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      Playlist for Sunday, June 1, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      George Gershwin: "Oh Land of Mine, America"

      Central State U Cho, Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Gershwin: The Complete Orchestral Collection

      Telarc 2CD-80445 (2)

      12:05 am

      George Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue"

      David Buechner, p
      Gershwin: Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano

      Connoisseur CD-4191

      12:20 am

      George Gershwin: Prelude No. 3, "Rubato"

      Alicia Zizzo, p
      Gershwin Rediscovered

      MSR Classics MS-1127

      12:21 am

      George Gershwin: Prelude No. 7 (fragment)

      Alicia Zizzo, p
      Gershwin Rediscovered

      MSR Classics MS-1127

      12:21 am

      Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

      Lisa Batiashvili, v; Berlin Staatskapelle/Daniel Barenboim

      DG 479 6038

      12:54 am

      Jean Sibelius: Song, "Illalle"

      Kim Borg, b; Erik Werba, p
      Spotlight * Kim Borg Sings Sibelius Songs

      DG 4776612

      1:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: "F-A-E Scherzo (Sonatensatz)"

      Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, v; Cecile Licad, p
      Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49410-2

      1:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Scherzo in e-flat, Op 4

      Julius Katchen, p
      Brahms: Works for Solo Piano

      London 5666060 (6)

      1:14 am

      Clara Schumann: Scherzo in d, Op 10/1

      Jozef De Beenhouwer, p
      Clara Schumann: Piano Works, Vol 3

      Partridge 1129-2

      1:18 am

      Robert Schumann: "Lieder-Album für die Jugend," Op. 79

      No. 8, "Zigeunerliedchen II"

      Christine Schäfer, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 1

      Hyperion CDJ-33101

      1:20 am

      Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88

      Minneapolis Sym Orch/Antal Dorati
      Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

      Mercury 434312-2

      1:54 am

      Gaspard Leroux: Suite in F

      "Courante"

      Gustav Leonhardt, hc
      Suites And Pavane

      RCA-DHM 77924-2-RC

      2:00 am

      Bedrich Smetana: Czech Dances, Series 2

      #7, "Hulan"

      Czech Nonet
      Le coq du village

      Campion RRCD-1315

      2:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in D, K. 382

      Alfred Brendel, p; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: The Great Concertos

      Philips 442269-2 (2)

      2:15 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in a, K. 511

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Piano Sonatas - Klaviersonaten Kv 533/494 & 282 / Rondo, Kv 511 - Fantasia, Kv 475

      Philips 434663-2

      2:25 am

      Vaclav Trojan: Six Folk Songs

      #3, "Gone are the Happy Days"

      Kroft String Quartet
      Le coq du village

      Campion RRCD-1315

      2:26 am

      Bedrich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in e, "From My Life"

      Cleveland String Quartet
      Borodin: Quartet No. 2/ Smetana: Quartet No. 1 'From My Life'

      Telarc CD-80178

      2:54 am

      Vaclav Trojan: "The Valiant Knight Bajaja"

      #5, "I Sing to you, Fair Princess"

      Czech Nonet
      Le coq du village

      Campion RRCD-1315

      3:00 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise no.3 in A, Op.40 no.1, "Military"

      Maurizio Pollini, p
      Chopin: Polonaises

      DG 413795-2

      3:05 am

      Eduard Napravnik: "Notturno (La Réminiscence de Chopin)"

      Jonathan Plowright, p
      Hommage à Chopin * Jonathan Plowright, Piano

      Hyperion CDA-67803

      3:11 am

      Eduard Napravnik: "Melancholy" in g, Op 48/3

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      The Six Symphonies And Manfred

      MHS 525124-Y (2)

      3:18 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Two Pieces, Op 59

      #1, "Poéme"

      Heinrich Neuhaus, p
      Neuhaus Plays Scriabin

      Russian Disc RDCD-15004

      3:19 am

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

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 & Serenade for Strings

      Melodiya SUCD-1000194

      3:54 am

      Alexander Dargomizhsky: "Lullaby"

      Sergei Leiferkus, br; Semion Skigin, p
      Songs Of Borodin & Dargomïzhsky

      Conifer 51275-2

      4:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: Six Songs, Op 86

      #2, "Feldeinsamkeit"

      Jonathan Aasgaard, vc; Martin Roscoe, p
      Brahms: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

      Avie AV-2300 (2)

      4:03 am

      Johannes Brahms: Five Songs, Op 71

      #5, "Minnelied"

      Jonathan Aasgaard, vc; Martin Roscoe, p
      Brahms: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

      Avie AV-2300 (2)

      4:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: String Sextet #1 in B-Flat, Op 18

      2nd mvt, "Andante (Tema con variazioni)"

      London Phil/Carl Davis

      Virgin 90716-2

      4:14 am

      Johannes Brahms: String Sextet #2 in G, Op 36

      4th mvt, "Poco allegro"

      NES Chamber Orch/Dmitry Sitkovetsky
      Dohnanyi: Serenade In C Major, Op. 10 / Brahms: Sextet No. 2 In G Major, Op. 36

      Nonesuch 79545-2

      4:23 am

      Johannes Brahms: Five Songs, Op 105

      #1, "Wie Melodien zieht es mir"

      Jonathan Aasgaard, vc; Martin Roscoe, p
      Brahms: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

      Avie AV-2300 (2)

      4:24 am

      Ferruccio Busoni: "Fantasia after Bach"

      Jeni Slotchiver, p
      Busoni The Visionary, Vol. 3

      Centaur CRC-3396

      4:38 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin and Oboe Concerto in c, BWV 1060

      Josef Suk, v; Jan Adamus, ob; Suk Chamber Orch/Josef Vlach
      Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings

      Supraphon 110642-2

      4:53 am

      French ANON 13th c: Montpellier Codex

      "Or ne sai je que devenir/Puisque d'amer"

      Anonymous Four
      Love's Illusion: Music From The Montpellier Codex 13th Century

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907109

      5:00 am

      Nadia Boulanger: Two Pieces for Cello and Piano

      Roland Pidoux, vc; Emile Naoumoff, p
      In Memoriam Lili Boulanger

      Marco Polo 8.223636

      5:05 am

      Lili Boulanger: "Nocturne"

      Janine Jansen, v; Itamar Golan, p
      Beau Soir * Janine Jansen * Itamar Golan

      London B0015249-02

      5:08 am

      Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps

      Olivier Charlier, v; Emile Naoumoff, p
      In Memoriam Lili Boulanger

      Marco Polo 8.223636

      5:13 am

      Johannes Brahms: Waltzes, Op 39

      #5 in E

      Dinu Lipatti, p; Nadia Boulanger, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Dinu Lipatti

      Philips 456892-2 (2)

      5:15 am

      Dinu Lipatti: Piano Sonatine (for the left hand)

      Luiza Borac, p
      Piano Music of Dinu Lipatti

      Avie AV-2271 (2)

      5:23 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54

      Dinu Lipatti, p; Philharmonia Orch/Herbert von Karajan

      EMI/Ang CDH7-69792-2

      5:53 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64

      No. 1 in D-Flat, "Minute"

      Dinu Lipatti, p

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47390-2

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      Host Peter DuBois celebrates the June birthdays of several composers of sacred choral and organ music, including John Stainer, Lili Boulanger, Edward Elgar, and Hugo Distler.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Caitlin Edwards: "Intro"

      Caitlin Edwards, v; Cremaine Booker, vc & p
      Exhale

      Caitlin Edwards Exhale

      7:03 am

      Gabriel Jackson: "To Morning"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Not No Faceless Angel: Choral Music by Gabriel Jackson

      Hyperion CDA-67708

      7:06 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Romance, Op. 39

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Encore Chamber Orch/Daniel Hege
      Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th Centuries

      Cedille CDR-90000035

      7:19 am

      Traditional African-American: Spiritual, "All Night, All Day"

      Lawrence Brownlee, t; Damien Sneed, p
      Spiritual Sketches

      LeChateau Earl Records Spiritual Sketches

      7:26 am

      William Dawson: "Negro Folk Symphony"

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

      DG 4865137

      8:02 am

      Vincent d'Indy: "Suite in Olden Style," Op. 24

      Iceland Sym Orch/Rumon Gamba
      d'Indy: Orchestral Works, Volume 6

      Chandos CHSA-5157

      8:19 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Song, "Two Farewells," Op. 26, No. 4

      Joan Rodgers, s; Sergei Leiferkus, b; Howard Shelley, p
      Rachmaninoff: Songs, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-9451

      8:25 am

      Errollyn Wallen: "Mighty River"

      BBC Concert Orch/John Andrews
      Errollyn Wallen Orchestral Works

      Resonus RES-10358

      8:43 am

      Gayane Chebotaryan: Piano Trio (1945)

      Trio de l'Île
      Babadjanian - Chebotaryan - Piazzolla * Piano Trios

      Divine Art 25211

      8:54 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Anthem, "Hear my prayer"

      "O for the wings of a dove"

      Hussain, treb; King's College Cambridge Cho/Willcocks; Vivian, o
      Essential Choral Classics

      Decca B0006918-02 (2)

      9:00 am

      John Dowland: "Farewell"

      Paul O'Dette, l
      Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 1

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907160

      9:07 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Pièces de clavecin en concerts": Quatrième concert

      Trio Settecento
      A French Soirée

      Cedille CDR-90000129

      9:19 am

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): "Concertante" Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat

      Arabella String Quartet
      Bologne: Six Concertante Quartets

      Naxos 8.574360

      9:28 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, "Farewell"

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Haydn: Symphonies, c. 1772 - 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 64

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 443777-2 (3)

      10:01 am

      Carlos Salzedo: "Variations on a Theme in the Ancient Style"

      Mariko Anraku, h
      Mariko Anraku

      EMI CDC5-67270-2

      10:12 am

      Florence Price: "Adoration"

      James Oesi, db; Djuwa Mroivili, p
      Adoration

      James Oesi (Adoration)

      10:15 am

      Richard Fariña: "Birmingham Sunday"

      Will Liverman, br & p
      Dreams of a New Day — Songs by Black Composers

      Cedille CDR-90000200

      10:20 am

      Adolphus Hailstork: Symphony No. 1

      Virginia Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call

      Naxos 8.559722

      10:42 am

      Hubert Parry: "Songs of Farewell"

      No. 4, “There is an old belief”

      Voces8
      After Silence

      Voces8 VCM-129A

      10:49 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Hymn for Everyone"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Contemporary American Composers

      CSO Resound 9012301

      11:01 am

      Shawn E. Okpebholo: "Romance"

      Lawrence Brownlee, t; Kevin J. Miller, p
      Rising

      Warner 5419756371

      11:10 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

      II. "Allegro"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

      Decca 433073-2

      11:17 am

      Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23

      André Watts, p; Dallas Sym/Andrew Litton
      MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2; Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

      Telarc CD-80429

      11:48 am

      Mark Hayes: "Forever Music"

      The Aeolians/Jason Max Ferdinand; instrumentalists
      The Aeolians

      GIA ChoralWorks GIACD-1087

      11:59 am

      Omar Thomas: "Come Sunday"

      Baylor University Wind Ensemble/J. Eric Wilson
      2020 Texas Music Educators Association: Baylor University Wind Ensemble

      Mark Records 55918-MCD

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:14 pm

      Antonio Soler: Clavier Sonata No. 4 in G

      David Schrader, hc
      Padre Antonio Soler: Fandango and Sonatas

      Cedille CDR-90000004

      12:19 pm

      Francisco Guerau: "Canarios"

      Pepe Romero, g
      Noches de España

      Philips 442150-2

      12:21 pm

      Béla Bartók: Dance Suite

      Borusan Istanbul Phil Orch/Carlo Tenan
      Bartók, Enescu, Kodály, Martinů

      Onyx 4257

      12:40 pm

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

      Winchester Cathedral Cho, Brunel Ensemble/David Hill
      Lux Aeterna

      Virgin 45340-2

      12:44 pm

      Mikhail Glinka: Variations on a Theme from Mozart's "The Magic Flute"

      Susanna Mildonian, h
      Harp Recital

      Pavane ADW-7215

      12:52 pm

      Ruth Gipps: "Chanticleer," Op. 28

      BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba
      Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-20161

      1:01 pm

      Mikhail Glinka: "Kamarinskaya"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Favourite Encores!

      Chandos CHAN-9227

      1:09 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C

      I. "Moderato"

      Alon Sariel, m; Cologne Academy/Michael Alexander Willens
      Vienna Mandolin Stories

      Pentatone PTC-5187364

      1:19 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 1 in C, H VIIa:1

      II. "Adagio"

      Alon Sariel, m; Cologne Academy/Michael Alexander Willens
      Vienna Mandolin Stories

      Pentatone PTC-5187364

      1:23 pm

      Ignaz Malzat: Oboe Concerto in C (attrib. Haydn, H VIIg:C1)

      III. Finale, Rondo: "Allegretto"

      Alon Sariel, m; Cologne Academy/Michael Alexander Willens
      Vienna Mandolin Stories

      Pentatone PTC-5187364

      1:29 pm

      Claude Debussy: "Hommage à Haydn"

      Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p
      Debussy: Complete Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2: Images, Etudes

      Decca 460247-2 (2)

      1:31 pm

      Radamés Gnattali: Sonata for cello and guitar

      Edmond Carlier, vc; Odair Assad, g
      Fuga y misterio

      GHA 126027

      1:43 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

      III. "Un poco allegretto e grazioso"

      New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
      Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Serenade No. 2

      Sony SMK-60970

      1:48 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48

      "In Paradisum"

      Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
      Duruflé & Fauré: Requiems

      Telarc CD-80135

      1:53 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Toccata No. 5 in E minor, BWV 914

      Luc Beauséjour, p
      Baroque Session on Piano

      Analekta AN2-9128

      2:00 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5 in A, Op. 18, Op. 5

      Dover Quartet
      Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, Volume 1

      Cedille CDR-90000198

      2:31 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Liebestraum" No. 3 in A-Flat

      Louis Philippson, p
      Exposition

      Masterworks 19802874372

      2:34 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Boléro"

      (abridged)

      Louis Philippson, prepared p
      Exposition

      Masterworks 19802874372

      2:37 pm

      Pierre Muller: Valse, "Nuit étoilée"

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Jerome Cohen
      French Ballroom Favourites: Les succès de la danse

      Marco Polo 8.223801

      2:48 pm

      Traditional Newfoundland: "She's Like the Swallow"

      The King's Singers
      Close Harmony

      Signum SIGCD-912

      2:52 pm

      Amanda McBroom: "The Rose"

      The King's Singers
      Close Harmony

      Signum SIGCD-912

      2:56 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Sicilienne," Op. 78

      Albrecht Mayer, obda; St Martin's Academy/Mathias Mönius
      Bonjour Paris * Albrecht Mayer

      Decca 4782564

      3:01 pm

      Steve Reich: "Electric Counterpoint"

      Valérie Milot, h's
      Orbis

      Analekta AN2-9880

      3:17 pm

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

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

      Peggy Pearson, obda; Baroklyn/Simone Dinnerstein, p
      Complicité

      Supertrain Records STR-075

      3:21 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf," BWV 617

      Baroklyn/Simone Dinnerstein, p
      Complicité

      Supertrain Records STR-075

      3:25 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo à la russe"

      Berlin Phil/Bernard Haitink
      Stravinsky: The Firebird - Scherzo À La Russe / Bernard Haitink

      Philips 426317-2

      3:29 pm

      Johann Strauss Sr: "Radetzky" March, Op. 228

      Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky
      Weekend Marches

      Decca 421634-2

      3:32 pm

      Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage:" 3rd Year, Rome

      No. 4, "Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este"

      Zoltán Kocsis, p
      Liszt: Wild and Crazy

      DG B0015651-02 (2)

      3:42 pm

      Luigi Dallapiccola: "Tartiniana Seconda"

      Marco Rizzi, v; Dallapiccola Ens/Luigi Suvini
      Dallapiccola: Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux; Liriche Greche; Tartiniana seconda

      Nuova Era 7109

      3:55 pm

      Rachel Portman: "Flight"

      Jess Gillam, sx; Anna Lapwood, o
      Firedove

      Sony 19802809272

      4:01 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 31 in D, "Hornsignal"

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Robin Ticciati
      Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 31, 70 & 101

      Linn CKD-500

      4:34 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin," Op. 24

      Polonaise

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Alpesh Chauhan
      Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

      Chandos CHSA-5352

      4:40 pm

      Vítězslava Kaprálová: "Suite en miniature," Op. 1

      University of Michigan Sym Orch/Kenneth Kiesler
      Kaprálová: Waving Farewell / Suite en Miniature / Piano Concerto

      Naxos 8.574144

      4:51 pm

      Sean Hickey: "Sapiens"

      VIII. Finale, "Commonwealth"

      Vladimir Rumyantsev, p
      Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

      Sono Luminus DSL-92285

      5:00 - 7:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 3 in D, K. 185/167a, "Antretter"

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Mozart: Serenades KV. 100 & KV. 185 / Sir Neville Marriner

      Philips 426388-2

      5:34 pm

      Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen: Medley, "Pericondine; Fair Isle Jig"

      Danish String Quartet
      Keel Road

      ECM 2785

      5:40 pm

      Carl Nielsen: Flute Concerto

      Sharon Bezaly, f; Hague Residentie Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Great Works for Flute and Orchestra

      BIS 1679

      5:57 pm

      Carl Nielsen: "Moderen (The Mother)," Op. 41

      "Faith and Hope are playing"

      James Galway, f; Brian Hawkins, vi
      James Galway Plays Nielsen

      RCA 6359-2-RC

      6:01 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 75

      Nikolai Lugansky, p
      Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas 4 & 6, Ten Pieces From Romeo and Juliet

      Warner Classics 61255-2

      6:35 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "Le Baiser de la fée"

      Divertimento

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Works by Stravinsky & Hovhaness

      RCA 5733-2

      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 pm

      8:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      John Stafford Smith "The Star-Spangled Banner;" Copland "Appalachian Spring" Suite; Barber "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," Op. 24; Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, soprano; Gershwin "Rhapsody in Blue;" James P. Johnson "Victory Stride;" Michael Cann, piano; "Charleston;" Marin Alsop, conductor; Gould Spirituals for Orchestra; Ives Variations on "America;" Morton Gould, conductor.

      10:00 pm

      10:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Constantino Gaito: an Argentine Post Romantic Genius Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1878, Gaito went to study in Naples, Italy. He was encouraged and supported by Verdi, who championed his music. Overlooked for years, Gaito is an amazing postromantic composer. We will hear his Piano Quintet, String Quartet No. 1, and Cello Sonata.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Art of Thomas Jensen, Conductor – Program 1

      Sibelius Symphony No. 5; Valse lyrique; Valse triste; Hans Christian Lumbye Bouquet Royal Galop; Queen Louise Waltz; Columbine Polka Mazurka; Nielsen Helios Overture; Symphony No. 4, "Inextinguishable;" Flute Concerto.

      11:00 pm

      Continues to 1:00am Monday.