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      Playlist for Sunday, September 7, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Tres evocaciones (Homenaje a Joaquin Turina)"

      #1, "Tarde en el parque"

      Artur Pizarro, p
      Rodrigo Piano Music Vol 2

      Naxos 8.557923

      12:05 am

      Joaquin Turina: Sextet, "Escena Andaluza"

      Lincoln Trio
      Turina * Chamber Music for Strings and Piano * Lincoln Trio

      Cedille CDR-90000150

      12:18 am

      Chris Batchelor: Andalusian Suite (after Spanish Folk Music)

      London Brass
      Viva Espana

      Teldec 76990-2

      12:26 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Andalucía, Suite Espagnole"

      "Malagueña"

      Thomas Tirino, p
      Lecuona: Complete Piano Music Vol 1

      BIS CD-754

      12:30 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op 30

      No. 5, "Andante grazioso"

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Lieder Ohne Worte

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      12:31 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 40

      Jan Lisiecki, p; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Felix Mendelssohn

      DG 4836471

      12:54 am

      Moritz Landgraf von Hessen: Canzona

      Brass Ensemble/Ludwig Güttler

      Capriccio 10068

      1:00 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Gervinus, der Narr vom Untersburg"

      Overture

      Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollak
      Suppe Overture, Vol 5

      Marco Polo 8.223863

      1:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 33, No. 2, "Joke"

      Salomon String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Op 33 Nos 1, 2, 3

      Hyperion CDA-66681

      1:24 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Fancy Free"

      Galop

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      An American Salute

      RCA 6806-2-RG

      1:25 am

      Leonard Bernstein: Piano Sonata

      Michele Tozzetti, p
      Bernstein: Complete Solo Piano Music

      Piano Classics PCL-10174

      1:40 am

      David Diamond: "Rounds"

      Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      American Music for Strings

      Nonesuch 79002-2

      1:54 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "Four Anniversaries"

      "For David Diamond"

      Michele Tozzetti, p
      Bernstein: Complete Solo Piano Music

      Piano Classics PCL-10174

      2:00 am

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      Aria, "O du mein holder Abendstern"

      Thomas Hampson, br; Munich Radio Orch/Fabio Luisi

      EMI CDC5-55233-2

      2:05 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 74

      Benny Goodman, cl; Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon
      Benny Goodman: Weber and Nielsen Clarinet Concertos

      RCA RCD1-5890

      2:27 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations in C on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano," WoO 28

      Benny Goodman, cl; Nadia Reisenberg, p
      Clarinet Classics

      Pearl GEM-0057

      2:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Don Giovanni," K. 527

      Serenade, "Deh vieni"

      Leslie Howard, p
      Rare Piano Encores

      Hyperion CDA-66090

      2:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations on "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman," K. 265

      Lang Lang, p
      Piano Book

      DG 4797528 (2)

      2:42 am

      Andreas Späth: Introduction and Variations

      Dieter Klöcker, cl; Slovak Radio Sym Orch/G. Schmalfuss
      Clarinet and Orchestra

      Marco Polo 8.223431

      2:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op 11

      #11 in B

      Piers Lane, p

      Hyperion CDA-67057/8 (2)

      3:00 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh" (1942, rev 1957)

      "Lullaby"

      Philharmonia Orch/Aram Khachaturian
      Khachaturian Conducts Khachaturian

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55035-2

      3:05 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Berceuse"

      John Arpin, p

      Pro Arte CDD-515

      3:11 am

      George Gershwin: "Lullaby" (1919)

      Amherst Saxophone Quartet
      Mozart to Modern

      MCA Classics MCAD-10055

      3:18 am

      Alexander Gretchaninov: Lullaby (Cradle Song), "Kolybyelnaya"

      Marilyn Horne, ms; Orch
      All Through The Night: Lullabies

      RCA 61278-2

      3:20 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in c minor, Op. 17, "Little Russian"

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      The Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-10392 (6)

      3:54 am

      Andrij SHTOHARENKO: Etude Tableau No. 3

      Juliana Osinchuk, p
      Ukrainian Piano Works

      Orion ORS-85484

      4:00 am

      Charles Gounod: "Mors et Vita" (Cantata)

      Prelude to Part 2

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson

      EMI/Ang CDS7-54459-2 (2)

      4:05 am

      Hubert Parry: "From Death to Life (Mors et vitae)" (1914)

      London Phil/Mathias Bamert
      Hubert Parry: Symphonic Variations; Concertstück; From Death to Life; Elegy for Brahms

      Chandos CHAN-7006

      4:22 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 161, "Komm, du süsse Todesstunde (Come, sweet hour of death)"

      Chorale, "Das Leib zwar in der Erden (The body indeed in the earth)"

      Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki
      Cantatas Vol.5

      BIS CD-841

      4:23 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.4 in G, Op.58

      Muza Rubackyte, p; Shanghai String Quartet
      Muza Rubackyte, Shanghai String Quartet * Beethoven * Piano Concerto No 4 (Chamber Version)

      Warner Classics 68500

      4:55 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Fugue No. 9 in E

      Muza Rubackyte, p
      Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues

      Brilliant Classics 8463 (2)

      5:00 am

      Nikolai Medtner: "Fairy Tale" in b, Op 34/1

      Igor Nikonovich, p
      Medtner: Piano Works

      Russian Disc RDCD-10014

      5:05 am

      Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in a, Op 82

      Semyon Snitkovsky, v; USSR Large Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky

      Vox CDX-5118 (2)

      5:25 am

      Stephen Foster: Song, "Jeannie with the light brown hair"

      Charles Stier, cl; Molly Newton, p
      Cameos

      Elan CD-82246

      5:27 am

      Stephen Foster: "Hard Times"

      Oregon Guitar Quartet
      Something Wondrous Fair * Oregon Guitar Quartet

      Cube Squared Records C2R-601

      5:37 am

      Morton Gould: "Stephen Foster Gallery"

      New Zealand Sym/JoAnn Falletta

      Koch 3-7380-2

      5:54 am

      Stephen Foster: Song, "Some Folks"

      Robert Shaw Cho/Robert Shaw; John Cali, banjo
      Stephen Foster Songbook * Robert Shaw Chorale

      MHS 514489-H

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Back to School." Host Peter DuBois shares sacred choral and organ music from a variety of scholastic and collegiate musicians.

      6:58 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

      No. 1, "Butterfly"

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

      Hyperion CDA-68424

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      7:01 am

      Mia Makaroff: "Butterfly"

      La Caccina
      Becoming

      La Caccina (Becoming)

      7:05 am

      Mark O'Connor: "Butterfly's Day Out"

      Mark O'Connor, m; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

      Sony S2K-93927 (2)

      7:11 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music"

      London Phil Orch/Vernon Handley
      Vaughan Williams & Delius

      Chandos CHAN-8330

      7:24 am

      Florence Price: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D

      Randall Goosby, v; Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Max Bruch & Florence Price: Violin Concertos

      Decca 4854234

      7:54 am

      Louise Farrenc: Nonet in E-Flat, Op. 38

      IV. Finale, "Adagio-Allegro"

      Bronx Arts Ensemble
      19th Century Nonets

      Leonarda LPI-110

      8:00 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Tres piezas españolas"

      Manuel Barrueco, g
      Manuel Barrueco Plays De Falla, Ponce, Rodrigo

      EMI CDM5-66577-2

      8:14 am

      Henriëtte Bosmans: Piano Concertino

      Ronald Brautigam, p, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/Ed Spanjaard
      Piano Concertos In The Netherlands

      NM Classics 92095

      8:29 am

      Conrad Kocher: "For the Beauty of the Earth"

      Cantus
      A Harvest Home

      Cantus Recordings CTS-L04

      8:33 am

      Earth, Wind & Fire: "That's the Way of the World"

      Evan Ziporyn, cl's
      Pop Channel

      Islandia IMR-010

      8:40 am

      John Williams: "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"

      "Adventures on Earth"

      Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams
      John Williams Conductor

      Sony 41779-2 (20)

      8:50 am

      Gustav Holst: "The Planets," Op. 32

      "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity"

      BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
      Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol 2

      Chandos CHSA-5086

      9:00 am

      Carlo Tessarini: Flute Concerto in D

      Lyon Leifer, f; Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman

      Music of the Baroque

      9:10 am

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Minuet, Fantasy and Fugue

      Eliot Fisk, g
      Eliot Fisk Plays Guitar Fantasies

      Musicmasters MMD-60169-F

      9:19 am

      Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 3

      Royal Liège Phil Orch/John Neschling
      Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances, The Birds

      BIS 2540

      9:40 am

      John Dowland: "Lachrimae Pavan"

      Hopkinson Smith, l
      Hopkinson Smith: Album

      Naïve E-8908

      9:45 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 1

      Quartet in G

      Freiburg Baroque Orch members
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      10:01 am

      Gioachino Rossini: Wind Quartet No. 1 in F

      1st mvt

      Westwood Wind Quintet
      Sextuor à Vent

      Crystal CD-353

      10:07 am

      Claude Debussy: "Jeux (Poème dansé)"

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
      Debussy: Jeux; Images; Musiques pour "Le Roi Lear"

      EMI CDC7-49947-2

      10:28 am

      Cécile Chaminade: "Poèmes provençaux," Op. 127

      No. 2, "Solitude"

      Xavier Beteta, p
      Solitude

      Carabelli (Solitude)

      10:38 am

      Ethel Smyth: String Trio in D, Op. 6

      IV. Finale, "Allegro molto"

      Hague String Trio
      Celebrating Women!

      Cobra 0083

      10:47 am

      Karl Jenkins: "Ad Pacem (Towards Peace)"

      World Cho & Orch for Peace/Karl Jenkins
      One World

      Decca 4839748

      10:50 am

      Bedřich Smetana: Festive Symphony

      III. "Scherzo"

      Prague Sym Orch/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Smetana Festival

      Supraphon 110377-2

      11:01 am

      Joaquín Turina: Piano Trio in F

      Lincoln Trio
      Turina * Chamber Music for Strings and Piano * Lincoln Trio

      Cedille CDR-90000150 (2)

      11:28 am

      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

      11:33 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543

      Khatia Buniatishvili, p
      Franz Liszt

      Sony 87385-2

      11:43 am

      Aldemaro Romero: Suite for Strings No. 1

      "Fuga con Pajarillo"

      Sphinx Virtuosi
      Songs for Our Times

      DG 4865014

      11:52 am

      Dmitri Kabalevsky: "Colas Breugnon," Op. 24

      "A popular festivity"

      Armenian Phil Orch/Loris Tjeknavorian
      Kabalevsky: Suites from Romeo and Juliet, The Comedians & Colas Breugnon

      ASV CDDCA-967

      12:00 - 3:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

      Overture

      Royal Opera House Orch/Carlo Rizzi
      Gioachino Rossini: Overtures

      Conifer 55004-2

      12:11 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, BWV 552, "St Anne"

      BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
      King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions

      Chandos CHAN-20400

      12:27 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75

      No. 4, "Larghetto"

      Augustin Hadelich, v; Charles Owen, p
      Bohemian Tales

      Warner 0190295274764

      12:35 pm

      Bernard Herrmann: "Cape Fear"

      "Max"

      Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein
      Cape Fear (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)

      MCA MCAD-10463

      12:42 pm

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

      No. 18, "My Lord Delivered Daniel"

      David Shaffer-Gottschalk, p
      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor * 24 Negro Melodies Opus 59

      Albany TROY-930/31

      12:44 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Ave verum corpus," K. 618

      Leipzig Radio Cho, Dresden Staatskapelle/Schreier
      Mozart: The Singles - 66 Classic Tracks

      Decca 4831010

      12:49 pm

      Giuseppe Sammartini: Recorder Concerto in F

      Lucie Horsch, r; Academy of Ancient Music
      Baroque Journey

      Decca 4834722

      1:02 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Five Days and Five Nights," Op. 111

      Suite: II. "Dresden in Ruins"

      Ukraine National Sym Orch/Theodore Kuchar
      Shostakovich: The Gadfly, Five Days and Five Nights

      Naxos 8.553299

      1:07 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "Five Days and Five Nights," Op. 111

      Suite: III. "Liberated Dresden"

      Ukraine National Sym Orch/Theodore Kuchar
      Shostakovich: The Gadfly, Five Days and Five Nights

      Naxos 8.553299

      1:15 pm

      George Enescu: Aria and Scherzino

      Charlie Siem, v; Philharmonia Orch/Oleg Caetani
      Brahms & Enescu

      Signum Classics SIGCD-936

      1:21 pm

      Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 9 in C, G 453, "La Ritirata di Madrid"

      A Díaz, g; A Schneider & F Galimir, v's; M Tree, vi; D Soyer, vc
      Michael Tree, viola,
      Boccherini: Quintet for Guitar and Strings "La Ritirata di Madrid"; Quintets for Strings

      Vanguard OVC-8006

      1:45 pm

      Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"

      No. 4, "Shortnin' Bread"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      1:47 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat, Op. 81a, "Les Adieux"

      Nelson Freire, p
      Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 27/2, 53, 81a & 110

      Decca 4758155

      2:02 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat, "Drum Roll"

      Danish Chamber Orch/Ádám Fischer
      Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.574519

      2:33 pm

      Alan Hovhaness: "Three Visions of Saint Mesrob," Op. 198

      No. 2, "Celestial Bird"

      Zina Schiff, v; Valerie Stark, p
      Hovhaness: Concerto No. 2 for Violin & Strings, Op. 89a & Other Works

      Naxos 8.559957

      2:35 pm

      Alan Hovhaness: "Oror (Lullaby)," Op. 1

      Zina Schiff, v; Salzburg Chamber Soloists/Avlana Eisenberg
      Hovhaness: Concerto No. 2 for Violin & Strings, Op. 89a & Other Works

      Naxos 8.559957

      2:38 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "Candide"

      Overture

      Quintet of the Americas
      Souvenirs: 20 Musical Mementos From The New World

      XLNT CD-18008

      2:43 pm

      Traditional American: "Shenandoah"

      Quintet of the Americas
      Souvenirs: 20 Musical Mementos From The New World

      XLNT CD-18008

      2:45 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Boléro"

      Berlin Phil/Pierre Boulez
      Ravel: Bolero, etc.

      DG 439859-2

      3:00 - 5:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Ravinia Festival 2025

      Isidore Quartet

      Steans Music Institute alumni theIsidore Quartet (Adrian Steele and Phoenix Avalon, violins; Devin Moore, viola; Joshua McClendon, cello) perform Mozart's String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465, Henri Dutilleux "Ainsi la nuit," and Ravel's String Quartet in F major. Recorded June 22, 2025 in Bennett Gordon Hall.

      4:35 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"

      Act 1 Prelude

      Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt
      Wagner Overtures

      EMI CDC7-47030-2

      4:46 pm

      Antonio Soler: Clavier Sonata No. 105 in E-flat major

      Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, p
      Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos 99-111

      Naxos 8.574666

      4:53 pm

      Stevie Wonder: "Isn't She Lovely"

      Curtis Stewart, v
      Of Power

      Bright Shiny Things BSTD-0155

      4:57 pm

      Traditional English: "Lovely Joan"

      Danish String Quartet
      Keel Road

      ECM 2785

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Baritone Ian Rucker, bass-baritone Christopher Humbert, Jr., and pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias and songs by Korngold, Still, Schubert, Poulenc, and Stevie Wonder. Hosted by Candice Agree.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Haydn Symphony No. 48 in C Major, "Maria Theresa;" Schubert Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417, "Tragic;" Telemann Trumpet Concerto in D Major, TWV 41: D7; M Haydn Concerto for Trumpet in D Major, MH 104; Esteban Batallán, trumpet; Riccardo Muti, conductor; JS Bach "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BMV 1048; "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BMV 1050.

      7:58 pm

      John Dowland: "My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home"

      Brandon Acker & Brian Kay, l's
      Play, Music! Songs from Shakespeare's Plays

      Avie AV-2787

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Mexican Composer Gabriela Ortiz Gabriela Oritz is one of the most important and intriguing living composers. We’ll present a selection of Gabriela’s, music, including her monumental violin concert “Altar de Cuertas” (String Altar) recorded by Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Third Coast Percussion

      A program featuring the wide and varied repertoire of the innovative Third Coast Percussion ensemble.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Charles Gounod: "Faust"

      Waltz

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Herbert von Karajan - Ballets Celebres

      DG 437404-2 (2)

      11:05 pm

      Claude Debussy: Waltz, "La plus que lente"

      I Salonisti
      The Last Dance: Music for a Vanishing Era (The Music Heard on the Fateful Voyage of the Titanic)

      RCA-DHM 77377-2

      11:11 pm

      Johannes Brahms: "Neue Liebeslieder" Waltzes, Op 65

      #5, "Wahre, wahre deinen Sohn"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Helmut Deutsch, p; Bengt Forsberg, p

      EMI/Ang CDC5-55430-2

      11:12 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet no.1 in g minor, Op.25

      Philharmonia Orch/Robert Craft
      The Music of Arnold Schoenberg, vol. IV

      Koch 3-7493-2

      11:55 pm

      Clara Schumann: Six Songs, Op. 13

      No. 2, "Sie liebten sich beide (They once loved each other)"

      Barbara Bonney, s, Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Robert And Clara Schumann: Lieder- Fauenliebe und Leben

      London 452898-2