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      Playlist for Tuesday, January 13, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: "Festmarsch" in D

      Swiss Italian Orch/Howard Shelley

      Hyperion CDA-67939

      12:05 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: String Quartet #3 in d, Op 11, "Quatuor brillant"

      New Budapest String Quartet
      Spohr: String Quartets (Complete) Vol. 4

      Marco Polo 8.223254

      12:25 am

      Stephen Heller: 20 Preludes, Op 150

      #16

      Jean Martin, p
      HELLER : Preludes Opp. 81 and 150

      Marco Polo 8.223434

      12:26 am

      Toru Takemitsu: "Toward the Sea III" (1989)

      Auréle Nicolet, f; Naoko Yoshino, h

      Philips 442012-2

      12:37 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Sea Pieces," Op 55

      Bohuslav Martinu Phil/Charles Anthony Johnson
      MACDOWELL, E.: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / Sea Pieces

      Albany TROY-224

      12:54 am

      Ruth Gipps: "Sea-shore Suite," Op. 3b

      No. 1, "Gulls"

      Juliana Koch, ob; Michael McHale, p
      Piper of Dreams

      Chandos CHAN-20290

      1:00 am

      Gretchen Yanover: "Willow Waltzes On"

      Gretchen Yanover, vc's

      Gretchen Yanover

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat, BWV 1010

      Antonio Meneses, vc
      Antonio Meneses * J S Bach * The 6 Cello Suites

      Avie AV-0052 (2)

      1:27 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "St John Passion," BWV 245

      Chorale, "O Welt, ich muss dich lassen"

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

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      1:29 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Alborada del Gracioso"

      Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
      Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin/ Pavane pour une Infante Defunte/ Ma Mere L'Oye/ Une Barque sur L'Ocean/ Alborada del Graci

      Erato 14331-2

      1:37 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Rapsodie espagnole"

      London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Bolero: Rhapsodie Espagnole

      CBS MK-44800

      1:54 am

      English ANON 16th c: Desperada

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Elizabethan Consort Music, 1558-1603

      Alia Vox AV-9804

      2:00 am

      Marin Marais: "Couplets de Folies"

      Lucie Horsch, r; Academy of Ancient Music
      Baroque Journey

      London 4834722

      2:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in D

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall, vi da gamba
      Corelli * Telemann * Rameau * Le Concerto Spirituel au Temps de Louis XV

      Alia Vox AVSA-9877

      2:25 am

      Henry Thacker Burleigh: "I Don't Feel No-Ways Tired"

      Alchemy Viols/Philip Spray
      Deep River: Spirituals' Cross-Currents

      Navona Records NV-6650

      2:27 am

      Franz Schubert: "Moments musicaux," D 780

      Maria-Joao Pires, p
      Schubert: Sonata D. 784, 6 Moments Musicaux D. 780, 2 Scherzi D. 593

      DG 427769-2

      2:55 am

      Reinhold Gliere: "Taras Bulba" (ballet, 1952)

      "Mazurka di Bravura"

      Odessa Phil/Hobart Earle
      Gliere: Taras Bulba/ Stankovych: Rasputin

      ASV CDDCA-988

      3:00 am

      Johann Ludwig Krebs: Chorale Prelude, "Herzlich Lieb hab' ich dich, o Herr"

      Ute Hartwich, tr; Franz Raml, o
      Johann Ludwig Krebs

      MD&G Recordings MDG-6140971-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Carl Friedrich Abel: Symphony #4 in F

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Abel

      Chandos CHAN-8648

      3:14 am

      Johann Gottlieb Goldberg: Two-Violin Sonata in B-flat

      Rebel/Jörg-Michael Schwarz
      Goldberg: Beyond the Variations

      Bridge 9478

      3:23 am

      Johann Ludwig Krebs: Chorale Prelude, "Herr Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht"

      Hans Peter Westermann, ob; Franz Raml, o
      Johann Ludwig Krebs

      MD&G Recordings MDG-6140971-2 (2)

      3:25 am

      George Enescu: Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, Op. 9

      Romanian Radio/TV Orch/Josif Conta
      Enescu: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Concert Overture

      Marco Polo 8.223144

      3:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Five Little Preludes, BWV 939-943

      No. 6

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach

      Hyperion CDA-67121/2 (2)

      4:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Aria, "Ah, non lasciarmi, no," K. 486a

      Lucia Popp, s; Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Leopold Hager
      Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

      Philips 422523-2 (8)

      4:05 am

      Muzio Clementi: Piano Sonata in f, Op 13/6

      Ian Hobson, p
      Field: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-4

      Arabesque Z-6594

      4:19 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concert Aria, "Clarice cara," K. 256

      Claes Haakan Ahnsjö, t; Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Leopold Hager
      Mozart: Arias, Vocal Ensembles, Canons

      Philips 422523-2 (8)

      4:21 am

      Antonin Reicha: Wind Quintet in E-Flat, Op 88/2

      Vega Wind Quintet
      Vega Wind Quintet

      LDR LDRC-1002

      4:45 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Coriolan" Overture, Op.62

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Symphonies and Overtures Part 2

      DG D-210385 (2)

      4:54 am

      Francois Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 2 (1716-7): 12e ordre

      "La Boulonoise"

      Kenneth Gilbert, hc
      Francois Couperin: Second Livre de Clavecin

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-190354.56 (3)

      5:00 am

      Bedrich Smetana: Polka in A

      András Schiff, p
      Smetana: Polkas

      Teldec 21261-2

      5:05 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Má Vlast (My Fatherland)"

      "Vysehrad"

      Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Má vlast

      RCA 82876-2 (2)

      5:21 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Silhouettes," Op 8

      #2

      Tomas Visek, p
      Piano Music

      Rosa RD-1318

      5:22 am

      Alexander Gretchaninoff: Piano Trio No. 1 in c, Op 38

      Viktor Simcisko, v, Juraj Alexander, vc, Daniela Ruso, p
      Grechaninov: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2

      Marco Polo 8.223416

      5:54 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Album for the Young," Op. 39

      #8, "The Doll's Funeral"

      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano

      Decca 4834417 (10)

      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

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Valse-Scherzo" in C, Op. 34

      Midori, v; London Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1; Tchaikovsky: Sérénade mélancolique, Valse-Scherzo

      Philips 420943-2

      6:11 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Vivace"

      David Lively, p; Cambini-Paris Quartet
      Chopin: Concertos for Piano & String Quintet

      Aparté AP-204

      6:23 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Five "Etudes Tableaux"

      "The Sea and the Seagulls"

      Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue
      Symphonic Dances - Études-Tableaux - Vocalise

      Reference RR-96

      6:32 am

      Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonata a 5 in D minor

      ACRONYM
      Cantica Obsoleta

      New Focus FCR-917

      6:40 am

      Alberto Nepomuceno: "Suíte antiga," Op. 11

      English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson
      Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

      Naxos 8.574405

      6:53 am

      Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F

      II. "Assez vif, très rythmé"

      Hagen Quartet
      Debussy, Ravel, Webern: String Quartets

      DG 437836-2

      7:03 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "The Bronze Horse"

      Overture

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Tortelier's French Bonbons

      Chandos CHAN-9765

      7:11 am

      Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g's
      Soul of the Tango - The Music of Astor Piazzolla

      Sony SK-63122

      7:23 am

      H Owen Reed: "La Fiesta Mexicana"

      III. Finale, "Carnival"

      Dallas Wind Sym/Howard Dunn
      Fiesta

      Reference RR-38

      7:32 am

      Richard Addinsell: "Warsaw Concerto"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; BBC Sym Orch/Hugh Wolff
      Warsaw Concerto

      Decca 460503-2

      7:43 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Partie polonaise," TWV 39:1

      Holland Baroque
      Telemann: Polonoise

      Pentatone PTC-5186878

      7:57 am

      Grigoras Dinicu: "Hora Staccato"

      Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue
      Bolero! Orchestral Fireworks

      Reference RR-92

      8:03 am

      Gustav Holst: Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28, No. 2

      Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish
      British Wind Band Classics

      Chandos CHAN-9697

      8:16 am

      Josef Suk: String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6

      IV. Finale, "Allegro giocoso"

      London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
      Tchaikovsky, Suk, Dvořák: Serenades

      Virgin 91165-2

      8:23 am

      Claude Debussy: "L'isle joyeuse"

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Debussy: Images, Children's Corner and Suite Bergamasque

      DG 4798308

      8:30 am

      Traditional: "Whistling Molly"

      Oregon Guitar Quartet
      Something Wondrous Fair

      Cube Squared C2R-601

      8:36 am

      Guillaume Dumanoir: Orchestra Suite in F/C

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Dumanoir: Suites d'orchestre

      Fontalis ES-9908

      8:49 am

      Franz Danzi: Fantasia on "Là ci darem" from Mozart's "Don Giovanni"

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Potsdam Chamber Academy
      New Era

      Decca 4814711

      9:03 am

      Robert Schumann: "Konzertstück" in F, Op. 86

      Soloists; Orch Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner
      Robert Maskell, horn,
      Schumann: Complete Symphonies

      Archiv 457591-2 (3)

      9:23 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Introduction and Allegro"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Chamber Ensemble
      Scintillation

      Telarc CD-80361

      9:35 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat, Op. 81a, "Les Adieux"

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      Evgeny Kissin - Beethoven

      DG 4797581 (2)

      9:54 am

      Mykola Lysenko: Waltz in C minor, Op. 39, No. 1, "Farewell"

      Vienna Phil/Andris Nelsons
      Vienna Philharmonic: Summer Night Concert 2022

      Sony 19658717529

      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

      Antonio Vivaldi: Viola d'amore Concerto in D, R. 392

      Rachel Barton Pine, vida; Ars Antigua
      Vivaldi: The Complete Viola d’Amore Concertos

      Cedille CDR-90000159

      10:10 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "The Firebird"

      Suite (1919)

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Igor Stravinsky: Pétrouchka, Scherzo à la Russe, Firebird: Suite

      Telarc CD-80587

      10:31 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: London Trio No. 3 in G, H IV:3

      Jean-Pierre Rampal & Wolfgang Schulz, f's; Gilbert Audin, bn
      Haydn: 'London' Trios & Duets for Two Flutes

      Sony SK-48061

      10:44 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "Fra Diavolo"

      Overture

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
      Great Comedy Overtures

      Naxos 8.573418

      10:53 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "I Lombardi"

      Procession Chorus, "Gerusalem!"

      La Scala Cho & Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Verdi Choruses

      Decca 4853950

      11:00 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Hudson River Suite"

      "The River"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/William T Stromberg
      Ferde Grofé: Death Valley Suite, Hudson River Suite, Hollywood Suite

      Naxos 8.559017

      11:07 am

      Joaquín Turina: Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Beaux Arts Trio plays Turina, Granados

      Philips 446684-2

      11:23 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495

      Dale Clevenger, hn; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch/János Rolla
      Mozart: Four Horn Concertos

      CBS MK-42324

      11:42 am

      Ethel Smyth: "The Wreckers"

      Act II Prelude, "On the Cliffs of Cornwall"

      BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez
      Ethel Smyth * The Wreckers

      Retrospect Opera RO-004

      11:51 am

      Louis Spohr: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 57

      III. Finale, "Rondo alla Polacca"

      Ernst Ottensamer, cl; Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Johannes Wildner
      Spohr: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 2 & 4

      Naxos 8.550689

      12:00 pm

      James Stephenson: "The Storyteller"

      Bowden & Dash, tr's; Lam, v; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Tinkham
      Storyteller: Contemporary Concertos for Trumpet

      Cedille CDR-90000229

      12:10 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C, Op. 102, No. 1

      Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Inon Barnatan, p
      Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas

      Pentatone PTC-5186884

      12:27 pm

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Night on Bald Mountain"

      Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Le Sacre du Printemps

      DG 4776198

      12:40 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Anacréon"

      Ritournelle

      Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith
      Rameau: Anacréon; Daphnis et Aeglé

      Naxos 8.553746

      12:42 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: Motet, "In convertendo Dominus"

      VII. Chorus, "Euntes ibant et flebant"

      Le Concert d’Astrée/Emmanuelle Haïm
      Campra, Rameau, Mondonville

      Erato 5419750468

      12:48 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Mandolin Concerto in G, R. 532

      Avi Avital, m; Venice Baroque Orch/Alon Sariel, m
      Art of the Mandolin

      DG 4838534

      1:01 pm

      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

      1:12 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Op. 1

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

      Chandos CHAN-20242

      1:42 pm

      Léo Delibes: "Coppélia"

      Swanilda & Frantz; Mazurka; Preparation for a Festival

      National Phil Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Delibes: The 3 Ballets

      Decca 414502-2 (2)

      1:53 pm

      Eric Ewazen: Sinfonia for Strings

      III. Allegro molto

      Sejong Soloists
      Sejong Plays Ewazen

      Albany TROY-577

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata

      Helen Callus, vi; Robert McDonald, p
      A Portrait of the Viola

      ASV CDDCA-1130

      2:25 pm

      Giuli Doyle: "From Graceful Fields"

      III. "Morning Glory"

      R. Carlos Nakai, Native American flute; Canyon Women's Voices/Tom Peterson
      From Graceful Fields

      Canyon Records CR-7103

      2:33 pm

      Manuel Ponce: "Concierto del Sur"

      John Williams, g; London Sym Orch/André Previn
      The Great Guitar Concertos

      CBS M2K-44791 (2)

      2:58 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Mozart at His Zenith

      Beginning in 1786 at the first hearing of "The Marriage of Figaro," we’ll explore the stream of masterpieces, including operas, symphonies, piano concertos, and chamber works that Mozart wrote in the last five years of his life. He was in his early thirties, navigating the political life of a court composer in Vienna, while partying with the passion of a young man. On December 5, 1791, Mozart died, leaving his Requiem Mass unfinished. From these years alone, Mozart left a body of work that expresses a universe of imagination and emotions.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Mozart Sonata in F major, K. 13; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Pedja Muzijevic, piano; Sonata in C major, K. 296; Chad Hoopes, violin; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano; Haydn Quartet in C major, Hob. III: 32, Op. 20, No. 2; Orion String Quartet.

      11:00 pm