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      Playlist for Wednesday, July 16, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Sephardic Trad: Paxarico tu te llamas

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Diaspora Sefardi (Romances and Musica Instrumental)

      Alia Vox AV-9809 (2)

      12:05 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Variations in d minor on "La Follia," Op.5 no.12

      Ensemble/Jordi Savall
      La Folia (1490-1701)

      Alia Vox AV-9805

      12:16 am

      Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 3 in g

      Allegri String Quartet
      Sirmen: The Six String Quartets

      Cala CACD-1019

      12:27 am

      Maddalena Lombardini Maddalena: Violin Duet in A, Op. 5/5

      II. "Allegretto"

      Shelby Yamin; Sarah Bleile Douglas, v's
      Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duets, Op. 5

      Orpheus0

      12:29 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Oriental Rhapsody, Op 29

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Forest, Sea, Oriental Rhapsody

      Melodiya SUCD-1000156

      12:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Five Preludes, Op 74

      #4, "Lent, vague, indécis"

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      1:00 am

      Arvo Pärt: "Summa"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà * Arvo Pärt, Portrait

      Analekta AN2-8731

      1:05 am

      Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Sonata in g, "Devil's Trill"

      La Pietà/Angéle Dubeau, v
      Infernal Violins

      Analekta AN2-8723

      1:17 am

      Franz Liszt: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1, "Dance in the Village Inn"

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Daniel Barenboim: On My New Piano

      DG 479 6724

      1:29 am

      Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

      "Libera me Domine de viis inferni"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Responsories and Antiphons

      Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

      1:31 am

      Alexander Mackenzie: "Pibroch Suite," Op 42

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Scottish Chamber Orch/Alexander Platt
      Scottish Fantasies for Violin and Orchestra

      Cedille CDR-90000083 (2)

      1:54 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "The ploughman," H XXXIa:10

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      2:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on Paisiello's "Nel cor più non mi sento," WoO 70

      Cédric Tiberghien, p
      Beethoven: Piano Variations

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902433.34 (2)

      2:05 am

      Guillaume Lekeu: "Thema con variazioni"

      Wlodzimierz Prominski, v; Piotr Reichert, vi; Roman Hoffmann, vc
      Guillaume Lekeu Complete Works

      Ricercar RIC-351 (8)

      2:19 am

      Louise Farrenc: "Douze Études Brillantes," Op. 41

      No. 3

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-912-13 (2)

      2:21 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60

      Vienna Phil/Andris Nelsons
      Beethoven: Complete Symphonies

      DG 4837071 (5)

      2:55 am

      Robert de Visée: Mascarade (Rondeau)

      Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      La Harpe Royale

      RCA-DHM 77371-2

      3:00 am

      Gunther Schuller: Suite for Winds

      Westwood Wind Quintet
      Bergsma, Rochberg, Carter, Et Al

      Crystal CD-752

      3:05 am

      Johann Christoph Pezel: Brass Suite

      Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
      The Glorious Sound of Brass - Renaissance and Baroque Masterpieces

      Sony SBK-63061

      3:20 am

      Henry Purcell: Suite for Strings

      Royal Phil Strings/Barry Wordsworth

      Tring TRP-037

      3:28 am

      William Lawes: Two-Guitar Suite

      Corant II

      Julian Bream, John Williams, g's
      Together

      RCA 61450-2

      3:29 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 6 in E, BWV 817

      Andrei Gavrilov, p
      Bach: French Suites 1-6

      EMI/Ang CDFB5-69479-2 (2)

      3:47 am

      George Frideric Handel: Trumpet Suite in D

      John Wallace, tr; English String Orch/William Boughton
      Rule Britannia

      Nimbus NI-5155

      3:54 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Love in Bath"

      Hunting Dance

      Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

      EMI/Ang CDM7-63374-2

      4:00 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Villageoises" (Petites pièces enfantines)(1933)

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Nocturnes, Suites, 6 Improvisations, Intermezzi, Villageoises

      London 425862-2

      4:04 am

      André Grétry: "Danses villageoises"

      Orch de Liège/Paul Strauss
      Music of Gretry

      Seraphim S-60268

      4:20 am

      Anatol Liadov: "Eight Russian Folksongs," Op 58

      #8, Village Dance-Song

      Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bàtiz
      The Enchanted Lake & Other Orchestral Works

      ASV CDDCA-657

      4:22 am

      Anatol Liadov: "Marionettes," Op 29

      Monique Duphil, p
      LIADOV : Piano Miniatures

      Marco Polo 8.220416

      4:27 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Petrouchka"

      Suite

      Philharmonia Orch/Igor Markevitch

      EMI/Ang CZS7-62647-2 (2)

      4:44 am

      Claude Debussy: "Danses sacrée et profane"

      Marie-Claire Jamet, h; ORTF National Orch/Jean Martinon

      EMI CDFB5-72673-2 (2)

      4:53 am

      Pierre Attaignant: "Basse danse"

      Elena Polonska, h; La Camerata
      Musiques Pour Harpe Au Moyen-Age

      Vox PVT-7146

      5:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"

      Chorus, "Gloria all'Egitto" (Triumphal Scene)

      Berlin Opera Cho, Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
      Opern-Chöre * Giuseppe Sinopoli

      DG 415283-2

      5:05 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"

      Prelude

      Vienna Phil/Giuseppe Sinopoli
      Verdi: Overtures

      Philips 411469-2

      5:09 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: Paraphrase on Verdi's "Aida"

      Alberto Reyes, p
      Franz Liszt - Paraphrases And Transcriptions Of Verdi

      Connoisseur CD-4187

      5:20 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"

      Act 2: Dance of the Moorish Slaves

      Munich Radio Orch/Roberto Abbado
      Verdi: Ballet Music

      RCA 62651-2

      5:21 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Ägyptischer Marsch (Egyptian March)," Op. 335

      Cincinnati Pops Orch, Cincinnati Pops Chorale/Erich Kunzel
      Ein Straussfest II

      Telarc CD-80314

      5:25 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103, "Egyptian"

      Sviatoslav Richter, p; Moscow Youth Orch/Kiril Kondrashin
      Sviatoslav Richter Edition, Vol. 6

      Mel/BMG 29466-2

      5:53 am

      Hugo Wolf: "Mörike Lieder"

      "Begegnung"

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Sviatoslav Richter, p
      Wolf: Goethe-Lieder

      Orfeo C-543001-B

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:05 am

      Harold Arlen: "Over the Rainbow"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Akira Eguchi, p
      Smile

      Koch KICCD-7762

      6:08 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6

      Maxine Eilander, h; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      A Baroque Feast

      Analekta AN2-9811

      6:20 am

      Florence Price: String Quartet in A minor

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Avalon String Quartet
      Florence Beatrice Price, Leo Sowerby: Music for String Quartet

      Naxos 8.559941

      6:26 am

      Nino Rota: "La Dolce Vita"

      Theme

      Mancini Pops Orch/Henry Mancini
      Cinema Italiano: Music of Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota

      RCA 60706-2

      6:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 18 in D, K. 576

      Orli Shaham, p
      Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Volumes 2 & 3

      Canary Classics CC-21

      6:46 am

      Josef Lanner: "Die Schönbrunner" Waltzes, Op. 200

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2011

      Decca 4782601 (2)

      6:55 am

      Frederick Delius: "Koanga"

      "La Calinda"

      Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Delius: Miniatures

      EMI CDC7-47610-2

      7:04 am

      Arthur Bliss: "Adam Zero" Suite

      IV. "Dance of Summer"

      Black Dyke Band/John Wilson
      Bliss: Works for Brass Band

      Chandos CHSA-5344

      7:07 am

      Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

      I. "Allegro"

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

      Sony SK-89029

      7:18 am

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      "Simple Gifts"

      Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
      Explore America

      Naxos 8.559187

      7:22 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"

      Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies

      Alpha 1004

      7:33 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219, "Turkish"

      III. Finale, Rondeau

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman, v
      Mozart: Violin Concerti Nos. 3 & 5 / Pinchas Zukerman

      CBS MK-37290

      7:44 am

      George Gershwin: Piano Suite, "Blue Monday"

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's
      Gershwin: Second Rhapsody - Music For Two Pianos

      EMI CDC7-49752-2

      8:04 am

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

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      The Symphonies

      Decca 414488-2

      8:16 am

      Frank Martin: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani & String Orchestra

      Finale, Allegro vivace

      Soloists; Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon
      Dale Clevenger, horn,
      Adolph Herseth, trumpet,
      Chicago Symphony Orchestra: The Centennial Collection

      RCA 60206-2-RG (3)

      8:24 am

      Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10

      Celia Nicklin, ob; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Barber, Ives, Copland

      Argo 417818-2

      8:32 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto de Aranjuez"

      II. "Adagio" ("En Aranjuez con mi amor")

      Göran Söllscher, g; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      The History of Classical Music in 24 Hours

      DG 4794648

      8:44 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4

      II. "Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto"

      Calidore String Quartet
      Beethoven: The Early Quartets

      Signum Classics SIGCD-883

      8:53 am

      Anthony Holborne: Elizabethan Dance Suite

      Empire Brass
      Royal Brass

      Telarc CD-80257

      9:03 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81

      III. Scherzo "(Furiant): Molto vivace"

      Emerson String Quartet; Menahem Pressler, p
      Dvořák: Piano Quintet Op. 81, Piano Quartet Op. 87

      DG 439868-2

      9:08 am

      Malcolm Arnold: English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27

      Queensland Sym Orch/Andrew Penny
      Sir Malcolm Arnold: Dances

      Naxos 8.553526

      9:18 am

      Peter Schickele: "Serenade for Three"

      Orion Ensemble
      A Celebration of American Chamber Music

      Orion Ensemble 707541717021

      9:31 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in c minor, Op. 6, No. 8

      Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon
      Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

      Naxos 8.557358-60 (3)

      9:48 am

      John Knowles Paine: Symphony No. 2 in A, Op. 34, "In the Spring"

      IV. Finale, "The Glory of Nature"

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Paine: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.559748

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      10:00 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: "La finta Frascatana"

      Overture

      Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.573459

      10:08 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

      phil Blech Wien/Anton Mittermayr; Olivier Latry, o
      Live from Vienna

      DG 4857171

      10:25 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

      Cigarette chorus, "Dans l'air, nous suivons des yeux la fumée"

      Radio France Cho, French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Bizet: Carmen

      Philips 422366-2 (3)

      10:30 am

      Rodion Shchedrin: "Carmen Ballet" after Bizet

      "Toreador"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Fiedler at the Ballet

      RCA 62577-2

      10:34 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Grand Duo Concertant" in E-Flat, Op. 48

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p
      Blue Hour

      DG 4836069

      10:51 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Tänzchen im alten Stil"

      Helsinki Phil Orch/John Storgårds
      Korngold: Symphony in F-Sharp, etc

      Ondine ODE-1182-2

      11:00 am

      Ernest John Moeran: Symphonic Impression, "In the Mountain Country"

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      An Irish Rhapsody

      Chandos CHAN-6525

      11:08 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Variations in D minor on "La Follia," Op. 5, No. 12

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Altre Follie (1500 - 1750)

      Alia Vox AV-9844

      11:21 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Dolly" Suite, Op. 56

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p
      Katia & Marielle Labèque - Bizet, Fauré, Ravel

      Philips 420159-2

      11:39 am

      Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"

      Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
      Claude Debussy Volume One

      Cala CACD-1001

      11:53 am

      Johann Christian Bach: "Adriano in Siria"

      Overture

      Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead
      JC Bach: Opera Overtures, Vol. 2

      CPO 999488-2

      12:00 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Don Carlos"

      Chorus, "Spuntato ecco il dì d'esultanza"

      Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Verdi: Choruses

      Decca 430226-2

      12:08 pm

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Quintet, Op. 143

      IV. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"

      Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet
      Dance

      Azica ACD-71328

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Cellist Joan Herget and pianist Joseph Licardo perform music by Janáček, Dvořák, Kodály, and Rodion Shchredin, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      12:53 pm

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Pirates of Penzance"

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:01 pm

      Hans Christian Lumbye: "Amelie" Waltz

      Danish National Radio Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Lumbye: Champagne Galop

      Chandos CHAN-9209

      1:13 pm

      Edward Elgar: "Chanson de matin," Op. 15, No. 2

      Brodsky Quartet
      Brodsky Unlimited: A Compilation of the Quartet's Favourite Encores

      Teldec 46015-2

      1:16 pm

      Edward Elgar: "Chanson de nuit," Op. 15, No. 1

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Elgar: Favourites - Chansons

      Chandos CHAN-6544

      1:22 pm

      Eric Whitacre: "Her Sacred Spirit Soars"

      Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison
      Eric Whitacre: Choral Music

      Naxos 8.559677

      1:30 pm

      Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 3 in D, G 476

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Simply Baroque II

      Sony SK-60681

      1:48 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      The Prince Finds Cinderella; Slow Waltz; Amoroso

      London Sym Orch/André Previn
      Prokofiev: Cinderella (Highlights)

      EMI CDD7-64289-2

      2:01 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Variations on Rossini's "La Cenerentola," Op. 5

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2: Variations

      Grand Piano GP-934

      2:11 pm

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

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Haydn: Symphonies No. 104 London, No. 88, No. 101 Clock / Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

      Philharmonia Baroque PBP-02

      2:39 pm

      Gregory Hutter: "Still Life"

      Miroslav Safar, ob; Moravian Phil Orch/Andreas Hérm Baumgartner
      Hutter: Orchestral and Solo Piano Works

      Naxos 8.559349

      2:51 pm

      Richard Jones: "Chamber Airs" in A minor, Op. 4, No. 2

      Rachel Podger, v; Brecon Baroque
      The Muses Restor'd

      Channel Classics CCS-46234

      3:00 - 8:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35

      Derek Han, p; Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      Shostakovich Film Festival

      Pro Arte CDD-551

      3:23 pm

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

      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)

      3:38 pm

      Knut Nystedt: Horn Concerto, Op. 114

      Frøydis Ree Wekre, hn; Trondheim Sym Orch/Ole Kristian Ruud
      Corno di Norvegia

      Simax PSC-1100

      3:58 pm

      Claudio Monteverdi: "L'Orfeo"

      Toccata (Overture)

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      For Thy Pleasure

      Delos DE-3205

      4:00 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 5

      Takács Quartet
      Dvořák & Coleridge-Taylor: Quartets

      Hyperion CDA-68413

      4:21 pm

      Matthew Locke: "The Flat Consort"

      Suite No. 2 in B-Flat

      Fretwork
      Locke: The Flat Consort

      Signum SIGCD-696

      4:35 pm

      Johann Christian Bach: Piano Concerto in E-Flat, Op. 7/5 (1770)

      Anastasia Injushina, p; Hamburg Camerata/Ralf Gothóni
      Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann Christian, Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concertos

      Ondine ODE-1224-2

      4:54 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Ballet music: "Pas de soldats"

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

      Philips 422843-2

      5:00 pm

      Zoltán Kodály: "Summer Evening"

      Helsinki Phil Orch/János Fürst
      Kodály: Symphonic Works

      Kontrapunkt 32153/54 (2)

      5:18 pm

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "Mazurka Apasionada"

      Thibaut Garcia, g
      El Bohemio

      Warner 5054197726170

      5:23 pm

      Isaac Albéniz: "Suite española", Op. 47

      No. 3, "Sevilla (Sevillanas)"

      David Russell, g
      Reflections of Spain

      Telarc CD-80576

      5:30 pm

      Richard Strauss: Dance Suite after Couperin

      Bamberg Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
      The Unknown Richard Strauss Vol. 6

      Koch 3-6535-2

      6:02 pm

      Francis Poulenc: Piano and Wind Sextet

      Nash Ensemble
      Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music

      Hyperion CDA-67255/6 (2)

      6:30 pm

      Grant Park Music Festival 2025

      Elgar Enigma Variations

      Live from the Pritzker Pavilion, featuring the Grant Park Orchestra conducted by Courtney Lewis. Elgar "Enigma Variations;" Inbal Segev, cello; Strauss II Overture to "Die Fledermaus;" Anna Clyne "Dance." Hosted by Dave Schwan.

      8:00 pm

      8:01 pm

      Joe Hisaishi: "Howl's Moving Castle"

      Symphonic variation on "Merry-Go-Round Of Life;" "Cave of Mind"

      Phil Cobb, tr; Royal Phil Orch/Joe Hisaishi
      Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration

      DG 4877352

      8:14 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      JS Bach: 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830

      Decca 4782163 (2)

      9:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Songs of Parting

      Adiós, adieu, sayonara, vale, zàijiàn — no turning back this week as Bill explores musical farewells. He features works ranging from Purcell’s "Sonata for Trumpet" to Bach’s “Capriccio,” a heartfelt goodbye to his eldest brother. Prokofiev’s ballet "Romeo and Juliet" includes a moving farewell from Romeo, where the mandolin cleverly sets the scene in Italy, and the saxophone expresses Romeo’s poignant departure. Kathleen Ferrier sings a Northumbrian folk song, “Blow the Wind Southerly,” and Ray Charles doesn’t mince words in his shout to “Hit the Road Jack!” that includes a snarling vocal by Margie Hendricks of the Raelettes, and yes, more saxophone.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      The Huelgas Codex

      The female vocal group Psallentes performs a program of medieval works preserved in the Hueglas Codex. Recorded live in Madrid on March 3, 2024.

      11:32 pm

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

      Vienna Radio Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 (re-orchestrated by Mahler)

      Naxos 8.574430