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      Playlist for Sunday, January 12, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin," Op. 24

      Polonaise

      St Petersburg Kirov Orch
      Moussorgsky Tchaikovsky: A Russian Spectacular

      Philips 442775-2

      12:04 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty"

      Polonaise

      Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      The Sleeping Beauty

      DG 457634-2 (2)

      12:09 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata #2 in g-sharp, Op 19, "Sonata-Fantasy"

      Lev Oborin, p
      Russian Piano School, Vol. 13

      Mel/BMG 33211-2

      12:20 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Romance

      Meir Rimon, fh; Israel Phil/David Amos
      Dances, Moods, And Romances

      Crystal CD-513

      12:22 am

      Sergei Taneyev: Symphony #2 in B-Flat

      USSR Radio/TV Large Sym Orch/Vladimir Fedoseyev
      Taneyev: Symphony No. 2 & 4

      Russian Disc RDCD-11008

      12:53 am

      Hans Gerle: En l'ombre d'ung buysonnet

      Jacob Heringman, l
      Sixteenth Century Lute Settings Of Josquin des Prez

      Discipline Global Mobile DGM-0006

      1:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Catone in Utica"

      Aria, "Come in vano il mare irato"

      Vivica Genaux, ms; Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
      Pyrotechnics: Vivaldi Opera Arias

      Virgin 6945730-2

      1:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in F, R 284 (Op 4/9)

      Monica Huggett, v; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Vivaldi

      L'Oiseau Lyre 417502-2 (2)

      1:12 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 4 in G, H VIIa:4

      Dmitri Sitkovetsky, v; Prague Chamber Phil
      Sitkovetsky, Davidovich And Hudecek Play Haydn

      Supraphon SU-3265-2031

      1:30 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Song, "Jagdlied" (Hunting Song), Op 154/3

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Dmitri Sitkovetsky, v; Hartmut Höll, p
      Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

      Orfeo C-103841-A

      1:32 am

      Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

      Joseph Silverstein, v; Utah Sym Orch/Charles Ketcham

      Pro Arte CDD-241

      1:54 am

      Samuel Barber: Song, "Strings in the earth and air"

      Cheryl Studer, s; John Browning, p
      Complete Songs Of Samuel Barber (Secrets Of The Old)

      DG 435867-2 (2)

      2:00 am

      Henry Purcell: "Chacony" in g

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Pachelbel • Canon & Gigue / Handel • The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba

      DG Archiv 415518-2

      2:05 am

      Arnold Bax: "Northern Ballad" #3

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Cello Concerto

      Chandos CHAN-8494

      2:13 am

      Horatio Parker: "A Northern Ballad," Op 46

      Royal Phil/Karl Krueger
      American Tone Poems

      Bridge 9190

      2:28 am

      Huss: "Three Bagatelles"

      #2, "Albumblatt"

      Brian Kovach, p
      Huss: Piano Music

      Albany TROY-287

      2:29 am

      Claude Debussy: String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10

      Cleveland String Quartet
      Debussy: Quartet In G • Ravel: Quartet In F

      Telarc CD-80111

      2:54 am

      French ANON 14th c: Branle de Tricot

      Les Menestriers Picards
      Josquin Des Près / Robin & Marion

      Calliope CAL-9512

      3:00 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise de concert (Polonaise brillante" #1 in D), Op 4

      Leila Josefowicz, v; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Bohemian Rhapsodies

      Philips 454440-2

      3:05 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise brillante" #2 in A, Op 21

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p
      Itzhak Perlman: Encores

      Angel SZ-37560

      3:14 am

      Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: "The Sorrowful Tale", Op 13

      Silesia Phil/Jerzy Salwarowski
      Intégrale Des Poèmes Symphoniques

      Chant du Monde LDC-278966/67 (2)

      3:25 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polish Songs, Op. 74

      No. 11, "Double Destiny"

      Ewa Podles, c; Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Chopin: The Complete Piano Works, Vol. 12 - Songs

      Arabesque Z-6746

      3:26 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 42 in D

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati

      London 4781221 (33)

      3:55 am

      Heinrich Isaac: "J'ay pris amours"

      Ciaramella

      Yarlung Records 05785

      4:00 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Carousel"

      Song, "You'll Never Walk Alone"

      Renée Fleming, s; St Luke's Orchestra/Patrick Summers
      By Request

      London B0001024-02

      4:04 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Carousel"

      Waltz

      London Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell
      Carousel Waltz And Other Orchestral Dance Favorites

      Mercury SR-90440

      4:11 am

      Richard Rodgers: "The Sound of Music"

      "My Favorite Things"

      Stephen Hough, p
      The Piano Album 1 * Stephen Hough

      Virgin Classics 59509-2

      4:14 am

      Richard Rodgers: "The King and I"

      "March of the Siamese Children"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Marches In Hi-Fi

      MHS 514551-F

      4:17 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Slaughter on 10th Avenue" Ballet

      Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler
      An American Salute

      RCA 6806-2-RG

      4:26 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Geheimes," D 719

      Arleen Augér, s; Lambert Orkis, fortepiano
      Schubert * Lieder * Winterreise

      Virgin 61457-2

      4:28 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, D. 485

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69750-2

      4:53 am

      Alexandre Tansman: "Le petit nègre"

      Douglas Niedt, g
      Classic Guitar - After Hours

      Antigua S-3000

      5:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Wesendonk-Lieder"

      #1, "Der Engel"

      Stephanie Blythe, ms; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/John Nelson
      Stephanie Blythe: Brahms, Wagner, Mahler

      Virgin 45702-2

      5:03 am

      Richard Wagner: "Wesendonck Lieder"

      #4, "Schmerzen"

      Stephanie Blythe, ms; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/John Nelson
      Stephanie Blythe: Brahms, Wagner, Mahler

      Virgin 45702-2

      5:05 am

      Richard Wagner: "Wesendonck Lieder"

      #5, "Träume"

      Hugh Bean, v; Philharmonia Orch/Paul Kletzki
      Great Conductors Of The 20th Century: Paul Kletzki

      EMI/Ang 75468-2 (2)

      5:10 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Walküre"

      "Ride of the Valkyries"

      Cambridge Buskers
      The Cambridge Buskers' Compact Classics

      DG 423400-2

      5:11 am

      Paul Kletzki: Symphony No. 2 in g, Op 18 (1928)

      Bern Sym Orch/Dmitri Kitaenko

      Musica Helvetica MHCD-99.2

      5:54 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le Grand Divertissement Royal de Versailles

      "Prélude des Trompettes"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      L’ORCHESTRE DU ROI SOLEIL

      Alia Vox AV-9842

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "What’s New?" Host Peter DuBois shares new and old favorites in recent recordings of sacred choral and organ music.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Karl Jenkins: "The Golden Age Begins Anew"

      World Cho & Orch for Peace/Karl Jenkins
      One World

      Decca 4839748

      7:07 am

      William Grant Still: "Bells" (1944)

      Denver Oldham, p
      Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still

      Koch 3-7084-2

      7:17 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, "London"

      Rochester Phil Orch/Christopher Seaman
      Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 & Serenade to Music

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807567

      8:01 am

      Gerardo Guevara: "Diálogos"

      Daniel Velasco, f; Ellen Sommer, p
      Flauta Andina

      Naxos 8.579125

      8:10 am

      Charlotte Sohy: "Danse mystique," Op. 19

      Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
      Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems

      Bru Zane BZ-2007

      8:23 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Suite española", Op. 47

      No. 1, "Granada (Serenade)"

      Julian Bream, g
      Julian Bream: The Ultimate Guitar Collection

      RCA 33705-2 (2)

      8:30 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

      III. Finale, "Lento assai - Allegro vivace"

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1, Symphonic Dances

      DG 4839839

      8:44 am

      Manuel Ponce: Mazurka No. 23 in a minor

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Mexican Piano Music by Manuel M. Ponce

      Cedille CDR-90000086

      8:48 am

      Ricardo Castro: "Vals caressante"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Salón Mexicano

      Cedille CDR-90000132

      8:51 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Gloriana," Op. 53

      Courtly Dances

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Uri Segal
      Britten: Gloriana: Symphonic Suite; The Prince Of The Pagodas: Prelude And Dances

      EMI CDM7-69422-2

      9:01 am

      Manuel De Zumaya: "Como aunque culpa"

      Reginald Mobley, ct; Agave
      American Originals: A New World, A New Canon

      Acis APL-20445

      9:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Alcina"

      "Mi restano le lagrime"

      Jeanine De Bique, s; Concerto Köln/Luca Quintavalle
      Mirrors

      Berlin Classics 0302017-BC

      9:13 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: Two-Flute Concerto in G

      Mathieu Dufour, f; Alex Klein, ob; Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Wind Concertos by Cimarosa, Molique, and Moscheles

      Cedille CDR-90000080

      9:32 am

      Hélène de Montgeroult: "Cours complet pour l’enseignement du forte-piano"

      Etude No. 53 in E minor

      Clare Hammond, p
      Hélène de Montgeroult: Etudes

      BIS 2603

      9:36 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano and Wind Quintet in E-flat, K. 452

      Schellenberger, ob; Combs, cl; Clevenger, hn; Damiano, bn; Barenboim, p
      Daniele Damiano, bassoon,
      Beethoven, Mozart: Quintets

      Erato 96359-2

      10:00 am

      Alexis Ffrench: "Hope, Ascending"

      Alexis Ffrench, p; Studio Orch
      Truth

      Sony 19439966602

      10:04 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 5

      No. 2, Serenade

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Volume 1

      Azica ACD-71336

      10:09 am

      Florence Price: "Song Without Words (Pleading)"

      Kirsten Johnson, p
      Florence Price: Piano Music

      Guild GM2CD-7828

      10:12 am

      Dana Suesse: "Song Without Words"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      10:15 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Tarentelle" in A minor, Op. 6

      Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
      Winged Creatures

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      10:22 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Oh, What a Beautiful City"

      Barbara Hendricks, s, Dmitri Alexeev, p
      Spirituals

      EMI CDC7-47026-2

      10:24 am

      Franz Liszt: Song, "Oh! quand je dors"

      Barbara Hendricks, s; Staffan Scheja, p
      Recital - Homage to Jennie Tourel

      EMI CDC5-56457-2

      10:30 am

      Francis Poulenc: Sinfonietta (1947)

      San Diego Chamber Orch/Donald Barra
      Jacques Ibert: Divertissement, Concertino; Francis Poulenc: Sinfonietta

      Koch 3-7094-2

      11:00 am

      Irene Britton Smith: Violin Sonata (1947)

      Dawn Wohn, v; Emely Phelps, p
      Unbounded: Music by American Women

      Delos DE-3599

      11:16 am

      Julia Perry: Prelude (1946)

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes 2: Piano Music by Women of African Descent

      MSR Classics MS-1744

      11:19 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No. 1

      Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call

      Naxos 8.559722

      11:41 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Hard Trials"

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

      Navona NV-6650

      11:42 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "I Don't Feel No Ways Tired"

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

      Navona NV-6650

      11:46 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "The Chariot Jubilee"

      Roderick George, t; The Aeolians Cho & Orch/Jason Max Ferdinand
      The Aeolians

      GIA ChoralWorks GIACD-1087

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:01 pm

      Raimundo Penaforte: "An Eroica Trio"

      NZTrio
      Sway

      Rattle RAT-D064

      12:24 pm

      Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes

      "Fêtes"

      Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Debussy: Nocturnes • La Damoiselle Élue / Dawn Upshaw, Paula Rasmussen/Esa-Pekka Salonen

      Sony SK-58952

      12:31 pm

      Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 (1923-27)

      Joshua Bell, v; Jeremy Denk, p
      French Impressions

      Sony 82026-2

      12:50 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55, "Eroica"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro molto"

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

      DG 469000-2 (5)

      1:00 pm

      Cecil Burleigh: "Four Rocky Mountain Sketches," Op. 11

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      1:12 pm

      Cécile Chaminade: "Callirhoé," Op. 37

      "Scarf Dance"

      Metz Grand Est National Orch/David Reiland
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      1:16 pm

      Coldplay: "Viva la Vida"

      Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
      When Words Fade

      Steinway & Sons 30006

      1:22 pm

      Patrick Doyle: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"

      "Quidditch World Cup/The Foreigners Arrive; Neville's Waltz; Harry in Winter; The Golden Egg"

      City of Prague Phil Orch/James Fitzpatrick
      The Essential Harry Potter Film Music Collection

      Silva SILCD-1251

      1:37 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066

      Brazilian Guitar Quartet
      Bach: The Orchestral Suites

      Delos DE-3254

      2:00 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Fantaisie," Op. 79

      Demarre McGill, f; Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Fauré: Masques et bergamasques & Pelléas et Mélisande

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004

      2:06 pm

      Traditional Scottish: "Skye Boat Song"

      King's Singers; Manuel Barrueco, g
      Folk Songs Of The British Isles

      EMI CDC7-54904-2

      2:10 pm

      Cecil Coles: "From the Scottish Highlands"

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
      Coles: Music from Behind the Lines

      Hyperion CDA-67293

      2:24 pm

      Michael Haydn: Symphony No. 25 in G, P 16

      with Mozart's introduction, K. 444

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      2:38 pm

      Michael Torke: "Javelin"

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
      Torke: Color Music

      Argo 452101-2

      2:48 pm

      Christopher Tin: "The Drop That Contained the Sea"

      "We Overcome the Wind (Waloyo Yamoni)"

      Soloists; Choirs; Royal Phil Orch/Christopher Tin
      Shoji Kameda, percussion,
      The Drop That Contained the Sea

      Decca 3505316

      3:02 pm

      Fernando Sor: Guitar Sonata in D, Op 14, "Gran Solo"

      Alexander-Sergei Ramírez, g
      Compositions for Guitar by Fernando Sor

      Denon CO-78975

      3:13 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody in D, Op. 45, No. 1

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Op. 46

      Philips 416623-2

      3:26 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Nonet in E-Flat, Op. 38

      Minerva Chamber Ensemble
      Farrenc: Nonetto, Op 38; Brahms: Serenade, Op 11

      Centaur CRC-3092

      4:00 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Age of Gold," Op. 22

      Suite, Op. 22a

      Chicago Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Stokowski stereo collection

      RCA 62516-2

      4:20 pm

      Johann Christian Bach: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 6, No. 5

      Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead
      JC Bach: Symphonies, Op. 6

      CPO 999298-2

      4:30 pm

      Gwyneth Walker: Fantasy Etudes

      Blue Violet Duo
      Strike, Strum and Stride

      Centaur CRC-3978

      4:42 pm

      Edward MacDowell: "Fireside Tales," Op. 61

      James Barbagallo, p
      MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223631

      4:55 pm

      Dani Howard: Trombone Concerto

      III. "Illumination"

      Peter Moore, tb; Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Michael Seal
      Dani Howard Orchestral Works

      Rubicon RCD-1125

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127

      Quartetto Italiano
      Beethoven: The Late String Quartets * Quartetto Italiano

      Philips 4758685 (3)

      5:40 pm

      Adalbert Gyrowetz: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 6, No. 2, "Great"

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Gyrowetz: Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9791

      6:00 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 107

      Truls Mørk, vc; Oslo Phil/Vasily Petrenko
      Shostakovich: Cello Concertos

      Ondine ODE-1218-2

      6:31 pm

      Josef Rheinberger: Horn Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 178

      Felix Klieser, hn; Christof Keymer, p
      Reveries: Romantic music for horn and piano

      Berlin Classics 0300530-BC

      6:53 pm

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "The Blue Bird"

      Prelude ("The Christmas Dream")

      Bamberg Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
      Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

      Virgin 61128-2

      7:01 pm

      Ernest Chausson: "Poème de l'amour et de la mer," Op. 19

      Jessye Norman, s; Monte Carlo Phil/Armin Jordan
      Jesse Norman - Recital - Chausson Songs

      Erato 14073-2

      7:31 pm

      César Franck: Violin Sonata in A

      Vadim Repin, v; Nikolai Lugansky, p
      Franck, Grieg, Janáček: Violin Sonatas

      DG 4778794

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Wagner Overture to "Tannhäuser;" Montgomery "Transfigure to Grace;" Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27; Coleridge-Taylor "Solemn Prelude;" Riccardo Muti conductor.

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Intimate Sounds Fiesta offers a series of glamorous and intimate combinations of instruments that are not often presented together: oboe and guitar, clarinet and guitar, viola and guitar, as well as some ensembles integrating all of the above. Works by Isaac Albéniz, Egberto Gismonti, and Astor Piazzolla will be featured.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Live

      The Italian pianist, considered one of the greatest of the 20th century performs Robert Schumann's "Faschingsschwank aus Vien" and Ravel's Concerto in G.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.