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      Playlist for Sunday, July 7, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Fantaisie-Impromptu" in c-sharp minor, Op.66

      Maria-Joao Pires, p
      Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1, Fantasie Op. 49, Fantasie-Impromptu Op. 66, Berceuse Op. 57

      DG 457585-2

      12:05 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Harp Impromptu, Op 86

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Sky Music

      Telarc CD-80418

      12:14 am

      Francis Poulenc: Improvisations

      #3

      Lucille Chung, p
      Poulenc: Works for Piano Solo & Duo

      Signum SIGCD-455

      12:15 am

      César Franck: Symphony in d minor

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

      London 417287-2

      12:55 am

      Francis Poulenc: Improvisations

      #4

      Lucille Chung, p
      Poulenc: Works for Piano Solo & Duo

      Signum SIGCD-455

      1:00 am

      Frederick Delius: "Air and Dance" (1915)

      Gerald Jarvis, v; Bournemouth Sym Orch/Norman Del Mar

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47812-2

      1:05 am

      Frederick Delius: Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (1911-12)

      Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Violin Concerto / First Cuckoo / Dance Rhapsodies, Etc.

      Argo 433704-2

      1:18 am

      Ernest John Moeran: Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (1931-2)

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      MOERAN, E.J.: Cello Concerto / Serenade / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow (Johnston, Ulster Orchestra, Falletta)

      Naxos 8.573034

      1:31 am

      Aaron Copland: Two Pieces for String Orchestra

      Lark Quartet
      Lark Quartet: Composing America

      Bridge 9423

      1:39 am

      John Cage: Two Pieces for Piano (1935)

      #2

      Herbert Henck, p
      JOHN CAGE: EARLY PIANO MUSIC

      ECM 1844

      1:40 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Masques et Bergamasques", Op 112

      Wisconsin Chamber Orch/Andrew Sewell

      Wco Records CD-0002

      1:54 am

      Francis Poulenc: Improvisations

      #5

      Lucille Chung, p
      Poulenc: Works for Piano Solo & Duo

      Signum SIGCD-455

      2:00 am

      Jules Demersseman: "Carnival of Venice"

      Kenneth Tse, sx; Mi-Bémol Saxophone Ensemble
      Kenneth Tse & Mi-Bemol Saxophones

      Crystal CD-781

      2:05 am

      Francisco Tárrega: Introduction and Variations on "The Carnival of Venice"

      David Russell, g

      Opera Tres CDS-1003/4 (2)

      2:14 am

      Johann Sr Strauss: "The Carnival in Venice" Fantasy, Op 126

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2013

      Sony 44071-2 (2)

      2:21 am

      Josef Strauss: Polka schnell, Ohne Sorgen, Op 271

      Vienna Phil/Mariss Jansons
      2006 Neujahrskonzert

      DG 4775566 (2)

      2:23 am

      Leo Sowerby: "Pop Goes the Weasel"

      Westwood Wind Quintet
      Sextour à Vent

      Crystal CD-353

      2:24 am

      Leo Sowerby: Violin Sonata in D (1959)

      Robert Murray, v; Gail Quillman, p

      Premier PRCD-1049

      2:55 am

      Girolamo Fantini: Five Dances

      #3

      Fred Sautter, tr; Roger Sherman, o
      Trumpets in the Baroque

      Crystal CD-701

      3:00 am

      Ernest Tomlinson: "Nocturne"

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Ernest Tomlinson
      TOMLINSON : British Light Music

      Marco Polo 8.223413

      3:02 am

      Ernest Tomlinson: "Hornpipe"

      Czecho-Slovak Radio Sym/Ernest Tomlinson
      TOMLINSON : British Light Music

      Marco Polo 8.223413

      3:05 am

      William Walton: Partita for Orchestra (1957)

      New Zealand Sym Orch/William Walton
      Walton Conducts Walton: The 1964 New Zealand Tour

      Bridge 9133-A/B (2)

      3:20 am

      Edward Elgar: "Froissart" Overture, Op 19

      London Phil/Edward Elgar

      EMI/Ang CDS7-54568-2 (3)

      3:33 am

      Thomas Morley: "Joyne Hands"

      American Brass Quintet
      Plays Renaissance, Elizabethan And Baroque Music

      Delos D/CD-3003

      3:35 am

      Arnold Bax: Violin Sonata in F

      Robert Gibbs, v; Mary Mei-Loc Wu, p.
      Arnold Bax: Three Violin Sonatas

      ASV CDDCA-1098

      3:54 am

      Adrian Cruft: Traditional Hornpipe Suite

      #2, "Irish"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      4:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six Ländler, K. 606

      Salzburg Camerata Academica/Sandor Vegh
      Mozart: Marches and Dances

      Laserlight 15653

      4:05 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Danzas Cubanas"

      Thomas Tirino, p

      MHS 514997-M

      4:19 am

      Aaron Copland: "Danzón cubano"

      New World Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Tangazo (Music Of Latin America)

      Argo 436737-2

      4:26 am

      Aaron Copland: Four Motets

      IV. "Sing ye praises to our King"

      Mormon Tabernacle Cho/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Old American Songs (Complete) / Canticle Of Freedom; Four Motets

      CBS MK-42140

      4:27 am

      Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 1 in a, Op. 41, No. 1

      Cherubini String Quartet

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54141-2

      4:54 am

      William Schuman: "Newsreel" (1943)

      #1, "Horse-Race"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss
      American Festival

      Pro Arte CDD-102

      5:00 am

      Adolphe-Charles Adam: "La Poupée de Nuremberg"

      Overture

      New Philharmonia Orch/Richard Bonynge
      French Opera Overtures

      London CS-6643

      5:05 am

      Franz Schubert: "Notturno" in E-Flat, D 897

      Trio Fontenay
      Schubert : The Piano Trios

      Teldec 94558-2 (2)

      5:14 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in c minor, D. 703, "Quartettsatz"

      Lindsay String Quartet
      "Death And The Maiden" / "Quartettsatz"

      ASV CDDCA-560

      5:24 am

      Franz Schubert: String Trio in B-Flat (Fragment), D 111A

      Leipzig String Quartet Members
      Schubert: Piano Quintet 'Die Forelle', String Trios

      MD+G Recordings 3070625-2

      5:25 am

      Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony #7 in d, Op 124

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      Stanford: Symphony No. 7 · Irish Rhapsody No. 3

      Chandos CHAN-8861

      5:54 am

      Matthew Locke: "Broken Consort" in D

      "Ayre"

      Palladian Ensemble
      An Excess Of Pleasure

      Honest Entertainment CD-5010

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "What's New?" Host Peter DuBois will offer selections from a variety of new choral and organ CDs that have been released in recent months.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:02 am

      Arnold Bax: "The Happy Forest"

      BBC Phil/Vernon Handley
      Bax Tone Poems, Volume 2

      Chandos CHAN-10446

      7:12 am

      Claude Debussy: "L'isle joyeuse"

      Stewart Goodyear, p
      Phoenix

      Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0154

      7:18 am

      Tõnu Kõrvits: "You Are Light and Morning"

      "In the Morning You Always Come Back"

      Estonian Phil Chamber Cho, Tallinn Chamber Orch/Risto Joost
      Korvits: You Are Light and Morning

      Ondine ODE-1363-2

      7:28 am

      Hans Huber: Serenade No. 1 in E, Op. 86, "Summer Nights"

      Stuttgart Phil/Jörg-Peter Weigle
      Huber: Symphony No. 5, First Serenade (Summer Nights)

      Sterling CDS-1027-2

      7:49 am

      Michael Torke: "Bliss"

      University of Kansas Wind Ensemble/Paul W. Popiel
      Michael Torke: Concerto for Orchestra

      Ecstatic Records ER-092261

      8:01 am

      Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23

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

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      8:09 am

      Florence Price: Prelude No. 1, "Allegro moderato"

      Kirsten Johnson, p
      Florence Price: Piano Music

      Guild GM2CD-7828

      8:12 am

      Florence Price: "The Oak"

      Women's Phil/Apo Hsu
      Price: The Oak, Mississippi River, Symphony No. 3

      Koch 3-7518-2

      8:25 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Festive and Commemorative Music," Op. 109

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      A Banquet Of Voices * Music for Multiple Choirs

      Collegium COLCD-123

      8:36 am

      William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American"

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

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      9:01 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903

      Awadagin Pratt, p
      Live from South Africa

      EMI CDC5-55293-2

      9:13 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Whimsical Symphony"

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Don Quixote: Concertos and Suites by Telemann / Apollo's Fire / Jeannette Sorrell

      Koch 7576

      9:23 am

      Franz Krommer: Two-Clarinet Concerto in E-Flat, Op 91

      Sabine Meyer & Julian Bliss, cl's; St Martin's Academy/Kenneth Sillito
      Krommer * Spohr * Clarinet Concertos

      EMI 79786-2

      9:47 am

      Francis Hopkinson: "My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free"

      Thomas Hampson, br; Wolfgang Rieger, p
      Wondrous Free: Songs of America II

      Thomas Hampson Media THM-5432

      9:49 am

      Benjamin Carr: "Federal Overture"

      Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois
      The 18th Century American Overture * Hewitt * Carr * Reinagle * Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä

      Naxos 8.559654

      10:01 am

      Kevin Lau: "Joy"

      Conrad Chow, v; Sinfonia Toronto/Ronald Royer
      Conrad Chow, Violin: Premieres

      Cambria CD-1204

      10:10 am

      Margaret Bonds: "Three Dream Portraits"

      Malcolm J. Merriweather, br; Ashley Jackson, h
      Margaret Bonds * The Ballad of the Brown King & Selected Songs

      Avie AV-2413

      10:18 am

      Elliott Carter: Elegy

      Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
      Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra: American Works for Chamber Orchestra

      Albany TROY-194

      10:24 am

      Charles Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D minor

      Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
      Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies

      DG 4839506

      11:01 am

      Scott Joplin: "Treemonisha"

      Overture

      The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra/Rick Benjamin
      Scott Joplin: Treemonisha

      New World 80720-2 (2)

      11:09 am

      Samuel Barber: "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," Op. 24

      Leontyne Price, s; New Philharmonia Orch/Thomas Schippers
      Leontyne Price Sings Barber

      RCA 61983-2

      11:26 am

      James Lee III: Clarinet Quintet

      IV. "Celebrated Emblems"

      Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet
      American Stories

      Cedille CDR-90000216

      11:31 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"

      IV. Finale, "Ode to Joy"

      Soloists; Accentus, Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Florian Boesch, bass,
      Ludwig van Beethoven: The Symphonies

      DG 4863050

      11:55 am

      Clara Schumann: Song, "Liebeszauber," Op. 13, No. 3

      Nicole Cabell, s; John Axelrod, p
      Brahms Beloved

      Telarc TEL-34658-02 (2)

      11:57 am

      Ricky Ian Gordon: "Joy"

      Nicole Cabell, s; Ricky Ian Gordon, p
      Silver Rain

      Blue Griffin BGR-253

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

      V. "Chaconne"

      Hélène Grimaud, p
      Bach

      DG B0012504-02

      12:00 pm

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      12:15 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

      No. 2, "The Last Spring"

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Love Songs

      Hyperion CDA-68341

      12:20 pm

      Francesco Geminiani: Concerto grosso in A, Op. 2, No. 6

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Geminiani: Concerti grossi

      Sony SK-48043

      12:27 pm

      George Gershwin: "Lullaby"

      Pro Arte Guitar Trio
      America

      ASV CDWHL-2099

      12:36 pm

      William Grant Still: "In Memoriam"

      Fort Smith Sym Orch/John Jeter
      Still: Afro-American Symphony; In Memoriam; Africa

      Naxos 8.559174

      12:44 pm

      John Sheppard: "Te Deum"

      Stile Antico
      Media Vita

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807509

      1:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 6 in D, K. 239, "Serenata Notturna"

      Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mozart: "Haffner" Serenade • "Serenata Notturna" / Charles Mackerras

      Telarc CD-80161

      1:13 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Arabeske" in C, Op. 18

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      Schumann: Piano Concerto / Evgeny Kissin/Carlo Maria Giulini

      Sony SK-52567

      1:20 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Symphonie fantastique," Op. 14

      II. "A Ball"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, Lelio

      CSO Resound 9011501 (2)

      1:28 pm

      Jessie Montgomery: "Strum"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Strum: Music for Strings

      Azica ACD-71302

      1:35 pm

      Michael Torke: "An American Abroad"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop
      Torke: Rapture, An American Abroad, Jasper

      Naxos 8.559167

      1:57 pm

      Michel Legrand: "One Day"

      King's Singers
      Finding Harmony

      Signum SIGCD-607

      2:00 pm

      Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part II

      No. 3 in D-sharp minor

      Thomas Otten, p
      Thomas Otten * H. Leslie Adams * Piano Etudes, Part II

      Albany TROY-1519

      2:09 pm

      Josef Strauss: Waltz, "Heldengedichte," Op. 87

      Vienna Phil/Franz Welser-Möst
      New Year's Concert 2023

      Sony 196589022110

      2:19 pm

      Isaac Albéniz: "Suite española", Op. 47

      "Asturias; Sevilla"

      Emerald Brass Quintet
      Danzon * Emerald Brass Quintet

      Albany TROY-1839

      2:31 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3

      Royal Liège Phil Orch/John Neschling
      Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances, The Birds

      BIS BIS-2540

      2:53 pm

      Clara Schumann: March in E-Flat (1879)

      EStrella Piano Duo
      In Her Own Voice

      Sheridan Music Studio [In Her Own Voice]

      2:59 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: "Etudes," Op. 10

      No. 5 in G-flat, "Black Key"

      Yunchan Lim, p
      Yunchan Lim: Chopin Études

      Decca 4870122

      3:00 pm

      Claude Bolling: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano

      II. "Sentimentale"

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Claude Bolling, p; Max Hediguer, db; Marcel Sabiani, dr
      Marcel Sabiani, drums,
      Bolling Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano

      Frémeaux FA-443

      3:08 pm

      Claude Bolling: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano

      VII. "Véloce"

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Claude Bolling, p; Max Hediguer, db; Marcel Sabiani, dr
      Marcel Sabiani, drums,
      Bolling Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano

      Frémeaux FA-443

      3:13 pm

      Charlotte Sohy: "Histoire sentimentale," Op. 34

      Avignon-Provence National Orch/Debora Waldman
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      3:25 pm

      William Grant Still: Lyric Quartet

      I. "The Sentimental One"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, William Grant Still

      Azica ACD-71357

      3:33 pm

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

      Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos 29, 33, 35, 38, 41 * Orchestra Mozart * Claudio Abbado

      Archiv 4777598 (2)

      3:55 pm

      Duke Ellington: "In a Sentimental Mood"

      Jason Vieaux, g
      Play

      Azica ACD-71287

      3:58 pm

      Lou Harrison: "Seven Pastorales"

      "To My Mother"

      Brooklyn Phil/Dennis Russell Davies
      Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales; Peggy Glanville-Hicks: Etruscan Concerto; Terry Riley: June Buddhas

      Musicmasters 67089-2

      4:00 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Gadfly," Op. 97

      Romance and Intermezzo

      Berlin Radio Sym/Leonid Grin
      Shostakovich: Hamlet - Film Score, Op. 116, etc.

      Capriccio 10298

      4:14 pm

      Anonymous Bolivian: Trio Sonata in F

      Agave
      American Originals: A New World, A New Canon

      Acis APL-20445

      4:23 pm

      Sofiane Pamart: "Chicago"

      Sofiane Pamart, p
      Planet Gold

      Urban PIASU-166D

      4:29 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43

      Yuja Wang, p; Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody, Piano Concerto No 2

      DG B0015338-02

      4:52 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2

      No. 6, Waltz 2

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Shostakovich: The Jazz Album

      Decca 433702-2

      4:56 pm

      Dave Brubeck: "Blue Rondo à la Turk"

      Rastrelli Cello Quartet
      Cello Effect

      Genuin 15364

      5:00 - 7:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414

      Vienna Phil/Maurizio Pollini, p
      W A Mozart: Piano Concertos K 414 & 491 * Maurizio Pollini * Wiener Philharmoniker

      DG B0010994-02

      5:26 pm

      Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44

      Emanuel Ax, p; Cleveland Quartet
      Schumann: Piano Quintet & Quartet / Ax

      RCA 6498-2-RC

      5:56 pm

      Clara Schumann: "Liebst du um Schönheit," Op. 12, No. 4

      Nicole Cabell, s; John Axelrod, p
      Brahms Beloved

      Telarc TEL-34658-02 (2)

      6:01 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8 in D minor

      BBC Sym Orch/Andrew Davis
      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8 / Andrew Davis

      Teldec 90858-2

      6:31 pm

      Georges Onslow: String Quintet in A, Op. 75

      Elan Quintet
      Onslow: String Quintets, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.574187

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Tenor Ryan Capozzo and baritone Laureano Quant are joined by the Lyric Opera Orchestra String Quartet for Ian Venables's "Invite to Eternity" and Samuel Barber's "Dover Beach." Pianist Michael Banwarth accompanies Mr. Quant in arias and songs by Jules Massenet, Jaime León, and Frederico Moreno Torroba. Recorded in WFMT's Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Colin Ure.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      R Strauss "Also sprach Zarathustra," Op. 30; Fritz Reiner, conductor; Jessie Montgomery "Hymn for Everyone;" Max Raimi Three Lisel Mueller Settings; Glass Symphony No. 11.

      8:00 pm

      Sofia Gubaidulina: "Musical Toys: Piano Pieces for Children"

      #13, "The Drummer"

      Andreas Haefliger, p
      Sofia Gubaidulina: Solo Piano Works, Introitus: Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra

      Sony SK-53960

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Tomás Luis de Victoria: 16th Century Spanish Composer Tomás Luis de Victoria is considered one of the top European composers of the 16th century. His music shows a remarkable sense of tonal contrast, foreshadowing the tonality of the Baroque era. Elbio Barilari will share some of his beautiful music, including the “Cum beatus Ignatius” as well as insight on his fascinating life.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Music by Adolphus Hailstork, Program 1

      Adolphus Hailstork Piano Concerto No. 1; "An American Port of Call; Fanfare on Amazing Grace;" Symphony No. 1; "Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed; Sonata da Chiesa;" Spirituals; Celebration!

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.