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      Playlist for Sunday, January 11, 2026

      Playing this hour

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Maid of Pskov"

      Overture

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.A.: Capriccio espagnol / Overtures (Seattle Symphony, Schwarz)

      Naxos 8.572788

      12:05 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Mlada" (1872)

      "Procession of the Nobles"

      Empire Brass
      Class Brass

      Telarc CD-80220

      12:09 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Russian Easter Overture," Op. 36

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Russian Sketches

      Telarc CD-80378

      12:24 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" (1899-1900)

      "Flight of the Bumblebee"

      Evelyn Glennie, per
      Rhythm Song

      RCA 60242-2-RC

      12:25 am

      Ethel Smyth: String Trio

      Hague String Trio
      Ethel Smyth

      Cobra 0083

      12:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen" BWV. 734

      Vikingur Olafsson, p
      Bach

      DG 4835022

      1:00 am

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      "Variations on a Shaker melody"

      Marcelo Bratke, Marcela Roggeri, p's
      The Open Prairie - Music for Two Pianos

      Etcetera KTC-1223

      1:05 am

      Arthur Foote: "Theme and Variations"

      Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
      American Romantics

      New Focus Recordings FCR-166-B

      1:16 am

      Russell Garcia: "Variations on a Five Note Theme"

      Los Angeles Horn Club

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63764-2

      1:28 am

      Douglas Lilburn: "Moths and Candles" (1950)

      Michael Houstoun, p
      Lilburn: Music for Solo Piano

      Rattle RAT-D040

      1:29 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8

      Analekta AN-2-9947

      1:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: German Dances, K. 536

      No. 3 in B-Flat

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Mozart: Deutsche Tänze

      Sony SK-46696

      2:00 am

      Irene Britton Smith: Fugue in g

      Hague String Trio
      Ethel Smyth

      Cobra 0083

      2:05 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

      No. 21 in B-Flat

      Olli Mustonen, p
      Bach, Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues

      RCA 61446-2 (2)

      2:09 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Five Pieces for two violins and piano

      No. 5, "Polka"

      Gidon Kremer & Madara Petersone, v's; Georgijs Osokins, p
      Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings and Rarities

      DG 4867190

      2:11 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in d, Op. 13

      Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
      Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1

      Chandos CHSA-5351

      2:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op 119

      #3, Intermezzo in C

      Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, p
      Brahms: The Late Piano Music

      Philips 411137-2

      3:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 15 in a minor, "Rakoczy March"

      Arcadi Volodos, p
      Arcadi Volodos- Live At Carnegie Hall

      Sony SK-60893

      3:05 am

      George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D, Op. 11, No. 2

      Vienna State Opera Orch/Vladimir Golschmann
      Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony/ Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsodies

      Vanguard OVC-5002

      3:17 am

      Mortimer WILSON: Suite, From My Youth, Op 5

      #7, :Tin Soldier Dress Parade"

      Rawlins Piano Trio
      American Romance

      Albany TROY-692

      3:18 am

      Ned Rorem: "Spring Music"

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Spring Music

      Philips 438866-2

      3:20 am

      Edward Joseph Collins: Piano Trio, Op 1, Geronimo

      Arnaud Sussmann, v, Julie Albers, vc, Anna Polonsky, p
      Music Of Edward Collins: Vol. VIII

      Albany TROY-1086

      3:55 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Le temple de la gloire"

      "Musette en rondeau"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Rameau: Orchestral Suites from Le Temple de la Gloire & Naïs

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907121

      4:00 am

      Florence Price: "A Hillside"

      Kirsten Johnson, p
      Florence Price

      Guild GM2CD-7828

      4:05 am

      Carl Loewe: Song, "Der Zauberlehrling," Op 20/2

      Christian Elsner, t; Cord Garben, p
      Loewe: Lieder & Balladen: Complete Edition

      CPO 777355-2 (21)

      4:08 am

      Paul Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

      Cincinnati Sym/Jesús López-Cobos
      Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Symphony In C, La Peri

      Telarc CD-80515

      4:19 am

      Paul Dukas: "La Péri"

      "Fanfare"

      Cincinnati Sym/Jesus López-Cobos
      Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Symphony In C, La Peri

      Telarc CD-80515

      4:21 am

      Florence Price: Symphony #4 in d

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

      DG 4865137

      4:55 am

      Florence Price: Preludes (1926-52)

      No. 3

      Kirsten Johnson, p
      Florence Price

      Guild GM2CD-7828

      5:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now Come, Saviour of the Heathens)" BWV 659

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach Arrangements * Angela Hewitt, Piano

      Hyperion CDA-67309

      5:05 am

      Arnold Schoenberg: "Verklärte Nacht," Op 4

      Nash Ensemble

      Virgin 91478-2

      5:34 am

      Moleiro: Fugue in c#

      Clara Rodriguez, p
      Moleiro: Piano Music

      ASV CDDCA-890

      5:36 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1053

      Angela Hewitt, p; Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti
      The Keyboard Concertos - 2

      Hyperion 67308

      5:55 am

      Wilhelm Friedemann WF Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für WF Bach"

      "Praeludium" in e

      Joseph Payne, o
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "O Sing unto the Lord." Host Peter DuBois shares a potpourri of sacred choral and organ music of praise, focusing primarily on music of the psalms, but listening to a variety of other hymns and anthems of praise from several centuries.

      6:58 am

      Dario Marianelli: "Pride and Prejudice"

      "The Secret Life of Daydreams"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p; English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch
      Pride & Prejudice (Music from the Motion Picture)

      Decca B0005620-02

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Abel Selaocoe: "Ibuyile I'Africa (Africa is Back)"

      Abel Selaocoe & Yo-Yo Ma, vc's; singers; ensemble
      Cherise Adams-Burnett, voice,
      Max Baillie, violin,
      Where is Home / Hae Ke Kae

      Warner 9029622433

      7:08 am

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

      II. "Air on the G string"

      Alessio Bax, p
      Bach Transcribed

      Signum SIGCD-156

      7:15 am

      Jennifer Higdon: Piano Trio (2003)

      "Pale Yellow"

      Lincoln Trio
      Notable Women

      Cedille CDR-90000126

      7:25 am

      Ernest Chausson: Symphony in B-Flat, Op. 20

      Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet
      Chausson: Symphony in B-Flat; Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Pénélope Prelude, Masques et bergamasques

      Decca 433715-2

      8:02 am

      Jennifer Curtis: "The Moon in the Sand"

      Ariana Kim, v; Jennifer Curtis, man
      Routes of Evanescence

      Ariana Kim Routes of Evanescence

      8:13 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "Iolanthe"

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      8:22 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "Enchantment"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      8:42 am

      Melissa Dunphy: "New Dreams"

      La Caccina
      Becoming

      La Caccina (Becoming)

      8:48 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "Vltava (The Moldau)"

      Czech State Phil/José Serebrier
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 9; Smetana: Vltava, etc.

      Conifer 51522-2

      9:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Impresario," K. 486

      Overture

      Columbia Sym Orch/Bruno Walter
      Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Overtures; Masonic Funeral Music

      CBS MYK-37774

      9:05 am

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Suite in D minor

      Ronn McFarlane, l
      A Distant Shore - Music of Bach, Weiss and Kellner

      Dorian DOR-90242

      9:22 am

      William Byrd: Prelude and Ground a 5

      Newberry Consort
      Candle In The Dark: Elizabethan Songs And Consort

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907140

      9:28 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: Two-Flute Concerto in G

      M Dufour, f; A Klein, ob; Czech National Sym Orch/P Freeman
      Wind Concertos by Cimarosa, Molique, and Moscheles

      Cedille CDR-90000080

      9:48 am

      Anonymous 18th-century German: Violin Sonata in C minor

      Gottfried von der Goltz, v; Annekatrin Beller, vc; Torsten Johann, hc
      Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Continuo

      Aparté AP-276

      10:01 am

      Leslie Adams: "Ecstasy of Love"

      Jordan Bak, vi; Lara Downes, p
      New Day Begun

      Rising Sun Music RS-012

      10:09 am

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne"

      Suite No. 2

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Bizet: L'Arlesienne, Carmen Suites

      DG 415106-2

      10:29 am

      Grigoras Dinicu: "Hora Staccato"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
      Heifetz Plays Gershwin and Encores

      RCA 60928-2

      10:32 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 72

      Nos. 1-3

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's
      Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 and 72

      Philips 426264-2

      10:48 am

      Paul Chihara: "Ellington Fantasy"

      Lark Quartet
      Take the A Train

      Bridge 9488

      11:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "La Mer"

      Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
      Debussy: La Mer, Orchestra Suite

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905369

      11:24 am

      Sebastián Yradier: "La Paloma"

      Pepe Romero, g
      La Paloma: Spanish and Latin-American Favorites

      Philips 432102-2

      11:28 am

      Augusta Read Thomas: "Plea for Peace" (2017)

      Jennie Oh Brown, af; string quartet
      Amanda Grimm, viola,
      Giantess

      Innova 043

      11:34 am

      Errollyn Wallen: "Peace on Earth"

      George Hill, treble; Choir of King's College Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury; Dónal McCann, o
      Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth

      King's College Cambridge KGS-0050

      11:38 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Dumbarton Oaks"

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood
      Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella

      Decca 425614-2

      11:54 am

      George Gershwin: "Three-Quarter Blues"

      Bill Perconti, sx; James March, p
      Duo 1 Point 5 - Perconti

      Crystal CD-653

      11:55 am

      Lerner & Loewe: "My Fair Lady"

      "On the Street Where You Live"

      Harry Watters, tb; Salt River Brass/Patrick Sheridan
      The Great American Songbook

      Soundset 1070

      11:59 am

      Robbie Ellis: "Forty-Five Seconds"

      Robbie Ellis, voice; Ensemble
      Metric System

      Robbie Ellis RE-002

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Johann Strauss Sr: "Radetzky" March, Op. 228

      Vienna Phil/Daniel Barenboim
      2022 New Year's Concert

      Sony 19439962512

      12:04 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 3 in D, BWV 1054

      Angela Hewitt, p; Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti
      Bach- The Keyboard Concertos Vol. 2

      Hyperion CDA-67308

      12:21 pm

      Ludovico Einaudi: "Sarabande"

      Angèle Dubeau, v; Valérie Milot, h
      Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

      Analekta AN2-8738

      12:26 pm

      Manuel de Falla: Four Spanish Pieces

      No. 1, "Aragonesa"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Piano Español

      Cedille CDR-90000075

      12:30 pm

      Ferdinand Hérold: "La Fille mal gardée"

      "Tambourine Dance" & "Harvesters"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Barry Wordsworth
      Hérold: La Fille Mal Gardée: Highlights From The Ballet

      EMI CDC7-49403-2

      12:39 pm

      Carlos Simon: "Lickety Split"

      Josh DeVries, vc; Joshua Marzan, p
      My Ancestor's Gift

      Navona NV-6155

      12:46 pm

      John Blackwood McEwen: Scottish Rhapsody, "Prince Charlie"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/Alexander Platt
      Scottish Rhapsodies

      Cedille CDR-90000083 (2)

      1:00 pm

      Alma Mahler: Song, "Die stille Stadt"

      Angelika Kirchschlager, ms; Helmut Deutsch, p
      Angelika Kirchschlager: Debut Recital Recording

      Sony SK-68344

      1:03 pm

      Alma Mahler: Song, "Ich wandle unter Blumen"

      Angelika Kirchschlager, ms; Helmut Deutsch, p
      Angelika Kirchschlager: Debut Recital Recording

      Sony SK-68344

      1:05 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in D, TWV 55:D2

      L'Orfeo Barockorchester/Carin van Heerden
      Telemann: VI Ouvertures à 4 ou 6 TWV 55 (1736)

      CPO 555519-2

      1:21 pm

      Herbert Howells: "Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing"

      Choir of Clare College Cambridge/Graham Ross
      Rolling River

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905362

      1:29 pm

      music continues...

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Schumann Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54; Chopin Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42; Kirill Gerstein, piano; AR Thomas "Brio;" Strauss "Ein Heldenleben," Op. 40; Karina Canellakis, conductor; Rossini "Overture to The Barber of Seville;" Georg Solti, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Great Orchestral Mexican Music: Julián Carrillo’s Symphony No. 2 Mexican composer and pioneer Julián Carillo is best known for his microtonal, experimental music. Aside from his musical laboratory, he was also an amazing post-romantic composer in the vein of Richard Strauss and others. Fiesta presents this other side, the romantic side of Julián Carrillo.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Carl Nielsen’s "Maskerade"

      A historic recording of Nielsen’s surprisingly comic opera, now considered to be Denmark’s national opera.