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      12:00 am

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Puccini's "Turandot" with the full ending written by Franco Alfano

      A recent recording using the full ending written by Franco Alfano. The performance features Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Ermonela Jaho, and the St. Cecilia Academy, conducted by Antonio Pappano.

      12:00 am

      Continues from 11:00pm Sunday.

      1:00 - 6:00 am

      1:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in E-Flat, K. 371

      Dale Clevenger, fh; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch
      Four Horn Concertos

      CBS MK-42324

      1:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony ("Posthorn" Serenade) in D, K. 320

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      The Symphonies

      L'Oiseau Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      1:27 am

      Antonio Lauro: Three Venezuelan Waltzes (Valses Venezolanas)

      #2

      Marcelo Kayath, g

      MCA Classics MCAD-25963

      1:29 am

      Marion Bauer: "From the New Hampshire Woods," Op 12

      Virginia Eskin, p
      Music of Marion Bauer & Ruth Crawford

      Albany TROY-297

      1:35 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "From the Bohemian Forest," Op 68

      #5, "Silent Woods (Klid)"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Boston Sym/Seiji Ozawa
      Dvorak In Prague (A Celebration)

      Sony SK-46687

      1:42 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Tales from the Vienna Woods", Op. 325

      Vienna Philharmonic/Riccardo Muti
      2018 New Year's Concert

      Sony 88985477002

      1:54 am

      Hans Pfitzner: Song, "Im tiefen Wald verborgen," Op 2/4

      Christoph Prégardien, t; Rudolf Jansen, p
      Pfitzner Songs, Vol 1

      CPO 999228-2

      2:00 am

      Antonio Bazzini: "La Ronde des lutins," Op 25

      Gil Shaham, v; Jonathan Feldman, p
      Devil's Dance

      DG 463483-2

      2:05 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Violin Concerto #3 in C, Op 7

      Hoelscher, v; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Christian Fröhlich
      Violin Concertos 10, 7 & 9

      CPO 777818-2 (8)

      2:29 am

      Nicolo Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1

      #24 in a

      John Williams, g

      CBS MLK-45522

      2:36 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Etudes-Caprices," Op 18

      #4

      Charlie Siem, v; Caroline Jaya-Ratnam, p
      Charlie Siem Plays Virtuoso Violin Works

      Warner Classics 67804-7

      2:38 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Rapsodie espagnole"

      Berlin Phil/Pierre Boulez
      Ravel: Bolero, Etc.

      DG 439859-2

      2:54 am

      Xavier Montsalvatge: Song, "Alelhi"

      Marisa Martins, ms; Mac McClure, p

      Columna Musica 1CM-0080

      3:00 am

      Gisle Kverndokk: "Waltz"

      Stavanger Sym Orch/Ken-David Masur
      Symphonic Dance

      SSO Recordings 4018-2

      3:04 am

      Christian Sinding: "Scènes de la vie," Op 51

      Dora Bratchkova, v; Andreas Meyer-Hermann, p
      Sinding Violin Sonatas

      CPO 999931-2

      3:27 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Scenes from Folk Life," Op. 19

      No. 3, "Carnival Scene"

      Mikhail Pletnev, p
      Lyric Pieces, Sonata, 7 Fugues

      DG 459671-2

      3:34 am

      Geirr Tveitt: Suite #1, "A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger," Op 151

      "The bride's drink"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Bjarte Engeset
      A Hundred Hardanger Tunes - Suites Nos. 1 And 4

      Naxos 8.555078

      3:36 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Uirapuru (The Enchanted Bird)" (1917)

      Odense Sym Orch/Jan Wagner
      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Orchestral Works

      Bridge 9129

      3:54 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Cirandinhas" (1925)

      #4

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

      Naxos 8.554827

      4:00 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Sonata No. 2 in E, Op. 2

      III. "Con dolore"

      Ilona Prunyi, p
      KORNGOLD: Piano Works

      Marco Polo 8.223384

      4:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, K. 41

      Derek Han, p; Philharmonia/Paul Freeman
      Mozart: The Great Piano Concertos, Vol. 2

      Brilliant Classics 92866 (2)

      4:18 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Twelve Songs, Op. 5

      No. 2, "Winternacht"

      Dietrich Henschel, br; Helmut Deutsch, p
      Korngold: Lieder

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901780

      4:19 am

      Georges Bizet: Symphony in C

      French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Bizet: Symphony In C, Carmen Suite, Etc.

      EMI/Ang CDD7-63898-2

      4:55 am

      Anonymous: "Hollis Berrie"

      Musicians of the Globe
      Shakespeare's Musick: Songs and Dances from Shakespeare's Plays

      Philips 446687-2

      5:00 am

      Burleigh: "Impromptu" (1911)

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

      Naxos 8.559061

      5:03 am

      Burleigh: "Spanish Dance" (1909)

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

      Naxos 8.559061

      5:05 am

      Roy Harris: Symphony #7

      New Zealand Sym/Hugh Keelan

      Koch 7290-2

      5:24 am

      Charles Koechlin: Quatorze Pieces, Op 178 (1942)

      "Tranquillo"

      Arturo Ciompi, cl; Boaz Sharon, p
      Koechlin: Paysages et Marines Op. 63, Pastorales Op. 77, Les Heures Persanes Op. 65, Selections from Quatorze Pieces Op. 178

      Orion 7804-2

      5:26 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82

      Hanover Band/Roy Goodman

      Nimbus NI-5198

      5:54 am

      Dave Brubeck: "Two-Part Adventures"

      "The Eleven Disciples"

      John Salmon, p
      BRUBECK: Chromatic Fantasy Sonata / Rising Sun

      Naxos 8.559212

      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

      Rebecca Clarke: Irish Melody ("Londonderry Air")

      Vinciane Béranger, vi; David Louwerse, vc
      Rebecca Clarke: Works for Viola

      Aparté AP-289

      6:08 am

      George Butterworth: "The Banks of Green Willow"

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Bantock, Butterworth, Bridge

      Chandos CHAN-8373

      6:15 am

      Luigi Boccherini: "Night Music in the Streets of Madrid," Op. 30, No. 6

      Cuarteto Casals; Eckart Runge, vc
      Boccherini: La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902092

      6:30 am

      Lars-Erik Larsson: Lyric Fantasy, Op 58

      Stockholm Phil Orch/Ulf Björlin
      The Planets Vol. II (Other Worlds)

      EMI CDC5-56151-2

      6:41 am

      Francisco Tárrega: Variations on "The Carnival of Venice"

      Xuefei Yang, g
      40 Degrees North

      EMI 06322-2

      6:51 am

      George Gershwin: "Strike Up the Band"

      Overture

      Philzuid/Duncan Ward
      Gershwin, Montsalvatge, Bernstein, and Peña Campo

      Fuga Libera FUG-832

      6:59 am

      Turlough O'Carolan: "Maurice O'Connor"

      Patrick Ball, Celtic harp
      Celtic Harp: The Music Of Turlough O'Carolan

      Fortuna CDFOR-005

      7:01 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon XVIII a 14"

      London Brass
      Gabrieli in Venice

      Teldec 90856-2

      7:09 am

      Max Bruch: Eight Pieces, Op. 83

      No. 8 in E-flat minor, "Moderato"

      Patrick Messina, cl; Lise Berthaud, vi; Fabrizio Chiovetta, p
      Mozart, Bruch

      Aparté AP-332

      7:14 am

      Leopold Hofmann: Symphony in F

      Northern Chamber Orch/Nicholas Ward
      Hofmann: Five Symphonies

      Naxos 8.553866

      7:31 am

      Traditional Irish: "Crowley's Reel"

      James Galway, f; The Chieftains; National Phil Orch
      Dances for Flute

      RCA 60917-2

      7:34 am

      Traditional Irish: "Brian Boru's March"

      James Galway, f; Harp Ensemble/Marisa Robles
      Dances for Flute

      RCA 60917-2

      7:36 am

      Traditional Irish: "Belfast Hornpipe"

      James Galway, tin whistle; Kevin Conneff, bodhrán
      Dances for Flute

      RCA 60917-2

      7:40 am

      Claude Debussy: "L'isle joyeuse"

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Debussy: Images, Children's Corner and Suite Bergamasque

      DG 4798308

      7:47 am

      Hamilton Harty: "An Irish Symphony"

      3rd mvt, "In the Antrim Hills"

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      An Irish Rhapsody

      Chandos CHAN-6525

      7:55 am

      Traditional: "Cooley's; Seán Frank; Fair and Forty"

      Daniel Hope, v; AIR Ensemble
      Irish Roots

      DG 4865806

      8:02 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Overture

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Vonk
      Mozart: Overtures

      Capriccio 10070

      8:10 am

      Erik Satie: "Gnossienne" No. 1

      Hélène Grimaud, p
      Memory

      DG B0029051-02

      8:14 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties, Op. 4

      Bergen Wind Quintet
      The Bergen Wind Quartet plays Arnold, Ibert, Klughardt, Reicha & Saeverud

      Simax PSC-1094

      8:21 am

      Maurice Greene: Overture No. 4 in E

      Baroque Band/Garry Clarke
      Greene: Overtures

      Cedille CDR-90000152

      8:30 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: Two Spanish Dances, Op. 23

      No. 1, "Playera"

      Julia Fischer, v; Milana Chernyavska, p
      Julia Fischer: Sarasate

      Decca 4785950

      8:34 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: Two Spanish Dances, Op. 26

      No. 2, "Habanera"

      Julia Fischer, v; Milana Chernyavska, p
      Julia Fischer: Sarasate

      Decca 4785950

      8:40 am

      John Ireland: "A Downland Suite" (1932)

      Minuet

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      English Music for Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      8:46 am

      Edward Joseph Collins: Variations on an Irish Tune (1930)

      Earl Wild, p
      Romantic Music of Edward Joseph Collins

      CRI CD-644

      9:02 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      Scherzo

      Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
      Mendelssohn

      Decca 4870256

      9:08 am

      John Adams: "The Chairman Dances"

      San Francisco Sym/Edo de Waart
      The Chairman Dances

      Nonesuch 79144-2

      9:21 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wine, Women and Song," Op. 333

      Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian
      Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian - Wine Women & Song · Aimer, Boire Et Chanter

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5164

      9:33 am

      Giovanni Paisiello: Mandolin Concerto in E-Flat

      I. "Allegro maestoso"

      Avi Avital, m; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
      Concertos

      DG 4865228

      9:40 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

      Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy

      DG B0002121-02

      9:59 am

      Traditional Irish: Whiskey, You're the Devil

      David Russell, g
      Message of the Sea - Celtic Music for Guitar

      Telarc CD-80492

      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

      Enrique Granados: "Goyescas" (piano suite)

      No. 4, "Quejas, o La Maja y el ruiseñor"

      Javier Perianes, p
      Granados: Goyescas, El Pelele

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902626

      10:09 am

      George Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"

      Gary Graffman, p; New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Music from the Film 'Manhattan'

      CBS MK-36020

      10:27 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Whimsical Symphony"

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Don Quixote: Concertos and Suites by Telemann / Apollo's Fire / Jeannette Sorrell

      Koch 7576

      10:37 am

      Edward Elgar: "Froissart" Overture, Op. 19

      Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
      Elgar: Overtures

      Chandos CHAN-8309

      11:01 am

      Hamilton Harty: "In Ireland"

      Colin Fleming, f; Denise Kelly, h; Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Harty: John Field Suite, Etc.

      Chandos CHAN-6583

      11:11 am

      Robert Schumann: "Arabeske" in C, Op. 18

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      Schumann: Piano Concerto / Evgeny Kissin/Carlo Maria Giulini

      Sony SK-52567

      11:19 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D, "Miracle"

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 and 102 (The Miracle)

      Nimbus NI-5135

      11:44 am

      Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

      Gothenburg Sym Orch Strings/Neeme Järvi
      Grieg: Holberg Suite, 2 Elegiac Melodies, 2 Nordic Melodies, 2 Melodies, 2 Lyric Pieces

      DG 437520-2

      12:01 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Schwanengesang," D 957

      No. 1, "Liebesbotschaft"

      Brandon Acker, g
      Schubert: A Wanderer's Guitar

      Jester Recordings (A Wanderer's Guitar)

      12:04 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Schwanengesang," D 957

      No. 4, "Ständchen: Leise flehen meine Lieder"

      Brandon Acker, g
      Schubert: A Wanderer's Guitar

      Jester Recordings (A Wanderer's Guitar)

      12:10 pm

      Andrea Zani: Cello Concerto No. 3 in D

      Martin Rummel, vc; Cologne Academy/Michael Alexander Willens
      Zani: Complete Cello Concertos Nos. 1-12

      Capriccio C-5145 (2)

      12:25 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Venezia e Napoli"

      III. Finale, "Tarantella"

      Stephen Hough, p
      Stephen Hough Plays Liszt

      Virgin 90700-2

      12:35 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Les Vêpres siciliennes"

      Four Seasons Ballet: Spring & Summer

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

      Naxos 8.572818-19 (2)

      1:01 pm

      César Franck: "Symphonic Variations"

      Louis Lortie, p; BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Franck: Les Eolides, Symphonic Variations, Symphony in D minor

      Chandos CHAN-9875

      1:18 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): String Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 1, No. 1

      Juilliard String Quartet
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 1

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      1:29 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Billy the Kid"

      Suite

      Baltimore Sym/David Zinman
      The Ultimate Copland Album

      Decca 466909-2

      2:01 pm

      William Grant Still: Symphony No. 5, "Western Hemisphere"

      Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter
      American Classics * William Grant Still * Symphonies Nos 4 and 5

      Naxos 8.559603

      2:22 pm

      Traditional Irish: Song, "Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)"

      Daniel Hope, v; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, h; Zürich Chamber Orch
      Hope

      DG 4860543

      2:26 pm

      Traditional Irish: "Bó na Leathadhairce"

      Choral Scholars of University College Dublin/Desmond Earley
      Perpetual Twilight

      Signum SIGCD-558

      2:31 pm

      Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: "Concerto Armonico" No. 3 in A

      Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Van Wassenaer: 6 Concerti Armonici

      Erato 45305-2

      2:41 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. Posth (1865)

      Dudok Quartet
      Tchaikovsky String Quartets Vol. 2

      Rubicon RCD-1124

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      Venusberg Music (Bacchanale)

      Concert Arts Orch/Erich Leinsdorf
      Great Works of Wagner

      EMI CDM5-65208-2

      3:13 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in A minor, R. 421

      Christophe Coin, vc; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
      Vivaldi - Cello Concertos Volume 1

      Naïve OP-30426

      3:23 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Gaspard de la nuit"

      Jan Lisiecki, p
      Night Music

      DG 4862069

      3:48 pm

      William Grant Still: "Pastorela"

      Alexa Still, f; Susan DeWitt Smith, p
      Still: Summerland

      Koch 3-7192-2

      3:58 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"

      "Ode to Joy"

      Pete Seeger, banjo & whistling
      Pete Seeger - Darling Corey And Goofing-Off Suite

      Smithsonian Folkways SF-40018

      4:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047

      St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

      St Luke's Collection SLC-0302 (2)

      4:12 pm

      Gustav Holst: "The Morning of the Year"

      Dances

      London Sym Orch/David Atherton
      Gustav Holst: A Winter Idyll, Elegy, Indra, A Song of the Night, Interlude (Sita), Invocation, The Lure, Morning of the Year Dances

      Lyrita SRCD.209

      4:27 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

      I. "Allegro vivace"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 'Scottish' - Symphony No. 4 'Italian' / CSO/Sir Georg Solti

      Decca 414665-2

      4:38 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101

      Maurizio Pollini, p
      Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas

      DG 4794120 (8)

      4:56 pm

      Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry "(Londonderry Air)"

      Alan Feinberg, p
      The American Virtuoso

      Argo 436121-2

      5:00 pm

      Johannes Brahms: "Tragic" Overture, Op. 81

      Basel Sym Orch/Ivor Bolton
      Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1, Tragic Overture; Cherubini: Éliza (Overture)

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902602

      5:16 pm

      Edward Elgar: "Chanson de matin," Op. 15, No. 2

      BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      Elgar: The Music Makers; Dream Children; Elegy; Sospiri; Sursum corda; Chanson de matin; Chanson de nuit; Salut d’amour

      Teldec 92374-2

      5:20 pm

      Michael Haydn: Horn Concertino in D

      II. "Allegro non troppo"

      Felix Klieser, hn; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Ruben Gazarian
      Horn Concertos

      Berlin Classics 0300647-BC

      5:27 pm

      Ruth Gipps: Symphony No. 4, Op. 61

      BBC National Orch of Wales/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4; Song for Orchestra; Knight in Armour

      Chandos CHAN-20078

      6:00 pm

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto

      German Chamber Phil Bremen/Alison Balsom, tr
      Alison Balsom - Trumpet Concertos

      EMI 16213-0

      6:19 pm

      Alfred Schnittke: "Suite in the Old Style"

      Daniel Hope, v; Alexey Botvinov, p
      Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano

      DG 4839235

      6:35 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Capriccio," Op. 85

      Prelude for String Sextet

      Vienna String Sextet
      Wiener Streichsextett

      Camerata 32CM-93

      6:47 pm

      Claude Debussy: "La Mer"

      I. "From Dawn to Midday on the Sea"

      Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux, Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra

      DG 439896-2

      6:56 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Il pastor fido"

      Ballet Music: "Ballo" & "Tambourin"

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Handel: Water Music, Il pastor fido

      Sony SK-68257

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Pastoral Symphonies This week will feature symphonic music inspired by bucolic nature scenes. Bill states that we will hear Harold in Italy, Richard Strauss in the mountains, Vaughan Williams in clover, and Beethoven right where you expect him to be, in the Austrian countryside. We’ll also feature the thoughts and writings of American novelists, and environmentalists, John Muir and Wallace Stegner.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      The Juliani Ensemble performs music by Beethoven, Ginastera, Schulhoff, and Shostakovich live in the Levin Studio. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.

      9:58 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      "Chinese Dance: Tea"

      Modern Mandolin Quartet
      Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite

      Windham Hill Records 11108-2

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      The Cleveland Orchestra

      Claude Vivier "Lonely Child;" Aphrodite Patoulidou, soprano; Haydn Symphony No. 44 in E minor, "Mourning;" Ligeti "Lontano;" R Strauss "Death and Transfiguration," Op. 24; Barbara Hannigan, conductor.