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      Playlist for Monday, June 3, 2024

      12:00 am

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Favorite Operatic Recordings

      12:00 am

      Continues from 11:00pm Sunday.

      1:00 - 6:00 am

      1:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Opera, "La fida ninfa"

      Aria, "Alma oppressa"

      Cecilia Bartoli, ms; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
      The Vivaldi Album

      London 467863-2

      1:05 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Piano Quintet in a, Op. 56/2

      Les Adieux
      Boccherini

      RCA-DHM 77053-2-RG

      1:24 am

      Gunther Schuller: Suite for Winds

      "Toccata"

      Westwood Wind Quintet
      Bergsma, Rochberg, Carter, Et Al

      Crystal CD-752

      1:25 am

      David Post: Piano Quintet (2007)

      Jan Dusek, p; Martinu Quartet
      David Post

      Bridge 9576

      1:55 am

      Paul Chihara: "The Tempest"

      "Bacchus-Drunk Solo"

      Performing Arts Orch/Jean-Louis LeRoux
      The Tempest

      Reference Recordings RR-10-CD

      2:00 am

      Franz Liszt: "Valse-Impromptu"

      Jerome Rose, p
      Jerome Rose Plays Liszt

      Monarch Classics M-40022 (3)

      2:05 am

      Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat

      Jorge Bolet, p; Rochester Phil/David Zinman

      MMG MCD-10069

      2:25 am

      Carl Reinecke: "Toy" Symphony

      3rd mvt, "Moderato"

      Kremlin Chamber Orch/Misha Rachlevsky
      Carl Reinecke

      Claves CD-50-2107

      2:26 am

      Leopold MOZART: Toy Symphony In G

      Kremerata Baltica
      After Mozart

      Nonesuch 79633-2

      2:34 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, "Haffner"

      English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47327-2

      2:55 am

      Muzio Clementi: "Monferrine", Op 49

      #6 in d

      Lilya Zilberstein, p
      Clementi

      Hänssler Classic CD-93.096

      3:00 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Bourrée fantasque"

      Naida Cole, p

      London 748021-2

      3:05 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Larghetto" for horn and piano

      David Jolley, fh; Samuel Sanders, p
      Villanelle: French Masterworks for Horn

      Arabesque Z-6678

      3:15 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "España" Rhapsody

      St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      Encore!

      RCA 68511-2

      3:22 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Torre Bermeja"

      Marisa Robles, h
      Masterworks for the Harp

      Boston Skyline BSD-119

      3:26 am

      Spanish ANON 16th c: Matachenes

      Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King
      Spanish Dances

      RCA-DHM 77340-2

      3:28 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto en modo galante"

      Robert Cohen, vc; London Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47869-2

      3:54 am

      Luis de Narvaez: Variations on "Guardame las Vacas"

      David Russell, g
      David Russell * Renaissance Favorites for Guitar

      Telarc CD-80659

      4:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

      No. 2, "Allegretto grazioso"

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham
      Grieg: Per Gynt, etc.

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69039-2

      4:05 am

      Edvard Grieg: Piano Sonata in e, Op. 7

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Piano Sonata; Lyric Pieces, Opp 43 And 54

      Virgin 59300-2

      4:24 am

      Leos Janácek: "Rikadla (Nursery Rhymes)"

      "Bear Sits Down Upon a Tree Trunk"

      Capella Amsterdam/Daniel Reuss
      Janacek: Choral Works

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902097

      4:25 am

      Pier Francesco Cavalli: "La Calisto"

      Act 1: "Ballo di Orsi"

      Concerto Vocale/René Jacobs
      Cavalli: La Calisto

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901515/7 (3)

      4:29 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 82 in C, "Bear"

      Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Bruno Weil
      Haydn - Paris Symphonies 1

      Sony SK-66295

      4:54 am

      Robert Schumann: "Klavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder", Op. 85

      No. 2, "Bärentanz"

      Peter Frankl, p; Andràs Schiff, p

      Vox CD3X-3001 (3)

      5:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 4 in b minor

      Berlin Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner
      Hungarian Dances

      Denon 81757-4597-2

      5:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op 53

      Mildred Miller, ms; Occidental College Men's Concert Cho, Orch/Bruno Walte
      Bruno Walter Edition - Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, German Requiem

      Sony SMK-64469

      5:17 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 7 in A

      Berlin Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner
      Hungarian Dances

      Denon 81757-4597-2

      5:19 am

      Paul Juon: Triple Concerto, Op 45

      Göbel Piano Trio, Berlin Radio Sym/Leif Segerstam

      Thorofon MTH-230

      5:54 am

      Franz Waxman: "The Charm Bracelet"

      #5, "The Pony"

      Geoffrey Applegate, v; Pauline Martin, p

      Koch 3-7398-2

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Dennis Moore

      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

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La Finta Semplice," K. 51

      Overture

      La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
      Mozart Overtures

      DG 4779445

      6:10 am

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

      "Alleluia"

      Sylvia McNair, s; English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Mozart: The Singles - 66 Classic Tracks

      Decca 4831010

      6:14 am

      Johannes Brahms: Scherzo for "F-A-E" Sonata

      Pinchas Zukerman, v; Marc Neikrug, p
      Brahms: Violin Sonatas, Sonatensatz

      RCA 61697-2

      6:20 am

      Charles Ives: Symphony No. 4

      III: Fugue

      San Francisco Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Charles Ives - An American Journey / Michael Tilson Thomas / Thomas Hampson

      RCA 63703-2

      6:28 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047

      Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Anthony Newman
      In Gabriel's Garden

      Sony SK-66244

      6:42 am

      Kurt Weill: "Lost in the Stars"

      Act I, "Lost in the Stars"

      Lara Downes, p
      Exiles' Cafe

      Steinway & Sons 30016

      6:47 am

      André J. Thomas: "I Dream a World"

      Tonality; Lara Downes, p
      New Day Begun

      Rising Sun Music RS-012

      6:50 am

      Felix Borowski: "Suite Rococo"

      Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
      American Romantics, Volume II

      New Focus FCR-166B

      7:02 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La scala di seta"

      Overture

      Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda
      Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.570934

      7:09 am

      Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: "The Jewels of the Madonna"

      Neapolitan Dance

      Berlin Chamber Orch/Heinz Rögner
      Wolf-Ferrari: Intermezzi und Ouvertüren; Streichserenade

      Berlin Classics 0091772-BC

      7:14 am

      Johan Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 21

      Trondheim Sym Orch/Ole Kristian Ruud
      Svendsen & Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies

      Simax PSC-1085

      7:25 am

      Traditional Swedish: "Polska from Dorotea"

      Danish String Quartet
      Last Leaf

      ECM 2550

      7:32 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Russlan and Ludmila"

      Overture

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Etc

      Philips 416288-2

      7:37 am

      Claude Debussy: Two Arabesques

      No. 1 in E

      ChromaDuo
      Ravel & Debussy: Music for Two Guitars

      Naxos 8.573286

      7:44 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "I Lombardi"

      Act III: "Pas de quatre"

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

      Naxos 8.572818-19 (2)

      7:52 am

      Albert Roussel: "Divertissement," Op. 6

      Orsino Ensemble; Pavel Kolesnikov, p
      Belle Époque - French Music for Wind

      Chandos CHSA-5282

      8:03 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Valse carnavalesque," Op. 73

      Bengt Forsberg & Peter Jablonski, p's
      Mots d'amour

      DG 471331-2

      8:10 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals"

      "Aquarium"

      Lang Lang & Gina Alice, p's; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Lang Lang - Saint-Saëns

      DG 4859224

      8:13 am

      Samuel Barber: "The School for Scandal" Overture, Op. 5

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Barber: Beach-Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-8958

      8:23 am

      Peter Boyer: "Curtain Raiser"

      London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer
      Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works

      Naxos 8.559915

      8:29 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 6, No. 7

      Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman
      Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Nos. 7-12

      Telarc CD-80688

      8:43 am

      Irene Britton Smith: Violin Sonata (1947)

      I. "Allegro cantabile"

      Blue Violet Duo
      Strike, Strum and Stride

      Centaur CRC-3978

      8:51 am

      William Walton: "Johannesburg Festival" Overture

      London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-8968

      9:02 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Danzas fantásticas," Op. 22

      Cincinnati Sym/Jesús López-Cobos
      Music of Turina & Debussy - Jesús López-Cobos

      Telarc CD-80574

      9:18 am

      Lennon-McCartney: "Eleanor Rigby"

      Timo Korhonen, g; Tampere Phil Orch/Tuomas Ollila
      Leo Brouwer: Guitar Concerto No. 5 'Helsinki', Iberia Suite, From Yesterday To Penny Lane

      Ondine ODE-979-2

      9:22 am

      Lennon-McCartney: "Penny Lane"

      Timo Korhonen, g; Tampere Phil Orch/Tuomas Ollila
      Leo Brouwer: Guitar Concerto No. 5 'Helsinki', Iberia Suite, From Yesterday To Penny Lane

      Ondine ODE-979-2

      9:26 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Overture, "The Fair Melusina," Op 32

      Bern Sym Orch/Peter Maag
      Symphony No. 4 'Italian', Three Overtures: Hebrides, Son and Stranger, The Fair Melusina

      MCA Classics MCAD-5849

      9:39 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Barcarolle in G minor, Op. 10, No. 3

      Ian Hobson, p
      Rachmaninoff: Early Piano Works

      Arabesque Z-6685

      9:44 am

      Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Toronto Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      Borodin: Symphonies Nos 1-3, Overture and Polovtsian Dances, In the Steppes of Central Asia

      Sony SB2K-62406 (2)

      9:52 am

      Frank Bridge: Suite for String Orchestra

      I. Prelude

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Bantock, Butterworth, Bridge

      Chandos CHAN-8373

      10:00 am - 2:00 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

      Nicola Fiorenza: Cello Concerto No. 1 in F

      Pulcinella/Ophélie Gaillard, vc
      Napoli!

      Aparté AP-326

      10:15 am

      John Williams: "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"

      "Adventures on Earth"

      City of Prague Phil Orch/Nic Raine
      Six Star Wars FIlms

      Silva SILCD-1182

      10:27 am

      Anonymous Spanish: Romance ("Jeux Interdits")

      Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
      Soul of Spanish Guitar

      Sony 19439786732

      10:32 am

      Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat, D 898 (Op. 99)

      IV. Finale, Rondo: "Allegro vivace"

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 D 898, Notturno D 897

      Philips 422836-2

      10:42 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C "con molti strumenti," R. 558

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

      Sony SMK-47642

      10:54 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "African Suite," Op. 35

      IV. "African Dance"

      London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 2

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      11:01 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 3 in A, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military"

      Rafał Blechacz, p
      Chopin: Polonaises

      DG B0018883-02

      11:05 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, Op. 53, "Heroic"

      Rafał Blechacz, p
      Chopin: Polonaises

      DG B0018883-02

      11:13 am

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

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Bizet: Symphony in C; Jeux d'enfants; Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane

      Philips 416437-2

      11:25 am

      Galina Grigorjeva: "On Leaving"

      "Lord, Have Mercy"

      Estonian Phil Chamber Cho/Paul Hillier
      Baltic Voices 2

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907331

      11:31 am

      Anton Webern: "Langsamer Satz"

      Euclid Quartet
      Breve

      Afinat AF-2401

      11:41 am

      John Field: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-Flat

      III. Finale, Rondo

      John O'Conor, p; Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Field: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

      Telarc CD-80370

      11:52 am

      Joseph Turrin: "Fandango"

      Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Zenas Kim-Banther, tb; Milana Strezeva, p
      Radiance

      Summit DCD-655

      12:01 pm

      Melissa Dunphy: "New Dreams"

      La Caccina
      Becoming

      La Caccina [Becoming]

      12:07 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in G minor, R. 496

      Sergio Azzolini, bn; L'Aura Soave Cremona
      Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos Volume 2

      Naïve OP-30518

      12:21 pm

      Jane Antonia Cornish: "Sierra"

      Vicky Chow, p
      Sierra

      Cantaloupe CA-21174

      12:38 pm

      Traditional Irish: Song, "Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)"

      English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
      Salute to Percy Grainger

      Decca 425159-2

      12:44 pm

      Philip Feeney: "Cinderella"

      Pas de deux & Finale

      Northern Ballet Theatre Orch/John Pryce-Jones
      20th Century English Ballets

      Naxos 8.553495

      12:51 pm

      Earl Wild: Reminiscences of Churchill's music for the film "Snow White"

      Earl Wild, p
      Earl Wild: The Romantic Master

      Sony SK-62036

      1:00 pm

      Edgar Meyer: Violin Concerto

      Hilary Hahn, v; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
      Barber & Meyer: Violin Concertos

      Sony SK-89029

      1:28 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

      "I Feel Pretty; Maria; America"

      Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
      Americano

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907649

      1:34 pm

      Walter Piston: "Serenata"

      Louisville Orch/Robert Whitney
      Walter Piston

      First Edition FECD-0010

      1:46 pm

      Cécile Chaminade: Waltz No. 4, Op. 91

      Peter Jacobs, p
      Chaminade: Piano Music, Vol. 3

      Hyperion CDA-66846

      1:52 pm

      Billy Joel: "And So it Goes"

      Harry Watters, tb; Salt River Brass/Patrick Sheridan
      The Great American Songbook

      Soundset 1070

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, "Jupiter"

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 35 "Haffner", 36 "Linz", 39 & 41 "Jupiter"

      Virgin 61451-2 (2)

      2:34 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in A, Op. 6, No. 11

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, No. 9-12

      Archiv 410899-2

      2:53 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "La jota aragonese," Op. 64

      Oviedo Phil/Marzio Conti
      Saint-Saëns: Rondo Capriccioso; Jota Aragonese; Concerto No. 3; Symphonie No. 3

      Warner 0825646281442

      2:56 pm

      Santiago de Murcia: "La Jota"

      William Carter, guitar
      The Winged Lion

      Linn CKD-015

      3:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture No. 1 in C, Op. 138

      Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Beethoven: The Overtures

      DG 429762-2 (2)

      3:11 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Salome," Op. 54

      "Dance of the Seven Veils"

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Strauss Alliance

      DG 4862040

      3:23 pm

      Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      3:44 pm

      Zoltán Kodály: "Marosszék Dances"

      Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      Kodály: Concerto for Orchestra

      Naxos 8.573838

      3:58 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Othello," Op. 79

      "Military March"

      RTÉ Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper
      Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture - Petite Suite

      Naxos 8.555191

      4:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Divertimento in D, K. 136

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt
      Mozart: Instrumental music / Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt

      Ars Vivendi 2100215

      4:13 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

      IV. Finale, "Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace"

      London Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5; Rimsky-Korsakov: Kitezh Suite

      LSO Live LSO-0858

      4:27 pm

      Leonardo Cárdenas: "En el Centro del Mundo y el Tiempo"

      Daniel Velasco, f; Ellen Sommer, p
      Flauta Andina

      Naxos 8.579125

      4:47 pm

      Franz Danzi: Fantasia on "Là ci darem" from Mozart's "Don Giovanni"

      Sabine Meyer, cl; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Jörg Faerber
      James Galway, Sabine Meyer - Danzi

      RCA 61976-2

      4:58 pm

      Antonio Estévez: "17 Piezas Infantiles"

      No. 17, "Toccatina"

      Gabriela Montero, p
      Solatino

      EMI 18201-2

      5:00 pm

      Enrique Fernández Arbós: Pequeña suite española

      Madrid Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Enrique Fernández Arbós: Orchestral Works

      Verso VRS-2027 (2)

      5:20 pm

      William Bolcom: "Graceful Ghost" Rag

      Leon Fleisher & Katherine Jacobson, p
      Four Hands

      Sony Classical 88875064162

      5:25 pm

      Marguerite Monnot: "Hymne à l'amour"

      Chris Reynolds, p
      Past is Prologue

      Lexicon LC-2205

      5:32 pm

      Nancy Dalberg: String Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 14

      Nordic String Quartet
      Nancy Dalberg: The String Quartets

      Dacapo 6.220655

      6:00 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella"

      I. Overture

      London Sinfonietta/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Octet, Renard, Ragtime

      Sony SK-45965

      6:02 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Violin Concerto in D, BWV 1064

      Linda Melsted & David Greenberg, v's; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon, v
      Bach: Concertos for Violin

      Sony SK-66265

      6:20 pm

      Gustav Holst: Suite No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 28, No. 1

      Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell
      Music for Wind Band

      Telarc CD-80038

      6:32 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 22 in E-Flat, "The Philosopher"

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

      Chandos CHAN-8505

      6:50 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

      Louis Lortie, p
      Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-10714

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Child's Play. In hundreds of years of music-making, childhood remains an inexhaustible inspiration. This week, we’ll hear how composers from Purcell to Prokofiev were influenced by the creative energy of youth. Plus, we will hear the music of young composers and listen to great artists captured during their tender years.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      One of the premier chamber ensembles from the Chicago area International Chamber Artists performs works by Ethel Smyth, James M. Stephenson, and Béla Bartók live from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

      9:49 pm

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in G, Wq 183/4

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      CPE Bach and Beethoven Symphonies

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902420

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The San Francisco Symphony in Concert

      Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Yuja Wang, piano; Gabriella Smith "Tumblebird Contrails;" Salonen "Nyx;" Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.