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      Playlist for Sunday, March 9, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro (in the style of Pugnani)

      Eric Shumsky, vi; Soloists of the Pacific Rim
      VIOLIST ERIC SHUMSKY PLAYS BLOCH, BEALE, KREISLER, HINDEMITH

      Ambassador ARC-1011

      12:05 am

      Joseph FIOCCO: Allegro

      Itzhak Perlman, v, Samuel Sanders, p
      Itzhak Perlman: Bits and Pieces

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54882-2

      12:08 am

      C E F Weyse: "Allegro di bravura," Op 50

      #4 in f

      Bohumila Jedlickova, p
      Weyse: The Late Piano Works

      Da Capo DCCD-9307

      12:22 am

      Niels Gade: "Andantino"

      Anker Blyme, p
      Gade: Complete Edition, Vol. 3

      Da Capo DCCD-9117

      12:23 am

      Carl Nielsen: String Quartet in E-Flat, Op 14

      Kontra String Quartet
      The Four String Quartets / String Quintet ✽ At The Bier Of A Young Artist

      BIS CD-503/504 (2)

      12:54 am

      Hilding Rosenberg: Symphony #4, "Johannes uppenbarelse" (1940)

      "Den stund är värd att prisa"

      Uppsala Academy Chamber Cho/Stefan Parkman
      Laudi

      Chandos CHAN-9747

      1:00 am

      Augustìn Barrios Mangoré: Waltzes, Op 8

      #4

      Pepe Romero, g
      La Paloma: Spanish And Latin American Favourites

      Philips 432102-2

      1:05 am

      Carlos Guastavino: Piano Sonatina in g

      Mirian Conti, p
      Panorama Argentino

      Steinway & Sons 30023

      1:15 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Viola d'amore Concerto in d, R 394

      Rachel Barton Pine, vida; Ars Antigua
      Vivaldi: The Complete Viola d’Amore Concertos

      Cedille CDR-90000159

      1:25 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra (1934)

      Christmas Dance

      Frederick Riddle, vi; Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi

      Chandos CHAN-8374

      1:26 am

      York Bowen: Viola Sonata #2 in F

      James Boyd, vi; Bengt Forsberg, p

      Dutton CDLX-7126

      1:54 am

      John Dowland: "Galliard"

      Paul O'Dette, l
      Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 1

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907160

      3:00 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Jeux d'eau"

      Georges Pludermacher, p
      Maurice Ravel * Complete Piano Works * Georges Pludermacher

      Transart TR-143 (2)

      3:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 3rd Year, Rome (1867-77)

      No. 4, "Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este"

      André Watts, p

      EMI/Ang CDM7-64599-2

      3:13 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Fountains of Rome"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Fontane Di Roma • Pini Di Roma • Feste Romane

      Philips 432133-2

      3:30 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Quatre Chansons de Ronsard"

      No. 1, "La Fontaine"

      Beverly Hoch, s; Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Schermerhorn

      MCA Classics MCAD-25966

      3:32 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Oboe Concerto in E-Flat, Wq 165

      Burkhard Glaetzner, ob; Leipzig New Bach Collegium Musicum/Max Pommer

      Capriccio 10069

      3:55 am

      Michael Balfe: "The Bohemian Girl"

      Galop

      Philharmonia Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite
      More Lyrita Lollipops

      Lyrita SRCS.99

      4:00 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Impromptu #3 in A-Flat, Op 34

      Nikita Magaloff, p
      Debussy: Children's Corner / Faure: Impromptus No. 2 & No. 3 / Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, Le Tombeau de Couperin

      Denon 81757-3804-2

      4:04 am

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

      Orlando String Quartet
      String Quartets

      Philips 411050-2

      4:30 am

      Peter Warlock: "Capriol" Suite

      #2, "Pavane"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: The Nutcracker Suite / PRAETORIUS, M.: Terpsichore / WARLOCK, P.: Capriol Suite (arr. for guitar quartet) (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

      Delos DE-3132

      4:32 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Trauermusik" (1936)

      Paul Hindemith, vi; Orch/Bruno Reibold
      Hindemith Plays

      Biddulph LAB-087

      4:39 am

      Henry Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary

      Clare College Cho, Cambridge, Instrumental Ensemble/Timothy Brown

      Columns Classics B-555007

      4:54 am

      Henry Purcell: Ode on the Birthday of Queen Mary (1694), "Come ye sons of art"

      Symphony

      English Sym Orch/William Boughton
      Rule Britannia

      Nimbus NI-7067/8 (2)

      5:00 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon primi toni"

      English Chamber Orch Brass Ensemble/Donald Fraser
      Baroque Brass

      RCA 61541-2

      5:02 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Canzon XIV a 10"

      English Chamber Orch Brass Ensemble/Donald Fraser
      Baroque Brass

      RCA 61541-2

      5:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

      Royal Phil/André Previn
      Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8

      RCA 60362-2-RC

      5:33 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Presto" in B-Flat (1934)

      André Previn, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: André Previn

      Philips 456934-2 (2)

      5:34 am

      Miklos Rózsa: "The King's Thief" (1955)

      Potsdam Brandenburg Phil/Richard Kaufman
      Captain Blood

      Marco Polo 8.223607

      5:42 am

      Miklos Rózsa: Theme and Variations for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op 29a

      Robert McDuffie, v; Lynn Harrell, vc; Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
      Roza: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / Concerto For Cello And Orchestra / Theme And Variations For Violin, Cello And Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80518

      5:54 am

      Miklos Rózsa: "Hungarian Peasant Song and Dance," Op 5

      3rd mvt

      Isabella Lippi, v; John Novacek, p

      Koch 3-7256-2

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Lent 1." Host Peter DuBois shares music of introspection and reflection, a hallmark of the 40-day season of Lent in preparation for Holy Week yet to come.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Max Richter: "On the Nature of Daylight"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      7:08 am

      Eric Whitacre: "Alleluia"

      Eric Whitacre Singers/Eric Whitacre
      Water Night

      Decca B0016636-02

      7:19 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Harp Sonata

      Maria Graf, h
      Maria Graf - Recital

      Philips 432103-2

      7:29 am

      Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32

      Solistes Européens Luxembourg/Christoph König
      Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 1; Overtures; Grand Variations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg

      Naxos 8.574094

      8:01 am

      Gustav Mahler: "Rückert Lieder"

      Susan Graham, ms; San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Mahler * Songs with Orchestra * San Francisco Symphony * Michael Tilson Thomas

      San Francisco Symphony 0036-2

      8:21 am

      Dora Pejačević: Two Butterfly Songs, Op. 52

      Ingeborg Danz, c; Brandenburg State Orch/Howard Griffiths
      Dora Pejačević: Piano Concerto, Overture & Orchestral Songs

      CPO 777916

      8:26 am

      Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78, "Rain"

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
      Brahms: Violin Sonatas

      DG B0014767-02

      8:55 am

      Mia Makaroff: "Butterfly"

      La Caccina
      Becoming

      La Caccina (Becoming)

      9:01 am

      Francesca Caccini: "Dispiegate guancie amate"

      Tenet
      The Secret Lover

      Avie AV-2326

      9:04 am

      Francesca Caccini: "Nube gentil"

      Josh Lee, viga; Tenet
      The Secret Lover

      Avie AV-2326

      9:09 am

      Pietro Locatelli: Concerto grosso in G, Op. 4, No. 9, "Da Chiesa"

      Raglan Baroque Players/Elizabeth Wallfisch
      Locatelli's Opus 4

      Hyperion CDA-67041/42 (2)

      9:17 am

      Anna Amalia of Prussia: Divertimento

      Sapphire Woodwind Quintet
      More Than Muses: Female Composers Throughout History

      Sapphire Woodwind Quintet

      9:24 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Zaide," K. 344

      Aria, "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben"

      Felicity Lott, s; London Mozart Players/Jane Glover
      Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate * Felicity Lott/LMP/Glover

      ASV CDDCA-683

      9:33 am

      Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Two-Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat

      Jacek Muzyk & Daniel Kerdelewicz, hn's; Buffalo Phil Orch/Falletta
      The Golden Age of the Horn - Concertos for Two Horns

      Naxos 8.574646

      10:01 am

      Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Three Pieces, Op. 25

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3

      Arena AR-07008

      10:13 am

      Margaret Brouwer: "Pluto"

      Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Margaret Brouwer: Rhapsodies

      Naxos 8.559933

      10:27 am

      Florence Price: "Resignation"

      London Voices/Ben Parry
      The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers

      Oxford University Press Music AMUCBC-23

      10:30 am

      Undine Smith Moore: Afro-American Suite

      Mallarmé Chamber Players
      Songs for the Soul

      Albany TROY-1190

      10:44 am

      Errollyn Wallen: "Mighty River"

      Orchestra X/Andrew Morley
      Errollyn Wallen: Mighty River (Live)

      NMC NMCDL-2017-01

      11:01 am

      Sophie Hutchings: "By Night"

      Elitsa Bogdanova, vi; Matthew Sharp, vc; Olivia Jageurs, h; Voces8
      Infinity

      Decca B0034074-02

      11:06 am

      Teresa Carreño: Waltz, "Corbeille de fleurs," Op. 9

      Clara Rodríguez, p
      Teresa Carreño * Obras para piano * Piano Works

      Fundación MMG FD-2522002237

      11:15 am

      Arturo Márquez: Violin Concerto, "Fandango"

      II. "Plegaria (Chaconne)"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
      Fandango

      Platoon (Fandango)

      11:25 am

      Gabriela Lena Frank: Four Folk Songs

      III. "Serenata"

      Claremont Trio
      Queen of Hearts: Piano Trios Commissioned for the Claremont Trio

      Tria 195269138882

      11:32 am

      Manuel de Falla: "Nights in the Gardens of Spain"

      Martha Argerich, p; Orch de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
      Falla: Noches En Los Jardines De Espana / Argerich

      Erato 45266-2

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      12:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232

      "Crucifixus; Et resurrexit"

      Music of the Baroque Cho & Orch/Jane Glover
      Celebrating our 50th Season, 2020-21

      Music of the Baroque CD-2020

      12:08 pm

      Grace Williams: "Four Illustrations for the Legend of Rhiannon"

      BBC Phil/John Andrews
      Grace Williams: Orchestral Works

      Resonus RES-10349

      12:36 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46

      No. 2 in E minor, "Dumka"

      Czech Phil/Václav Neumann
      Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

      Supraphon 38C37-7491

      12:41 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Gadfly," Op. 97

      Galop

      KBS Sym Orch/Vakhtang Jordania
      Dmitri Shostakovich - Suites For Film And Stage

      Koch 3-7274-2

      12:44 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Song, "Zdes' khorosho (It's Peaceful Here)," Op. 21, No. 7

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
      Muse

      Decca B0034635-02

      12:46 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"

      "Flight of the Bumblebee"

      Canadian Brass
      Canadian Brass Takes Flight

      Steinway & Sons 30008

      12:50 pm

      Mark O'Connor: "The American Seasons"

      Summer

      Mark O'Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
      Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons

      Sony SK-89660

      1:01 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 3

      Two-Horn Concerto in E-Flat

      Teunis van der Zwart & Bart Aerbeydt, hn's; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      1:18 pm

      Edvard Mirzoyan: Symphony for Strings & Timpani

      IV. Finale, "Allegro vivo"

      Parlando/Ian Niederhoffer
      Censored Anthems

      Delos DE-3610

      1:28 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Six Duets, Op. 63

      No. 1, "Ich wollt' meine Lieb'"

      Fatma Said; s, Huw Montague Rendall, br, Joseph Middleton, p
      Lieder

      Warner 2173245977

      1:30 pm

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Duet, "Suleika und Hatem," H-U 149

      Fatma Said; s, Huw Montague Rendall, br, Joseph Middleton, p
      Lieder

      Warner 2173245977

      1:34 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C minor

      III. Menuetto

      Charles Tunnell, vc; English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      Jeffrey Tate conducts Haydn Symphonies 94, 95 & 97

      EMI CDD7-64286-2

      1:40 pm

      Dora Pejačević: Minuet, Op. 18

      Vienna Bohème Quartet
      Bravourissimo

      Koch 3-6718-2

      1:44 pm

      Joe Locke: "Her Sanctuary"

      London Sym Orch Percussion Ensemble
      Quartet Quintet

      LSO Live LSO-5090

      1:53 pm

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 99

      I. Allegretto

      Pepe Romero, g; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Villa-Lobos, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Rodrigo

      Philips 416357-2

      2:01 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 82

      Oslo Phil/Klaus Mäkelä
      Sibelius: Complete Symphonies

      Decca 4852256

      2:36 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33

      No. 2 in C major

      Paul Lewis, p
      Ludwig van Beethoven - 'Für Elise' / Bagatelles

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902416

      2:39 pm

      Jon Batiste: "Waldstein Wobble" (after Beethoven)

      Jon Batiste, p
      Beethoven Blues

      Verve 7529002

      2:45 pm

      Leo Brouwer: "Un día de noviembre"

      Miloš, g
      Pasión

      DG B0017000-02

      2:49 pm

      Roland Dyens: "Tango en Skaï"

      Miloš, g
      Pasión

      DG B0017000-02

      2:54 pm

      Bedřich Smetana: "The Bartered Bride"

      Furiant

      Slovak Phil Orch/Barry Wordsworth
      Can-Can and Other Dances from the Opera

      Naxos 8.550924

      2:56 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Solomon"

      Act 3 Sinfonia, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Fireworks Music

      Philips 420397-2

      3:00 pm

      Liz Carroll: "Lament of the First Generation"

      Jacqueline Schwab, p
      The Blue Waltz

      Midsummer MR-224-CD

      3:05 pm

      Keith Murphy: "La Maestra"

      Jacqueline Schwab, p
      The Blue Waltz

      Midsummer MR-224-CD

      3:11 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Rhapsodie espagnole"

      Russian State Sym Orch/Dmitry Masleev, p
      Dies Irae

      Aparté AP-384

      3:27 pm

      Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"

      No. 3, "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      3:32 pm

      Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"

      No. 4, "Shortnin' Bread"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      3:33 pm

      Franz von Suppé: "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna"

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Suppé: Overtures

      CBS MK-44932

      3:43 pm

      Vincent d'Indy: "Suite in Olden Style," Op. 24

      Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
      d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Volume 6

      Chandos CHSA-5157

      4:00 pm

      Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67

      Takács Quartet; Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Elgar & Beach: Piano Quintets

      Hyperion CDA-68295

      4:29 pm

      William Lawes: Fantasia Suite No. 6 in D

      Purcell Quartet
      William Lawes: Fantasia Suites

      Chandos CHAN-0552

      4:38 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48

      II. Valse, "Moderato - Tempo di valse"

      Berlin Phil Strings/Semyon Bychkov
      Tchaikovsky, Wolf, Elgar, Barber: Serenades

      Philips 434108-2

      4:41 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "La jota aragonese," Op. 64

      Oviedo Phil/Marzio Conti
      Saint-Saëns: Rondo Capriccioso; Jota Aragonese; Concerto No. 3; Symphonie No. 3

      Warner 0825646281442

      4:47 pm

      Karl Goldmark: Overture, "In Italien," Op. 49

      Philharmonia Orch/Yondani Butt
      Goldmark: Symphony No. 2

      ASV CDDCA-934

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 18 in A, K. 464

      Guarneri Quartet
      Mozart: String Quartets K. 464 & 465

      Philips 432076-2

      5:36 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude & Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552, "St Anne"

      Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Bach* - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic* - Transcriptions

      Sony SK-89012

      5:52 pm

      Arnold Schoenberg: Three Folksongs (1929)

      No. 1, "Es gingen zwei Gespielen gut"

      Accentus Chamber Cho/Laurence Equilbey
      Schoenberg - Friede auf Erden

      Naïve V-5008

      5:55 pm

      Arnold Schoenberg: Three Folksongs (1929)

      No. 3, "Schein uns, du liebe Sonne"

      Accentus Chamber Cho/Laurence Equilbey
      Schoenberg - Friede auf Erden

      Naïve V-5008

      6:01 pm

      Louis Ballard: "The Four Moons"

      Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter
      Louis Wayne Ballard: The Four Moons, Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3 "Kokopelli", Scenes from Indian Life

      Naxos 8.559923

      6:25 pm

      Joanne Shenandoah: Kahalu 'nyuhe (She Puts Them Up - trad.)

      Joanne Shenandoah
      Native American Currents

      Native American Currents/Silver Wave SD915

      6:31 pm

      Kevin Puts: Symphony No. 4, "From Mission San Juan"

      Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Kevin Puts: To Touch the Sky, If I Were a Swan, Symphony No. 4

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907580

      7:01 pm

      Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in C, D 840, "Reliquie" (unfinished)

      András Schiff, p
      Schubert: Piano Sonatas

      Decca 440305-2

      7:30 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 99 in E-Flat

      London Phil Orch/Eugen Jochum
      Haydn: The 12 'London' Symphonies

      DG 437201-2 (4)

      7:58 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksongs

      "The tither morn", H XXXIa:130

      Lorna Anderson, s; Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 93782/77

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Berg Violin Concerto; Kyung-Wha Chung, violin; R Strauss "Four Last Songs;" Lucia Popp, soprano; Georg Solti, conductor; Shulamit Ran "Legends;" Dvořák "Silent Woods;" Jacqueline Du Pré, cello; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Montgomery "Hymn for Everyone;" Riccardo Muti, conductor; Augusta Read Thomas" ...words of the sea..."; Pierre Boulez, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      Bohuslav Martinů: "Les Ritournelles"

      No. 2, "Andante moderato - Allegro moderato"

      Radoslav Kvapil, p
      Anthology of Czech Piano Works, Vol. 3

      Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD-9140

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Chamber Music from Brazil, Spain & Portugal The Ibero-American world includes Spain, Portugal and the three Americas. Fiesta’s host Elbio Barilari shares brilliant chamber music from these areas. Including works by the Brazilian Julio Medaglia, the Spanish cellist and composer Gaspar Cassadó, and the Portuguese born Joly Braga Santos.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Wilhelm Stenhammar: The Quartets and Other Music. Program 3 of 3. Quartet No. 5, “Serenade;” Quartet in F; "Florez och Banzeflor;" Quartet No. 6; Serenade for Orchestra.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.