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      Playlist for Sunday, May 18, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Michel de Béthune: "Chaconette"

      José Miguel Moreno, l
      The Magic Of

      Glossa GCD-920005-ENG

      12:05 am

      Antonio Bertali: "Chiacona"

      Rachel Podger, v; Marcin Swiatkiewicz, hc; Daniele Caminiti, theorbo
      Perla Barocca: Early Italian Masterpieces

      Channel Classics CCSSA-36014

      12:13 am

      Italian Anon 14th c: Trotto

      Jordi Savall, v, Pedro Estevan, per
      La Lira D'Espéria: La Vièle Médiévale The Medieval Fiddle

      Astrée E-8547

      12:15 am

      Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77

      David Oistrakh, v; Dresden Staatskapelle/Franz Konwitschny
      Violin Concerto in D, Op 77

      DG 447427-2 (2)

      12:54 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Five Melodies, Op. 35b

      No. 4, "Allegretto leggero e scherzando"

      David Oistrakh, v; Frida Bauer, p
      Ravel, Debussy, Prokofiev, Ysaye: Sonatas, 5 Mélodies

      Philips 420777-2

      1:00 am

      Ruggiero Leoncavallo: "Valse mignonne"

      Lang Lang, p
      Leoncavallo: La Nuit de Mai * Domingo * Lang Lang * Veronesi

      DG B0013965-02

      1:05 am

      Pietro Mascagni: "Danza esotica"

      Trieste Teatro Lirico Orch/Tiziano Severini

      Dynamic CDS-379

      1:14 am

      Claude Gervaise: Danceries

      "Allemande"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music From The Royal Court

      London B0000807-02 (2)

      1:16 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Grand Duo Concertante" after Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable"

      Fischer Duo
      Chopin and Liszt: Music for Cello and Piano

      Bridge 9187

      1:28 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Three Minuetti"

      Berlin Radio Sym/Riccardo Chailly
      Puccini: Orchestral Music

      London 410007-2

      1:38 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      Minuet

      London Sym Band/John Snashall

      CBS MDK-46267

      1:39 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271, "Jeunehomme"

      Melvyn Tan, forte-p; New Mozart Ensemble

      Virgin 45012-2

      2:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Poetic Tone Pictures", Op 85

      #1, "Nocni cestou"

      Stefan Veselka, p
      DVORAK: Complete Solo Piano Music

      Naxos 8.505205 (5)

      2:05 am

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

      Hungarian Virtuosi Chamber Orch/Stephen Rogers Radcliffe

      Romeo Records 7206

      2:07 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 33

      No. 1 in g-sharp

      Karen Kushner, p
      The Chopin Mazurkas, Vol. 1

      Connoisseur CD-4181

      2:34 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Ciganske Melodie (Gypsy Melodies)," Op 55

      #4, "Songs my mother taught me"

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

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      2:35 am

      Darius Milhaud: "Duo concertante," Op. 351

      Jonathan Cohler, cl; Judith Gordon, p
      Moonflowers, Baby!

      Crystal CD-733

      2:42 am

      Italian Anon 16th c: Bassadanza

      Karl-Ernst Schroder, l, Crawford Young, l
      Amours Amours Amours (Lautenduos Um 1500/ Duos De Luths Autour 1500/ Lute Duos Around 1500)

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-905253

      3:00 am

      A Tolar: Four-Trumpet Sonata

      Paul Kuentz Chamber Orch/Paul Kuentz
      N/A

      DG 136549

      3:05 am

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

      New Zealand Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite
      Holst: Works for Chamber Orchestra

      Koch 3-7058-2

      3:18 am

      Gustav Holst: Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28, No. 2

      Dallas Wind Sym/Howard Dunn
      Holst: Hammersmith, A Moorside Suite, Suite #1 In E Flat, Suite #2 In F

      Reference Recordings RR-39-CD

      3:29 am

      Moleiro: "The Blacksmith"

      Clara Rodriguez, p
      Moleiro: Piano Music

      ASV CDDCA-890

      3:31 am

      Jules Massenet: Orchestral Suite No. 7, "Scènes alsaciennes"

      Paris Conservatory Orch/Albert Wolff

      London 433088-2

      3:54 am

      Reynaldo Hahn: "Five Little Songs"

      #1, "The Swing"

      Marie-Nicole Lemieux, c; Daniel Blumenthal, p
      L'Heure Exquise

      Naive V-5022

      4:00 am

      Cipriano de Rore: Motet, "Descendi in hortum meum"

      Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
      Rore: Missa Praeter rerum seriem

      Gimell CDGIM-029

      4:05 am

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

      No. 7, "Sursum corda"

      Jenö Jandó, p
      Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage III

      Naxos 8.550550

      4:08 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Symphonic Overture, "Sursum Corda," Op. 13

      Northwest German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert
      Korngold: Orchestral Works 2

      CPO 999046-2

      4:26 am

      Edward Elgar: "Sursum Corda," Op 11

      London Brass Virtuosi, Philharmonia Orch/David Honeyball
      Royal Eurostar

      Hyperion CDA-66870

      4:37 am

      Frederick Delius: Scandinavian Songs

      "Silken Shoes"

      Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, t; Eric Fenby, p
      English, French & Scandinavian Songs

      Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD-2041

      4:38 am

      Frederick Delius: Violin Sonata #3 (1930)

      Ralph Holmes, v; Eric Fenby, p
      The Delius Collection, Vol. 4

      Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD-2074

      4:54 am

      Marc-Antoine Charpentier: "Te Deum"

      "Prelude"

      OffStage Brass
      Processional and Reflective Music for Weddings

      Guild GMCD-7218

      5:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dance Suite

      Menuet

      Wonmi Kim, p
      The Art Of Transcription

      Arcadia ARC-2003-2

      5:05 am

      Jean-Féry Rebel: "Les Caractères de la Danse"

      Florilegium
      Couperin: Les Nations, Rebel: Les Caractères de la Danse - Florilegium

      Channel Classics CCS SA 33213

      5:14 am

      Léo Délibes: "Sylvia"

      "March et cortège de Bacchus"

      Paris Opéra Orch/Jean-Baptiste Mari
      Delibes * Sylvia * Coppelia

      EMI 67208-2 (2)

      5:28 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty", Op. 66

      "Colin-Maillard"

      Philharmonia Orch/John Lanchbery

      EMI/Ang CDS7-49216-2 (2)

      5:29 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Marche slave," Op. 31

      London Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Leopold Stokowski: Decca Recordings 1964-1975

      London 421634-2

      5:39 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 19 in E-Flat, K. 302

      Banchini, v; Vesselinova, forte-p
      Mozart: Sonates Pour Pianoforte Et Violon "Palatines", Mannheim-Paris Vol. 1

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901466/7 (2)

      5:53 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, "Mozartiana"

      1st mvt

      Stuttgart Radio Sym/Sir Neville Marriner
      'Mozartiana' Suites No. 3 and 4

      Capriccio 10200

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Big Birthday Bash!" Host Peter DuBois marks significant birthdays of three great composers of sacred choral and organ music, including Leo Sowerby, Harold Friedell, and Gabriel Faure, among others.

      6:58 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Wand of Youth" Suite No. 1, Op. 1a

      II. Serenade

      Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Elgar: The Wand of Youth Suites, Songs from The Starlight Express, Dream Children

      Argo 433214-2

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      7:01 am

      William Ferris: "Lyrica Sacra"

      William Ferris Chorale/Paul French
      American Choral Premieres

      Cedille CDR-90000109

      7:11 am

      Vijay Iyer: "Crown Thy Good"

      Lara Downes, p
      Love at Last

      Pentatone PTC-5187018

      7:18 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D

      London Phil Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1; The Lark Ascending

      EMI CDC5-55487-2

      8:02 am

      Carl Orff: "Carmina Burana"

      "In trutina"

      Hera Hyesang Park, s; Teatro Carlo Felice Orch/Jochen Rieder
      Breathe

      DG 4864627

      8:06 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Dolly" Suite, Op. 56

      Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Fauré: Masques et bergamasques & Pelléas et Mélisande

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1004

      8:24 am

      Asako Hirabayashi: "Suite for Children"

      Gina DiBello, v; Asako Hirabayashi, hc
      The Harpsichord in the New Millennium

      Albany TROY-1180

      8:33 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Hope Amid Tears

      Sony 886449139354

      8:56 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Exsultate, jubilate," K. 165

      "Alleluia"

      Leontyne Price, s; Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Grandi Voci: Leontyne Price

      Decca 440402-2

      9:01 am

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Concerto Grosso in B-Flat

      Tempesta di Mare
      Weiss: Lute Concerti

      Chandos CHAN-0707

      9:14 am

      Giovanni Palestrina: Motet, "Sicut cervus"

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      The Sacred Flame: European Sacred Music of the Renaissance and Baroque Era * Cambridge Singers

      Collegium COLCD-134

      9:18 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 2

      Quartet in D minor

      Freiburg Baroque Orch members
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      9:36 am

      Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Oboe Concerto

      Brynjar Hoff, ob; English Chamber Orch/Ian Watson
      Oboe Concertos Vol. 2

      Libra Classics LCD-1002

      9:46 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 30 in C, "Alleluia"

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 22, 24, and 30

      Chandos CHAN-8505

      10:01 am

      Randall Thompson: "Alleluia"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      American Polyphony

      Hyperion CDA-67929

      10:08 am

      Claude Debussy: "Danses sacrée et profane"

      Marisa Robles, h; Chamber Orch of Europe/James Galway
      Clair de Lune

      RCA RCD1-7173

      10:19 am

      George Walker: "Music for Brass, Sacred & Profane"

      Chorale, "Liebster Jesu"

      American Brass Quintet
      George Walker Chamber Music

      Albany TROY-154

      10:23 am

      Ma Shui-long: Bamboo Flute Concerto

      Michala Petri, r; Copenhagen Phil/Lan Shui
      Chinese Recorder Concertos

      Our Recordings 6.220603

      10:43 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Symphony of Psalms"

      Part III

      Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
      Verdi: Quattro Pezzi Sacri; Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

      Telarc CD-80254

      10:55 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Tango"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Shadow Dances - Stravinsky Miniatures

      DG 453458-2

      11:00 am

      John Elmquist: "Sacred Traces"

      Kontras Quartet
      All Made of Stories

      MSR Classics MS-1859

      11:07 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs

      No. 3, "Love Bade Me Welcome"

      Roderick Williams, br; London Choral Sinfonia/Michael Waldron
      Colourise

      Orchid Classics ORC-100200

      11:13 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Pavane for a Dead Princess"

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works

      DG 4866814

      11:21 am

      Barbara Harbach: "Following the Sacred Sun"

      London Phil Orch/David Angus
      Orchestral Music VII

      MSR Classics MS-1742

      11:50 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Mass"

      "Alleluia"

      Norman Scribner Cho, Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Leonard Bernstein: Mass - A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers

      CBS M2K-44593 (2)

      11:52 am

      William Bolcom: "Dream Shadows"

      Spencer Myer, p
      William Bolcom: Piano Rags

      Steinway & Sons 30041

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Henry Hugh Pierson: Overture, "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 86

      English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones
      Victorian Concert Overtures

      Hyperion CDA-66515

      12:11 pm

      Nicolas Bacri: "Notturno," Op. 74

      Frankfurt Radio Sym/François Leleux, ob
      Future Horizons: Pieces for Oboe and Violin

      Pentatone 5187422

      12:19 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto "in due cori" (2 orchestras) in A, R. 585

      Concerto Köln
      Vivaldi: Concerti for Wind and Strings

      Capriccio 10233

      12:30 pm

      Ravi Shankar: "Enchanted Dawn"

      Barbara Mahler, f; Delaine Fedson, h
      Enchanted Dawn

      Peridot PP-7922

      12:43 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 102

      III. Finale, "Allegro"

      Yuja Wang, p; Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works

      DG 4866956

      12:49 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes, Op. 34

      No. 5 in D, "Allegro vivace"

      Yuja Wang, p
      Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works

      DG 4866956

      12:51 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite No. 4 in E, BWV 1006a

      III. "Gavotte en rondeau"

      Jason Vieaux, g
      Bach Volume 2: Works for Violin

      Azica ACD-71347

      12:55 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      Act 3: No. 49, "Slow Waltz"

      Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Prokofiev: Cinderella

      Decca 410162-2 (2)

      1:01 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 118

      No. 1, Intermezzo in A minor

      Michael Houstoun, p
      Brahms Complete Intermezzi

      Rattle RAT-D131

      1:02 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 118

      No. 2, Intermezzo in A

      Michael Houstoun, p
      Brahms Complete Intermezzi

      Rattle RAT-D131

      1:08 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 118

      No. 4, Intermezzo in F minor

      Michael Houstoun, p
      Brahms Complete Intermezzi

      Rattle RAT-D131

      1:11 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 118

      No. 6, Intermezzo in E-flat minor

      Michael Houstoun, p
      Brahms Complete Intermezzi

      Rattle RAT-D131

      1:18 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"

      Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
      Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1, Symphonic Dances

      Chandos CHSA-5351

      1:32 pm

      Betty Jackson King: "Psalm 57"

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

      Oxford University Press Music AMUCBC-23

      1:39 pm

      Betty Jackson King: "Four Seasonal Sketches"

      No. 2, "Summer Interlude"

      Rochelle Sennet, p
      Bach to Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. 3

      Albany TROY-1965-68

      1:43 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Act 1, Waltz

      Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
      Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Gustavo Dudamel

      DG 4796297

      1:51 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Recorder Sonatina in A minor, TWV 41:a4

      Dan Laurin, r; Anna Paradiso, hc; Mats Olofsson, vc
      Telemann: The Recorder Sonatas

      BIS 2555

      2:01 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Scherzo capriccioso," Op. 66

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 5 - Othello - Scherzo Capriccioso / Mariss Jansons

      EMI CDC7-49995-2

      2:16 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: Clavier Suite in E minor (1724)

      "Musette"

      Kebyart
      Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel

      Linn CKD-779

      2:19 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: Clavier Suite in E minor (1724)

      "Tambourin"

      Kebyart
      Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel

      Linn CKD-779

      2:21 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

      Rigaudon

      Kebyart
      Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel

      Linn CKD-779

      2:24 pm

      Jenny McLeod: "Three Celebrations"

      II. "At the Bay"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Uwe Grodd
      Jenny McLeod: The Emperor and the Nightingale; Rock Concerto; 3 Celebrations for Orchestra

      Naxos 8.572671

      2:31 pm

      Alan Hovhaness: "The Garden of Adonis," Op. 245

      Eugenia Zukerman, f; Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Music of Alan Hovhaness

      Telarc CD-80530

      2:47 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Also sprach Zarathustra," Op. 30

      Introduction: "Sunrise"

      Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Karajan: The Legendary Decca Recordings

      Decca 4780155 (9)

      2:49 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      Scherzo

      Thomas Trotter, o
      The Grand Organ of Birmingham Town Hall

      Hyperion CDA-66216

      2:55 pm

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Valsa da dor"

      Silvie Cheng, p
      Chorinho

      Navona NV-6537

      3:01 pm

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Scherzi Musicali" (1607)

      Balletto, "De la bellezza"

      Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Monteverdi: Balli e Balletti

      Erato ECD-88032

      3:12 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54

      Vassily Primakov, p
      Chopin

      LP Classics 1009-A/B (2)

      3:25 pm

      Vicente Lusitano: "Sancta Maria"

      Marian Consort
      Vicente Lusitano: Motets

      Linn CKD-694

      3:30 pm

      Henrik Ødegaard: "Meditations over St. Mary Magdalene's feast in Nidaros"

      VIII. "Maria, tibi persolvum"

      Vox Clamantis/Jaan-Eik Tulve
      Music of Henrik Ødegaard

      ECM 2767

      3:33 pm

      Kurt Atterberg: Horn Concerto, Op 28

      Felix Klieser, hn; German Radio Phil Orch/Jamie Phillips
      Northern Colours

      Berlin Classics 0303248-BC

      3:54 pm

      Alexander Glazunov: Five Novelettes, Op. 15

      No. 1, "Alla Spagnuola"

      Utrecht String Quartet
      Glazunov: String Quartets Vol 4

      MD+G 6031239-2

      4:01 pm

      Yuko Uébayashi: Flute Sonata

      Martha Long, f; María García, p
      Elevate - All Classical Radio's RII Vol. 2

      Navona NV-6625

      4:28 pm

      Adolphe Adam: "Griseldis"

      Fifth Tableau, "La Vue (Insight)": Entr'acte & Final Dance

      Sofia Phil Orch/Dario Salvi
      Adam: Griseldis, ou Les Cinq Sens - Ballet-Pantomime

      Naxos 8.574621-22

      4:38 pm

      Thomas Arne: Overture No. 6 in B-Flat

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Arne: Eight Overtures

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 4759117

      4:45 pm

      Benjamin Britten: "Young Apollo," Op. 16

      Steven Osborne, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Ilan Volkov
      Britten: Piano Concerto, Diversions, Young Apollo

      Hyperion CDA-67625

      4:53 pm

      Niccolò Paganini: Caprice No. 23 in E-Flat

      Rachel Barton Pine, v
      Bel Canto Paganini

      Avie AV-2374 (2)

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Rising Stars in Concert 2025

      A showcase performance by The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center 2024/25 Ensemble with the Lyric Opera Orchestra conducted by Enrique Mazzola. Lisa Flynn and Roger Pines co-host. Recorded Saturday, April 25 at the Lyric Opera House.

      7:13 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet in C, K. 515

      Alban Berg Quartet; Markus Wolf, vi
      Mozart: String Quintets Nos. 3 & 4

      EMI CDC7-49085-2

      7:48 pm

      Eugène Bozza: "Sonatine"

      Chicago Brass Quintet
      Virtuoso Brass

      Delos DE-1022

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, "Classical;" Mahler Symphony No. 9; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor.

      9:57 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Serse"

      "Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fu"

      Emily D'Angelo, ms; The English Concert/Harry Bicket
      Handel: Serse

      Linn Records CKD-709

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Symphonic Poems from Venezuela and Mexico Fiesta celebrates the symphonic poem with a selection of music by Venezuelan composers Juan Bautista Plaza and Evencio Castellanos and Mexican composers Ricardo Castro and José Pablo Moncayo.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Martha Argerich, Live – Program 1

      Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3; Ravel "Gaspard de la nuit;" Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C; Chopin Nocturne in D-Flat; Scherzo No. 3.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.