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      Playlist for Monday, February 17, 2025

      12:00 am

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Gaspare Spontini’s "La Vestale"

      Cristophe Rousset leads Les Talens Lyriques in a definitve recording featuring soprano Marina Rebeka, tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac, and baritone Tassis Christoyannis.

      12:00 am

      Continues from 11:00pm Sunday.

      1:00 - 6:00 am

      1:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "La fedeltà premiata"

      Aria, "Deh soccorri un'infelice"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Opera Arias (Mozart • Haydn • Gluck)

      DG Archiv 449206-2

      1:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras
      The Four Symphonies

      Telarc CD-80450 (3)

      1:22 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: "Il Mondo della Luna"

      Overture

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Haydn: 7 "London" Symphonies * Chamber Orchestra of Europe * Claudio Abbado

      DG 4778117 (4)

      1:26 am

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary: "Post-scriptum on Haydn"

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr
      Trumpet Concertos

      Warner 9029633426

      1:27 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintet in E-Flat, Op 16

      André Previn, p; Vienna Wind Soloists
      Piano & Wind Quintets In Eb

      Telarc CD-80114

      1:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Ruins of Athens," Op. 113

      "Turkish March"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; André Benoist, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 1: The Acoustic Recordings 1917 - 1924

      RCA 61732-2 (3)

      2:00 am

      Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches, Op. 39

      No. 1 in D

      London Sym Orch/Barry Tuckwell
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Marches

      MCA Classics MCAD-25869

      2:05 am

      Luigi Cherubini: Horn Sonata #2 in F

      Barry Tuckwell, fh; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner

      EMI/Ang CDFP5-65395-2 (2)

      2:12 am

      Jeurissen: Lustige Streiche (1986)

      Detmolder Horn Quartet
      Hornquartette (Horn Quartets/ Quatuors pour cors)

      MD+G Recordings L-3324

      2:15 am

      Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur

      Philips 426262-2

      2:30 am

      Richard Strauss: "Also sprach Zarathustra," Op. 30

      Introduction: "Sunrise"

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Also Sprach Zarathustra

      DG 447441-2

      2:32 am

      Roberto Sierra: "Tropicalia"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal

      Koss Classics KC-1021

      2:55 am

      Johann Christoph Pezel: Brass Suite

      Gigue

      Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
      The Glorious Sound of Brass - Renaissance and Baroque Masterpieces

      Sony SBK-63061

      3:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Act II, Pas de Deux

      Esther Yoo, v; Philharmonia Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy

      DG 481 5032

      3:05 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Jeu de cartes"

      Rotterdam Phil/James Conlon
      Stravinksy: Symphonie En 3 Mouvements, Jeu De Cartes

      Erato ECD-88249

      3:28 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Act IV, Entr'acte

      St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

      RCA 7804-2-RC (2)

      3:29 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet #12 in c, D 703, "Quartettsatz"

      New Hungarian String Quartet

      Vox CDX-5022 (2)

      3:39 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 75

      Jerome Lowenthal, p; London Sym Orch/Sergiu Comissiona
      Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 And 3

      Bridge 9301-A/B (2)

      3:54 am

      Christian Sinding: "Capriccio"

      Jerome Lowenthal, p
      Christian Sinding * Music for Piano

      Bridge 9306

      4:00 am

      Franz Schubert: "Drei Klavierstücke" (Impromptus), D 946

      No. 3 in C

      Mitsuko Uchida, p
      Piano Concerto, Klavierstucke Op. 11 and Op. 19, Sonata Op. 1, Variations Op. 27

      Philips 456572-2

      4:05 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Symphony #2 in d, Op 49

      Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter
      SPOHR : Symphonies Nos. 2 and 9 ' The Seasons '

      Marco Polo 8.223454

      4:36 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "Their sound is gone out"

      Choir of King's College Cambridge; Bandenburg Consort/Stephen Cleobury
      Messiah

      Argo 440672-2 (2)

      4:38 am

      George Frideric Handel: Violin Sonata in A, HWV 372

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

      Avie AV-2387

      4:45 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "Lift up your heads, O ye gates"

      Choir of King's College Cambridge; Bandenburg Consort/Stephen Cleobury
      Messiah

      Argo 440672-2 (2)

      4:49 am

      Felix Alexandre Guilmant: "March on a Theme by Handel", Op 15/2

      Carlo Curley, o

      Argo 430200-2

      4:55 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "Let all the angels of God"

      Choir of King's College Cambridge; Bandenburg Consort/Stephen Cleobury
      Messiah

      Argo 440672-2 (2)

      5:00 am

      Enrique Granados: "Danzas españolas," Op 37

      #4, "Villanesca"

      Manuel Barrueco, g
      Barrueco

      Vox CD3X-3007 (3)

      5:05 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto Serenata"

      Nicanor Zabaleta, h; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Ernst Märzendorfer
      La Harpe Du Siècle - Hommage À Nicanor Zabaleta

      DG 439693-2 (2)

      5:28 am

      Spanish ANON 15th c: Propinan de Melyor

      The Dufay Collective
      Cancionero- Music For The Spanish Court 1470-1520

      Avie AV-0005

      5:29 am

      Spanish ANON 15th c: Dindiridin

      The Dufay Collective
      Cancionero- Music For The Spanish Court 1470-1520

      Avie AV-0005

      5:30 am

      Erik Satie: "Trois gymnopédies"

      Frank Glazer, p
      Satie: Complete Piano Music

      Vox CDX-5011 (2)

      5:38 am

      Ernest Chausson: "Poème," Op.25

      Augustin Dumay, v; Monte Carlo Phil/Manuel Rosenthal
      Augustin Dumay

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47544-2

      5:54 am

      Ernest Chausson: Seven Songs, Op 2

      #2, "Le Charme"

      Jan De Gaetani, ms; Gilbert Kalish, p
      French Songs: Chausson, Debussy, Ravel

      Arabesque Z-6673

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with John Clare

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      6:03 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5

      Yekwon Sunwoo, p
      Rachmaninoff: A Reflection

      Decca 4859515

      6:08 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D, R 93

      Sharon Isbin, g; Zürich Chamber Orch/Howard Griffiths
      Sharon Isbin Plays Baroque Favorites for Guitar

      Warner Classics 45312-2

      6:21 am

      Franz Schubert: "Notturno" in E-Flat, D. 897

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Maximilian Hornung, vc; Daniil Trifonov, p
      Schubert: Trout Quintet

      DG 4797570

      6:30 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D, "London"

      I. "Adagio - Allegro"

      Danish Chamber Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.574519

      6:39 am

      Claude Debussy: Two Arabesques

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Nancy Allen, h
      Romance

      RCA 60198-2

      6:48 am

      Paul Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      100 Best Film Classics

      EMI CDC7-49964-2

      7:03 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in F, K. 439b/3

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Isaac Stern, v; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc
      Mozart • Telemann • JC Bach • Reicha

      Sony SK-44568

      7:12 am

      Edward Elgar: "Chanson de nuit," Op. 15, No. 1

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Elgar: Favourites - Chansons

      Chandos CHAN-6544

      7:18 am

      Benjamin Britten: Introduction and "Rondo alla Burlesca," Op. 23, No. 1

      Yuki & Tomoko Mack, p's
      Rhapsody

      Leland 001

      7:31 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 6, No. 5

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, 1-6

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907014

      7:42 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Le voyage dans la lune"

      Overture

      Suisse Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Offenbach: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHSA-5160

      7:50 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat, Op.18, No. 6

      IV. Finale, "La Malinconia"

      Calidore String Quartet
      Beethoven: The Early Quartets

      Signum Classics SIGCD-883

      8:02 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

      "I Feel Pretty; Maria; America"

      Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
      Americano

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907649

      8:09 am

      Alexander Mackenzie: "Britannia, A Nautical Overture," Op. 52

      English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones
      Victorian Concert overtures

      Hyperion CDA-66515

      8:18 am

      Aaron Copland: "Quiet City"

      Nicholas Daniel, eh; Alison Balsom, tr; Britten Sinfonia/Scott Stroman
      Quiet City

      Warner 9029622991

      8:29 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"

      Aria, "Che gelida manina"

      Luciano Pavarotti, t; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Luciano Pavarotti - The Greatest Hits

      Decca 458000-2

      8:35 am

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 in D minor

      III. "Juba"

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

      DG 4865137

      8:41 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, "Little Russian"

      IV. Finale, "Moderato assai"

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies / Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons

      Chandos CHAN-8672/8 (7)

      8:52 am

      Elmer Bernstein: "The Magnificent Seven"

      Suite

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Round-Up

      Telarc CD-80141

      9:02 am

      Arturo Márquez: "Danzón" No. 2

      Phil Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra
      Mi Alma Mexicana

      Sony 88697755552

      9:13 am

      Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 11

      Dale Clevenger, hn; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Richard Strauss: Wind Concertos

      Teldec 23913-2

      9:30 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat

      Arabella String Quartet
      Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets

      Naxos 8.574360

      9:42 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 118

      No. 6, Intermezzo in E-flat minor

      Hélène Grimaud, p
      Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3, 6 Piano Pieces Op. 118

      Denon CO-79782

      9:48 am

      Michael Torke: "Bright Blue Music"

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Michael Torke - Color Music / David Zinman

      Argo 433071-2

      9:58 am

      Ricardo Castro: "Vals bluette," Op. 12, No. 2

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Salón Mexicano

      Cedille CDR-90000132

      10:00 am - 3:00 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

      Felix Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)" Overture, Op 26

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Mendelssohn: Overtures

      Berlin Classics 0091572-BC

      10:11 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Ein deutsches Requiem," Op. 45

      IV. "How lovely are Thy dwellings"

      Bella Voce/Andrew Lewis; Madeline Slettedahl & Craig Terry, p
      A German Requiem (1871 London Version)

      Naxos 8.573952

      10:17 am

      Édouard Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor

      Johannes Moser, vc; Prague Phil/Jakub Hrůša
      Dvořák & Lalo Cello Concertos

      Pentatone PTC-5186488

      10:45 am

      Grace Williams: "Ballads"

      No. 3, "Andante calmante"

      BBC Phil/John Andrews
      Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

      Resonus RES-10349

      10:50 am

      Grace Williams: "Ballads"

      No. 4, "Allegro furioso"

      BBC Phil/John Andrews
      Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

      Resonus RES-10349

      10:55 am

      Traditional Chilean: "Tarantella"

      Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
      Dances for Guitar

      Chandos CHAN-10609

      11:01 am

      Stephen Sondheim: "Pacific Overtures"

      Paraphrase of "Someone in a Tree" (Paraphrase)

      Anthony de Mare, p
      Liaisons: Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano

      ECM 2470-72

      11:08 am

      Claude Debussy: "La Mer"

      Philharmonia Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
      La Mer, Nocturnes

      CBS MDK-44645

      11:34 am

      Hugo Wolf: "Italian Serenade" in G

      Sejong Soloists
      Haydn, Puccini, Wolf and Others

      Samsung TSCO-081

      11:43 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "Fra Diavolo"

      Overture

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      William Tell And Other Favorite Overtures

      Telarc CD-80116

      11:52 am

      George Frideric Handel: Oboe Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat, HWV 302a

      Lajos Lencsés, ob; La Follia
      Oboe Concertos by Handel and Förster

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.217

      12:00 pm

      Bruce Broughton: "Dancing for Love, Dancing for the Gods"

      Chicago Harp Quartet
      Dance Sketches

      Chicago Harp Quartet 798576512422

      12:12 pm

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

      Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 & The Golden Spinning Wheel

      Chandos CHAN-9048

      12:36 pm

      Ariel Ramírez: "Alfonsina y el Mar"

      Gidi Ifergan, g
      Vast Expanse

      Cala CACD-77023

      12:43 pm

      François-Joseph Gossec: Symphony in E-Flat, Op. 5, No. 2

      Orch National de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling
      Gossec: Gavotte, Suite De Danses, 4 Symphonies

      ASV CDDCA-1124

      12:56 pm

      Michel Legrand: "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"

      "I Will Wait for You"

      Gautier Capuçon, vc; Jérôme Ducros, p; Orch National de Bretagne/Johanna Malangré
      Sensations

      Erato 9029615713

      1:01 pm

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

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

      Avie AV-2520

      1:18 pm

      Richard Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13

      II. Scherzo. Presto

      R Capuçon, v; P Zientara, vi; J Hagen, vc; G Bellom, p
      Guillaume Bellom, piano,
      Richard Strauss - Renaud Capuçon - Seiji Ozawa

      DG 4867082

      1:27 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
      New Year's Concert 1988

      DG 423662-2

      1:37 pm

      Henry VIII: Suite, "Rose without a Thorn"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music for the Courts of Europe

      Decca 417524-2

      1:50 pm

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

      Brodsky Quartet
      In the South

      Chandos CHAN-10761

      2:00 pm

      Peter Boyer: "Fanfare, Hymn and Finale"

      London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer
      Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works

      Naxos 8.559915

      2:09 pm

      Franz Schubert: Rondo in A, D 951

      Claire Aebersold & Ralph Neiweem, p
      Fortieth Anniversary Recital

      Berto 22-001

      2:23 pm

      Leó Weiner: Divertimento No. 1 on Old Hungarian Dances, Op. 20

      I Virtuosi Italiani
      I Virtuosi Italiani

      Arcadia ARC-2002-2

      2:34 pm

      Jennifer Higdon: Harp Concerto

      I. "First Light"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Rochester Phil Orch/Ward Stare
      American Rapture

      Azica AXA-71327

      2:42 pm

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "The Sea Hawk"

      London Sym Orch/André Previn
      Previn Conducts Korngold

      DG 471347-2

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in F, R. 282

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v
      Vivaldi: Violin Concertos VI, "La boemia"

      Naïve OP-30572

      3:14 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"

      Claudio Arrau, p
      Sonatas- Pathetique, Appassionata, Moonlight

      Philips 420153-2

      3:37 pm

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Orchestra Suite (Overture) in G

      Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht
      Fasch: Ouvertures

      Fuga Libera FUG-502

      3:57 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2

      No. 2, Lyric Waltz

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Shostakovich: The Jazz Album

      Decca 433702-2

      4:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 50, No. 2

      Angeles String Quartet
      Haydn: Complete String Quartets

      Philips 464650-2 (21)

      4:21 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83

      III. "Andante"

      Emil Gilels, p; János Starker, vc; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      4:35 pm

      Johann Christoph Graupner: Recorder Concerto in F

      Hesperus/Scott Reiss, r
      Recorder Concerti: Works By Vivaldi, Telemann And Others

      Koch 3-7454-2

      4:48 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Overture

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Rossini: Overtures

      DG 431653-2

      5:00 pm

      William Walton: "Henry V"

      Suite

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Andrew Litton
      Walton: Belshazzar's Feast, Henry V Suite

      Decca 448134-2

      5:17 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "Histoire du Tango"

      III. "Nightclub 1960"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Manuel Barrueco, g
      Cantos y Danzas

      Warner 5565782

      5:23 pm

      Ernesto Nazareth: Tango, "Carioca"

      Gabriela Montero, p
      SoLatino

      EMI 41144-2

      5:27 pm

      Horacio Salgán: Tango, "A Fuego Lento"

      Berlin Phil Cellists
      South American Getaway

      EMI CDC5-56981-2

      5:31 pm

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

      Bekova Sisters
      Brahms: Piano Trios

      Chandos CHAN-9400

      6:00 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"

      Musetta's Waltz Song, "Quando m'en vo'"

      BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth
      Opera Without Words

      Decca 473371-2

      6:06 pm

      Ben Shirley: "High Sierra Sonata"

      Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet
      American Stories

      Cedille CDR-90000216

      6:27 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivacissimo"

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Tchaikovsky: VIolin Concerto

      DG 419241-2

      6:39 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 7 in D minor

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      Mendelssohn: Complete String Symphonies Vol. 2

      Nimbus NI-5142

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Ports of Call, Part I. Explore sounds from composers' backyards and their voyages to distant lands: from jungle bird calls in the Amazon jungle expressed by Brazilian composers, to distant harbor bells. Listen, for example, to Italian composer Ottorino Respighi's famous "Pines of Rome," and then travel with him to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he wrote "Brazilian Impressions," an orchestral suite with strange and beautiful sounds.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      Audire Quartet (violinists Rong-Yan Tang and Ni Mei, violist Youming Chen, and cellist Ken Olsen) perform Haydn's "Lark" Quartet and Beethoven's String Quartet No. 13. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

      9:21 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite

      Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish
      British Wind Band Classics

      Chandos CHAN-9697

      9:37 pm

      Michael Torke: "An American Abroad"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop
      Torke: Rapture, An American Abroad, Jasper

      Naxos 8.559167

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      The Cleveland Orchestra

      Bernstein Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety;" Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in d, Op 47; Rafael Payare, conductor.