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      Playlist for Sunday, August 17, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Fugue for organ in a-flat minor

      Felix Hell, o
      Poetic Visions

      MSR Classics MS-1694

      12:05 am

      Karl Goldmark: String Quartet, Op 8

      Fourth Dimension String Quartet
      Goldmark: String Quartet and String Quintet

      ASV CDDCA-1071

      12:33 am

      Robert Schumann: "Myrthen," Op. 25

      #13, "Hochländers Abschied"

      Ian Bostridge, t; Graham Johnson, p
      Songs of Robert Schumann 7

      Hyperion CDJ-33107

      12:35 am

      Hamish MacCunn: "The Land of the Mountain and the Flood" Overture, Op 8

      Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69206-2

      12:44 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)" Overture, Op. 26

      The Hague Residentie Orch/Jan Willem de Vriend
      Mendelssohn

      London 4817207

      12:54 am

      Scottish Trad: Song, The Leaping Galley

      Lisa Milne, s, Sioned Williams, h
      Land Of Heart's Desire- Songs Of The Hebrides

      Hyperion CDA-66988

      1:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Abduction from the Seraglio," K. 384

      Vaudeville Finale, "Nie werd'ich deine Huld"

      Soloists, Scottish Chamber Orch & Cho/Sir Charles Mackerras
      Die Entführung aus dem Serail

      Telarc CD-80544 (2)

      1:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 27 in G, K. 199/161b

      Prague Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mozart: Symphony No. 24, 26, 27 & 30

      Telarc CD-80186

      1:23 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet in F, K. 2

      Daniel Barenboim, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47384-2

      1:24 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet in F, K. 5

      Daniel Barenboim, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47384-2

      1:25 am

      Percy Grainger: Children's March "(Over the Hills and Far Away)"

      Michigan State Sym Band/Keith Brion
      MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND: To the Fore! - Percy Grainger's Great Symphonic Band Music

      Delos DE-3101

      1:32 am

      Nino Rota: "Seven Pieces for Children"

      Danielle Laval, p
      Nino Rota

      Naive V-1003 (2)

      1:41 am

      Nino Rota: Trombone Concerto

      Andrea Conti, trb; I Virtuosi Italiani/ Marzio Conti
      Rota: Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-9954

      1:54 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Poème d'un jour," Op 21

      #2, "Toujours"

      Randall Hawes, tb; Kathryn Goodson, p
      Belle Nuit

      Navona Records NV-5983 (2)

      2:00 am

      Frederick Delius: "A Song Before Sunrise"

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
      Delius

      Chandos CHAN-8372

      2:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 58 in C, H XVI:48

      Yekwon Sunwoo, p

      Decca B0027008-02

      2:17 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Welsh Folksong, "The note of the black cock," HXXXIb:18

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn: Scottish Songs, Vol. 3

      Brilliant Classics 93059/5 (5)

      2:19 am

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61

      Orchestra of the Swan/Kenneth Woods
      Gal: Symphony No 4; Schumann: Symphony No 2

      Avie AV-2231

      2:55 am

      Robert Schumann: Six Songs, Op 89

      #1, "Es stürmet am Abendhimmel"

      Hanno Müller-Brachmann, br; Graham Johnson, p

      Hyperion CDJ-33111

      3:00 am

      Johann Caspar Fischer: Passacaglia in d

      Trevor Pinnock, hc

      DG Archiv 413591-1

      3:05 am

      George Frederic Handel: Passacaglia

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Gautier Capuçon, vc
      Face a face: Duos For Violin And Cello

      Virgin 45576-2

      3:11 am

      Franz Schubert: Minuet in c-sharp, D 600

      Jacques Abram, p

      MHS OR-257

      3:13 am

      Franz Schubert: "Grand Duo" in C, D 812

      American Sym Orch/Leon Botstein

      Koch 3-7307-2

      3:55 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Hungarian Dances"

      No. 13 in D

      Aaron Rosand, v; Hugh Sung, p
      Brahms/ Joachim: 21 Hungarian Dances For Violin And Piano

      Biddulph LAW-003

      4:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 15

      No. 1 in F

      John Ogdon, p
      John Ogdon Plays Chopin

      MCA Classics MCAD-25202

      4:05 am

      Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes

      London Sym Orch/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

      MCA Classics MCAD-25879

      4:29 am

      Jean-Louis Tulou: Nocturne, Op 48

      Glorian Duo
      DIAMOND, D.: Concert Piece / TOURNIER, M.: 2 Preludes romantiques / SAINT-SAENS, C.: Fantaisie in A Major (Sounds of the Seine) (Glorian Duo)

      Delos DE-3143

      4:43 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 2 in D

      Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Lev Markiz
      Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies

      BIS 5481750 (4)

      4:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 67

      "Spinning Song"

      Daniel Barenboim, p

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      5:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Otello"

      Aria, "Niun mi tema"

      José Carreras, t; Barcelona Sym Orch/Luis-Antonio Garcia Navarro
      The Essential 3 Tenors

      RCA 21273-2

      5:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Othello" Overture, Op 93

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Dvorak: Othello Overture, Symphony No. 9

      DG 457651-2

      5:18 am

      Roger Quilter: Five Shakespeare Songs, Op 23

      #5, "Hey, ho, the wind and the rain"

      John Mark Ainsley, t; Malcolm Martineau, p

      Hyperion CDA-66878

      5:20 am

      William Walton: "Troilus and Cressida" (1947-54)

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: Symphony No. 2

      Chandos CHAN-8772

      5:54 am

      Roger Quilter: Four Shakespeare Songs, Op 30

      #4, "Sigh no more, ladies"

      John Mark Ainsley, t; Malcolm Martineau, p

      Hyperion CDA-66878

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Peace & Unity." For troubled times in a troubled world, host Peter DuBois explores sacred choral and organ music from several traditions seeking and offering hope for peace among people and nations.

      6:58 am

      Turlough O'Carolan: "Planxty Kelly"

      Danish String Quartet
      Keel Road

      ECM 2785

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      7:02 am

      Patrick Hadley: "One Morning in Spring"

      Philharmonia Orch/Matthias Bamert
      Hadley & Sainton: Choral and Orchestral Works Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9539

      7:07 am

      Steven Banks: "Come As You Are"

      III. "Strength of My Life"

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

      Cedille CDR-90000213

      7:13 am

      César Franck: Violin Sonata in A

      Gil Shaham, v; Gerhard Oppitz, p
      Franck, Saint-Saëns, Ravel

      DG G2-29729

      7:43 am

      Margaret Bonds: "Fields of Wonder"

      Cantus
      Fields of Wonder

      Signum SIGCD-867

      7:55 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Serenata"

      Chamber Orch of New York/Salvatore Di Vittorio
      Respighi: Gli uccelli (The Birds), Trittico botticelliano

      Naxos 8.573168

      8:01 am

      Claude Debussy: "L'isle joyeuse"

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Decca Sound: The Analogue Years

      Decca 4785437

      8:08 am

      Douglas Lilburn: "A Song of Islands"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/James Judd
      Lilburn Orchestral Works

      Naxos 8.557697

      8:27 am

      Shawn E. Okpebholo: "city beautiful"

      Lincoln Trio
      Trios from Contemporary Chicago

      Cedille CDR-90000211

      8:40 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      Act 1 Finale (Scene 5)

      Netherlands Wind Ensemble
      Mozart - Rarities & Surprises

      Philips 422545-2 (3)

      8:48 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Un ballo in maschera"

      Prelude

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Verdi: Preludes and Overtures

      Sony SK-68468

      8:53 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Pièces pittoresques"

      No. 9, "Menuet pompeux"

      Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine
      Maurice Ravel Orchestrations

      Denon CO-78929

      9:01 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 8 in F, BWV 779

      Till Fellner, p
      Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias; French Suite No. 5

      ECM 2043

      9:02 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 4816430/7

      9:07 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in B-Flat, R. 367

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
      A Tale of Two Seasons

      Avie AV-2287

      9:22 am

      George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Zadok the Priest"

      Music of the Baroque/Jane Glover
      Journey to Our 50th Season

      Music of the Baroque CD-2018

      9:28 am

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in F, S 235

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      9:46 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 4 in F

      Arabella String Quartet
      Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets

      Naxos 8.574360

      9:53 am

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: "Pachelbel's Loose Cannon"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      For Thy Pleasure

      Delos DE-3205

      10:02 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Le Baiser de la fée"

      Scene 3: Pas de deux

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la fée; Bartók: Deux Images

      Sony SK-58949

      10:15 am

      Traditional Irish: "Continental Waltz" in G

      Billy McComiskey, acc; Carol Thompson, h
      Carolan's Welcome: Harp Music of Ireland

      Dorian DOR-90176

      10:21 am

      Hamilton Harty: "An Irish Symphony"

      National Sym Orch of Ireland/Proinnsías Ó Duinn
      Harty: An Irish Symphony, With the Wild Geese, In Ireland

      Naxos 8.554732

      10:53 am

      Meyer/Thile/Duncan: "Attaboy"

      Stuart Duncan, v; Chris Thile, man; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      Edgar Meyer, double bass,
      The Goat Rodeo Sessions

      Sony 84118-2

      11:01 am

      Steven Bryant: "Radiant Joy"

      Lone Star Wind Orch/Eugene Migliaro Corporon
      American Tapestry - Music for Wind Band

      Naxos 8.570968

      11:07 am

      Traditional English: "Scarborough Fair"

      King's Singers; Manuel Barrueco, g
      The King's Singers - Annie Laurie: Folksongs Of The British Isles

      EMI CDC7-54904-2

      11:12 am

      William Grant Still: "Poem for Orchestra"

      Fort Smith Sym/John Jeter
      American Classics * William Grant Still * Symphonies Nos 4 and 5

      Naxos 8.559603

      11:23 am

      Leonard Cohen: "Hallelujah"

      Canadian Brass, Canadian Brass Past & Present
      Canadiana

      Linus 270596

      11:29 am

      Franz Schubert: "Wanderer Fantasy" in C, D 760

      Louis Lortie, p; Hague Residentie Orch/George Pehlivanian
      Liszt: Works for Piano & Orchestra, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9801

      11:51 am

      Scott Joplin: "Treemonisha"

      Overture

      The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra/Rick Benjamin
      Scott Joplin: Treemonisha

      New World 80720-2 (2)

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Jacques Offenbach: "Orpheus in the Underworld"

      Overture

      Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet
      Ultimate Classics: The Essential Masterpieces

      Decca 4758085

      12:10 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Quiet City"

      Celia Nicklin, eh; Michael Laird, tr; St. Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Americana

      Decca 4758237

      12:20 pm

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

      Nelson Freire, p
      Memories: The Unreleased Recordings 1970-2019

      Decca 4853136

      12:28 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"

      "Primavera Porteña (Spring)"

      Cavatina Duo
      Cavatina Duo Plays Astor Piazzolla

      Bridge 9330

      12:33 pm

      Matthew Locke: Suite in B-Flat, "For Several Friends"

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

      Channel Classics CCS-46234

      12:46 pm

      James Newton Howard: "My Best Friend's Wedding"

      Suite

      Orch/Artie Kane
      My Best Friend's Wedding (Music From The Motion Picture)

      Sony OK-68166

      12:53 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Etudes, Op. 26

      No. 10 in F-sharp minor, "Adagio"

      Lang Lang, p
      Lang Lang - Saint-Saëns

      DG 4859224

      12:59 pm

      Germaine Tailleferre: Two Pieces

      No. 2, "Valse lente"

      Lang Lang, p
      Lang Lang - Saint-Saëns

      DG 4859224

      1:02 pm

      Nicola Porpora: "Carlo il calvo"

      Overture

      Concerto Köln/Pablo Heras-Casado
      El Maestro: Farinelli

      Archiv 4792050

      1:06 pm

      Nicola Porpora: Cello Concerto in G

      Pulcinella/Ophélie Gaillard, vc
      A Night in London

      Aparté AP-274

      1:24 pm

      Jean Sibelius: "Suite champêtre," Op. 98b

      Virtuosi di Kuhmo/Péter Csaba
      Sibelius: Works for String Orchestra

      Ondine ODE-830-2

      1:32 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 3 in A, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military"

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      The Art Of Ashkenazy

      Decca 466462-2 (2)

      1:38 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Etudes, Op. 10

      No. 3 in E, "Tristesse"

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      The Art Of Ashkenazy

      Decca 466462-2 (2)

      1:43 pm

      Philip Lasser: Piano Concerto, "The Circle and the Child"

      I. "Poco allegro"

      Simone Dinnerstein, p; Leipzig Radio Sym Orch/Kristjan Järvi
      Broadway-Lafayette

      Sony 88875032452

      1:56 pm

      Galina Grigorjeva: "On Leaving"

      Ode 1

      Estonian Phil Chamber Cho/Paul Hillier
      Baltic Voices 2

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907331

      2:01 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 30

      Ensemble Louise Farrenc
      Farrenc - Firsova - Bonis: Chamber Music

      CPO 555624-2

      2:31 pm

      John Williams: "Schindler's List"

      "Remembrances"

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Boston Sym Orch members/John Williams
      Schindler's List Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

      MCA Classics MCAD-10969

      2:37 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Two-Piano Concerto No. 10 in E-Flat, K. 365

      Radu Lupu, p; English Chamber Orch/Murray Perahia, p
      Mozart: Concertos for Two & Three Pianos

      Sony SK-44915

      3:01 pm

      Franz Waxman: "Carmen" Fantasy after Bizet

      Matthew Lipman, vi; Henry Kramer, p
      Ascent

      Cedille CDR-90000184

      3:14 pm

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Khovanshchina"

      "Dance of the Persian Slaves"

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain

      Sony SK-62034

      3:22 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Debussy: Etudes, Suite Bergamasque

      Arabesque Z-6601

      3:29 pm

      William Grant Still: Lyric Quartet

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

      Azica ACD-71357

      3:45 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

      III. Finale, "Allegro con fuoco"

      Natasha Paremski, p; Royal Phil Orch/Fabien Gabel
      Paremski Plays Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov

      RPO SP-044

      3:53 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Song, "Ah, if only you could for one moment," Op. 38, No. 4

      Dmitri Hvorostovsky, br; Mikhail Arkadiev, p
      My Restless Soul

      Philips 442536-2

      3:55 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Song, "The Love of a Dead Man," Op. 38, No. 5

      Dmitri Hvorostovsky, br; Mikhail Arkadiev, p
      My Restless Soul

      Philips 442536-2

      4:01 pm

      Richard Strauss: Dance Suite after Couperin

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

      Koch 3-6535-2

      4:30 pm

      Bach-Gounod: "Ave Maria"

      Mischa Maisky, vc; Pavel Gililov, p
      Meditation: When the Cello Sings a Lullaby

      DG 431544-2

      4:36 pm

      Charles Gounod: "Funeral March of a Marionette"

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Classics from the Crypt

      RCA 61238-2

      4:41 pm

      Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"

      Bay Brass
      Sound the Bells!

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807556

      4:49 pm

      Lili Boulanger: "D'un soir triste"

      Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      The Women's Philharmonic: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre, Boulanger

      Koch 3-7169-2

      5:01 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 17 in B-Flat, K. 570

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Mozart: Piano Sonatas K457, K533, K545, K570, K576

      Hyperion CDA-68431/2

      5:25 pm

      Alberto Ginastera: "Cantos del Tucumán," Op. 4

      D'Anna Fortunato, s; Melisande Trio; Neil Grover, per
      Harp Songs & Interludes

      Northeastern NR-231-CD

      5:35 pm

      Peter Warlock: Serenade for Strings

      Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley
      Moeran: Serenade in G · Warlock: Serenade · Capriol Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8808

      5:45 pm

      Tomás Luis de Victoria: "Salve Regina"

      The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
      Victoria Requiem

      Coro COR-16033

      5:55 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Liederkreis," Op. 39

      No. 5, "Mondnacht (Moonlit Night)"

      Nicholas Daniel, ob; Julius Drake, p
      Robert & Clara Schumann: Works for Oboe and Piano

      Chandos CHAN-20295

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Britten "The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra," Op. 34; Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto in F Minor; Arnold Jacobs, tuba; Schumann "Konzertstück" in F Major, Op. 86; Dale Clevenger, Richard Oldberg, Thomas Howell, Norman Schweikert, horns; Strauss "Don Quixote," Op. 35; Samuel Magad, violin; Charles Pikler, viola; John Sharp, cello; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Massenet Meditation from "Thaïs;" Steven Staryk, violin; Jean Martinon, conductor; Debussy "Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun;" Donald Peck, flute; Georg Solti, conductor.

      7:58 pm

      Hanns Eisler: Suite for Orchestra No. 3, Op. 26, "Kuhle Wampe"

      IV. "Die Fabriken"

      Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Heinz Rögner
      Hanns Eisler: Works for Orchestra, Vol. 1

      Berlin Classics 0092282-BC

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      In the Family: Joaquín Nin and his Children Cuban composer Joaquín Nin was the father of two great 20th century artists. The writer and iconoclast Anaïs Nin and her brother, composer Joaquín Nin-Culmell. Fiesta delves into this family’s great music and lives.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Léner String Quartet

      Dvořák String Quartet No. 12 in F, "American;" Piano Quintet No. 2 in A; Brahms Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34; Smetana Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, Third Movement.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Jacques Gallot: "Folies d'Espagne"

      Toyohiko Satoh, l
      Chaconne

      Channel Classics CCS-0490

      11:05 pm

      Francesco Geminiani: Concerto grosso in d ("La Follia)," after Corelli, Op 5/12

      Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze
      Geminiani: Concerti Grossi

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907261/62 (2)

      11:16 pm

      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op 6/11

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
      Concerti Grossi Op. 6 , Volume II , Christmas Concerto Included

      Opus 111 OPS-30155

      11:24 pm

      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

      11:26 pm

      Kurt Atterberg: Symphony #7, Op 45, "Sinfonia Romantica"

      Southwest German Radio Sym/Ari Rasilainen
      Atterberg

      CPO 999641-2

      11:55 pm

      Ture Rangström: "Hafvets sommar" (1915)

      #10

      Georgine Resick, s; Warren Jones, p
      Vision Interieures

      Bridge 9168-A/B (2)