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      Playlist for Sunday, August 11, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Alan Hovhaness: "Prayer of St Gregory"

      Byron Pearson, tr; Arthur Vidrich, o
      Voices of Trumpets and Organ

      Crystal CD-661

      12:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 18

      Tokyo String Quartet
      The Early String Quartets: Op. 18 Nos. 1-6 • Quintet Op. 29 • Quartet Op. 14 No. 1

      RCA 61284-2 (3)

      12:29 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Seven Anniversaries"

      "For Aaron Copland"

      Lara Downes, p
      For Lenny

      Sony 84284011251

      12:30 am

      Aaron Copland: "The Tender Land"

      Suite

      Boston Sym/Aaron Copland
      Copland: Appalachian Spring, The Tender Land, Etc

      RCA 6802-2

      12:51 am

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      "Variations on a Shaker melody"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Lukas Foss
      American Festival

      Pro Arte CDD-102

      12:54 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Five Anniversaries"

      "For Lukas Foss"

      Lara Downes, p
      For Lenny

      Sony 84284011251

      1:00 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Introduction and Fandango

      Gregg Nestor, g; Bonnie Janofsky, hc
      Mediterranean Impressions

      Cambria CD-1049

      1:05 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Cello and Doublebass Sonata in B-Flat

      Coenraad Boemendaal, vc; Joel Quarrington, db
      Duos

      Crystal CD-135

      1:15 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoon and Cello Sonata in B-Flat, K. 292

      Klaus Thunemann, bn; Stephen Orton, vc
      Clarinet Concerto • Bassoon Concerto • Fagottkonzert

      Philips 422390-2

      1:24 am

      Ralph Nicholson: "Miniature Suite" for contrabassoon and piano

      1st mvt, "Prelude"

      Susan Nigro, contra-bn; Mark Lindeblad, p
      The Big Bassoon - Muradian, Palider, Etc

      Crystal CD-346

      1:26 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "The Firebird"

      Suite (1945)

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete, Scherzo Fantastique, The Firebird Suite

      London 458142-2

      1:55 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "La naissance d'Osiris"

      "Musette tendre"

      Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith
      RAMEAU: La naissance d'Osiris / Abaris ou les Boreades

      Naxos 8.553388

      2:00 am

      Arthur Foote: "Air and Gavotte", Op 25

      "Air"

      Gowanus Arts Ensemble/Reuben Blundell
      American Romantics

      New Focus Recordings FCR-166

      2:05 am

      Rudolph Ganz: Piano Concerto in E-Flat, Op 32

      Ramon Salvatore, p; Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      Piano Concertos by Ganz and La Montaine

      Cedille CDR-90000028

      2:30 am

      Rudolph Ganz: Song, "A Memory"

      Patrice Michaels Bedi, s; Deborah Sobol, p
      Songs of the Romantic Age

      Cedille CDR-90000019

      2:32 am

      Paul Taffanel: Fantasy on themes from Weber's "Der Freischütz"

      Mathieu Dufour, f; Kuang-Hao Huang, p
      Fantaisie

      Cedille CDR-90000121

      2:44 am

      François Borne: "Fantaisie brillante" (on themes from Bizet's "Carmen)"

      David Shostac, f; Anita Swearengin, p
      Love Letters

      Crystal S-314

      2:54 am

      Halffter: "Carmen" (1926)

      "Très retenu"

      Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mark Fitz-Gerald
      Carmen

      Naxos 8.572260

      3:00 am

      Max Bruch: Eight Pieces, Op. 83

      No. 8 in e-flat minor, "Moderato"

      Paul Meyer, cl; Gérard Caussé, vi; François René Duchable, p
      Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra/ 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano/ Romance for Viola and Orchestra

      Erato 45483-2

      3:05 am

      Max Bruch: "Kol Nidrei," Op. 47

      Han-Na Chang, vc; London Sym/Mstislav Rostropovich

      EMI CDC5-56126-2

      3:18 am

      Zdenek Fibich: "Poem," Op 41/14

      Mela Tenenbaum, v; Richard Kapp, p
      Songs Without Words

      Ess.a.y CD-1048

      3:19 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "Memories of Bohemia in the Form of Polkas," Op. 12

      András Schiff, p
      Smetana: Polkas

      Teldec 21261-2

      3:29 am

      Josef Suk: "Praga", Op 26

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek

      Virgin 59318-2

      3:54 am

      English Anon 17th c: Hunsdon House

      David Douglass, v, Paul O'Dette, l, Andrew Lawrence-King, h
      Apollo's Banquet- 17th Century Music From The Publications Of John Playford

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907186

      4:00 am

      Franz Lehár: "Die lustige Witwe" (The Merry Widow)

      "Vilja-Lied"

      Marilyn Hill Smith, s; Orch/Stuart Barry
      Marylin Hill Smith/Peter Morrison -Treasures Of Operetta, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-8561

      4:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 54, No. 1

      Endellion String Quartet
      Suites For Solo Cello

      Virgin 61436-2 (2)

      4:24 am

      Edmund Haines: Toccata

      Nothing But Valves
      Bartok: Solo Piano Works, Vol. 1

      Eroica NBV-1

      4:25 am

      George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody

      Goodyear, p; Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel
      Gershwin: The Complete Orchestral Collection

      Telarc CD-80112

      4:41 am

      George Gershwin: Song, "By Strauss"

      Joan Morris, s; William Bolcom, p
      Piano Music By George Gershwin

      Nonesuch 79151-2

      4:43 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Tales from the Vienna Woods", Op. 325

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Strauss: Viennese Waltzes And Polkas

      Sony SBK-48164

      4:54 am

      Franz Reizenstein: Ballet Suite (1940)

      "Valse ironique"

      Joan Yarbrough, p; Robert Cowan, p

      Orion ORS-76232

      5:00 am

      Cyril Scott: "Lotus Land"

      Ulrike-Anima Mathé, v; Samuel Sanders, p
      Violin Recital: Mathe, Ulrike-Anima - KREISLER, F. / HEUBERGER, R. / FALL, M. de / SCOTT, C. / ALBENIZ, I.

      Dorian DOR-90231

      5:05 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "The Isle of the Dead," Op. 29

      Royal Phil/Jascha Horenstein
      Concerto No. 2 In C Minor

      Chesky CD-2

      5:24 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 102

      Tarantella

      Horn Club of Los Angeles
      Music for Horns

      Seraphim S-60095

      5:26 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 30

      Daniel Adni, p

      EMI/Ang CDFB5-69352-2 (2)

      5:45 am

      Max Reger: Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin, Op 128

      #3, "Die Toteninsel (The Isle of the Dead)"

      Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Reger: Tone Poems · Variations & Fugue

      Chandos CHAN-8794

      5:53 am

      Joseph Marx: Song, "Ständchen"

      Angela Maria Blasi, s; Bochum Sym Orch/Steven Sloane
      Marx: Orchestral Songs

      ASV CDDCA-1164

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Music for Meditation." Host Peter DuBois explores sacred music that inspires meditation and reflection.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Randall Thompson: "Alleluia"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      American Polyphony

      Hyperion CDA-67929

      7:09 am

      Amanda Harberg: "Court Dances"

      No. 2, "Air de cour"

      Julian Velasco, ssx; Winston Choi, p
      As We Are

      Cedille CDR-90000213

      7:16 am

      Hans Gál: Symphony No. 2 in F, Op. 53

      Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair
      Kindred Spirits: Two Ends of A Great Tradition * Schubert Symphony No 9 * Gál Symphony No 2

      Avie AV-2225 (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

      Joseph Achron: "Children's Suite," Op. 57

      No. 11, "Sleep, My Puppy"

      Itamar Zorman, v; Kwan Yi, p
      Violin Odyssey

      First Hand Records FHR-119

      8:03 am

      Florence Price: "Child Asleep"

      Lara Downes, p
      The Bedtime Sessions

      Flipside FL-0011

      8:06 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

      8:18 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Serenade, Op. 15

      Basque National Orch/Jun Märkl
      Coffee and Classical

      Naxos 8.578358

      8:25 am

      Florence Price: String Quartet in G (unfinished)

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      8:43 am

      Charles-Édouard Lefebvre: Wind Suite, Op 57

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

      MSR Classics MS-1250

      8:55 am

      Giacomo Puccini: Three Minuets (1892)

      No. 1

      Orch d'Auvergne/Jean-Jacques Kantorow
      Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi

      Denon 81757-3871-2

      9:01 am

      Anthony Holborne: "Renaissance Suite"

      Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
      The Glorious Sound of Brass

      Sony SBK-63061

      9:13 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

      9:25 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Orchestral Suite in D minor

      Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht
      Fasch: Ouvertures

      Fuga Libera FUG-502

      9:51 am

      Ignaz Pleyel: Sinfonia Concertante No. 5 in F

      II. Tempo di minuetto grazioso

      Möhring, f; Passin, ob; Cologne Chamber Orch/Müller-Brühl
      Ignaz Pleyel: Sinfonia Concertante No. 5 - Symphonie Périodique No. 6 - Oboe Quartet (Oboenquartett) Op. 25,1

      Koch CD-316038

      10:01 am

      Alberto Williams: Ode in E-Flat, Op. 36, No. 1

      Valentín Surif, p
      Alberto Williams: Música Para Piano, Volumen 3

      Pretal PRCD-144

      10:09 am

      Charlotte Sohy: "Méditations," Op. 18

      No. 1, "Paix"

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

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      10:14 am

      Arvo Pärt: "Spiegel im Spiegel"

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Guillaume Bellom, p
      Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa

      Warner 0190295029579

      10:24 am

      Maurice Duruflé: Four Motets, Op. 10

      No. 1, "Ubi Caritas"

      Choir of Clare College Cambridge/Graham Ross
      Stabat Mater dolorosa: Music for Passiontide

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907616

      10:28 am

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

      Emerson String Quartet
      Old World -- New World

      DG B0014106-02 (3)

      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

      11:20 am

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

      Lara Downes, p
      Some of These Days

      Flipside FL-0014

      11:23 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

      Chandos CHAN-9888

      11:50 am

      Vince Mendoza: Concerto for Orchestra

      II. "Consolation"

      Czech National Sym Orch/Vince Mendoza; Antonio Sánchez, dr
      Freedom Over Everything

      BMG Modern Recordings 538668092

      11:55 am

      Vince Mendoza: Concerto for Orchestra

      IV. "Meditation"

      Joshua Redman, sx; Czech National Sym Orch/Vince Mendoza; Antonio Sánchez, dr
      Freedom Over Everything

      BMG Modern Recordings 538668092

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      12:01 pm

      Anna Bon: Divertimento No. 4

      Sarah Darlin & Laura Gulley, v's; Noriko Yasuda, fp; Laury Gutiérrez, viga
      Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba,
      Anna Bon: La virtuosa de Venezia

      La Donna Musicale LA-10104

      12:12 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No. 2

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Shostakovich: Five Ballet Suites

      Chandos CHAN-7000/1 (2)

      12:33 pm

      João de Souza Lima: "Chorinho"

      Georgina Isabel Rossi, vi; Silvie Cheng, p
      Chorinho

      Navona NV-6537

      12:41 pm

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 1

      "Evocación"

      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

      12:48 pm

      Luke Howard: "Dappled Light"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      12:52 pm

      Bryce Dessner: "Haven"

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's; David Chalmin & Bryce Dessner, g's
      Bryce Dessner, guitar,
      El Chan

      DG 4818074

      1:00 pm

      Reinhold Glière: "The Red Poppy"

      "Phoenix"; Valse; Russian Sailors' Dance

      New Jersey Sym/Zdenek Macal
      Macal Conducts Gliere: Symphony No. 2, The Red Poppy

      Delos DE-3178

      1:12 pm

      Harold Arlen: "Get Happy"

      Jenny Lin, p
      Get Happy

      Steinway & Sons 30011

      1:17 pm

      Harold Arlen: "Over the Rainbow"

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Lille National Orch/Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
      The Voice of the Trumpet

      Warner Classics 0190295888329

      1:23 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Wind Serenade in D minor, Op. 44

      Vienna Phil Winds/Myung-Whun Chung
      Dvořák: Serenades

      DG 471613-2

      1:47 pm

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

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

      Cambria CD-1097

      1:57 pm

      Traditional English: Folksong, "Strawberry Fair"

      St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
      Bushes & Briars

      MSR Classics MS-1606

      2:00 pm

      Osvaldo Golijov: "Tenebrae"

      Calidore String Quartet
      Resilience

      Signum SIGCD-551

      2:16 pm

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen," Op. 20

      Civitas Ensemble, Gipsy Way Ensemble
      Alla Zingarese

      Cedille CDR-90000179

      2:26 pm

      Ambroise Thomas: "Mignon"

      Overture

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gounod: Faust Ballet Music; Chabrier: España; Thomas: Mignon

      DG 423698-2

      2:35 pm

      Pauline Hall: Suite for Five Winds

      Pastorale

      Bergen Wind Quintet
      Verlaine Suite, Julius Caesar Suite, Suites For Winds, 4 Toserier

      Simax PDC-0006

      2:39 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in C, Op. 5, No. 1

      Lausanne Chamber Orch/Renaud Capuçon, v
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op. 5 & 8

      Erato 5419718972

      2:57 pm

      Enrique Crespo: "Suite Americana" No. 1

      I. "Ragtime"

      Chicago Sym Orch Brass Quintet
      Rush Hour Concerts: CSO Brass Quintet (June 25, 2024)

      Classical Music Chicago

      3:00 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltz," Op. 437

      Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      New Year's Concert 2003

      DG 474250-2

      3:14 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Andante favori" in F, WoO 57

      András Schiff, p
      Ludwig van Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. V - András Schiff

      ECM 1945/46

      3:23 pm

      Giuli Doyle: "From Graceful Fields"

      I. "Angelica"

      R. Carlos Nakai, Native American flute; Canyon Women's Voices/Tom Peterson
      From Graceful Fields

      Canyon Records CR-7103

      3:30 pm

      Alfonso Montes: "Surama"

      Amadeus Guitar Duo
      Images from the South

      Naxos 8.573442

      3:39 pm

      William Grant Still: "La Guiablesse" (1927)

      Berlin Sym Orch/Isaiah Jackson
      William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland

      Koch 3-7154-2

      3:58 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

      "America"

      Berlin Phil Cellists
      Die 12 Cellisten Der Berliner Philharmoniker - 'Round Midnight'

      EMI CDC5-57319-2

      4:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 493

      Pinchas Zukerman, v; Jethro Marks, vi; Amanda Forsyth, vc; Yefim Bronfman, p
      Yefim Bronfman, piano,
      Schubert Trout Quintet; Mozart Piano Quartet, K 493

      RCA 88697160442

      4:31 pm

      Eric Coates: "The Three Elizabeths"

      I. "Halcyon Days"

      BBC Phil/John Wilson
      Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Volume 3

      Chandos CHAN-20164

      4:39 pm

      Andrea Casarrubios: "Speechless"

      Andrea Casarrubios, vc; Garrett Arney, per
      Caminante

      Odradek ODRCD-382

      4:54 pm

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto madrigal"

      IX. "Zapateado"

      Pepe, Angel Romero, g's; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Rodrigo: Concierto Madrigal / Concierto Andaluz

      Philips 400024-2

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417, "Tragic"

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Douglas Boyd
      Schubert: Symphonies 4 & 8

      St Paul Chamber Orchestra 789577514423

      5:30 pm

      John Bedyngham: "O rosa bella"

      London Medieval Ensemble/Peter Davies
      Medieval & Renaissance

      Decca 4788104

      5:35 pm

      Lukas Foss: "Renaissance Concerto"

      Amy Porter, f; Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      American Classics - Lukas Foss

      Naxos 8.559938

      5:56 pm

      William Byrd: "The Earl of Oxford's March"

      Canadian Brass
      Legends

      Opening Day Entertainment OD-7347

      6:02 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Six Pieces, Op. 11

      Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen, p
      Piano Music for Four Hands

      Sony SK-47199

      6:27 pm

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Pictures at an Exhibition"

      Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel
      Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Gustavo Dudamel

      DG 4796297

      7:01 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      Annie Fischer, p
      Annie Fischer - Artist Profile

      EMI CDZB5-68733-2 (2)

      7:21 pm

      Moritz Moszkowski: "From Foreign Lands," Op. 23

      San Francisco Ballet Orch/Martin West
      Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands

      Reference RR-138

      7:49 pm

      Franz Schubert: Impromptu in B-Flat, D 935, No. 3

      Ignacy Jan Paderewski, p
      Ignacy Jan Paderewski, pianist - Prepared by Henry Fogel for WFMT

      WFMT (Fogel Spring 2023 Paderewski)

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Khachaturian Symphony No. 3 in C Major; Leopold Stokowski, conductor; John Williams Suite from "I," for Cello and Orchestra; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; John Williams, conductor; Kodály "Dances of Galánta;" Neeme Järvi, conductor; Franck Symphony in D Minor; Pierre Monteux, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "Song of the Volga Boatmen" for winds and percussion

      Philharmonia Orch members/Robert Craft
      Igor Stravinsky - Vol. V

      Koch 3-7504-2

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Four Composers from Spain Elbio Barilari presents orchestral music by composers from different regions of Spain: Andrés Gaos from Galicia, Joaquín Turina from Andalusia, Eduard Toldrá and Xavier Montsalvatge from Catalonia.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Nielsen Symphonies Conducted by Fabio Luisi, with the Danish National Orchestra, Program 1

      Nielsen Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 2, "Four Temperaments."

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.