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      Playlist for Wednesday, April 9, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Traditional: "Yanzi (Swallow Song)"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi
      Yo-Yo Ma * Appasionato

      Sony 02668-2

      12:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Havanaise," Op. 83

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Paris La Belle Époque

      Sony SK-87287

      12:14 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

      Noah Geller, v; Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern
      Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ”

      Reference Recordings RR-136

      12:23 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14

      #5 in E-Flat

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver Dohnanyi
      BEETHOVEN, L. van: 11 Dances, "Mödlinger Tänze" / 12 German Dances / 12 Minuets (Capella Istropolitana, Dohnányi)

      Naxos 8.550433

      12:25 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #3 in C, Op 2/3

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Beethoven Sonatas Vol 3

      Bridge 9207

      12:54 am

      Igor Stravinsky: Song, "Pastorale"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Barber of Seville Overture

      GHA 126016

      1:00 am

      Giuseppe Martucci: "Tarantella," Op 44

      Philharmonia Orch/Francesco d'Avalos
      Martucci: Symphony No. 1

      ASV CDDCA-675

      1:05 am

      Jean-Marie Leclair: String Sonata in B-Flat, Op 4/2

      Purcell Quartet
      Leclair: Sonatas

      Chandos CHAN-0536

      1:16 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Boréades" (1764)

      "Menuet"

      Collegium 1704/Vaclav Luks
      Rameau: Les Boréades

      Versailles CVS-026 (3)

      1:18 am

      Giuseppe Martucci: Piano Concerto #1 in d

      Francesco Caramiello, p; Philharmonia Orch/Francesco d'Avalos
      La Canzione Dei Ricordi; Piano Concerto No 1

      ASV CDDCA-690

      1:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 129, "Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott (Praised be the Lord)"

      Chorale, "Awake Thou Wintry Earth"

      E Power Biggs, o; Orch/Zoltan Rozsnyai
      Bach: Music of Jubilee

      CBS MK-42646

      2:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Ivan Moravec, p
      Ivan Moravec Plays French Keyboard Masterpieces

      VAI VAIA-1043 (2)

      2:05 am

      Vincent D'Indy: "Chansons et danses," Op 50

      Sylvan Winds
      The Sylvan Winds

      Koch 3-7081-2

      2:20 am

      Francois Couperin: "Les Nations"

      "La Françoise"

      Juilliard Baroque
      COUPERIN: Les Nations

      Naxos 8.573347-48 (2)

      2:41 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 1 (1713): 2e ordre in d/D

      "La Mimi"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      2:43 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Danzas Afro-Cubanos"

      Orch/Morton Gould
      Lecuona Sinfonica

      RCA 68922-2

      2:54 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Impromptu"

      Gabriela Montero, p
      Solatino

      EMI/Ang 18201-2

      3:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 97, "In allen meinen Taten (In all that I do)"

      Aria, "I trust in his grace"

      Battle, s; Perlman, v; Orch of St Luke's/Nelson
      Arias

      DG 429737-2

      3:05 am

      Franz Schubert: "Wanderer Fantasy" in C, D 760

      Tedd Joselson, p
      Tedd Joselson live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

      Olympia OCD-350

      3:26 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Die frühen Gräber", D 290

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Gerald Moore, p
      Schubert: Lieder

      DG 437215-2 (9)

      3:27 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Charterhouse Suite (1923)

      English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.555068

      3:42 am

      Robert Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94

      John Anderson, ob; Gordon Back, p
      Classics for Oboe

      ASV CDWHL-2100

      3:55 am

      Leo Délibes: "Coppélia"

      "Gigue"

      Paris Opéra Orch/Jean-Baptiste Mari

      EMI/Ang CDZB7-67208-2 (2)

      4:00 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Deux esquisses (Two Sketches)," Op. 227b

      Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
      The Original Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet- 20th Century

      Boston Records BR-1062-CD

      4:05 am

      Howard Ferguson: "Three Sketches," Op 14

      David Butt, f; Clifford Benson, p
      Ferguson: Discovery: selected chamber works

      Chandos CHAN-9316

      4:10 am

      George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches

      No. 1, "Jubilee"

      Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
      American Jubilee

      Telarc CD-80144

      4:18 am

      Béla Bartók: Hungarian Sketches

      Minneapolis Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Antal Dorati • Kodály • Bartók

      Mercury 432005-2

      4:29 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: "Esquisses", Op 63

      #11, Les Soupirs

      Laurent Martin, p
      ALKAN: Esquisses Op. 63

      Naxos 8.555496

      4:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in c, K. 406

      Franz Beyer, vi; Melos String Quartet
      Streichquintette KV 174 & 406

      DG 423697-2

      4:54 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: "Esquisses", Op 63

      #48, "En Songe"

      Laurent Martin, p
      ALKAN: Railway (The) / Preludes / Etudes / Esquisses

      Naxos 8.553434

      5:00 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata in B-Flat, Op 3/3

      Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa
      Opera omnia

      Koch 350202 (3)

      5:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in b on a theme by Corelli, BWV 579

      St Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood
      Holst: The Planets, Egdon Heath, The Perfect Fool and St. Paul's Suite

      London 440376-2

      5:09 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Concerto in a, BWV 593 (after Vivaldi, Op 3/6)

      Anton Heiller, o (St Mary's, Hälsingborg, Sweden)

      Vanguard VBD-35

      5:21 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Allegro"

      St Louis Brass Quintet
      Baroque Brass

      Summit DCD-120

      5:22 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048

      Peter Rösel, Santiago Rodriguez, p
      MAX REGER: “MOZART” VARIATIONS FOR TWO PIANOS/ BACH-REGER; BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS NO. 3 & 5 FOR TWO PIANOS

      Elan CD-2240

      5:33 am

      Max Reger: Viola Suite #3 in e, Op 131d/3

      Vladimir Bukac, vi
      Martinu: Sonate No. 1 pour Alto et Piano

      Calliope CAL-9285

      5:43 am

      Max Reger: Four Tone Poems After Arnold Böcklin, Op 128

      #1, "Hermit Playing the Violin"

      London Phil/Leon Botstein
      Reger & Romanticism

      Telarc CD-80589

      5:52 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges" Suite, Op. 33a

      March

      Philharmonia Orch/Nicolai Malko

      EMI/Ang CD-CFP-4523

      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

      Carl Nielsen: "Maskarade"

      Overture

      Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Music

      Dacapo 6.220518

      6:07 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Janine Jansen, v; Itamar Golan, p
      Beau Soir

      Decca B0015249-02

      6:13 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No. 3

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Shostakovich: Five Ballet Suites

      Chandos CHAN-7000/1 (2)

      6:30 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

      Symphony, Part I. Starting with a sinfonia by Biaggio Marini from 1618, Bill slowly makes his way through symphonies of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, finishing at the brink of the Romantic era with the second symphony by Beethoven.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:02 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

      Hilary Hahn, v; Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Andrés Orozco-Estrada
      Eclipse

      DG 4862383

      8:36 pm

      Rebecca Clarke: "Dumka"

      Hélène Collerette, v; Vinciane Béranger, vi; Dana Ciocarlie, p
      Rebecca Clarke: Works for Viola

      Aparté AP-289

      8:48 pm

      John Foulds: "Apotheosis (Elegy)," Op. 18 (in memory of Joseph Joachim)

      Daniel Hope, v; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sakari Oramo
      John Foulds: Mirage • Three Mantras • Lyra Celtica • Apotheosis

      Warner Classics 61525-2

      9:01 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Triple Concerto in A minor, BWV 1044

      Jaime Martin, f; Kenneth Sillito, v; St Martin's Academy/Murray Perahia, p
      Murray Perahia Plays Bach Concertos

      Sony 82429-2 (3)

      9:25 pm

      Kevin Puts: "Contact"

      Time for Three; Philadelphia Orch/Xian Zhang
      Letters for the Future

      DG 4863066

      9:55 pm

      Clarice Assad: "Rachenitsa" (Bulgarian folk dance)

      Cavatina Duo
      Cavatina Duo: The Balkan Project

      Cedille CDR-90000117

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Songs & Laments of the Sephardim

      As Passover begins on the evening of April 12, WFMT commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt with a program of sacred, paraliturgical, celebratory, and secular music of the Jews of the Mediterranean: Spain, Greece, Italy, and the Ottoman Empire.

      11:02 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55, "Eroica"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Beethoven: The Symphonies

      Decca 421673-2 (6)