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      Playlist for Sunday, September 1, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      William Lawes: Pavan of Alfonso

      Fretwork

      Virgin 90706-2

      12:05 am

      Ernest John Moeran: Serenade in G (1947-8)

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      MOERAN, E.J.: Cello Concerto / Serenade / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow (Johnston, Ulster Orchestra, Falletta)

      Naxos 8.573034

      12:28 am

      Johann Pepusch: "Allegro" in g

      Minstrelsy
      A Bit O' the Beggar

      Lyrichord LEMS-8032

      12:30 am

      Alejandro Garcia Caturla: "Tres danzas cubanas"

      Simón Bolívar Sym Orch, Venezuela/Keri-Lynn Wilson
      Danzón

      Dorian XCD-90254

      12:38 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Danzas Cubanas"

      Thomas Tirino, p
      Lecuona - The Complete Piano Music, Vol.5

      BIS CD-1104

      12:54 am

      Leo Délibes: "Coppélia"

      "Danse de féte"

      Minneapolis Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Sylvia / Coppélia

      Mercury 434313-2 (3)

      1:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Aria, "Selva opaca"

      Katia Ricciarelli, s; Lyon Opéra Orch/Gabriele Ferro
      Rossini: Arias

      Virgin 91484-2

      1:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Siege of Corinth"

      Overture

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly

      Radio Nederland RCO-08005 (14)

      1:15 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"

      Overture

      New York Harmonie Ensemble/Steven Richman

      Bridge 9493

      1:24 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Aida"

      Act 2: Dance of the Moorish Slaves

      James Galway, f; Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Ich War Ein Berliner

      DG B0006089-02

      1:25 am

      Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda: Symphony #7 in g

      Das Neue Orchester/Christoph Spering

      CPO 777139-2

      1:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 30

      #5 in D

      Livia Rév, p
      Song Without Words

      Hyperion CDA-66221/2 (2)

      2:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37

      "June (Barcarolle)"

      Moscow Chamber Orch/Constantine Orbelian
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: Serenade in C Major / The Seasons (arr. A. Gauk) (Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Orbelian)

      Delos DE-3255

      2:05 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Barcarolle" in F-Sharp, Op. 60

      Mikhail Pletnev, p

      Virgin 90738-2

      2:14 am

      Emile Waldteufel: Waltz, "La Barcarolle"

      Slovak Phil/Kurt Redel
      Le Bal de Paris

      Pierre Verany PV-787101

      2:22 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

      "Barcarolle" (Belle nuit)

      Sutherland, Tourangeau; Suisse Romande Cho and Orch/Bonynge
      The Greatest Opera Show on Earth

      London 458118-2 (2)

      2:26 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Orpheus in the Underworld"

      "Can-Can"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Ballet Favorites

      Telarc CD-80625

      2:27 am

      Ottorino Respighi: Violin Sonata in b minor

      Frank Almond, v; William Wolfram, p
      Respighi * Janacek * Strauss * Frank Almond & William Wolfram

      Avie AV-2113

      2:54 am

      Giovanni Battista Vitali: Passa Galli per la lettera E

      Tragicomedia
      Capritio- Instrumental Music From 17th Century Italy

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907294

      3:00 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise de concert (Polonaise brillante" #1 in D), Op 4

      James Ehnes, v; Eduard Laurel, p
      James Ehnes in Recital

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1177-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto no.1 in e minor, Op.11

      Fumiko Shiraga, p; Yggdrasil String Quartet; Jan-Inge Haukas, db
      Chopin - Two Piano Concertos, Chamber Version

      BIS CD-847

      3:44 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Five Songs Without Words", Op. 35

      No. 4

      Zara Dolukhanova, ms; Berta Kozel, p

      Russian Disc RDCD-11341

      3:45 am

      Aaron Copland: "An Outdoor Overture"

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Portraits Of Freedom

      Delos DE-3140

      3:55 am

      Aaron Copland: "The Red Pony" Suite

      IIIb. "Circus Music"

      Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      American Classics * Aaron Copland * Four Dances from Rodeo

      Naxos 8.559240

      4:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Pieces, Op. 72

      #5, "Méditation"

      Mikhail Pletnev, p
      18 Pieces

      DG B0004284-02

      4:05 am

      Jules Massenet: "Thaïs"

      "Méditation"

      Kennedy, v; English Chamber Orch
      Classic Kennedy

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56890-2

      4:11 am

      Arthur Bliss: "Meditations on a Theme by John Blow" (1955)

      Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47712-2

      4:43 am

      John Blow: "Venus and Adonis"

      "A Dance of Cupid"

      London Baroque/Charles Medlam
      Venus & Adonis

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901276

      4:45 am

      William Walton: "Scapino" Overture (1940)

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-8968

      4:53 am

      Thomas Morley: Madrigal, "I love, alas I love thee"

      King's Singers
      English Madrigals

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49265-2

      5:00 am

      Antonio Salieri: "Semiramide"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Pietro Spada
      Salieri: The 2 Piano Concertos

      ASV CDDCA-955

      5:05 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Semiramide"

      Overture

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Rossini: Overtures

      DG 431653-2

      5:17 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006

      Gigue

      Thomas Labé, p
      Transcendeental Bach

      Dorian DIS-80117

      5:18 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g, Op. 19

      Alexander Braginsky, vc; Tanya Remenikova, p

      D'Note DND-1013

      5:54 am

      Nikolai Medtner: Song, "The Rose", Op 29/6

      Ludmilla Andrew, s; Geoffrey Tozer, p
      Medtner: Songs

      Chandos CHAN-9327

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Come, Labor." Host Peter DuBois honors the Labor Day holiday with sacred choral and organ music appropriate for this truly American celebration.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Meredith Monk: "Early Morning Melody"

      Jess Gillam, sx
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      7:03 am

      Jane Antonia Cornish: "Ocean"

      Vicky Chow, p
      Sierra

      Cantaloupe CA-21174

      7:13 am

      Morten Lauridsen: "Les Chansons des Roses"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Nocturnes & other choral works

      Hyperion CDA-67580

      7:32 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata in A minor

      Charlie Siem, v; Itamar Golan, p
      Vaughan Williams & Grieg: Violin Sonatas

      Signum SIGCD-734

      8:01 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Poetic Tone Pictures," Op. 85

      No. 9, "Serenade"

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Dvořák: Poetic Tone Pictures

      Sony 19439912092

      8:07 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: "Adagio for Strings"

      Ambrosia Quartet
      Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

      Albany TROY-1680

      8:13 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "Cinnamon Grove"

      II. "Adagio cantabile"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      8:17 am

      Robert Nathaniel Dett: "In the Bottoms"

      III. Humoresque, "Honey"

      Clipper Erickson, p
      My Cup Runneth Over - The Complete Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett

      Navona NV-6013

      8:20 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48

      United Strings of Europe/Julian Azkoul
      Tchaikovsky: Serenade, Souvenir de Florence

      BIS BIS-2569

      8:51 am

      Edward German: "Henry VIII"

      Three Dances

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Adrian Leaper
      German: Merrie England Suite, Nell Gwyn: Overture and 3 Dances, Gipsy Suite, Romeo and Juliet

      Marco Polo 8.223419

      9:01 am

      Henry VIII: Suite, "Rose without a Thorn"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music for the Courts of Europe

      Decca 417524-2

      9:14 am

      Louis Couperin: Clavier Suite in C

      Richard Egarr, hc
      Louis Couperin: Pièces de clavecin - The Complete Harpsichord Works

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907511.14 (4)

      9:27 am

      Henry Purcell: "Dido and Aeneas"

      "Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth"

      Jessye Norman, s; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
      The Jessye Norman Collection

      Phi 422895-2

      9:34 am

      Henry Purcell: "King Arthur"

      Instrumental Suite

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

      Sony SK-66169

      9:53 am

      Thomas Arne: "Alfred, An English Masque"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Arne: Alfred (An English Masque)

      RCA-DHM 51314-2

      10:01 am

      Beth Anderson: "September Swale"

      Nancy Boston, p
      American Women: Modern Voices in Piano Music

      Nancy Boston CD-2006

      10:06 am

      Anthony Ritchie: Symphony No. 6, Op. 212

      II. "Meditation"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich
      Anthony Ritchie: Symphony No. 6, Underwater Music

      Rattle RAT-D143

      10:15 am

      Mark Hayes: "Forever Music"

      The Aeolians/Jason Max Ferdinand; instrumentalists
      The Aeolians

      GIA ChoralWorks GIACD-1087

      10:22 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet in F minor, Op. 2, "Gradus ad Parnassum"

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

      Chandos CHAN-20242

      10:49 am

      Leslie Adams: Etudes, Part I

      No. 3 in a minor

      Maria Thompson Corley, p
      Maria Corley * Leslie Adams * Twelve Etudes

      Albany TROY-639

      10:54 am

      Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

      No. 2, "September"

      Renee Fleming, s; Houston Sym/Christoph Eschenbach
      Strauss: Four Last Songs, Orchesterlieder, Der Rosenkavalier Suite

      RCA 68539-2

      11:01 am

      Courtney Bryan: "Eternal Rest"

      Courtney Bryan, p
      This Little Light of Mine

      Courtney Bryan (2010)

      11:06 am

      Rosamond Brenner: "The Fountain of Living Waters"

      Rosamond Brenner, p
      Waters of Wisdom, Healing and Love

      Rosamond Brenner RB-102505

      11:11 am

      Jonathan Besser: "September"

      Jade String Quartet
      Besser String Quartets

      Rattle RAT-D103

      11:17 am

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

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

      Navona NV-6408

      11:23 am

      Peter Boyer: "Rolling River (Sketches on Shenandoah)"

      London Sym Orch/Peter Boyer
      Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works

      Naxos 8.559915

      11:29 am

      Margaret Bonds: "Troubled Water"

      Agave
      In Her Hands

      Acis APL-53714

      11:36 am

      Errollyn Wallen: "Mighty River"

      Orchestra X/Andrew Morley
      Errollyn Wallen: Mighty River (Live)

      NMC NMCDL-2017-01

      11:53 am

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

      Lara Downes, p
      Some of These Days

      Flipside FL-0014

      11:56 am

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

      Lawrence Brownlee, t; Damien Sneed, p
      Spiritual Sketches

      LeChateau Earl Records Spiritual Sketches

      11:59 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Much Ado About Nothing," Op. 11

      Suite (Four Pieces)

      Danbi Um, v; Amy Yang, p
      Much Ado – Romantic Violin Masterpieces

      Avie AV-2615

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      12:13 pm

      Georges Bizet: "L'Arlésienne"

      Suite No. 1

      Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      Carmen Suite, L'Arlesienne Suite 1 and 2

      DG 431778-2

      12:32 pm

      Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Set 1

      "Baïlèro (Shepherd's Song)"

      Dawn Upshaw, s; Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano
      Canteloube • Emmanuel: Chants D'Auvergne, Chansons Bourguignonnes / Dawn Upshaw, Kent Nagano

      Erato 17577-2

      12:39 pm

      Eugène Bozza: "Shepherds of Provence," Op. 43

      David Matthews, ob; Patrick McFarland, eh
      Diversions For English Horn - Patrick McFarland

      Arundax 80140

      12:50 pm

      William Grant Still: Lyric Quartet

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

      Azica ACD-71357

      1:07 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Two Norwegian Airs, Op. 63

      Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch/Juha Kangas
      Folk Into Classic

      Ondine ODE-766-2

      1:20 pm

      John Field: Nocturne No. 14 in C

      Elizabeth Joy Roe, p
      Field: Complete Nocturnes

      Decca 4789672

      1:30 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Romance, Op. 39

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege
      Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries

      Cedille CDR-90000035

      1:44 pm

      David Schiff: "Ducal Suite" (after Duke Ellington)

      "Kinda Dukish/Rockin' in Rhythm"

      David Shifrin, cl; Dover Quartet
      Clarinet Quintets for Our Time

      Delos DE-3576

      1:49 pm

      Duke Ellington: Come Sunday

      Lara Downes, p; PUBLIQuartet
      New Day Begun

      Rising Sun Music RS-012

      1:53 pm

      George Gershwin: "Girl Crazy"

      Overture

      Grant Park Orch/David Loebel
      Independence Day Eve at Grant Park

      Grant Park Music Festival CD-1

      2:00 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Cello Concerto in G minor, R. 531

      René Schiffer & Susie Napper, vc's; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Vivaldi & Friends

      Avie AV-2211

      2:13 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22

      No. 2, "The Swan of Tuonela"

      Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä
      Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite

      BIS CD-1015

      2:23 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22

      No. 4, "Lemminkäinen's Return"

      Lahti Sym Orch/Osmo Vänskä
      Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite

      BIS CD-1015

      2:31 pm

      María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir: "Kom vinur"

      Schola Cantorum/Hörour Askelsson
      Kom vinur - Two choral works

      Sono Luminus SLE-70019

      2:37 pm

      Samuel Barber: "Souvenirs," Op. 28

      Zofo Duet
      Mosh Pit

      Sono Luminus DSL-92167

      2:55 pm

      Fritz Kreisler: "Miniature Viennese March"

      I Salonisti
      The Last Dance - Music For A Vanishing Era

      RCA-DHM 77377-2

      3:01 pm

      Florence Price: "Hold Fast to Dreams"

      Eric Ferring, t; Madeline Slettedahl, p
      We Have Tomorrow

      Delos DE-3593

      3:02 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Peter Pan"

      "Dream With Me"

      Zuill Bailey, vc; Lara Downes, p
      Some Other Time

      Steinway & Sons 30025

      3:06 pm

      Howard Hanson: "Merry Mount," Op. 31

      Seattle Sym/Gerard Schwarz
      Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 4 "Requiem", Suite from "Merry Mount", Lament for Beowulf

      Delos DE-3105

      3:23 pm

      Teresa Carreño: "Un rêve en mer," Op. 28

      Sarah Cahill, p
      The Future is Female, Vol. 1

      First Hand Records FHR-131

      3:29 pm

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "Un Sueño en la Floresta"

      Thibaut Garcia, g
      El Bohemio

      Warner 5054197726170

      3:38 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Trio Sonata in G minor, Op. 2, No. 5

      Brook Street Band
      Handel: Trio Sonatas, Op. 2

      Avie AV-2282

      3:50 pm

      Gerald Finzi: "Eclogue," Op. 10

      Joshua Pierce, p; Slovak Radio Sym/Kirk Trevor
      Joshua Pierce * Music for Piano and Orchestra

      Kleos Classics KL-5137

      4:01 pm

      Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, "Rhenish"

      London Phil Orch/Kurt Masur
      Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

      Teldec 46446-2

      4:34 pm

      Ruggero Leoncavallo: Song, "Mattinata"

      John Bayless, p
      Romantica

      EMI CDC5-56719-2

      4:40 pm

      Darius Milhaud: "Scaramouche," Op. 165b

      Branford Marsalis, sx; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Creation

      Sony SK-89251

      4:53 pm

      Arnold Bax: "Russian Suite"

      I. "Gopak" (National Dance)

      London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Symphony No. 5, Russian Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8669

      5:00 - 7:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Max Bruch: "Scottish Fantasy," Op. 46

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Violin Concerto No. 2

      EMI CDC7-49071-2

      5:32 pm

      Franz Liszt: Fantasia on two themes from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Transcriptions by Jean-Yves Thibaudet

      Decca 436736-2

      5:47 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Divertimento in D, K. 136

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt
      Mozart: Instrumental music / Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt

      Ars Vivendi 2100215

      6:00 pm

      Bohuslav Martinů: Variations on a theme by Rossini

      Janos Starker, vc; György Sebök, p
      Janos Starker Plays - Chopin, Bartók, Mendelssohn, Martinů, Debussy, Weiner

      Mercury 434358-2

      6:09 pm

      Ambroise Thomas: String Quartet in E minor

      Daniel String Quartet
      Thomas, Gounod, Lalo

      Discover International DICD-920159

      6:38 pm

      Edward Elgar: "In the South (Alassio)" Overture, Op. 50

      London Phil Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Sir Edward Elgar: Symphonies 1 & 2, Cockaigne, In the South / Georg Solti

      Decca 443856-2 (2)

      6:58 pm

      Anonymous 14th-century Italian: "Trotto"

      Mary Springfels, lute
      Music for a Medieval Banquet

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907038

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Conductor Donald Lee III and tenor Travon D. Walker are joined by members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra for chamber works by Damien Geter, Jonathan Bingham, and Tchaikovsky. 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

      Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; Borodin Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor;" Bartók Concerto for Orchestra; Schoenberg Piano Concerto; Peter Serkin, piano; Seiji Ozawa, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      Hanns Eisler: Cantata, "The Carpet-Weavers of Kujan-Bulak"

      VII. "Und als nun am Abend"

      Roswitha Trexler, s; Leipzig Radio Sym Orch/Adolf Fritz Guhl
      Hanns Eisler: Vocal Symphonic Music

      Berlin Classics 0092342-BC

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Claudio Santoro, Brazilian Composer Claudio Santoro (1919‐1989) was a prominent Brazilian composer and educator from the generation after Heitor Villa‐Lobos. Santoro combines amazing musical wisdom and technique with a gift to create powerful melodies. Elbio Barilari presents one of the best-kept secrets of 20th-century music: Claudio Santoro.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Shostakovich with Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic – Live Performances

      Shostakovich Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 10.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.