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      Playlist for Monday, December 2, 2024

      12:00 am

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Important Reissue of a Mahler Classic Recording

      Mahler Symphony No. 3.

      12:00 am

      Continues from 11:00pm Sunday.

      1:00 - 6:00 am

      1:00 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: "Das Jahr"

      March

      Jennifer Eley, p
      Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto In E Minor/ Schumann: Konzertsatz

      Koch 3-7197-2

      1:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: String Octet in E-Flat, Op 20

      Guarneri & Orion SQ's
      Mendelssohn: Strings Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Octet in E-Flat Major for String

      Arabesque Z-6714

      1:37 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Kinderstücke," Op 72

      No. 2, Andante sostenuto

      Martin Jones, p

      Nimbus NI-5070

      1:38 am

      Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: "Lament"

      Roberta Rust, p
      Direct Contact

      Navona NV-6229

      1:45 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim

      EMI CDC7-49567-2

      1:54 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155 (G 226)

      #12, "Cupid's Kindness"

      Robert White, t; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Ani Kavafian, v; Samuel Sanders, p
      Yo-Yo Ma, cello,
      Beethoven: Folk Song Arrangements

      RCA 5994-2-RC

      2:00 am

      Augustìn Barrios Mangoré: Waltzes, Op 8

      #4

      Pepe Romero, g
      La Paloma: Spanish And Latin American Favourites

      Philips 432102-2

      2:05 am

      Gilardo Gilardi: "Cantares de mi cantar"

      Mirian Conti, p
      Nostalgias Argentinas

      Steinway & Sons 30010

      2:18 am

      Aaron Copland: "Three Latin-American Sketches"

      Phoenix Sym/James Sedares
      Suite from "The Tender Land" / 3 Latin-American Sketches / Suite from "The Red Pony"

      Koch 3-7092-2

      2:29 am

      William Grant Still: Folk Suite #4

      "El Monigote"

      Sierra Winds, Carol Urban-Stivers, p
      Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

      Cambria CD-1083

      2:30 am

      Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26

      Robert McDuffie, v; Scottish Ch Orch/Joseph Swensen
      Mendelssohn and Bruch: Violin Concertos

      Telarc CD-80507

      2:54 am

      Hermann Goetz: "Genrebilder", Op 13

      #1

      Adrian Ruiz, p
      GOETZ: Lose Blätter, op.7; Sonatina in F, op. 8, No. 1; Sonatina in E Flat, op. 8, No. 2; Genrebilder, op.13

      Genesis GCD-107

      3:00 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes, Op. 23

      No. 4 in D

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Rachmaninov: 24 Preludes * Vladimir Ashkenazy

      London 414417-2 (2)

      3:05 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes, Op. 32

      No. 12 in g-sharp

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz In Moscow

      DG 419499-2

      3:08 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes, Op. 32

      No. 1 in C

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
      Rachmaninov: 24 Preludes * Vladimir Ashkenazy

      London 414417-2 (2)

      3:09 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in e, Op. 27

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Rachmaninoff/Symphony No. 2 • Franck/Symphony In D Minor

      Mercury 434368-2

      3:54 am

      Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Bk 1 (1587)

      "Almo divino raggio"

      Delitiae Musicae/Marco Longhini
      Madrigals Book 1

      Naxos 8.555307

      4:00 am

      Charles Gounod: "Funeral March of a Marionette"

      Roberto Prosseda, p
      Gounod Piano Works

      London 4816956

      4:05 am

      Francis Poulenc: Piano and Wind Sextet (1932-9)

      Jacques Février, p; Paris Wind Quintet

      EMI/Ang CZS7-62736-2 (2)

      4:24 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "La Princesse de Navarre"

      "Sarabande"

      English Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan
      RAMEAU: La princesse de Navarre

      Erato 12986-2

      4:25 am

      Johann Rosenmüller: String Sonata #6 à 5 in a

      Acronym
      Johann Rosenmüller in Exile

      New Focus Recordings FCR-909

      4:34 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011

      Toke Moldrup, vc
      Six Cello Suite Revisited

      Bridge 9503-A/B (2)

      4:54 am

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

      Fugue No. 7 in E-flat

      Wendy Carlos, electronics
      Switched-On Bach 2000

      Telarc CD-80323

      5:00 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in C, Kk 513 (L 3)

      David Schrader, forte-p
      Scarlatti on Fortepiano

      Cedille CDR-90000042

      5:05 am

      Alessandro Stradella: "Pietà, Signore"

      Meir Rimon, fh; Israel Phil/David Amos
      Premieres of the Old and new/Rimon Amas, Israel Po Members

      Crystal CD-510

      5:13 am

      Johann Nisle: Violin, Horn and Piano Sonata, Op 15

      Trio Quelque Chose
      Trio Quelque Chose

      Kickshaw CD-1001

      5:28 am

      Hans Staeps: "Reihe kleiner Duette" (1950)

      #4

      Alison Melville, r; Alayne Hall, p
      Fruit of a Different Vine

      Atma ACD2-2206

      5:30 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313

      Susan Palma, f; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Flute Concert No. 1 • Flute And Harp Concerto • Andante

      DG 427677-2

      5:55 am

      Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Bk 1 (1587)

      "Allora i pastor tutti"

      Delitiae Musicae/Marco Longhini
      Madrigals Book 1

      Naxos 8.555307

      6:00 - 10:00 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.

      6:02 am

      John Field: Rondo in A-Flat

      Míceál O'Rourke, p; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert
      Field: Piano Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-9534

      6:10 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: Rondo (1973)

      Robert Ingliss, ob; Marcia Eckert, p
      Germaine Tailleferre Musique de Chambre

      Cambria CD-1085

      6:13 am

      Manuel de Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs

      I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky, vc
      Violonchelo Español

      Analekta AN2-9897

      6:30 am

      Traditional: "Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)"

      Voces8 Foundation Cho & Orch/Barnaby Smith
      A Choral Christmas

      Decca 5568937

      6:36 am

      Josef Rheinberger: Piano Trio No. 3 in B-Flat, Op. 121

      III. Scherzo

      Trio Parnassus
      Rheinberger: Complete Piano Trios

      MD+G L-3419/20 (2)

      6:42 am

      Bedřich Smetana: "From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests"

      Milwaukee Sym Orch/Zdenek Macal
      Bedřich Smetana: Má vlast

      Telarc CD-80265

      6:55 am

      Elena Kats-Chernin: "Re-invention" No. 1 (after Bach's BWV 779)

      La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
      Elle

      Analekta AN2-8754

      7:02 am

      Florence Price: "Dances in the Canebrakes"

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
      Project W

      Cedille CDR-90000185

      7:13 am

      Samuel Scheidt: Suite for Brass

      German Brass/Enrique Crespo
      Samuel Scheidt

      EMI CDC7-47692-2

      7:24 am

      Richard Wagner: "The Flying Dutchman"

      Spinning Chorus, "Summ und brumm"

      Earl Wild, p
      The Virtuosity of Earl Wild

      Ivory Classics 70901 (2)

      7:33 am

      Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

      V. Finale

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta

      RCA 5604-2-RC

      7:43 am

      George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Let Thy hand be strengthened"

      Westminster Abbey Cho, English Concert/Simon Preston
      Handel: Coronation Anthems

      Archiv 410030-2

      7:53 am

      Traditional Scottish: Medley of Scots Tunes

      Rachel Barton Pine & Alasdair Fraser, v's; Scottish Chamber Orch/Alexander Platt
      Scottish Rhapsodies

      Cedille CDR-90000083 (2)

      8:02 am

      Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia (Overture) in B-Flat, Op. 18/2, "Lucio Silla"

      Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead
      Johann Christian Bach - Six Symphonies Op. 18

      CPO 999752-2

      8:11 am

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

      Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D

      Víkingur Ólafsson, p
      Johann Sebastian Bach

      DG 4835022

      8:15 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F after Piano Sonata in E, Op. 14/1

      LaSalle Quartet
      Bach, Mozart, Beethoven: Originals & Transcriptions

      DG 423110-2

      8:29 am

      Leigh Harline: "When You Wish Upon A Star"

      Julia Shaw & Nora Bumanis, h's
      Silence Wakes My Song

      Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1103

      8:32 am

      Erik Satie: Three "Gymnopédies"

      No. 1

      John de Lancie, ob; London Sym Orch/André Previn
      Ravel, Satie, Franck and others

      RCA 60695-2-RG

      8:37 am

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

      IV. Finale, "Moderato assai"

      Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons
      Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies / Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons

      Chandos CHAN-8672/8 (7)

      8:48 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Variations in D minor on "La Follia," Op. 5, No. 12

      Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
      Altre Follie (1500 - 1750)

      Alia Vox AV-9844

      9:02 am

      Mily Balakirev: "Islamey"

      Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
      Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Balakirev: 1812, Polovtsian Dances, Islamey

      Philips 412552-2

      9:12 am

      Henry Purcell: "Dido and Aeneas"

      Suite

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Thomas Hengelbrock
      Henry Purcell: Instrumental Music

      RCA-DHM 77231-2

      9:31 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Van Cliburn, p
      My Favorite Debussy

      RCA 63567-2

      9:37 am

      Kenneth Fuchs: "American Fantasy" (Romance for violin and orchestra)

      Solomiya Ivakhiv, v; Ukraine National Sym Orch/Volodymyr Sirenko
      Poems & Rhapsodies

      Centaur CRC-3799

      9:50 am

      Franz Lehár: "Gold and Silver" Waltzes, Op. 79

      Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe
      Rudolf Kempe - Artist Profile

      EMI CDZB5-68736-2 (2)

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday Music

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

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Robbie Ellis.

      10:00 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

      Overture

      Daniell Revenaugh & Lawrence Leighton Smith, p's
      Busoni: The Complete Two Piano Programme

      EMI 97469-2

      10:08 am

      Edward MacDowell: "Lancelot and Elaine," Op. 25

      BBC Phil/John Wilson
      MacDowell: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-20305

      10:24 am

      David Leisner: "Extremes"

      II. "Extroverted"

      Cavatina Duo; Joshua Rubin, cl
      Acrobats: Music of David Leisner * Cavatina Duo

      Cedille CDR-90000096

      10:31 am

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

      Alison Balsom, pic tr; Pinnock's Players/Trevor Pinnock
      Baroque Concertos

      Warner 2173227329

      10:48 am

      Karen Amrhein: "Symphony of Seasons"

      IV. Finale, "Summer"

      Bratislava Sym Orch/David Hernando Rico
      Bestiary - Music of Karen Amrhein

      Karen Amrhein [Bestiary]

      10:54 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "La cambiale di matrimonio"

      Overture

      Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda
      Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 3

      Naxos 8.570935

      11:01 am

      Shawn E. Okpebholo: "city beautiful"

      Lincoln Trio
      Trios from Contemporary Chicago

      Cedille CDR-90000211

      11:13 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in D, R. 470

      Sergio Azzolini, bn; L'Aura Soave Cremona
      Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos Volume 2

      Naïve OP-30518

      11:27 am

      Franz Schubert: "Die schöne Müllerin," D 795

      No. 19, "Der Müller und der Bach"

      Alexandre Kantorow, p
      Brahms: Sonata No. 1; Schubert/Liszt: Song Transcriptions; Schubert: Wanderer Fantasty

      BIS 2660

      11:33 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "I Lombardi"

      Act III Ballet Music

      Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
      Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

      Naxos 8.572818-19 (2)

      11:56 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Romance in A, Op. 69

      Frédéric Lodéon, vc; Jean-Philippe Collard, p
      Fauré: Chamber Music, Vol. 1

      EMI CMS7-62545-2 (2)

      12:01 pm

      Traditional French: Carol, "Il est né le divin enfant"

      Chicago a cappella
      Christmas a cappella

      Cedille CDR-90000107

      12:04 pm

      John Jacob Niles: "I Wonder As I Wander"

      Chicago a cappella
      Christmas a cappella

      Cedille CDR-90000107

      12:07 pm

      Rosephanye Powell: "Who is the Baby?"

      Chicago a cappella
      Christmas a cappella

      Cedille CDR-90000107

      12:12 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Mazeppa," Symphonic Poem No. 6

      Vienna Phil/Christoph Eschenbach
      Summer Night Concert 2014

      Sony 88843070972

      12:28 pm

      William Walton: "The Wise Virgins" Suite (after Bach)

      V. "Sheep May Safely Graze"

      London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: The Quest · The Wise Virgins

      Chandos CHAN-8871

      12:36 pm

      William Grant Still: "Seven Traceries"

      Denver Oldham, p
      Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still

      Koch 3-7084-2

      12:54 pm

      Claude Debussy: Two Arabesques

      No. 1 in E

      Laura Metcalf, vc; Rupert Boyd, g
      Songs of Love and Despair

      Sono Luminus DSL-92255

      1:00 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Nathalie Stutzmann
      Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 From The New World, American Suite

      Erato 2173226379

      1:46 pm

      Henry Thacker Burleigh: "Southern Lullaby"

      Lara Downes, p; PUBLIQuartet
      Light: Migration Music, Part I

      Rising Sun Music Light

      1:49 pm

      Florence Price: "Out of the South Blew a Wind"

      Khari Joyner, vc; Lara Downes, p
      Light: Migration Music, Part I

      Rising Sun Music Light

      1:52 pm

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Escape Me Never"

      Ballet-Fantasy

      Moscow Sym Orch/William T. Stromberg
      Korngold: Another Dawn, Escape Me Never

      Marco Polo 8.223871

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      2:00 pm

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer
      Klemperer Conducts German Opera Overtures

      EMI CDM7-63917-2

      2:10 pm

      Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Serenade for Strings in E-Flat

      Berlin Chamber Orch/Heinz Rögner
      Wolf-Ferrari: Intermezzi und Ouvertüren; Streichserenade

      Berlin Classics 0091772-BC

      2:35 pm

      Carl Nielsen: "Helios" Overture, Op. 17

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Sir Alexander Gibson
      Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 and Helios Overture/ Sibelius: Spring Song and Night Ride and Sunrise

      Chandos CHAN-6533

      2:48 pm

      Maddalena Sirmen: Violin Duet in B-Flat, Op. 5, No. 3

      Shelby Yamin & Sarah Bleile Douglas, v's
      Maddalena Lombardi: Violin Duets, Op. 5

      Orpheus [Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duets, Op. 5]

      2:58 pm

      Béla Bartók: 44 Duos for Two Violins

      No. 22, "Mosquito Dance"

      High Low Duo
      High Low Duo: Ravel & Bartók

      Sono Luminus SLE-70023

      3:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "Tempest"

      Zoltán Kocsis, p
      Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 5, 8, & 17

      Philips 432127-2

      3:24 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No. 1

      Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Shostakovich: Five Ballet Suites

      Chandos CHAN-7000/1 (2)

      3:39 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's "Don Giovanni", Op. 2

      Jan Lisiecki, p; North German Radio Sym Orch/Krzysztof Urbański
      Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra

      DG 4796824

      3:57 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Judas Maccabaeus"

      Chorus, "Sing unto God"

      Soloists; St Martin's Academy & Cho/Neville Marriner
      Handel: Coronation Anthems

      Philips 412733-2

      4:00 pm

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Sinfonia Melodica"

      Indianapolis Baroque Orch/Barthold Kuijken
      The Colorful Telemann

      Naxos 8.573900

      4:12 pm

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

      May; June; November; January

      Sviatoslav Richter, p
      Tchaikovsky: The Seasons; Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux

      MMG MCD-10031

      4:32 pm

      Ferde Grofé: "Grand Canyon Suite"

      III. "On the Trail"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      The American Album

      RCA 60778-2-RC

      4:41 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat, Op. 10

      Vladimir Ashkenazy, p; Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3

      Intaglio INCD-7181

      4:56 pm

      Florence Price: Prelude No. 2, "Andantino cantabile"

      Samantha Ege, p
      Fantasie Nègre: The Piano Music of Florence Price

      Lorelt LNT-144

      5:00 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042

      Hilary Hahn, v; Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Kahane
      Bach: Concertos

      DG B0000986-02

      5:17 pm

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, D. 87

      IV. Allegro

      Alban Berg Quartet
      Schubert: Streichquartette 10 & 14 "Der Tod Und Das Mädchen"

      EMI CDC5-56470-2

      5:23 pm

      Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel"

      "Dream Pantomime"

      Royal Phil Orch/Rudolf Kempe
      Rudolf Kempe - Artist Profile

      EMI CDZB5-68736-2 (2)

      5:29 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 99

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Brahms: Sonata for cello and piano

      Sony SK-48191

      6:00 pm

      George Gershwin: "Promenade (Walking the Dog)"

      Fazıl Say, p
      Gershwin

      Teldec 26202-2

      6:02 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "William Tell"

      Ballet Suite

      Monte Carlo Opera Orch, Chorus/Antonio de Almeida
      Rossini: Ballet Music

      Philips 422843-2

      6:21 pm

      Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

      I. "Allegramente"

      Philippe Entremont, p; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      A Century of French Music

      Sony 88875192862

      6:31 pm

      Giuseppe Tartini: "Sonata Pastorale" in A

      Trio Settecento
      An Italian Sojourn

      Cedille CDR-90000099

      6:41 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3, "The Bird"

      Alban Berg Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 No. 3 "The Bird", Op. 77 Nos. 1 & 2

      EMI CDC5-57541-2

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943). This Russian composer held on to being a Romantic composer well into the twentieth century, a time when his fellow composers like Stravinsky and Prokofiev were forever reinventing Classical music. We will dedicate this week to exploring the private life and music of this lyrically gifted pianist and composer.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      An encore presentation of the performance by piano duo Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem hosted by Kerry Frumkin. Recorded April 8, 2024 in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.

      9:43 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049

      Peter Jenne, r; Linde Consort/Hans-Martin Linde, r
      The Brandenburg Concertos, A Musical Offering

      Virgin 61154-2 (2)

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30; Evgeny Kissin, piano; Shostakovich Symphony No. 10, Op. 93; Krzysztof Urbański, conductor.