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      Playlist for Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Serse"

      Overture

      The English Concert/Harry Bicket
      George Frideric Handel

      Linn CKD-709

      12:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Serse"

      Aria, "Ombra mai fù (Largo)"

      Randall Wolfgang, ob; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Mad About Baroque

      DG 439147-2

      12:08 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Almira"

      Suite

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Overtüren

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901852

      12:23 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Acis and Galatea"

      "Happy We"

      Atlanta Sym & Cho/Robert Shaw
      Grand and Glorious: Great Operatic Choruses

      Telarc CD-80333

      12:24 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 6 in C, D. 589, "Little"

      Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49724-2

      12:55 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Ständchen (Horch, horch die Lerch)," D 889

      Christine Schäfer, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 26

      Hyperion CDJ-33026

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 78, "Jesu, der du meine Seele (Jesus, by whom my soul)"

      Duet, "Wir eilen mit schwachen (We hurry with weak yet eager steps)"

      Stich-Randall, Hermann, Orch/Felix Prohaska
      J S Bach: Cantatas BWV 78; BWV 106

      Vanguard OVC-2009

      1:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in d minor, BWV 1043

      Sigiswald Kuijken, v; Lucy van Dael, v; La Petite Bande
      J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos BWV 1041-1043

      RCA-DHM 77006-2-RG

      1:21 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Wir Christenleut' habn jetzund Freud (We Christian People)" BWV 710

      Kevin Bowyer, o
      Bach The Complete Organ Music Volume 12

      Nimbus NI-5647/8 (2)

      1:22 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 51

      Takács Quartet
      Dvorak: Piano Quintet Op. 81, String Quartet No. 10 Op. 51

      London 466197-2

      1:54 am

      Christian Gregor: Sleepers Wake

      American Brass Quintet
      A Storm In The Land: Music Of The 26th N. C. Regimental Band, CSA

      New World 80608-2

      2:00 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Die Tote Stadt"

      "Marietta's Lied"

      Svetlin Roussev, v; Yeol Eum Son, p

      Naive V-8122

      2:05 am

      Michael Abels: "Delights and Dances" for string quartet and string orchestra

      Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Delights & Dances

      Cedille CDR-90000141

      2:18 am

      Henry Cowell: "American Melting Pot"

      "Square Dance"

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Persian Set

      Koch 3-7220-2

      2:19 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Sextet in D, Op. 10

      Nash Ensemble
      Korngold & Tchaikovsky: String Sextets

      Hyperion CDA-68406

      2:55 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "King's Row"

      "Main Title"

      Orch/Lionel Newman

      Stanyan GZS-1094

      3:00 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: "Habanera," Op 65

      San Francisco Ballet Orch/Martin West
      Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands

      Reference RR-138

      3:04 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Pièce en forme de habanera"

      Eugene Izotov, ob; Christopher Brown, p
      Sound in Motion * Eugene Izotov, Oboe

      Boston Records BR-1068-CD

      3:08 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

      "Habanera"

      Canadian Brass
      More Greatest Hits

      RCA 5628-2-RC

      3:10 am

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

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner; Sidney Harth, v
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/ Stravinsky: Song Of The Nightingale

      RCA 66377-2

      3:54 am

      Robert Johnson: "Full Fathom Five"

      Baltimore Consort
      The Food of Love

      Sono Luminus DSL-92234

      4:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Six Consolations"

      #2 in E

      Leslie Howard, p
      The Complete Liszt Piano Music

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      4:02 am

      Franz Liszt: "Six Consolations"

      #6 in E

      Leslie Howard, p
      The Complete Liszt Piano Music

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      4:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Six Consolations"

      No. 3 in D-Flat

      Nathan Milstein, v; Georges Pludermacher, p
      Nathan Milstein: The Last Recital

      Teldec 95998-2

      4:08 am

      Franz Liszt: "Orpheus," Symphonic Poem No. 4 (1853-4)

      Hungarian State Orch/Janos Ferencsik
      Liszt

      Hungaroton HCD-12446-2

      4:19 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Rastlose Liebe," D 138

      Leslie Howard, p
      The Complete Liszt Piano Music

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      4:21 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in a minor, D. 804 "Rosamunde"

      Borodin String Quartet

      Virgin 91447-2

      4:54 am

      Johann Herbeck: "Tanzmomente"

      #3

      Leslie Howard, p
      The Complete Liszt Piano Music

      Hyperion CDS-44501/98 (98)

      5:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 21 (L 363)

      Colin Tilney, hc
      SCARLATTI, D.: Harpsichord Sonatas

      Dorian DOR-90103

      5:05 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Trumpet Concerto in B-Flat

      Hannes Läubin, tr; English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston
      Trompetenkonzerte • Trumpet Concertos: Telemann • Rathgeber • Franceschini • Albinoni • Vivaldi

      DG 431817-2

      5:12 am

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

      Vento Chiaro
      Vent Chiaro

      Ongaku Records 024-120

      5:26 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Sèvres de la vieille France"

      II. "Tambourin"

      Czech Radio Sym Orch, Bratislava/Adriano
      RESPIGHI: Ballets

      Marco Polo 8.223346

      5:27 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 63

      Shlomo Mintz, v; Chicago Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Serge Prokofiev: The Violin Concertos / Die Violinkonzerte

      DG 410524-2

      5:54 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Music for Children," Op. 65

      No. 12, "The Moon Strolls in the Meadows"

      Frederic Chiu, p
      Prokofiev, Vol. VII

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907190

      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

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Wedding Cake (Caprice-Valse)," Op. 76

      Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo
      Saint-Saëns: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

      Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2)

      6:10 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65

      No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Grieg, Sibelius: Suites

      Philips 412727-2

      6:16 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      "Wedding March"

      Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies

      Alpha 1004

      6:22 am

      Karl Goldmark: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 26, "Rustic Wedding"

      V. Finale, "Dance"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony; Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2

      Vanguard OVC-5002

      6:33 am

      Johann Hermann Schein: "Banchetto Musicale"

      Suite No. 3 in A

      Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer
      Dance Music of the High Renaissance

      Boston Skyline BSD-118

      6:43 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 3

      Overture (Suite) in B-Flat: Dances

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Telemann: Tafelmusik Selections

      Archiv 429774-2

      6:57 am

      Jean Françaix: "Hommage à Scarlatti"

      Antonio Ballista, p
      Shortcuts: One-Minute-Plus Piano Pieces by 50 Composers

      Brilliant Classics 95615

      7:04 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Symphony No. 1 in G, Op. 11, No. 1

      Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphonies concertantes; Symphony in G major

      Naxos 8.574306

      7:17 am

      Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor

      Augustin Hadelich, v; Robert Kulek, p
      Echoes of Paris

      Avie AV-2216

      7:34 am

      Rudolph Ganz: Piano Concerto in E-Flat, Op. 32

      3rd mvt, Scherzo

      Ramon Salvatore, p; Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      Chicago Concertos

      Cedille CDR-90000028

      7:39 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Flute & Guitar Sonatina, Op. 205

      Britta Jacobs, f; Irene Kalisvaart, g
      20th Century Music for Flute & Guitar

      Naxos 8.551453

      7:52 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: "Spanish Dances," Op. 12

      Nos. 2 & 4

      I Salonisti
      The Last Dance - Music For A Vanishing Era

      RCA-DHM 77377-2

      8:03 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48

      I. "Andante non troppo"

      Berlin Phil Strings/Semyon Bychkov
      Tchaikovsky, Wolf, Elgar, Barber: Serenades

      Philips 434108-2

      8:14 am

      Richard Strauss: Wind Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7

      Netherlands Wind Ensemble
      Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

      Philips 438748-2 (2)

      8:24 am

      Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11

      VI. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro"

      London Sym Orch/István Kertész
      Weekend Serenade - Serenades 1 & 2

      Decca 421628-2

      8:32 am

      Felix Draeseke: Quintet for Piano, Horn, and Strings, Op 48

      III. "Presto leggiero"

      Gottfried Langenstein, hn; Mozart Piano Quartet
      Schumann: Quartet, Op. 47, Draeseke: Quintet, Op. 48

      MD+G 6150673-2

      8:42 am

      Domenico Caudioso: Mandolin Concerto in G

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

      Naïve V-5455

      8:55 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 80

      "Sicilienne"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Armin Jordan
      Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Op. 80, Requiem Op. 48

      Erato 45813-2

      9:03 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Les Troyens"

      Ballet Music

      Royal Opera House Orch/Colin Davis
      Berlioz: Les Troyens

      Philips 416432-2 (4)

      9:15 am

      Robert Schumann: "Märchenbilder," Op. 113

      Matthew Lipman, vi; Henry Kramer, p
      Ascent

      Cedille CDR-90000184

      9:31 am

      Frederick Delius: "Eventyr (Once Upon a Time)"

      Royal Phil Orch/Thomas Beecham
      Delius: Paris, Eventyr, Koanga

      Odyssey Y-33284

      9:48 am

      Eric Coates: "Summer Days Suite"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/John Wilson
      London Again: The Music of Eric Coates

      Avie AV-2070

      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

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 82 in C, "The Bear"

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Haydn: Paris Symphonies I - Nos. 82, 83, & 84

      Sony SK-66295

      10:27 am

      Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part I

      No. 8 in G-Flat

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Maria Corley * Leslie Adams * Twelve Etudes

      Albany TROY-639

      10:34 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Légende," Op. 17

      Gil Shaham, v; London Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster
      Wieniawski: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Légende; Sarasate: Ziegeunerweisen

      DG 431815-2

      10:43 am

      Dani Howard: "Ellipsis"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Pablo Urbina
      Dani Howard Orchestral Works

      Rubicon RCD-1125

      10:54 am

      Samuel Scheidt: "Canzon bergamasca"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music from the Royal Court

      Decca B0000807-02 (2)

      11:00 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91

      Queensland Sym Orch/Andrew Penny
      Sir Malcolm Arnold: Dances

      Naxos 8.553526

      11:12 am

      Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Variations on "La bella pastora"

      Freiburg Baroque Consort
      Schmelzer: Baroque World Theatre

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902087

      11:22 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Suite

      London Sym/André Previn
      Swan Lake • The Sleeping Beauty • The Nutcracker : Highlights

      EMI CDM4-89485-2

      11:46 am

      Alexandre Desplat: "Girl with the Pearl Earring"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; French National Orch/Alexandre Desplat
      Airlines

      Warner 0190295306878

      11:54 am

      Karl Jenkins: "The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace"

      XII. Benedictus

      Malakai, treble; Schola Cantorum; London Mozart Players/Scott Price
      Golden

      Decca 4854749

      12:00 pm

      Aaron Copland: "An Outdoor Overture"

      Northwestern U Sym Wind Ensemble/Mallory Thompson
      Rising * Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

      Summit DCD-580

      12:11 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40

      Lars Vogt, p; Paris Chamber Orchestra
      Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos, Capriccio brillant

      Ondine ODE-1400-2

      12:33 pm

      Joaquín Turina: "La oración del torero," Op. 34

      Brodsky Quartet
      In the South

      Chandos CHAN-10761

      12:43 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Don Carlos"

      Chorus, "Spuntato ecco il dì d'esultanza"

      Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Verdi: Choruses

      Decca 430226-2

      12:51 pm

      Alfonso Montes: "Surama"

      Amadeus Guitar Duo
      Images from the South

      Naxos 8.573442

      1:00 pm

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Suite pastorale"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Chabrier: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHSA-5122

      1:21 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Trio Sonata in F, Op. 2, No. 4

      Brook Street Band
      Handel: Trio Sonatas, Op. 2

      Avie AV-2282

      1:33 pm

      Jean Sibelius: "Cortège"

      Turku Phil Orch/Leif Segerstam
      Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast, Overture in E major, Scène de ballet, Cortège, Menuetto

      Naxos 8.573300

      1:41 pm

      Morten Lauridsen: "Les chansons des roses"

      "Dirait-on"

      Los Angeles Master Chorale/Paul Salamunovich; M Lauridsen, p
      Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna

      RCM 19705

      1:45 pm

      Morten Lauridsen: "Nocturnes"

      "Sure on This Shining Night"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Fabio Bidini, p
      Shining Night

      Avie AV-2455

      1:51 pm

      Peter Warlock: Serenade for Strings

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      Moeran: Serenade in G · Warlock: Serenade · Capriol Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8808

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt
      Schubert: Symphonies 8 and 9

      DG 4863045

      2:27 pm

      Darius Milhaud: "Scaramouche," Op. 165b

      Claire Aebersold & Ralph Neiweem, p
      Live from WFMT: Claire Aebersold & Ralph Neiweem (May 12, 2008)

      WFMT

      2:37 pm

      Ferdinand Hérold: "Zampa"

      Overture

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel
      Great Comedy Overtures

      Naxos 8.573418

      2:47 pm

      André Caplet: Two Divertissements

      Lavinia Meijer, h
      Lavinia Meijer plays Salzedo, Caplet & Ibert

      Channel Classics CCSSA-28908

      2:58 pm

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "Danza Paraguaya" No. 1

      David Russell, g
      Music of Barrios

      Telarc CD-80373

      3:00 pm

      Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

      Isaac Stern, v; New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Barber & Maxwell Davies: Violin Concertos

      Sony SMK-64506

      3:24 pm

      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

      3:34 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      J S Bach: Ouvertüren (Complete Orchestral Suites)

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902113.14 (2)

      3:57 pm

      Dave Brubeck: "Blue Rondo à la Turk"

      Rastrelli Cello Quartet
      Cello Effect

      Genuin 15364

      4:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, "Serenata notturna"

      Israel Phil Orch/Pinchas Zukerman, v
      The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra - 60th Anniversary Gala Concert

      RCA 68768-2 (2)

      4:14 pm

      Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22

      Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob, Rolf Koenen, p
      Clara & Robert Schumann: Romanzen

      Campanella Musica C-130014

      4:25 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

      Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
      The History of Classical Music in 24 Hours

      DG 4794648

      4:36 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried Idyll"

      Columbia Sym Orch/Bruno Walter
      Bruno Walter: The Edition, Wagner Orchestra Music

      Sony SM2K-64456 (2)

      4:55 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Fanfare for the Opening of Music Week in Vienna"

      Summit Brass
      A Summit Brass Night

      Summit DCD-500

      5:00 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: "Madama Butterfly"

      Suite

      National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman
      Puccini: Opera for Orchestra

      Pro Arte CDS-3671

      5:17 pm

      music continues...

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Johannes Brahms, Part II

      This is the second of two weeks exploring the music and life of the great German master. Brahms’s love of Hungarian Roma music and folksongs allowed him to create music that speaks to our inner souls. Scholars believe Brahms discarded more works than he published, so let us treasure the music we have from him.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

      Robert Schumann "Fantasiestücke," Op. 73; Ricardo Morales, clarinet; Orion Weiss, piano; Brahms Quintet in F minor, Op. 34; Anna Geniushene, piano; Adam Barnett-Hart, Brendan Speltz, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Brook Speltz, cello.

      11:00 pm