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      Playlist for Sunday, December 1, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "Chopiniana," Op 46

      "Nocturne"

      Moscow Symphony/Vladimir Ziva
      GLAZUNOV: Orchestral Works, Vol. 17

      Naxos 8.555048

      12:05 am

      Frédéric Chopin: "Variations brillantes," Op. 12, on a theme fr Hérold's "Ludovic"

      Malcolm Frager, p
      Malcolm Frager Plays Chopin

      Telarc CD-80280

      12:12 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Variations sérieuses" in d, Op 54

      Murray Perahia, p
      Mendelssohn: Piano Sonata Op. 6, Etc.

      CBS MK-42401

      12:23 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      No. 10, "Almost Too Serious"

      Canadian Brass
      Carnaval

      Opening Day ODR-7438

      12:25 am

      Franz Berwald: Symphony #3 in C, "Sinfonie singuliere"

      Stockholm Phil/Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
      L'Ouvre De Franz Berwald Volume 1 (1796 - 1868)

      Accord 149150

      12:51 am

      Hugo Alfvén: Ballet, The Prodigal Son

      "Polka från Roslagen" (Swedish Polka)

      Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Stig Westerberg
      Swedish Highlights

      Caprice CAP-21340

      12:54 am

      Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: "Marit's Songs," Op 12

      "The sun shines prettily in the evening"

      Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Bengt Forsberg, p
      Wings in the Night: Swedish Songs

      DG 449189-2

      1:00 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: Twelve Etudes, Op 35

      #8 in A-Flat

      Bernard Ringeissen, p
      ALKAN: Railway (The) / Preludes / Etudes / Esquisses

      Naxos 8.553434

      1:05 am

      Paul Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

      NBC Sym Orch/Arturo Toscanini
      Toscanini Conducts Light Classics

      RCA 6205-2-RC

      1:15 am

      Gabriel Pierné: Introduction and Variations on a Folk Dance (1930)

      Paris Saxophone Quartet

      Adda 581018

      1:22 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Le voyage dans la lune"

      Ballet Music: "Les hirondelles bleues"

      Philharmonia Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Offenbach: Can Can, Overtures, and Ballets

      Philips 422057-2

      1:24 am

      Georges Onslow: String Quartet in c, Op 8/1

      Ensemble

      A Charlin CCV-1002-2

      1:45 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: Twelve Studies in the Minor Keys, Op 39

      #5, "Marche funèbre"

      Bernard Ringeissen, p
      Alkan: The Railway and Other Works

      Naxos 8.553434

      1:54 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: "Esquisses", Op 63

      #6, "Fuguette"

      Laurent Martin, p
      ALKAN: Esquisses Op. 63

      Naxos 8.555496

      2:00 am

      Benjamin Godard: "Jocelyn"

      "Berceuse (Lullaby)"

      Eroica Trio

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57906-2

      2:05 am

      Paul Taffanel: "Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino"

      Dionne Jackson, f; Marija Stroke, p
      Parisian Inspirations

      Bridge 9482

      2:12 am

      Albert Roussel: "Joueurs de flûte," Op 27 (1924)

      #4 (Finale), M de la Péjaudie

      Jonathan Snowden, f; Andrew Litton, p

      Virgin 90846-2

      2:13 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425, "Linz"

      English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Symphonies nos. 32, 35 "Haffner" and 36 "Linzer"

      Philips 422419-2

      2:55 am

      Lynn PALMER: Classical Suite

      "Courante"

      Judy Loman, h
      Harp Showpieces

      Naxos 8.554347

      3:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: Overture in d (Chandos Anthem No. 2)

      Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes
      A Tribute to Elgar, Delius and Holst

      Chandos CHAN-4507

      3:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 4, No. 1

      Simon Preston, o; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Handel: Complete Organ Concertos

      DG Archiv 469358-2 (3)

      3:21 am

      Manuel Ponce: Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Handel

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Ponce * Balada Mexicana * Osorio

      ASV CDDCA-874

      3:28 am

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

      "Allegro vigoroso"

      Royal Phil/Yehudi Menuhin
      Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks/ Amaryllis Suite/ Suite From The Water Music

      MCA Classics MCAD-6186

      3:29 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.6 in B-Flat, Op.18

      Juilliard String Quartet

      CBS M3K-37868 (3)

      3:55 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Twelve Etudes for Guitar (1928)

      No. 6 in e

      Wolfgang Lendle, g
      Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, 5 Preludes

      Teldec 8.44143

      4:00 am

      Nikolai Medtner: "Six Fairy Tales", Op 51

      #2

      Nicolai Medtner, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54839-2

      4:05 am

      Nikolai Medtner: "Fairy Tale" in f, Op 26/3

      Geoffrey Tozer, p
      Medtner: Piano Works, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9050

      4:08 am

      Nikolai Medtner: "Fairy Tale" in e, Op 34/2

      Geoffrey Tozer, p
      Medtner: Piano Works, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9050

      4:10 am

      Robert Schumann: "Märchenbilder," Op. 113

      Nobuko Imai, vi; Roger Vignoles, p
      Brahms/ Schumann: Works for Viola and Piano

      Chandos CHAN-8550

      4:26 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Don Quichotte" Suite

      "Sancho Panza Swindled"

      Mann, Henze, Taylor, Field; Orch of St Luke's
      Elizabeth Mann,

      Musicmasters MMD-60210-X

      4:27 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 63

      Frank Peter Zimmermann, v; Philharmonia Orch/Mariss Jansons

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54454-2

      4:54 am

      Vincenz Stelzmüller: Stelzmuller Tanz'

      Boskovsky Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky
      The Willi Boskovsky Collection Vol. 2, The Charm of Old Vienna

      Vanguard OVC-8016

      5:00 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh"

      "Fire"

      London Sym Orch/Anatole Fistoulari
      KHATCHATURIAN: Gayaneh- extraits

      Everest EVC-9020

      5:05 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Spartacus" (1954, rev 1968)

      Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

      Royal Opera House Orch/Barry Wordsworth
      Ballet Highlights: Swan Lake - The Nutcracker - The Sleeping Beauty

      Conifer 55014-2

      5:15 am

      Charles Mouton: Lute Suite in a

      F Edgar Gilbert, l
      The Loss Of The Golden Rose Lute

      Independent Artist Guild R-120796

      5:25 am

      Michel-Richard Delalande: Deuxième Fantaisie ou Caprice que le Roy demandoit souvent

      Paillard Chamber Orch/Jean-François Paillard
      Delande: Simphonies Pour Les Soupers Du Roy: Concert De Trompettes De Versailles, Trois Caprices

      Erato ECD-88088

      5:35 am

      Jacques Gallot: Lute Pieces in a

      "Gavotte la Jalousée"

      Jakob Lindberg, l
      Lute Music from Scotland and France

      BIS CD-201

      5:37 am

      Virgil Thomson: "The Plow that Broke the Plains" Suite (1936)

      New London Orch/Ronald Corp
      Thomson: Louisiana Story, The Plow That Broke The Plains

      Hyperion CDA-66576

      5:53 am

      Andre Campra: Idomenée

      Rigaudon

      Les Arts Florissants Orch/William Christie
      Campra: Idoménée - Highlights

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901506

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      Advent 1 - “Savior of the Nations, Come.” Host Peter DuBois explores various organ and choral settings of this chorale tune, which ushers in the season of expectation and preparation known as Advent.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Ola Gjeilo: "Winter Light"

      Roberto Sorrentino, vc; Ola Gjeilo, p
      Dreamweaver

      Decca 4854635

      7:05 am

      Stephen Paulus: "The Three Hermits"

      "Pilgrims' Hymn"

      Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/Stephen Layton
      Beyond All Mortal Dreams: American A Cappella * The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

      Hyperion CDA-67832

      7:09 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83

      Daniel Barenboim, p; Berlin Staatskapelle/Gustavo Dudamel
      Brahms: The Piano Concertos

      DG 4794899 (2)

      8:01 am

      Randall Thompson: "Frostiana"

      "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

      New York Choral Society, Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Thompson: The Testament of Freedom, Frostiana

      Koch 3-7283-2

      8:06 am

      Caitlin Edwards: "Faithful"

      Caitlin Edwards, v & prod; Edward Smith, p
      Exhale

      Caitlin Edwards Exhale

      8:11 am

      Aaron Copland: "Appalachian Spring"

      Boston Sym Orch/Aaron Copland
      Copland & Gould: Composers Conduct

      RCA 61505-2

      8:37 am

      Florence Price: "Adoration"

      Titus Underwood, ob; Lara Downes, p
      New Day Begun

      Rising Sun Music RS-012

      8:39 am

      Florence Price: "We Have Tomorrow"

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

      One Voice Music OVM-01

      8:43 am

      František Janoska: "The Four Seasons in Janoska Style" (after Vivaldi)

      Winter

      Janoska Ensemble
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons in Janoska Style

      DG 9487617

      8:55 am

      William Billings: Thanksgiving Anthem, "O Praise the Lord of Heaven"

      Bella Voce/Paul Hillier
      A Land Of Pure Delight

      Harmonia Mundi HMX-2907264

      9:00 am

      Dietrich Buxtehude: Cantata, "Nun danket alle Gott (Now Thank We All Our God)"

      Cantus Cölln/Konrad Junghänel
      Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas / Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901629

      9:13 am

      Thomas Morley: "Joyne Hands"

      Baltimore Consort
      Watkins Ale: Music of the English Renaissance

      Dorian DOR-90142

      9:15 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 61, "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Now come, savior of the gentiles)"

      Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
      Olaf Bär, baritone,
      Bach Cantatas * Gardiner * Vol. 13

      Soli Deo Gloria SDG-162 (2)

      9:30 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Winter," RV. 297

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; English Chamber Orch/David Lockington
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

      eOne EOM-CD-7790

      9:39 am

      Franz Schubert: "Winterlied," D 242a

      John Mark Ainsley, t; London Schubert Chorale; Graham Johnson, p
      An 1815 Schubertiad I

      Hyperion CDJ-33020

      9:41 am

      Antonio Rosetti: Oboe Concerto in C

      Lajos Lencsés, ob; Slovak Chamber Orch/Bohdan Warchal
      Antonio Rosetti: 3 Oboe Concertos

      CPO 999062-2

      10:00 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle in A minor, "Für Elise," WoO 59

      Philadelphia Orch/William Smith
      Beethoven's Greatest Hits

      CBS MLK-39434

      10:06 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "A Song of Thanksgiving"

      von Stade; Hanks; Mormon Tabernacle Cho, Utah Sym/Silverstein
      Simple Gifts

      Decca 436284-2

      10:23 am

      John Rutter: "For the beauty of the earth"

      Wayne Marshall, p
      John Rutter - The Piano Collection

      Decca 4855333

      10:26 am

      Gaetano Donizetti: String Quartet No. 9 in D minor

      Orch d'Auvergne/Jean-Jacques Kantorow
      Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi

      Denon 81757-3871-2

      10:45 am

      Traditional Catalan: Carol, "El desembre congelat"

      Rachel Van Voorhees, h
      Christmas Favorites

      Centaur CRC-2209

      10:47 am

      Enrique Granados: "Tonadillas en estilo antiguo"

      Tabea Zimmermann, vi; Javier Perianes, p
      Cantilena

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902648

      11:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28

      No. 9 in E

      Ivan Moravec, p
      Ivan Moravec Plays Chopin

      VAI VAIA-1039

      11:02 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b

      December (Christmas)

      Ilya Rashkovskiy, p
      Holidays with WFMT

      Naxos/WFMT (Xmas 2021)

      11:06 am

      Stephen Flaherty: "Anastasia"

      "Once Upon a December"

      Emile Pandolfi, p
      Believe

      Magic Music MMP-105

      11:12 am

      Florence Price: "Ethiopia's Shadow in America"

      II. "His Resignation and Faith"

      Chineke! Orch/Leslie Suganandarajah
      Chineke! Orchestra: Florence Price

      Decca 4853996

      11:15 am

      Carol Cymbala: "He's been faithful"

      Angel Blue, s; Iain Burnside, p
      Joy Alone

      Opus Arte CD-9020

      11:22 am

      Roxanna Panufnik: "Love Endureth"

      Voces8 & Friends/Barnaby Smith
      Love Abide

      Warner Classics 65720-6

      11:27 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80

      Tasmin Little, v; BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
      British Violin Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-10879

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:01 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltz," Op. 437

      Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      New Year's Concert 2003

      DG 474250-2

      12:14 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E-flat, Op. 20

      IV. "Tema con variazioni: Andante"

      New Vienna Octet
      Beethoven: Septet Op. 20 & Trio Op. 11 / New Vienna Octet

      Decca 414576-2

      12:23 pm

      Francis Poulenc: Two-Piano Concerto in D minor

      Mona Golabek & Renee Golabek, p's; New Zealand Sym Orch/Falletta
      Poulenc: Concerto for two pianos and orchestra, Babar the Elephant; Ravel: Mother Goose

      Koch 3-7408-2

      12:45 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "Libertango"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; et al.
      Horacio Malvicino, guitar,
      Héctor Console, double bass,
      Soul of the Tango - The Music of Astor Piazzolla

      Sony SK-63122

      12:49 pm

      Evaristo Dall'Abaco: Concerto in G "a più istrumenti," Op. 6, No. 5

      Concerto Köln
      Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco: Concerti / Concerto Köln

      Teldec 22166-2

      12:56 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C, K. 330

      II. Andante cantabile

      Dmitry Paperno, p
      Uncommon Encores

      Cedille CDR-90000007

      1:00 pm

      Edgar Olivero: "Sarahnade mambo" (based on Mozart's "Eine kleine Nachtmusik")

      Sarah Willis, hn; Sarahbanda; Yuniet Lombida, sx
      Mozart y Mambo

      Alpha 578

      1:08 pm

      Darius Milhaud: "Saudades do Brasil," Op. 67

      Set 2

      William Bolcom, p
      Darius Milhaud: Piano Music

      Nonesuch 71316-2

      1:20 pm

      Johann Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat

      Sabine Meyer, cl; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
      Johann & Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos

      EMI CDC7-54842-2

      1:37 pm

      Ruth Gipps: Song for Orchestra

      BBC National Orch of Wales/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4; Song for Orchestra; Knight in Armour

      Chandos CHAN-20078

      1:44 pm

      William Grant Still: "Pastorela"

      Alexa Still, f; Susan DeWitt Smith, p
      Still: Summerland

      Koch 3-7192-2

      1:55 pm

      Melissa Dunphy: "New Dreams"

      La Caccina
      Becoming

      La Caccina [Becoming]

      2:01 pm

      Enrique Granados: "Danzas españolas," Op. 37 (Op. 5)

      No. 2, "Oriental"

      Empire Brass
      Romantic Brass: Music of France and Spain Transcribed for Brass

      Telarc CD-80301

      2:06 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46

      No. 8 in G minor, "Furiant"

      Empire Brass; Richard Jensen, per
      Class Brass

      Telarc CD-80220

      2:08 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425, "Linz"

      I. "Adagio - Allegro spiritoso"

      Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
      Mozart: Symphonies 28 & 36 "Linz" / Bruggen

      Philips 432177-2

      2:20 pm

      Caitlin Edwards: "Faithful"

      Caitlin Edwards, v & prod; Edward Smith, p
      Exhale

      Caitlin Edwards Exhale

      2:24 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      J S Bach: Ouvertüren (Complete Orchestral Suites)

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902113.14 (2)

      2:48 pm

      Eric Whitacre: "The River Cam"

      Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; London Sym/Eric Whitacre
      Water Night

      Decca B0016636-02

      3:00 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Romeo and Juliet" Overture-Fantasy

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies

      Philips 442061-2 (6)

      3:22 pm

      Agustín Barrios Mangoré: "Vals de Primavera"

      Alexander-Sergei Ramírez, g
      Confesión

      DG 471532-2

      3:29 pm

      Ethel Smyth: Serenade in D

      BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez
      Smyth: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-9449

      4:05 pm

      Florence Price: "Fantasie Nègre" No. 2 in G minor

      Michelle Cann, p
      Revival

      Platoon PLAT-18088

      4:15 pm

      Béla Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

      Janoska Ensemble
      The Big B's

      DG 4540390

      4:30 pm

      Josef Suk: "Fantastic Scherzo," Op. 25

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Suk: Fairy Tale * Fantastic Scherzo

      Naxos 8.572323

      4:47 pm

      Paul Taffanel: Fantasy on Weber's "Der Freischütz"

      Cavatina Duo
      Cavatina at the Opera

      Bridge 9448

      5:00 - 7:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

      Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber
      Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7

      DG 415861-2

      5:35 pm

      Louis Spohr: "Sonata concertante," Op. 114

      Maxence Larrieu, fl; Susanna Mildonian, h
      Spohr: Sonatas for Flute and Harp

      Ars Classicum 1155482

      5:55 pm

      Anonymous 17th-century Spanish: "Torneo"

      Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King
      Luz y Norte

      RCA-DHM 77340-2

      6:01 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46

      No. 1 in C

      Slovak Phil Orch/Zdeněk Košler
      Discover Music of the Romantic Era

      Naxos 8.558155-56

      6:07 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op 47

      Panocha String Quartet Members; Jaroslav Tůma, harmonium
      Dvořák: Miniatures / Panocha Quartet

      Supraphon SU-33912131

      6:27 pm

      Leoš Janáček: "On an Overgrown Path," Book 1

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Schumann: Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janáček: On the overgrown path, Book 1

      Hyperion CDA-68030

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Mezzo-soprano Lucy Baker, baritone Finn Sagal, and pianist Michael Banwarth perform art songs by Fauré, Berlioz, Schubert, and Bonds, and selections from the Great American Songbook. Recorded in the Levin Performance Studio.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Britten "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra;" Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto in F Minor; Arnold Jacobs, tuba; Schumann "Konzertstück" in F Major, Op. 86; Dale Clevenger, Richard Oldberg, Thomas Howell, Norman Schweiert, horns; Strauss "Don Quixote," Op. 35; Samuel Magad, violin; Charles Pikler, viola; John Sharp, cello; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Massenet Meditation from "Thaïs;" Steven Staryk, violin; Jean Martinon, conductor; Debussy "Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun;" Donald Peck, flute; Georg Solti, conductor.

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Romantic Chamber Music from Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico There is an enormous treasure trove of Latin American romantic and post-romantic music composed during the second half of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century. Elbio Barilari presents a selection of delightful chamber pieces by Brazilian composer Glauco Velázquez, Mexican composer Gustavo Campa, and Argentine composer Constantino Gaito.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Important Reissue of a Mahler Classic Recording

      Mahler Symphony No. 3.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.