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      Playlist for Thursday, April 3, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      César Franck: "Panis Angelicus"

      Hallé Orch and Cho/Maurice Handford
      The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

      EMI/Ang CDC5-67014-2 (2)

      12:04 am

      Louise Farrenc: Symphony #2 in D, Op 35

      Luxembourg European Soloists/Christoph König
      Farrenc

      Naxos 8.573706

      12:37 am

      Johann Anton Kozeluch: Cassation in E-Flat

      "Allegro"

      Consortium Classicum
      Koželuch: Divertimenti for Bläser

      Orfeo C-442981-A

      12:39 am

      Johann Anton Kozeluch: "Parthia a la Camera" #1 in B-Flat

      Budapest Wind Ensemble/Kàlm n Berkes

      Hungaroton HCD-31676

      12:45 am

      Richard Strauss: Wind Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 7

      Stockholm Phil Winds/Paavo Berglund
      Strauss: Don Juan, Burleske, Serenade, Till Eulenspiegel

      RCA 60173-2-RC

      12:54 am

      Richard Strauss: Six Songs, Op. 19

      #2, "Breit über mein Haupt"

      Brenden Gunnell, t; Malcolm Martineau, p
      Strauss: Complete Songs

      Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

      1:00 am

      William Grant Still: "Ennanga" (1956)

      II

      Videmus
      Works By William Grant Still

      New World 80399-2

      1:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet No. 14 in A-Flat, Op. 105

      Emerson String Quartet
      Emerson String Quartet * Old World -- New World

      DG B0014106-02 (3)

      1:37 am

      Francis Johnson: "The New Bird Waltz"

      Chestnut Brass Company/Tamara Brooks
      The Music Of Francis Johnson And His Contemporaries: Early 19th-Century Black Composers

      Musicmasters 7029-2-C

      1:38 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Concertino in G, Op 73

      Howard Shelley, p; London Mozart Players
      Hummel: Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-9558

      1:55 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Sepivi te"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      2:00 am

      Sergio Assad: "Jobiniana #1"

      Sergio Assad, Odair Assad, g's
      Alma Brasileira

      Nonesuch 79179-2

      2:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Mandolin Concerto in G, R 532

      Saint Clivier, Schneider, Toulouse Chamber Orch/Auriacombe

      EMI/Ang CMS7-69143-2 (2)

      2:16 am

      John Dowland: "My Lord Chamberlain his Galliard"

      Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's
      English Lute Duets

      BIS CD-267

      2:17 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Petrouchka"

      Three Movements from "Petrouchka"

      Yuja Wang, p
      Yuja Wang: Transformation

      DG B0014108-02

      2:33 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Le Baiser de la fée"

      Divertimento

      Cho-Liang Lin, v; André-Michel Schub, p
      Stravinsky: Suite Italienne, Duo Concertant, Divertimento

      CBS MK-42101

      2:54 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Dance of the Little Swans

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti

      EMI/Ang CDZ7-62505-2

      3:00 am

      William Byrd: Sellenger's Round

      Glenn Gould, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Glenn Gould

      Philips 456808-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Various: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme ("Sellenger's Round")

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      Britten, Tippett, Walton

      RCA 7846-2-RC

      3:21 am

      John Johnsone: Sellenger's Rounde

      Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's
      English Lute Duets

      BIS CD-267

      3:23 am

      Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria

      Eaken Piano Trio
      CHRISTMAS and HANUKAH: I'll Be Home for the Holidays

      Naxos 8.554714

      3:31 am

      Charles Gounod: String Quartet in a

      Bessler-Reis String Quartet

      Chant du Monde LDC-278946

      3:48 am

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Waltz

      Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe
      Vienna Philarmonic 'On Holiday'

      Testament SBT-1127

      3:53 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: "Doktor Faust"

      "Lied des Mephistopheles"

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
      Fischer-Dieskau Live in Salzburg * Recitals 1962-1964

      EMI/Ang CMS7-63167-2 (3)

      4:00 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah"

      Aria, "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; National Phil/Charles Gerhardt

      RCA 60696-2-RG

      4:05 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; London Sym Orch/Maxim Shostakovich
      Cello Works

      Philips 434106-2

      4:24 am

      Wm Lloyd Webber: "Three Spring Miniatures"

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Webber: Invocation

      Chandos CHAN-9595

      4:30 am

      William LLOYD WEBBER: Seven Pieces

      #2, "Song without words"

      John Lill, p
      Music Of William Lloyd Weber

      ASV CDDCA-961

      4:32 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 19

      Luba Edlina, p
      Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words

      Chandos CHAN-8948/9 (2)

      4:49 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op 34

      No. 2, "Auf Flügeln des Gesanges"

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

      RCA 61732-2 (3)

      4:53 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op 19a

      No. 1, "Frühlingslied"

      Peter Schreier, t; Walter Olbertz, p
      Lieder

      DG 2530596

      5:00 am

      Albert Roussel: Impromptu, Op 21

      Susanna Mildonian, h

      Pavane ADW-7190-2

      5:05 am

      Albert Roussel: Sinfonietta, Op 52

      Virtuosi di Praga/Oldrich Vlcek

      Discover Int'l DICD-920236

      5:14 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Pavane pour une infante défunte"

      Lille National Orch/Jean-Claude Casadesus

      Harmonia Mundi HMP-390064

      5:21 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Prélude"

      Robert Casadesus, p
      Robert Casadesus: The Complete Piano Music of Maurice Ravel

      Sony MH2K-63316 (2)

      5:22 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three-Piano Concerto No. 7 in F, K. 242

      Robert, Gaby & Jean Casadesus, p's; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Robert Casadesus Plays Mozart

      Sony MPK-46736

      5:46 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”, Op. 314

      Ensemble/Samuel Adler
      Monster Concert

      CBS M-31726

      5:53 am

      Samuel Adler: Four Etudes, "Meadowmountetudes"

      #2, "Like a Waltz"

      William Steck, v

      Gasparo GSCD-297

      6:00 am - 7:00 pm

      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.

      6:02 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Chopin Competition Winner 2015: Seong-Jin Cho

      DG 4795332

      6:09 am

      Frederick Converse: Clarinet Rhapsody, Op. 105

      Robert Alemany, cl; Czech National Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      The American Clarinet - Music from the Fleisher Collection Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-502

      6:18 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 4 in D

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Haydn: Symphonies Vol. 4: Nos. 1-5

      Chandos CHAN-8737

      6:55 am

      WFMT Membership Drive

      Until 7:00 pm. Enjoy the best classical music through the day with your favorite WFMT personalities and special guests, and support the music you love by calling (773) 279-2100 or by visiting wfmt.com.

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977)

      The renowned conductor was known for creating over 200 orchestral transcriptions. His works are colorful and varied, spanning a wide range from the organ pieces of JS Bach to the operas of Wagner. Stokowski played a pivotal role in the early development of orchestral recordings, and in 1940, he partnered with Walt Disney to produce the groundbreaking film "Fantasia."

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:02 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61

      Gil Shaham, v; The Knights/Eric Jacobsen
      Beethoven, Brahms: Violin Concertos

      Canary Classics CC-20

      8:44 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 62

      Christoph Eschenbach, p
      Romantic Piano Music

      DG 4794624 (6)

      9:02 pm

      Josef Suk: String Serenade in E-Flat, Op. 6

      Polish Radio Chamber Orch/Agnieszka Duczmal
      Tchaikovsky & Suk: Serenades for Strings; Grieg: Holberg Suite and Two Elegiac Melodies

      ASV CDQS-6094

      9:27 pm

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Trio in D, Op. 1

      NZTrio
      Merge

      Rattle RAT-D121

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Beethoven Symphony No. 1; Bruckner Symphony No. 7; Kurt Masur, conductor.