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      Playlist for Sunday, November 17, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

      Prelude #12 in g#

      Tatiana Nikolaeva, p

      Hyperion CDA-66441/3 (3)

      12:05 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf," Op. 67

      John Gielgud, n; Academy of London/Richard Stamp

      Virgin 90786-2

      12:33 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet," Op 64

      "Morning Dance"

      Martha Argerich, p; Sergei Babayan, p
      Prokofiev

      DG 4799854

      12:35 am

      Hugo Pierson: Overture, "Romeo and Juliet"

      English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones

      Hyperion CDA-66515

      12:44 am

      Frederick Delius: "A Village Romeo and Juliet"

      "The Walk to the Paradise Garden"

      London Sym/Sir John Barbirolli

      EMI/Ang 47984

      12:54 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet," Op 64

      "Quarrel"

      Martha Argerich, p; Sergei Babayan, p
      Prokofiev

      DG 4799854

      1:00 am

      Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

      "September"

      Jessye Norman, s; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Strauss: Four Last Songs, 6 Orchestral Songs

      Philips 411052-2

      1:05 am

      Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders"

      Chicago Pro Musica
      The Medinah Sessions

      Reference Recordings RR-2102 (2)

      1:13 am

      Richard Strauss: Eight Songs, Op. 10

      No. 1, "Zueignung"

      Angela Gheorghiu, s; Malcolm Martineau, p
      My World- Songs From Around The Globe

      London 458360-2

      1:15 am

      Richard Strauss: "Don Quixote," Op. 35

      Janos Starker, vc; Bavarian Radio Sym/Leonard Slatkin
      Don Quixote | Till Eulenspiegel

      RCA 60561-2

      1:55 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Don Quichotte"

      Don Quichotte awakens

      St Andrew Camerata/Leonard Friedman

      Omega OCD-1006

      2:00 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "La Vie parisienne"

      Overture

      Cologne Radio Orrch/Pinchas Steinberg
      Classical Journey: France

      Laserlight 15669

      2:05 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Gaîté Parisienne"

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein Century - Bizet: Symphony No 1; Offenbach, Et Al

      Sony SMK-61830

      2:26 am

      Francois Couperin: Concert Royal #4 in e

      Prelude

      Smithsonian Chamber Players/Kenneth Slowik
      Couperin: Concerts Royaux, Pieces A Deux Clavecins

      RCA-DHM 77327-2

      2:27 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Ballet des Plaisirs"

      Aradia Baroque Ensemble/Kevin Mallon
      LULLY: Ballet Music for the Sun King

      Naxos 8.554003

      2:41 am

      Francois Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 3 (1722): 13e ordre in b

      #4, "Les Folies françoises, ou les Dominos"

      Charivari Agréable Ensemble
      Chamber Music For The King

      ASV CDGAU-159

      2:54 am

      Francois Couperin: Concert Royal #4 in e

      "Rigaudon"

      Smithsonian Chamber Players/Kenneth Slowik
      Couperin: Concerts Royaux, Pieces A Deux Clavecins

      RCA-DHM 77327-2

      3:00 am

      John Phillip SOUSA: Humoresque on Gershwin's 'Swanee'

      Royal Artillery Band/Keith Brion
      SOUSA, J.P.: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1 (Royal Artillery Band, Brion)

      Naxos 8.559058

      3:05 am

      Walter Piston: Symphony #2 (1943)

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      PISTON: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 6

      Naxos 8.559161

      3:31 am

      David Guion: "Valse Arabesque"

      Eugene Rowley, p
      Prairie Echoes: Piano Music of David Guion

      Premier PRCD-1024

      3:37 am

      Leonard Bernstein: "The Lark"

      "Spring Song"

      The Sixteen Cho/Harry Christophers
      Barber: Agnus Dei - An American Collection

      Coro COR-16031

      3:39 am

      George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in d, Op. 6, No. 10

      English Northern Sinfonia/George Malcolm
      Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Volume 3 – Nos. 9-12

      ASV CDDCS-303 (3)

      3:55 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes, Op. 34

      No. 20

      Summit Brass
      Summit Brass Live

      Summit DCD-380

      4:00 am

      Franz Liszt: Transcendental Studies (1838)

      No. 7

      Janice Weber, p

      MCA Classics MCAD-25890

      4:05 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 50, No. 2, "Prussian"

      Angeles String Quartet
      Haydn: The Complete String Quartets * Angeles String Quartet

      Philips 464650-2 (21)

      4:25 am

      Gottfried Von reutter: Quoniam

      Helen Field, s, John Wallace, tr, Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright
      Arias For Soprano And Trumpet

      Nimbus NI-5123

      4:26 am

      Robert Schumann: "Introduction and Allegro Appassionato (Konzertstück)," Op. 92

      Christian Zacharias, p; Lausanne Chamber Orch
      Schumann: Piano Concertos

      MD+G Recordings 3401033-2

      4:42 am

      Robert Schumann: "Introduction and Allegro Concertante," Op. 134

      Peter Frankl, p; Bamberg Sym Orch/Janos Furst

      Vox CDX-5027 (2)

      4:55 am

      John Powell: "At the Fair: Sketches of American Fun" (1907)

      "Merry-go-round"

      Nicholas Ross, p
      John Powell: Early Piano Works. In the South, Op. 16

      Centaur CRC-2828

      5:00 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Snow Maiden" (1880-1)

      Prologue: Snogourotchka's Aria

      Viktoria Lukianets, s; Orch/Andrey Chistiakov
      Glinka

      Chant du Monde LDC-288072

      5:02 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Snow Maiden" (1880-1)

      Act 1: Snegourotchka's Aria

      Viktoria Lukianets, s; Orch/Andrey Chistiakov
      Glinka

      Chant du Monde LDC-288072

      5:05 am

      Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Snow Maiden" (1880-1)

      "Dance of the Tumblers"

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Dances From The Opera

      Vox CDX-5130 (2)

      5:09 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Snow Maiden," Op. 12 (Incidental Music to Ostrovsky's Play)

      Dance of the Buffoons

      Orch/Andrey Chistiakov

      Chant du Monde LDC-288090

      5:14 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Sorceress (The Enchantress)"

      "Dance of the Tumblers"

      Royal Opera House Orch/Colin Davis
      Ballet Music

      Philips 422845-2

      5:17 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Snow Maiden," Op. 12 (Incidental Music to Ostrovsky's Play)

      Finale Chorus

      Natalia Erassova, ms; Russian State Cho, Orch/Andrey Chistiakov

      Chant du Monde LDC-288090

      5:19 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Quintet in E-Flat, K. 407

      Sebastian Bell, fh; Lindsay String Quartet
      Oboe Quartet In F K370 / Horn Quintet In E Flat K407 / String Quartet In B Flat K458 "The Hunt"

      ASV CDDCA-968

      5:38 am

      Leos Janácek: "The Danube," Symphonic Poem (1923-8)

      Slovak Phil/Libor Pesek
      Janacek: Orchestral Works- Danube, Incidental Music To "Schluck Und Jau", Moravian Dances, Suite, Op.3

      Records Int'l 7008-2

      5:55 am

      Henry Purcell: Rondo

      Andrés Segovia, g
      The Segovia Collection, Vol. 4: The Baroque Guitar

      MCA Classics MCAD-42070

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Happy Birthday!" Host Peter DuBois celebrates the November birthdays of several notable composers including William Mathias, Aaron Copland, Ennio Morricone, and Benjamin Britten.

      6:58 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Dolly" Suite, Op. 56

      II. "Mi-a-ou"

      Julian Bream & John Williams, g's
      Together

      RCA 61450-2

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      7:01 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "Four Roman Sketches," Op. 7

      No. 4, "Clouds"

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Griffes: Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, The White Peacock, Three Tone Pictures, Poem

      Naxos 8.559164

      7:05 am

      Franz Liszt: "Nuages gris"

      Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p
      The Liszt Project

      DG B0015944-02

      7:10 am

      Samuel Barber: "Canzonetta"

      Paula Engerer, ob; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
      Ellisor: Conversations In Silence; Blackberry Winter; Barber: Canzonetta; Scearce: Endymion's Sleep; Mock: The Stone;

      Warner Classics 46739-2

      7:18 am

      Sigur Rós: "Fljótavik"

      Voces8; T Gould, v; E Denton, vc; S Becker, db
      Nightfall

      Decca 4870458

      7:24 am

      George Whitefield Chadwick: "Suite symphonique"

      Czech State Phil/José Serebrier
      Chadwick / Aphrodite / Serebrier

      Reference RR-74

      8:02 am

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

      No. 10, "Deep River"

      James Oesi, db; Djuwa Mroivili, p
      Adoration

      James Oesi [Adoration]

      8:10 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Concertino da Camera" (Saxophone Concertino)

      Branford Marsalis, sx; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Creation

      Sony SK-89251

      8:26 am

      Elinor Remick Warren: "The Crystal Lake"

      Polish Radio-TV Sym Orch/Szymon Kawalla
      Elinor Remick Warren * Good Morning, America!

      Cambria CD-1042

      8:36 am

      Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata

      I. "Impetuoso"

      Sidney Lee, vi; Milana Pavchinskaya, p
      Introductions Turns 15

      WFMT [Introductions Turns 15]

      8:45 am

      Malcolm Arnold: "Water Music," Op. 82

      Dallas Wind Sym/Jerry Junkin
      Malcolm Arnold for Band

      Reference RR-66

      8:54 am

      Darius Milhaud: Marimba and Vibraphone Concerto

      I. "Animé"

      Peter Sadlo, per; Bamberg Sym/Wolfgang Rögner
      Percussion in Concert

      Koch 3-6415-2

      9:01 am

      John Taverner: "Magnificat a 5"

      Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
      John Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas and Magnificats

      Gimell CDGIM-045

      9:15 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 1 in F

      "Air"

      Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Handel: Water Music, Il pastor fido

      Sony SK-68257

      9:18 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Hamburger Ebb' und Fluth (Wassermusik)"

      No. 1, Overture

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      Baroque Festival

      Archiv 415338-2

      9:29 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in E, Kk 162 (L 21)

      Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g's
      Rameau, Scarlatti, Couperin, Bach

      Nonesuch 79292-2

      9:36 am

      Ignaz Pleyel: Flute Concerto in C

      Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois, f
      Pleyel: Symphonies in B-Flat Major and in G Major, Flute Concerto

      Naxos 8.572550

      10:02 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Symphonie concertante" in G, Op. 13

      Miriam Fried & Jaime Laredo, v's; London Sym/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 1

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      10:18 am

      Fisk Jubilee Singers: "Wade in the Water" (trad.)

      Fisk Jubilee Singers
      In Bright Mansions

      Curb Records D2-78762

      10:24 am

      Florence Price: "Mississippi River Suite"

      Women's Phil/Apo Hsu
      Florence Price: Symphony No. 3, Mississippi River Suite, The Oak

      Koch 7518-2

      10:54 am

      Leo Ornstein: "A Morning in the Woods"

      Janice Weber, p
      Explore America

      Naxos 8.559187

      11:01 am

      Ferde Grofé: "Hudson River Suite"

      "The River"

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/William T Stromberg
      Ferde Grofé: Death Valley Suite, Hudson River Suite, Hollywood Suite

      Naxos 8.559017

      11:08 am

      Anthony Ritchie: "Underwater Music," Op. 57

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Hamish McKeich
      Anthony Ritchie: Symphony No. 6, Underwater Music

      Rattle RAT-D143

      11:23 am

      Jay Ungar: "The Harvest Home Suite"

      Overture (Fertility Theme)

      Jay Ungar, v; Molly Mason, g; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
      Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons

      EMI CDC5-56720-2

      11:28 am

      Duke Ellington: Suite from "The River" (1970)

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige

      Naxos 8.559737

      11:51 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Shostakovich: The Jazz Album

      Decca 433702-2

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Afternoon Music

      12:00 pm

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      12:00 pm

      Manuel de Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs

      Anne Gastinel, vc; Pablo Márquez, g
      Ibérica

      Naïve V-5182

      12:14 pm

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

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Liszt's Greatest Hits

      CBS MLK-39450

      12:27 pm

      Paul Taffanel: Wind Quintet in G minor

      Aulos Wind Quintet
      Aulos-Bläserquintett - Vol. VI - Virtuoso Romantic Music

      Koch CD-310087

      12:51 pm

      Leslie Adams: "Ecstasy of Love"

      Jordan Bak, vi; Lara Downes, p
      New Day Begun

      Rising Sun Music RS-012

      1:00 pm

      Zoltán Kodály: "Marosszék Dances"

      Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      Kodály: Concerto for Orchestra

      Naxos 8.573838

      1:15 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 33, No. 5, "How Do You Do"

      Cuarteto Casals
      Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2962022.23 (2)

      1:32 pm

      Anna Clyne: "Shorthand"

      Karen Ouzounian, vc; The Knights/Eric Jacobsen
      The Kreutzer Project

      Avie AV-2555

      1:45 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Platée"

      "Chaconne"

      Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      Suites from Platée and Dardanus

      Conifer 51313-2

      1:52 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "The Soldier's Tale"

      The Soldier's March; Pastorale; The Royal March

      Chicago Pro Musica
      The Medinah Sessions

      Reference RR-2102 (2)

      2:00 pm

      Mia Makaroff: "Butterfly"

      La Caccina
      Becoming

      La Caccina [Becoming]

      2:04 pm

      Kim André Arnesen: "Even when he is silent"

      La Caccina
      Open Book

      La Caccina

      2:10 pm

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 in D minor

      Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
      Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

      DG 4865137

      2:45 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, Op. 53, "Heroic"

      Seong-Jin Cho, p
      Chopin Competition Winner 2015: Seong-Jin Cho

      DG 4795332

      2:54 pm

      Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: String Sinfonietta No. 2, "Generations"

      II. "Alla Sarabande"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series III

      Cedille CDR-90000066

      3:00 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

      Alison Balsom, tr; Balsom Ensemble
      Royal Fireworks

      Warner 0190295370060

      3:18 pm

      Michael Fink: "Monteverdiana"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      For Thy Pleasure

      Delos DE-3205

      3:26 pm

      Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 6 in E

      I. "Adagio - Allegro con spirito"

      Bremerhaven Phil Orch/Marc Niemann
      Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3

      Hännsler Classic HC-22016

      3:42 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Andante favori" in F, WoO 57

      András Schiff, p
      Ludwig van Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas, Vol. V - András Schiff

      ECM 1945/46

      3:51 pm

      Jens Kruger: "Moonshine Sonata"

      IX. Finale, "Dreams & Fire"

      Kruger Brothers; Kontras Quartet
      Moonshine Sonata

      Double Time Music [Moonshine]

      4:00 pm

      Florence Price: "Songs of the Oak"

      Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
      Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances

      Naxos 8.559920

      4:18 pm

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

      Rectus & Inversus

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Chris Thile, man; Edgar Meyer, db
      Bach Trios

      Nonesuch 558933-2

      4:28 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 in F, K. 459

      András Schiff, p; Camerata Salzburg/Sándor Végh
      Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 27 & 19

      Decca 421259-2

      4:56 pm

      Ola Gjeilo: "The Road"

      III. "Hardangarvidda I"

      Choir of Royal Holloway, Royal Phil Orch/Rupert Gough
      Dreamweaver

      Decca 4854635

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Hubert Parry: Symphony No. 3 in C, "The English"

      London Phil Orch/Matthias Bamert
      Parry: Complete Symphonies

      Chandos CHAN-9120/22 (3)

      5:37 pm

      Franz Schubert: Variations in A-Flat on an Original Theme, D. 813

      Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim, p
      Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Piano Duos

      DG 4793922

      5:56 pm

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Abendstern," D 806

      Alice Coote, ms; Julius Drake, p
      Schubert: 21 Songs

      Hyperion CDA-68169

      6:01 pm

      Richard Strauss: Dance Suite after Couperin

      Bamberg Sym/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
      The Unknown Richard Strauss Vol. 6

      Koch 3-6535-2

      6:32 pm

      Marin Marais: Five Old French Dances

      Yizhak Schotten, vi; Edward Parmentier, hc
      Yizhak Schotten, Viola

      Crystal CD-635

      6:42 pm

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

      Virtuosi di Praga/Oldřich Vlček
      Grieg: Holberg Suite; Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances; Elgar: Serenade; Roussel: Sinfonietta

      Discover International DICD-920236

      7:02 pm

      Louise Farrenc: Sextet for piano and winds in C minor, Op. 40

      Linos Ensemble
      Farrenc: Piano Trios and Sextet

      CPO 777256

      7:28 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478

      Robert Mann, v; Raphael Hillyer, vi; Claus Adam, vc; Leonard Bernstein, p
      Leonard Bernstein, piano,
      Bernstein Century - Bernstein Plays and Conducts Mozart

      Sony SMK-60598

      7:56 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cassation in B-Flat, K. 99

      VI. Minuet

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Mozart: The Singles - 66 Classic Tracks

      Decca 4831010

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Andrzej Panufnik "Heroic" Overture; Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11; Yulianna Avdeeva, piano; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13, "Winter Dreams;" Tugan Sokhiev, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      Stefan Wolpe: "Blues—Stimmen aus dem Massengrab—Marsch"

      "Blues"

      Ebony Band/Werner Herbers
      Wolpe: Zeus und Elida - Schöne Geschichten

      Decca 289460001-2

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Music from Mexico and Argentina In this program, Fiesta presents a selection of three pieces from Mexican living composers Eduardo Angulo, Leonardo Coral, and Arturo Rodriguez. We will also hear a rarely heard oboe concerto by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Art of Thaddeus Kozuch – Polish-American pianist, Chicago Native

      A collection of rare private recordings, provided by the pianist’s son – music of Chopin, Debussy, Kozuch, etc.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.