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      Playlist for Monday, May 12, 2025

      12:00 am

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      A Newly Discovered 19th Century Mass

      Mercadante "Messa Solenne," other works.

      12:00 am

      Continues from 11:00pm Sunday.

      1:00 - 6:00 am

      1:00 am

      H Leslie Adams: "Song of Solitude (Alone...)"

      Laura Strickling, s; Daniel Schlosberg, p
      40@40

      Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0185

      1:05 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Light Cavalry"

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Suppe: Overtures

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54056-2

      1:12 am

      Cliff COLNOT: Fanfare (1984)

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      Virtuoso Brass

      Delos DE-1022

      1:14 am

      Joan Tower: "Petroushskates"

      eighth blackbird
      Thirteen Ways

      Cedille CDR-90000067

      1:20 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Petrouchka"

      Berlin Phil/Bernard Haitink

      Philips 422415-2

      1:55 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 11

      No. 9

      Sviatoslav Richter, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      2:00 am

      Vincenzo Bellini: "Norma"

      Aria, "Casta Diva"

      James Galway, f; London Sym Orch/Klauspeter Seibel
      Wings of Song: Popular Classical Melodies for Flute and Orchestra * James Galway

      DG B0003024-02

      2:05 am

      Louise Farrenc: "Les Italiennes," Op. 14

      "Cavatine de Norma"

      Joanne Polk, p
      Louise Farrenc - Piano Music

      Steinway & Sons 30133

      2:11 am

      Vincenzo Bellini: Oboe Concerto in E-Flat

      Rolf Smedvig, tr; Scottish Chamber Orch/Jahja Ling
      Trumpet Concertos Of Haydn, Hummel, Torelli, Tartini and Bellini

      Telarc CD-80232

      2:18 am

      Jean-Joseph Mouret: "Rondeau"

      Empire Brass
      Royal Brass: Brass Music From The Renaissance and Baroque

      Telarc CD-80257

      2:20 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Symphony #1 in E, Op 5, "Slavyanskaya"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier
      Glazunov * Symphonies 1,2,3 & 9

      Warner Classics 68904-2 (2)

      2:54 am

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

      "La Babet"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      3:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

      "Ah sì, ben mio...Di quella pira"

      Placido Domingo, t; Roger Wagner Chorale, LA Phil/CM Giulini
      Spotlight * Placido Domingo * Carlo Maria Giulini * Opera Gala

      DG 4776613

      3:05 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

      Ballet music

      Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier
      Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

      Naxos 8.572818-19 (2)

      3:28 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

      Anvil Chorus, "Vedi le fosche"

      Chicago Sym Cho, Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Verdi: Choruses * CSO * Solti

      London 430226-2

      3:31 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

      Anvil Chorus, "Vedi le fosche"

      Regina Music Box
      Wound-up Opera (Great Hits From The Opera)

      CBS MS-7338

      3:32 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

      Gwendolyn Mok, p
      The Complete Piano Works of Ravel

      Musicians Showcase MS-1070 (2)

      3:55 am

      Michel-Richard Delalande: "Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy (for the King's Supper)"

      5th Suite: Loure

      La Simphonie du Marais/Hugo Reyne
      Delalande

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901303

      4:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude "Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott" BWV 721

      Stephen Ketterer, o
      This Time It's Personal

      MSR Classics MS-1225

      4:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto in B-Flat, Op 4/6

      New York Harp Ensemble
      An Evening with the New York Harp Ensemble

      Hungaroton HCD-31295

      4:16 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Concerto in G, BWV 592

      Amherst Saxophone Quartet
      Bach on Sax

      MCA Classics MCAD-6264

      4:23 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (If Only You Let God Guide You)" BWV 690

      Anthony Newman, o

      Newport Classic NC-60002

      4:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Sinfonia Concertante" in E-Flat, K. 364

      Nobuko Imai, vi; Brabant Phil/Philippe Graffin, v
      Mozart

      Avie AV-2127

      4:55 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Deception"

      "Main Title"

      National Phil/Charles Gerhardt

      RCA 7890-2-RG

      5:00 am

      William Brade: "Paduana and Galliard"

      New York Consort of Viols
      Dances & Canzonas

      Classic Masters CMCD-1014

      5:05 am

      William Croft: "Mr Croft's Airs in the Comedy Courtship à la Mode"

      London Oboe Band/Paul Goodwin
      Playhouse Aires: 18th Century English Theatre Music

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907181

      5:19 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Rondeau

      Les Arts Florrisant/William Christie
      Purcell: The Fairy Queen

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901308/9 (2)

      5:21 am

      Claude Debussy: Sonata (#2) for Flute, Viola and Harp

      James Galway, f; Graham Oppenheimer, vi; Marisa Robles, h
      Clair de Lune: Music of Debussy

      RCA RCD1-7173

      5:38 am

      Hyacinthe Jadin: Piano Sonata in c, Op 5/3

      André Raynaud, f-p
      The Pianoforte in France

      Pierre Verany PV.790032

      5:54 am

      Adolphe-Charles Adam: "Giselle"

      Act 2: "Apparition de Giselle"

      London Sym Orch/Anatole Fistoulari
      Giselle • Graduation Ball • Gaîté Parisienne

      Mercury 434365-2 (2)

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      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.

      6:03 am

      George Gershwin: "Cuban Overture"

      Dallas Sym/Eduardo Mata
      George Gershwin: An American In Paris, Porgy And Bess: A Symphonic Picture, Cuban Overture/Eduardo Mata

      RCA RCD1-4551

      6:14 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Barcarolle" in F-Sharp, Op. 60

      Natasha Paremski, p
      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Natasha Paremski (October 20, 2010)

      WFMT

      6:23 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 74, "Harp"

      IV. Finale, "Allegretto con variazioni"

      Calidore String Quartet
      Beethoven: The Middle Quartets

      Signum SIGCD-872

      6:31 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in A, BWV 1032

      Joshua Smith, f; Jory Vinikour, hc
      Bach: Flute Sonatas

      Delos DE-3402

      6:44 am

      Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3

      Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner
      Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances

      EMI CDC7-47116-2

      7:02 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 10

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6

      Warner 65775-3

      7:14 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467

      II. "Andante"

      Alon Goldstein, p; Fine Arts Quartet
      Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21

      Naxos 8.573398

      7:22 am

      Paquito D'Rivera: "Invitación al Danzón"

      Susan Palma-Nidel, f; Edward Arron, vc; Jeewon Park, p
      Elegante: New Flute Music from South America

      Flutewine Productions 616892044949

      7:31 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pavane," Op. 50

      Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Mad About Romance

      DG 439152-2

      7:40 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44

      III. Scherzo: "Molto vivace"

      Quatuor Hanson; Adam Laloum, p
      Robert Schumann String Quartets, Piano Quintet

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902726.27

      7:45 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "Tábor"

      Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Smetana: Má Vlast

      Decca 4833187

      7:58 am

      Anthony Holborne: "The Fairy Round"

      Fretwork
      Music For Viols

      Virgin 59691-2

      8:03 am

      Moritz Moszkowski: "From Foreign Lands," Op. 23

      IV. Spanish, "Molto vivace"

      Polish National Radio Sym Orch/Antoni Wit
      Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E major; From Foreign Lands

      Naxos 8.553989

      8:06 am

      Alan Hovhaness: Four Bagatelles, Op. 30

      Shanghai Quartet
      Spirit Murmur

      Delos DE-3162

      8:16 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: "Christmas Concerto" in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8

      English Chamber Orch/Simon Preston
      Christmas Concertos

      Novalis 150133-2 (2)

      8:31 am

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 2

      Simon Trpčeski, p
      Debussy: Images, Children's Corner, etc.

      EMI 00272-2

      8:46 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Marosszék Dances"

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Kodály: Concerto for Orchestra, Dances of Galánta, Dances of Marosszék, The Peacock Variations

      Naxos 8.573838

      9:02 am

      Enrique Granados: "Valses poéticos"

      No. 8, "Presto"

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p
      Dances

      Decca 4785334

      9:05 am

      Gustav Holst: "St Paul's Suite," Op. 29, No. 2

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood
      Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

      Decca 440376-2

      9:18 am

      Frank Bridge: "Summer"

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Bantock, Butterworth, Bridge

      Chandos CHAN-8373

      9:30 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Potpourri" on Rossini's "Tancredi," Op. 76

      Cavatina Duo
      Cavatina at the Opera

      Bridge 9448

      9:45 am

      Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E

      IV. Finale, "Bewegt, doch nicht schnell"

      London Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

      LSO Live LSO-0887

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Errollyn Wallen: "Mighty River"

      BBC Concert Orch/John Andrews
      Errollyn Wallen Orchestral Works

      Resonus RES-10358

      10:18 am

      Franz Schubert: Impromptu in C minor, D 899, No. 1

      Simone Dinnerstein, p
      Something Almost Being Said

      Sony 98943-2

      10:31 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin, Two-Oboe, Two-Horn & Bassoon Concerto in F, R. 569

      Les Violons du Roy/Mathieu Lussier
      Vivaldi: Concertos

      Atma ACD2-2602

      10:44 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Poet and Peasant"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti
      Famous Overtures

      Decca 460982-2 (2)

      10:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 146, "Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal"

      Duet, "Wie will ich mich (My Spirit be Joyful)"

      Empire Brass; Douglas Major, o
      A Bach Festival

      EMI CDC7-47395-2

      11:01 am

      Mark O'Connor: "The American Seasons"

      Spring

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

      Sony SK-89660

      11:10 am

      Manuel de Falla: Four Spanish Pieces

      Miguel Baselga, p
      Manuel de Falla: Complete Solo Piano Music

      BIS CD-773

      11:27 am

      Mily Balakirev: "Islamey"

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Balakirev: 1812, Polovtsian Dances, Islamey

      Philips 412552-2

      11:38 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpts); Symphony No. 4 in A (Italian)

      Sony SK-62826

      11:51 am

      François-Joseph Gossec: "Suite de Danses"

      Overture; Menuet; Rondo final

      Orchestre de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling
      Gossec: Gavotte, Suite De Danses, 4 Symphonies

      ASV CDDCA-1124

      12:01 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B-Flat, K. 589

      Dover Quartet
      Tribute: Dover Quartet Plays Mozart

      Cedille CDR-90000167

      12:25 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Messe solennelle"

      "Resurrexit" (original version)

      Monteverdi Cho, Orch Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Gardiner
      Hector Berlioz: Messe Solennelle (World Premiere Recording)

      Philips 442137-2

      12:33 pm

      Philip Glass: Piano Etude No. 2

      Jenny Lin, p
      Philip Glass: Complete Etudes for Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30070 (2)

      12:41 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"

      Three Dance Episodes

      Philzuid/Duncan Ward
      Gershwin, Montsalvatge, Bernstein, and Peña Campo

      Fuga Libera FUG-832

      12:53 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Serenade, Op. 15

      Basque National Orch/Jun Märkl
      Coffee and Classical

      Naxos 8.578358

      1:01 pm

      Tielman Susato: "The Danserye" (1551)

      Six Dances

      Millar Brass Ensemble/Vincent Cichowicz
      Brass Surround

      Delos DE-3171

      1:15 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Sonate Corellisante" No. 2 in A

      Rebel/Jörg-Michael Schwarz
      Corellisante - Sonatas for Two Violins & Basso Continuo by Corelli & Telemann

      Dorian DSL-90703

      1:25 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Rienzi"

      Overture

      Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt
      Wagner Overtures

      EMI CDC7-47030-2

      1:40 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "Close Your Eyes and Listen"

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Monte Carlo Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel
      Piazzolla Stories

      Warner 0190295155636

      1:46 pm

      Frank Bridge: Three Idylls for String Quartet

      Moscow Chamber Orch/Constantine Orbelian
      The Music of Frank Bridge

      Delos DE-3263

      2:00 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

      Daniil Trifonov, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
      Chopin Evocations

      DG 4797518 (2)

      2:36 pm

      Fritz Kreisler: "Caprice viennois," Op. 2

      Joshua Bell, v; Paul Coker, p
      The Best of Joshua Bell

      Decca B0013372-02 (3)

      2:41 pm

      Fritz Kreisler: "Syncopation"

      Joshua Bell, v; Paul Coker, p
      The Best of Joshua Bell

      Decca B0013372-02 (3)

      2:44 pm

      Domenico Cimarosa: "Le stravaganze d'amore"

      Overture

      Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois
      Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.572734

      2:53 pm

      Gerald Finzi: "Let us garlands bring," Op. 18 (Five Shakespeare Songs)

      No. 3, "Fear no more the heat o' the sun"

      Amy Dickson, asx; Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
      Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi

      Decca 4789357

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      3:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 417

      Barry Tuckwell, hn; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4, Rondo

      EMI CDM7-69569-2

      3:14 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "Otello"

      Ballet Music

      Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Rossini: Ballet Music

      Philips 422843-2

      3:35 pm

      César Franck: "Psyché"

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Franck: Symphony in D minor, Psyché, Les Djinns

      Decca 425432-2

      3:58 pm

      Jocelyn Chambers: "Melting Point"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Five Minutes for Earth

      Azica ACD-71349

      4:01 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Valses nobles et sentimentales"

      Michel Dalberto, p
      Michel Dalberto: Ravel

      Aparté AP-225

      4:20 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

      I. "Allegro vivace"

      Marlboro Festival Orch/Pablo Casals
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 & Octet

      Sony SMK-46251

      4:29 pm

      Franz Liszt: Two Legends

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Liszt: Sonata in B minor, Two Legends

      Philips 410040-2

      4:49 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale-prelude, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)"

      Thibaut Garcia, g
      Bach Inspirations

      Erato 0190295605261

      4:55 pm

      Arturo Márquez: "Conga del Fuego"

      Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
      Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries

      DG B0013458-02

      5:01 pm

      Jean-Marie Leclair: Violin Sonata in D, Op. 9, No. 3

      Convivium
      Leclair: Sonatas, Vol 2

      Hyperion CDA-67068

      5:16 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, "Rider"

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con brio"

      Tátrai Quartet
      Haydn: Apponyi Quartets Opp. 71 & 74

      Hungaroton HCD-12246/7-2 (2)

      5:22 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Serse"

      "Largo (Ombra mai fu)"

      Randall Wolfgang, ob; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      100 Classical Masterworks

      DG 4793590

      5:25 pm

      Maurice Greene: Overture No. 1 in D

      Baroque Band/Garry Clarke
      Greene: Overtures

      Cedille CDR-90000152

      5:32 pm

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

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

      Hyperion CDA-68295

      6:01 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Russian Easter Overture," Op. 36

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      "1812" Overture

      DG 419407-2

      6:16 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "Jeu de cartes"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, Jeu de cartes

      Decca 443775-2

      6:39 pm

      Tarquinio Merula: Ciaccona, Op. 12, No. 20

      Zürich Chamber Orch/Daniel Hope, v
      Dance!

      DG 4864994

      6:43 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "Semiramide"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini
      Rossini: Overtures

      EMI CDM7-69042-2

      6:57 pm

      Florence Price: Three Negro Spirituals

      No. 1, "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray"

      Deborah Moriarty & Zhihua Tang, p
      Connecting Cultures

      Blue Griffin BGR-633

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Tone Poems

      Bill invites us to sit with him as he describes and listens to symphonic music freed from its traditional structures which takes a programmatic turn. The image-evoking playlist includes Ottorino Respighi's "Gli Uccelli" and George Gershwin's "American in Paris."

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      Violinist Rachel Barton Pine, and her daughter, composer and violinist Sylvia Pine perform duets with pianist Matthew Hagle, including "Navarra" by Sarasate and Five Pieces by Shostakovich.

      9:56 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op 47

      No. 1, "Allegretto scherzando"

      Quartetto Gelato
      Neapolitan Café

      Silva SILKD-6033

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      San Francisco Symphony

      Gabriella Smith "Breathing Forests;" Stravinsky Octet for Wind Instruments; "Les Noces;" Lauren Snouffer, soprano; Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano; Paul Appleby, tenor; David Soar, bass; SFS Chorus; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.