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      Playlist for Sunday, January 26, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: Violin Sonata in G, HWV 358

      The Brook Street Band
      Handel: Sonatas For Violin and Basso Continuo

      Avie AV-2387

      12:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6

      Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King, Welsh triple h

      RCA-DHM 77366-2

      12:19 am

      William Byrd: "Rowland"

      Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      His Majesty's Harper - Fancies & Farewells, Airs & Dances

      RCA-DHM 77504-2

      12:20 am

      Leonardo Vinci: Sonata in D

      Duo Arparimba
      Duo Arparimba: Music for Harp and Marimba

      Koch 3-1582-2

      12:29 am

      Max von Schillings: "Mona Lisa", Op 31

      Suite

      Westphalian Sym Orch/Siegfried Landau

      Vox CDX-5043 (2)

      12:54 am

      Anton Zemlinsky: Song, "Süsse, süsse Sommernacht"

      Hermine Haselböck, ms; Florian Henschel, p

      Bridge 9244

      1:00 am

      William Wallace: "Kate Kearny and Tow, Row, Row"

      Rosemary Tuck, p
      The Meeting of the Waters

      Cala CACD-88042

      1:05 am

      William Wallace: "Pelléas and Mélisande" Suite

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
      Wallace: Creation Symphony, Pelléas And Mélisande, Prelude To The Eumenides

      Hyperion CDA-66987

      1:20 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Song, Verlust

      Wolfang F Holzmair, br, Rosario Marciano, p
      Lieder By Women Composers From The Classical Period To Modern Times Vol. 1: From Maria Walpugis to Clara Schumann

      MHS 512350

      1:22 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 46

      "Pastorale"

      Tapiola Sinfonietta/Tuomas Ollila

      Ondine ODE-952-2

      1:23 am

      Gunnar de Frumerie: "Pastoral Suite," Op 13b

      Sarah Lindloff, f; Swedish Chamber Orch/Petter Sundkvist
      Swedish Orchestral Favourites

      Naxos 8.553715

      1:36 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Grieg: Holberg Suite Op. 40, Two Elegiac Melodies Op. 34/ Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings Op. 48

      DG 423060-2

      1:56 am

      Lou Harrison: "Seven Pastorales" (1952)

      For Remy Charlip II

      Brooklyn Phil/Dennis Russell Davies
      Glanville-Hicks, Lou Harrison, Riley: Works for Piano & Orchestra

      Musicmasters 67089-2

      2:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op 27

      #1 in c#

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Nocturnes

      DG 415117-2

      2:04 am

      Josef Lanner: "Die Romantiker", Op 167

      Vienna Phil/Daniel Barenboim
      New Year's Concert 2014

      Sony 88843015642

      2:11 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra

      John Williams, g; English Chamber Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      The Great Guitar Concertos

      CBS M2K-44791 (2)

      2:30 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Cirandinhas" (1925)

      #6

      Sonia Rubinsky, p
      VILLA-LOBOS, H.: Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Rubinsky) - A Prole do Bebe, No. 2 / Cirandinhas

      Naxos 8.554827

      2:32 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 7 in C, "Le Midi"

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Symphonies "Le Matin - Le Midi - Le Soir"

      Archive 423098-2

      2:54 am

      Mikalojus Ciurlionis: Prelude, VL 330

      Muza Rubackyte, p
      Ciurlionis: Piano Works Vol 2

      Naxos 8.572660

      3:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Alexander's Feast"

      Aria, "Happy, happy, happy pair"

      John Mark Ainsley, t; Handel and Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood
      Alexander's Feast / Ode For St. Cecilia's Day

      Arabesque Z-6762-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in C, "Alexander's Feast"

      La Stravaganza Cologne/Andrew Manze
      Classics Exposed- Handel, Telemann: Overtures and Suites

      Denon CO-79943

      3:17 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 3 in a minor, BWV 827

      Jean Louis Steuerman, p
      The 6 Partitas BWV 825-830

      Philips 416616-2 (2)

      3:29 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture (Suite) in C

      "Gigue"

      New Brandenburg Collegium
      O Baroque: Music For Three Oboes And Strings

      MCA Classics MCAD-6402

      3:31 am

      Heinrich von Biber: Passacaglia for solo violin

      Andrew Manze, v
      Biber: Violin Sonatas

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907134/5 (2)

      3:41 am

      Johann Georg Pisendel: Violin Concerto in d

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      Zelenka, Pisendel: Concerti, Et Al

      RCA 77339-2

      3:54 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Orchestral Suite in d

      "Gavotte"

      Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht

      Fuga Libera FUG-502

      4:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 62

      No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

      Paula Robison, f; Samuel Sanders, p
      Grieg & Andersen: Music for Flute and Piano

      Arabesque Z-6668

      4:05 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

      No. 5, "Erotik"

      Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti
      Grieg - Music for String Orchestra

      BIS SACD-1877

      4:08 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

      No. 6, "To Spring"

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; John Lenehan, p
      Cello Song

      Philips 434917-2

      4:11 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 47

      No. 3, "Mélodie"

      Walter Gieseking, p
      Lyric Pieces- Album 1

      EMI/Ang ZDMB5-66775-2 (2)

      4:15 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 68

      No. 5, "Cradle Song"

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      A Grieg Concert

      Melodiya MCD-150

      4:19 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 12

      No. 7, "Album Leaf"

      English Brass Ensemble
      Grieg: Lyric Brass

      ASV CDDCA-660

      4:20 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Capriccio italien," Op. 45

      Cincinnati Sym/Erich Kunzel
      1812, Capriccio Italien, Cossack Dance

      Telarc CD-80041

      4:36 am

      Luigi Boccherini: String Quartet in c, Op 41/1, G 214

      Europa Galante
      Boccherini: Trio * Quartet * Quintet * Sextet for Strings

      Virgin Classics 12149-2

      4:53 am

      Ernst Bacon: "Allegro"

      Bradley Colten, g
      Bacon: The Complete Works for Solo Guitar

      Azica ACD-71294

      5:00 am

      Miklos Rózsa: Music for the film "Quo Vadis" (1951)

      "Ave Caesar"

      City of Prague Phil, Crouch End Festival Cho/Kenneth Alwyn
      The Epic Film Music of Miklos Rozsa

      Silva SSD-1056

      5:04 am

      Miklos Rózsa: Sonata for Clarinet Solo

      Larry Combs, cl
      Larry Combs, Clarinet

      Crystal CD731

      5:20 am

      Miklos Rózsa: "El Cid"

      Overture

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Vintage Cinema

      Telarc CD-80708

      5:23 am

      Nino Rota: "The Leopard" film music (1963)

      "Galop"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Rota: "La Strada" - Ballet Suite, Concerto For Strings, Dances From "Il Gattopardo"

      Sony SK-66279

      5:25 am

      Nino Rota: "La Dolce Vita" film music

      Theme

      Mancini Pops Orch/Henry Mancini
      Cinema Italiano: Music of Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota

      RCA 60706-2

      5:28 am

      Nino Rota: Piano Concerto in C

      Giorgia Tomassi, p; La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56869-2

      5:54 am

      Nino Rota: "Le Moliere imaginaire" - Ballet Suite (1976/78)

      "Armande"

      Norrkoping Symphony Orch/Ole Kristian Ruud
      Rota - Symphony 3

      BIS CD-1070

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Birthday Month." Host Peter DuBois celebrates the January birthdays of a host of significant composers – including Poulenc, Duruflé, Mozart, Tavener, and Schubert.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Elinor Remick Warren: "God Be in My Heart"

      Thomas Hampson, br; Wolfgang Rieger, p
      Wondrous Free: Songs of America II

      Thomas Hampson Media THM-5432

      7:04 am

      Johnny Marr: "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"

      Orchestra of the Swan
      Timelapse

      Signum SIGCD-662

      7:10 am

      Robert L. Morris: "Lyric Suite" (2008)

      "Gospel Blues: What Shall I Do?"

      Louise Toppin, s; Dvorák Sym Orch/Julius Williams
      Heart on the Wall: African American Art Songs for Orchestra

      Albany TROY-1314

      7:17 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

      Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Brahms: The Symphonies

      BSO Classics 1701/03

      8:01 am

      Carlos Simon: "Memory of Summer"

      Carlos Simon, p
      Together

      Decca 4854768

      8:06 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Lark Ascending"

      Solomiya Ivakhiv, v; Ukraine National Sym Orch/Volodymyr Sirenko
      Poems & Rhapsodies

      Centaur CRC-3799

      8:23 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "This Little Light of Mine"

      Melissa Davis, s; Justin Bacchus, t; Nathaniel Dett Cho/Brainerd Blyden-Taylor
      An Indigo Christmas

      Marquis 81321

      8:28 am

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in E minor

      I. "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Chineke! Orch/Roderick Cox
      Chineke! Orchestra: Florence Price

      Decca 4853996

      8:47 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Hold On (Keep Your Hand on the Plow)"

      Florence Quivar, ms, Larry Woodard, p
      Ride On King Jesus

      EMI CDC7-49885-2

      8:52 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32

      "Venus, the Bringer of Peace"

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
      Holst: The Planets

      Telarc CD-80466

      9:01 am

      Hildegard of Bingen: Antiphon, "Hodie aperuit"

      Artemisia
      Sounds Like Us

      Artemisia (2018)

      9:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in G, H XVIII:9

      Derek Han, p; English Chamber Orch/Paul Freeman
      Haydn Piano Concertos, Vol. Two, Nos. 2, 5, 9 And 12

      Pro Arte 3541

      9:22 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Oboe Concerto in A minor, R. 536

      Neven Lesage & Gabriel Pidoux, ob's; Gli Incogniti/Amandine Beyer, v
      Vivaldi: Il Mondo al rovescio

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902688

      9:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Sinfonia Concertante" in E-Flat, K. 364

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Lipman, vi; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos, Sinfonia Concertante

      Avie AV-2317

      10:01 am

      Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat

      André Watts, p; New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Andre Watts

      Philips 456985-2 (2)

      10:20 am

      Ricardo Herz: "Sísifo na cidade grande"

      Sphinx Virtuosi
      Songs for Our Times

      DG 4865014

      10:29 am

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "Contemplación"

      Eliot Fisk, g
      Latin-American Guitar Music

      EMI CDC7-47760-2

      10:35 am

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

      XII. Benedictus

      Guy Johnston, vc; National Youth Choir of Great Britain; London Phil Orch/Karl Jenkins
      Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man

      Decca 4817826

      10:44 am

      Valerie Coleman: "Umoja, Anthem of Unity"

      New York Youth Sym/Michael Repper
      New York Youth Symphony: Florence Price, Valerie Coleman, Jessie Montgomery

      Avie AV-2503

      10:58 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Come By Here, Good Lord"

      Lawrence Brownlee, t; Damien Sneed, p
      Spiritual Sketches

      LeChateau Earl Records Spiritual Sketches

      11:01 am

      Alexis Ffrench: "Hope, Ascending"

      Alexis Ffrench, p; Studio Orch
      Truth

      Sony 19439966602

      11:05 am

      Catherine McMichael: "Asteria"

      II. "Virgo, Lover of Justice"

      Seraph Brass
      Asteria

      Summit DCD-709

      11:11 am

      Alma Bazel Androzzo: "If I Can Help Somebody"

      Terry Liverman, voice; Will Liverman, p
      Show Me The Way

      Cedille CDR-90000226

      11:17 am

      Randall Thompson: Symphony No. 2 in E minor

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Thompson: Symphony No. 2 / Chadwick: Overtures

      Chandos CHAN-9439

      11:44 am

      Girma Ifrashewa: "Elilta - Cry of Joy"

      Rebecca Omordia, p
      African Pianism, Vol. 2

      Somm SOMMCD-0688

      11:53 am

      Traditional African: "We Shall Overcome"

      Chad Lupoe, t; The Aeolians/Jason Max Ferdinand
      The Aeolians

      GIA ChoralWorks GIACD-1087

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      12:01 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      Overture

      La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
      Mozart Overtures

      DG 4779445

      12:08 pm

      Claude Debussy: Two Arabesques

      Zoltán Kocsis, p
      Debussy: Images, Two Arabesques, etc.

      Philips 422404-2

      12:15 pm

      Stéphane Wrembel: "Bistro Fada"

      Stéphane Wrembel & Stephen Kelly, g's
      WFMT: 70 Essential Years

      WFMT (70 Essential Years)

      12:19 pm

      Carl Nielsen: "Maskarade"

      Suite

      Swedish Radio Sym/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Masquerade

      CBS MK-44547

      12:36 pm

      Judd Greenstein: "Clearing, Dawn, Dance"

      yMusic
      Beautiful Mechanical

      New Amsterdam NWAM-032

      12:47 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)

      1:00 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Prairie Journal (Music for Radio)"

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Aaron Copland: Four Dances from Rodeo; The Red Pony (Suite); Prairie Journal; Letter from Home

      Naxos 8.559240

      1:13 pm

      François Couperin: "Pièces en concert"

      Jian Wang, vc; Camerata Salzburg
      The Baroque Album

      DG 474236-2

      1:26 pm

      Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23

      Derek Han, p; Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      Edward MacDowell: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Poème érotique

      Pro Arte CDS-3412

      1:54 pm

      Gerda Blok-Wilson: "O little rose, O dark rose"

      Gesualdo Six/Owain Park
      Fading

      Hyperion CDA-68285

      2:00 pm

      John Mackey: "This Cruel Moon"

      Dallas Winds/Jerry Junkin
      Asphalt Cocktail: Music of John Mackey

      Reference RR-144

      2:08 pm

      Johann Christian Bach: Quartet, Op 17/6

      I. Allegro

      San Francisco Saxophone Quartet
      San Francisco Saxophone Quartet - Tails Of The City

      EMI CDC7-54132-2

      2:15 pm

      Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia Concertante

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman, v
      JC Bach - Cello Concerto, Etc.

      CBS MK-39964

      2:32 pm

      Joby Talbot: "Ink Dark Moon"

      Miloš, g; BBC Sym Orch/Ben Gernon
      The Moon and the Forest

      Decca 4851597

      2:57 pm

      Richard Rodgers: "Blue Moon"

      Lara Downes, p
      A Billie Holiday Songbook

      Steinway & Sons 30026

      3:00 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "The Golden Spinning Wheel," Op. 109

      Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Dvořák: Complete Symphonic Poems

      Chandos CHAN-8798/9 (2)

      3:29 pm

      Nikolai Medtner: Two Fairy Tales, Op. 20

      Geoffrey Tozer, p
      Medtner: Piano Works, Vol. 7

      Chandos CHAN-9899

      3:37 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "Petrushka"

      IV. "The Shrovetide Fair (Evening)"

      Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
      Ballets Russes

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2905342.43 (2)

      3:52 pm

      Manuel Ponce: Theme, Variations and Finale

      Eduardo Fernández, g
      Latino Music Festival: Eduardo Fernández & Ivan Resendiz (November 8, 2018)

      WFMT

      4:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, K. 447

      English Chamber Orch/Barry Tuckwell, hn
      Mozart: Horn Concertos

      Decca 410284-2

      4:16 pm

      Augusta Holmès: "Trois petites pièces"

      Juliette Hurel, f; Hélène Couvert, p
      Compositrices: À l'aube du XXe siècle

      Alpha 573

      4:23 pm

      Stephen Sondheim: "Invitation to a March"

      Incidental Music

      Chamber Ensemble
      Unsung Sondheim

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-5433

      4:38 pm

      Bernadette Peters & Mandy Patinkin: "Move On" (Sondheim)

      Bernadette Peters & Mandy Patinkin
      Broadway's Showplace

      RCA Victor 60359-2-RCDJ

      4:43 pm

      Walter Piston: "The Incredible Flutist" Suite

      Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar
      Spirit of the American Range

      Pentatone PTC-5186481

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Paul Dukas: Symphony in C

      French National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Dukas: Symphony, La Péri, L'Apprenti Sorcier

      RCA 68802-2

      5:42 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Six épigraphes antiques"

      Katia Skanavi & Kirill Gerstein, p's
      Music in Time of War

      Myrios MYR-905

      6:00 pm

      Cecil Burleigh: "Nature's Voices," Op. 44

      No. 1, "Winding Stream"

      Zina Schiff, v; Mary Barranger, p
      Cecil Burleigh: Music for Violin and Piano

      Naxos 8.559061

      6:03 pm

      Virgil Thomson: "The River" Suite

      Sym of the Air/Leopold Stokowski
      Thomson: Suite from The River; Suite from The Plow that Broke the Plains

      Vanguard SVC-1

      6:29 pm

      Tobias Picker: "Old and Lost Rivers"

      Christoph Eschenbach, p
      Tobias Picker: The Encantadas, Old And Lost Rivers, Romances and Interludes

      Virgin 61519-2

      6:38 pm

      Ferde Grofé: "Hudson River Suite"

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

      Naxos 8.559017

      6:57 pm

      Pete Seeger: My Dirty Stream

      Pete Seeger
      God Bless the Grass

      Columbia CK 65287

      7:01 pm

      Ethel Smyth: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7

      Caitlin Edwards, v; Daniel Schlosberg, p
      Mere Mortals

      Navona NV-6563

      7:34 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114

      Ricardo Morales, cl; Sharon Robinson, vc; Joseph Kalichstein, p
      The Brahms Trios Vol 1 * KLR Trio

      Koch KICCD-7684 (2)

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Nielsen "Helios" Overture, Op. 17; Magnus Lindberg "Serenades;" Édouard Lalo "Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra," Op. 21; Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98; Hannu Lintu, conductor.

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Great Symphonic Music Mexico Elbio Barilari presents four outstanding orchestral works by contemporary and historical composers. We will hear the great Carlos Chávez Symphony No. 1 and José Pablo Moncayo’s miniature masterpiece Sinfonietta paired with recent works by Hebert Vázquez and Mauricio Zyman.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Music by Arno Babajanian

      Featuring the Armenian composer's Violin Concerto, Piano Trio, "Heroic Ballad," Cello Concerto, "Aria and Dance," and "Elegy."

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.