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      Playlist for Thursday, August 13, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

      Act 2: Panorama

      Swedish Radio Sym/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Russian Adagios

      Ondine ODE-938-2

      12:05 am

      William Grant Still: Violin and Piano Suite

      Randall Goosby, v; Zhu Wang, p

      Decca B0033878-02

      12:19 am

      William Grant Still: "If You Should Go"

      Lecolion Washington, bn; Mark Ensley, p
      Karen Walwyn: Dark Fires, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-1038

      12:21 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Excerpts from acts 2 and 3

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein Century - Excerpts From Nutcracker, Swan Lake

      Sony SMK-63162

      12:55 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op.28

      No. 9 in E

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Seong-Jin Cho

      DG 4795332

      1:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Poetic Tone Pictures", Op 85

      #3, "At the Old Castle"

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p

      Sony 19439912092

      1:05 am

      Josef Suk: Piano Trio in c, Op 2

      New Prague Trio
      Novak/ Suk/ Fibich: Piano Trios

      Supraphon CO-72888

      1:23 am

      Clarice Assad: "A Tide of Living Water"

      Lara Downes, p

      Potrait 19075920792

      1:25 am

      Antonio Salieri: "Andante cantabile" in G

      Andrius Puskunigis, ob; Heidelberg Sym/Timo Jouko Herrmann
      Salieri: Strictly Private

      Hänssler Classic HC-19079

      1:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in D, K. 314

      John de Lancie, ob; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy

      Sony SBK-62652

      1:54 am

      Antonio Salieri: Cantata, "Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia"

      Aria, "Lascia la greggia"

      Diana Tomsche, s; Heidelberg Sym/Timo Jouko Herrmann
      Salieri: Strictly Private

      Hänssler Classic HC-19079

      2:00 am

      Erik Satie: "Trois Sarabandes" (1887)

      #1

      Daniel Varsano, p
      Un siecle de musique francaise

      Sony 88875192862

      2:05 am

      Rita Strohl: "Grande Fantaisie-Quintette"

      Ismail Margain, p; Hanson Quartet
      Compositrices

      Palazzetto Bru Zane BZ-2006 (8)

      2:36 am

      Charles Bordes: "Trois mélodies," Op. 8

      No. 3, "Fantaisie persane"

      Sophie Marin-Degor, s; François-René Duchable, p
      Bordes: Complete Mélodies: Vol. 2

      Timpani 1C-1208

      2:38 am

      César Franck: "Psyché"

      "Le sommeil de Psyché"

      Netherlands Radio Phil/Jean Fournet
      Live - The Radio Recordings

      Radio Nederland 97019 (8)

      2:46 am

      César Franck: "Psyché"

      "Psyché et Eros"

      Basel Sym Orch/Armin Jordan
      Franck: Le Chasseur Maudit, Le Eolides, Psyche

      Erato ECD-88167

      2:55 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 3 (1722): 18e ordre in f/F

      "La Verneuillière"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      3:00 am

      Emil Von Reznicek: "Donna Diana"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky
      Vienna Spectacular

      London CS-6605

      3:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op 53, "Waldstein"

      Oxana Yablonskaya, p
      Beethoven: Sonatas - Tempest, Waldstein, Op.101

      Pro Piano PPR-224516

      3:30 am

      Arthur Bliss: "Conquest of the Air" (1936)

      "The Wind"

      Philharmonia Orch/Kenneth Alwyn
      The Red Shoes - Classic British Film Music

      Silva SSD-1011

      3:31 am

      Bernard Herrmann: "North by Northwest"

      Overture

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Vintage Cinema

      Telarc CD-80708

      3:34 am

      Bernard Herrmann: Echoes for String Quartet

      Fine Arts Quartet
      EVANS, R.: String Quartet No. 1 / GLASS, P.: String Quartet No. 2 / ANTHEIL, G.: String Quartet No. 3 / HERRMANN, B.: Echoes

      Naxos 8.559354

      3:54 am

      Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus: "Echo Song"

      Horn Club of Los Angeles
      Music for Horns

      Seraphim S-60095

      4:00 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"

      Flower Duet

      Renata Scotto, s; Gillian Knight, ms; Philharmonia Orch/Lorin Maazel

      CBS MLK-45809

      4:05 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"

      Suite

      National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman

      Pro Arte CDS-3671

      4:21 am

      Alfredo Piatti: "Capriccio on a Theme from Pacini's 'Niobe'," Op 21

      Antonio Meneses, vc
      Capriccioso - Works For Solo Cello

      Avie AV-2328

      4:32 am

      Alessandro Piccinini: Corrente V

      Luciano Contini, chittarone
      Piccinini: Intavolatura di Liuto, et di Chitarrone, Book 1

      Tactus TC-56160101

      4:34 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in F, H XVIII:3

      Marc-André Hamelin, p; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie

      Hyperion CDA-67925

      4:54 am

      Thomas Vautor: Madrigal, Mother, I will have a husband

      Deller Consort
      Now Is The Month Of Maying! English Madrigals By Morley, Weelkes, Wilbye, Vautor, Bartlett, Ward And Bennet

      Vanguard VCD-72032

      5:00 am

      Paul Juon: "Fairy Tale", Op 8

      Esther Nyffenegger, vc; Desmond Wright, p

      Musica Sveciae MHCD-98.2

      5:05 am

      Nikolai Medtner: "Fairy Tale" in f-sharp, Op 26/4

      Konstantin Lifschitz, p

      Denon CO-78907

      5:09 am

      Nikolai Medtner: Fairy Tale in g-sharp, Op 31/3

      Konstantin Lifschitz, p

      Denon CO-78907

      5:11 am

      Nikolai Medtner: Fairy Tale in a, Op 34/3, "Wood Goblin"

      Konstantin Lifschitz, p

      Denon CO-78907

      5:15 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Skazka (Legend)," Op. 29

      Bochum Sym Orch/Othmar Maga

      Turnabout QTV-34736

      5:33 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Song, "Hear the Skylark Sweetly Singing"

      Linn Maxwell, ms; Robert McCoy, p
      Romances of the Russian Masters

      Albany TROY-072

      5:34 am

      Jean Sibelius: "En Saga," Op. 9

      Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Symphony No. 5, En Saga

      London 452576-2 (2)

      5:54 am

      Giovanni Maria Da crema: O felici occhi miei (after Arcadelt)

      Christopher Wilson, l
      Dall'Aquila/ Da Crema: Ricercars/ Intabulations/ Dances

      Naxos 8.550778

      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

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Italian Concerto" in F, BWV 971

      András Schiff, p
      J. S. Bach: Italian Concerto in F, French Suite No. 5 in G, French Overture

      Omega OCD-1014

      6:17 am

      Johann Ludwig Bach: Concerto in D for 2 Violins, 2 Oboes, Strings & Continuo

      Berlin Baroque Soloists/Reinhard Goebel
      Symphonies of the Bach Family

      Hännsler Classic HC-21029

      6:25 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Flute and Oboe Quintet in D, Op. 11/2

      2nd mvt, "Andantino"

      Leipzig Bach Collegium/Ludwig Güttler
      Leipziger Bach-Collegium - Stradella, J.Ch.Bach, Finger, J.S. Bach, Telemann, Albinoni

      Capriccio 10166

      6:31 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: "Duettino concertante" after Mozart's K 459

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      An Amadeus Affair

      Steinway & Sons 30022

      6:39 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Morceau de concert" in G, Op. 154

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Klaus Arp
      French Harp Concertos

      Koch 3-1142-2

      6:52 am

      Josef Rheinberger: Nonet in E-Flat, Op. 139

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Ensemble Wien-Berlin; R Kussmaul; W Christ; G Faust; A Posch
      Alois Posch, double bass,
      Rheinberger, Lachner: Nonet in F major, Nonet in E-flat major, Op. 139

      Sony SK-58971

      7:04 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Sinfonía sevillana," Op. 23

      III. Finale, "Fiesta en San Juan de Aznalfarache"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Music of Turina & Debussy

      Telarc CD-80574

      7:12 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Sexteto Místico"

      Lontano Ensemble/Odaline de la Martínez
      Villa-Lobos Chamber and Choral Music

      Lorelt LNT-102

      7:21 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Violin and Piano Concerto in D minor

      Finale, "Allegro molto"

      Gidon Kremer, v; Martha Argerich, p; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Mendelssohn: Concerto For Violin And Piano • Violin Concerto In D Minor

      DG 427338-2

      7:33 am

      Richard Wagner: "Das Rheingold"

      "He da! He da! He do!" (Entry of the Gods into Valhalla)

      Soloists; Vienna Philharmonic/Sir Georg Solti
      Kirsten Flagstad, soprano,
      Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold

      Decca 414101-2 (3)

      7:46 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 26

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      M Nowak, v; K Budnik, vi; Y Okamoto, vc; K Zimmerman, p
      Krystian Zimerman, piano,
      Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3

      DG 4864650

      8:04 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 3 in A, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military"

      Lang Lang, p
      Gran Turismo 5 - The Official Soundtrack

      Sony 82933

      8:11 am

      music continues...

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      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 with Bill McGlaughlin

      Musical Dynasties

      This week’s topic, “Musical Dynasties,” was suggested by a station in Arizona. Andy Bade, Music Host for Classical 90.5 KUAT-FM in Tucson, wrote in with some program ideas. So, Musical Dynasties: Gabrieli, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann, Strauss: the Johanns and Richard, and ending with the Haydns: Joseph and Michael. Thanks so much for taking the time to write!

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Lanzilotti "of light and stone" (World Premiere, New York Philharmonic Commission); Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3; Yunchan Lim, piano; Ives Symphony No. 2; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.