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      Playlist for Sunday, September 29, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

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

      Contrapunctus X

      Stephanie Ho & Saar Ahuvia, p

      New Focus Recordings FCR-181 (2)

      12:05 am

      Percy Grainger: "The Warriors (Music to an Imaginary Ballet)"

      Philharmonia Orch/John Eliot Gardiner & Achim Holub
      The Planets/ The Warriors

      DG 445860-2

      12:23 am

      Mauro Giuliani: "Divertimenti Notturni," Op 86

      #7

      Mikael Helasvuo, f; Jukka Savijoki, g
      Giuliani: The Complete Works for Flute & Guitar, Vol. 2

      BIS CD-412

      12:25 am

      Fernando Sor: Six Divertimenti, Op 8

      Goran Krivokapic, g
      Sor - Opus 6, 7, 8, 9 Krivokapic

      Naxos 8.570502

      12:36 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in D, K. 205

      Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
      Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Serenata Notturna, Symphonie No. 43, Divertimento, Marche

      Erato 45713-2

      12:54 am

      Ludwig Maurer: Five Pieces

      #1

      New York Brass Quintet
      Romantic Age Brass

      Mentor MEN-108

      1:00 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Two Impromptus, Op 54

      Duane Hulbert, p
      Alexander Glazunov: Music for Piano

      Bridge 9102

      1:05 am

      Alexander Borodin: Symphony no.3 in A minor

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      3 Symphonies / Prince Igor: Overture · Polovtsian Dances / Notturno / In The Steppes Of Central Asia / Petite Suite

      DG 435757-2 (2)

      1:21 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Chant du Ménestrel," Op 71

      Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Great Works For Cello And Orchestra

      DG 437952-2 (2)

      1:25 am

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Ballet Music: "Cleopatra's Dance"

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Gaîté Parisienne / Faust / España / Mignon

      DG 423698-2

      1:26 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21

      Mito Chamber Orch/Seiji Ozawa

      Lon 4832566

      1:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 67

      #4 in C

      Livia Rév, p
      Song Without Words

      Hyperion CDA-66221/2 (2)

      2:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Der Musensohn," D 764

      Bryn Terfel, br; Malcolm Martineau, p
      An Die Musik (Favorite Schubert Songs)

      DG 445294-2

      2:01 am

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

      Yuja Wang, p
      Fantasia

      DG B0016606-02

      2:05 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in c minor, D. 703, "Quartettsatz"

      Cypress String Quartet
      Schubert: String Quintet, Quartettsatz

      Avie AV-2307

      2:14 am

      Franz Schubert: "Tischlied", D 234

      Simon Keenlyside, br; Graham Johnson, p
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 24

      Hyperion CDJ-33024

      2:15 am

      Franz Liszt: "A Faust Symphony"

      "Gretchen"

      Lucille Chung, p

      Signum SIGCD-533

      2:33 am

      Franz Liszt: "A Faust Symphony" (1854-57)

      3rd mvt, "Mephistopheles"

      Klaus König, t; Leipzig Radio Men's Cho, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masu

      EMI/Ang CDFB5-68595-2 (2)

      2:54 am

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Ballet Music: "Les Nubiennes"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      French Opera Highlights

      Mercury 432014-2

      3:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Impromptu no.2 in F-sharp, Op.36

      Samson François, p
      Chopin: Piano Works

      EMI/Ang 646106-2 (36)

      3:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (“A Little Night Music”)

      Pittsburgh Sym/William Steinberg
      Mozart: K.550/K.525/K.239/Overtures

      Seraphim 69027-2

      3:20 am

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

      Mitsuko Shirai, ms; Hartmut Höll, p

      Laserlight 15876

      3:22 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 80

      "Fileuse" (Spinning Song)

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Pavane, Pelleas Et Melisande, Masques Et Bergamasques Suite, Fantasie for Flute

      Argo 410552-2

      3:24 am

      Claude Debussy: "Pelléas et Mélisande"

      Suite

      Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Pelleas Et Melisande Suite, Etc

      DG 471332-2

      3:54 am

      Jean Sibelius: "Pelléas et Mélisande," Op. 46

      No. 2, "At the seashore"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Sibelius - Symphony No.6 and Pelléas & Mélisande

      BIS LP-237

      4:00 am

      Frederick Delius: "Dance for Harpsichord" (1919)

      Igor Kipnis, hc
      Bach Goes To Town

      Angel S-36095

      4:02 am

      Alec TEMPLETON: Bach Goes to Town (Prelude and Fugue in Swing)

      Igor Kipnis, hc
      Bach Goes To Town

      Angel S-36095

      4:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068

      La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
      Suites (Overtures)

      RCA-DHM 77008-2 (2)

      4:25 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata in g minor, BWV 1020

      "Bourée"

      Aaron Brask, fh; Kayo Ishimaru-Fleisher, h

      Last Horn LH-1002

      4:27 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Ragtime"

      Philharmonia/José Serebrier
      Kammermusik Nr. 3 op. 36 Nr. 2 für obligates Violoncello und zehn Solo-Instrumente

      ASV CDDCA-945

      4:30 am

      Scott Joplin: "Felicity" Rag

      William Albright, p
      Marches, Waltzes, and Rags of Scott Joplin

      Musicmasters 67102-2

      4:35 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Ragtime"

      Boston Sym Chamber Players
      Walzer- Transriptionen

      DG 463667-2

      4:39 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wine, Women and Song," Op. 333

      Boston Sym Chamber Players
      Walzer- Transriptionen

      DG 463667-2

      4:53 am

      Alban Berg: "Seven Early Songs"

      "Sommertage"

      Evelyn Lear, s; Orch/Winfried Zillig

      VAI VAIA-1049

      5:00 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah"

      Aria, "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

      David Hickman, cornet; American Serenade Band/Henry Charles Smith
      The Golden Age Of Brass, Vol. 2

      Summit DCD-121

      5:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Samson and Delilah"

      "Bacchanale"

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Silvio Varviso
      Overtures & Intermezzi

      Philips 412236-2

      5:12 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Ascanio" (1890)

      Airs de ballet

      William Bennett, f; English Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
      Celebration For Flute And Orchestra ‎

      ASV CDDCA-652

      5:16 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Henry VIII"

      "Danse de la Gypsy"

      London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge

      London CS-6744

      5:19 am

      Henry VIII: Suite, Rose without a Thorn

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music From The Royal Court

      London B0000807-02 (2)

      5:31 am

      Matthew Locke: Music for "The Tempest"

      "A Martial Jigge"

      Il Giardino Armonico Members
      Biber, Locke, Zelenka: Battalia- Music For The Tempest

      Teldec 21464-2

      5:33 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in b-flat, Op. 36

      Alexander Kobrin, p
      Twelfth Van Cliburn International Competition: Gold Medalist

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907404

      5:53 am

      Samuel Scheidt: "Courant dolorosa"

      Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
      Music From The Royal Court

      London B0000807-02 (2)

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Bruckner @ 200 / Holst @ 150." Host Peter DuBois shares sacred choral music marking the milestone birthdays of two great composers.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Duke Ellington: "Black, Brown, and Beige"

      V. "Come Sunday"

      Daniel Hope, v; Zürich Chamber Orch
      America

      DG 4861941

      7:05 am

      Arve Henriksen & Harmen Fraanje: "The Beauty of Sundays"

      Arve Henriksen, tr; Harmen Fraanje, p
      Touch of Time

      ECM 2794

      7:10 am

      Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

      II. "Adagio assai"

      Hélène Grimaud, p; Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Gershwin, Ravel: Piano Concertos

      Erato 19571-2

      7:20 am

      Gabriel Jackson: "I Gaze Upon You"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Not No Faceless Angel * Choral Music by Gabriel Jackson * Polyphony * Stephen Layton

      Hyperion CDA-67708

      7:25 am

      Hans Gál: Symphony No. 3 in A, Op. 62

      Orch of the Swan/Kenneth Woods
      Robert Schumann: Symphony No 3; Hans Gál: Symphony No 3

      Avie AV-2230

      8:01 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Twenty-Four Negro Melodies," Op. 59

      No. 15, "I Was Way Down A-Yonder"

      Neave Trio
      Rooted

      Chandos CHAN-20272

      8:06 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "There is a Balm in Gilead"

      Will Liverman, br; Caen Thomason-Redus, f; Paul Sánchez, p
      Okpebholo: Steal Away

      Yellow Einstein Records

      8:13 am

      Florence Price: "Song Without Words (Pleading)"

      Kirsten Johnson, p
      Florence Price: Piano Music

      Guild GM2CD-7828

      8:17 am

      William Grant Still: "Three Visions"

      No. 3, "Radiant Pinnacle"

      Natalie Hinderas, p
      Piano Music by African-American Composers

      CRI CD-629 (2)

      8:23 am

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

      Anthony McGill, cl; Pacifica Quartet
      Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintets

      Cedille CDR-90000147

      9:01 am

      William Byrd: "Nunc Dimittis"

      Stile Antico
      Music for Compline

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907419

      9:08 am

      Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: "Bist du bei mir" (attributed to Bach BWV 508)

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Love Songs

      Hyperion CDA-68341

      9:13 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

      9:30 am

      Johann Christoph Graupner: Trumpet Concerto in D

      II. "Allegro"

      Josh Cohen, tr; Ensemble Sprezzatura/Daniel Abraham
      Altissima

      Chandos CHAN-0828

      9:35 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 19

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Weber: Symphonies 1 & 2, Konzertstück

      EMI CDC5-55348-2

      10:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109

      III. Andante

      Paul Lewis, p
      Beethoven * Complete Piano Sonatas * Paul Lewis

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2901902.11 (10)

      10:13 am

      Kevin Puts: "Elegy for Brass"

      Bay Brass
      Sound the Bells! American Premieres for Brass

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-807556

      10:17 am

      Samuel Barber: "Adagio for Strings" (from Op. 11)

      New York Phil Strings/Thomas Schippers
      Samuel Barber - Thomas Schippers

      Sony MHK-62837

      10:27 am

      Florence Price: "To My Little Son"

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

      One Voice Music OVM-01

      10:29 am

      Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

      I. "Adagio - Moderato"

      Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; London Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Elgar

      Decca B0031491-02

      10:38 am

      Eric Whitacre: "When David Heard"

      Eric Whitacre Singers/Eric Whitacre
      Water Night

      Decca B0016636-02

      10:57 am

      Joseph Curiale: "Awakening (Songs of the Earth)"

      II. "Forgiveness"

      Royal Phil Orch/Joseph Curiale
      The Calm: Inspired 20th Century Classics

      Black Box BBM-1057

      11:02 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Peter Grimes," Op. 33

      Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: II. "Sunday Morning"

      Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble/Stephen Squires
      Nights Bright Days

      MSR Classics MS-1704

      11:07 am

      Elie Siegmeister: "Sunday in Brooklyn"

      Kenneth Boulton, p
      Siegmeister: Piano Music, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.559021

      11:24 am

      Henry Cowell: Hymn for String Orchestra

      City of London Sinfonia/David Amos
      Ward-Steinman, Turok, Dello Joio, Cowell, Creston - Modern Masters II / City Of London Sinfonia, David Amos

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-906011

      11:30 am

      Traditional African-American: "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"

      J'Nai Bridges, ms; Paul Sánchez, p
      Lord, How Come Me Here?

      Navona NV-6408

      11:37 am

      Carlos Simon: "Tales: A Folklore Symphony"

      National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Carlos Simon—Tales: A Folklore Symphony

      National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0014-D

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:01 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Petite Suite de Concert," Op. 77

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series - Vol. I

      Cedille CDR-90000055

      12:15 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op. 117

      No. 1 in E-Flat

      Hélène Grimaud, p
      For Clara: Works by Schumann & Brahms

      DG 4864202

      12:20 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op. 117

      No. 2 in B-flat minor, "Andante molto e con molto espressione"

      Hélène Grimaud, p
      For Clara: Works by Schumann & Brahms

      DG 4864202

      12:25 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op. 117

      No. 3 in C-sharp minor

      Hélène Grimaud, p
      For Clara: Works by Schumann & Brahms

      DG 4864202

      12:33 pm

      Benjamin Godard: "Jocelyn"

      "Berceuse (Lullaby)"

      Stuttgart Radio Sym Orch/Neville Marriner
      Favourite Orchestral Pieces

      EMI CDC7-49229-2

      12:39 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Rondo in C minor, K. 617

      Dennis James, glass harmonica; Emerson String Quartet
      Cristal: Glass Music Through The Ages

      Sony SK-89047

      12:53 pm

      Ron Nelson: "Savannah River Holiday"

      Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
      American Visions

      RCA 68786-2

      1:00 pm

      Francisco Mignone: "Tango"

      Marcel Worms, p
      Tangos for Piano from Latin America & Europe

      Zefir 9647

      1:04 pm

      Carlos Gardel: "Mi Buenos Aires querido"

      Marcel Worms, p
      Tangos for Piano from Latin America & Europe

      Zefir 9647

      1:08 pm

      Ernest Bloch: "Suite modale"

      Noam Buchman, f; Atlas Camerata/Dalia Atlas
      Bloch: Four Episodes, Two Poems, Concertino, Suite modale

      Naxos 8.570259

      1:23 pm

      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

      1:39 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Violin Sonata in F, Op. 57

      Gil Shaham, v; Orli Shaham, p
      Dvořák for Two

      DG 449820-2

      2:00 pm

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Hamburg" Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat, Wq 182/2

      Capella Istropolitana/Christian Benda
      CPE Bach - Hamburg Sinfonias Nos. 1 - 6

      Naxos 8.553285

      2:14 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Don Quixote," Op. 35

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Strauss: Don Quixote; Schoenberg: Concerto in D

      CBS MK-39863

      3:00 pm

      Anna Bon: Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Op. 2, No. 5

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

      First Hand Records FHR-131

      3:15 pm

      Caroline Shaw: Three Essays

      No. 1, "Nimrod"

      Calidore String Quartet
      Babel

      Signum SIGCD-850

      3:25 pm

      Jacques Offenbach: "Gaîté Parisienne"

      Overture; "Allegro brillante"; Polka; "Poco allegro"; Mazurka; Valse

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Ibert: Divertissement

      Telarc CD-80294

      3:38 pm

      Lawrence Ashmore: "Four Seasons" (Suite of English Folk Songs)

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter
      Finzi: Bagatelles, Op. 23 & Clarinet Concerto in C-Minor, Op. 31 & Ashmore: Four Seasons

      RCA 60437-2-RC

      4:00 pm

      Joaquín Turina: "Danzas fantásticas," Op. 22

      Cincinnati Sym/Jesús López-Cobos
      Music of Turina & Debussy

      Telarc CD-80574

      4:16 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

      4:21 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: "Manon Lescaut"

      Act 3 Intermezzo

      Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi
      Intermezzo

      DG 429494-2

      4:28 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Brahms & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

      RCA 61495-2

      4:59 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"

      "Flight of the Bumblebee"

      Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger
      Portrait of Wynton Marsalis

      CBS MK-44726

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      François Couperin: "Les Nations"

      "L'espagnole"

      European Baroque Soloists
      François Couperin: Les Nations

      Denon 81757-4408-2 (2)

      5:26 pm

      Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani

      Nigel Kennedy, v; John Lenehan, p
      Kennedy Plays Kreisler

      EMI CDC5-56626-2

      5:34 pm

      Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat

      Camerata Budapest/Hanspeter Gmür
      Bach, J.C.: Sinfonias, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.553085

      5:56 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three German Dances, K. 605

      No. 3, "Sleigh Ride"

      Vienna Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky
      Mozart: The Singles - 66 Classic Tracks

      Decca 4831010

      6:01 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Miroirs"

      Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p
      Ravel: The Piano Concertos, Miroirs

      DG B0014764-02

      6:32 pm

      Manuel Ponce: "Concierto del Sur"

      Andrés Segovia, g; Sym of the Air/Enrique Jordá
      Castles of Spain

      MCA Classics MCAD-42067

      7:01 pm

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, D. 87

      Leipzig String Quartet
      Franz Schubert: Complete String Quartets

      MD+G 3070605-2

      7:28 pm

      Antonio Salieri: Clavier Concerto in C

      Andreas Staier, fp; Concerto Köln
      Salieri: Fortepiano Concertos in C and B

      Teldec 94569-2

      7:52 pm

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Ezio"

      Sinfonia

      Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis
      Gluck - Ezio

      Virgin 07092923 (2)

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Berlioz Overture to "Les Francs-juges," Op. 3; Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25; Weber Overture to "Oberon;" Del Tredici "Final Alice;" Georg Solti, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      Hanns Eisler: "Bilder aus der Kriegsfibel (Pictures from the Guide to War)"

      No. 14. "Epilog"

      Joachim Vogt, t; Berliner Singakademie; Berlin Sym Orch/Dietrich Knothe
      Hanns Eisler: Vocal Symphonic Music

      Berlin Classics 0092342-BC

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Choral Wonders of Latin America

      Elbio shares delightful choral works ranging from Baroque to Modern, including Blas Galindo’s "Cantata a la Patria"

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Fritz Busch in Scandinavia

      The German conductor leads performances of Brahms's Symphony No. 4, Richard Strauss's "Four Last Songs," Haydn's Symphony No. 88, and works by Franz Berwald.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.