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      Playlist for Friday, May 29, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Jean-Pierre Duport: Etude #8 in D

      Antonio Meneses, vc
      Capriccioso - Works For Solo Cello

      Avie AV-2328

      12:05 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Cello Concerto No. 1

      Antonio Meneses, vc; São Paulo Symphony Orch/Isaac Karabtchevsky
      Conciertos Para Violonchelo y Orquesta No.1 & 2

      Naxos 8.574531

      12:27 am

      Gretchen Yanover: "Cello Café"

      Gretchen Yanover, vc's

      Gretchen Yanover

      12:31 am

      Carlos Salzedo: "Rumba"

      Nancy Lendrim, h; Jody Guinn, h
      Short Stories - Music For Harp Duo By Carlos Salzedo

      Azica ACD-71226

      12:33 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh" (1903-5)

      Suite

      London Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Rimsky-Korsakov

      LSO Live LSO-0858

      12:55 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Five Romances, Op. 46

      No. 4, "Don't beleive me, my love"

      Alexey Martynov, t; Aristote Konstantinidi, p
      Rimsky-Korsakov Complete Songs

      Chant du Monde LDC-288038/40 (3)

      1:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Teseo"

      Overture

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Overtures

      DG Archiv 419219-2

      1:05 am

      Johann Christian JC Bach: Flute and Oboe Quintet in D, Op 22/1

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock, fp
      3 Quintets / Sextet

      DG Archiv 423385-2

      1:25 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 115, "Mache dich, mein Geist bereit"

      Chorale, "Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn"

      Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:27 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

      Suite

      Dallas Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
      Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture/ Voyevoda/ Sleeping Beauty

      Delos DE-3196

      1:54 am

      Alberto Williams: "Epigrams," Op. 40

      No. 1 in A

      Valentin Surif, p
      Alberto Williams

      Pretal PRCD-144

      2:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op 119

      No. 4, "Rhapsody in E-Flat

      Murray Perahia, p
      Murray Perahia * Brahms * Handel Variations * Rhapsodies * Piano Pieces

      Sony 79469

      2:05 am

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

      Royal Scottish Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 2, Symphony No. 2

      Chandos CHAN-8947

      2:18 am

      Frederick Block: Suite for clarinet and piano, Op. 73

      II. "Pastoral"

      Joaquín Valdepeñas, cl; Kevin Ahfat, p

      Chandos CHAN-20358

      2:20 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Pastorale," Op 151

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A LA CARTE- Short Works for Winds

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      2:23 am

      Florence Price: String Quartet in a

      Catalyst Quartet
      Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      2:55 am

      Charles Ives: Song, "Chanson de Florian"

      Mary Ann Hart, ms; Dennis Helmrich, p
      The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 1

      Albany TROY-077

      3:00 am

      Michael Haydn: "Die Hochzeit auf der Alm"

      Duet, "Lobet ihr Kräfte den Schöpfer der Welt"

      Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner
      Michael Haydn

      Profil PH-06061

      3:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 80 in d

      London Mozart Players/Jane Glover

      MHS 522541-X (2)

      3:28 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Oberon"

      Chorus, "Ehre sei dem mächt'gen Kalifen"

      Vienna Opera Ensemble/Hans Hagen
      Oberon Highlights

      Summit SUM-6010

      3:30 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Euryanthe"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann
      German Overtures

      DG 4745022

      3:38 am

      Robert Schumann: "Märchenbilder," Op. 113

      Argerich, p; Nobuko Imai, vi
      Mischa Maisky, cello,
      Schumann

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57308-2

      3:54 am

      E T A Hoffmann: "Arlequin"

      "Pierrot Runs Off"

      Neuss German Chamber Academy/Johannes Goritzki
      ETA Hoffmann Music for the Stage

      CPO 999606-2

      4:00 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Suite Algérienne," Op 60

      "Marche Militaire Française"

      London Sym/Yondani Butt
      Saint-Saens

      ASV CDDCA-599

      4:04 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Marche héroïque," Op. 34

      Detroit Sym/Paul Paray
      Marches and Overtures a la Fancaise

      Mercury 434332-2

      4:11 am

      Théodore Lalliet: "Fantasie originale," Op 6

      Patrick McFarland, eh; Beverly Gilbert, p
      Diversions For English Horn

      Arundax 80140

      4:19 am

      Nicholas Jacques LEMMENS: Fanfare

      Michael Murray, o
      Encores À La Française

      Telarc CD-80104

      4:20 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Violin Concerto in a minor, Op. 53

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Royal Scottish National Orch/Teddy Abrams
      Dvorak & Khachaturian

      Avie AV-2411

      4:54 am

      Niccolo Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1

      #16 in g

      Rachel Barton Pine, v

      Avie AV-2374 (2)

      5:00 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      5:05 am

      David Lyon: Joie de vivre Overture

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music World Premieres

      ASV CDWHL-2116

      5:12 am

      Ernest John Moeran: Overture for a Masque (1944)

      London Phil/Adrian Boult
      Fugal Overture, Sinfonietta, November Woods

      Lyrita SRCD.247

      5:22 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Vocalises (1958)

      No. 3

      Patrice Michaels Bedi, s; Larry Combs, cl
      Songs by Argento & Vaughan Williams

      Cedille CDR-90000029

      5:24 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581

      Reginald Kell, cl; Fine Arts Quartet

      Boston Skyline BSD-135

      5:54 am

      Witold Lutoslawski: "Dance Preludes" (1955)

      #5, Allegro molto

      Gary Gray, cl; Royal Phil/Harry Newstone
      Copland: Clarinet Concerto / Arnold: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 / Lutoslawski Dance Preludes / Rossini Variations

      Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD-9066

      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

      Antonio Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D, R. 93

      Julien Martineau, m; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Come una volta

      Naïve V-5455

      6:15 am

      David Diamond: "Rounds"

      Finale, Allegro vigoroso

      Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Gerard Schwarz

      Nonesuch 79002-2

      6:21 am

      Carl Stamitz: Wind Octet No. 1 in B-Flat

      Consortium Classicum
      Carl Stamitz Wind Symphonies / Consortium Classicum

      CPO 999081-2

      6:33 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Euryanthe"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann
      German Overtures

      DG 4745022

      6:43 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73, "Emperor"

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Emanuel Ax, p; Royal Phil André Previn
      Emanuel Ax , Royal P. O. * - Beethoven Piano Concert No. 5 ("Emperor")

      RCA RCD1-5854

      6:54 am

      Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life"

      II. "Allegro moderato a la polka"

      Emerson String Quartet
      Dvořák: Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 "American"; Smetana: Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life."

      DG 429723-2

      7:03 am

      John Bull: "The King's Hunt"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music for the Courts of Europe

      Decca 417524-2

      7:06 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 73 in D, "La chasse"

      IV. "Presto (La chasse)"

      Vienna Volksoper Chamber Orch/Christoph Campestrini
      La Chasse

      Orfeo C-466971-A

      7:12 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat, Op. 31, No. 3, "The Hunt"

      IV. Finale, "Presto con fuoco"

      Yuja Wang, p
      Yuja Wang: The Vienna Recital

      DG 4864567

      7:17 am

      Étienne-Nicolas Méhul: "La chasse du jeune Henri"

      Overture

      Gulbenkian Orch/Michel Swierczewski
      Méhul: The Complete Symphonies

      Nimbus NI-5184/5 (2)

      7:28 am

      Leo Arnaud: "La Chasse"

      Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell
      Stars & Stripes - Fanfares, Marches & Wind Band Spectaculars

      Telarc CD-80099

      7:31 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Die tote Stadt," Op. 12

      Marietta's Song

      Renée Fleming, s; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      By Request

      Decca B0001024-02

      7:39 am

      Gian Carlo Menotti: Piano Concerto in F

      III. Finale, "Allegro"

      Earl Wild, p; Sym of the Air/Jorge Mester
      Aaron Copland & Gian Carlo Menotti: Piano Concertos

      Vanguard SVC-3

      7:50 am

      Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821

      III. Finale, "Allegretto"

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Daria Hovora, p
      Schubert - Songs Without Words

      DG 449817-2

      8:04 am

      Hamish MacCunn: "The Land of the Mountain and the Flood"

      Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
      Music of the Four Countries

      EMI CDM7-69206-2

      8:14 am

      Claude Debussy: "Marche écossaise"

      Werner Haas, p; Noël Lee, p

      Philips 438721-2 (2)

      8:20 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, "Scottish"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso"

      Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies

      Alpha 1004

      8:33 am

      John Adams: "Short Ride in a Fast Machine"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Adams: Shaker Loops

      Naxos 8.559031

      8:38 am

      Niccolò Paganini: "Sonata concertata"

      Augustin Hadelich, v; Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
      Histoire du Tango: Music for Violin and Guitar

      Avie AV-2280

      8:52 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Viennese Jubilee" Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Suppe: Overtures

      EMI CDC7-54056-2

      9:06 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Suite italienne"

      Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, vc; Martin Helmchen, p
      From Eastern Europe

      Alpha 827

      9:26 am

      Clarice Assad: "Sin Fronteras"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Project W

      Cedille CDR-90000185

      9:42 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Scheherazade," Op. 35

      IV. Finale, "Festival at Baghdad-The Sea-Shipwreck"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim; Samuel Magad, v
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - Tsar Saltan

      Erato 91717-2

      9:55 am

      Percy Grainger: "Mock Morris"

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

      Reference RR-117

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Partita for double string orchestra

      London Phil Orch Strings/Sir Adrian Boult
      Vaughan Williams: Job, Partita for Double String Orchestra, Variations for Band

      EMI CDM7-69710-2

      10:20 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "The Song of the Nightingale," Op. 29

      Julia Fischer, v; Milana Chernyavska, p
      Julia Fischer: Sarasate

      Decca 4785950

      10:30 am

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Concerto Grosso in B-Flat

      Tempesta di Mare
      Weiss: Lute Concerti

      Chandos CHAN-0707

      10:43 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pavane," Op. 50

      Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Mad About Romance

      DG 439152-2

      10:51 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Gwendoline"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
      Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, etc.

      DG 447751-2

      11:01 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Sevillana," Op. 29

      Oscar Ghiglia, g
      The Spanish Guitar of Oscar Ghiglia

      Angel S-36849

      11:08 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050

      Jaime Martin, f; Kenneth Sillito, v; St. Martin's Academy/Murray Perahia, p
      Murray Perahia Plays Bach Concertos

      Sony 82429-2 (3)

      11:30 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Act 3 Prelude

      Canadian Brass, Berlin Phil, Bayreuth Festival Brass/Edo de Waart
      Wagner for Brass

      Philips 434109-2

      11:38 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Spartacus"

      Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

      Raffi Besalyan, p
      The Sound of Black & White

      Sono Luminus DSL-92249

      11:47 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "The Seasons," Op. 67

      Summer

      Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier
      Glazunov: Symphony No. 5, The Seasons

      Warner 61434-2

      12:00 pm

      Carl Friedrich Abel: Viola da gamba Sonata in E minor

      Helen Callus, vi; Luc Beauséjour, hc
      Fathers & Sons

      Analekta AN2-9879

      12:10 pm

      Samuel Barber: "Souvenirs," Op. 28

      London Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Britten: Les Illuminations, Young Apollo; Barber: Souvenirs, Canzonetta

      ASV CDDCA-737

      12:30 pm

      Claude Debussy: "L'Isle Joyeuse"

      Van Cliburn, p
      Van Cliburn · My Favorite Encores

      RCA 60726-2

      12:38 pm

      Charlotte Sohy: "Danse mystique," Op. 19

      Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
      Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems

      Bru Zane BZ-2007

      12:52 pm

      Luigi Cherubini: "Faniska" (1806)

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Cherubini: Overtures

      EMI CDC7-54438-2

      1:00 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Let Thy hand be strengthened"

      Westminster Abbey Cho, English Concert/Simon Preston
      Handel: Coronation Anthems

      Archiv 410030-2

      1:10 pm

      Michel-Richard Delalande: "Symphonies for the King's Supper"

      "Première Caprice"

      Paillard Chamber Orch/Jean-François Paillard
      Delalande: Simphonies pour les soupers du Roy

      Erato ECD-88088

      1:27 pm

      Paul Williams & Kenneth Ascher: "Rainbow Connection"

      Lang Lang, p
      The Disney Book

      DG B0036059-02

      1:31 pm

      Matthew Wilder: "Mulan"

      "Reflection"

      Guo Gan, erhu; Lang Lang, p; Royal Phil Orch/Robert Ziegler
      The Disney Book

      DG B0036059-02

      1:37 pm

      Johan Wagenaar: "Cyrano de Bergerac" Overture, Op. 23

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Johan Wagenaar: Saul en David, Amphitrion, Cyrano de Bergerac, De Getemde Feeks

      Decca 425833-2

      1:51 pm

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

      Joseph Johnson, vc; Northwestern U Cello Ensemble/HJ Jensen
      Shadow, Echo, Memory

      Sono Luminus SLE-70004

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Intermezzo," Op. 72

      Four Symphonic Interludes

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Zarathustra, Dance Of The Seven Veils, Intermezzo

      Delos D/CD-3052

      2:26 pm

      Carl Nielsen: "Maskarade"

      Overture & Cockerels' Dance

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

      Dacapo 6.220518

      2:37 pm

      Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 9, "Ricordanza"

      Gabriel Stern, p
      Liszt: Transcendental Etudes

      Mirare MIR-596

      2:49 pm

      Camilla de Rossi: "Il Sacrifizio de Abramo"

      Sinfonia

      Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta, l
      Baroquen Treasures

      Newport Classic NCD-60102

      2:57 pm

      Scott Joplin: "Elite Syncopations"

      Adam Abeshouse, v; Lara Downes, p
      Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

      Rising Sun Music RS-016

      3:01 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24, "Spring"

      Maxim Vengerov, v; Itamar Golan, p
      Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas

      Teldec 76349-2

      3:25 pm

      William Grant Still: Prelude for flute, string quartet, double-bass and piano

      Alexa Still, f; Michael Steer, db; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand SQ
      Still: Summerland

      Koch 3-7192-2

      3:36 pm

      Edward Elgar: "Nursery Suite" (1931)

      English Chamber Orch/Paul Goodwin
      Elgar: Nursery Suite, Serenade, Dream Children & Other Works

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907258

      3:58 pm

      Anthony Holborne: Galliard, "Muy Linda"

      Canadian Brass
      Perfect Landing

      Opening Day ODR-7450

      4:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, "Haffner"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      4:23 pm

      Paul Dukas: "Villanelle"

      Hermann Baumann, hn; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Hermann Baumann plays Glière, Saint-Saëns, Dukas, Chabrier

      Philips 416380-2

      4:30 pm

      Hans Zimmer: "Hidden Figures"

      "Space Task Group"

      Orch/Timothy Williams
      Hidden Figures (Original Score)

      Columbia 88985404782

      4:33 pm

      Hans Zimmer: "Hidden Figures"

      Epilogue

      Orch/Timothy Williams
      Hidden Figures (Original Score)

      Columbia 88985404782

      4:34 pm

      John Williams: "Saving Private Ryan"

      "Hymn to the Fallen"

      CASF University Singers; Recording Arts Orch of Los Angeles/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 41779-2 (20)

      4:38 pm

      John Williams: "Saving Private Ryan"

      "Finding Private Ryan"

      Boston Sym Orch/John Williams
      Saving Private Ryan (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      DreamWorks DRMD-50046

      4:45 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in E-Flat, TWV 55:Es1

      L'Orfeo Barockorchester/Carin van Heerden
      Telemann: VI Ouvertures à 4 ou 6 TWV 55 (1736)

      CPO 555519-2

      5:00 pm

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      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas

      "Pathétique. Moonlight. Appassionata. Hammerklavier." Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his first piano sonata at the age of 25 and his last at 52, and together these 32 sonatas have been called "The New Testament" of music. Artur Schnabel was the first pianist to record a complete set, and since then this feat has been achieved by Daniel Barenboim, Alfred Brendel, Claude Frank, Maurizio Pollini, and Claudio Arrau - twice! We’ll sample as many as we possibly can, and we hope you will share in our wonder and amazement at Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

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