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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Simon Boccanegra"

      Aria, "A te l'estremo addio...Il lacerato spirito"

      Paata Burchuladze, b; La Scala Orch/Georg Solti
      Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

      London 425628-2 (2)

      12:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata #3 in d, Op 108

      Georg Solti, p; Georg Kulenkampff, v

      London CMA-7218 (2)

      12:25 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Poet and Peasant"

      Vienna Phil/Georg Solti
      Famous Overtures

      London 460982-2 (2)

      12:34 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Act II, Dance of the Little Swans

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Essential Ballet

      London 436658-2

      12:36 am

      Béla Bartók: "The Miraculous Mandarin," Op 19

      Suite

      London Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite, Music For Strings Percussion & Celesta

      London CS-6399

      12:54 am

      Percy Grainger: "Beautiful Fresh Flower"

      Jenny Lin, p
      Chinoiserie

      BIS CD-1110

      1:00 am

      Antonio Soler: Clavier Sonata #72 in f

      Maggie Cole, forte-p

      Virgin 91172-2

      1:05 am

      Robert Schumann: "Introduction and Allegro Appassionato (Konzertstück)," Op. 92

      Christian Zacharias, p; Lausanne Chamber Orch
      Schumann: Piano Concertos

      MD+G Recordings 3401033-2

      1:21 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 34

      No. 9, "Abschiedslied (Song of farewell)"

      Die Singphoniker
      Deutsche Volkslieder

      Oehms Classics OC-548

      1:23 am

      Eduard Tubin: Symphony #11, Unfinished

      Estonian State Sym Orch/Arvo Volmer

      Koch 3-7291-2

      1:32 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"

      Philharmonia/Guido Cantelli
      Symphony No. 4 in A Major Op. 90/ Symphony No. 8 In B Minor

      EMI ZDMB5-68217-2 (2)

      1:54 am

      Dietrich Buxtehude: Chorale Prelude, "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ"

      Nicholas Danby, o

      Virgin 91139-2

      2:00 am

      César Franck: "Panis Angelicus"

      Hallé Orch and Cho/Maurice Handford
      The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

      EMI/Ang CDC5-67014-2 (2)

      2:04 am

      Joseph Jongen: Concert à cinq

      Atlantic Sinfonietta
      Music For Flute, Harp & Strings

      Koch 3-7016-2

      2:29 am

      Olivier Messiaen: "Quatuor pour la fin du temps"

      4th mvt, "Interméde"

      Trio Wanderer
      Messiaen: Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901987

      2:31 am

      César Franck: "Danse lente" (1885)

      Jean Hubeau, p
      Franck: Prelude, Choral and Prelude, Aria and Final/ Chausson: Sanse, Paysage

      Erato 92402-2

      2:33 am

      Maurice Duruflé: Three Dances, Op 6

      Sydney Sym Orch/Jean-Pierre Jacquillat

      Australian Broadcasting 5ABCL-8001 (5)

      2:54 am

      Maurice Duruflé: "Notre Père," Op 14

      Voices of Ascension Cho/Dennis Keene
      The Duruflé Album

      Delos DE-3169

      3:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D, BWV 1012

      I. "Prelude"

      Pablo Casals, vc

      EMI/Ang CDH7-61029-2

      3:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049

      Marlboro Festival Orch/Pablo Casals
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4-6 and Orchestral Suite No. 4

      Sony SMK-46254

      3:20 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: 14 Canons, BWV 1087

      No. 12

      Marlboro Festival Orch/Pablo Casals
      Orchestal Suite Nos. 2 & 3

      Sony SMK-45892

      3:21 am

      Steve Reich: Vermont Counterpoint

      Ransom Wilson, f

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47331-2

      3:30 am

      Arthur Foote: Piano Quintet in a, Op 38

      Da Vinci String Quartet, James Barbagallo, p
      FOOTE: Piano Quintet Op. 38 / String Quartets Opp. 32 and 70

      Naxos 8.559009

      3:54 am

      Leonard Bernstein: Song cycle, "I Hate Music"

      No. 3, "I Hate Music"

      Blanche Thebom, ms; Leonard Bernstein, p
      Leonard Bernstein- The Early Years

      RCA 68101-2

      4:00 am

      Josef Lanner: "Ungarischer Galopp" in F (c 1885)

      Vienna Biedermeier Ensemble
      Abendsterne: Musik Des Biedermeier II

      Denon 81757-9052-2

      4:02 am

      August Labitzky: "Furioso-Galopp", Op 24

      Vienna Biedermeier Ensemble
      Abendsterne: Musik Des Biedermeier II

      Denon 81757-9052-2

      4:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Pastorale" in F, BWV 590

      Simon Preston, o (Kreuzbergkirche, Bonn)
      Toccata and Fugue BWV 565, Preludes and Fugues BWV 532 and 552, Fantasia BWV 572, Pastorale BWV 590

      DG 427668-2

      4:15 am

      Igor Stravinsky: Song, "Pastorale"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      Barber of Seville Overture

      GHA 126016

      4:17 am

      Lars-Erik Larsson: Pastoral Suite, Op 19

      Helsingborg Sym/Okko Kamu
      Swedish Orchestral Favourites, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.553115

      4:30 am

      Guillaume Dumanoir: "Suite du Ballet de Stockholm"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Suites d'Orchestre, 1650-1660

      Fontalis ES-9908

      4:55 am

      Ture Rangström: Song, En Gammal Dansrytm

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms, Bengt Forsberg, p
      Watercolors: Swedish Songs

      DG B0001857-02

      5:00 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Impressions of a Voyage in the Crimea"

      Kun Woo Paik, p
      Complete Piano Music Volume 2 Mussorgsky

      Arabesque 8093

      5:05 am

      Alexander Borodin: "In the Steppes of Central Asia"

      National Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian
      Symphony No. 2 • Polovtsian Dances

      RCA 60535-2-RV

      5:13 am

      Mily Balakirev: "Islamey," Oriental Fantasy

      Yefim Bronfman, p
      Tchaikovsky: Les Saisons/ Balakirev: Islamey

      Sony SK-60689

      5:22 am

      Cesar Cui: "Kaleidoscope," Op 50

      #9, "Orientale"

      Midori, v; Robert McDonald, p
      Encore!

      Sony SK-52568

      5:23 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Fantaisie" in A, Op. 124

      Angela Jones, f; Renie Yamahata, h

      Discover Int'l DICD-920281

      5:37 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Shylock," Op 57

      Nicolai Gedda, t; Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47938-2

      5:54 am

      James WALKER: Song, Tell me where is fancy bred

      Yvonne Howard, ms, English Serenata
      Sweet Swan of Avon: Music For Shakespeare

      Meridian CDE-84301

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "A Visit to the With Heart and Voice Archive." Originally broadcast in February 2000, host Richard Gladwell shares music by Kaplan, Howells and Mozart.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      George Walker: "Lyric for Strings"

      Cleveland Chamber Sym/Edwin London
      George Walker - Orchestral Works

      Albany TROY-270

      7:09 am

      Eric Whitacre: "A Boy and A Girl"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Eric Whitacre * Cloudburst and Other Choral Works

      Hyperion CDA-67543

      7:14 am

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

      Boston Sym Orch/Andris Nelsons
      Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 / Boston Symphony Orchestra

      BSO Classics 1401

      8:01 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "Walk Together Children"

      Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson
      Sing Freedom! African American Spirituals

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807525

      8:05 am

      Claude Debussy: "Children's Corner" Suite

      French National Radio Orch/Jean Martinon
      Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works III

      EMI CDM7-69589-2

      8:24 am

      Tristan Coelho: "The Old School"

      Emily Granger, h
      In Transit

      Avie AV-2495

      8:29 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt
      Brahms: Symphony No. 2 - Academic Festival Overture

      Pentatone PTC-5186851

      8:40 am

      Charles Ives: "Songs My Mother Taught Me"

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

      Thomas Hampson Media THM-5432

      8:43 am

      Samuel Barber: "The School for Scandal" Overture, Op. 5

      New York Phil/Thomas Schippers
      Samuel Barber - Thomas Schippers

      Sony MHK-62837

      8:52 am

      Asako Hirabayashi: "Suite for Children"

      Gina DiBello, v; Asako Hirabayashi, hc
      The Harpsichord in the New Millennium

      Albany TROY-1180

      9:01 am

      Ignacio de Jerusalem: Mass in G "de los Niños"

      Kyrie

      Chicago Arts Chorale & Orchestra/Javier José Mendoza
      Jerusalem: Mass in G, Galant Music from Mexico City

      Navona NV-6274

      9:04 am

      Francesco Geminiani: Concerto grosso in D minor, "La Follia" (after Corelli)

      Nicola Benedetti, v; Benedetti Baroque Orch
      Baroque

      Decca B0034187-02

      9:17 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat, "The Schoolmaster"

      Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Haydn: Symphonies " Feuer" "Der Schulmeister" " II Distratto"

      Denon CO-78930

      9:40 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 songs of various nationality, WoO 157

      No. 8 "By the Side of the Shannon"

      Gerald Finley, br; Benedetti, v; Kanneh-Mason, vc; Grosvenor, p
      Benjamin Grosvenor, piano,
      Beethoven: Triple Concerto

      Decca 4854624

      9:43 am

      Robert Schumann: Variation Etudes on a Theme of Beethoven, WoO 31

      Cédric Tiberghien, p
      Beethoven: Complete Variations for Piano, Vol. 1

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902433.34

      10:01 am

      Morton Gould: "Spirituals"

      "Little David Play On Your Harp"

      I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
      Composers in New York

      Chandos CHAN-9848

      10:05 am

      Traditional Igbo: "Learning is Sweet"

      Joseph Ehrenpreis, g
      Sunrise in Africa

      Joseph Ehrenpreis (Sunrise in Africa)

      10:08 am

      Richard Danielpour: "An American Mosaic"

      XIII. "Teachers & Students"

      Simone Dinnerstein, p
      An American Mosaic

      Supertrain 025

      10:12 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Othello," Op. 79

      "Children's Intermezzo"

      Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      10:17 am

      Arthur Bliss: Music for Strings

      Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
      English Music For Strings

      Chandos CHSA-5264

      10:42 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      Pilgrim's Chorus

      Chesroleeysia Bobb, s; The Aeolians/Jason Max Ferdinand
      The Aeolians

      GIA ChoralWorks GIACD-1087

      10:49 am

      Maria Thompson Corley: "Naughtycal Glimpses: Tales of a Kindergarten Class"

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Soulscapes 2: Piano Music by Women of African Descent

      MSR Classics MS-1744

      10:54 am

      Augusta Read Thomas: "Jubilee"

      I. "fanfare: awakening rituals"

      Juilliard School Student Orchestra/Xian Zhang
      Augusta Read Thomas: Music for Strings Featuring Young Musicians

      Nimbus Alliance NI-6263

      11:01 am

      Ed Bland: "Sunday School"

      Judith Olson, p
      Urban Counterpoint * The Piano Music of Ed Bland

      Cambria CD-1256

      11:06 am

      David Chesky: New York Rag No. 14, "Kids You're Late for School Rag"

      David Chesky, p
      David Chesky: The New York Rags

      Chesky Records JD-359

      11:09 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "The Gondoliers"

      Overture & Chorus, "List and Learn"

      D'Oyly Carte Opera Company/John Pryce-Jones
      Gilbert And Sullivan: The Gondoliers

      Sony S2K-58895 (2)

      11:19 am

      Edward Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 1 in D, Op. 39, No. 1

      Philharmonia/Sir Andrew Davis
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1-5

      CBS MDK-44788

      11:26 am

      Charles Lucien Lambert: Variations and Finale on "Au clair de la lune," Op. 30

      Yi-Chun Sunny Kuo, p
      American Classics: Charles Lucien Lambert Sr. and Lucien-Leon Guillaume Lambert Jr.

      Naxos 8.559037

      11:38 am

      William Grant Still: "Sahdji"

      Morgan State College Cho, London Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 7

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in E minor

      I. "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Chineke! Orch/Roderick Cox
      Chineke! Orchestra: Florence Price

      Decca 4853996

      12:18 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "From the Bohemian Forest," Op. 68

      V. "Silent Woods"

      Artur Pizarro & Rinaldo Zhok, p
      Dvořák: From The Bohemian Forest & Dumky

      Odradek ODRCD-323

      12:25 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "From the Bohemian Forest," Op. 68

      IV. "On the Watch"

      Artur Pizarro & Rinaldo Zhok, p
      Dvořák: From The Bohemian Forest & Dumky

      Odradek ODRCD-323

      12:29 pm

      Gian Carlo Menotti: Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra

      Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Spoleto Festival Orch/Richard Hickox
      Menotti: Apocalisse & Other Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9900

      12:46 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Polonesie"

      Holland Baroque
      Telemann: Polonoise

      Pentatone PTC-5186878

      1:00 pm

      Mark O'Connor: "Appalachia Waltz"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Blanc

      Analekta AN2-8737

      1:08 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Capriccio," Op. 85

      Prelude for String Sextet

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch Members
      Richard Strauss: Complete Tone Poems and Concertos

      Decca 4786480

      1:20 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "American Suite" in A, Op. 98

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Libor Pešek
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 From The New World, American Suite / Libor Pešek

      Virgin 90723-2

      1:44 pm

      Traditional American: "Shall We Gather at the River (Beautiful River)"

      Will Liverman, br; Paul Sánchez, p
      Lord, How Come Me Here?

      Navona NV-6408

      1:51 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Rectus & Inversus

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, man; Edgar Meyer, db
      Bach Trios

      Nonesuch 558933-2

      2:00 pm

      Robert Kyr: "In Praise of Music"

      Antioch Chamber Ensemble/Joshua Copeland
      Robert Kyr: In Praise of Music

      Bridge 9558

      2:07 pm

      William Alwyn: "Elizabethan Dances"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Alwyn: Symphony No. 4, Elizabethan Dances, Festival March

      Chandos CHAN-8902

      2:27 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in E-Flat, H XV:30

      I. Allegro moderato

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Haydn: Complete Piano Trios

      Philips 454098-2 (9)

      2:37 pm

      Cécile Chaminade: "Callirhoé," Op. 37

      Ballet Suite

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

      Bru Zane BZ-2006

      2:56 pm

      Kevin Day: Cello Sonata

      III. Finale, "Giocoso"

      Thomas Mesa, vc; Michelle Cann, p
      Our Stories

      Navona NV-6571

      3:00 pm

      William Grant Still: Folk Suite No. 1

      Alexa Still, f; Susan DeWitt Smith, p; New Zealand String Quartet
      Still: Summerland

      Koch 3-7192-2

      3:09 pm

      Manuel De Zumaya: "De las Flores"

      Chanticleer
      Mission Road

      Warner Classics R2-512746

      3:16 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Harp Concerto in B-Flat, Op. 4, No. 6

      Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King, Welsh triple h
      Italian Concerto

      RCA-DHM 77366-2

      3:31 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, "Jupiter"

      Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Karajan: The Legendary Decca Recordings

      Decca 4780155 (9)

      4:00 pm

      Alvin Singleton: "Time Past, Time Future"

      Awadagin Pratt, p; A Far Cry
      Still Point

      New Amsterdam NWAM-177

      4:14 pm

      William Boyce: Overture No. 9 in A

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Boyce: Overtures 1-9

      Chandos CHAN-6531

      4:25 pm

      Augusta Holmès: "Andromède"

      Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Samuel Friedmann
      Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works

      Marco Polo 8.223449

      4:41 pm

      Philip Glass: Piano Etude No. 2

      Jenny Lin, p
      Philip Glass: Complete Etudes for Piano

      Steinway & Sons 30070 (2)

      4:49 pm

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "On the Beautiful Blue Danube," Op. 314

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      J. Strauss: Waltzes And Polkas

      Sony SFK-46710

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Victor Herbert: Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 30

      Gautier Capuçon, vc; Frankfurt Radio Sym/Paavo Järvi
      Dvořák & Herbert: Cello Concertos

      Virgin 519035-2

      5:00 pm

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      5:24 pm

      Alexander von Zemlinsky: "A Dance Poem"

      Cologne Gürzenich Orch/James Conlon
      Zemlinsky: Cymbeline Suite; Frühlingsbegräbnis; Ein Tanzpoem

      EMI CDC5-56474-2

      6:01 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046

      Chamber Orch of Europe
      Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

      DG 431660-2 (2)

      6:23 pm

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Symphonic Serenade" in B-Flat, Op. 39

      Berlin German Sym Orch/John Mauceri
      Korngold: Between Two Worlds

      Decca 444170-2

      7:01 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127

      Cuarteto Casals
      Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, Volume 1

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902400.02

      7:37 pm

      James P. Johnson: "Harlem Symphony"

      Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop
      Victory Stride: The Symphonic Music of James P. Johnson

      Nimbus NI-2745

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Bartók "Cantata profana;" John Aler, tenor; John Tomlinson, bass; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Brahms "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen" from "A German Requiem," Op. 45; Verdi "Messa da Requiem;" Leontyne Price, soprano; Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; Veriano Luchetti, tenor; José van Dam, bass-baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, director; Georg Solti, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      Einojuhani Rautavaara: "Vigilia" (in memory of St John the Baptist)

      Troparion

      Finnish Radio Chamber Cho/Timo Nuoranne
      Rautavaara: Vigilia

      Ondine ODE-910-2

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Edison Quintana: Pianist Extraordinaire Edison Quintana is acknowledged as one the most versatile and consummate pianists currently performing in concert halls in Mexico. Whether in jazz stylings, classical works for piano and orchestra, or Latin-American folk music, he embraces all the possibilities of his instrument. Elbio Barilari features him in works by Astor Piazzolla, Manuel Ponce, and José Pablo Moncayo.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Nielsen Symphonies Conducted by Fabio Luisi, with the Danish National Orchestra, Program 3

      Nielsen Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6, "Semplice."

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.