. 104

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; New York Phil/Kurt Masur
      Concertos From The New World

      Sony SK-67173

      1:55 am

      Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 75, "Die elenden sollen essen (The wretched shall eat)"

      Chorale, "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (What God does, that is done well)"

      Yo-Yo Ma, Baroque-vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Simply Baroque II

      Sony SK-60681

      2:00 am

      Prokofiev, Serge: "War and Peace"

      "Waltz"

      Philharmonia Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Prokofiev: War & Peace Suite

      Chandos CHAN-9096

      2:05 am

      Peck, R: "Peace Overture"

      London Sym Orch/Paul Polivnick
      Peck: Orchestral Works

      Albany TROY-040

      2:16 am

      Still, William Grant: Festive Overture

      Royal Phil/Arthur Bennett Lipkin
      Still: Symphony No. 3, Festive Overture

      Cambria CD-1060

      2:24 am

      Still, William Grant: "American Suite" (1918)

      "Danse"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
      William Grant Still

      Naxos 8.559867

      2:26 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No. 16 in E-Flat, K. 428

      Guarneri Quartet
      String Quartets = Streichquartette KV 428 & KV 458 «Jagd-Quartett»

      Philips 426392-2

      2:55 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: German Dances, K. 536

      No. 3 in B-Flat

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Mozart: Deutsche Tänze

      Sony SK-46696

      3:00 am

      Jenkins, John: "Bell Pavan"

      Phantasm
      Six-Part Consorts

      Avie AV-2099

      3:05 am

      Purcell, Henry: Chacony in g

      London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
      Prelude and Fugue, Simple Symphony, Lachrymae, Chacony

      Virgin 61269-2

      3:13 am

      Handel, George Frideric: "Water Music"

      "Bourrée"

      Boston Baroque Orch/Martin Pearlman
      Handel: Music For The Fireworks, Water Music

      Telarc CD-80594

      3:15 am

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

      Lydia Jardon, p; Slovak Radio Sym/Jean-Paul Penin
      Piano Concerto No. 3

      Ar Re-se 2001-3

      3:55 am

      Praetorius, Michael: "Terpsichore" (1612)

      "Spagnoletta"

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

      Virgin 61289-2

      4:00 am

      Gibbons, Orlando: "In nomine"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music From The Royal Court

      London B0000807-02 (2)

      4:05 am

      Elgar, Edward: Introduction and Allegro, Op 47

      Solo String Quartet, English String Orch/William Boughton
      Spirit of England Volume 1

      Nimbus NI-5210/3 (4)

      4:18 am

      Jacob, Gordon: Divertimento (1956)

      #8 (Finale), Jig

      Tommy Reilly, harmonica; Hindar String Quartet
      Tommy Reilly - Jacob/ Moody: Harmonica Music

      Chandos CHAN-8802

      4:19 am

      Arnold, Malcolm: Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet, Op 37

      Nash Ensemble
      The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold – 3

      Hyperion CDA-66173

      4:27 am

      Haydn, Franz Joseph: Wind Divertimento in B-Flat, H II:46

      Ensemble Vienna-Berlin
      Haydn - Danzi - Bozza - Ibert - Villa-Lobos

      CBS MK-39558

      4:38 am

      Pleyel, Ignaz: Oboe Quartet in D, Op 25/1

      Pierre Feit, ob; string trio

      Koch CD-316038

      4:53 am

      Jacob, Gordon: Seven Bagatelles

      #1, "March"

      Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob
      Duo Recital

      Denon 81757-6611-2

      4:54 am

      Jacob, Gordon: Seven Bagatelles

      #3, "Waltz"

      Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob
      Duo Recital

      Denon 81757-6611-2

      5:00 am

      von der Vogelweide, Walther: "Nu alrest lebe ich mir werde"

      Studio for Early Music
      Troubadours, Trouvères, Minstrels

      Teldec 9487-A

      5:04 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Prelude to Act 1

      Philadelphia Orch/Christian Thielemann
      Thielemann - Wagner

      DG 453485-2

      5:15 am

      Wagner, Richard: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Prelude to Act 3

      NBC Sym/Arturo Toscanini
      Volume VII: Richard Wagner Orchestral Music

      RCA 60305-2

      5:22 am

      Cherubini, Luigi: Requiem Mass in c

      "Graduale"

      Soloists; Robert Shaw Cho, NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 / Cherubini: Requiem

      RCA 60272-2-RG (2)

      5:23 am

      Mozart, Leopold: Cassatio in G (mvts 3, 4 & 7) (Toy Symphony)

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      Waldteufel - Mozart - Strauss - Paganini - Bach - Glinka

      RCA 60308-2-RG

      5:33 am

      Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No. 7 in C, K. 309

      Alexei Lubimov, forte-p
      Mozart: Sonatas, Vol. 3 - KV 309, 310, 311

      Erato 45590-2

      5:53 am

      Godard, Benjamin: N/A

      #1, Allegretto

      Philippa Davies, f; Thelma Owen, h
      The Romance of the Flute & Harp

      MCA Classics MCAD-25164

      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

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 11 in D, K. 251

      I. "Allegro molto"

      Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Mozart: Divertimenti K. 136, 137, 138 & 251

      Erato 45471-2

      6:11 am

      Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Violin Sonata No. 5 in A minor (1707)

      Sophie de Bardonnèche, v; Lucile Boulanger, viga; Justin Taylor, hc
      Destinées

      Alpha 1078

      6:23 am

      Johann Gottfried Berwald: Sinfonia in C

      Örebro Chamber Orch/Göran Nilson
      Mozart & His Contemporaries

      Bluebell ABCD-031

      6:31 am

      Franz Berwald: Grand Septet in B-Flat

      III. Finale, "Allegro con spirito"

      Uppsala Chamber Soloists
      Beethoven & Berwald: Septets

      Bluebell ABCD-033

      6:39 am

      Gabriel Pierné: "Divertissement sur un thème pastoral," Op. 49

      BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena
      Pierné: Orchestral Works -- Bavouzet / BBC Philharmonic / Mena

      Chandos CHAN-10633

      6:52 am

      Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77

      III. Finale, "Allegro giocoso ma non troppo vivace"

      Gil Shaham, v; The Knights/Eric Jacobsen
      Beethoven, Brahms: Violin Concertos

      Canary Classics CC-20

      7:04 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5

      "Aria (Cantilena)"

      Daniel Barenboim, p; Pahud, f, Klein, ob, Combs, cl; Kassinger, db
      Larry Combs, clarinet,
      Brazilian Rhapsody

      Teldec 21482-2

      7:10 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Pavel Gililov, p
      Vocalise

      DG B0005831-02

      7:17 am

      Karl Goldmark: Overture, "In Italien," Op. 49

      Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt
      Goldmark: Symphony No. 2

      ASV CDDCA-934

      7:32 am

      Percy Grainger: "Spoon River"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Lincolnshire Posy: Music for Band by Percy Grainger

      Reference RR-117

      7:37 am

      John Rutter: Suite for Strings

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      English String Miniatures, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.554186

      7:49 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p
      Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin, Liszt, Ravel

      Decca 4783206

      8:03 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "My Home" Overture, Op. 62

      Berlin Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, Overtures "Husitska" & "My Home"

      Berlin Classics 0093112-BC

      8:12 am

      Kevin Puts: "Home"

      I. "Warm, with rubato"

      Miró Quartet
      Home

      Pentatone PTC-5187227

      8:19 am

      Lennon-McCartney: "She's Leaving Home"

      Timo Korhonen, g; Tampere Phil Orch/Tuomas Ollila
      Leo Brouwer: Guitar Concerto No. 5 'Helsinki', Iberia Suite, From Yesterday To Penny Lane

      Ondine ODE-979-2

      8:21 am

      Edgar Meyer: "Short Trip Home"

      Joshua Bell, v; Sam Bush, m; Mike Marshall, g; Edgar Meyer, db
      Edgar Meyer, double bass,
      Short Trip Home

      Sony SK-60864

      8:26 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Home Sweet Home," Op. 51

      Alan Feinberg, p
      The American Virtuoso

      Argo 436121-2

      8:34 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Curious Impertinent"

      Suite

      Septura
      Brass Septet Music, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.573386

      8:48 am

      Radamés Gnattali: Sonata for cello and guitar

      Edmond Carlier, vc; Odair Assad, g
      Fuga y misterio

      GHA 126027

      8:59 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28

      No. 5 in D

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Chopin Competition Winner 2015: Seong-Jin Cho

      DG 4795332

      9:03 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Maskarade"

      Overture & Cockerels' Dance

      Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Music

      Dacapo 6.220518

      9:14 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Masquerade" Suite

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Khachaturian: Piano Concerto

      Decca 4870877

      9:31 am

      Johann Strauss II: Quadrille on Verdi's "Un ballo in Maschera," Op. 272

      Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti
      2018 New Year's Concert

      Sony 88985477002

      9:37 am

      Luigi Hugues: Concert Fantasy on Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera"

      Jean-Pierre Rampal & Claudi Arimany, f's; John Steele Ritter, p
      Romantic Music for Two Flutes and Piano

      Delos DE-3212

      9:47 am

      Alexander Mackenzie: "The Cricket on the Hearth," Op. 62

      Overture

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
      Mackenzie: Orchestral Music

      Hyperion CDA-66764

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Josef Mysliveček: Cello Concerto in C

      Wendy Warner, vc; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Haydn & Mysliveček: Cello Concertos

      Cedille CDR-90000142

      10:22 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody in D, Op. 45, No. 1

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Op. 46

      Philips 416623-2

      10:35 am

      Florence Price: "Thumbnail Sketches in the Day of a Washerwoman"

      Kirsten Johnson, p
      Florence Price: Piano Music

      Guild GM2CD-7828

      10:43 am

      William Byrd: "The Fitzwilliam Suite"

      Canadian Brass
      English Renaissance Music

      CBS MK-45792

      10:55 am

      Thomas Morley: "It Was A Lover and His Lass"

      Barbara Bonney, s; Jacob Heringman, l
      Fairest Isle

      Decca 466132-2

      11:00 am

      Ernest Bloch: "Hebrew Suite"

      Hyman Bress, v; Prague Sym Orch/Jindrich Rohan
      Bloch: Schelomo, Concerto for Violin, Suite hébraique

      Supraphon 110674-2

      11:12 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Quintet in E-Flat, K. 407

      Felix Klieser, hn; Zemlinsky Quartet
      Mozart & Haydn For Horn & String Quartet

      Berlin Classics 0302346-BC

      11:30 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty," Op. 66

      Suite

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Tchaikovsky - Highlights from The Three Grandest Ballets

      CBS 35DC-56

      11:49 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Poem"

      Carol Wincenc, f; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, The White Peacock, Three Tone Pictures, Poem

      Naxos 8.559164

      12:01 pm

      Cyril Scott: "Lotus Land," Op. 47, No. 1

      Karisa Chiu, v; Zhu Wang, p
      Home

      Cedille CDR-90000239

      12:07 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

      Isata Kanneh-Mason, p; London Mozart Players/Jonathan Bloxham
      Mendelssohn

      Decca 4870256

      12:28 pm

      Grace Williams: "Sea Sketches"

      No. 5, "Calm Sea in Summer"

      BBC Phil Strings/John Andrews
      Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

      Resonus RES-10349

      12:34 pm

      Henry Purcell: "Dioclesian"

      Instrumental Suite

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Purcell: The Fairy Queen & The Prophetess - Orchestral Suites

      Fontalis ES-8583

      12:49 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532

      Royal Liège Phil Orch/John Neschling
      Respighi Transcriptions: Bach & Rachmaninoff

      BIS 2350

      1:01 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 76, No. 4, "Sunrise"

      Takács Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, 4-6

      Decca 425467-2

      1:25 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

      Sound the Trumpets

      The trumpet takes center stage this week. Its story stretches back thousands of years and spans many cultures. We’ll listen to the Shofar, a ram’s horn from biblical times, and the ancient trumpets found in Tutankhamun's tomb. And we’ll savor the modern trumpet’s bright sound in music by Bach and Vivaldi, and in the rich and complex symphonic music of Mahler, Ravel, and Stravinsky. Hosted by Peter van de Graaff

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Czech Philharmonic

      R Strauss Don Quixote, Op. 35; Eva Krestová, viola; Daniel Müller-Schott, cello; Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88; Dalia Stasevska, conductor.