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      Playlist for Sunday, May 11, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      David Guion: "Mother Goose Suite" (1937)

      "Jack and Jill"

      Eugene Rowley, p
      Prairie Echoes: Piano Music of David Guion

      Premier PRCD-1024

      12:01 am

      David Guion: "Mother Goose Suite" (1937)

      "Curly Locks"

      Eugene Rowley, p
      Prairie Echoes: Piano Music of David Guion

      Premier PRCD-1024

      12:02 am

      David Guion: "Mother Goose Suite" (1937)

      "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son"

      Eugene Rowley, p
      Prairie Echoes: Piano Music of David Guion

      Premier PRCD-1024

      12:05 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"

      Minnesota Orch; St. Olaf Choir/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

      MMG MWCD-7142

      12:35 am

      David Guion: "Mother Goose Suite" (1937)

      "Little Bo-Peep"

      Eugene Rowley, p
      Prairie Echoes: Piano Music of David Guion

      Premier PRCD-1024

      12:36 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Fantasy on "The Last Rose of Summer," Op 15

      Daniel Paul Horn, fortepiano
      Fantasies: Music of Schubert and Mendelssohn

      Titanic TI-236

      12:43 am

      Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Violin Etude #6, "The Last Rose of Summer"

      Midori, v
      Midori Live At Carnegie Hall

      Sony SK-46742

      12:53 am

      David Moritz Michael: "The Water Journey"

      3rd mvt, "Menuett"

      Pacific Classical Winds
      David Moritz Michael

      New World 80490-2

      1:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Edward Aldwell, p
      Well Tempered Clavier Book 2

      Nonesuch 79200-2 (2)

      1:05 am

      Johann Joseph Fux: Overture à 4 #3

      Clemencic Consort/René Clemencic

      Oehms Classics OC-556

      1:15 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Fugue No. 20 in a minor

      Edward Aldwell, p
      Well Tempered Clavier Book 2

      Nonesuch 79200-2 (2)

      1:17 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      Nigel Kennedy, v; London Phil/Okko Kamu
      Tchaikovsky/ Sibelius: VIolin Concertos

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54559-2

      1:55 am

      Will Ogdon: Seven Piano Pieces

      #2, "Fantasy"

      Max Lifschitz, p

      N/s R-1014 (2)

      2:00 am

      Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches, Op. 39

      No. 1 in D

      London Sym Orch/Barry Tuckwell
      Elgar

      MCA Classics MCAD-25902

      2:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 14 in A

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati

      London 4781221 (33)

      2:20 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pièces brèves," Op 84

      #5, "Improvisation"

      Kathryn Stott, p
      Faure: Piano Music

      Hyperion CDA-67064

      2:21 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Sonata breve"

      Elissa Lee Koljonen, v; Rick Rowley, p

      Tucson Chamber Music F00/1

      2:30 am

      Xavier Montsalvatge: "Concierto Breve" (1952)

      Jenny Lin, p; North German Radio Phil/Celso Antunes
      Montsalvatge: Canciones & Concertos

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.642

      2:54 am

      Biagio Marini: "La Albana," Sinfonia Breve

      Clemencic Consort
      La Pazzia Senile

      Accord 149178

      3:00 am

      Edward Elgar: "Sospiri," Op 70

      London Sym Orch/Jeffrey Tate

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54192-2

      3:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      Overture

      Heidelburg Sym/Thomas Fey
      Thomas Fey * Overtures

      Hänssler Classic 98.269

      3:09 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op 87

      Hausmusik

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54264-2

      3:31 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Bastien und Bastienne," K. 50

      Overture

      Basel Sym Orch/Moshe Atzmon

      Ex Libris EL-16651

      3:33 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Piano Concerto No. 5 (1954)

      Christina Ortiz, p; Royal Phil/Miguel Gómez Martínez

      London 430628-2 (2)

      3:54 am

      Marc Lavry: "Three Jewish Dances"

      #1, "Sher"

      Jacques Israelievitch, v; John Greer, p

      IBS 1028

      4:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Transcendental Etudes" (1851)

      No. 7, "Eroica"

      Vladimir Ovchinikov, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49821-2

      4:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Transcendental Etudes" (1851)

      No. 5 in B-Flat, "Feux follets"

      Kemal Gekic, p
      Etudes D'Execution Transcendante

      JVC Classics 6505-2

      4:09 am

      Franz Liszt: "Transcendental Etudes" (1851)

      No. 1, Prelude

      Janice Weber, p

      MCA Classics MCAD-25890

      4:10 am

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

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Michael Gielen

      Vox CDX-5137 (2)

      4:54 am

      Dan Fox: Appalachian Suite

      #4, Five-Step Waltz

      Piccolodeon
      Works For Piccolo And Flutes, Harp And Percussion

      MHS 512419-A

      5:00 am

      Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" Marches, Op. 39

      No. 4 in G

      London Phil/Daniel Barenboim
      Elgar: Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations, Pomp & Circumstance

      Sony SK-60789

      5:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D, "London"

      La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
      Haydn: London Symphonies No. 103 and 104

      RCA-DHM 77362-2

      5:32 am

      English Trad: Folksong, London Bridge

      Evelyn Lear, s, Thomas Stewart, br, Georg Fischer, p
      Children's Songs From Around The World

      VAI VAIA-6090

      5:34 am

      John Ireland: "London Pieces"

      Eric Parkin, p
      Ireland: Piano Works, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9140

      5:47 am

      John Ireland: Prelude, "The Forgotten Rite"

      London Phil/Sir Adrian Boult
      Symphonic Rhapsody Mai Dun / Prelude The Forgotten Rite / Legend For Piano & Orchestra / Overture 'Satyricon'

      Lyrita SRCS.32

      5:53 am

      John Ireland: Song, "Hope"

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; John Lenehan, p
      DELIUS, F. / IRELAND, J.: Songs (arr. for cello and piano) (J. Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Cheng, Lenehan)

      Naxos 8.572902

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Mothers’ Day." Host Peter DuBois shares sacred music focusing on human love, as well as honoring Mary, Mother of Jesus.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:02 am

      Arvo Pärt: "Most Holy Mother of God"

      Jan Garbarek, sx; Hilliard Ensemble
      Officium Novum

      ECM 2125

      7:07 am

      Henriette Renié: "Pièce symphonique en trois épisodes"

      Susann McDonald, h
      Caprice: French Music For Harp

      Klavier K-11133

      7:17 am

      Aaron Copland: Poems of Emily Dickinson

      "Nature, the Gentlest Mother"

      Barbara Hendricks, s; London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Copland: Quiet City, 8 Poems of Emily Dickinson; Barber: Adagio for Strings, Knoxville Summer of 1915

      EMI CDC5-55358-2

      7:22 am

      Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 6 in E

      Bremerhaven Phil Orch/Marc Niemann
      Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

      Hännsler Classic HC-22016

      8:01 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Wiegenlied" (Lullaby), Op. 49, No. 4

      Emmanuelle Bertrand, vc; Pascal Amoyel, p
      Johannes Brahms: Sonatas & Liebeslieder For Cello and Piano

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902329

      8:02 am

      George Gershwin: "Lullaby"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      American Adagios

      Telarc CD-80503

      8:12 am

      John Rutter: Suite for Strings

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      English String Miniatures, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.554186

      8:25 am

      Eric Whitacre: "Her Sacred Spirit Soars"

      Eric Whitacre Singers/Eric Whitacre
      Water Night

      Decca B0016636-02

      8:34 am

      Edward Elgar: String Serenade in E minor, Op. 20

      Sinfonia of London/John Barbirolli
      Elgar, Vaughan Williams: English String Music

      EMI CDC7-47537-2

      8:48 am

      L. Viola Kinney: "Mother's Sacrifice"

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes

      Albany TROY-857

      8:53 am

      Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou: "Mother's Love"

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes 2: Piano Music by Women of African Descent

      MSR Classics MS-1744

      8:58 am

      Florence Price: "To My Little Son"

      Michele Kennedy, s; Agave
      In Her Hands

      Acis APL-53714

      9:01 am

      William Babell: Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 3, No. 2

      La Rêveuse
      La Rêveuse - Corelli's Legacy

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905322

      9:10 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 3 in D, BWV 1054

      Hanover Band/Andrew Arthur, hc
      J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos

      Signum SIGCD-710

      9:28 am

      Bach-Gounod: "Ave Maria"

      Leontyne Price, s; Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Christmas Stars: Joy to the World

      Decca 433010-2

      9:32 am

      Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Concerto in B-flat

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
      Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, Volume 3

      Avie AV-2154

      9:52 am

      Franz Biebl: "Ave Maria"

      Chanticleer/Joseph Jennings
      Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas

      Chanticleer CR-8803

      10:01 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

      Barcarolle ("Belle nuit")

      J Norman, s; A Murray, ms; Brussels Opera Orch/S Cambreling
      Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann

      EMI CDS7-49641-2 (3)

      10:06 am

      Ole Bull: "A Mother's Prayer"

      Arve Tellefsen, v; Trondheim Sym Orch/Elvind Aadland
      Ole Bull A Norwegian Pioneer

      Simax PSC-1261

      10:15 am

      Lou Harrison: "Seven Pastorales"

      "To My Mother"

      Brooklyn Phil/Dennis Russell Davies
      Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales; Peggy Glanville-Hicks: Etruscan Concerto; Terry Riley: June Buddhas

      Musicmasters 67089-2

      10:17 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)"

      Suite

      Rotterdam Phil Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Ravel: Ballet and Dance Music

      EMI 66342-2

      10:35 am

      Taiwo Adegoke: "When My Mother Laughs"

      Joseph Ehrenpreis, g
      Sunrise in Africa

      Joseph Ehrenpreis (Sunrise in Africa)

      10:39 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "The Lark Ascending"

      Hilary Hahn, v; London Sym Orch/Sir Colin Davis
      Elgar: Violin Concerto, Op.61 / Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

      DG 474504-2

      10:56 am

      Bobby McFerrin: "The 23rd Psalm (dedicated to my mother)"

      Cantus
      That Eternal Day

      Cantus Recordings CTS-1210

      11:01 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Songs My Mother Taught Me," Op. 55, No. 4

      Camille Thomas, vc; Brussels Phil/Stéphane Denève
      Voice of Hope

      DG 4838564

      11:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79, No. 1

      Murray Perahia, p
      Brahms: Handel Variations, Rhapsodies, Piano Pieces

      Sony 72725

      11:15 am

      Traditional Irish: "The Gartan Mother's Lullaby"

      Choral Scholars of University College Dublin/Desmond Earley; Geraldine O'Doherty, h
      Invisible Stars: Choral Works of Ireland & Scotland

      Signum SIGCD-436

      11:21 am

      Rebecca Dale: "Requiem for My Mother"

      IX. "Libera me"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Elle

      Analekta AN2-8754

      11:26 am

      Reinhold Glière: Harp Concerto in E-Flat, Op. 74

      Rachel Masters, h; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Gliere & Ginastera: Harp Works

      Chandos CHAN-9094

      11:54 am

      Ysaÿe Barnwell: "Wanting Memories"

      Cantus
      That Eternal Day

      Cantus Recordings CTS-1210

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      John Adams: "Short Ride in a Fast Machine"

      San Francisco Sym/Edo de Waart
      The Chairman Dances

      Nonesuch 79144-2

      12:05 pm

      Shirley Thompson: "Dance of the Night Sky"

      Black Oak Ensemble
      Dance of the Night Sky

      Cedille CDR-90000237

      12:13 pm

      George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess"

      Suite, "Catfish Row": I. "Catfish Row"

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Strike Up the Band: Overture, Promenade, Catfish Row

      Naxos 8.559750

      12:21 pm

      Meyer/Thile/Duncan: "Less is Moi"

      Stuart Duncan, plectrum banjo; Chris Thile, man; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      Edgar Meyer, double bass,
      The Goat Rodeo Sessions

      Sony 84118-2

      12:30 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat, K. 482

      Angela Hewitt, p; National Arts Centre Orch/Hannu Lintu
      Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 22 & 24

      Hyperion CDA-68049

      1:03 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Valse lente"

      Leann Osterkamp, p
      Bernstein: Complete Solo Works for Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30076 (2)

      1:04 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Non troppo presto" ("Music for the Dance" No. 1)

      Leann Osterkamp, p
      Bernstein: Complete Solo Works for Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30076 (2)

      1:05 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Mixolydian Mixup"

      Leann Osterkamp, p
      Bernstein: Complete Solo Works for Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30076 (2)

      1:06 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "35"

      Leann Osterkamp, p
      Bernstein: Complete Solo Works for Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30076 (2)

      1:08 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Bridal Suite"

      I. Prelude

      Leann Osterkamp & Michael Barrett, p
      Bernstein: Complete Solo Works for Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30076 (2)

      1:12 pm

      Louise Héritte-Viardot: Piano Quartet No. 1 in A, Op. 9, "Im Sommer"

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-20329

      1:36 pm

      Frederic Curzon: "Robin Hood" Suite

      "March of the Bowmen"

      New London Orch/Ronald Corp
      British Light Music Classics, Vol. 1

      Hyperion CDA-66968

      1:41 pm

      Edward Elgar: "Carissima"

      New London Orch/Ronald Corp
      British Light Music Classics, Vol. 1

      Hyperion CDA-66968

      1:46 pm

      Yukihiro Yoko: Variations on "Sakura"

      Timothy Walker, g
      Classical Folk Guitar

      Helios CDH-88027

      1:51 pm

      François Couperin: "Les Nations"

      "L'Espagnole": Sonata

      Florilegium
      Couperin & Rebel: Les Nations

      Channel Classics CCSSA-33213

      2:01 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73, "Emperor"

      Paul Lewis, p; BBC Sym Orch/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902053.55 (3)

      2:41 pm

      Errollyn Wallen: Dances for Orchestra

      Dances XI-XII

      BBC Concert Orch/John Andrews
      Errollyn Wallen Orchestral Works

      Resonus RES-10358

      2:45 pm

      Percy Grainger: "Molly on the Shore"

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
      Nielsen, Grainger & Strauss

      Lake Effect (2019)

      2:50 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Legends," Op 59

      No. 7 in A, "Allegretto grazioso"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, Complete Ten Legends

      Warner 0825646287871

      2:53 pm

      Juan de Lienas: "Laudate pueri" a 8

      Newberry Consort/Ellen Hargis
      Juan de Lienas: Vespers

      Navona NV-6333

      3:01 pm

      Mel Bonis: "Album pour les Tout-Petits," Op. 103

      Nathalia Milstein, p
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      3:16 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Sextet, Op. 70, "Souvenir de Florence"

      Salerno-Sonnenberg, B Kim, Kawasaki, Sasaki, Harrell, Lidström
      Ryo Sasaki, viola,
      Mats Lidström, cello,
      Bella Italia

      EMI CDC5-56163-2

      3:51 pm

      Eric Whitacre: "The Seal Lullaby"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon
      Beloved

      Platoon PLAT-AAM-01

      3:55 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59

      No. 10, "Deep River"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      4:01 pm

      Hajime Komatsu: "Four Japanese Folk Songs" Suite No. 2

      Kontras Quartet
      Origins

      MSR Classics MS-1537

      4:15 pm

      Anton Webern: "Im Sommerwind"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Webern: Im Sommerwind

      CSO Resound 9011002

      4:30 pm

      William Grant Still: "Three Visions"

      No. 2, "Summerland"

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

      Albany TROY-1383

      4:35 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Suite in G minor, possibly from "Nero"

      Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman
      Handel in Hamburg

      Hyperion CDA-67053

      4:45 pm

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      III. Finale, "Allegro assai vivace"

      Daniel Hope, v; Royal Stockholm Phil Orch/Alexander Shelley
      Escape to Paradise

      DG 4792954

      4:53 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Adelaide," Op. 46

      Werner Güra, t; Christoph Berner, fp
      Beethoven: Lieder & Bagatellen

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902217

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried Idyll"

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 9, Wagner: Siegfried Idyll & Parsifal Prelude

      DG 4836659

      5:23 pm

      Dora Pejačević: Piano Trio in C, Op. 29

      trioW
      Unheard-of Treasures: Music by Women Composers

      Naxos 8.551438

      6:00 pm

      Vincent d'Indy: "Jour d'été à la montagne," Op. 61

      Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
      d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-10464

      6:31 pm

      Max Richter: "On the Nature of Daylight"

      Voces8
      Nightfall

      Decca 4870458

      6:38 pm

      Amy Beach: "Empress of the Night," Op. 2, No. 3

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
      Cooler By The Lake

      Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet (Cooler By The Lake)

      6:42 pm

      Arthur Foote: "A Night Piece"

      Alexa Still, f; New Zealand Sym Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite
      Alexa Still - Flute

      Koch 3-7063-2

      6:51 pm

      Arthur Foote: String Suite in E, Op 63

      I. "Praeludium"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Gather

      WFMT (Gather)

      6:55 pm

      Amy Beach: "Serenade" (transcription of Strauss song)

      Joanne Polk, p
      Amy Beach: Fire Flies

      Arabesque Z-6721

      7:03 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Symphonia domestica," Op. 53

      Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Strauss Alliance

      DG 4862040

      7:48 pm

      Richard Strauss: Song, "Muttertändelei," Op. 43, No. 2

      Kiri Te Kanawa, s; Sir Georg Solti, p
      Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, 13 Lieder

      Decca 430511-2

      7:51 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59

      Waltz

      Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p
      The Fiddler of the Opera

      DG 447640-2

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor; Christian Thielemann, conductor; Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from "Tristan and Isolde;" Daniel Barenboim, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      Olivier Messiaen: Preludes

      No. 3, "Le nombre léger"

      Jan Lisiecki, p
      Preludes

      DG 4866018

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Living Composers from Mexico Fiesta presents a selection of delightful pieces by living Mexican composers including flute and guitar works by María Granillo and Juanrra Urrusti. We'll also hear compositions by Julio César Oliva and Diana Syrse.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      A Newly Discovered 19th Century Mass

      Mercadante "Messa Solenne," other works.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.