Wednesday, June 18, 2025

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      Playlist for Wednesday, June 18, 2025

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Por ti mi corazón"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Mexican Piano Music by Manuel M Ponce * Jorge Federico Osorio

      Cedille CDR-90000086

      12:02 am

      Manuel Ponce: Mazurka #11 in a

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Mexican Piano Music by Manuel M Ponce * Jorge Federico Osorio

      Cedille CDR-90000086

      12:05 am

      Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" #2

      Simon Bolivar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
      Fiesta * Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela * Gustavo Dudamel

      DG B0011340-02

      12:15 am

      Scott Joplin: "Solace" (A Mexican Serenade)

      William Albright, p
      The Complete Rags Of Scott Joplin

      Musicmasters 7061-2-C (2)

      12:21 am

      Johannes Brahms: Five Songs, Op 106

      #1, "Ständchen"

      Mitsuko Shirai, ms; Hartmut Höll, p
      Brahms: 21 Lieder

      Capriccio 10204

      12:23 am

      Johannes Brahms: Serenade no.2 in A, Op.16

      Dresden Phil/Heinz Bongartz
      Dvorák: Symphony No. 7; Brahms: Serenade No. 2

      Berlin Classics 0090192-BC

      12:55 am

      Mikis Theodorakis: "Three Epitafios"

      #2

      John Williams, g
      The Guitarist John Williams

      Sony SK-60586

      1:00 am

      Georges Bizet: "The Pearl Fishers"

      Duet, "Au fond du temple saint"

      John Aler, t; Gino Quilico, br; Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson

      EMI/Ang CDS7-49837-2 (2)

      1:05 am

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2

      Granada City Orch/Josep Pons
      Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites, Symphonie En Ut

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901675

      1:22 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

      "Seguidilla"

      Atlantic Brass Quintet
      Picture This... Artistic Transcriptions For Brass

      Musicmasters 67142-2

      1:24 am

      Bohuslav Martinu: Piano Concerto #3 (1948)

      Giorgio Koukl, p; Bohuslav Martinu Phil/Arthur Fagen
      Martinu Piano Concertos 3 & 5

      Naxos 8.572206

      1:54 am

      Carl Loewe: Song, "Das Blümlein"

      Ruth Ziesak, s; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      2:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Polonaise in E-Flat, B 100

      Detroit Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Czech Suite • Suite Tchèchque • Tschechische Suite / Prague Waltzes • Valses De Prague • Prager Walzer

      London 414370-2

      2:05 am

      Inocente Carreño: "Margariteña" (1954)

      Simon Bolivar Sym Orch/Maximiano Valdes
      Orchestral Music (Latin American) - GUARNIERI, C. / GINASTERA, A. / REVUELTAS, S. / CARRENO, I. / PLAZA, J.B. (Caramelos Latinos)

      Dorian DOR-90227

      2:18 am

      Teresa Carreno: Waltz, La corbeille de fleurs, Op 9

      Clara Rodriguez, p
      N/A

      Fundacion Mmg0

      2:26 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Catalogue de fleurs," Op. 60 (1920)

      No. 5, "Les Crocus"

      Györgyi Dombradi, ms; Lambert Bumiller, p
      Milhaud: Mélodies

      CPO 999408-2

      2:27 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "The Golden Spinning Wheel," Op 109

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Dvorak: Symphony No. 7

      Chandos CHAN-241-3 (2)

      2:55 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 67

      "Spinning Song"

      Daniel Barenboim, p

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      3:00 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Turandot"

      Aria, "In questa reggia"

      Jane Eaglen, s; Philharmonia/Carlo Rizzi
      Italian Opera Arias

      Sony SK-89443

      3:05 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Capriccio sinfonico"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Puccini, Catalani e Puchinelli

      Sony SK-63025

      3:18 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: Medley of Famous Tenor Aris

      Doc Severinsen, tr; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Trumpet Spectacular

      Telarc CD-80223

      3:29 am

      Giacomo Puccini: Song, "Terra e mare" (autograph version)

      Placido Domingo, t; Julius Rudel, p
      The Unknown Puccini

      CBS MK-44981

      3:30 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite

      Minnesota Orch/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

      MMG MCD-10041

      3:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.2 in b minor, BWV 1067

      VII. Badinerie

      Millar Brass Ensemble/Bruce C Briney
      Wagner, Tull, Bach, Brahms, Et Al

      Crystal CD-433

      4:00 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "La Neige"

      Overture

      London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge

      London CS-6744

      4:05 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "Zanetta"

      Suite

      Jan Boland, f; John Dowdall, g
      Giuliani, Hummel, et al.- A Potpourri of 19th-Century Salon Music on period instruments

      Titanic TI-161

      4:13 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "Vendôme en Espagne"

      "Bolero"

      Gothenburg Opera Orch/B Tommy Andersson
      Auber: Overtures

      Sterling CDS-1039-2

      4:17 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Boléro"

      City of Birmingham Sym/Sir Simon Rattle
      Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Bolero

      EMI CDC7-54303-2

      4:33 am

      Joseph Fennimore: Berlitz: Introduction to French

      "When You Go Sightseeing"

      Joyce Castle, ms; Joseph Fennimore, p
      Music of Joseph Fennimore

      Albany TROY-023-2

      4:35 am

      George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"

      St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      Gershwin: An American In Paris, Rhapsody In BLue, Catfish Row, Cuban Overture

      EMI CDD7-64084-2

      4:53 am

      Joseph Fennimore: Berlitz: Introduction to French

      "At Your Hotel"

      Joyce Castle, ms; Joseph Fennimore, p
      Music of Joseph Fennimore

      Albany TROY-023-2

      5:00 am

      Bela Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      Ilya Kaler, v; Leonid Blok, p
      Ilya Kaler: Violin Suites

      MCA Classics AED-10527

      5:05 am

      Richard Strauss: "Burleske" in D minor

      Emanuel Ax, p; Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch

      EMI CDC5-56364-2

      5:25 am

      Max Reger: Flute Suite in a, Op 103A

      "Burleske"

      Robert Willoughby, f; Wilbur Price, p

      Gallante GG-1003

      5:26 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

      Overture

      Royal Opera House Orch/Carlo Rizzi
      Gioachino Rossini: Overtures

      Conifer 55004-2

      5:34 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations on "Je suis Lindor", K. 354

      Francesco Nicolosi, p
      MOZART: Piano Variations, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.550611

      5:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Aria, "Du feines Täubchen, nur herein"

      Paul Fried, f; Allan Vogel, ob

      Golden Tone GTCD-004

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:03 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Fantasía para un gentilhombre"

      IV. Finale, "Canario"

      Sharon Isbin, g; Lausanne Chamber Orch/Lawrence Foster
      Concierto de Aranjuez

      Virgin 91192-2

      6:09 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622

      II. "Adagio"

      Andrew Marriner, cl; London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
      Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Clarinet Quintet; Oboe Quartet / Jane Glover

      EMI CDC5-74883-2

      6:18 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Daniel Barenboim Plays Chopin

      EMI CD-EMX-2117

      6:33 am

      Matthew Locke: Suite in B-Flat, "For Several Friends"

      Rachel Podger, v; Brecon Baroque
      The Muses Restor'd

      Channel Classics CCS-46234

      6:47 am

      William Walton: "As You Like It"

      A Poem for Orchestra after Shakespeare

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Walton: Hamlet, As You Like It

      Chandos CHAN-8842

      7:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

      I. "Molto allegro"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      7:13 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Allegro grazioso" in B-Flat

      Sontraud Speidel, p
      Hensel Klaviermusik

      ARS Produktion ARS-38615

      7:21 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Spartacus"

      Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

      Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Mark Ermler
      Popular Symphonic Pieces by Soviet Composers

      Mobile Fidelity MFCD-2-682 (2)

      7:33 am

      Lennon-McCartney: "Michelle"

      Göran Söllscher, g
      Here, There, and Everywhere - The Beatles for Guitar

      DG 447104-2

      7:36 am

      Lennon-McCartney: "Yesterday"

      Göran Söllscher, g
      Here, There, and Everywhere - The Beatles for Guitar

      DG 447104-2

      7:41 am

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

      I. "Allegro non troppo"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Brahms: The Symphonies

      DG 4866000

      7:54 am

      Juventino Rosas: Waltz, "Carmen"

      Cuarteto Latinoamericano and friends
      Valses Mexicanos 1900

      Dorian DOR-93224

      8:03 am

      Hugo Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19, "Midsommarvaka"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      The Four Seasons: A Musical Calendar of Favourite Classics

      DG 469376-2 (4)

      8:18 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Habanera"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Jorge Federico Osorio: The French Album

      Cedille CDR-90000197

      8:22 am

      Lawrence Ashmore: "Four Seasons" (Suite of English Folk Songs)

      I. Spring

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      Finzi: Bagatelles, Op. 23 & Clarinet Concerto in C-Minor, Op. 31 & Ashmore: Four Seasons

      RCA 60437-2-RC

      8:29 am

      Lawrence Ashmore: "Four Seasons" (Suite of English Folk Songs)

      II. Summer (Scherzo)

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      Finzi: Bagatelles, Op. 23 & Clarinet Concerto in C-Minor, Op. 31 & Ashmore: Four Seasons

      RCA 60437-2-RC

      8:36 am

      Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga: Symphony in D

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con moto"

      Concerto Köln
      Sinfonías españolas

      Capriccio 10488

      8:41 am

      Edward Elgar: "Salut d'amour," Op. 12

      Chee-Yun, v; Akira Eguchi, p
      Vocalise - Violin Show Pieces

      Denon CO-75118

      8:44 am

      Aaron Copland: "An Outdoor Overture"

      Colorado Sym/Andrew Litton
      Copland - Billy the Kid & Rodeo

      BIS 2164

      8:53 am

      Frederick Delius: "Summer Evening"

      Royal Phil Orch/Thomas Beecham
      Beecham Conducts Delius

      EMI CDS7-47509-8 (2)

      9:05 am

      José Pablo Moncayo: "Huapango"

      Mexico Festival Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Latin American Classics, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.550838

      9:15 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Oboe Concerto in A

      Anthony Camden, ob; City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward
      Italian Oboe Concertos, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.553433

      9:25 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"

      Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet
      Dance

      Azica ACD-71328

      9:33 am

      Robert Russell Bennett: "Symphonic Songs for Band"

      Northwestern U Sym Wind Ensemble/John P Paynter
      Winds of Change - New World

      New World 80211-2

      9:49 am

      Pierre-Max Dubois: Saxophone Quartet

      Prism Quartet
      The Prism Quartet: Dubois, Levy, Singelée, Peck, Woods

      Koch 3-7024-2

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Enrique Granados: "Valses poéticos"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Icon: Alicia De Larrocha

      EMI CMS7-64524-2 (2)

      10:13 am

      Aaron Copland: "The Tender Land"

      Suite

      Boston Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Copland: Appalachian Spring, The Tender Land, etc.

      RCA 6802-2

      10:35 am

      music continues...

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Cellist Aaron Wolff and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción perform music by Franck and Reena Esmail, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      3:00 - 8:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      6:30 pm

      Grant Park Music Festival 2025

      Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

      Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero. Mendelssohn Violin Concerto; Jermey Black, violin; Hailstork "An American Port of Call;" Bernstein Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront." Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      9:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Giuseppe Verdi, Part II

      The second of a two-week series featuring Verdi with more of his operas and other works, both iconic and underappreciated.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      A Portuguese Pilgrimage

      Giulio Prandi leads the Ghislieri Chorus, Orchestra, and soloists in Davide Perez's "Mattutino de’ Morti," considered the most significant musical work of 18th century Portugal. The concert includes selections from Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki’s "Conductus funebris." Recorded live in concert at the 2021 Misteria Paschalia Festival.