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      Playlist for Sunday, March 23, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A, BWV 536

      Anthony Newman, o

      Newport Classic NC-60002

      12:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035

      Susan Rotholz, f; Kenneth Cooper, fortepiano
      J S Bach: Music for Flute

      Bridge 9115-A/B (2)

      12:18 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Das Orgelbüchlein," BWV 599/644

      "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier," BWV 633

      Lionel Rogg, o (Silbermann instrument, Arlesheim, Switzerland)
      Bach: L'Œuvre D'Orgue

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-290772.83 (12)

      12:19 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Maid of Orleans"

      Ballet Music

      Ukraine National Sym/Theodore Kuchar

      Naxos 8.554845

      12:31 am

      William Sterndale Bennett: Piano Sonata in A-Flat, Op 46, "Die Jungfrau von Orleans"

      Ian Hobson, p
      The London Piano School, Volume III- Early Victorian Masters

      Arabesque Z-6596

      12:54 am

      Henry Purcell: "Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge" Suite

      Air

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      A Baroque Feast

      Analekta AN2-9811

      1:00 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Décameron dramatique"

      Polka-Mazurka, "Maria"

      Marco Sollini, p
      Offenbach Piano Works, Vol 1

      CPO 777079-2

      1:03 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Décameron dramatique"

      Polka-Trilby, "Elisa"

      Marco Sollini, p
      Offenbach Piano Works, Vol 1

      CPO 777079-2

      1:05 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Gaîté Parisienne"

      Minneapolis Sym/Antal Dorati
      Giselle • Graduation Ball • Gaîté Parisienne

      Mercury 434365-2 (2)

      1:32 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Le Papillon"

      Act II, Scene II: Finale

      London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Offenbach: Le Papillon

      London 444827-2 (2)

      1:34 am

      Béla Bartók: "Rumanian Folk Dances"

      Berl Senofsky, v; Marie Louise Bastyns, p
      Berl Senofsky at Expo '58

      Bridge 9470

      1:40 am

      Jean Absil: Suite From Roumanian Folklore

      Marcel Mule Saxophone Quartet
      Music for Saxophone Quartet

      MHS 817

      1:55 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: 25 Preludes, Op 31

      #15, "Dans le genre gothique"

      Ronald Smith, p
      The Alkan Project

      Arabesque Z-6523

      2:00 am

      Benjamin Godard: "Jocelyn"

      "Berceuse (Lullaby)"

      Duo Similia
      Cantabile

      Analekta AN2-9810

      2:05 am

      Claude Debussy: Waltz, "La plus que lente"

      Luxembourg Radio Orch/Louis de Froment

      Vox CDX-5053 (2)

      2:09 am

      Emile Waldteufel: "Estudiantina" Waltzes, Op 191

      Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter
      WALDTEUFEL : Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223433

      2:16 am

      Marin Mersenne: "Harmonie universelle"

      "Courante"

      Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      Chorégraphie

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907335

      2:18 am

      Franz Schubert: Piano Trio #1 in B-Flat, D 898 (Op 99)

      Trio Concertante

      Vox CDX-5033 (2)

      2:54 am

      Hugo Wolf: "Italienisches Liederbuch"

      "Schon streckt' ich aus im Bett die müden Glieder"

      Ruth Ziesak, s; Andreas Schmidt, br; Rudolf Jansen, p

      RCA 60857-2

      3:00 am

      Johann Simon Mayr: Sinfonia in C

      Orch/Pierangelo Pelucchi

      Agora AG-175

      3:05 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: Sinfonia in D

      Southwest German Chamber Orch Pforzheim/Paul Angerer
      Romantic Pieces for Chamber Orchestra

      Claves D-709

      3:21 am

      Sigismond Thalberg: Fantasy on Donizetti's "La fille du régiment", OP 68

      Francesco Nicolosi, p
      THALBERG : Fantasies On Operas By Donizetti

      Marco Polo 8.223365

      3:30 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: "La fille du régiment"

      Chorus, "Rataplan, rataplan"

      Paris National Opera Cho and Orch/Bruno Campanella

      EMI/Ang CMS7-63128-2 (2)

      3:32 am

      Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26

      Jascha Heifetz, v; London Sym Orch/Sir Malcolm Sargent
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 8: 1950-1955

      RCA 61739-2 (2)

      3:54 am

      Burleigh: "Pictures," Op 30

      #4, "Giant Hills"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 19: 51 Miniatures 1944-1946

      RCA 61750-2 (2)

      4:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Mitridate, Re di Ponto," K. 87

      Overture

      La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
      Mozart Overtures * La Cetra * Andrea Marcon

      DG 4779445

      4:05 am

      Jan Bobrowicz: "Grand Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' from Mozart's 'Don Giovanni'," Op 6

      Grzegorz Krawiec, g

      MA Recording M-068-A

      4:16 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Variations on "Vivat Bacchus" from Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio"

      Madoka Inui, p
      HUMMEL, J.N.: Hummel at the Opera (Inui)

      Naxos 8.572736

      4:26 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Abduction from the Seraglio," K. 384

      Duet, "Vivat Bacchus! Bacchus lebe!"

      London Sym Band/John Snashall

      CBS MDK-46267

      4:27 am

      Fernando Sor: Variations on a theme from Mozart's "Magic Flute," Op 9

      Narciso Yepes, g
      The World Of The Spanish Guitar

      London STS-15224

      4:33 am

      Franz Danzi: "Konzertstück," variations on Mozart's "Là ci darem la mano"

      Sabine Meyer, cl; Zürich Opera Orch/Franz Welser-Möst

      EMI CDC5-56137-2

      4:43 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Don Giovanni" Fantasy after Mozart, Op 51

      Tianwa Yang, v; Navarra Sym Orch/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo
      SARASATE, P. de: Violin and Orchestra Music, Vol. 4 (Tianwa Yang, Navarre Symphony, Martinez-Izquierdo)

      Naxos 8.572276

      4:53 am

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

      Serenade, "Deh, vieni alla finestra"

      Ezio Pinza, b; Metropolitan Opera Orch/Fausto Cleva

      CBS MPK-45693

      5:00 am

      Louis Couperin: Passacaille in g

      Gustav Leonhardt, hc
      Frescobaldi - Louis Couperin * Gustav Leonhardt, Clavecin

      Alpha 026

      5:05 am

      Johann (Jan)(Jiri) Benda: Harpsichord Concerto in D

      Josef Hala, hc; Ars Rediviva Ensemble
      Benda: Harpsichord Concertos

      Supraphon 111001-2

      5:20 am

      Franz Benda: Flute Sonata in G, Op 3/1

      Masahiro Arita, f; Chiyoko Arita, hc; Tetsuya Nakano, viga

      Denon CO-75025

      5:32 am

      Georg Benda: Two-Violin Sonata in E

      Finale, Allegro

      Benda Musicians

      Pantheon D-07167

      5:34 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Eduardo e Cristina"

      Overture

      Prague Sinfonia Orch/Christian Benda
      Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.570934

      5:43 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"

      Overture

      Milan Giuseppe Verdi Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Puccini Discoveries

      London B0001090-02

      5:54 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"

      Act 2: Dance of the Moorish Slaves

      Metropolitan Opera Orch
      Verdi: Ballet Music * James Levine

      Sony SK-52489

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Lent 3." We’ll take a little “birthday break” in the midst of Lent to celebrate the work of an eclectic group of composers including JS Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Samuel Adler, Moses Hogan, and Franz Josef Haydn.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Eric Whitacre: "Three Songs of Faith"

      No. 3, "i thank You God for most this amazing day"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Eric Whitacre * Cloudburst and Other Choral Works

      Hyperion CDA-67543

      7:08 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "Inspiration Waltzes"

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

      Navona NV-6013

      7:16 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

      Colorado Sym/Marin Alsop
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4, Romeo & Juliet

      Naxos 8.555714

      8:02 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Harp Concertino

      Gillian Benet, h; Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre, Boulanger

      Koch 3-7169-2

      8:19 am

      Carlos Simon: "Angels in Heaven"

      Will Liverman, br; Carlos Simon Collective
      Together

      Decca 4854768

      8:26 am

      Charlotte Sohy: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 25

      Quatuor Hermès
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      8:54 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Crisantemi"

      London Sym Orch Strings/Antonio Pappano
      Puccini: Messa di Gloria, Preludio sinfonico, Crisantemi

      EMI CDC5-57159-2

      9:01 am

      John Dowland: "Flow my tears"

      Stile Antico
      In a Strange Land

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902266

      9:08 am

      Giuseppe Sammartini: Recorder Concerto in F

      Lucie Horsch, r; Academy of Ancient Music
      Baroque Journey

      Decca 4834722

      9:20 am

      Barbara Strozzi: "Amor dormiglione," Op. 2, No. 22

      Susanne Rydén, s; Musica Fiorita
      Barbara Strozzi: Cantates

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-905249

      9:25 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell, hc
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Harpsichord & Violin Concertos

      Avie AV-2207 (2)

      9:50 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Spring," RV. 269

      Lynda O'Connor, v; Anamus/David Brophy
      The Irish Seasons

      Avie AV-2688

      10:01 am

      Gretchen Yanover: "Voice to the Rain"

      Gretchen Yanover, vc's
      Bridge Across Sound

      Gretchen Yanover (2021)

      10:06 am

      Eric Whitacre: "The River Cam"

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; London Sym/Eric Whitacre
      Water Night

      Decca B0016636-02

      10:18 am

      Traditional African-American: "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"

      J'Nai Bridges, ms; Paul Sánchez, p
      Lord, How Come Me Here?

      Navona NV-6408

      10:25 am

      Florence Price: "Mississippi River Suite"

      Women's Phil/Apo Hsu
      Florence Price: Symphony No. 3, Mississippi River Suite, The Oak

      Koch 7518-2

      10:54 am

      Juventino Rosas: "Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)"

      Mexico Festival Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Latin American Classics, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.550838

      11:01 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: Two Spanish Dances, Op. 26

      Aaron Rosand, v; Eileen Flissler, p
      Aaron Rosand plays Sarasate

      Vox ACD-8160

      11:13 am

      Alberto Williams: Ode in E-Flat, Op. 36, No. 1

      Valentín Surif, p
      Alberto Williams: Música Para Piano, Volumen 3

      Pretal PRCD-144

      11:21 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Five Preludes for Guitar

      No. 2 in E

      Plínio Fernandes, g
      Saudade

      Decca 4857617

      11:24 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Five Preludes for Guitar

      No. 3 in A minor, "Homage to Bach"

      Plínio Fernandes, g
      Saudade

      Decca 4857617

      11:30 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

      Concerto for string quartet and orchestra

      Harlem Quartet; Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Delights & Dances

      Cedille CDR-90000141

      11:56 am

      Margaret Bonds: "Songs of the Season"

      I. "Young Love in Spring"

      Louise Toppin, s; John B. O'Brien, p
      Ah! Love, But a Day

      Albany TROY-385

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Sérgio Assad: "Tahhiyya li ossoulina"

      Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g's
      Jardim Abandonado

      Nonesuch 278140-2

      12:08 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Paris Quartet No. 3 in A

      London Handel Players
      Telemann Paris Quartets Vol. 1: 6 Quadri (1730)

      Somm Recordings SOMMCD-0698

      12:21 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54

      Lyric Suite: "Shepherd Boy"

      Czech State Phil/Richard Edlinger
      Classical Chill

      Naxos 8.520101

      12:26 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 47

      No. 2, "Album Leaf"

      Daniel Gortler, p
      Grieg: Lyric Pieces

      Prospero 0082

      12:30 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 11 in D, K. 84

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

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      12:40 pm

      Ferenc Farkas: "Contrafacta Hungarica"

      Les Vents de Montréal
      Chansons et Danses

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1105

      12:50 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Zadok the Priest"

      Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh
      An English Coronation 1902-1953

      Signum SIGCD-569

      12:56 pm

      Francisco Tárrega: "Capricho árabe (Serenata)"

      Ana Vidović, g
      Gorgeous Guitar: Best Loved Classical Guitar Music

      Naxos 8.578176

      1:01 pm

      Sofia Gubaidulina: "Allegro rusticana"

      Alexa Still, f; Stephen Gosling, p
      Carl Vine: Sonata for Flute, etc.

      Koch KICCD-7658

      1:06 pm

      Sofia Gubaidulina: "Sounds of the Forest"

      Alexa Still, f; Stephen Gosling, p
      Carl Vine: Sonata for Flute, etc.

      Koch KICCD-7658

      1:11 pm

      Georges Bizet: Overture in A minor, WD 32

      Metz Grand Est National Orch/David Reiland
      Portrait Georges Bizet

      Bru Zane BZ-1059

      1:26 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Act 1 Prelude

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Wagner

      Decca 448155-2

      1:35 pm

      Michael Praetorius: Motet, "Christus der uns selig macht"

      London Early Music Consort/David Munrow
      Praetorius: Terpsichore dances; Motets from Musæ Sionæ

      Virgin 61289-2

      1:44 pm

      William Grant Still: "Three Visions"

      No. 2, "Summerland"

      Meisha Adderley & Stacey Holliday, p's
      Adderley & Holliday: Piano Duo Project

      Albany TROY-1383

      1:49 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1

      IV. Finale, "Prestissimo"

      Zoltán Kocsis, p
      Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 5, 8, & 17

      Philips 432127-2

      1:53 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-Flat, Op. 97, "Archduke"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro moderato"

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Beethoven: Piano Trios "Archduke" & "Ghost"/ Beaux Arts Trio

      Philips 412891-2

      2:01 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "The Firebird"

      (1911 version)

      Bergen Phil Orch/Andrew Litton
      Stravinsky: The Firebird

      BIS SACD-1874

      2:49 pm

      Brandee Younger: "Unrest"

      Ashley Jackson, h
      Take Me to the Water

      Decca 7572822

      2:55 pm

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Du bist die Ruh'," D 776

      Nadine Sierra, s; Bryan Wagorn, p
      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Nadine Sierra & Bryan Wagorn (August 1, 2012)

      WFMT

      3:01 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051

      Swedish Chamber Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      The Brandenburg Project

      BIS 2199

      3:18 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      Chopin, Vol. 1 - Recorded at Carnegie Hall

      RCA 60445-2

      3:24 pm

      Alan Silvestri: "The Parent Trap"

      Suite

      Studio Orch/Alan Silvestri
      The Parent Trap

      Hollywood Records HR-62173-2

      3:32 pm

      Barbara Strozzi: "L'amante segreto," Op. 2, No. 16

      Céline Scheen, s; L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar
      Wonder Women

      Erato 5054197959165

      3:42 pm

      Frank Bridge: An Irish Melody, "The Londonderry Air" (1908)

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      Finzi, Bridge, Parry: An English Suite

      Nimbus NI-5366

      3:50 pm

      John Cage: "In a Landscape"

      Valérie Milot, h
      Orbis

      Analekta AN2-9880

      4:00 pm

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "My Lord, What a Morning'"

      Seraphic Fire/Patrick Dupré Quigley
      Steal Away: The African American Concert Spiritual

      Seraphic Fire Media Steal Away

      4:05 pm

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "There is a Balm in Gilead"

      Seraphic Fire/Patrick Dupré Quigley
      Steal Away: The African American Concert Spiritual

      Seraphic Fire Media Steal Away

      4:11 pm

      Georges Bizet: "The Pearl Fishers"

      Aria, "Je crois entendre encore"

      Célia Oneto Bensaid, p
      Portrait Georges Bizet

      Bru Zane BZ-1059

      4:14 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Une barque sur l'océan"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Chausson, Ravel, Debussy: Water Works

      EMI CDR5-69801-2

      4:24 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pavane," Op. 50

      Gareth Morris, f; New Philharmonia Orch/David Willcocks
      50 Best Romantic Classics

      Warner 4575552

      4:31 pm

      Imogen Holst: Variations on "Loth to Depart"

      BBC Concert Orch/Alice Farnham
      Discovering Imogen

      NMC NMCD-280

      4:46 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne No. 13 in B minor, Op. 119

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz Plays Prokofiev, Barber, Kabalevsky Sonatas

      RCA 60377-2-RG

      4:54 pm

      Quincy Porter: "Speed Etude"

      Cathy Basrak, vi; Robert Koenig, p
      American Viola Works

      Cedille CDR-90000053

      4:57 pm

      Leroy Anderson: "The Typewriter"

      Eastman-Rochester Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell
      Frederick Fennell Conducts Leroy Anderson

      Mercury 432013-2

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Anton Arensky: Symphony No. 1 in B minor, Op. 4

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Arensky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

      Mobile Fidelity MFCD-878

      5:37 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Morceau de concert" in F minor, Op. 94

      Hermann Baumann, hn; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Hermann Baumann plays Glière, Saint-Saëns, Dukas, Chabrier

      Philips 416380-2

      5:47 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Morceau de concert" in G, Op. 154

      Isabelle Moretti, h; Southwest German Radio Sym Orch/Klaus Arp
      French Harp Concertos

      Koch 3-1142-2

      6:00 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25

      Amadeus Quartet members; Murray Perahia, p
      Murray Perahia - 25th Anniversary Edition

      Sony SX4K-63380 (4)

      6:42 pm

      Arthur Honegger: "Concerto da camera"

      Aurèle Nicolet, f; Heinz Holliger, eh; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Martinů, Honegger, Martin - Concertos - Chamber Music

      Philips 434105-2

      7:00 pm

      Friedrich Witt: Septet in F

      Consortium Classicum
      Friedrich Witt, Carl Friedrich zu Löwenstein: Chamber Works for Winds & Strings

      CPO 777486-2

      7:25 pm

      Arnold Bax: "In the Faery Hills"

      Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson
      An Irish Rhapsody

      Chandos CHAN-6525

      7:42 pm

      Eric Ewazen: "Symphony in Brass"

      Summit Brass
      Summit Brass Live

      Summit DCD-380

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Scriabin "Prometheus: The Poem of Fire," Op. 60; Antol Ugorski, piano; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Bartók Rhapsody for Violin No. 2; Gil Shaham, violin; Stravinsky "Pulcinella;" Roxana Constantinescu, mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone; "Fireworks," Op. 4; Varèse "Ionisation;" Schoenberg Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Boulez "Notations VII;" Daniel Barenboim, conductor.

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Fiesta of the Guitar This week, Elbio invites you to a Fiesta of the Guitar, celebrating a wide range of Latin-American guitar music. We explore the thriving crossover of classical style and popular folk and culture themes, an intersection which has a rich history and continuing tradition of innovative guitar music.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Robert Goldsand, the Lost Recitals

      Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Chopin; Five Preludes from Op. 23 and 32; Godowsky Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes from "Die Fledermaus;" Chopin Etudes.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.