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      Playlist for Friday, July 19, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 2

      I. "The Little Horses"

      Thomas Hampson, br; St Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
      Long Time Ago * Dawn Upshaw & Thomas Hampson * American Songs by Aaron Copland

      Teldec 77310-2

      12:02 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 2

      IV. "At the River"

      Thomas Hampson, br; St Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
      Long Time Ago * Dawn Upshaw & Thomas Hampson * American Songs by Aaron Copland

      Teldec 77310-2

      12:05 am

      Aaron Copland: "Billy the Kid"

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      Out West! - Tone Poems Of The American West

      Delos DE-3104

      12:26 am

      Geirr Tveitt: Suite #1, "A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger," Op 151

      No. 47, "Going a-wooing"

      Royal Norwegian Navy Band/Bjarte Engeset
      TVEITT: Music for Wind Instruments

      Naxos 8.572095

      12:27 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "In the Blue Mountains-A Fairy Tale Suite," Op 44

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. IV

      Arena AR-07015

      12:42 am

      Geirr Tveitt: "Sinfonietta di Soffiatori," Op. 203

      Royal Norwegian Navy Band/Bjarte Engeset
      TVEITT: Music for Wind Instruments

      Naxos 8.572095

      12:55 am

      Geirr Tveitt: Fifty Folk Tunes from Hardanger, Op 150

      #20, "The Glacier is Silent"

      Havard Gimse, p
      Teveitt Piano music Vol 1

      Marco Polo 8.225055

      1:00 am

      Johann Strauss, Sr: "Triumph-Quadrille," Op. 205

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Christian Pollack
      Johann Strauss, Sr. Vol 21

      Marco Polo 8.225341

      1:05 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 2 in g, Op. 22

      Jerome Rose, p
      Schumann Complete Piano Sonatas

      Monarch Classics M-20042

      1:23 am

      Johann Strauss, Sr: Polka, "Eisele- und Beisele-Sprünge," Op 202

      Slovak Sinfonietta/Christian Pollack
      Johann Strauss, Sr. Vol 21

      Marco Polo 8.225341

      1:25 am

      Michael Haydn: Symphony No. 7 in E

      Slovak Chamber Orch/Bohdan Warchal
      Michael Haydn

      CPO 999153-2

      1:40 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in g, H XV:19

      Van Swieten Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      1:55 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "My Love she's but a lassie yet", H XXXIa:7

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      2:00 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Raymonda," Op 57

      Act 2, Entr'acte

      Swedish Radio Sym/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Russian Adagios

      Ondine ODE-938-2

      2:05 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, "Classical"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Symphonies 1-9

      London 410200-2

      2:18 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      "Kubishka Variation"

      Ian Scott, cl; Jonathan Higgins, p
      Prokofiev: Ballet Suites

      Divine Art DDA-25232

      2:20 am

      Eugene Ysaÿe: Solo Violin Sonata in E, Op 27/6

      Thomas Zehetmair, v
      EUGÈNE YSAŸE: SONATES POUR VIOLON

      ECM 1835

      2:27 am

      Charles Auguste de Bériot: Violin Concerto #3 in e, Op 44

      Philippe Quint, v; Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Kirk Trevor
      BERIOT, C.-A. de: Violin Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 5 (Quint)

      Naxos 8.570360

      2:54 am

      Antoine Brumel: "Fortuna desperata"

      London Early Music Consort/David Munrow

      EMI/Ang CMS7-64215-2 (2)

      3:00 am

      Charles Mouton: Lute Pieces (1680)

      "Chaconne"

      Hopkinson Smith, l

      Astrée E-7728

      3:05 am

      Gunnar de Frumerie: "Pastoral Suite," Op 13b

      Sarah Lindloff, f; Swedish Chamber Orch/Petter Sundkvist
      Swedish Orchestral Favourites

      Naxos 8.553715

      3:17 am

      Ernest Bloch: "Enfantines"

      "Pastorale"

      Istvan Kassai, p
      BLOCH Complete Piano Works Vol. 1

      Marco Polo 8.223288

      3:19 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #15 in D, Op 28, "Pastoral"

      Maurizio Pollini, p
      Sonaten Opp. 27/1・27/2・28 »Mondschein/Moonlight/Au Clair De Lune・Pastorale«

      DG 427770-2

      3:43 am

      Leopold MOZART: Sinfonia pastorale in G

      New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
      MOZART: Sinfonia di Caccia / Sinfonia Pastorale

      Naxos 8.553347

      3:55 am

      Franz Xaver Mozart: Song, "Maylied"

      Barbara Bonney, s; Malcolm Martineau, p
      F.X. Mozart: Lieder

      London B0005505-02

      4:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Rinaldo"

      Aria, "Lascia ch'io pianga"

      Arleen Augér, s; Mostly Mozart Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      Bach/ Handel: Arias

      Delos D/CD-3026

      4:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Flute Sonata in C, Op. 1, No. 7

      Paula Robison, f; Kenneth Cooper, hc; Timothy Eddy, vc

      Vanguard SVC-102/03 (2)

      4:15 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Recorder Sonata #3 in f

      Michala Petri, r; Hanne Petri, hc; David Petri, vc
      The Virtuoso Recorder

      RCA 7749-2-RC

      4:24 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Song, "Sanfter Schlaf"

      Klaus Mertens, br; Ludger Rémy, hc
      Singe-, Spiel- Und Generalbaß-Übungen 1733

      CPO 777045-2

      4:26 am

      Marcel Dupré: Symphony in g, Op 25

      Michael Murray, o; Royal Phil/Jahja Ling
      Dupre: Symphony In G Minor/ Rheinberger: Organ Concerto No. 1

      Telarc CD-80136

      4:54 am

      Jean Joseph Mouret: "Rondeau"

      Rolf Smedvig, tr; Michael Murray, o
      Ceremonial Music For Trumpet And Symphonic Organ

      Telarc CD-80341

      5:00 am

      Antonio Salieri: "Angiolina, ossia Il Matrimonio per Sussuro"

      Overture

      Slovak Radio Sym/Michael Dittrich
      SALIERI: Overtures

      Naxos 8.554838

      5:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 2 in F, K. 280

      Mitsuko Uchida, p
      The Complete Piano Sonatas

      Philips 422115-2 (6)

      5:19 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      No. 1, "Of Foreign Lands and Peoples"

      Canadian Brass
      Carnaval

      Opening Day ODR-7438

      5:20 am

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 38, "Spring"

      Vienna Phil/Wilhelm Furtwängler
      Franck: Symphony in D Minor/ Schumann: Spring Symphony

      London 417287-2

      5:54 am

      Robert Schumann: "Album für die Jugend," Op. 68

      No. 38, "Winterszeit I"

      Graham Johnson, p

      Hyperion CDJ-33109

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Lisa Flynn

      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

      Marin Marais: "La sonnerie de Sainte Geneviéve du Mont de Paris"

      Les Concerts du Monde/Keith Clark
      Movies Go Baroque

      Telarc CD-80336

      6:08 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D, "Miracle"

      I. "Adagio - Allegro"

      Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 96 and 102 (The Miracle)

      Nimbus NI-5135

      6:17 am

      Carl Nielsen: "Serenata in vano"

      Chicago Pro Musica
      Façade - An Instrumental Suite In The Original Scoring

      Reference RR-16

      6:24 am

      Johan Halvorsen: "Entry March of the Boyars"

      Oslo Phil/Michail Jurowski
      Grieg, Tveitt, Halvorsen: Norwegian Heartland The Romantic Orchestral Heritage

      Simax PSC-1260 (2)

      6:30 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Matinées musicales," Op. 24 (after Rossini)

      London Phil Orch/Adrian Boult
      Benjamin Britten:‎ The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes

      EMI CDM7-63777-2

      6:45 am

      Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part I

      No. 8 in G-Flat

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Maria Corley * Leslie Adams * Twelve Etudes

      Albany TROY-639

      6:52 am

      Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 24

      Solistes Européens Luxembourg/Christoph König
      Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 1; Overtures; Grand Variations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg

      Naxos 8.574094

      7:02 am

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

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Piano Concertos/ Overtures/ Haydn Variations

      Philips 442068-2 (4)

      7:14 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Four-Clavier Concerto in A minor, BWV 1065 (after Vivaldi R. 580)

      Soloists; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Paul Jenkins, harpsichord,
      Vivaldi & Friends

      Avie AV-2211

      7:24 am

      Elena Kats-Chernin: "Re-invention" No. 1 (after Bach's BWV 779)

      Genevieve Lacey, r; Flinders Quartet
      The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection

      ABC Classics 4816430 (10)

      7:31 am

      Jacques Ibert: Symphonic Suite, "Paris"

      I. "Le Metro"

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Vive Ibert!

      Newport Classic NPD-85531

      7:34 am

      Jacques Ibert: Symphonic Suite, "Paris"

      IV. "Restaurant au Bois de Boulogne"

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Vive Ibert!

      Newport Classic NPD-85531

      7:37 am

      Jacques Ibert: Symphonic Suite, "Paris"

      VI. "Parade Foraine"

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Vive Ibert!

      Newport Classic NPD-85531

      7:39 am

      Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 8, "La fille aux cheveux de lin"

      Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan, g's
      Intimate Impressions

      Analekta AN2-8793

      7:43 am

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

      David Jolley, hn; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Horn Concertos 1 & 4 / Orpheus Co

      DG 423377-2

      7:53 am

      Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F

      II. "Assez vif, très rythmé"

      Hagen Quartet
      Debussy, Ravel, Webern: String Quartets

      DG 437836-2

      8:03 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)"

      Overture

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Jaime Laredo
      Rossini: Operatic Overtures Vol. 10

      Nimbus NI-5078

      8:12 am

      Giuseppe Torelli: Trumpet Sonata in D, G 5

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

      Sony SK-66244

      8:17 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, "Funeral March"

      III. "Marche funèbre"

      C Thomas, WE Schmidt, J Han & F Helmerson, vc's
      Frans Helmerson, cello,
      The Chopin Project: Trilogy

      DG 4858451

      8:26 am

      Charles Gounod: "Funeral March of a Marionette"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Marches and Overtures à la Française

      Mercury 434332-2

      8:31 am

      Josef Suk: "Fantastic Scherzo," Op. 25

      Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
      Suk: Summer Tale, Fantastic Scherzo / Mackerras

      Decca 466443-2

      8:47 am

      William Grant Still: Folk Suite No. 3

      Sierra Winds; Carol Urban-Stivers, p
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      8:53 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Navarra," Op. 33

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Angèle Dubeau: Virtuose

      Analekta AN2-8729

      9:03 am

      Mily Balakirev: "Islamey"

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

      Philips 412552-2

      9:13 am

      Enrique Granados: "Tonadillas en estilo antiguo"

      Tabea Zimmermann, vi; Javier Perianes, p
      Cantilena

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902648

      9:26 am

      Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto "a cinque" in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2

      Han de Vries, ob; Alma Musica Amsterdam/Bob van Asperen
      Albinoni: Concerti a cinque, Op. 9; Telemann: Oboe Concertos

      Virgin 61152-2

      9:39 am

      Geoffrey Bush: "Consort Music"

      English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones
      English String Miniatures, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.555068

      9:51 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Contes bleus," Op. 122

      Enid Katahn, p
      Cécile Chaminade: Music for Piano

      Gasparo GSCD-247

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday Music

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

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Robbie Ellis.

      10:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043

      Janoska Ensemble
      The Big B's

      DG 4540390

      10:15 am

      Johann Strauss II: Polka mazur, "Stadt und Land," Op. 322

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Stars & Strauss: Polkas, Waltzes and Other Works

      Koch 365822

      10:21 am

      Henri Martelli: "Four Pieces"

      Roberto Moronn Pérez, g
      Andrés Segovia Archive: French Composers

      Reference FR-709

      10:32 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "The Noon Witch," Op. 108

      Montreal Sym Orch/Kent Nagano
      Danse Macabre

      Decca 4830396

      10:48 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "Eight Bible Vignettes"

      "As His Own Soul"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      10:53 am

      Arvo Pärt: "Magnificat"

      Choir of Clare College Cambridge/Graham Ross
      Stabat - Pärt, Vasks & MacMillan

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905323

      11:01 am

      Peggy Glanville-Hicks: "Etruscan Concerto"

      Caroline Almonte, p; Tasmanian Sym Orch/Richard Mills
      Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers

      ABC Classics 4817995 (2)

      11:18 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Two-Horn Concerto in D, "Die Jagd"

      Kurt Sandau, tr; Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler, tr
      Concertos for como de caccia

      Berlin Classics BC-1072-2

      11:29 am

      John Schreckengost: "Fanfare à la chasse"

      Chicago Horn Consort
      Catch Fire

      Chicago Horn Consort [Catch Fire]

      11:31 am

      John Field: Nocturne No. 14 in C

      Elizabeth Joy Roe, p
      Field: Complete Nocturnes

      Decca 4789672

      11:42 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Scènes de ballet," Op 52

      No. 8, Polonaise

      Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart
      Glazunov: The Seasons

      Telarc CD-80347

      11:49 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Études," Op. 10

      No. 12 in c minor, “Revolutionary”

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz - The Masterworks Vol. 07 - Early Romantics

      Sony S2K-53468 (2)

      11:52 am

      Ruperto Chapí: String Quartet No. 3 in D

      III. "Larghetto"

      Cuarteto Latinoamericano
      Ruperto Chapí String Quartets: Volume 2

      Sono Luminus DSL-92254

      12:01 pm

      Carl Friedrich Abel: Viola da gamba Sonata in E minor

      Helen Callus, vi; Luc Beauséjour, hc
      Fathers & Sons

      Analekta AN2-9879

      12:12 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Pines of Rome"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Respighi: Pini di Roma, Fontane di Roma, Feste Romane

      EMI CDC7-47316-2

      12:35 pm

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Chôros" No. 1

      Andrea Bissoli, g
      WFMT Autumn Mix

      Naxos/WFMT (Autumn Mix)

      12:41 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F, K. 37

      English Chamber Orch/Murray Perahia, p
      Mozart: 3 Concerti; Schroter: Concerto

      CBS MK-39222

      12:58 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Dichterliebe," Op. 48

      No. 12. "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen"

      Ian Bostridge, t; Julius Drake, p
      Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48, Liederkreis, Op. 24, & 7 Lieder

      EMI CDC5-56575-2

      1:01 pm

      Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 47

      I Faust, v; A Tamestit, vi; JG Queyras, vc; A Melnikov, fp
      Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano,
      Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902695

      1:28 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Der Erlkönig," D. 328

      Kirill Gerstein, piano
      Impromptu: Kirill Gerstein (July 17, 2008)

      WFMT

      1:33 pm

      Vincent d'Indy: "Sérénade et Valse," Op. 28

      Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
      d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Volume 6

      Chandos CHSA-5157

      1:40 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Two-Violin Concerto in A

      Rüdiger Liebermann, v; Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul, v
      Sinfonia Melodica

      DG B0005761-02

      1:48 pm

      Scott Joplin: "The Easy Winners"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; André Previn, p
      The Easy Winners and Other Rag-Time Music of Scott Joplin

      EMI CDC7-47170-2

      1:52 pm

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen," Op. 20

      Barcelona Guitar Duo
      Carmen

      ArtPegi ARTPG-001

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      2:00 pm

      Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga: Symphony in D

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga: L'Oeuvre Orchestrale

      Astrée E-8532

      2:30 pm

      Adolphe Adam: "Giselle"

      Act 1: "La Chasse (The Hunt)"

      Royal Opera House Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Adam: Giselle - Ballet

      Decca 417505-2 (2)

      2:41 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 76, No. 4, "Sunrise"

      I. Allegro con spirito

      Orlando String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 Nos. 4 & 6

      Philips 410053-2

      2:50 pm

      Édouard Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivace"

      Lynn Harrell, vc; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Lalo, Saint-Saëns, Fauré: Cello Concertos 🞄 Élégie

      Decca 414387-2

      3:00 pm

      Bedřich Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15

      Vienna Piano Trio
      Tschaikowsky/Smetana * Piano Trios

      MD+G 3421512-2

      3:28 pm

      John Stanley: String Concerto in D, Op 2/1

      Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman
      Six Concertos in Seven Parts, Op. 2

      Hyperion CDA-66338

      3:40 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Four African Dances, Op. 58

      Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p
      Music by Composers of African Descent

      BCM+D Records 888295594394

      4:00 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Capriccio espagnol," Op. 34

      New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Placido Domingo at the Philharmonic - Zubin Mehta

      CBS MK-44942

      4:17 pm

      Cécile Chaminade: Concert Etudes, Op. 35

      No. 2, "Automne"

      Enid Katahn, p
      Cécile Chaminade: Music for Piano

      Gasparo GSCD-247

      4:26 pm

      Stanley Myers: "The Deer Hunter"

      Cavatina

      Norbert Kraft, g
      Cavatina: Popular Guitar Music

      Naxos 8.571085

      4:30 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Gadfly" Suite, Op. 97a

      Romance through Finale

      KBS Sym Orch/Vakhtang Jordania
      Dmitri Shostakovich - Suites For Film And Stage

      Koch 3-7274-2

      5:00 pm

      Violeta Parra: Five "Anticuecas"

      José Antonio Escobar, g
      "Guitar Music of Chile"

      Naxos 8.570341

      5:16 pm

      Alan Thomas: Croatian song, "The Shepherd's Dream"

      Cavatina Duo
      Cavatina Duo: The Balkan Project

      Cedille CDR-90000117

      5:22 pm

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "In the Bottoms"

      IV. Barcarolle, "Morning"

      Natalie Hinderas, p
      Piano Music by African-American Composers

      CRI CD-629 (2)

      5:29 pm

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

      Swedish Chamber Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1 & 3

      BIS BIS-2469

      6:00 pm

      Antonio Salieri: Sinfonia, "Il Giorno Onomastico"

      London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Salieri: Symphonies & Overtures

      Chandos CHAN-9877

      6:19 pm

      Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 11

      Dale Clevenger, hn; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Richard Strauss: Wind Concertos

      Teldec 23913-2

      6:38 pm

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      Althea Waites, p
      Black Diamonds * Althea Waites plays music by African-American Composers

      Cambria CD-1097

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Italian Souvenirs

      The composers inspired by the great beauty of Italy include Berlioz, Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, and Elgar. And let us not forget Mozart’s visit as a teenager that changed the course of opera forever. This week's playlist will include Mendelssohn’s "Italian" Symphony and Berlioz's "Harold in Italy."

      8:00 - 11:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Friday Evening with Kristina Lynn

      8:01 pm

      Erik Satie: Three "Gymnopédies"

      No. 1

      Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surrick, viga
      And So Flows the River

      Flowerpot Productions 2023-01

      8:04 pm

      Erik Satie: Three "Gymnopédies"

      No. 2

      Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surrick, viga
      And So Flows the River

      Flowerpot Productions 2023-01

      8:06 pm

      Erik Satie: Three "Gymnopédies"

      No. 3

      Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surrick, viga
      And So Flows the River

      Flowerpot Productions 2023-01

      8:10 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2

      Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner
      Gemini - Respighi: Pines Of Rome

      EMI CDC5-86549-2 (2)

      8:28 pm

      Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Variations on "La bella pastora"

      Freiburg Baroque Consort
      Schmelzer: Barockes Welttheater / Freiburger Barock Consort

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902087

      8:39 pm

      Karl Jenkins: "La Folia" (after Corelli)

      Evelyn Glennie, mar; Hong Kong Chamber Orch/Jean Thorel
      Alrich - Jenkins - Rorem: Concertos for Mallet Instruments

      Naxos 8.574218

      8:51 pm

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "Un Sueño en la Floresta"

      Thibaut Garcia, g
      El Bohemio

      Warner 5054197726170

      9:01 pm

      Richard Rodgers: "South Pacific"

      "Loneliness of Evening"

      Renée Fleming, s; BBC Concert Orch/Rob Fisher
      Broadway

      Decca B0028739-02

      9:05 pm

      Stephen Sondheim: "Invitation to a March"

      Incidental Music

      Chamber Ensemble
      Unsung Sondheim

      Varèse Sarabande VSD-5433

      9:20 pm

      Nino Rota: "Concerto soirée"

      Benedetto Lupo, p; City of Granada Orch/Josep Pons
      Nino Rota: La Strada, Concerto Soirée, Il Gattopardo

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901864

      9:42 pm

      Charlotte Sohy: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 33

      Quatuor Hermès
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      9:59 pm

      Valerie Capers: "Portraits in Jazz"

      No. 1, "Ella Scats the Little Lamb"

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes

      Albany TROY-857

      10:01 pm

      Karl Jenkins: "Palladio"

      III. Vivace

      London Phil Orch Strings/Karl Jenkins
      Karl Jenkins: Diamond Music - The Smith Quartet

      Sony SK-62276

      10:08 pm

      Lili Boulanger: Theme and Variations

      Emile Naoumoff, p
      Boulanger, Lili and Nadia: In memoriam Lili Boulanger

      Marco Polo 8.223636

      10:21 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 3

      Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Debussy: Images, Prelude, La Mer

      Sony SK-62599

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Best of Studs Terkel

      Bengali Musicians (7/23/1959)

      This evening, the Best of Studs Terkel returns to a warm, rainy morning in July 1959. That's a time Studs Terkel invited an ensemble of Bengali musicians to share their music and culture on WFMT.

      11:49 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

      Hyperion CDA-67303/4 (2)