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      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Dardanus" (1739)

      "Entrée pour les guerriers (Majestueusement)"

      Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
      Les Boréades • Dardanus (Suites)

      Philips 420240-2

      12:02 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Dardanus" (1739)

      "Deuxieme air (Vivement)"

      Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen
      Les Boréades • Dardanus (Suites)

      Philips 420240-2

      12:05 am

      Claude Debussy: "Children's Corner" Suite

      Mieczyslaw Horszowski, p
      Mozart: Fantasia In D Minor, K. 397 / Chopin: Two Nocturnes / Debussy: Children's Corner / Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 2 In A Major, Op. 2, No. 2

      Nonesuch 79160-2

      12:21 am

      Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op 22

      #10, "Saute-Mouton"

      Timothy LeRoi Nickel, p; Nancy Leroi Nickel, p
      Family Classics

      Arsis CD-137

      12:22 am

      Étienne-Nicolas Méhul: Opera, Stratonice

      Overture

      Cappella Coloniensis/William Christie
      Mehul: Stratonice

      Erato 12714-2

      12:29 am

      Georges Onslow: String Quintet in d, Op 78/1

      Ensemble

      A Charlin CCV-1002-2

      12:54 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Divertissement" (1930)

      "Parade"

      City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox

      Virgin 90765-2

      1:00 am

      Claude Debussy: "Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)"

      Quebec Sym/Yoav Talmi
      Children's Corner * Debussy Orchestrations

      Atma SACD2-2377

      1:05 am

      Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

      Yundi Li, p; Berlin Phil/Seiji Ozawa
      Piano Concertos

      DG B0010175-02

      1:26 am

      Robert Moran: Waltz, "In Memoriam Maurice Ravel"

      Yvar Mikhashoff, p
      The Waltz Project (17 Contemporary Waltzes For Piano)

      Nonesuch D-79011

      1:27 am

      Yiorgos Vassilandonakis: "Variations on a Waltz by Villa-Lobos"

      Marc Regnier, g; Natalia Khoma, vc
      Tempo do Brasil

      Reference Recordings FR-714

      1:33 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Piano Concerto No. 5 (1954)

      Christina Ortiz, p; Royal Phil/Miguel Gómez Martínez

      London 430628-2 (2)

      1:54 am

      Borges: El Criollito

      Eliot Fisk, g

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47760-2

      2:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of My Old Age)," Vol V

      #4, "Prélude moresque"

      Alessandro Mangoni, p
      Rossini Complete Piano Music 3

      Naxos 8.572315

      2:04 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 91 in E-Flat

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati

      London 4781221 (33)

      2:30 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Occasional Suite" in D

      "March"

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks

      DG Archiv 453451-2

      2:32 am

      Luigi Gatti: "Quartetto" in C

      Zefiro

      Ambroisie AMB-9934

      2:54 am

      Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Bk 1 (1587)

      "Ardi o gela a tua voglia"

      Delitiae Musicae/Marco Longhini
      Madrigals Book 1

      Naxos 8.555307

      3:00 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderball", Op. 130

      No. 9, "Promenade"

      Peter Frankl, p; Andràs Schiff, p

      Vox CD3X-3001 (3)

      3:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 28 in C, K. 200

      18th-Century Orch/Frans Brüggen
      Symphonies No. 28 & No. 36 «Linz»

      Philips 432177-2

      3:24 am

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

      Serenade, "Deh, vieni alla finestra"

      Ruggero Raimondi, b; Paris Opéra Orch/Lorin Maazel

      CBS MDK-46579

      3:25 am

      Vincent Persichetti: Serenade #5, Op 43 (1950)

      Louisville Orch/Jorge Mester
      PERSICHETTI: Serenade No. 5, Op. 43 / Symphony No. 5, Op. 61 / Symphony No. 8

      First Edition FECD-0034

      3:36 am

      Vincent Persichetti: Serenade #7, Op 55 (1952)

      Ellen Burmeister, p

      Owl 29

      3:43 am

      Vincent Persichetti: Serenade #8, Op 62, for piano four hands

      Malinova Sisters Piano Duo

      Koch 3-7213-2

      3:46 am

      Vincent Persichetti: Serenade #10 for Flute and Harp

      Jadwiga Kotnowska, f; Joanna Kozielska, h

      Quantum QM-6937

      3:54 am

      Charles Tomlinson Griffes: "An Old Song Resung"

      William Parker, br; William Huckaby, p
      An Old Song Resung

      New World 80463-2

      4:00 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Dardanus" (1739)

      "Chaconne"

      Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
      Rameau: Dardanus

      DG Archiv 463476-2 (2)

      4:05 am

      George Frideric Handel: Chaconne No. 1 in G, HWV 435

      Geneviéve Soly, hc
      Graupner: Partien auf das Clavier, GWV 104, 105 & 107: Partitas for Harpsichord, Vol.4

      Analekta AN2-9121

      4:17 am

      George Frideric Handel: Passacaglia

      Jaimé Laredo, v; Sharon Robinson, vc
      Conversations: Duos For Violin And Cello

      Arabesque Z-6735

      4:24 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Almira"

      Chaconne

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Overtüren

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901852

      4:26 am

      Johann Halvorsen: Symphony #2 in d, "Fatum"

      Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi
      Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol 2 -- Thorsen / Bergen PO / Järvi

      Chandos CHAN-10614

      4:54 am

      John Johnsone: Sellenger's Rounde

      Jakob Lindberg, Paul O'Dette, l's
      English Lute Duets

      BIS CD-267

      5:00 am

      Heinrich von Biber: Mystery Sonatas ("Rosary")

      Sonata II, "The Visitation"

      John Holloway, v; Tragicomedia
      The Mystery Sonatas

      Virgin 90838-2 (2)

      5:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.2 in A, Op.12/2

      Gidon Kremer, v; Martha Argerich, p
      Violinsonaten Nos.1-3 • Violin Sonatas • Sonates Pour Violon

      DG 415138-2

      5:20 am

      Italian Anon 14th c: Trotto

      Newberry Consort/Mary Springfels
      Il Solazzo- Music For A Medieval Banquet

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907038

      5:22 am

      Adolf Wiklund: "Konsertstycke", Op 1

      Martin Sturfält, p; Helsingborg Sym/Andrew Manze
      Adolf Wiklund: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Konsertstycke

      Hyperion CDA-67828

      5:38 am

      Franz Berwald: "Konzertstück" (1827)

      Christian Davidsson, bn; Malmö Sym Orch/Sixten Ehrling
      Berwald - The Four Symphonies

      BIS CD-795/96 (2)

      5:49 am

      Henry Bishop: "Home, Sweet Home"

      Joan Sutherland, s; London Sym Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Joan Sutherland: Command Performance

      London OSA-1254 (2)

      5:54 am

      Henry Bishop: Chorus, "Foresters sound the cheerful horn"

      London Pro Cantione Antiqua
      Sweet & Low - Glees & Partsongs

      Conifer CDCF-145

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      Advent 2 - “Prepare the Way.” Host Peter DuBois focuses on the prophecy of John the Baptist and others, heralding the coming of the Messiah with great choral and organ music of the season.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Duke Ellington: Reflections in D

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Conversations with Bill Evans

      Decca 455512-2

      7:10 am

      Mary Howe: "Ballade fantasque"

      Juliana Soltis, vc; Ruoting Li, p
      American Woman

      Navona NV-6659

      7:21 am

      Samuel Barber: "Agnus Dei" (from Op. 11)

      Voces8
      Enchanted Isle

      Decca B0029601-02

      7:30 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48

      United Strings of Europe/Julian Azkoul
      Tchaikovsky: Serenade, Souvenir de Florence

      BIS 2569

      8:01 am

      Anthony Ritchie: Symphony No. 6, Op. 212

      II. "Meditation"

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

      Rattle RAT-D143

      8:10 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Respighi: Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions, Roman Festivals

      Telarc CD-80356

      8:38 am

      Jan Sandström: "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen" (after Praetorius)

      Berlin Radio Choir/Nicolas Fink
      Lauda per la Natività del Signore

      Carus 83.473

      8:44 am

      Richard Rodney Bennett: "Reflections on a Sixteenth-Century Tune"

      Philharmonia Orch Strings/Richard Hickox
      Bennett: Orchestral Works Vol 1

      Chandos CHAN-10389

      9:01 am

      Tielman Susato: "The Danserye" (1551)

      Three Dances

      Piffaro
      Keeping the Watch

      Newport Classic NPD-85527

      9:06 am

      Thomas Tallis: "Videte Miraculum"

      London Oratory Schola Cantorum/Charles Cole
      Sacred Treasues of Christmas * London Oratory Schola Cantorum

      Hyperion CDA-68358

      9:18 am

      Johann Friedrich Fasch: Lute Concerto in d minor

      Hopkinson Smith, l; Chiara Banchini & David Plantier, v's; David Courvoisier, vi; Roel Dieltiens, vc
      David Courvoisier, viola,
      Fasch, Haydn, Kohaut, Hagen: Lute Concertos

      Astrée E-8641

      9:35 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Alcina"

      "Tornami a vagheggiar"

      Amanda Forsythe, s; Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      The Power of Love: Arias from Handel Operas

      Avie AV-2350

      9:41 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Violin Concerto in D, Op. 2, No. 2

      Fumika Mohri, v; Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Bologne: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7

      Naxos 8.574452

      10:01 am

      Ethel Kathleen Sutton: Pastorale

      Agave
      In Her Hands

      Acis APL-53714

      10:06 am

      Samuel Barber: "Vanessa," Op. 32

      "Must the Winter Come So Soon"

      Susan Graham, ms; BBC Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Barber: Vanessa

      Chandos CHSA-5032 (2)

      10:09 am

      Florence Price: String Quartet in A minor

      Avalon String Quartet
      Florence Beatrice Price, Leo Sowerby: Music for String Quartet

      Naxos 8.559941

      10:36 am

      John Wesley Work III: "Scuppernong"

      I. "At a Certain Church"

      Natalie Hinderas, p
      Piano Music by African-American Composers

      CRI CD-629 (2)

      10:40 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: "Sonata da Chiesa"

      Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
      Paul Freeman Introduces...

      Albany TROY-499

      11:01 am

      Julie Cooper: "The Cold Earth Slept Below"

      Grace Davidson, s; Oculus Ensemble/Jessica Cottis
      Julie Cooper: Continuum

      Signum SIGCD-364

      11:06 am

      Mykola Leontovych: "Carol of the Bells"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Jurij Konje, per
      Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

      Telarc CD-80446

      11:09 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Carol, "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"

      Henry Auxenfans, v; Louis Auxenfans, p
      Introductions: An Introductions Christmas (December 25, 2021)

      WFMT

      11:11 am

      Andrea Casarrubios: "Afilador"

      JB Yeh, cl; M Michal, v; D Lai, vi; A Casarrubios, vc
      Andrea Casarrubios, cello,
      SEVEN

      Odradek ODRCD-457

      11:22 am

      Doreen Carwithen: Piano Concerto

      Mark Bebbington, p; Innovation Chamber Ensemble/R Jenkinson
      Concertos for Piano and Strings

      Somm SOMMCD-254

      11:56 am

      Morten Lauridsen: "Lux Aeterna"

      IV. "Veni, Sancte Spiritus"

      Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Layton
      Lux aeterna & other choral works

      Hyperion CDA-67449

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Hosted by Kristina Lynn.

      12:01 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Carnival" Overture, Op. 92

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Dvořák: Symphony No.9 'From The New World', Carnival Overture

      Decca 421016-2

      12:11 pm

      Claude Debussy: Piano Trio in G

      Florestan Trio
      Debussy, Fauré & Ravel: Piano Trios

      Hyperion CDA-67114

      12:32 pm

      Harold Darke: "In the Bleak Midwinter"

      Choir of King's College Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury; Henry Websdale, o
      A Festival of Lessons & Carols: The Centenary Service

      King's College Cambridge KGS-0036

      12:36 pm

      Traditional English: "Gloucestershire Wassail"

      Bournemouth Sym Cho & Orch/Peter Breiner
      Holidays with WFMT

      Naxos/WFMT (Xmas 2021)

      12:41 pm

      Radiohead: "Daydreaming"

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

      Sono Luminus DSL-92255

      12:46 pm

      Earth, Wind & Fire: "Shining Star"

      Evan Ziporyn, cl's
      Pop Channel

      Islandia IMR-010

      12:50 pm

      Mel Bonis: "Le Rêve de Cléopâtre," Op. 180

      Lyon National Orch/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
      Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems

      Bru Zane BZ-2007

      1:00 pm

      Agathe Backer Grøndahl: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 63

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. V

      Arena AR-08016

      1:09 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

      Introduction to Midnight

      Fort Worth Sym Orch/Miguel Harth-Bedoya
      Prokofiev: Cinderella; Mussorgsky/Gorchakov: Pictures at an Exhibition

      FWSO Live

      1:33 pm

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Sonata pian e forte"

      Millar Brass Ensemble/Vincent Cichowicz
      Brass Surround - Millar Brass Ensemble

      Delos DE-3171

      1:39 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54

      Dmitry Paperno, p
      Paperno Plays Chopin

      Cedille CDR-90000026

      1:49 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Variations for Orchestra

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, etc.

      Philips 442427-2

      2:00 pm

      Traditional English: "The Holly and the Ivy"

      Choir of Royal Holloway/Ola Gjeilo
      Winter Songs

      Decca 4816326

      2:04 pm

      Florence Price: "Some of These Days"

      Lara Downes, p
      Some of These Days

      Flipside FL-0014

      2:07 pm

      Joseph Brackett: "Simple Gifts"

      Cantus
      That Eternal Day

      Cantus Recordings CTS-1210

      2:11 pm

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 3 in C minor

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

      DG 4861900

      2:44 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: "L'estro armonico" Concerto No. 2 in G minor, R. 578

      Soloists; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
      Vivaldi & Bach

      Naïve OP-7367

      2:54 pm

      Augusta Holmès: "Trois petites pièces"

      Juliette Hurel, f; Hélène Couvert, p
      Compositrices: À l'aube du XXe siècle

      Alpha 573

      3:00 pm

      Henry Purcell: "King Arthur"

      Suite

      Alison Balsom, tr; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Sound The Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell & Handel)

      EMI 40329-2

      3:16 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11

      II. "Andante cantabile"

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      Meditations for a Quiet Dawn

      Nimbus NI-7009

      3:24 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "María de Buenos Aires"

      "Fuga y misterio"

      Fernando Suárez Paz, v; Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g's
      Fuga y misterio

      GHA 126027

      3:27 pm

      Astor Piazzolla: "Escualo"

      Fernando Suárez Paz, v; Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, g's
      Fuga y misterio

      GHA 126027

      3:31 pm

      Frederick Converse: "The Mystic Trumpeter," Op 19

      Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Converse: The Mystic Trumpeter, Flivver Ten Million, Endymion's Narrative

      Naxos 8.559116

      3:53 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Pavane," Op. 50

      Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Mad About Romance

      DG 439152-2

      4:00 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

      Juilliard String Quartet; Leon Fleisher, p
      Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

      Sony 57340

      4:40 pm

      Margaret Bonds: "The Ballad of the Brown King"

      I-III

      Noah Stewart, t; Dessoff Choirs and Orch/Merriweather
      Margaret Bonds * The Ballad of the Brown King & Selected Songs

      Avie AV-2413

      4:48 pm

      David Bowie & Brian Eno: "Heroes"

      Orchestra of the Swan members
      Timelapse

      Signum SIGCD-662

      4:55 pm

      Kurt Weill: "September Song"

      Daniel Hope, v; Joscho Stephan, g; Zürich Chamber Orch
      America

      DG 4861941

      5:00 - 8:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Jules Massenet: "Manon"

      Ballet, "L'histoire de Manon": Act 1, Scene 1

      Royal Opera House Orch/Richard Bonynge
      Jules Massenet: Manon - Ballet

      Decca 414585-2 (2)

      5:29 pm

      André Caplet: Two Divertissements

      Lavinia Meijer, h
      Lavinia Meijer plays Salzedo, Caplet & Ibert

      Channel Classics CCSSA-28908

      5:41 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Children's Corner" Suite

      Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi
      Children's Corner - Debussy Orchestrations

      Atma SACD2-2377

      6:01 pm

      Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in E, D 157, "Unfinished"

      Arcadi Volodos, p
      Schubert: Solo Piano Works / Arcadi Volodos

      Sony SK-89647

      6:22 pm

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

      Guarneri Quartet, Orion String Quartet
      Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3, String Octet

      Arabesque Z-6714

      6:54 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

      Chorus, "Hallelujah"

      Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Greatest Choral Show On Earth

      Decca 466075-2 (2)

      7:00 pm

      Michael Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in D

      Wynton Marsalis, tr; English Chamber Orch/Raymond Leppard
      Baroque Music For Trumpets

      CBS MK-42478

      7:09 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414

      Rudolf Serkin, p; London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 12

      DG 400068-2

      7:37 pm

      Johann Christian Bach: Flute and Oboe Quintet in D, Op. 22/1

      English Concert members
      JC Bach: 3 Quintets, Sextet

      Archiv 423385-2

      7:58 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066

      IV. Forlane

      Barthold Kuijken, fl; La Petite Bande
      Bach: Orchestra Suites / La Petite Bande & Sigiswald Kuijken

      Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 68385-2

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Schumann Overture to "Manfred," Op. 115; Brahms "Schicksalslied," Op. 54; Holst "The Planets," Op. 32; Daniel Harding, conductor; Stravinsky "Symphony of Psalms;" Georg Solti, conductor.

      8:00 pm

      Claudio Monteverdi: "Vespers of the Blessed Virgin" (1610)

      "Deus in adiutorium"

      Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon
      Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902710.11

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Sephardic Music in both sides of the Atlantic The songs of the Sephardic Jewish community from Spain that the Spanish monarchy banished from their country along with the Muslims, survives along the Mediterranean coasts as well as in Latin America. Elbio Barilari explores this valuable tradition of exile, longing, and intolerance.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Art of Marc-André Hamelin Program 1

      Leopold Godowsky Studies on Chopin Études, Op. 10; Joseph Marx Piano Concerto in E, “Romantic.”

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.