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      Playlist for Thursday, September 5, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "Marg'ret's Ghost," H XXXIa:65

      Lorna anderson, s; Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      12:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a

      New York Phil/Kurt Masur

      Teldec 74007-2

      12:24 am

      Claude Debussy: "Cakewalk Suite"

      Mary Elizabeth Bowden, tr; Kassia Ensemble
      Rëverie

      Summit DCD-743

      12:34 am

      Claude Debussy: "Hommage à Haydn"

      Paul Crossley, p
      Debussy: Complete Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 4

      Sony 30732 (4)

      12:36 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 4 in G, H VIIa:4

      Marc Destrubé, v; Pacific Baroque Orch
      3 Violin Concertos

      Atma ACD2-2287

      12:55 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "Woo'd and married," H XXXIa:38

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      1:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les fêtes d'Hébé"

      Overture

      English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard

      EMI/Ang CDK5-65732-2

      1:05 am

      Ernest Chausson: Symphonic Poem, "Soir de fête," Op 32

      Belgian Radio Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Chausson: Symphony In B Flat/ Soir de Fête/The Tempest

      Chandos CHAN-8369

      1:19 am

      Cecile Chaminade: "Pièces romantiques," Op 55

      #5, "Danse hindoue"

      Roberto Prosseda; Alessandra Ammara, p
      Compositrices

      Palazzetto Bru Zane BZ-2006 (8)

      1:21 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat, Op. 130

      Amadeus String Quartet
      Beethoven: Complete String Quartets

      DG 423473-2 (7)

      1:55 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Prelude in c minor, BWV 999

      Nigel North, l
      Bach Lute Music

      Amon Ra CD-SAR-23

      2:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 56

      #1 in B

      Todd Crow, p
      The Late Mazurkas

      MSR Classics MS-1629

      2:05 am

      Ignacy Dobrzynski: "Monbar"

      Sinfonia Varsovia/Grzegorz Nowak
      Polish Symphonic Music of the 19th Century

      Accord 011369-2

      2:17 am

      Jozef Elsner: Violin Sonata in F, Op 10/1

      Tyrone Greive, v; Ellen Burmeister, p
      The Polish Tradition

      Albany TROY-754

      2:29 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 67

      No. 2 in g, "Cantabile"

      William Kapell, p
      Chopin Mazurkas

      RCA 68990-2

      2:31 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 22

      Ian Hobson, p; Illinois Sinfonia Da Camera
      Jean Francaix and Camille Saint-Saëns

      Arabesque Z-6541

      2:54 am

      Edmund Thomas CHIPP: Twilight Fancies (1857)

      #6 in F, Vintage Song

      Ian Hobson, p
      The London Piano School, Volume III- Early Victorian Masters

      Arabesque Z-6596

      3:00 am

      Antonio Caldara: Sonata da camera in D, Op 2/3

      Il Seminario Musicale

      Virgin 91479-2

      3:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Cello Concerto in g, R 531

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

      Avie AV-2211

      3:16 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Cello Concerto in C, Op. 37

      Zuill Bailey, vc; Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter
      Korngold: Der Sturm, Cello Concerto

      ASV CDDCA-1146

      3:29 am

      Korngold: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1934)

      "Theseus-Hymn"

      CPO 999449-2

      3:31 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 1 in Bb, Op 45

      Antonio Meneses, vc; Gérard Wyss, p
      Mendelssohn: Music for Cello & Piano

      Avie AV-2140

      3:54 am

      Adolf Henselt: 12 Salon Etudes, Op 5

      #3, "Hexentanz"

      Esther Budiardjo, p
      Henselt Piano Works

      Pro Piano PPR-224541 (2)

      4:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin," Op. 24

      Polonaise

      Melbourne Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Carole Farley Sings Tchaikovsky Opera Arias

      Chandos ABR-1128

      4:04 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Three Pieces, Op. 9

      Michael Ponti, p

      Vox SVBX-5455 (3)

      4:16 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Album for the Young, Op. 39

      #11, "Mazurka"

      I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
      Tchaikovsky: Children's Album/ L. Mozart: Toy Symphony

      Chandos CHAN-9098

      4:17 am

      Miklos Rózsa: Music for the film "Double Indemnity"

      "Prelude"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/James Sedares

      Koch 3-7375-2H1

      4:27 am

      Miklos Rózsa: Violin Concerto (1956)

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Dallas Sym Orch/Walter Hendl
      Rozsa: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / Spohr: Concerto No. 8

      RCA 7963-2-RG

      4:53 am

      Nino Rota: "The Leopard" film music (1963)

      Polka

      Granada Orch/Josep Pons
      Nino Rota: La Strada

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901864

      5:00 am

      Ernest Chausson: "La Tempéte," Two Scenes for Shakespeare's "Tempest," Op 18

      "Danse rustique"

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Chausson: Symphony in B Flat, La Tempete, Viviane, Soir de Fete

      Chandos CHAN-9650

      5:04 am

      Ernest Chausson: "Pièce," Op 39

      Gary Hoffman, vc; Pascal Devoyon, p
      Chausson: Poeme, Piano Trio, Piece, Andante And Allegro

      Hyperion CDA-67028

      5:11 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Pièce" in d (1917)

      Howard Shelley, p
      Rachmaninov: The Early Piano Works

      Hyperion CDA-66198

      5:13 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in a, Op. 44

      Stockholm Phil/Paavo Berglund

      RCA 7902-2-RC

      5:54 am

      Arthur Benjamin: "Jamaican Rhumba"

      Joshua Pierce, Dorothy Jonas, p's
      20th Century Romantic Music For Two Pianos

      Koch 3-7013-2

      6:00 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.

      6:03 am

      Erik Satie: "Gnossienne" No. 1

      Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, g
      The Blue Album

      Sony 19658779092

      6:07 am

      Francis Poulenc: Two-Piano Concerto in D minor

      II. "Larghetto"

      E Le Sage & F Braley, p's; Royal Liège Phil Orch/S Denève
      A Century of French Music

      Sony 88875192862

      6:14 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, "Pastoral"

      I. "Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the countryside"

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Ludwig van Beethoven: The Symphonies

      DG 4863050

      6:27 am

      Traditional American: "Shenandoah"

      Tine Thing Helseth, tr; Kåre Nordstoga, o
      Magical Memories

      LAWO LWC-1216

      6:33 am

      Frederick Delius: "Air and Dance"

      London Phil Orch/Vernon Handley
      Vaughan Williams & Delius

      Chandos CHAN-8330

      6:38 am

      Ernesto Nazareth: Tango, "Digo"

      Clélia Iruzun, p
      Ernesto Nazareth * Portrait of Rio

      Lorelt LNT-139

      6:46 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Berlin" Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat, Wq 179

      Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie
      Music of Bach's Sons

      Dorian DOR-90239

      7:00 am - 7:00 pm

      7:00 am

      WFMT’s third annual "Bach to School" membership drive

      Until 7:00 pm. WFMT’s "Bach to School" program provides free musical resources to classrooms in need. Tune in to learn how you can help advance a bright and accessible future for music in our community. Call (773) 279-2100 or visit wfmt.com.

      10:01 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      The Symphonies

      Decca 414488-2

      10:13 am

      Robert Schumann: Five Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102

      No. 1, "Mit Humor (Vanitas vanitatum)"

      Ella Wimbiscus, vc; Liang-yu Wang, p
      Introductions Turns 15

      WFMT [Introductions Turns 15]

      10:21 am

      Alberto Ginastera: "Estancia," Op. 8

      Final Dance, "Malambo"

      Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel
      Fiesta * Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela * Gustavo Dudamel

      DG B0011340-02

      10:30 am

      Maurice Ravel: Sonatine

      III. Finale, "Animé"

      Vincent Larderet, p
      Ravel: The Complete Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1

      Avie AV-2623

      10:36 am

      Jorge Montilla: "4 for 4"

      Chicago Clarinet Ensemble
      Impromptu: Chicago Clarinet Ensemble (May 28, 2010)

      WFMT

      10:44 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1

      No. 2, "The Dodger"

      St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym Orch/Robert Hanson
      Copland: Piano Concerto, The Tender Land, Old American Songs

      Naxos 8.559297

      10:46 am

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1

      No. 4, "Simple Gifts"

      St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym Orch/Robert Hanson
      Copland: Piano Concerto, The Tender Land, Old American Songs

      Naxos 8.559297

      10:53 am

      Florence Price: "Adoration"

      Esme Arias-Kim, v; Milana Pavchinskaya, p
      Introductions: Esme Arias-Kim, 18, violin (June 1, 2024)

      WFMT

      11:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Rossini: Overtures

      EMI CDC7-54091-2

      11:11 am

      Josquin des Prez: Madrigal, "El Grillo"

      Hilliard Ensemble
      EMI Centenary Edition, Vol. 9: 1978-1987 - Various Artists

      EMI CDM5-66492-2

      11:19 am

      John Adams: "Short Ride in a Fast Machine"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Adams: Shaker Loops

      Naxos 8.559031

      11:29 am

      Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat"

      Scenes: The Corregidor; The Miller's Wife; The Grapes

      Zarin Mehta, p
      Introductions: Zarin Mehta, 16, piano and composer (March 30, 2024)

      WFMT

      11:36 am

      Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5

      Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado
      Classic Abbado

      DG 4792549

      11:44 am

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet" Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter

      II. "Juliet the Young Girl"

      Antwerp Sym Orch/Elim Chan
      All These Lighted Things

      Alpha 1038

      11:53 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt," Op. 23

      No. 8, "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

      Capucelli/Gautier Capuçon
      Sensations

      Erato 190296157073

      12:01 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      III. Finale, "Allegro vivacissimo"

      Jennifer Koh, v; Odense Sym Orch/Alexander Vedernikov
      Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra

      Cedille CDR-90000166

      12:13 pm

      Isaak Berkovych: Toccata in A minor

      Anna Knight, p
      Introductions: Ukrainian Music with Myroslav Mykhailenko and friends (August 6, 2022)

      WFMT

      12:21 pm

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in E minor

      III. "Juba"

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Florence Price - Symphonies 1 & 3

      DG 4861900

      12:31 pm

      Benjamin Britten: "Simple Symphony," Op. 4

      II. "Playful Pizzicato"

      English Chamber Orch/Benjamin Britten
      Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Simple Symphony, Etc.

      Decca 417509-2

      12:35 pm

      François Couperin: "Les Barricades mystérieuses"

      Igor Kipnis, hc
      Harpsichord Greatest Hits

      CBS MLK-45524

      12:43 pm

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Song of the Black Swan"

      Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, vc; Milana Pavchinskaya, p
      Introductions Turns 15

      WFMT [Introductions Turns 15]

      12:51 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Eine kleine Nachtmusik," K. 525

      I. "Allegro"

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

      Decca 4831010

      4:00 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      In the Hands of the Master: The Definitive Recordings

      Sony SK-53465

      4:08 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      Pilgrim's Chorus

      Norman Luboff Choir, London New Sym/Leopold Stokowski
      Leopold Stokowski - Inspiration

      RCA 62599-2

      4:12 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les Paladins"

      Overture

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Rameau: Ouvertures

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 4759107

      4:16 pm

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

      Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C

      Mieczysław Horszowski, p
      Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - Complete

      Vanguard OVC-8046/7 (2)

      4:20 pm

      Jay Ungar: "Ashokan Farewell"

      Instrumental ensemble/James Galway, f
      James Galway Celebrating 70 * A Collection of Personal Favorites

      RCA 42201-2

      4:24 pm

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Suite populaire brésilienne" (1908-12)

      No. 1, "Mazurka-Chôro"

      Miloš, g
      Pasión

      DG B0017000-02

      4:28 pm

      Ethel Smyth: Piano Trio in D minor

      III. Scherzo

      Neave Trio
      A Room of Her Own

      Chandos CHAN-20238

      4:32 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 72

      No. 7 in C

      Cleveland Orch/George Szell
      Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

      Sony SBK-89845

      4:35 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D minor

      Jean-Guihen Queyras, vc; Alexandre Tharaud, p
      Complices

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902274

      5:00 pm

      Mikhail Glinka: "Russlan and Ludmila"

      Overture

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Russian Sketches

      Telarc CD-80378

      5:04 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 72

      No. 2 in E minor, "Starodávný (Dumka)"

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Samuel Chotzinoff, p
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 1: The Acoustic Recordings 1917 - 1924

      RCA 61732-2 (3)

      5:08 pm

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Nabucco"

      Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va, pensiero"

      Berlin Deutsche Oper Cho and Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
      The History of Classical Music in 24 Hours

      DG 4794648

      5:12 pm

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      No. 2, "Tropical Noon"

      Kirsten Johnson, p
      Florence Price: Piano Music

      Guild GM2CD-7828

      5:16 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat, K. 495

      II. Romance, "Andante cantabile"

      Sarah Willis, hn; Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón
      Mozart y Mambo: La Bella Cubana

      Alpha 937

      5:20 pm

      Celedonio Romero: "Noche en Málaga"

      Los Romeros
      Essential Guitar - 34 Guitar Masterpieces

      Decca 470477-2 (2)

      5:24 pm

      Edvard Grieg: "Holberg Suite," Op. 40

      V. Finale, "Rigaudon"

      Andrey Gugnin, p
      Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, Ballade & Lyric Pieces

      Hyperion CDA-68424

      5:28 pm

      John Scott: "Gathering Crowds"

      KPM Orch
      Gathering Crowds

      KPM Music KPM-1138

      5:31 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 2 in D

      "Alla Hornpipe"

      Stuttgart Chamber Orch/Karl Münchinger
      Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks, Water Music

      Decca 417743-2

      6:00 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

      Overture

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein: Candide Overture, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Symphonic Suite from the Film On The Waterfront, Fance Free Ballet

      Sony SMK-63085

      6:04 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in A minor, R. 461

      I. "Allegro non molto"

      Zefiro/Alfredo Bernardini, ob
      Vivaldi: Concerti for Diverse Instruments

      Astrée E-8679

      6:08 pm

      André Grétry: Two-Flute Duet in C

      Hanoverian Ensemble
      Music for Lord Abingdon

      MSR Classics MS-1099

      6:12 pm

      Joaquín Turina: "Tres danzas andaluzas," Op. 8

      No. 3, "Zapateado"

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Turina: Mujeres Españolas, Woman of Spain -- Five Suites for Piano

      Connoisseur CD-4186

      6:16 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Symphony No. 1 in G, Op. 11, No. 1

      I. "Allegro"

      Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphonies concertantes; Symphony in G major

      Naxos 8.574306

      6:20 pm

      John Bull: "Fantasia"

      Kit Armstrong, p
      William Byrd & John Bull: The Visionaries of Piano Music

      DG 4861364

      6:24 pm

      Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Mandolin Concerto in G

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro"

      Avi Avital, m; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
      Concertos

      DG 4865228

      6:28 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Fantasiestücke," Op. 5

      No. 3, Humoresque

      Takács Quartet
      Dvořák & Coleridge-Taylor: Quartets

      Hyperion CDA-68413

      6:31 pm

      George Gershwin: Three Preludes (1926)

      No. 1, "Allegro ben ritmato e deciso"

      Pro Arte Guitar Trio
      America

      ASV CDWHL-2099

      6:32 pm

      Jean-Joseph Mouret: "Sinfonies de Fanfares"

      Rondeau

      Pierre Cochereau, o; Brass Ensemble/Armand Birbaum
      Musique à Notre-Dame de Paris

      Philips 442473-2 (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.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:01 pm

      Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor

      Philippe Quint, v; Bochum Sym Orch/Stephen Sloane
      Glazunov & Khachaturian: Violin Concertos

      Avanti 10472

      8:39 pm

      Stephen Foster: "Hard Times Come Again No More"

      Oregon Guitar Quartet
      Something Wondrous Fair

      Cube Squared C2R-601

      8:51 pm

      Roberto Sierra: Sinfonía No. 3, "La Salsa"

      Finale, "Jolgorio"

      Puerto Rico Sym Orch/Maximiano Valdés
      Sierra: Sinfonia No. 3, "La Salsa" - Beyond the Silence of Sorrow

      Naxos 8.559817

      9:01 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15

      Beaux Arts Trio; Kim Kashkashian, vi
      Fauré: Trio Op. 120, Quartet Op. 15 No. 1

      Philips 422350-2

      9:35 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, "Mozartiana"

      Scottish Chamber Orchestra/José Serebrier
      Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

      ASV CDDCA-719

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Mendelssohn Violin Concerto; Nathan Milstein, violin; Bruno Walter, conductor; Beethoven Mass in D, Op. 123, "Missa solemnis;" Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Peter Rose, bass; Glenn Dicterow, violin; New York Choral Artists, dir. Joseph Flummerfelt; American Boychoir, dir. James Litton; Kurt Masur, conductor.