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      Playlist for Monday, September 2, 2024

      12:00 am

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Shostakovich with Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic – Live Performances

      Shostakovich Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 10.

      12:00 am

      Continues from 11:00pm Sunday.

      1:00 - 6:00 am

      1:00 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Caprice basque," Op 24

      Leonidas Kavakos, v; Enrico Pace, p
      Kavakos

      Lon 4789377

      1:05 am

      Philippe Gaubert: "Au pays basque" (1930)

      Luxembourg Phil/Marc Soustrot
      Philippe Gaubert

      Timpani 1C-1186

      1:27 am

      Gabriel Pierné: Ramuntcho (1907)

      Suite #2

      Lorraine Phil/Jacques Houtmann
      Pierne:Piano Concerto/Suites 1 and 2

      BIS CD-381

      1:42 am

      Andrés Segovia: Anecdotas 2

      David Russell, g
      Spanish Legends

      Telarc CD-80633

      1:44 am

      Manuel de Falla: "Seven Popular Spanish Songs"

      Five excerpts

      Augustin Hadelich, v; Pablo Sainz Villegas, g
      Histoire du Tango * Music for Violin and Guitar

      Avie AV-2280

      1:54 am

      Miguel Llobet: "Canciones Populares Catalanas"

      "Plany"

      David Russell, g
      Spanish Legends

      Telarc CD-80633

      2:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia & Fugue in a, BWV 904

      "Fugue"

      Vikingur Olafsson, p
      Bach

      DG 4835022

      2:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009

      Nina Kotova, vc
      Solo Cello

      Delos DE-3588

      2:25 am

      Charles Ives: Song, "Weil auf mir"

      Dora Ohrenstein, s; Phillip Bush, p
      The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 3

      Albany TROY-079

      2:27 am

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      Grant Park Orch/Carlos Kalmar
      The Pulitzer Project

      Cedille CDR-90000125

      2:54 am

      Amy Beach: Songs, Op. 71

      #1, "A Prelude"

      Katherine Kelton, ms; Catherine Bringerud, p
      Songs of Amy Beach

      Naxos 8.559191

      3:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Tolomeo"

      Overture

      Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis
      Tolomeo

      DG Archiv 4777106 (3)

      3:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E

      Air with variations, "The Harmonious Blacksmith"

      Andrew Davis, hc

      Pro Arte CDD-333

      3:10 am

      George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E

      Air with variations, "The Harmonious Blacksmith"

      Eugene Dowling, tuba; Edward Norman, p

      Tromba Bassa TBCDD-595

      3:15 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Octet in E, Op 32

      3rd mvt, "Andante con variazioni"

      Consortium Classicum
      Spohr: Quintet & Octet

      Orfeo C-410961-A

      3:23 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Alcina"

      Ballet Music: "Entrée des songes funestes"

      English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Handel: Alcina, Il Pastor Fido, Terpsichore

      Erato ECD-88084

      3:25 am

      Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 2 in d minor, Op. 44

      Lydia Mordkovitch, v; London Sym Orch/Richard Hickox
      Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 2 · Symphony No. 3

      Chandos CHAN-9738

      3:54 am

      Fritz Kreisler: "La Chasse" (caprice) in the style of Cartier

      Michael Rabin, v
      Michael Rabin- The Early Years

      Sony MHK-60894

      4:00 am

      Giovanni Battista Bononcini: Divertimento da camera in d

      Hans-Martin Linde, r; Eduard Müller, hc; Konrad Ragossnig, l

      DG Archiv 2533167

      4:05 am

      Josef Fiala: Divertimento #3 in D#

      Prague Collegium Musicum
      Krommer-Kramar: Partita/ Triebensee: Partita Variations/ Fiala: Divertimento

      Supraphon 11112973

      4:16 am

      Xavier Montsalvatge: "Tres Divertimentos (on Themes of Forgotten Composers)"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p
      Spanish Serenade

      RCA 61389-2

      4:23 am

      Xavier Montsalvatge: "Cinco canciones negras"

      #5, "Canto negro"

      Victoria de los Angeles, s; Paris Conservatory Orch/Frühbeck de Burgos

      EMI/Ang ZDMD5-65061-2 (4)

      4:24 am

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 82

      Berlin Phil
      Sibelius: Symphonies No. 4 and 5

      DG 445865-2

      4:54 am

      Manuel de Falla: "El Amor Brujo" (1915)

      "Cancion del fuego fatuo"

      Brodsky String Quartet
      Brodsky Unlimited

      Teldec 46015-2

      5:00 am

      Franz Lehár: "Die lustige Witwe" (The Merry Widow)

      "Vilja-Lied"

      Ingrid Kertesi, s; Orch/Laszlo Kovacs
      BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.550942

      5:05 am

      Emerich Kálmán: "Gräfin Mariza"

      Suite

      Montreal Musica Camerata
      Salon Viennois

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1112

      5:21 am

      Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow Ballet

      Pas de deux

      Adelaide Sym Orch/John Lanchbery
      Highlights From The Merry Widow Ballet, Arranged And Conducted By John Lanchbery, The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra And The Adelaide Singers

      Angel S-37092

      5:22 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Idomeneo, rè di Creta," K. 366

      Overture

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart Overtures

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47014-2

      5:26 am

      Anton Eberl: Piano Trio in E-Flat, Op 36

      Trio Van Bruggen
      Eberl: Grande Sonate

      Ramée RAM-0601

      5:54 am

      Geirr Tveitt: Suite #1, "A Hundred Folk Tunes from Hardanger," Op 151

      #8, "Lament for an empty whisky keg"

      Stavanger Sym Orch/Ole Kristian Ruud
      100 Folk-Tunes From Hardanger, Suites 1 & 2

      BIS CD-987

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Lisa Flynn

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:03 am

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"

      "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Pachelbel: Canon - Handel, Vivaldi, Gluck

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 410553-2

      6:12 am

      Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11

      I. "Allegro molto"

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Brahms: Serenades 1 & 2

      Telarc CD-80522

      6:26 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 3

      II. Cavatina

      Randall Goosby, v; Zhu Wang, p
      Roots - Deluxe Edition

      Decca 4870208

      6:31 am

      William Alwyn: Concerto grosso No. 1

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Alwyn: Oboe Concerto, Concerti Grossi

      Chandos CHAN-8866

      6:44 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in C, R. 82

      Avi Avital, m; Mahan Esfahani, hc; Ophira Zakai, l; Patrick Sepec, vc
      Patrick Sepec, cello,
      Vivaldi

      DG 4794017

      6:54 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, "Great"

      Fugue

      Washington Saxophone Quartet
      Looking Bach: Baroque and Before

      Americus AMR-20181095

      7:03 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      "Alborada del gracioso"

      Orch de Paris/Josep Pons
      Ravel: Jeux de Miroirs

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902326

      7:11 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet" Suite No. 3, Op. 101

      V. "Aubade"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suites

      Chandos CHAN-8940

      7:15 am

      Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders"

      Chicago Pro Musica
      The Medinah Sessions

      Reference RR-2102 (2)

      7:23 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Háry János" Suite, Op. 35a

      "Intermezzo"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Kodály: Háry János Suite, Peacock Variations, Dances of Galánta

      Chandos CHAN-8877

      7:29 am

      François Couperin: "Le Tic-Toc-Choc"

      Alexandre Tharaud, p
      Home: Works for Solo Harp

      Erato 934137-2

      7:33 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: "HMS Pinafore"

      Chorus, "We sail the ocean blue"

      Glyndebourne Festival Cho, Pro Arte Orch/Malcolm Sargent
      Gilbert And Sullivan: HMS Pinafore

      EMI CMS7-64397-2 (2)

      7:36 am

      Richard Wagner: "The Flying Dutchman"

      Sailors' Chorus, "Steuermann, lass die Wacht"

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

      Philips 422410-2

      7:39 am

      Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

      Aire; "Thus Happy and Free;" Chaconne; Aire

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

      Sony SK-66169

      7:47 am

      Libby Larsen: "Deep Summer Music"

      Colorado Sym/Marin Alsop
      Libby Larsen: Deep Summer Music, Solo Symphony / Marin Alsop

      Koch 3-7520-2

      7:55 am

      Carlos Simon: "Memory of Summer"

      Carlos Simon, p
      Together

      Decca 4854768

      8:02 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "King Stephen," Op. 117

      Overture

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Beethoven: Symphonies No. 6 "Pastoral" & No. 8, "King Stephen" Overture

      Sony SMK-47517

      8:09 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo a capriccio in G, "Rage over a lost penny," Op. 129

      Alexis Weissenberg, p
      Beethoven: Pianoconcerto No. 5 "L'empereur"

      EMI CDM7-69336-2

      8:16 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Quartet, Op 17/6

      I. Allegro

      San Francisco Saxophone Quartet
      San Francisco Saxophone Quartet - Tails Of The City

      EMI CDC7-54132-2

      8:23 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Terpsichore"

      Suite: Air of Erato; Entreé (Jalousie); Ballo; Chaconne

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      The Power of Love: Arias from Handel Operas

      Avie AV-2350

      8:35 am

      Alfredo Rolando Ortiz: "Cuban Dream After the Storm"

      Chicago Harp Quartet
      Dance Sketches

      Chicago Harp Quartet [Dance Sketches]

      8:44 am

      Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"

      III. "Scherzo: Molto vivace"

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Nathalie Stutzmann
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 From The New World, American Suite

      Erato 2173226379

      8:52 am

      Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"

      Bay Brass
      Sound the Bells!

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807556

      9:03 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

      Symphonic Dances

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Bernstein: West Side Story - Candide Overture - Fancy Free / David Zinman

      Decca 452916-2

      9:26 am

      Dana Suesse: "Serenade to a Skyscraper"

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

      eOne 7770

      9:32 am

      Arthur Honegger: "Pastorale d'été"

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson
      Pacific 231, Horace Victorieux, Rugby, Mermoz, Pastorale d'été, La Tempête

      DG 435438-2

      9:43 am

      Frederick Delius: Two Aquarelles ("to be sung of a summer night on the water")

      Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      Holst, Delius, Ireland, Finzi, Walton, Elgar, Warlock - English Music For Strings

      RCA 7761-2-RC

      9:48 am

      Eric Coates: "Summer Days Suite"

      BBC Phil/John Wilson
      Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-20148

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday Music

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Florence Price: "Village Scenes"

      Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
      Scenes in Tin Can Alley

      Blue Griffin BGR-615

      10:11 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 32 in G, K. 318

      English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Mozart: Symphonies No. 32, 35, 36

      Philips 422419-2

      10:21 am

      James MacMillan: "O Radiant Dawn"

      Chicago Trombone Consort
      Live from Mayne Stage (May 29, 2011)

      WFMT

      10:26 am

      Frederic Rzewski: "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!"

      Final Theme

      Ursula Oppens, p
      Frederic Rzewski - The People United Will Never Be Defeated!; Four Hands

      Cedille CDR-90000158

      10:30 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, "Farewell"

      St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Haydn: Symphonies

      Hänssler Classic CD-98.189

      10:56 am

      Scott Joplin: "Elite Syncopations"

      Eaken Piano Trio
      Our Favorites

      Excelcius 2007

      11:01 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il turco in Italia"

      Overture

      Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda
      Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.572735

      11:11 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Grand Duo Concertant" in E-Flat, Op. 48

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, p
      Blue Hour

      DG 4836069

      11:28 am

      Elfrida Andrée: Piano Quintet in E minor

      I. Allegro molto vivace

      Midsummer's Music
      Midsummer's Music: Spohr / Andrée / Karg-Elert

      Centaur CRC-2448

      11:38 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in B-Flat, Op. 6, No. 11

      Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
      Opus 111 - 1996 - Autumn Releases

      Opus 111 OPS-30155

      11:47 am

      Judith Weir: "Truly I Tell You"

      Westminster Abbey Choir/James O'Donnell; Peter Holder, o
      Dove, Weir, Martin

      Hyperion CDA-68350

      11:54 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Waltz in F-sharp minor, Op. 40, No. 9

      Kevin MacLeod, p
      Hatoful Boyfriend: A School of Hope and White Wings (Soundtrack)

      incompetech.com USUAN1100019

      12:01 pm

      Alex Shapiro: "Perpetual Spark"

      Fifth House Ensemble
      Fifth House Ensemble - Excelsior

      Cedille CDR-90000148

      12:09 pm

      Josef Martin Kraus: Overture, "Olympia"

      Örebro Chamber Orch/Göran Nilson
      Mozart & His Contemporaries

      Bluebell ABCD-031

      12:17 pm

      Pablo de Sarasate: Fantasy on Gounod's "Faust"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Samuel Sanders, p
      Instrument of the Devil

      Cedille CDR-90000041

      12:32 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus"

      Overture

      Danish National Sym Orch/Sergiu Celibidache
      Classical Treasures - Prepared by Henry Fogel for WFMT

      WFMT [Fogel Spring 2024]

      12:43 pm

      Earl Zindars: "Brass Square"

      Third Movement

      Chicago Sym Orch Brass Quintet
      Concert in Brass

      Audiophile AP-21

      12:50 pm

      William Schuman: "American Festival" Overture

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      William Schuman: Symphony No. 10, New England Triptych, American Festival Overture / Leonard Slatkin

      RCA 61282-2

      1:01 pm

      Nino Rota: "The Leopard (Il Gattopardo)"

      Suite

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
      Nino Rota: Music for Film

      Sony SK-63359

      1:26 pm

      Florence Price: "Thumbnail Sketches in the Day of a Washerwoman"

      Kirsten Johnson, p
      Florence Price: Piano Music

      Guild GM2CD-7828

      1:35 pm

      Johann Baptist Vanhal: Symphony in C, Bryan C17

      Toronto Chamber Orch/Kevin Mallon
      Vanhal: Symphonies, Vol 4

      Naxos 8.570280

      1:52 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat, Op. 9, No. 2

      Maria João Pires, p
      Chopin: The Nocturnes

      DG 447096-2 (2)

      1:57 pm

      Karl Jenkins: "Cantate Domino"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Karl Jenkins: Motets

      DG 4793232

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      2:00 pm

      Franz von Suppé: "Donna Juanita"

      Overture

      Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter
      Suppe: Overtures, Vol. 2

      Marco Polo 8.223648

      2:13 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 73

      Sophie Webber, vc; Ines Irawati, p
      Roots: Transcriptions for Cello & Piano

      Sheringham 755491248522

      2:26 pm

      Benjamin Britten: "Peter Grimes," Op. 33

      Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a

      BBC Sym Orch/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Best of British: From the BBC Proms 2007

      DG 4777352 (2)

      2:43 pm

      Adolphe Adam: "Giselle"

      excerpts from Act I

      Royal Opera House Orch/Mark Ermler

      Conifer 18308-2

      2:58 pm

      Florence Price: "Whirl Away" Waltz

      Kirsten Johnson, p
      Florence Price: Piano Music

      Guild GM2CD-7828

      3:00 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Strauss: Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel, Tod und Verklärung

      DG 410518-2

      3:16 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995

      José Fernández Bardesio, g
      Bach & Barrios

      Hänssler Classic HC-21047

      3:40 pm

      Henry Thacker Burleigh: "From the Southland"

      Jeni Slotchiver, p
      American Heritage

      Zoho ZM-202008

      3:58 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Rigoletto"

      Chorus, "Zitti, zitti"

      La Scala Cho & Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Verdi: Famous Choruses

      EMI CDR5-69846-2

      4:00 pm

      Bedřich Smetana: "Vltava (The Moldau)"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      The Water Planet

      Chandos CHAN-7047

      4:12 pm

      Eugene d'Albert: Piano Concerto #2 in E, Op 12

      Piers Lane, p; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Alun Francis
      d'Albert: Piano Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-66747

      4:35 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Quiet City"

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Copland: Symphony No. 3, Quiet City

      DG 419170-2

      4:47 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American"

      III. "Molto vivace"; IV. Finale, "Vivace ma non troppo"

      Modern Mandolin Quartet
      Americana

      Sono Luminus DSL-92157

      4:58 pm

      Justin Hurwitz: "La La Land"

      "Engagement Party"

      Randy Kerber, p
      La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      Interscope B0025620-02

      5:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D, "Le Matin"

      Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6, 7, 8

      Denon 81757-9612-2

      5:19 pm

      Ethel Smyth: "The Boatswain's Mate"

      Overture

      Lontano Ens/Odaline de la Martinez
      Ethel Smyth * The Boatswain's Mate

      Retrospect Opera RO-001

      5:24 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "Trittico botticelliano"

      I. "La Primavera"

      St. Paul Chamber Orch/Hugh Wolff
      Respighi

      Teldec 18970-2 (2)

      5:31 pm

      Patrick O'Malley: Viola Concerto, "The Horizons"

      Brett Deubner, vi; BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Andrew Constantine
      The Horizons

      Orchid Classics ORC-100303

      6:00 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101

      Florestan Trio
      Brahms: Complete Piano Trios, Clarinet Trio & Horn Trio / Florestan Trio

      Hyperion CDA-67251-52 (2)

      6:22 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Prelude to Act 1

      Cleveland Orch/Franz Welser-Möst
      Wagner: Preludes & Overtures, Wesendonck-Lieder

      DG 4778773

      6:32 pm

      Francesco Ricci: Sinfonia No. 4 in B-Flat

      Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/Jan Willem de Vriend
      Francesco: Six Sinfonias, Op. 2

      Etcetera KTC-1342

      6:48 pm

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

      I. "Moderato"

      Van Cliburn, p; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2; Beethoven: Concerto No. 5

      RCA 61961-2

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      The New York Philharmonic, Part 1

      Bill begins a two-week series on the New York Philharmonic including interviews with musicians, an exploration of the orchestra's archive, and some of its most memorable performances.

      7:00 pm

      Traditional Irish: "Star of the County Down"

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc
      Song

      Decca 4853169

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Ravinia Festival 2024

      Miloš + Viano Quartet

      The acclaimed guitarist Miloš and the Viano String Quartet perform works by Handel, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Glass, Gabriela Lena Frank, the Beatles, and others. Recorded July 18 in the Martin Theatre.

      9:23 pm

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Septet in D minor, Op. 74

      Music@Menlo Ensemble
      Kevin Rivard, horn,
      Keith Robinson, cello,
      Around Dvorak 4

      Music@Menlo 2014

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Los Angeles Philharmonic

      Stravinsky "Petrushka;" Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor.