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      Playlist for Thursday, January 29, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Karol Szymanowski: "King Roger"

      Roxana's Song

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Jérôme Ducros, p
      Capriccio

      Virgin Classics 374087-2

      12:05 am

      Stanislaw Moniuszko: "Hrabina (The Countess)"

      Overture

      Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit
      Moniuszko Overtures

      Naxos 8.572716

      12:14 am

      Grazyna Bacewicz: "Oberek" No. 1

      Itamar Zorman, v; Ieva Jokubaviciute, p
      Dora Pejacevic

      First Hand Records FHR-119

      12:16 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kreisleriana," Op. 16

      Bruce Levingston, p
      Heart Shadow * Bruce Levingston, Piano

      Sono Luminus DSL-92137

      12:54 am

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: "The Comedians," Op 26

      "Galop"

      Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy
      Russian Sailor's Dance and Other Dazzling Dances

      Sony SFK-47282

      1:00 am

      Gareth Farr: "Wakatipu"

      Itamar Zorman, v
      Dora Pejacevic

      First Hand Records FHR-119

      1:05 am

      Douglas Lilburn: Tone Poem, "A Song of Islands" (1946)

      New Zealand Sym Orch/James Judd
      Lilburn Orchestral Works

      Naxos 8.557697

      1:21 am

      Joseph Achron: "Children's Suite," Op. 57

      No. 4, "Mamma, Tell a Fairy Tale"

      Itamar Zorman, v; Kwan Yi, p
      Dora Pejacevic

      First Hand Records FHR-119

      1:23 am

      Edward Elgar: "Dream Children," Op 43

      English Chamber Orch/Paul Goodwin
      Elgar, Nursery Suite, Serenade, Dream Children, and Other Works

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907258

      1:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g minor, K. 183

      CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi
      Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Symphonies Nos. 25 & 41

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5150

      1:54 am

      Joseph Achron: "Children's Suite," Op. 57

      No. 20, "Parade with Presents"

      Itamar Zorman, v; Kwan Yi, p
      Dora Pejacevic

      First Hand Records FHR-119

      2:00 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 1

      "Evocación"

      Julian Bream, John Williams, g's
      Together Again

      RCA 61452-2

      2:05 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 2

      "Rondeña"

      Cincinnati Sym/Jesus Lopez-Cobos
      Albéniz: Iberia - Complete

      Telarc 2CD-80470 (2)

      2:13 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 3

      "El Albaicín"

      Timo Korhonen, g, Tampere Phil/Tuomas Ollila
      Brouwer: Guitar Concerto No. 5 & Guitar Transcriptions

      Ondine ODE-979-2

      2:20 am

      Lennon-McCartney: "Got to Get You Into My Life"

      Timo Korhonen, g; Tampere Phil/Tuomas Ollila
      Brouwer: Guitar Concerto No. 5 & Guitar Transcriptions

      Ondine ODE-979-2

      2:22 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 4

      "Eritaña"

      Cincinnati Sym/Jesus Lopez-Cobos
      Albéniz: Iberia - Complete

      Telarc 2CD-80470 (2)

      2:27 am

      Ernst von Dohnányi: Piano Quintet #1 in c, Op 1

      Barry Snyder, p; Cleveland String Quartet
      Dohnanyi: Serenade For String Trio / Piano Quintet

      Pro Arte CDD-238

      2:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: Six Songs, Op. 7

      No. 5, "Die Trauernde"

      Juliane Banse, s; Helmut Deutsch, p
      Lieder - Complete Edition Vol. 1

      CPO 999441-2

      3:00 am

      Joseph Rheinberger: "Meditations", Op 167

      #5, "Preludio"

      Sabine Steinmetz, o
      Rheinberger: Meditations Op. 167, Sonatas for organ No7

      Motette CD-12251

      3:05 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Meditation," Op 32

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster

      EMI CDC5-55475-2

      3:09 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Souvenir d'un lieu cher," Op. 42

      #1, Méditation

      Isaac Stern, v; National Sym Orch/Mstislav Rostropovich
      Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Wieniawski, Bruch: Violin Concertos

      Sony SMK-66830

      3:18 am

      Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"

      "Méditation"

      Kennedy, v; English Chamber Orch
      Classic Kennedy

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56890-2

      3:25 am

      Milan Tesar: Czech Divertimento

      "Meditace (Meditation)"

      Milan Zelenka, g
      Baladické Příběhy

      Supraphon 111263-2

      3:27 am

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

      Jennifer Koh, v; Reiko Uchida, p.
      Schumann: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000095

      3:54 am

      Johannes Brahms: Seven Choral Songs, Op 62

      #4, "Dein Herzlein mild"

      Bremen Camerata Vocale/Willi Kopf-Endres
      Choral Songs Of The Romantic Era

      Nonesuch H-71081

      4:00 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      "Sunrise"

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite & Mississippi Suites

      CBS MYK-37759

      4:05 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

      Overture

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      World Encores

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56576-2

      4:09 am

      Leonard Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata

      Jon Manasse, cl; Jon Nakamatsu, p
      American Music for Clarinet & Piano

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907508

      4:20 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "The Lark"

      "Spring Song"

      Seattle Pro Musica/Karen Thomas
      American Masterpieces * Seattle Pro Musica

      Seattle Pro Musica CD-9806

      4:22 am

      Aaron Copland: Clarinet Concerto

      Stanley Drucker, cl; New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Copland: El Salon Mexico, Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, Music for the Theatre, Connotations for Orchestra

      DG 431672-2

      4:39 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat, H VIIe:1

      Helmut Wobisch, tr; I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro
      Historical Anthology: The Virtuoso Trumpet, Vol. II

      Vanguard OVC-2535

      4:53 am

      Giuseppe Torelli: Trumpet Concerto in D

      1st mvt, Allegro

      Helmut Wobisch, tr; I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro

      Turnabout OVC-2008

      5:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il turco in Italia"

      Aria, "Intesi! Ah tutto intesi!"

      Ernesto Palacio, t; National Phil/Riccardo Chailly
      Favorite Rossini: Arias Sung By Favourite Artists

      Sony SMK-48399

      5:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Tancredi"

      Overture

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Thomas Schippers
      Rossini: Favorite Overtures

      MMG MCD-10045

      5:12 am

      Adrien François Servais: Caprice on Themes from Rossini's "Le Comte Ory"

      Smithsonian Chamber Players

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49009-2

      5:21 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Le Comte Ory"

      Chorus, "Ah!, la bonne folie!"

      Glyndebourne Festival Cho, Orch/Vittorio Gui
      Le Comte Ory

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64180-2 (2)

      5:23 am

      Piotr Drozdzewski: "Two Caprices"

      Kinga Augustyn, v
      Violin Recital: Augustyn, Kinga - ZARZYCKI, A. / NOSKOWSKI, Z. / LIPINSKI / DROZDZEWSKI / GORECKI

      Naxos 9.70192

      5:30 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43

      Howard Shelley, p; Scottish National Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos 1- 4

      Chandos CHAN-8882/3 (2)

      5:54 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Fourteen Songs, Op. 34

      No. 10, "The Morn of Life"

      Elisabeth Söderström, s; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Rachmaninov Songs

      London OS-26428

      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

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto andaluz"

      I. "Tiempo de Bolero"

      Amadeus Guitar Duo, Eden Stell Duo, International Phil Orch/Horst-Hans Bäcker
      Spanish Night

      Naxos 8.573441

      6:13 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Bolero"

      (abridged)

      Miloš, g; English Chamber Orch/Paul Watkins
      Canción

      DG B0019383-02

      6:16 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: Bolero, Op. 16, No. 2

      Nazrin Rashidova, v; Daniel Grimwood, p
      Moritz Moszkowski: Works for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.573410

      6:25 am

      Jorge Aragón: "Un Bolero para Sarah"

      Sarah Willis, hn; Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón
      Mozart y Mambo

      Alpha 878

      6:32 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Boléro," Op. 19

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      The Complete Chopin Piano Works, Vol. 8

      Arabesque Z-6686

      6:40 am

      Joseph Turrin: "Fandango"

      Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Zenas Kim-Banther, tb; Milana Strezeva, p
      Radiance

      Summit DCD-655

      6:48 am

      Antonio Soler: "Fandango"

      L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar
      Los Pájaros Perdidos * The South American Project

      Virgin 0709502-3

      6:57 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto madrigal"

      VII. "Fandango"

      Amadeus Guitar Duo; International Phil Orch/Horst-Hans Bäcker
      Spanish Night

      Naxos 8.573441

      7:04 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty," Op. 66

      "Bluebird" pas de deux

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fée & Tchaikovsky: 'Bluebird' Pas de deux

      Chandos CHAN-8360

      7:10 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Ebony Concerto"

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Woody Herman's Thundering Herd
      The Essential Clarinet

      RCA 61360-2

      7:21 am

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

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro"

      Benny Goodman, cl; Boston Sym Orch/Charles Munch
      Mozart: Clarinet Concerto / Clarinet Quintet / Benny Goodman

      RCA RCD1-5275

      7:33 am

      Frederick Delius: "Summer Night on the River"

      Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Frederick Delius: Miniatures

      EMI CDM5-65067-2

      7:40 am

      Eric Coates: "Summer Days Suite"

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

      Avie AV-2070

      7:53 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Trois pièces brèves"

      Prague Wind Quintet
      Modern French Music for Wind Instruments

      Supraphon 110372-2

      8:03 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Hamburg" Symphony No. 3 in C, Wq 182/3

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      CPE Bach Symphonies From Berlin to Hamburg

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902317

      8:13 am

      Jean-Marie Leclair: Two-Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 3, No. 5

      Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, v's
      Duets for Two Violins

      Warner Classics 2564613015

      8:24 am

      Malcolm Arnold: "Solitaire"

      Sarabande and Polka

      Philharmonia Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Arnold: Dances

      Chandos CHAN-8867

      8:31 am

      Albertus Groneman: Flute Concerto in G

      Jed Wentz, f; Musica Ad Rhenum
      Baroque Concerti of the Netherlands

      NM Classics 92037

      8:40 am

      Leo Brouwer: "Tríptico"

      Brasil Guitar Duo
      Leo Brouwer: Music for Two Guitars

      Naxos 8.573336

      8:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049

      III. Finale, "Presto"

      Alan Choo, v; D Mor & K Stewart, r's; Apollo's Fire/J Sorrell
      Bach's Coffeehouse

      Avie AV-2520

      9:04 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Masquerade" Suite

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, Masquerade Suite, Gayaneh

      Chandos CHAN-8542

      9:22 am

      Alec Templeton: "Skye Variations"

      Janice Weber, p
      Seascapes - Janice Weber

      Sono Luminus DSL-92188

      9:32 am

      Philip Lane: Suite of Cotswold Folkdances (1978)

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries 2

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      9:46 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10"

      Chicago Sym Orch Brass
      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live

      CSO Resound 9011101

      9:50 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon septimi toni à 8" #2

      Chicago Sym Orch Brass
      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live

      CSO Resound 9011101

      9:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Così fan tutte," K. 588

      Overture

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Mozart: Così fan tutte / Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin

      DG 4790641

      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

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne"

      Suite No. 2

      Toronto Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite

      CBS MDK-45649

      10:18 am

      Sérgio Assad: "Preludio Fuga e Vivace"

      Plínio Fernandes, g
      Bacheando

      Decca 4859359

      10:27 am

      Franz Lachner: Nonet in F for winds & strings

      IV. Finale, "Allegro ma non troppo"

      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

      10:36 am

      Edward Elgar: "Froissart" Overture, Op. 19

      Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
      Elgar: Overtures

      Chandos CHAN-8309

      10:51 am

      Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 4, "Mazeppa"

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Liszt

      DG 4795529 (2)

      11:01 am

      Ailbhe McDonagh: "The Irish Four Seasons"

      IV. "Geimhreadh (Winter)"

      Lynda O'Connor, v; Anamus/David Brophy
      The Irish Seasons

      Avie AV-2688

      11:07 am

      Claude Debussy: "Jeux (Poème dansé)"

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Debussy: Images, Jeux, Musique pour Le Roi Lear

      EMI CDR5-72095-2

      11:28 am

      Scott Joplin: "The Entertainer"

      Alexander Peskanov, p
      Joplin: Piano Rags / Peskanov

      Naxos 8.559114

      11:33 am

      Scott Joplin: "Treemonisha"

      "We're Goin' Around"

      Robert Mack, t; Paragon Ragtime Orch and Singers/Rick Benjamin
      Scott Joplin: Treemonisha

      New World 80720-2 (2)

      11:36 am

      Michael Haydn: Symphony in F, MH 25

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Michael Haydn, Joseph Haydn: 2 Flute Concertos; Symphony In F; Symphony No. 22

      Nimbus NI-5392

      11:50 am

      Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor, "Song of the Night"

      III. Scherzo: "Schattenhaft"

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Symphony No. 7

      DG 471623-2

      12:00 pm

      August Klughardt: Wind Quintet. Op. 79

      IV. Finale

      Quintet Attacca
      Live from WFMT: Quintet Attacca (November 14, 2005)

      WFMT

      12:07 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin en concerts": Quatrième concert

      Les Accents/Thibault Noally
      Rameau: Concerts en Sextuor

      Aparté AP-254

      12:18 pm

      Zoltán Kodály: "Háry János" Suite, Op. 35a

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Solti: Bartok

      Decca 443444-2

      12:43 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

      American Masters, Part VI

      This week, we explore 20th-century American music under the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. Alongside celebrated figures such as Copland, Gershwin, and Schoenberg, we will weave in beautiful and intriguing music from Peter Menin, Augustus Hailstork, Joan Tower, Charlie Parker, and yes, Fats Domino. We conclude with an elegiac symphonic work by George Walker, the first African American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Brahms "A German Requiem;" Ying Fang, soprano; Matthias Goerne, baritone; Concert Chorale of NY; Jaap van Zweden, conductor.