Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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      Playlist for Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in E-flat, Op.18, "Grande valse brillante"

      Lang Lang, p
      The Chopin Album

      Sony 48960-2

      12:05 am

      Malcolm Arnold: "A Grand, Grand Overture," Op 57

      Royal Phil/Vernon Handley
      Arnold: Symphony No. 2, etc.

      Conifer 51240-2

      12:13 am

      Doreen Carwithen: Overture, "ODTAA (One Damn Thing After Another)"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Carwithen: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9524

      12:21 am

      Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 21

      No. 2 in F

      Jean-Pierre Armengaud, p
      Clara Schumann: Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-930

      12:22 am

      Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2 in d, Op. 121

      Andrew Wan, v; Charles Richard-Hamelin, p
      Robert Schumann

      Analekta AN2-9003

      12:55 am

      Robert Schumann: Five Poems of Queen Mary Stuart, Op. 135

      No. 1, "Abschied von Frankreich"

      Juliane Banse, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 3

      Hyperion CDJ-33103

      1:00 am

      Bastiano Chilese: Canzon in Echo a 8 (1608)

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Battaglie And Lamenti 1600-1660: Monteverdi, Peri, Fontei, Strozzi

      Alia Vox AV-9815

      1:05 am

      Anna Bon: Flute Sonata in D, Op 1/4

      Sabine Dreier, f; Irene Hegen, p
      Flute Sonatas Op.1

      CPO 999181-2

      1:14 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in F, Kk 85 (L 166)

      Scott Ross, hc
      Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works

      Erato 45309-2 (34)

      1:16 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, "Caractéristique"

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Alpesh Chauhan

      Olympia CHSA-5352

      1:54 am

      Peter Cornelius: "Das Kind"

      "Gesegnet"

      Matthias Hausmann, br; Matthias Veit, p
      Cornelius: Lieder, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.572557

      2:00 am

      Jacques Hotteterre: "L'Hymen Pastoral (The Country Wedding)"

      Elena Polonska, h; Roger Cotte, r
      The Baroque Collection

      Vox PVTS-7601

      2:05 am

      Johann David Heinichen: "Pastorale" in A

      Susanne Regel, ob; Monika Nielen, ob; Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
      Concerti "Per L'Orchestra Di Dresda"

      DG Archiv 447644-2

      2:12 am

      Gunnar de Frumerie: "Pastoral Suite," Op 13b

      Kathleen Rudolph, f; CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5157

      2:25 am

      Lera Auerbach: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 46

      No. 14

      Avila Duo
      24 Preludes for Violin and Piano

      Hänssler Classic HC-21059

      2:26 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425, "Linz"

      London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
      Mozart: Symphonies No 31, 36 And 38

      ASV CDDCA-647

      2:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Missa Brevis" in G, K. 49

      "Sanctus"

      Soloists; Chamber Cho of Europe/Nicol Matt
      Mozart: Complete Masses

      Brilliant 96648

      3:00 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

      Huntsmen's Chorus

      Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresden Staatskapelle/Silvio Varviso
      German Opera Choruses

      Philips 422410-2

      3:02 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Euryanthe"

      Hunting Chorus

      Vienna State Opera Cho, Horn Ens/R Dunn
      Forest & Hunting Songs of Romantic Era

      MHS 1224

      3:05 am

      Franz Danzi: Bassoon Concerto in g

      Albrecht Holder, bn; Neubrandenburger Phil/Nicholas Pasquet
      DANZI: Bassoon Concertos

      Naxos 8.554273

      3:25 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Favorite Waltzes for Empress Marie Louise"

      #12

      Eva Schieferstein, p
      Weber: Schieferstein - Valses favorites pour l'impératrice

      Koch 3-6731-2

      3:27 am

      Percy Grainger: "Handel in the Strand" (Clog Dance)(1912)

      Collage
      The Christmas Connection

      Northeastern NR-228-CD

      3:31 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 2 in D

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Handel: Water Music

      DG Archiv 410525-2

      3:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Love in Bath"

      "The Plot"

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63374-2

      4:00 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: Etude in A-Flat

      Raymond Lewenthal, p
      Lewenthal Playing And Conducting Funeral March For A Papagallo And Other Grotesqueries Of Alkan

      CBS M-30234

      4:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Jaime Laredo
      Mendelssohn: 'Scottish' and 'Italian' Symphonies

      Nimbus NI-5067

      4:34 am

      Girolamo FANTINI: Prima Imperiale

      John Wallace, tr, Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright
      Trumpet Concertos and Fanfares

      Nimbus NI-5079

      4:35 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: Concerto da Camera #1 in a, Op 10

      Dmitry Feofanov, p; Razumovsky Sym Orch/Robert Stankovsky
      ALKAN: Piano Concerto, Op. 39 / Concerto da Camera, Nos. 1-3

      Naxos 8.553702

      4:50 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: "Le Tambour qui bat aux champs"

      Raymond Lewenthal, p
      Lewenthal Playing And Conducting Funeral March For A Papagallo And Other Grotesqueries Of Alkan

      CBS M-30234

      4:54 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Spanish Lady," Op 89

      Bourrée

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      The Spirit of England

      Nimbus NI-5008

      5:00 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Boccaccio"

      Minuet and Tarantella

      Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter
      Suppe: Overtures Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223647

      5:05 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in d, Op. 63

      Clara Wieck Trio

      Signum SIGX-80-00 (2)

      5:35 am

      Robert Schumann: Oratorio, "The Pilgrimage of the Rose," Op. 112

      Aria, "Bald hat das neue Töchterlein"

      Rainer Trost, t; Das Neue Orchester/Christoph Spering
      Der Rose Pilgerfahrt

      Opus 111 OPS-30-190

      5:36 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Poem"

      Joseph Mariano, f; Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson
      Howard Hanson Conducts Barber, Piston, Griffes & Others

      Mercury 434307-2

      5:46 am

      Samuel Barber: "Adagio for Strings" (from Op. 11)

      London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Copland: Quiet City, 8 Poems of Emily Dickinson/ Barber: Adagio for Strings Op. 11, Knoxville- Summer of 1915

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55358-2

      5:54 am

      Edward MacDowell: Twelve Virtuoso Studies, Op 46

      #2, "Moto perpetuo"

      Malcolm Frager, p
      Edward MacDowell and Company

      New World 80206-2

      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

      Jan Dismas Zelenka: Capriccio No. 2 in G

      Das Neu-Eröffnete Orchestre/Jürgen Sonnentheil
      Zelenka: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

      CPO 999458-2

      6:19 am

      Leopold Kozeluch: "Oktett Concertant" (Parthia) in B-Flat

      Consortium Classicum
      Leopold Kozeluch: Divertimenti für Bläser

      Orfeo C-442981-A

      6:32 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Les Troyens"

      Ballet Music

      Royal Opera House Orch/Colin Davis
      Berlioz: Les Troyens

      Philips 416432-2 (4)

      6:43 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "La belle Hélène"

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Famous Overtures

      Philips 411450-2

      6:51 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Creatures of Prometheus," Op. 43

      Introduction, "La Tempesta"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus

      DG 419608-2

      6:53 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Creatures of Prometheus," Op. 43

      Finale, "Allegretto"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus

      DG 419608-2

      7:05 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91

      Queensland Sym Orch/Andrew Penny
      Sir Malcolm Arnold: Dances

      Naxos 8.553526

      7:16 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Mazurek" in E minor, Op. 49

      Sergiu Luca, v; St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Romance in F Minor, Mazurek in E Minor / Sergiu Luca, Leonard Slatkin

      Nonesuch 79052-2

      7:22 am

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

      Civitas Ensemble, Gipsy Way Ensemble
      Alla Zingarese

      Cedille CDR-90000179

      7:33 am

      Johann Hermann Schein: "Banchetto Musicale"

      Suite No. 4 in D

      Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer
      Dance Music of the High Renaissance

      Boston Skyline BSD-118

      7:41 am

      Gaspard Fritz: Symphony in A, Op. 1, No. 6

      La Stagione/Michael Schneider
      Fritz: 5 Sinfonias

      CPO 777696-2

      7:53 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

      III. "Allegro giocoso"

      London Phil Orch/Marin Alsop
      Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4-9

      Naxos 8.570233

      8:03 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 3, No. 1

      Handel & Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood
      Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 421729-2

      8:13 am

      Alan Hovhaness: "Psalm and Fugue," Op 40a

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Alan Hovhaness: Symphony of Metal Instruments

      Koch 3-7289-2

      8:22 am

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

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Marches and Overtures à la Française

      Mercury 434332-2

      8:30 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 59 in A, "Fire"

      I. "Presto"

      Music of the Baroque/Jane Glover
      Celebrating our 50th Season, 2020-21

      Music of the Baroque CD-2020

      8:39 am

      Jean Françaix: String Trio

      Black Oak Ensemble
      Avant l'orage: French String Trios 1926-1939

      Cedille CDR-90000212

      8:52 am

      Scott Joplin: "Treemonisha"

      Overture

      The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra/Rick Benjamin
      Scott Joplin: Treemonisha

      New World 80720-2 (2)

      9:03 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasy in G minor, Op. 77

      Inna Faliks, p
      Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32; Eroica Variations; Polonaise; Fantasia

      MSR Classics MS-1446

      9:13 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 6, No. 3

      Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead
      JC Bach: Symphonies, Op. 6

      CPO 999298-2

      9:26 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony"

      III. "The Waves"

      BBC Sym Cho & Orch/Martyn Brabbins
      Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony; Darest thou now, O soul

      Hyperion CDA-68245

      9:36 am

      Claude Debussy: "Première rapsodie" (Clarinet Rhapsody)

      Franklin Cohen, cl; Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra

      DG 439896-2

      9:45 am

      Jennifer Higdon: "Trumpet Songs"

      Scott Meredith, tr; Rúbia Santos, p
      Chamber Music of Jennifer Higdon

      Albany TROY-1395

      9:54 am

      Will Gregory: "Orbit"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      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

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Symphonie concertante" in G, Op. 13

      Miriam Fried & Jaime Laredo, v's; London Sym/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 1

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      10:16 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Zur Namensfeier" ("Name Day") Overture, Op 115

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Beethoven: Overtures

      Pro Arte CDD-392

      10:24 am

      Franz Schubert: 16 German Dances, D 783

      Alfred Brendel, p
      The Art of Alfred Brendel Vol. 3 - Schubert

      Philips 446923-2 (5)

      10:36 am

      Aaron Copland: "Our Town"

      London Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Copland Conducts Copland

      CBS MK-42429

      10:48 am

      William Grant Still: "Vignettes" (1962)

      Stephen Caplan, ob; Bernard Kolle, bn; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      11:00 am

      Edward German: "Merrie England" Suite

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Adrian Leaper
      German: Merrie England Suite, Nell Gwyn: Overture and 3 Dances, Gipsy Suite, Romeo and Juliet

      Marco Polo 8.223419

      11:08 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two-Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 17

      III. Romance

      Danill Trifonov & Sergei Babayan, p's
      Rachmaninoff for Two

      DG 4864805

      11:16 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Zürich/Fabio Luisi
      Wagner: Preludes and Interludes

      Philharmonia Records PHR-0102 (2)

      11:33 am

      Georg Mathias Monn: Cello Concerto in D

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Strauss: Don Quixote; Schoenberg: Concerto in D

      CBS MK-39863

      11:51 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Oboe Concerto in F minor, TWV 51:f1

      Alison Balsom, pic tr; Pinnock's Players/Trevor Pinnock
      Baroque Concertos

      Warner 2173227329

      12:01 pm

      Jeffrey Derus: "Home"

      Constellation Men's Ensemble
      Man Up/Man Down

      Sono Luminus DSL-92266

      12:07 pm

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Lute and Flute Concerto in B-Flat

      Gwyn Roberts, f; Richard Stone, l; Tempesta di Mare
      Weiss: Lute Concerti

      Chandos CHAN-0707

      12:21 pm

      Erik Satie: "Gnossienne" No. 1

      Pascal Rogé, p
      50x Relaxing Classics

      Decca 4787309

      12:24 pm

      Claude Debussy: "L'isle joyeuse"

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Decca Sound: The Analogue Years

      Decca 4785437

      12:31 pm

      Manuel de Falla: "El amor brujo"

      Introduction through Ritual Dance

      Leontyne Price, s; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Spain

      RCA 62586-2

      1:01 pm

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      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

      You and the Night and the Music

      Novelists have built their plots around great music. Join us as we step into the minds of authors trying to describe the feelings and emotions of music. We begin with an inspiring mandolin and the letters of T.S. Eliot. In Thursday’s program, Bill tells the story of a violin maker and part-time sleuth who has a nostalgic longing for Bach. Dvorák falls in love. An author reminisces about his father’s final journey with Beethoven. We end our travels through literature and music with a dream of the devil and E.M. Forster’s vision of Beethoven from Howard’s End.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Osvaldo Golijov "Tenebrae;" Quartetto di Cremona; Biber Sonata representativa in A major, C. 146 (B. IV 184); William Fedkenheuer, violin; Joshua Grindele, cello; Michael Stephen Brown, harpsichord; Jörg Widmann "Jagdquartett (Hunt Quartet);" Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Frederik Oland, violins; Asbjørn Norgaard, viola; Ravel "Tzigane, rapsodie de concert;" Yura Lee, violin; Wu Han, piano.

      11:00 pm