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      Playlist for Sunday, August 4, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Heinrich von Biber: Mystery Sonatas ("Rosary")

      Sonata II, "The Visitation"

      Julia Wedman, v; Ensemble
      Biber Mystery Sonatas

      Dorian DSL-92127 (2)

      12:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture no.2 in C, Op.72a

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Colin Davis
      Beethoven: Fidelio

      RCA 68344-2 (2)

      12:20 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Ruins of Athens," Op. 113

      Chorus of Dervishes

      Jascha Heifetz, v; André Benoist, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 1: The Acoustic Recordings 1917 - 1924

      RCA 61732-2 (3)

      12:22 am

      Witold Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini

      Bernd Glemser, p; Polish National Radio Sym/Antoni Wit
      LUTOSLAWSKI, W.: Symphony No. 3 / Paganini Variations (Polish National Radio Symphony, Wit)

      Naxos 8.553423

      12:32 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43

      Leon Fleisher, p; Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 27: Leon Fleisher

      Philips 456775-2 (2)

      12:54 am

      Vasili Kalinnikov: Chorus, "The Skylark"

      Houston Chamber Cho/Robert Simpson
      Ravishingly Russian: 19th and 20th Century Russian Secular Choral Music * Houston Chamber Choir

      MSR Classics MS-1311

      1:00 am

      Wagner/Liszt: Flying Dutchman

      Spinning Chorus- Concert Paraphrase, G 440

      Earl Wild, p
      The Virtuosity of Earl Wild

      Ivory Classics 70901 (2)

      1:05 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Gretchen am Spinnrade," D 118

      Yevgeny Kissin, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Evgeny Kissin

      Philips 456871-2 (2)

      1:09 am

      David Popper: "Spinning Song", Op 55/1

      Maria Kliegel, vc; Esterhàzy Orch/Gerhard Markson
      POPPER: Romantic Cello Showpieces

      Naxos 8.554657

      1:12 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "The Golden Spinning Wheel," Op 109

      Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle

      EMI/Ang CDC5-58019-2 (2)

      1:40 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Song, "Die kleine Spinnerin," K. 531

      Elly Ameling, s; Dalton Baldwin, p
      Introducing Mozart (The Complete Mozart Edition)

      Philips 426735-2

      1:42 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 417

      Richard Watkins, fh; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo

      MCA Classics MCAD-25229

      1:54 am

      English ANON 16th c: My Lord of Oxenford's Maske

      Baltimore Consort
      Gut Wind And Wire

      Dorian DSL-90601

      2:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Vesperae solennes de confessore," K. 339

      "Laudate Dominum"

      Barbara Schlick, s; Amsterdam Baroque Cho, Orch/Ton Koopman
      Mozart: Requiem

      Erato 10705-2

      2:05 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)"

      Orchestra London Canada/Uri Mayer
      Respighi, Hindemith, Fiala

      Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5146

      2:30 am

      Max Reger: Thirty Little Chorale Preludes, Op 135a

      #1, Ach bleib mit deiner Gnade

      Klaas Bolt, o

      Intersound 1002

      2:31 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott (We thank you, God)"

      Paul Esswood, ct; Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Complete Cantatas Vol. 5

      Teldec 8.35034 (2)

      2:55 am

      English Anon 17th c: The Mountebanks' Dance at Grayes Inn

      Denmark Concentus Musicus/Aksel H Mathiesen
      Masque Music - Instrumental And Vocal Music From The Stuart Masque

      Nonesuch H-71153

      3:00 am

      Albert Roussel: Impromptu, Op 21

      Susanna Mildonian, h

      Pavane ADW-7190-2

      3:05 am

      Alexandre Tansman: "Berceuse" (Hommage à Roussel)

      Margaret Fingerhut, p
      Hommages

      Chandos CHAN-8578

      3:09 am

      Albert Roussel: Symphony #4 in A, Op 53

      French National Orch
      Roussel: Symphonie No. 2, Symphonie No. 4

      Erato ECD-88226

      3:31 am

      Francis Poulenc: "Presto" in B-Flat (1934)

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49604-2

      3:33 am

      Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A

      Krystian Zimerman, p; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Klavierkonzerte Nos 1 & 2 · Totentanz · Piano Concertos · Concertos Pour Piano

      DG 423571-2

      3:54 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Tango"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 6: 1946-1947

      RCA 61737-2 (2)

      4:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Mosé in Egitto"

      Scene with chorus, "Dal tuo stellato soglio"

      Royal Opera House Cho, Royal Opera House Orch/Gardelli
      Italian Opera Choruses

      Seraphim S-60275

      4:05 am

      Nicolo Paganini: Introduction and Variations on "Dal tuo stellato," from "Mosè"

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

      DG 437837-2

      4:12 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Violin Concerto #2, Op 66, "I profeti"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Los Angeles Phil/Alfred Wallenstein
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 43: Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto no. 2 "Il profeti"

      RCA 61774-2

      4:41 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Israel in Egypt"

      Chorus, "Thou sentest forth thy wrath"

      Taverner Cho and Players/Andrew Parrott

      EMI/Ang CDS7-54018-2 (2)

      4:43 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sinfonia in G, Wq 182/1 (Hamburg Symphony #1)

      Camerata Bern/Thomas Füri

      Denon CO-73326

      4:54 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

      No. 1, "Butterfly"

      Walter Gieseking, p

      Pearl GEMM-CD-9933

      5:00 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

      "Cielo e mar"

      Luciano Pavarotti, t; New Philharmonia/Leone Magiera
      Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

      London 417011-2 (2)

      5:05 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

      "Dance of the Hours"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner

      EMI/Ang CDZ7-62504-2

      5:14 am

      Amilcare Ponchielli: Quartet for winds and piano

      Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet
      French Portraits

      Boston Records BR-1063-CD

      5:28 am

      Thomas Arne: "Alfred, An English Masque" (1740)

      "Rule, Britannia"

      Anne Collins, ms; Liverpool Phil Cho, Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves

      EMI/Ang CDZ7-62528-2

      5:34 am

      Thomas Arne: Clavier Sonata #6 in G

      Trevor Pinnock, hc

      Vanguard VSD-71263

      5:38 am

      Thomas Arne: "Alfred, An English Masque" (1740)

      "March with a side drum"

      Philharmonia Baroque Cho and Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Alfred: An English Masque

      RCA-DHM 51314-2

      5:40 am

      Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D

      Canon

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner

      EMI/Angel CDZ7-62505-2

      5:45 am

      Johann Pachelbel: String Suite in G

      Paillard Chamber Orch/Jean-François Paillard
      The Pachelbel Canon And Two Suites For Strings / Two Sinfonias And Concerto For Trumpet

      RCA RCD1-5468

      5:52 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 56

      No. 2 in C

      Karen Kushner, p
      The Chopin Mazurkas, Vol. 2

      Connoisseur CD-4182

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals." Host Peter DuBois presents spectacular sacred music for choir, organ, and instruments from several centuries.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Justin Holland: "Sweet Memories of Thee"

      Kevin Cooper, g
      American Originals: A New World, A New Canon

      Acis APL-20445

      7:08 am

      Alan Hovhaness: Four Motets, Op. 268

      William Ferris Chorale/Paul French
      American Choral Premieres

      Cedille CDR-90000109

      7:22 am

      George Walker: Piano Sonata No. 1

      II. Theme and Six Variations

      George Walker, p
      George Walker In Recital - Scarlatti, Beethoven, Et Al

      Albany TROY-117

      7:28 am

      Edward Elgar: "Enigma" Variations, Op. 36

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Elgar: Enigma Variations, Falstaff, Grania and Diarmid

      EMI CDC5-55001-2

      8:01 am

      Carlos Simon: "Memory of Summer"

      Carlos Simon, p
      Together

      Decca 4854768

      8:05 am

      Ben Shirley: "High Sierra Sonata"

      I. "Buttermilk Morning"

      Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet
      American Stories

      Cedille CDR-90000216

      8:15 am

      Traditional American: "Bright Morning Stars"

      St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt
      American Reflections

      MSR Classics MS-1660

      8:21 am

      Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3

      Royal Liège Phil Orch/John Neschling
      Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances, The Birds

      BIS BIS-2540

      8:42 am

      Hamish MacCunn: "Highland Memories," Op 30

      "Harvest Dance"

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson
      The Land of the Mountain and the Flood

      ASV CDWHL-2123

      8:46 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: Medieval Sketches, Op. 33

      Geoffrey Douglas Madge, p
      Busoni: Complete Music for Piano Two Hands

      Philips 420740-2 (6)

      9:01 am

      Hildegard of Bingen: "Symphoniae harmoniae celestium revelationum"

      Instrumental Piece 2

      Sequentia
      Hildegard von Bingen: Symphoniae

      EMI CDC7-49251-2

      9:06 am

      Anonymous 16th-century: Suite of Dances

      Piffaro
      Canzoni e Danze: Wind Music from Renaissance Italy

      Archiv 445883-2

      9:18 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 3

      Overture (Suite) in B-Flat: Dances

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Telemann - Tafelmusik Selections

      Archiv 429774-2

      9:33 am

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

      Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr
      J S Bach * Brandenburg Concertos * Richard Egarr/AAM

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807461.62 (2)

      9:55 am

      Pietro Locatelli: "Introduttione teatrale" in G, Op 4, No. 4

      Raglan Baroque Players/Elizabeth Wallfisch
      Locatelli's Opus 4

      Hyperion CDA-67041/42 (2)

      10:01 am

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

      Antonín Kubálek, p
      Memories of Bohemia - Antonin Kubalek

      Dorian DOR-90185

      10:11 am

      Vincent d'Indy: "Suite in Olden Style," Op. 24

      Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
      d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Volume 6

      Chandos CHSA-5157

      10:28 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Trois pièces brèves"

      Ensemble Wien-Berlin
      Ensemble Wien-Berlin

      CBS MK-39558

      10:37 am

      Margaret Brouwer: "Remembrances"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      Margaret Brouwer: Aurolucent Circles

      Naxos 8.559250

      10:53 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Escena andaluza," Op. 7

      I. "Crépuscule du soir"

      Lincoln Trio; Aurelien Fort Pederzoli, v; Ayane Kozasa & Doyle Armbrust, vi's
      Turina * Chamber Music for Strings and Piano * Lincoln Trio

      Cedille CDR-90000150 (2)

      11:01 am

      Alberto Ginastera: "Estancia," Op. 8

      Ballet Suite (Four Dances)

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

      DG B0011340-02

      11:14 am

      Anonymous Spanish: "Tres morillas m'enamoran"

      Jan Garbarek, sx; Hilliard Ensemble
      Officium Novum

      ECM 2125

      11:19 am

      Alfred Schnittke: "Suite in the Old Style"

      Shea-Kim Duo
      All Roads

      Blue Griffin BGR-643

      11:38 am

      Manuel Ponce: Cello Sonata in G minor

      II. "Allegro"

      John-Henry Crawford, vc; Victor Santiago Asuncion, p
      Corazón - The Music of Latin America

      Orchid Classics ORC-100198

      11:44 am

      William Grant Still: "Danzas de Panama"

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

      Koch 3-7154-2

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:01 pm

      Richard Strauss: Wind Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7

      Netherlands Wind Ensemble
      Favorite Serenades For Orchestra

      Philips 438748-2 (2)

      12:10 pm

      Hans Zimmer: "The Da Vinci Code"

      "Chevaliers de Sangreal"

      Anna Lapwood, o
      Midnight Sessions at the Royal Albert Hall

      Sony G010004942280W

      12:14 pm

      John Powell: "How to Train Your Dragon"

      "Test Drive"

      Anna Lapwood, o
      Midnight Sessions at the Royal Albert Hall

      Sony G010004942280W

      12:18 pm

      Howard Hanson: "Concerto da Camera" in C minor

      Swenson & Wiersma, v's; Lambros, vi; Anderson, vc; Preston, p
      Elizabeth Anderson, cello,
      Howard Hanson, An American Romantic

      Albany TROY-129

      12:34 pm

      Nicola Porpora: Cello Concerto in G

      Pulcinella/Ophélie Gaillard, vc
      A Night in London

      Aparté AP-274

      12:51 pm

      Félix Godefroid: "Le Carnaval de Venise"

      Isabelle Moretti, h
      Cantare: La Voix de la Harpe

      Naïve V-5186

      1:00 pm

      Clarice Assad: "Familia"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Assad family, g's and vocals
      Badi Assad, voice,
      Odair Assad, voice and guitar,
      Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace

      Sony 24414-2

      1:04 pm

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Invitation to the Dance," Op. 65

      Lara Downes, p
      Invitation to the Dance

      Postcards 772001-2

      1:13 pm

      Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: "Concerto Armonico" No. 6 in E-Flat

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Concerti Armonici 1-6 / Neville Marriner

      Argo 410205-2

      1:22 pm

      Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga: String Quartet No. 3 in E-Flat

      Cuarteto Casals
      Arriaga: Cuartetos / Cuarteto Casals

      Harmonia Mundi HMI-987038

      1:45 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "Libertango"

      Luis Bacalov, p; Héctor Passarella, bandoneon; Santa Cecilia Orch/MW Chung
      Misa Tango

      DG 463471-2

      1:51 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Alborada del gracioso"

      ChromaDuo
      Ravel & Debussy: Music for Two Guitars

      Naxos 8.573286

      2:03 pm

      Laufey: Song, "Valentine"

      Laufey, vocals; Iceland Symphony Orchestra

      Awal Recordings America, Inc. LAUFRSD24

      2:08 pm

      Anton Webern: "Im Sommerwind"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Webern: Im Sommerwind

      CSO Resound 9011002

      2:24 pm

      Lerner & Loewe: "My Fair Lady"

      Medley

      Richard Glazier, p
      Broadway to Hollywood

      Centaur CRC-3347

      2:31 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Radio France Phil/Lionel Bringuier
      Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3; La muse et le poète; Cello Concerto No. 1

      Erato 934134-2

      3:00 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Carnival Overture," Op. 92

      Philharmonic Brass/Tugan Sokhiev
      Overture!

      Decca 4854171

      3:11 pm

      Florence Price: String Quartet in A minor

      II. "Andante cantabile"

      Sphinx Virtuosi
      Songs for Our Times

      DG 4865014

      3:19 pm

      William Walton: "As You Like It"

      London Phil Cho & Orch/Carl Davis
      Walton: The Battle of Britain (Suite)

      EMI CDC7-47944-2

      3:34 pm

      Traditional Chinese: "Jasmine Flower"

      Lang Lang, p
      Piano Book

      DG 4797528

      3:41 pm

      Georgs Pelēcis: "Flowering Jasmine"

      Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer
      De Profundis

      Nonesuch 287228-2

      3:49 pm

      Charles Wakefield Cadman: "Dark Dancers of the Mardi Gras"

      Joel Fan, p; Northwest Sinfonietta/Christophe Chagnard
      Dances for Piano and Orchestra

      Reference RR-134

      4:00 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in C, "Alexander's Feast"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Fireworks Music

      Philips 420397-2

      4:15 pm

      Strayhorn-Ellington-Mercer: "Satin Doll"

      Duke Ellington, p; Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Arthur Fiedler Conducting The Boston Pops Orchestra

      RCA 62578-2

      4:17 pm

      Dana Suesse: "Afternoon of a Black Faun"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Jazz Nocturne: The Piano Works of Dana Suesse

      eOne 7770

      4:22 pm

      Duke Ellington: Come Sunday

      Lara Downes, p; PUBLIQuartet
      New Day Begun

      Rising Sun Music RS-012

      4:26 pm

      William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 in G, "Song of a New Race"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Still, Dawson, Ellington: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9226

      5:00 - 7:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D, K. 537, "Coronation"

      English Chamber Orch/Murray Perahia, p
      Mozart: Piano Concerto K. 537 "Coronation" / Rondos, K. 382 & 386

      CBS MK-39224

      5:33 pm

      Johann Baptist Vanhal: Variations on Paisiello's "Nel cor più non mi sento," Op. 42

      John Anderson, ob; Simon Wynberg, g
      Summertime: Music for Oboe and Guitar

      Chandos CHAN-6581

      5:42 pm

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Mandolin Concerto in G

      Julien Martineau, m; Toulouse Capitole Orch/Wilson Ng
      O Sole Mio

      Naïve V-8120

      6:01 pm

      Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 18

      Arabella Steinbacher, v; Robert Kulek, p
      Sonatas for Violin and Piano by César Franck and Richard Strauss

      Pentatone PTC-5186470

      6:32 pm

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

      Munich Sym/Douglas Bostock
      Holst: Cotswolds Symphony; Walt Whitman Overture; A Hampshire Suite

      Classico CD-284

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Mezzo-soprano Sophia Maekawa, bass Wm. Clay Thompson, and pianist Michael Banwarth are featured in this month's vocal recital, recorded in WFMT's Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Colin Ure.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65; Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503; Martin Helmchen, piano; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor; Mozart Overture to "The Abduction from the Seraglio," K. 384; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Florencio Asenjo: Composer and Mathematician Argentinean Florencio Asenjo came to the US in 1958 to work as a mathematician at Georgetown University. Asenjo was at the cutting edge of mathematical research even as he composed his very personal and striking music. Host Elbio Barilari revisits the work of this Latin American genius.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Music by William Bland

      Music TBA.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.