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      Playlist for Sunday, August 10, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Daniel Bacheler: "Pavan"

      Paul O'Dette, l
      Daniel Bacheler * The Bachelar's Delight * Lute Music

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907389

      12:05 am

      Johan Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsody #3, Op 21

      Latvian National Sym/Terje Mikkelsen
      Svendsen Symphonic Works

      CPO 777372-2 (3)

      12:15 am

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 12 in c-sharp minor

      Georgia & Louise Mangos, p
      Liszt for Two

      Cedille CDR-90000052

      12:25 am

      Hungarian ANON 17th c: "The World is Made of Treachery"

      Ars Renata Vocal Ensemble
      17th Century Hungarian Songs

      Harmonia Mundi QUI-903059

      12:27 am

      Gerald Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Op 31

      Michael Collins, cl; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox

      Virgin 90718-2

      12:55 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong (1926)

      "Adagio"

      Charles Stier, cl; Molly Newton, p
      Cameos

      Elan CD-82246

      1:00 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      "Grand Waltz"

      West German Radio Orch/Mikhail Jurowski
      Cinderella

      CPO 999610-2 (2)

      1:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #23 in f, Op 57, "Appassionata"

      Ruth Laredo, p
      Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No 17, 23 & 26, Etc

      Connoisseur CD-4210

      1:26 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Hamlet" (Incidental Music, 1932), Op. 32

      "Ophelia's Song"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Symphony No. 12 "The Year 1917" • Hamlet • The Age Of Gold

      DG 431688-2

      1:28 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Hamlet," Op. 67

      Overture

      USSR Radio Sym/Alexander Gauk

      Mobile Fidelity MFCD-870

      1:37 am

      Joseph Joachim: Overture, "Hamlet," Op 4

      Stuttgart Radio Sym/Meir Minsky
      JOACHIM, J.: Violin Concerto No. 3 / Overtures, Opp. 4 and 13

      Naxos 8.554733

      1:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: Four Vocal Quartets, Op 92

      #2, "Spätherbst"

      Westminster Cho/Joseph Flummerfelt
      BRAHMS, J.: 18 Liebeslieder Waltzes / 14 Deutsche Volkslieder / Quartets - Opp. 64, 92 (Westminster Choir, Flummerfelt)

      Delos DE-3193

      2:00 am

      William MASON: "Silver Spring", Op 6

      Ivan Davis, p
      The Wind Demon And Other 19th Century Piano Music ‎

      New World 80257-2

      2:05 am

      Daniel Gregory Mason: "Divertimento"

      Calico Winds
      Vintage America

      Albany TROY-693

      2:14 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La Clemenza di Tito," K. 621

      Suite

      Budapest Wind Ensemble/Kalman Berkes
      Mozart Harmoniemusik

      Harmonia Mundi QUI-903008

      2:29 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La clemenza di Tito," K. 621

      Aria, "S'altro che lacrime"

      Sunhae Im, s; Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs
      Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901923.24 (2)

      2:31 am

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Cello Sonata in A, Op 104

      Jiri Barta, vc; Hamish Milne, p
      Moscheles / Bach: Hummel

      Hyperion CDA-67521

      2:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Chorus, "Das klinget so herrlich"

      Budapest Wind Ensemble/Kalman Berkes
      Mozart Harmoniemusik

      Harmonia Mundi QUI-903008

      3:00 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Adagetto"

      Violeta Urmana, Placido Domingo, Vienna Phil/Alberto Veronesi
      Puccini: Rediscovered

      DG B0013341-02

      3:05 am

      Giacomo Puccini: Three Minuetti

      Enso Quartet
      STRAUSS, R.: String Quartet in A Major / PUCCINI, G.: Crisantemi / 3 Minuets in A Major / VERDI, G.: String Quartet (Ensō String Quartet)

      Naxos 8.573108

      3:14 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six Minuets, K. 61h

      Vienna Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky

      London STS-15280/4 (5)

      3:24 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Minuet in G

      Simon Wynberg, g
      A Bach Recital

      Stradivari SCD-6035

      3:26 am

      Robert Schumann: Violin Concerto in d

      Joshua Bell, v; Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi
      Brahms, Schumann: Violin Concertos

      London 444811-2

      3:54 am

      Robert Schumann: "Album for the Young," Op. 68, part 2

      No. 27, "Canon"

      Luba Edlina, p
      Schumann: Complete Solo Piano Works

      Brilliant Classics 94008 (13)

      4:00 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 3

      "Lavapiés"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espanola

      London 417887-2 (2)

      4:05 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia" Suite

      Philharmonia Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier
      Albéniz: Iberia; Falla: Three-cornered Hat

      Chandos CHAN-8904

      4:37 am

      Gaspar Sanz: "Lantururu"

      Orphénica Lyra/José Miguel Moreno, g
      La Guitarra Epañola: Vol. 5: Gaspar Sanz - Instrucción De Música Sobre La Guitarra Española

      Glossa GCD-920206

      4:39 am

      Juan Crisostomo Arriaga: Overture, Op 1, "Nonetto"

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

      Astrée E-8532

      4:47 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in C, K. 580a

      Paul Goodwin, ob; Terzetto
      Mozart, Massonneau, Stamitz, Krommer: Oboe Quartets

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907220

      4:54 am

      Virgil Thomson: "La Belle en Dormant"

      #3, "Mon amour est bon à dire"

      Glenn Siebert, t; Phillip Bush, p
      Nothing Divine Is Mundane: Songs of Virgil Thomson

      Albany TROY-272

      5:00 am

      Arnold Bax: "Gloria" (1945)

      Ramsey Singers/Mark Fenton
      Bax / Whitlock: Sacred Choral Music

      ASV CDDCA-941

      5:05 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Flute Concerto in A, Wq 169 (H 438)

      Eckart Haupt, f; CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Hartmut Haenchen

      Capriccio 10104

      5:25 am

      Arnold Bax: "Country Tune"

      Eric Parkin, p
      Bax: Piano Music, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-8496

      5:27 am

      Arnold Bax: Russian Suite (1919)

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Symphony No. 5/ Russian Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8669

      5:45 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Variations in d on "Folies d'Espagne," Wq 118/9

      Andreas Staier, hc
      C.P.E. Bach: Sonaten Und Fantasien

      RCA-DHM 77025-2-RC

      5:54 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Song, "Trost der Erlösung"

      Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Jörg Demus, forte-p

      DG Archiv 2533058

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "The Great Amen!" Host Peter DuBois explores a number of notable “Amens” in anthems and oratorios, as well as other musical “punctuations” in sacred choral and organ music.

      6:58 am

      John Jenkins: Fantasia Suite in A minor

      III. Finale, Courante

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

      Channel Classics CCS-46234

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      7:01 am

      Karl Jenkins: "I'll make music"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Karl Jenkins: Motets

      DG 4793232

      7:06 am

      Traditional Danish: "Five Sheep, Four Goats"

      Mads la Cour, flugelhorn; Danish String Quartet
      Wood Works

      Dacapo 8.226081

      7:11 am

      Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 7

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Carl Nielsen: 6 Symphonies

      DG 437507-2 (3)

      7:43 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      Scherzo

      Seraph Brass
      Asteria

      Summit DCD-709

      7:48 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      Finale

      K Branagh, n; Soloists; Ernst Senff Cho, Berlin Phil/C Abbado
      Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (excerpts); Symphony No. 4 in A (Italian)

      Sony SK-62826

      7:54 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Trittico botticelliano"

      I. "La Primavera"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds

      DG 437533-2

      8:01 am

      Aaron Copland: "Midsummer Nocturne"

      Leo Smit, p
      Aaron Copland: The Complete Music For Solo Piano

      Sony SM2K-66345 (2)

      8:03 am

      George Gershwin: "Three-Quarter Blues"

      Bill Perconti, sx; James March, p
      Duo 1 Point 5 - Perconti

      Crystal CD-653

      8:04 am

      Hazel Scott: "Idyll"

      Lara Downes, p
      Holes in the Sky

      Portrait 19075920792

      8:09 am

      Jean Sibelius: "The Oceanides," Op. 73

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 In E Minor / The Oceanides / City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle

      EMI CDC7-47515-2

      8:20 am

      Charles-Édouard Lefebvre: Wind Suite, Op 57

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      Borèalis en Salon: 19th Century French Music for Winds

      MSR Classics MS-1250

      8:32 am

      Duke Ellington: Reflections in D

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Conversations with Bill Evans

      Decca 455512-2

      8:39 am

      Strayhorn-Ellington-Mercer: "Satin Doll"

      Chanticleer
      Chanticleer on the Air: Live Radio Highlights

      Chanticleer 8807

      8:44 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Serenade, Op. 15

      Basque National Orch/Jun Märkl
      Coffee and Classical

      Naxos 8.578358

      8:51 am

      Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16

      I. "Allegro moderato"

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Brahms Serenades 1 & 2

      Telarc CD-80522

      9:01 am

      Anthony Holborne: "Renaissance Suite"

      Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
      The Glorious Sound of Brass

      Sony SBK-63061

      9:14 am

      Anonymous French: "Le Haye"

      New York Renaissance Band/Sally Logemann
      Arbeau Orchésographie

      Arabesque Z-6514

      9:16 am

      Ignacio de Jerusalem: Symphony in G

      Chicago Arts Orch/Javier José Mendoza
      Chicago Arts Orchestra: Rediscovered Treasures (March 11, 2016)

      Chicago Arts Orchestra

      9:24 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Orchestra Suite (Overture) in D minor

      Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht
      Fasch: Ouvertures

      Fuga Libera FUG-502

      9:50 am

      Marin Marais: Five Old French Dances

      Yizhak Schotten, vi; Edward Parmentier, hc
      Yizhak Schotten, Viola

      Crystal CD-635

      10:01 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Callirhoé," Op. 37

      "Scarf Dance"

      Metz Grand Est National Orch/David Reiland
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      10:06 am

      Ludovico Einaudi: "Rose Bay"

      Ludovico Einaudi, p; F Mecozzi, v; R Hasa, vc; F Arcuri, perc
      Francesco Arcuri, percussion,
      The Summer Portraits

      Decca 6806162

      10:12 am

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 14 in A-Flat, Op. 105

      Emerson String Quartet
      Old World -- New World

      DG B0014106-02 (3)

      10:45 am

      Musekiwa Chingodza: "Dzoka Kumba (Come Back Home)"

      Musekiwa Chingodza, mbira & voice; Third Coast Percussion
      Standard Stoppages

      Cedille CDR-90000236

      10:52 am

      Edino Krieger: "Abertura Brasileira"

      State U of Londrina Sym Orch/Norton Morozowicz
      Compositores Brasileiros

      Instituto Cultural Brasilis (Compositores Brasileiros)

      11:01 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Hudson River Suite"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/William Stromberg
      Ferde Grofé: Death Valley Suite, Hudson River Suite, Hollywood Suite

      Naxos 8.559017

      11:21 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Down by the Riverside"

      Lara Downes, p
      Some of These Days

      Flipside FL-0014

      11:25 am

      Henry Mancini: "Moon River"

      Romain Leleu, tr; Stuttgart Phil/Marcus Bosch
      Move: The Trumpet as Movie Star

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902600

      11:29 am

      Gerald Finzi: Violin Concerto

      Tasmin Little, v; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Finzi: Violin Concerto, etc.

      Chandos CHAN-9888

      11:51 am

      Vincent d'Indy: "Chanson et danses," Op. 50

      "Danses"

      Les Vents de Montréal/Jacques Lacombe
      Chansons et Danses

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1105

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "La valse"

      Orch de Paris/Klaus Mäkelä
      Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse

      Decca 4870959

      12:14 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Clavier Concerto No. 1 in C minor, BWV 1060

      Christophe Rousset, hc; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood, hc
      Bach: Double Concertos

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 421500-2

      12:29 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "Five Tango Sensations"

      No. 3, Anxiety"

      Fareed Haque, g; KAIA String Quartet
      New Latin American Music For Guitar And String Quartet

      Delmark DE-5029

      12:35 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Il Trovatore"

      Ballet Music: "La bohémienne"

      BBC Phil/Sir Edward Downes
      Verdi: Preludes, Overtures & Ballet Music, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9594

      12:43 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

      III. "Presto"

      Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies

      Warner 0825646278299

      12:54 pm

      Adolphus Hailstork: "The Song of Deborah"

      New College Choir Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
      Twentieth-Century Masters Vol 3: Copland and His American Contemps

      Avie AV-2086

      1:00 pm

      Cécile Chaminade: "Six pièces romantiques," Op. 55

      Roberto Prosseda & Alessandra Ammara, p
      Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      1:15 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Three-Violin Concerto in F, R. 551

      Zukerman, Perlman & Stern, v's; New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

      Sony SM2K-66472 (2)

      1:26 pm

      John Williams: "Star Wars: A New Hope"

      Main Title

      Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
      By Request... The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

      Philips 420178-2

      1:32 pm

      John Williams: Three Pieces for solo cello

      "Pickin'"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc
      The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

      Sony S2K-93927 (2)

      1:35 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo in G, WoO 41

      Yehudi Menuhin, v; Wilhelm Kempff, p
      Essential Beethoven

      DG B0009666-72 (23)

      1:43 pm

      Timothy Corlis: "Gloria" (2009)

      Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison; Leslie De'Ath, p
      I Saw Eternity

      Naxos 8.572812

      1:51 pm

      Lei Liang: "Gobi Gloria"

      Ying Quartet
      Dim Sum

      Telarc CD-80690

      2:01 pm

      Alexander Glazunov: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, Op. 48

      Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier
      Glazunov: Symphonies 4 & 7

      Warner 63236-2

      2:36 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Sonata in B-Flat, Op. 1b, No. 1

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

      BCM+D Records 888295594394

      2:49 pm

      Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 18, "Général Lavine - eccentric"

      Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Kassia Ensemble
      Rêverie

      Summit DCD-743

      2:52 pm

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

      Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Kassia Ensemble
      Rêverie

      Summit DCD-743

      2:55 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in C minor, R. 202

      II. "Largo"

      Orchestre Le Consort/Théotime Langlois de Swarte, v
      Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902757-58

      3:00 pm

      Andrew Smith: "Katarsis"

      New York Polyphony
      Sky of my Heart

      BIS 2719

      3:11 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Fantasy"

      Jorge Bolet, p; London Sym Orch/Iván Fischer
      Liszt: Totentanz, Malediction, Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes

      Decca 414079-2

      3:27 pm

      Benito Canónico: "Aire de Joropo"

      Sharon Isbin, g; Gaudêncio Thiago de Mello, per
      Journey to the Amazon

      Teldec 19899-2

      3:29 pm

      Leo Brouwer: "Canción de Cuna (Lullaby)"

      Sharon Isbin, g; Gaudêncio Thiago de Mello, per
      Journey to the Amazon

      Teldec 19899-2

      3:33 pm

      Antonio Lauro: Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 in E minor, "Natalia"

      Sharon Isbin, g; Gaudêncio Thiago de Mello, per
      Journey to the Amazon

      Teldec 19899-2

      3:36 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds"

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
      Respighi

      Teldec 18970-2 (2)

      3:55 pm

      William Lawes: "Pavan of Alfonso"

      Fretwork
      Heart's Ease

      Virgin 90706-2

      4:01 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat, K. 271, "Jeunehomme"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p; English Chamber Orch/Sir Colin Davis
      Mozart: Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 21 - Alicia de Larrocha/Sir Colin Davis

      RCA 60825-2-RC

      4:36 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Benvenuto Cellini," Op. 23

      Overture

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Louis Frémaux
      Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

      EMI CDZ7-62605-2

      4:47 pm

      Reynaldo Hahn: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor

      III. Allegretto grazioso

      Alexandre Tharaud, p; Quatuor Parisii
      Hahn: Piano Quintet in F minor; String Quartets in A minor & in F

      Valois V-4848

      4:54 pm

      Akenya Seymour: "Fear the Lamb"

      III. "Elegy for Emmett Louis Till"

      Palaver Strings
      Ready or Not

      Azica ACD-71342

      5:01 pm

      Jean Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56, "Voces intimae"

      Emerson String Quartet
      Intimate Voices

      DG B0006340-02

      5:31 pm

      Ethel Smyth: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7

      Duo FAE
      Dissidents of the Gilded Age

      Albany TROY-2006

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Janáček "Sinfonietta," Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Copland "Dance Symphony;" Morton Gould, conductor; Mussorgsky "Pictures from an Exhibition;" Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor; Strauss II "Wiener Blut," Op. 354; "Rosen aus dem Süden," Op. 388; "Der Zigeunerbaron," Op. 418; "Unter Donner und Blitz," Op. 324; Fritz Reiner, conductor.

      7:58 pm

      George Antheil: "Jazz Sonata"

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      In a State of Jazz

      Hyperion CDA-67656

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      A 17th Century Opera from Spain The opera El majo y la maja (The Boy and the Girl) was premiered in Spain in 1798 and written by Manuel García. García, who was one of the most internationally famous tenors of his era and a successful composer, was also the father of the soprano Maria Malibrán, one of great opera voices of the 19th century. Join us as we uncover this rarely heard Spanish language opera and hear more about Manuel García’s life and career.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Music by Hubert Parry

      Including scenes from Shelley’s "Promethus Unbound;" Piano Concerto in F-Sharp; Symphonic Variations; "No Longer Mourn for Me."

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Morceaux de Fantaisie," Op. 3

      No. 3, "Mélodie"

      Howard Shelley, p
      Rachmaninoff

      Hyperion CDA-66081

      11:05 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Fourteen Songs, Op. 34

      No. 14, "Vocalise"

      Emma Johnson, cl; Julius Drake, p
      The Essential Emma Johnson

      ASV CDDCS-238 (2)

      11:11 pm

      Anton Rubinstein: "Caprice Russe", Op 102

      Joseph Banowetz, p; Slovak Radio Sym/Robert Stankovsky
      RUBINSTEIN : Piano Concerto No. 5 / Caprice Russe

      Marco Polo 8.223489

      11:31 pm

      Alexander Scriabin: Etudes, Op 8

      #3 in b

      Lang Lang, p
      Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3/ Scriabin: Etudes

      Telarc CD-80582

      11:33 pm

      Jean-Phillipe Rameau: "Castor et Pollux"

      Suite

      Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
      Music of the Baroque

      Mintel Archive 6

      11:54 pm

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Suite dans le style Louis XV"

      No. 4, "Lent"

      Nicolas Horvath, p
      Tailleferre: Her Piano Works Revived 1

      Grand Piano GP-891