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      Playlist for Sunday, September 28, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Six Piano Pieces, Op. 51

      #1, "Valse de salon"

      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano

      Decca 4834417 (10)

      12:04 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

      Act III

      Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
      Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Complete

      Amadeus AMD-7005/6 (2)

      12:28 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      "Waltz Coda"

      West German Radio Orch/Mikhail Jurowski
      Cinderella

      CPO 999610-2 (2)

      12:29 am

      William Walton: "The Wise Virgins" Suite

      #5, "Sheep May Safely Graze"

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: The Quest And The Wise Virgins Suite

      Chandos CHAN-8871

      12:36 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas brasileiras" No. 6 (1938)

      Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz
      Villa-Lobos

      EMI/Ang CDS7-47901-8 (3)

      12:45 am

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

      Contrapunctus XI

      Läubin Brass Ens

      DG 423988-2

      12:50 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Anna Magdalena Notebook"

      Minuet in G

      Lang Lang, p
      Piano Book

      DG 4797528 (2)

      1:00 am

      Toru Takemitsu: "Air" (1995)

      Patrick Gallois, f
      Takemitsu * I Hear the Water Dreaming * Gallois * BBC Symphony Orchestra * Davis

      DG 453459-2

      1:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314

      Samuel Coles, f; English Chamber Orch/Yehudi Menuhin

      Virgin 91504-2

      1:25 am

      Jan Bach: "Four 2-Bit Contraptions"

      #4, "Pinwheel"

      John Barcellona, f; Calvin Smith, fh

      Crystal S-350

      1:27 am

      Franz Liszt: "Mephisto Waltz" No. 1 "(Dance at the Village Inn)"

      Rachel Barton, v; Patrick Sinozich, p
      Instrument of the Devil

      Cedille CDR-90000041

      1:34 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in d, Op 12/4 (G 506), "La Casa del Diavolo"

      Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
      Music of the Baroque

      Mintel Archive 19

      1:54 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "L'histoire du soldat"

      "Devil's Dance"

      Rachel Barton, v; John Bruce Yeh, cl; Patrick Sinozich, p
      Instrument of the Devil

      Cedille CDR-90000041

      2:00 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "The Tales of Hoffmann"

      Doll's Song, "Les oiseaux dans la charmille"

      Edita Gruberova, s; French Radio Cho's, French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa

      DG 439153-2

      2:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat, BWV 1051

      Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
      Music of the Baroque

      Mintel Archive 9

      2:21 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

      Prelude No. 12 in f

      Heidrun Holtmann, p
      Well-Tempered Clavier

      Musicaphon M-56922 (4)

      2:23 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Gaîté Parisienne"

      XXI. "Barcarolle"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne/ Ibert: Divertissement

      Telarc CD-80294

      2:27 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kreisleriana," Op. 16

      Marc Ponthus, p
      Schumann

      Bridge 9514

      2:54 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      #14b, Variation II, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

      Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Essential Ballet

      London 436658-2

      3:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltz" Op. 437

      Vienna Boys' Cho

      Pearl PASTCD-7082

      3:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Tales from the Vienna Woods", Op. 325

      London Phil/Franz Welser-Möst

      EMI/Ang CDR5-69838-2

      3:17 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 600

      No. 5 in G, "The Canary"

      North German Radio Sym Orch/Günter Wand

      RCA 60068-2-RC

      3:19 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet No. 2 in C, K. 515

      Guarneri String Quartet; Ida Kavafian, vi
      Mozart: Complete Viola Quintets Vol 3

      RCA 7772-2-RC

      3:55 am

      GWE Friedrichs: Lilly Lee

      Empire Brass
      American Brass Band Journal: A Collection of New and Beautiful Marches, Quick-Steps, and Polkas Arranged in an Easy Mannor for Brass Bands of 12 Instruments

      MHS 5184812

      4:00 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Five Novelettes, Op 15

      "Valse"

      Borodin String Quartet
      Russian Miniatures

      Teldec 94572-2

      4:05 am

      Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, D. 485

      Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
      Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5, & 6

      EMI/Ang 7243-5-66999-2-2

      4:31 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Song, "Son'"

      Eugene Osadchy, vc; Anastasia Markina, p

      Seafair-bolo Records BSCD-8010-2

      4:32 am

      Mily Balakirev: Scherzo #1 in b

      Alexander Paley, p
      Balakirev: The Complete Piano Music Vol 5 & 6

      Ess.a.y CD-1032/33 (2)

      4:40 am

      Mily Balakirev: Scherzo #2 in b-flat

      Nicholas Walker, p
      Piano Music Vol. 1

      ASV CDDCA-940

      4:48 am

      Mily Balakirev: Scherzo #3 in F#

      Alexander Paley, p
      Balakirev: The Complete Piano Music Vol 5 & 6

      Ess.a.y CD-1032/33 (2)

      4:54 am

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

      "July (Song of the Reaper)"

      Tampere Phil Orch/Leonid Grin
      TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Seasons (The) / Hamlet Entr'actes

      Ondine ODE-782-2

      5:00 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 72

      No. 4 in D-Flat, "Dumka"

      Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49547-2

      5:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.7 in c minor, Op.30/2

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 16: Violin Sonatas

      RCA 61747-2 (3)

      5:28 am

      George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)

      #1, "Allegro ben ritmato e deciso"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Emanuel Bay, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 19: 51 Miniatures 1944-1946

      RCA 61750-2 (2)

      5:30 am

      Erwin Schulhoff: "Esquisses de Jazz" (1922)

      Milos Mikula, p
      Jazz-Inspired Piano Music

      Supraphon 111117-2

      5:41 am

      George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody

      Oscar Levant, p; Orch/Morton Gould
      Oscar Levant Plays Gershwin

      CBS MK-42514

      5:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Contredanses, WoO 14

      #12 in E-Flat

      Orch of St Luke's/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 Eroica / 12 Contredanses

      CBS MK-44516

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "High Holy Days." Host Peter DuBois shares sacred music from the Jewish High Holy Days, which span from Rosh Hashanah (September 23) through Yom Kippur (October 1).

      6:58 am

      Traditional Jewish: "Sirba"

      Alexander Fiterstein, cl; Muir String Quartet
      Celebration Music: Klezmer Music for String Quartet & Clarinet

      Big Round BR-8974

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Duke Ellington: Come Sunday

      Lara Downes, p; PUBLIQuartet
      New Day Begun

      Rising Sun Music RS-012

      7:05 am

      Philip Moore: "Lo! that is a marvelous change"

      His Majesty's Men
      The Flower of Beauty (August 12, 2023)

      His Majesty's Men

      7:10 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55, "Eroica"

      London Philharmonic Orchestra/Adrian Boult
      Sir Adrian Boult: A Musical Legacy

      LPO 0119

      7:57 am

      Jon Batiste: "Symphony No. 5 Stomp" (after Beethoven)

      Jon Batiste, p
      Beethoven Blues

      Verve 7529002

      8:01 am

      Ben Shirley: "High Sierra Sonata"

      I. "Buttermilk Morning"

      Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet
      American Stories

      Cedille CDR-90000216

      8:10 am

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

      V. "Silent Woods"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Dvořák in Prague (A Celebration)

      Sony SK-46687

      8:17 am

      Max Richter: "On the Nature of Daylight"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Jess Gillam Ensemble
      Jess Gillam: Time

      Decca 4851062

      8:25 am

      Traditional American: "Farewell to Ireland/Highlander's Farewell"

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Sugarloaf Mountain: An Appalachian Gathering

      Avie AV-2329

      8:29 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Hamlet and Ophelia," Op. 22

      Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa
      Edward MacDowell: Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Hamlet and Ophelia

      Naxos 8.559075

      8:43 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      There Is Sweet Music (English Choral Songs, 1890-1950)

      Collegium COLCD-104

      8:51 am

      Gustav Holst: "A Fugal Concerto," Op. 40, No. 2

      A Still, f; S Popperwell, ob; New Zealand Chamber Orch/N Braithwaite
      Holst: Works For Chamber Orchestra

      Koch 3-7058-2

      9:01 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

      Canadian Brass
      Perfect Landing

      Opening Day ODR-7450

      9:15 am

      Girolamo Frescobaldi: "Cento partite sopra Passacagli"

      Francesco Tristano, p
      On Early Music

      Sony 19439917392

      9:25 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Idomeneo" ballet music, K. 367

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Mozart: Symphony No 40, Ballet Music from Idomeneo

      Avie AV-2159

      9:43 am

      Francesca Caccini: "La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina"

      Scene 2, "Chi nel fior di giovinezza"

      Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, s; Mauro Borgioni, bR; Allabastrina, La Pifaresca/Elena Sartori
      Francesca Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d"Alcina

      Glossa GCD-923902

      9:48 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in G, Op. 3, No. 3

      Handel & Haydn Society/Christopher Hogwood
      Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 421729-2

      9:55 am

      Gaspar Sanz: "Canarios"

      Orphénica Lyra/José Miguel Moreno, g

      Glossa GCD-920206

      10:01 am

      John Rutter: "Suite Antique"

      Andrew Nicholson, f; John Birch, hc; Royal Phil Strings/John Rutter
      John Rutter - Distant Land - The Orchestral Collection

      Decca B0001821-02

      10:20 am

      Michael Abels: "Winged Creatures"

      Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
      Winged Creatures

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      10:33 am

      Kosma-DeRosa: "Tenderly/Autumn Leaves"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Reiko Uchida, p
      Seasons...Dreams

      eOne EOM-CD-7780

      10:40 am

      Richard Strauss: "Capriccio," Op. 85

      Prelude for String Sextet

      Vienna String Sextet
      Wiener Streichsextett

      Camerata 32CM-93

      10:52 am

      George Antheil: "A Jazz Symphony"

      Oregon Sym/Carlos Kalmar
      Spirit of the American Range

      Pentatone PTC-5186481

      11:00 am

      Harold Arlen: "Over the Rainbow"

      Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tr; Lille National Orch/Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
      The Voice of the Trumpet

      Warner Classics 0190295888329

      11:06 am

      Sam Cooke: "A Change is Gonna Come"

      Lara Downes, p
      New Day Begun

      Rising Sun Music RS-012

      11:11 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat, Op. 44

      IV. Finale, "Allegro ma non troppo"

      Quatuor Hanson; Adam Laloum, p
      Robert Schumann String Quartets, Piano Quintet

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902726.27

      11:19 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Overture

      English Concert Winds
      Mozart: Wind Serenades

      Hyperion CDA-66887

      11:24 am

      Richard Rodgers: "Carousel"

      Waltz

      John Wilson Orch/John Wilson
      Maxim Vengerov: 5 Classic Albums

      Warner 3193012

      11:32 am

      Catherine McMichael: "Asteria"

      I. "Andromeda, The Chained Princess"

      Seraph Brass
      Asteria

      Summit DCD-709

      11:36 am

      Catherine McMichael: "Asteria"

      II. "Virgo, Lover of Justice"

      Seraph Brass
      Asteria

      Summit DCD-709

      11:41 am

      Catherine McMichael: "Asteria"

      III. "The Pleiades, The Sailing Queen and her Daughters"

      Seraph Brass
      Asteria

      Summit DCD-709

      11:46 am

      Francis Poulenc: Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Trio

      Maurice Bourgue, ob; Amaury Wallez, bn; Pascal Rogé, p
      Poulenc Chamber Music

      Decca 421581-2

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Granville Bantock: Comedy Overture, "The Frogs"

      Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes
      Brass from the Masters, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-4553

      12:09 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen," Op 66

      Zuill Bailey, vc; Simone Dinnerstein, p
      Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano and Cello

      Telarc CD-80740 (2)

      12:21 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Trumpet Concerto in C, R. 537

      Benjamin Raymond & Marianne Boies, tr's; Les Violons du Roy/Mathieu Lussier
      Vivaldi: Concertos

      Atma ACD2-2602

      12:28 pm

      Florence Price: "Sympathy"

      Michael Hawes, tr; Eugenia Jeong, p
      Florence Price - Her Song

      One Voice Music OVM-01

      12:31 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, "Classical"

      London Phil Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Elgar: Symphony No. 1/ In The South

      RCA 61350-2

      12:44 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87

      Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in D-Flat

      Lafayette String Quartet
      Lafayette String Quartet play Tchaikovsky & Shostakovich

      Dorian DOR-90163

      12:49 pm

      George Butterworth: Two English Idylls

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      Butterworth, Parry & Bridge: Music for String Orchestra

      Nimbus NI-5068

      1:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039

      Kaspar Zehnder & Ana Olltean, f's; Vital Julian Frey, hc
      Bach: Trio Sonatas

      Ars Produktion ARS-38582

      1:14 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 16 in B-Flat

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Haydn: The Complete Symphonies

      Decca 4781221 (33)

      1:27 pm

      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

      1:34 pm

      Joaquín Turina: "La oración del torero," Op. 34

      I Solisti Italiani
      Promenade Concert

      Denon CO-75040

      1:46 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: String Concerto in G, R. 150

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Vivaldi: The French Connection 2

      Avie AV-2218

      2:00 pm

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

      Danish National Sym Orch/Leif Segerstam
      Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

      Chandos CHAN-9055

      2:37 pm

      Amy Beach: "Scottish Legend," Op. 54, No. 1

      Joanne Polk, p
      Amy Beach: By The Still Waters

      Arabesque Z-6693

      2:42 pm

      Rob Deemer: "Firehole Mists"

      Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble/Bill Ryan
      Dawn Chorus

      Innova 044

      2:51 pm

      William Walton: "Henry V"

      "Touch her soft lips and part"

      English Sym Orch/William Boughton
      Meditations for a Quiet Dawn

      Nimbus NI-7009

      2:53 pm

      Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 8, "La fille aux cheveux de lin"

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Sandra Rivers, p
      Salut d'amour

      RCA 62546-2

      3:00 - 6:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Ravinia Festival 2025

      Ana María Martínez and Kevin Murphy

      Soprano Ana María Martínezand pianist Kevin Murphy perform Manuel de Falla's "Seven Popular Spanish Songs," Joaquín Turina's "Poema en forma de canciones," and more. Recorded July 30, 2025 in the Martin Theatre.

      4:30 pm

      Weekend Evening Music

      4:30 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 26 in E-Flat, K. 184

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      5:01 pm

      Gian Carlo Menotti: Piano Concerto in F

      Earl Wild, p; Sym of the Air/Jorge Mester
      Aaron Copland & Gian Carlo Menotti: Piano Concertos

      Vanguard SVC-3

      5:36 pm

      Carl Nielsen: Piano Trio in G

      Trio Ondine
      Carl Nielsen: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

      Dacapo 8.226064

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Ravel "Mother Goose;" Bryce Dessner Violin Concerto; Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements; Esa-Pekka Salonon, conductor.

      7:59 pm

      Traditional Sephardic: "Una matica de ruda"

      Avi Avital, m; Between Worlds
      Song of the Birds

      DG 4867526

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Music from the Basque Country Euzkadi, also known as the Basque country, represents one of the several ways of being a Spaniard--or is it something else? It depends on who you ask. The Euzkera (or Basque) people have their own language and a longstanding cultural tradition, including music. This program presents historical Basque composers like Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Jesús Guridi, and more.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Historic New York Philharmonic Broadcasts – Program 2 of 3

      Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1; R Strauss "Symphonia Domestica;" Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Nicolo Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1

      #24 in a

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc
      Yo-Yo Ma Plays Paganini, Kreisler, Dvorak

      CBS MK-37280

      11:05 pm

      Nicolo Paganini: Guitar Quartet #2 in C

      Paganini Quartet

      Dynamic CDS-80

      11:23 pm

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

      "Cancion del fuego fatuo"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      BOCCHERINI, L.: Guitar Quintet No. 4 / FALLA, M.: El amor brujo / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.: Capriccio espagnol (Evening in Granada)

      Delos DE-3144

      11:25 pm

      Camille Saint-Saens: "Le timbre d'argent"

      Overture

      Les Siècles, Accentus/François-Xavier Roth
      Le timbre d'argent

      Palazzetto Bru Zane BZ-1041 (2)

      11:37 pm

      Camille Saint-Saens: "Le timbre d'argent"

      Aria, "Le bonheur est chose legere"

      Jodie Devos, s; Les Siècles, Accentus/François-Xavier Roth
      Le timbre d'argent

      Palazzetto Bru Zane BZ-1041 (2)

      11:40 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A, Op. 20

      Andrew Wan, v; Montreal Sym Orch/Kent Nagano
      Saint-Saens: Complete Violin Concertos

      Analekta AN2-8770

      11:54 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Etudes, Op. 26

      No. 1

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-912-13 (2)