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      Playlist for Monday, September 29, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Thomas Tallis: "Lesson: Two Partes in One"

      Lawrence Cummings, o
      Tallis: Complete Works

      Signum SGCD-042

      12:05 am

      Malcolm Arnold: English Dances, Op 27

      Philharmonia/Bryden Thomson
      Arnold: Dances

      Chandos CHAN-8867

      12:14 am

      Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances, Op 59

      Queensland Sym/Andrew Penny
      ARNOLD, M.: Dances

      Naxos 8.553526

      12:22 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "The shepherd's son", H XXXIa:106

      Lorna Anderson, s; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      12:24 am

      Michael Haydn: String Quintet in B-Flat

      Salzburg Haydn Quintet
      Michael Haydn Collection

      Brilliant Classics 95885 (28)

      12:54 am

      Hugo Wolf: Song, "Der Schwalben heimkehr"

      Mary Bevan, s; Sholto Kynoch, p
      Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 4

      Stone Records 5060192780116

      1:00 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina

      "Dawn on the Moskva River"

      Leningrad Phil/Yevgeny Mravinsky
      Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini/ Mussorgsky: Dawn on the Moscow River

      Erato 45757-2

      1:05 am

      Ravi Shankar: "Enchanted Dawn"

      Barbara Mahler, f; Delaine Fedson, h

      Peridot PP-7922

      1:18 am

      William Lloyd Webber: "Aurora"

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Webber: Invocation

      Chandos CHAN-9595

      1:27 am

      Jaroslav Jezek: "Dawn"

      Lara Downes, p
      Slavic Roots

      Pentatone 5187018

      1:29 am

      Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in a minor, Op. 129

      Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Leningrad Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Rostropovich - Mastercellist - Legendary Recordings 1956-78

      DG 471620-2 (2)

      1:54 am

      David Popper: Etudes, Op 73

      #34 in F

      Janos Starker, vc
      The Road To Cello Playing

      Parnassus PACD-97-008

      2:00 am

      Dobrinka Tabakova: "Simple Prayer for Complex Times"

      Lara Downes, p
      Slavic Roots

      Pentatone 5187018

      2:05 am

      Joaquin Turina: "La Oración del Torero," Op 34

      Brodsky Quartet
      In the South

      Chandos CHAN-10761

      2:14 am

      Robert Schumann: Five Poems of Queen Mary Stuart, Op. 135

      No. 5, "Gebet"

      Juliane Banse, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 3

      Hyperion CDJ-33103

      2:15 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.6 in D, Op. 61a

      Tapiola Sinfonietta/Olli Mustonen, p
      Beethoven: Piano Cto No 3 * Violin Cto (Piano Version)

      Ondine ODE-1123-5

      2:55 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Six "Ecossaisen," WoO 83

      Olli Mustonen, p
      Beethoven: Variations, Dances and Bagatelles

      London 452206-2

      3:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Castor et Pollux"

      "Tristes apprêts"

      Jeffrey LaDeur, p

      MSR Classics MS-1654

      3:05 am

      Jean-Marie Leclair: Two-Violin Sonata in e, Op 3/5

      Greg Ewer & Adam LaMotte, v's
      Leclair: Complete Two-Violin Sonatas

      Sono Luminus DSL-92176 (2)

      3:12 am

      Jean-Féry Rebel: Sonata in d

      Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
      Music of the Baroque

      Mintel Archive 2

      3:20 am

      Joseph Boudin de Boismortier: "Fragments melodiques"

      "Air champétre"

      Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet
      BOISMORTIER: Serenades Francaises / Fragments Melodiques

      Naxos 8.554456

      3:22 am

      George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F

      William Tritt, p; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Gershwin: The Complete Orchestral Collection

      Telarc 2CD-80445 (2)

      3:54 am

      George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)

      #1, "Allegro ben ritmato e deciso"

      Tzimon Barto, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54900-2

      4:00 am

      Johann Jakob Froberger: Suite XXX in a

      "Plaincte faite à Londres pour passer la Melancolie"

      Andreas Staier, hc
      Pour Passer La Melancolie

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902143

      4:05 am

      Glauco Velasquez: Melancolia

      Clara Sverner, p
      VELASQUEZ : Piano Works

      Marco Polo 8.223556

      4:09 am

      Alexander Ivanov-Kramskoi: "Melancholy Waltz"

      David Leisner, g
      Favorites * David Leisner, Guitar

      Azica ACD-71268

      4:13 am

      Luis de Narvaez: "Je veulx laysser melancolie de Ricafort"

      Hopkinson Smith, vihuela
      Los Seys Libros Del Delphín De Música

      Astrée E-8706

      4:15 am

      Paul Dukas: Symphony in C

      French National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Dukas: Symphonie En Ut, Etc

      RCA 68802-2

      4:54 am

      Erik Satie: "Harmonies"

      #2

      Alan Marks, p
      Collected Items From A Silent Dream (A Very Special Encounter With The Piano Music Of Erik Satie)

      London 425208-2

      5:00 am

      Niels Gade: Fantasy Pieces, Op 43 (1864)

      #2

      Charles Stier, cl; William Bloomquist, p
      The Art of the Romantic Clarinet

      Elan CD-2238

      5:02 am

      Niels Gade: Fantasy Pieces, Op 43 (1864)

      #4

      Charles Stier, cl; William Bloomquist, p
      The Art of the Romantic Clarinet

      Elan CD-2238

      5:05 am

      Robert Schumann: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 73

      Nathaniel Rosen, vc; Doris Stevenson, p

      John Marks Records JMR-5

      5:16 am

      Peter Arnold HEISE: Fantasy Pieces

      Morten Zeuthen, vc, Amalie Malling, p
      3 fantasy pieces:No. 1 caprice

      Marco Polo DCCD-9113

      5:23 am

      Niels Gade: "Abenddämmerung", Op 34/4

      Soren Elbaek, v; Elisabeth Westenholz, p
      Gade: Works For Violin & Piano

      Kontrapunkt 32164

      5:25 am

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

      London Sinfonia/Tauno Hannikainen
      Tone Poems. Karelia Suite. Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

      Seraphim 69134-2 (2)

      5:54 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

      No. 4, "Little Bird"

      Robert Kortgaard, p

      Jlh JLH-1003

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:03 am

      Louis Spohr: Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 49

      IV. Finale, "Vivace"

      Singapore Sym Orch/Choo Hoey
      Franz Lachner: Symphony No. 1; Ludwig Spohr: Symphony No. 2

      Records Int'l 7004-2

      6:11 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio, K. 580a

      Charles Neidich, cl; Ensemble Clarimonia
      Mozart 1791 / Charles Neidich/Ensemble Clarimonia

      Bremen Radio Hall CD-1402

      6:18 am

      Francesco Durante: String Concerto No. 3 in E-flat

      Ensemble Imaginaire/Cristina Corrieri
      Durante: Concertos for Strings

      Brilliant Classics 95542

      6:30 am

      Julius Röntgen: Serenade for Seven Wind Instruments in A, Op. 14 (1876)

      I. "Allegro tranquillo"

      Viotta Ensemble
      The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

      NM Classics 92035

      6:39 am

      Ernest Farrar: "English Pastoral Impressions," Op. 26

      No. 1, "Spring Morning: Allegro moderato"

      Philharmonia Orch/Alasdair Mitchell
      Farrar: Orchestral Music

      Chandos CHAN-9586

      6:45 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Serenade and "Allegro giocoso" in B minor, Op 43

      Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster
      Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-66969

      6:58 am

      William Grant Still: "American Suite"

      II. "Danse"

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
      William Grant Still: Summerland

      Naxos 8.559867

      7:03 am

      Andrew Wainwright: Rhapsody on "St. Francis"

      Millar Brass Ensemble/Stephen Squires
      Rhapsody on St. Francis (single)

      Millar Brass Ensemble

      7:15 am

      Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Saltarello and Piva

      Ensemble/Rolf Lislevand, l
      Diminuito

      ECM 2088

      7:22 am

      Franz Schubert: "Military March" in D, D 733, No. 1

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      Haydn & Schubert: Piano Sonatas

      Sony SK-64538

      7:30 am

      Léo Delibes: "Coppélia"

      Swanilda & Frantz; Mazurka; Preparation for a Festival

      National Phil Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Delibes: The 3 Ballets

      Decca 414502-2 (2)

      7:41 am

      Bruce Broughton: "Dancing for Love, Dancing for the Gods"

      Chicago Harp Quartet
      Dance Sketches

      Chicago Harp Quartet 798576512422

      7:53 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Rapsodie espagnole"

      IV. Finale, "Feria"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon
      Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, Alborada del gracioso, Mother Goose, Introduction and Allegro, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2

      RCA 63683-2

      8:04 am

      Benjamin Carr: "Federal Overture"

      Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois
      The 18th Century American Overture * Hewitt * Carr * Reinagle * Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä

      Naxos 8.559654

      8:15 am

      Henri Vieuxtemps: "Souvenir d'Amérique (after Yankee Doodle)," Op. 17

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Samuel Sanders, p
      Itzhak Perlman - Encores

      Angel SZ-37560

      8:21 am

      Gustav Holst: Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28, No. 2

      Dallas Wind Sym/Howard Dunn
      Holst: Hammersmith & Suites

      Reference RR-39

      8:34 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Rusalka," Op. 114

      "Song to the Moon"

      Sondra Radvanovsky, s; Philharmonia of Russia/Constantine Orbelian
      Hvorostovsky * Radvanovsky * Verdi Opera Scenes

      Delos DE-3403

      8:41 am

      Lars-Erik Larsson: Lyric Fantasy, Op 58

      Stockholm Phil Orch/Ulf Björlin
      The Planets Vol. II (Other Worlds)

      EMI CDC5-56151-2

      8:53 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Pièces pittoresques"

      No. 9, "Menuet pompeux"

      Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine
      Maurice Ravel Orchestrations

      Denon CO-78929

      9:03 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Vert-vert (Kakadu)"

      Overture

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Jaques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne, 5 Overtures

      MMG MWCD-7119

      9:12 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Kakadu Variations" in G, Op. 121a

      Lobkowicz Trio
      Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Kakadu Variations; Voříšek: Grand Rondeau Concertant

      Rubicon RCD-1075

      9:29 am

      Zdeněk Fibich: "A Night at Karlstejn Castle"

      Overture

      Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
      Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 - Overtures

      Naxos 8.573310

      9:40 am

      Percy Grainger: "Colonial Song"

      Kenneth Sillito, v; Stephen Orton, vc; Hamish Milne, p
      Grainger: Vol. 13 - Works for Chamber Ensemble 1

      Chandos CHAN-9746

      9:47 am

      Eric Coates: "From Meadow to Mayfair"

      BBC Phil/John Wilson
      Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

      Chandos CHAN-20292

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21

      Vienna Phil/André Previn
      Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream

      Philips 420161-2

      10:13 am

      Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 41, No. 2

      Doric String Quartet
      Schumann: Three String Quartets, Op. 41

      Chandos CHAN-10692

      10:35 am

      Antônio Carlos Gomes: "Maria Tudor"

      Act I Prelude

      Minas Gerais Phil Orch/Fabio Mechetti
      Gomes: Opera Overtures & Preludes

      Naxos 8.574409

      10:43 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Kyrie" in D minor, K. 341 (K. 368a)

      Arnold Schoenberg Cho, Vienna Concentus Musicus/N Harnoncourt
      Mozart: Litaniae Lauretanae, etc.

      Teldec 93025-2

      10:52 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Idyll"

      Anton Hammer, hn; RIAS Sinfonietta/Jiří Stárek
      Serenades from Russia

      Koch 3-1611-2

      11:00 am

      Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Concerto in G, S 215

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Heinichen: Dresden Concerti

      Archiv 437549-2 (2)

      11:14 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat, "La Reine"

      Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil
      Haydn: Paris Symphonies II

      Sony SK-66296

      11:36 am

      Amanda Lee Falkenberg: "The Moons Symphony"

      III. "Titan: Equatorial Dunes and Methane Monsoons"

      London Voices, London Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      The Moons Symphony

      Signum SIGCD-730

      11:43 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Serenata," Op. 87

      Byron Quartet
      Souvenir d'Espagne

      Aparté AP-308

      11:53 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46

      No. 3 in A-Flat, "Polka"

      Israel Phil Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 'From The New World'

      DG 427346-2

      12:00 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "María de Buenos Aires"

      Suite

      Axiom Brass
      Astor

      Axiom Brass 198002109903

      12:12 pm

      Édouard Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor

      Johannes Moser, vc; Prague Phil/Jakub Hrůša
      Dvořák & Lalo Cello Concertos

      Pentatone PTC-5186488

      12:39 pm

      Nino Rota: "Balli (Dances)"

      Ferrara City Orch/Giuseppe Grazioli
      Concerto soirée

      Travelling K-1034

      12:51 pm

      Michio Miyagi: "Haru No Umi (The Sea in Springtime)"

      Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Lily Laskine, h
      Sakura: Japanese Melodies For Flute And Harp / Jean-Pierre Rampal And Lily Laskine

      CBS MK-34568

      1:00 pm

      Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, "Trout"

      Sussman, v; Chang, vi; Robinson, vc; Pingel, db; Kahane, p
      Scott Pingel, double bass,
      Music@Menlo 2015: Schubert

      Music@Menlo 2015(1)

      1:35 pm

      Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh"

      Gopak; Sabre Dance; Ayesha's Dance; Dance of the Rose Maidens

      Royal Phil Orch/Yuri Temirkanov
      Khachaturian: Suites From The Ballets

      EMI CDC7-47348-2

      1:47 pm

      Gaetano Donizetti: "L'Elisir d'Amore"

      Aria, "Una furtiva lagrima"

      Vittorio Grigolo, t; Parma Teatro Regio Orch/Giorgio Morandi
      Vittorio Grigolo: The Italian Tenor

      Sony 75257-2

      1:53 pm

      Maurice Greene: Overture No. 5 in D

      Baroque Band/Garry Clarke
      Greene: Overtures

      Cedille CDR-90000152

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Overture on Hebrew Themes," Op. 34

      National Sym Orch members/Leonard Slatkin
      Prokofiev: 6th Symphony, Suite from "The Love For Three Oranges"

      RCA 68801-2

      2:10 pm

      Giacomo Puccini: "Tosca"

      Symphonic Suite

      Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi
      Puccini Symphonic Suites Imagined by Carlo Rizzi

      Signum SIGCD-778

      2:32 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp, Op. 78

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 57, 78, 79 & 90

      Philips 442787-2

      2:44 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "Dumbarton Oaks"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances, Dumbarton Oaks, Pulcinella Suite

      DG 419628-2

      3:00 pm

      Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F

      Emerson String Quartet
      Debussy / Ravel: String Quartets

      DG 445509-2

      3:29 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Impresario," K. 486

      Overture

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Mozart: Overtures

      Teldec 95523-2

      3:34 pm

      Antonio Salieri: Keyboard Concerto in C

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

      Teldec 94569-2

      3:57 pm

      Anonymous: "Romance"

      Miloš, g; English Chamber Orch/Paul Watkins
      Mediterraneo

      DG B0015579-02

      4:00 pm

      Franz Ignaz Beck: Symphony in G, Op. 4, No. 5

      Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Marek Štilec
      Beck: Symphonies, Op. 4, Nos. 4-6 & Op. 3, No. 5

      Naxos 8.573249

      4:19 pm

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

      Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A minor

      Valery Afanassiev, p
      Bach: Well-Tempered Keyboard Book 1

      Denon CO-78834/5 (2)

      4:28 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77

      I. "Allegro non troppo"

      Gil Shaham, v; The Knights/Eric Jacobsen
      Beethoven, Brahms: Violin Concertos

      Canary Classics CC-20

      4:49 pm

      Samuel Scheidt: Suite for Brass

      German Brass/Enrique Crespo
      Samuel Scheidt

      EMI CDC7-47692-2

      5:00 pm

      Samuel Wesley: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D

      Elizabeth Wallfisch, v; Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman
      English Classical Violin Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-66865

      5:19 pm

      Domenico Cimarosa: "Il Mercato di Malmantile"

      Overture

      Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois
      Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.572734

      5:24 pm

      Morten Lauridsen: "Les chansons des roses"

      "Dirait-on"

      Chamber Choir of Europe/Nicol Matt; Morten Lauridsen, p
      Light Eternal: The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen

      DG 4835058

      5:30 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8 in D minor

      BBC Sym Orch/Andrew Davis
      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8

      Teldec 90858-2

      6:00 pm

      Pietro Mascagni: "Cavalleria rusticana"

      Intermezzo sinfonico

      Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Italian Masterworks

      CSO Resound 9011801

      6:04 pm

      Ruggero Leoncavallo: "Pagliacci"

      Intermezzo

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Intermezzo

      DG 429494-2

      6:09 pm

      Louise Farrenc: "Grandes variations" on "Le premier pas," Op. 4

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2: Variations

      Grand Piano GP-934

      6:28 pm

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 5

      Boston Baroque Ensemble/Martin Pearlman
      Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Nos. 1-6

      Telarc CD-80253

      6:44 pm

      Jean Sibelius: "Night Ride and Sunrise," Op. 55

      Philharmonia Orch/Simon Rattle
      Sibelius: Symphony No. 5, Night Ride and Sunrise

      EMI CDC7-47006-2

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Franz Schubert and The Friends He Never Got to Meet, Part 2

      Bill continues his tribute by sharing the works of Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, and Franz Liszt with performances by Arthur Rubinstein alone, Charles Rosin and Richard Goode accompanied by orchestras, plus Yo-Yo Ma, Evgeny Kissin, the Juilliard Quartet with Leonard Bernstein, Dawn Upshaw, George Szell, Emanuel Ax, and Van Cliburn.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Dobrinka Tabakova: Concerto for cello and strings

      Kristina Blaumane, vc; Lithuanian Chamber Orch/Maxim Rysanov
      Dobrinka Tabakova * String Paths

      ECM 2239

      8:23 pm

      Leopold Kozeluch: "Oktett-Parthia" in F

      Consortium Classicum
      Leopold Kozeluch: Divertimenti für Bläser

      Orfeo C-442981-A

      8:41 pm

      Gaetano Donizetti: "La Favorite"

      Ballet music

      Philharmonia Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Donizetti: Complete Ballet Music From The Operas

      Philips 422844-2

      9:00 pm

      Philip Glass: "Closing"

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau
      Philip Glass: Portrait

      Analekta AN2-8727

      9:06 pm

      Franz Schreker: "Overture to A Grand Opera"

      BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky
      Schreker: Orchestral Works Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9951

      9:32 pm

      Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 7 in E minor, G 451

      Richard Savino, g; Artaria String Quartet
      Boccherini: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 3

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907069

      9:54 pm

      Leo Sowerby: Symphony for Jazz Orchestra, "Monotony"

      II. "Fridays at Five"

      Andy Baker Orch/Andrew Baker
      Sowerby: The Paul Whiteman Commissions & Other Early Works

      Cedille CDR-90000205

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Beethoven Violin Concerto, Op. 61; Hilary Hahn, violin; Shostakovich Symphony No. 8, Op. 65; Alain Altinoglu, conductor.