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      Playlist for Sunday, August 18, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

      Huntsmen's Chorus

      Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresden Staatskapelle/Silvio Varviso
      German Opera Choruses

      Philips 422410-2

      12:02 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Euryanthe"

      Hunters' Chorus

      Vienna State Opera Cho, Vienna State Opera Horns/Richard Dunn

      MHS MHS-1224

      12:05 am

      Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber (1943)

      Israel Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Mathis Der Maler

      DG 429404-2

      12:25 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Ten German Dances, Op 4

      #6

      Eva Schieferstein, p
      Weber: Schieferstein - Valses favorites pour l'impératrice

      Koch 3-6731-2

      12:27 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42

      Jooyoung Kim, p

      MSR MS-1636

      12:45 am

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

      I Musici

      Philips 434110-2 (2)

      12:54 am

      Alessandro A. Scarlatti: Aria, "Già il sole dal Gange"

      Dmitri Hvorostovsky, br; St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Arie Antiche

      Philips 456543-2

      1:00 am

      Francisco Tárrega: "Sueño"

      David Russell, g

      Opera Tres CDS-1003/4 (2)

      1:05 am

      Isaac Albéniz: "Iberia," Book 1

      Cincinnati Sym/Jesús López-Cobos
      Albéniz: Iberia (Complete) * Lopez-Cobos * Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80470 (2)

      1:24 am

      Francisco Tárrega: "Isabel"

      David Russell, g

      Opera Tres CDS-1003/4 (2)

      1:25 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11

      Ying Quartet
      Tchaikovsky: String Quartets and Sextet * Ying Quartet

      Telarc 2CD-80685 (2)

      1:55 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twelve Etudes, Op 8

      #4 in E

      Chitose Okashiro, p
      Scriabin: 26 Etudes Complete

      Pro Piano PPR-224510

      2:00 am

      Franz Liszt: Six Grand Etudes After Paganini

      #2 in E-Flat

      Jooyoung Kim, p

      MSR MS-1636

      2:05 am

      Boris Blacher: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op 26 (1947)

      Dresden Phil/Herbert Kegel
      Symphony No. 2 / Piano Concerto

      Berlin Classics 0090152-BC

      2:20 am

      George Rochberg: Caprice Variations

      #11, "Andante" (After Brahms Op 35/1)

      Eliot Fisk, g
      The Best of Eliot Fisk

      MHS 513842-T

      2:21 am

      Nicolo Paganini: Sonatas for Violin & Guitar, Op 3

      #1 in A

      Gil Shaham, v; Göran Söllscher, g
      Paganini for Two

      DG 437837-2

      2:25 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Violin Sonata in a, Op 34

      Diane Pascal, v; Joanne Polk, p
      Amy Beach - Morning Glories (Vol. 5) - Chamber Music

      Arabesque Z-6747

      2:55 am

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "From Grandmother's Garden," Op 97

      #1, "Morning Glories"

      Joanne Polk, p
      Fire - Flies

      Arabesque Z-6721

      3:00 am

      Alexander Gretchaninoff: Liturgy of the Holy Week, Op 58

      Clare College Cho, Cambridge/Timothy Brown
      Light Of The Spirit

      Collegium COLCD-125

      3:03 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "All Night Vigil", Op

      "Hail, Gladdening Light"

      Clare College Cho, Cambridge/Timothy Brown
      Light Of The Spirit

      Collegium COLCD-125

      3:05 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

      Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Capriccio Italien

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907393

      3:44 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Chorus, "Neapolitan dance song"

      USSR Radio-TV Cho/Klavdia Ptitsa

      MCA Classics MLD-32127

      3:45 am

      Josef Lanner: "Die Neapolitaner" Waltzes, Op 107

      Ensemble Wien
      Dance Music From Old Vienna

      Sony SK-57974

      3:54 am

      George Stoll: Neapolitan Dance

      Orch/George Stoll
      Double Feature, Vol. 1: For The First Time/ That Midnight Kiss

      RCA 60516-2-RG

      4:00 am

      Bedrich Smetana: "The Bartered Bride"

      Drinking Song "(Welch Gottesgabe ist das Bier)"

      Kollo, t; Berry, b; Bavarian Radio Cho, Munich Radio Orch/Krombholc
      Opera's Greatest Drinking Songs

      RCA 68095-2

      4:05 am

      Goff RICHARDS: Homage to the Noble Grape

      London Brass
      Clowning Around: London Brass Entertains

      Teldec 46069-2

      4:21 am

      Hans Christian Lumbye: "Champagne Galop", Op 14

      Danish National Radio Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Lumbye: Champagne Galop

      Chandos CHAN-9209

      4:23 am

      Johann Strauss II: Champagne Polka, Op. 211

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Ein Straussfest

      Telarc CD-80098

      4:26 am

      Thomas Arne: Song, "Which is the properest day to drink"

      Hilliard Ensemble

      Saga EC-3332-2

      4:28 am

      Edouard Lalo: Cello Concerto in d (1877)

      Stanislav Apolin, vc; Prague Sym Orch/Vladimír Vàlek
      Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, Cello Concerto

      Supraphon 110606-2

      4:54 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 63

      No. 3 in c-sharp

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      Kissin Live

      Pro Arte CDD-465

      5:00 am

      English Trad: God Save the King

      Accademia Monteverdiana Cho/Denis Stevens
      Beethoven: Folksong Settings

      Nonesuch H-71340

      5:04 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on "God Save the King"

      Olli Mustonen, p
      Beethoven: Piano Variations

      London 436834-2

      5:12 am

      Muzio Clementi: Symphony #3 in G, "Great National"

      Philharmonia Orch/Claudio Scimone
      Les Quatre Symphonies

      MHS 5281761 (2)

      5:39 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64

      No. 1 in D-Flat, "Minute"

      Alexander Brailowsky, p
      Brailowsky Plays Chopin

      RCA 68164-2 (2)

      5:41 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Rob Roy" Overture

      Montreal Sym Orch
      Berlioz: Harold en Italie Op, 16, Rob Roy Overture, Le Corsaire Overture Op. 21

      London 421193-2

      5:54 am

      Arthur Foote: Three Pieces for Flute and Piano, Op 31b

      #3, Pastorale

      Fenwick Smith, f; Randall Hodgkinson, p
      Chamber Music with flute

      Koch 3-7494-2

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "The Tudors." Host Peter DuBois explores the sacred music of the Tudor composers Tallis, Gibbons, Byrd, and others, which formed a foundation for the Anglican repertoire and influenced composers nearer to our time, including Howells and Vaughan Williams.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Steven Banks: "Come As You Are"

      III. "Strength of My Life"

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

      Cedille CDR-90000213

      7:07 am

      John Rutter: "Gloria"

      Polyphony; The Wallace Collection/Stephen Layton; Andrew Lumsden, o
      Rutter: Gloria and Other Sacred Music

      Hyperion CDA-67259

      7:26 am

      Patrick Hadley: "One Morning in Spring"

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

      Chandos CHAN-9539

      7:32 am

      César Franck: Violin Sonata in A

      Gil Shaham, v; Gerhard Oppitz, p
      Franck * Saint-Saens * Ravel * Gil Shaham/Gerhard Oppitz

      DG G2-29729

      8:01 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 10

      IV. Finale, "Allegro agitato"

      Harold Wright, cl; Hawthorne String Quartet
      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet, Petite Suite, Ballade, Spirituals

      Koch 3-7056-2

      8:10 am

      Keith Jarrett: "Elegy for Violin"

      Michelle Makarski, v; Fairfield Orch/Thomas Crawford
      Bridge of Light

      ECM 1450

      8:25 am

      Claude Debussy: "L'isle joyeuse"

      Pascal Rogé, p
      Decca Sound: The Analogue Years

      Decca 4785437

      8:32 am

      Carl Stamitz: Viola Concerto in D, Op. 1

      Michael Strauss, vi; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
      Music by Johann & Carl Stamitz

      Centaur CRC-2860

      8:54 am

      Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on Bach's "Jesu, Joy of man's Desiring"

      Gabriela Montero, p
      Bach and Beyond

      EMI 64647

      9:01 am

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

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

      Avie AV-2287

      9:15 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

      9:22 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat, BWV 815

      András Schiff, p
      Bach: French Suites BWV 812-817, Italian Concerto

      Decca 433313-2 (2)

      9:35 am

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in F, S 235

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      9:53 am

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

      Arabella String Quartet
      Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets

      Naxos 8.574360

      10:01 am

      Gabriel Jackson: "O sacrum convivium"

      Bella Voce/Andrew Lewis
      Awake the Dawn

      Bella Voce [Awake the Dawn]

      10:08 am

      Mel Bonis: Flute Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 64

      Erin K. Murphy, f; Kirstin Ihde, p
      Day & Night: Modern Flute & Piano Duos by Women Composers

      Albany TROY-1829

      10:26 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Impromptu" (1912)

      Quynh Nguyen, p
      The Flower of France - Piano Works of Germaine Tailleferre

      Music & Arts MA-1306

      10:30 am

      Gustav Holst: Symphony in F, Op. 8, "The Cotswolds"

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Holst: Cotswolds Symphony, Walt Whitman Overture, Indra, Japanese Suite, A Winter Idyll

      Naxos 8.572914

      10:54 am

      Steven Bryant: "Radiant Joy"

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

      Naxos 8.570968

      11:01 am

      Duke Ellington: Reflections in D

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Conversations with Bill Evans

      Decca 455512-2

      11:09 am

      Jasmine Barnes: "A Sable Jubilee"

      III. Finale, "Elevation"

      Will Liverman, br; Jonathan King, p
      Show Me The Way

      Cedille CDR-90000226

      11:14 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

      11:26 am

      Michel Camilo: Piano Concerto

      Michel Camilo, p, BBC Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Michel Camilo: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra- Suite For Piano, Harp And Strings- Caribe

      Decca 468817-2

      11:56 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

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      12:01 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Carnival" Overture, Op. 92

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Mariss Jansons
      Mariss Jansons conducts Dvořák & Suk

      BR Klassik 900145

      12:11 pm

      Anton Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 35

      I. "Allegro vivace assai"

      Anna Shelest, p; Estonian National Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Anton Rubinstein: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Pièces caractéristiques

      Music & Arts MA-1308

      12:29 pm

      Xavier Foley: "Shelter Island"

      Randall Goosby, v; Xavier Foley, db
      Roots

      Decca B0033878-02

      12:35 pm

      Antonio Estévez: "Mediodía en el Llano"

      Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
      Fiesta * Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela * Gustavo Dudamel

      DG B0011340-02

      12:45 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

      Suite

      University of South Carolina Wind Ensemble/Scott Weiss
      Bernstein: Transcriptions for Wind Band

      Naxos 8.573056

      12:57 pm

      Lennon-McCartney: "Blackbird"

      Avanti Guitar Trio
      Avanti Guitar Trio March 2023 Concert

      Avanti Guitar Trio

      1:00 pm

      Justin Holland: "Carnival of Venice" Fantasy

      Christopher Mallett, g
      Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

      Naxos 8.559924

      1:08 pm

      John Alden Carpenter: "Sea-Drift"

      Royal Phil Orch/Karl Krueger
      American Tone Poems

      Bridge 9190

      1:26 pm

      Arcangelo Corelli: Recorder Sonata in F, Op 5/4

      Frans Brüggen, r; Gustav Leonhardt, hc; Anner Bylsma, vc
      Frans Brüggen Edition - Vol. 2 • Italian Recorder Sonatas

      Teldec 93669-2

      1:39 pm

      Mark O'Connor: "Strings and Threads Suite"

      Mark O'Connor, v; Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
      Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons

      Sony SK-89660

      1:55 pm

      Tomaso Albinoni: Suite in G

      Empire Brass
      Empire Brass - Royal Brass Quintet

      Telarc CD-80257

      2:00 pm

      Joseph Turrin: "Three Summer Dances"

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      2:08 pm

      Jens Kruger: "Moonshine Sonata"

      "Run With It" Parts I & II

      Kruger Brothers; Kontras Quartet
      Moonshine Sonata

      Double Time Music [Moonshine]

      2:17 pm

      Florence Price: "Songs of the Oak"

      Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
      Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances

      Naxos 8.559920

      2:34 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in G, Op. 2, No. 1

      Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Bologne: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7

      Naxos 8.574452

      2:56 pm

      Ryuichi Sakamoto: "Forbidden Colours"

      Simon Haram, sx, Duke Quartet
      Frame

      Black Box BBM-1055

      3:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, "Rider"

      Hagen Quartet
      Haydn: Three String Quartets

      DG 423622-2

      3:23 pm

      Carl Nielsen: "Maskarade"

      Suite

      Swedish Radio Sym/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Masquerade

      CBS MK-44547

      3:39 pm

      Ellis Marsalis: "Fourth Autumn"

      Karen Walwyn, p
      Dark Fires, Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-384

      3:46 pm

      Leo Sowerby: "Synconata"

      Andy Baker Orch/Andrew Baker
      Sowerby: The Paul Whiteman Commissions & Other Early Works

      Cedille CDR-90000205

      3:59 pm

      Earl Wild: Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin

      "Fascinatin' Rhythm"

      Alan Feinberg, p
      Fascinatin' Rhythm

      Argo 444457-2

      4:00 pm

      Alfredo Casella: "Italia," Op. 11

      BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda
      Casella: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

      Chandos CHAN-10768

      4:21 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat, Op .74, "Harp"

      Quartetto Italiano
      Beethoven * The Middle String Quartets * Quartetto Italiano

      Philips 4758503 (3)

      4:55 pm

      Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: "Upbeat!"

      Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose
      Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 5, Upbeat!, Concerto Elegia, Commedia dell'Arte

      BMOP Sound 1098

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Claude Debussy: "La boîte à joujoux"

      Seattle Sym/Ludovic Morlot
      Stravinsky: Petrushka & Debussy: La boîte à joujoux

      Seattle Symphony Media SSM-1010

      5:33 pm

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Soldiers' Chorus

      Paris Opera Cho, Orch/André Cluytens
      Opera Goes To War

      EMI CDM7-63733-2

      5:38 pm

      Charles Gounod: "Petite Symphonie" in B-Flat

      St. Paul Chamber Orch Winds/Christopher Hogwood
      Bizet: L'Arlésienne • Gounod: Petite Symphonie, Symphony No.1

      Decca 430231-2

      6:00 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 17

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      The Complete Chopin Piano Works, Volume Eleven: Mazurkas

      Arabesque Z-6730-2 (2)

      6:15 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: String Quartet in E minor

      Brodsky Quartet
      In the South

      Chandos CHAN-10761

      6:40 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Wind Sextet in E-Flat, Op. 71

      Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich
      Beethoven * - Mozzafiato , Charles Neidich - Octet / Sextet

      Sony SK-53367

      7:01 pm

      Zoltán Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, "The Peacock"

      Hungarian State Sym/Ádám Fischer
      Kodály: Háry János Suite, Dances Of Galánta, Peacock Variations

      Nimbus NI-5284

      7:31 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35

      Olga Kern, p
      Johannes Brahms * Variations * Olga Kern

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907392

      7:57 pm

      Niccolò Paganini: Caprice No. 14 in E-Flat

      Julia Fischer, v
      Paganini: 24 Caprices

      Decca 4782274

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Corigliano "Tournaments" Overture; Georg Solti, conductor; Sibelius "The Swan of Tuonela," Op. 22; Scott Hostetler, english horn; López Bellido "Aino," US Premiere, CSO co-commission; Mahler Symphony No. 5; Klaus Mäkelä, condctor.

      8:00 pm

      Erwin Schulhoff: Suite for chamber orchestra, Op. 37

      I. "Ragtime"

      Amsterdam Ebony Band/Werner Herbers
      Erwin Schulhoff: Ensemble Works Vol. 1

      Channel Classics CCS-6994

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Argentinean Master, Luis Gianneo Composer, pianist, and conductor, Luis Gianneo is acknowledged as one of the leading Argentine composers of the 20th century. He composed nearly 100 works from nearly every genre of classical music. Elbio Barilari shares his symphonic poem "El tarco en flor" and his chamber work "Segundo Trio."

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Nielsen Symphonies Conducted by Fabio Luisi, with the Danish National Orchestra, Program 2

      Nielsen Symphony No. 3, "Espansiva;" Symphony No. 4, "Inextinguishable."