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      Playlist for Monday, May 19, 2025

      12:00 am

      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.

      12:00 am

      Continues from 11:00pm Sunday.

      1:00 - 6:00 am

      1:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Lohengrin"

      Bridal chorus, "Treulich geführt"

      Vienna State Opera Cho, Vienna Phil/Georg Solti
      Lohengrin

      London 421053-2 (4)

      1:05 am

      Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Prelude to Act 1

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Reiner Conducts Wagner

      RCA 61792-2

      1:15 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde"

      "Liebestod"

      Igor Levit, p
      Igor Levit, Life

      Sony 88985424452

      1:23 am

      Franz Liszt: "Am Grabe Richard Wagners"

      Leo Van Doeselaar, o

      Canal Grande CG-9429

      1:26 am

      François Couperin: "L'art de toucher le clavecin"

      "Huitième Prélude"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      1:28 am

      Walter Piston: Symphony #2 (1943)

      Boston Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Ruggles: Sun-treader, Piston: Symphony No. 2, Schuman: Violin Concerto

      DG 429860-2

      1:55 am

      François Couperin: "L'art de toucher le clavecin"

      "Quatrième Prélude"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      2:00 am

      Elizabeth Maconchy: Overture, "Proud Thames" (1952)

      London Phil/Vernon Handley
      Proud Thames / Music For Orchestra / Symphony No.1 / Four Elizabethan Dances

      Lyrita SRCS.57

      2:05 am

      Ina Boyle: String Quartet in e

      Piatti Quartet
      Ina Boyle

      Rubicon RCD-1098

      2:25 am

      Ruth Gipps: "Song for Orchestra," Op. 33

      BBC Welsh National Orch/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps

      Chandos CHAN-20078

      2:31 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 67

      "Spinning Song"

      Daniel Barenboim, p

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      2:33 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in d

      Gidon Kremer, v; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Concerto For Violin And Piano - Violin Concerto In D Minor

      DG 427338-2

      2:55 am

      Astor Piazzolla: Tango Ballet

      No. 6, "La Calle"

      Gidon Kremer, v; Kremerata Baltica
      Tango Ballet

      Teldec 22661-2

      3:00 am

      Pietro Mascagni: "Guglielmo Ratcliff"

      Ratcliff's Dream

      Florence May Festival Orch/Gianandrea Gavazzeni
      Great Moments From Italian Opera

      London STS-15023

      3:05 am

      Edward Elgar: "The Dream of Gerontius," Op 38

      Prelude

      BBC Sym Orch/Adrian Boult

      VAI VAIA-1067 (2)

      3:14 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Four Sketches, Op 15

      #3, "Dreaming"

      Ambache
      Beach: Quartet for Strings/ Sonata for Violin and Piano/Pastorale/Dreaming

      Chandos CHAN-10162

      3:20 am

      Stephen Foster: Song, "Beautiful Dreamer"

      Richard Crooks, t; Bing Crosby, br
      CROOKS, Richards: Opera Arias / Songs (1925-1945)

      Delos DE-5501 (2)

      3:22 am

      Aaron Copland: Ballet, "Hear Ye, Hear Ye"

      London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen
      Grohg / Hear Ye! Hear Ye! / Prelude

      Argo 443203-2

      3:54 am

      Conlon Nancarrow: Study No. 14 for Player Piano

      N/A

      1750 Arch Records S-1777

      4:00 am

      Xavier Montsalvatge: "Berceuse a la memoria de Oscar Esplá"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Spanish Serenade

      RCA 61389-2

      4:05 am

      Traditional: "Song of the Birds (El Cant dels Ocells)"

      Pablo Casals, vc; Mieczyslaw Horszowski, p

      CBS KL-5726

      4:08 am

      Antoninbernat Bertran: Symphony in E-Flat

      Bratislava Musica Aeterna/Peter Zajicek
      El Classicisme a Catalunya

      Discant CD-E-1005

      4:37 am

      Catalan Trad: La Nit de nadal

      Christopher Parkening, g
      A Tribute To Segovia

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49404-2

      4:39 am

      Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28

      New York Stadium Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski

      Everest EVC-9004

      4:53 am

      Dietrich Buxtehude: "Puer natus in Bethlehem"

      Nicholas Danby, o

      Virgin 91139-2

      5:00 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Four Roman Sketches," Op 7

      #1, "The White Peacock"

      Philharmonic Pops Orch/Charles Gerhardt
      Great American Composers: Copland, Griffes, Gould, Hanson

      Chesky CD-112

      5:05 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Four Roman Sketches," Op 7

      #2, "Nightfall"

      David Allen Wehr, p
      Griffes: Three Tone Pictures, Fantasy Pieces, Etc

      Connoisseur CD-4205

      5:12 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Song, "Könnt ich mit dir dort oben gehen"

      Lucy Shelton, s; Margo Garrett, p
      The Songs Of Charles T. Griffes

      MHS 824678 (2)

      5:13 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony in F, "Urbs Roma" (1853)

      ORTF National Orch/Jean Martinon
      Saint-Saens: Complete Symphonies

      MHS 525324-f (2)

      5:54 am

      Rosy WERTHEIM: Three pieces for flute & piano

      Capriccio

      Emile Biessen, f, Gerrit Hommerson, p
      Aspect of Chamber Music from the Netherlands

      Radio Nederland 1 (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

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen," Op. 20

      Gil Shaham, v; Castilla y León Sym Orch/Alejandro Posada
      Sarasate: Virtuoso Violin Works - ¡Sarasateada! Valladolid 2008

      Canary Classics CC-07

      6:12 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543

      Alexis Weissenberg, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alexis Weissenberg

      Philips 456988-2 (2)

      6:22 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 18, No. 2

      I. "Allegro"

      Miró Quartet
      Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-6, Op. 18

      Vanguard 1655

      6:30 am

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "La Catedral"

      Xuefei Yang, g
      Guitar Favorites

      Decca 4858195

      6:40 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

      I. "Allegro non troppo"

      Danish Chamber Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Brahms: Complete Symphonies

      Naxos 8.574465-67

      7:02 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495

      III. Finale, Rondo: "Allegro vivace"

      Barry Tuckwell, hn; London Sym Orch/Peter Maag
      Ultimate Classics: The Essential Masterpieces

      Decca 4758085

      7:07 am

      Franz Lehár: "The Merry Widow"

      Overture

      Cologne Radio Orch/Helmut Froschauer
      Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe

      Capriccio 60077-2 (2)

      7:16 am

      Giuseppe Clemente Dall'Abaco: Sonata in d minor, ABV 35

      Elinor Frey, vc; Mauro Valli, vc; Federica Bianchi, hc; Giangiacomo Pinardi, lute
      Giangiacomo Pinardi, lute,
      Dall'Abaco Cello Sonatas

      Passacaille 1069

      7:30 am

      Karl Goldmark: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 26, "Rustic Wedding"

      V. Finale, "Dance"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony; Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2

      Vanguard OVC-5002

      7:40 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"

      "Primavera Porteña (Spring)"

      Cavatina Duo
      Cavatina Duo Plays Astor Piazzolla

      Bridge 9330

      7:45 am

      William Dawson: "Negro Folk Symphony"

      I. "The Bond of Africa"

      Vienna Radio Sym/Arthur Fagen
      Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony; Kay: Fantasy Variations - Umbrian Scene

      Naxos 8.559870

      7:58 am

      Josef Martin Kraus: "Soliman II"

      "March of the Janissaries" (ballet)

      Swedish Royal Opera Orch/Philip Brunelle
      Kraus: Soliman II - A Gustavian Turkish Opera

      Virgin 91496-2

      8:03 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Flute Quintet in G, G 438

      I. "Allegro"

      Rampal, f; R Pasquier, v; B Pasquier, vi; Pidoux & Sternat, vc's
      Roland Pidoux, cello,
      Luigi Boccherini: Flute Quintets

      Sony SK-62679

      8:09 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Hymn for Everyone"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Contemporary American Composers

      CSO Resound 9012301

      8:22 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah," Op. 47

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

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Merci

      Sony 19802822812

      8:30 am

      Gioachino Rossini: String Sonata No. 6 in D

      I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Rossini: 6 Sonate a quattro

      Erato ECD-75467

      8:46 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloé"

      Suite No. 1

      Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
      Lorin Maazel Conducts Ravel: Bolero, Daphnis & Chloe Suites 1 and 2, La Valse, Rapsodie espagnole

      RCA 68600-2

      8:59 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Viola da Gamba Suite in D

      "Bourrée"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall, viga
      Le Concert Spirituel - At the time of Louis XV

      Alia Vox AVSA-9877

      9:03 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Lute Concerto in D minor

      I. "Allegro"

      Miguel Rincón, l; Il Pomo d'Oro/Zefira Valova
      Concertos for Baroque Lute

      Aparté AP-376

      9:09 am

      Paul Schoenfield: "Café Music"

      Eroica Trio
      Eroica Trio

      EMI CDC5-56482-2

      9:26 am

      Charles Gounod: "Funeral March of a Marionette"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Chiller

      Telarc CD-80189

      9:30 am

      Franz Schubert: "Rondo brillant" in B minor, D 895

      Isaac Stern, v; Daniel Barenboim, p
      Schubert: 3 Sonatinas, Op. Posth. 137, Duo, Op. 162, Rondo, Op. 70, Fantaisie, Op. 159

      Sony S2K-44504 (2)

      9:48 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88

      IV. Finale, "Allegro ma non tropo"

      New York Phil/Kurt Masur
      Dvorák: Symphony No. 8; Janáček: Sinfonietta

      Teldec 90847-2

      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

      Tomaso Albinoni: Trumpet, Three-Oboe and Bassoon Concerto in C

      Crispian Steele-Perkins, tr; other soloists; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Marie-France Richard, oboe,
      Music for Trumpet & Orchestra

      Sony SK-53365

      10:10 am

      César Franck: Prelude, Aria & Finale

      Prelude

      Nikolai Lugansky, p
      Franck: Preludes, Fugues et Chorals

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902642

      10:21 am

      Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22

      Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      Carmen Suite, L'Arlesienne Suite 1 and 2

      DG 431778-2

      10:33 am

      Mark O'Connor: "Strings and Threads Suite"

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

      Sony SK-89660

      10:50 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Rossini: Overtures

      EMI CDC7-54091-2

      11:00 am

      Richard Strauss: "Aus Italien," Op. 16

      II. "In the Ruins of Rome"

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Rudolf Kempe
      Kempe conducts Richard Strauss. 3, Orchestral works & concertos

      EMI CMS7-64350-2 (3)

      11:14 am

      George Frideric Handel: Aria, "Cara speme, questo core"

      Quartetto Vanvitelli
      Se in fiorito ameno prato - Handel: Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo

      Arcana A-578

      11:19 am

      George Frideric Handel: Aria, "V'adoro pupille"

      Quartetto Vanvitelli
      Se in fiorito ameno prato - Handel: Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo

      Arcana A-578

      11:22 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

      Zürich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman
      Beethoven: David Zinman - Symphony No. 7 / Symphony No. 8

      Arte Nova 56341-2

      11:46 am

      Agathe Backer Grøndahl: "Prelude and Grand Minuet," Op. 61

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 5

      Arena AR-08016

      11:55 am

      Ernest Bucalossi: "The Grasshopper's Dance"

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

      Hyperion CDA-66968

      12:01 pm

      Shirley Thompson: "Dance of the Night Sky"

      Black Oak Ensemble
      Dance of the Night Sky

      Cedille CDR-90000237

      12:09 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in G, H XVIII:4

      Marc-André Hamelin, p; Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
      Haydn Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 11

      Hyperion CDA-67925

      12:32 pm

      Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      The Berlin Album

      DG 471627-2 (2)

      12:43 pm

      Carlos Guastavino: "La rosa y el sauce (The Rose and the Willow)"

      Christian-Pierre La Marca, vc; Nathanaël Gouin, p
      Wonderful World

      Naïve V-7362

      12:45 pm

      Ariel Ramírez: "Alfonsina y el Mar"

      Christian-Pierre La Marca, vc; Félicien Brut, acc; Édouard Macarez, db
      Wonderful World

      Naïve V-7362

      12:52 pm

      Jean Sibelius: "Coronation Cantata"

      I. Allegro

      Finnish Phil Cho, Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam
      Sibelius: Cantata for the Conferment Ceremony of 1894; Coronation Cantata; Academic March

      Ondine ODE-936-2

      1:00 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120

      Neave Trio
      French Moments

      Chandos CHAN-10996

      1:20 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Rosamunde," D 797

      Ballet Music No. 2 in G

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Schubert: Rosamunde (Complete) / Masur, Ameling

      Philips 412432-2

      1:29 pm

      Franz Xaver Dussek: Sinfonia in A, Altner A3

      Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen
      Dussek: Four Symphonies

      Naxos 8.572683

      1:41 pm

      Enrique Granados: "Goyescas" (piano suite)

      No. 6, Epilogue, "Serenata del espectro"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Granados: Goyescas, Allegro de Concierto, Danzas Lenta

      RCA 60408-2-RC

      1:50 pm

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wiener Bonbons," Op. 307

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      New Year's Concert 1998

      RCA 63144-2 (2)

      2:01 pm

      Aaron Copland: "The Tender Land"

      Suite

      Boston Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Copland: Appalachian Spring, The Tender Land, etc.

      RCA 6802-2

      2:23 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 2

      Three-Violin Concerto in F

      Soloists; Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Telemann: Tafelmusik Selections

      Archiv 429774-2

      2:38 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Oboe Sonata, Op. 166

      Heinz Holliger, ob; Anton Kernjak, p
      Éventail

      ECM 2694

      2:50 pm

      Jaromír Weinberger: "Schwanda the Bagpiper"

      Polka and Fugue

      US Marine Band/Michael J Colburn
      Monumental Works for Winds

      Naxos 8.570243

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Robert Spano
      Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 6 & 7

      ASO Media CD-1004

      3:24 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

      Emanuel Ax, p
      Chopin: Scherzos and Mazurkas

      CBS MK-44544

      3:37 pm

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Alceste"

      Suite

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil

      Alia Vox AVSA-9807

      3:58 pm

      Manuel Blancafort: "Tightrope-Walker's Polka"

      Jordi Masó, p
      The Catalan Piano Album

      Naxos 8.570457

      4:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412

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

      EMI CDM7-69569-2

      4:10 pm

      Johann Pepusch: Chamber Symphony in D minor

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Christmas Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-6630

      4:20 pm

      Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

      Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos

      DG 400031-2

      4:47 pm

      Joaquín Turina: "Sinfonía sevillana," Op. 23

      I. "Panorama"

      London Phil Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; Rodrigo: A la busca del más allá, Zarabanda; Turina: Sinfonía sevillana

      EMI CDC7-49542-2

      4:56 pm

      Jean-Joseph Mouret: "Sinfonies de Fanfares"

      Rondeau

      Pierre Cochereau, o; Brass Ensemble/Armand Birbaum
      Musique à Notre-Dame de Paris

      Philips 442473-2 (2)

      5:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042

      Lara St. John, v; New York Bach Ensemble
      Bach - The Concerto Album

      Ancalagon 131

      5:17 pm

      Mily Balakirev: Mazurka No. 4 in G-Flat

      Alexander Paley, p
      Balakirev: The Complete Piano Music Vol. 5 & 6

      Ess.a.y CD-1032/33 (2)

      5:23 pm

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "Mazurka Apasionada"

      José Fernández Bardesio, g
      Bach & Barrios

      Hänssler Classic HC-21047

      5:29 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat, Op. 9, No. 2

      Maria João Pires, p
      Chopin: The Nocturnes

      DG 447096-2 (2)

      5:34 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in C

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies for Strings Nos. 8-10

      DG 437528-2

      6:00 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Children's Corner" Suite

      Peter Frankl, p
      Debussy: Works for Piano

      Pantheon D-20929 (4)

      6:17 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivacissimo"

      Jennifer Koh, v; Odense Sym Orch/Alexander Vedernikov
      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra

      Cedille CDR-90000166

      6:29 pm

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D, Op. 50

      Michael Korstick, p; NDR Radio Phil/Alun Francis
      Kabalevsky: Complete Piano Concertos

      CPO 777658-2 (2)

      6:47 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21

      I. "Adagio molto-Allegro con brio"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies

      Warner 0825646278299

      6:56 pm

      Robert Lowry: "Beautiful River (Shall We Gather at the River)"

      St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
      American Reflections

      MSR Classics MS-1660

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      American Masters, Part III

      Bill's series celebrating American composers continues with innovative works from composers born in the first fifteen years of the 20th century including Lou Harrison, George Rochberg, Franz Waxman, Morton Gould, and Leroy Anderson.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      The Black Oak Ensemble (violinist Desirée Ruhstrat, cellist David Cunliffe, and violist Aurélien Fort Pederzoli) perform music for string trio and a Brahms sextet with students from the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University.

      9:23 pm

      Charles Gounod: "Petite Symphonie" in B-Flat

      St. Paul Chamber Orch Winds/Christopher Hogwood
      Bizet: L'Arlésienne • Gounod: Petite Symphonie, Symphony No.1

      Decca 430231-2

      9:44 pm

      Nino Rota: Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Viola, Cello, and Harp

      Ex Novo Ensemble
      Nino Rota - Chamber Music / Ex Novo Ensemble

      ASV CDDCA-1072

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      San Francisco Symphony

      Gonzalo Grau "Odisea" Concerto for Venezuelan Cuatro and Orchestra; Jorge Glem, cuatro; Gabriela Ortiz "Kauyumari;" Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 73; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.