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      Playlist for Monday, June 16, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      John Dowland: "Lachrimae tristes"

      Ensemble/John Holloway
      Pavans And Fantasies From The Age Of Dowland

      ECM 2189

      12:05 am

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata #1 in f, Op 120/1

      Jon Manasse, cl; Jon Nakamatsu, p
      Brahms * Sonatas Op 120 * Jon Manasse * Jon Nakamatsu

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907430

      12:28 am

      Rolf Liebermann: "Suite on Six Swiss Folksongs" (1944)

      #4, "Durs Oberland uf und durs Oberland ab"

      Swiss Chamber Phil/Patrice Ulrich
      Folk Meets Classic: Swiss Ethnophony

      Musica Helvetica MHCD-103.2

      12:29 am

      Gaspard Fritz: Symphony in F, Op 1/5

      La Stagione/Michael Schneider
      Gaspard Fritz: 5 Sinfonias

      CPO 777696-2

      12:41 am

      Franz Liszt: "Années de pèlerinage," I, Switzerland

      "Vallée d'Obermann"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Jorge Federico Osorio: Debussy & Liszt

      Cedille CDR-90000098 (2)

      12:54 am

      Othmar Schoeck: Three Songs, Op. 13

      No. 2, "Ja, du bist Elend"

      Dietrich Henschel, br; Wolfram Rieger, p
      Othmar Schoeck Complete Edition, Vol 5

      New Classical Adventure 234405 (12)

      1:00 am

      Morton Gould: "Latin-American Symphonette"

      2nd mvt, "Tango"

      Orch/Morton Gould
      Copland, Gould - Composers Conduct

      RCA 61505-2

      1:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Lola (Tango)," Op. 116

      Antony Gray, p
      Saint-Saens Piano Music, Vol 1

      Divine Art DDA-21235 (2)

      1:10 am

      Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc, w/assisting artists
      Soul Of The Tango (The Music Of Astor Piazzolla)

      Sony SK-63122

      1:20 am

      Astor Piazzolla: Tango Ballet

      No. 2, "La Calle"

      Gidon Kremer, v; Kremerata Baltica
      Tango Ballet

      Teldec 22661-2

      1:21 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto no.1 in C, Op.15

      Mahler Chamber Orch/Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      The Beethoven Journey

      Sony 88725-42058-2

      1:54 am

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      I. "Of Foreign Lands and People"

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhbition * Schumann: Kinderszenen * Andsnes

      EMI 98360-2

      2:00 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "The Lost Chord"

      Rhos Orpheus Male Voice Choir/J. Glyn Williams
      The Voice Of Wales

      Chandos CHAN-6540

      2:05 am

      Arthur Sullivan: "Overture di Ballo"

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Gilbert and Sullivan: Overtures

      Philips 434916-2

      2:16 am

      John Dowland: "The King of Denmark's Galliard"

      Baltimore Consort
      The Food of Love

      Sono Luminus DSL-92234

      2:18 am

      Carl Nielsen: Symphony #5, Op 50

      New York PhilAlan Gilbert
      Nielsen: Symphonies No. 5 & 6

      Dacapo 6.220625

      2:55 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Fantasy Pieces," Op 55

      #3, "Little Waltz"

      Natalia Strelchenko, p
      Agathe Backer-Grondahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. IV

      Arena AR-07015

      3:00 am

      Daniel Purcell: Song, "Morpheus, thou gentle god"

      Evelyn Tubb, s; Frances Kelly, h

      Musica Oscura 070987

      3:05 am

      Henry Purcell: "King Arthur"

      Suite

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

      EMI 40329-2

      3:19 am

      Karl Goldmark: "Merlin" (1882-6)

      Overture

      National Phil/Kurt Adler
      Adler Of The Opera

      London CS-7133

      3:32 am

      Edward Elgar: "King Arthur" Suite (1923)

      #3, The Banqueting Hall at Westminster

      Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst
      Elgar: Starlight Express Suite

      Chandos CHAN-6582

      3:38 am

      Edward Elgar: "Five Part-Songs from the Greek Anthology," Op 45

      #3, "After many a dusty mile"

      Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer
      Elgar: Part Songs

      Chandos CHAN-9269

      3:40 am

      Edward Elgar: String Serenade in e, Op 20

      Philharmonia/Sir Malcolm Sargent
      Malcolm Sargent- The Great Recordings

      EMI CD-EMX-2141

      3:54 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Ständchen (Horch, horch die Lerch)," D 889

      Vesselina Kasarova, ms; Friedrich Haider, p
      Lieder

      RCA 68763-2

      4:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 2, BWV 870/91

      Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in a minor

      Hélène Grimaud, p
      Bach * Hélène Grimaud

      DG B0012504-02

      4:05 am

      Gregor Josef Werner: Three Preludes and Fugues

      Sinnhoffer String Quartet
      Rococo Masterworks For String Quartet (Three Fugues / Quartet In D / Quartet In G)

      Orion ORS-7035

      4:19 am

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

      Sejong Soloists/Gil Shaham, v
      Haydn * Mendelssohn * Gil Shaham/Sejong Soloists

      Canary Classics CC-08

      4:36 am

      Serge Prokofiev: "The Love for Three Oranges"

      March

      Gil Shaham, v; Akira Eguchi, p
      The Fiddler of the Opera

      DG 447640-2

      4:37 am

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

      Nikolai Demidenko, p; London Phil/Alexander Lazarev
      Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 4 & 5

      Hyperion CDA-67029

      4:53 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87

      No. 24 in d

      Zara Lawler, f; Paul Fadoul, marimba

      Lawler + Fadoul0

      5:00 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: "L'Africaine"

      "Sur mes genoux"

      Leontyne Price, s; Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
      Leontyne Price - The Prima Donna Collection

      RCA 61236-2 (4)

      5:05 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Africa," Op. 89

      Stephen Hough, p; City of Birmingham Sym/Sakari Oramo
      Saint-Saens * The Complete Piano Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-67331/2 (2)

      5:15 am

      Confrey: "African Suite" (1924)

      Eteri Andjaparidze, p
      CONFREY: Piano Music

      Naxos 8.559016

      5:23 am

      Fela Sowande: "African Suite"

      Three Movements

      Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman
      African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1

      Cedille CDR-90000055

      5:33 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: "L'Africaine"

      Entr'acte to Act 5

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Darrell Ang
      MEYERBEER, G.: Overtures and Entr'actes from the French Operas (New Zealand Symphony, Darrell Ang)

      Naxos 8.573195

      5:35 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "A Musical Joke," K. 522

      Philharmonia Orch/Guido Cantelli

      EMI/Ang ZDMB5-68217-2 (2)

      5:54 am

      PDQ Bach: Six Contrary Dances

      #2, Daintissimo

      Orch/Peter Schickele
      Music For An Awful Lot Of Winds And Percussion

      Telarc CD-80307

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:03 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4

      I. "Allegro ma non tanto"

      Calidore String Quartet
      Beethoven: The Early Quartets

      Signum Classics SIGCD-883

      6:13 am

      Alexander Borodin: "In the Steppes of Central Asia"

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

      Philips 412552-2

      6:22 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Two-Piano Concertino, Op. 94

      Lucas Jussen & Arthur Jussen, p's
      Lucas & Arthur Jussen - The Russian Album

      DG 4855368

      6:32 am

      Manuel Ponce: "Gavota"

      Mexico State Sym Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Música Mexicana Vol. 6

      ASV CDDCA-926

      6:40 am

      Alessandro Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor (C minor)

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

      Warner 2173227329

      7:03 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21

      Vienna Phil/André Previn
      Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream

      Philips 420161-2

      7:15 am

      Josef Mysliveček: Sinfonia in C

      Concerto Köln
      Il Divino Boemo: Josef Mysliveček Symphonies

      Archiv 4776418

      7:24 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in A-Flat, Op. 34, No. 1, "Valse brillante"

      Nikita Magaloff, p
      50x Waltz

      Decca 4787305

      7:32 am

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

      Vienna Johann Strauss Orch/Willi Boskovsky
      Famous Strauss Waltzes

      EMI CDC7-47052-2

      7:43 am

      Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

      II. "Adagio assai"

      Hélène Grimaud, p; Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Gershwin, Ravel: Piano Concertos

      Erato 19571-2

      8:03 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46

      No. 2 in E minor, "Dumka"

      Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer
      Dvorák * Slavonic Dances, Op 46 & Op 72 * Budapest Festival Orchestra * Ivan Fischer

      Channel Classics CCSSA-90210

      8:08 am

      Gioachino Rossini: Wind Quartet No. 6 in F

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

      Koch CD-310087

      8:19 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

      Mutter's Virtuosi/Anne-Sophie Mutter, v
      Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter’s Virtuosi

      DG 4865256

      8:30 am

      Frank Bridge: "There is a willow grows aslant a brook" (1928)

      English Chamber Orch/Jeffrey Tate
      The Banks of Green Willow

      EMI CDM7-64200-2

      8:41 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Vivace"

      Seong-Jin Cho, p; London Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Ballades

      DG B0026046-02

      9:02 am

      Pierre Sancan: "Ouverture joyeuse"

      BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Pierre Sancan: A Musical Tribute

      Chandos CHAN-20154

      9:09 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 1 in D, K. 285

      Carol Wincenc, f; Emerson String Quartet
      Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos 1-4, Etc / Wincenc, Emerson Qt

      DG 431770-2

      9:24 am

      Federico Moreno Torroba: "Suite castellana"

      Pepe Romero, g
      Pepe Romero - Works For Guitar - Albéniz / Tárrega / Moreno Torroba

      Philips 416384-2

      9:34 am

      Charlotte Sohy: "Thème varié," Op. 15bis

      Cordelia Palm, v; Avignon-Provence National Orch/Debora Waldman
      Charlotte Sohy, Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

      La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03

      9:44 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Tragic" Overture, Op. 81

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Tragic Overture

      Decca 414487-2

      10:00 am - 3:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

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

      10:00 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in D, Op. 35, No. 1 (G 509)

      London Festival Orch/Ross Pople
      Boccherini: Six Symphonies Op. 35

      Hyperion CDA-66903

      10:15 am

      Gregor Piatigorsky: Variations on a Paganini Theme

      Wendy Warner, vc; Eileen Buck, p
      Wendy Warner plays Popper and Piatigorsky

      Cedille CDR-90000111

      10:32 am

      Franz Schubert: "Rosamunde," D 797

      Ballet Music No. 1

      Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
      Schubert: Rosamunde

      DG 431655-2

      10:41 am

      Maria Kalaniemi: "Two Finnish Pieces"

      Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
      Over Land And Sea

      Albany TROY-339

      10:49 am

      Jean Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22

      No. 2, "The Swan of Tuonela"

      Helsinki Phil Orch/Susanna Mälkki
      Sibelius Suites

      BIS 2638

      11:00 am

      Germaine Tailleferre: "Fleurs de France"

      Quynh Nguyen, p
      The Flower of France - Piano Works of Germaine Tailleferre

      Music & Arts MA-1306

      11:10 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61

      Renaud Capuçon, v; Radio France Phil/Lionel Bringuier
      Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3; La muse et le poète; Cello Concerto No. 1

      Erato 934134-2

      11:40 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Nabucco"

      Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va, pensiero"

      Royal Opera House Cho & Orch/Bernard Haitink
      The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever!

      EMI CDC5-67014-2 (2)

      11:47 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two-Piano Suite No. 1 in G minor, Op. 5, "Fantasy"

      I. "Barcarolle"

      Danill Trifonov & Sergei Babayan, p's
      Rachmaninoff for Two

      DG 4864805

      11:56 am

      Erik Satie: Three "Gymnopédies"

      No. 1

      Andreas Ottensamer, cl; José Gallardo, p
      Romanza

      DG 4867242

      12:00 pm

      José Bragato: "Tres Movimientos Porteños"

      II. "Romántico"

      KAIA String Quartet
      Sureño

      KAIA String Quartet Sureño

      12:05 pm

      Elbio Barilari: "The Antique Store"

      "Pobre Mascarita"

      KAIA String Quartet
      Latinoamérica

      KAIA String Quartet Latinoamérica

      12:08 pm

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Freischütz"

      Overture

      Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan
      Invitation to the Dance

      DG 474275-2 (2)

      12:20 pm

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Anacréon"

      Suite

      Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith
      Rameau: Anacréon; Daphnis et Aeglé

      Naxos 8.553746

      12:43 pm

      Julie Cooper: "Firedove"

      Elena Urioste, v; Pembroke College Chapel Cho/Anna Lapwood, o
      Firedove

      Sony 19802809272

      12:49 pm

      Vasili Kalinnikov: Two Intermezzi (1896-7)

      London Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3

      Chandos CHAN-8614

      1:01 pm

      John Field: "Irish Concerto"

      Benjamin Frith, p; Royal Scottish National Orch/Andrew Mogrelia
      Field: Piano Concerto No. 7, Irish Concerto, Piano Sonata No. 4

      Naxos 8.573262

      1:25 pm

      Anonymous English: "Greensleeves"

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h
      Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

      Telarc CD-80446

      1:28 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleeves"

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Pachelbel: Kanon; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleeves"; Borodin: Nocturne

      Telarc CD-80080

      1:33 pm

      Frederick Corder: "Prospero" Overture

      English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones
      Victorian Concert Overtures

      Hyperion CDA-66515

      1:44 pm

      Henri Vieuxtemps: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor

      III. "Allegro"

      Alban Gerhardt, vc; Royal Flemish Phil/Josep Caballé-Domenech
      Vieuxtemps: Cello Concertos

      Hyperion CDA-67790

      1:52 pm

      Miguel Llobet: "Canciones populares catalanas"

      Six Songs

      Eduardo Fernández, g
      Eduardo Fernandez

      Decca 417618-2

      2:00 pm

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

      Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
      4 Ouvertüren / Suites BWV 1066-1069, BWV 1070

      Archiv 415671-2 (2)

      2:26 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No .1

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p
      Chopin: Sonatas 2 & 3; Ballade No. 1; Berceuse; Nocturnes

      Decca 4870958

      2:31 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat, Op. 55, No. 2

      Benjamin Grosvenor, p
      Chopin: Sonatas 2 & 3; Ballade No. 1; Berceuse; Nocturnes

      Decca 4870958

      2:37 pm

      Carlo Monza: String Quartet in B-Flat, "Il giuocatore"

      Europa Galante
      Opera in Musica: Carlo Monza Quartets

      Naïve V-7541

      2:48 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin," Op. 24

      Polonaise and Waltz

      Radio France Phil/Paavo Järvi
      Ballets Russes

      Virgin 45609-2

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Josef Suk: "Prague," Op. 26

      Czech Phil/Libor Pešek
      Suk: Praga, A Fairy Tale

      Supraphon 33C37-7509

      3:25 pm

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Oberon"

      Overture

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Famous Overtures

      Decca 460982-2 (2)

      3:37 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Trio in E-Flat, K. 498, "Kegelstatt"

      Richard Stoltzman, cl; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Trios for Piano, Clarinet & Cello

      Sony SK-57499

      3:58 pm

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Sorochinsky Fair"

      "Gopak"

      Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
      Russia's Greatest Hits

      Sony MLK-62683

      4:00 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Dolly" Suite, Op. 56

      Boston Sym Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Dolly

      DG 423089-2

      4:20 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"

      I. "Allegro assai"

      Wilhelm Kempff, p
      Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 8, 14, 21 & 23

      DG 447404-2

      4:30 pm

      Gustav Holst: "The Perfect Fool," Op. 39

      Ballet music

      Borusan Istanbul Phil Orch/Sascha Goetzel
      Music from the Machine Age

      Onyx 4086

      4:43 pm

      William Boyce: Trio Sonata No. 15 in D

      Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman
      Boyce: Trio Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-67151/52 (2)

      4:56 pm

      Traditional English: "Scarborough Fair"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, p
      Songs of Comfort & Hope

      Sony 19439822372

      5:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 26 in D minor, "Lamentatione"

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Haydn: The Complete Symphonies

      Decca 4781221 (33)

      5:17 pm

      Claude Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola, and harp

      I. Pastorale

      Richard Adeney, f; Cecil Aronowitz, vi; Osian Ellis, h
      Decca Sound: The Analogue Years

      Decca 4785437

      5:23 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: "Masques et Bergamasques", Op. 112

      II, "Pastorale"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Pavane

      DG 449186-2

      5:30 pm

      Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga: Symphony in D

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga: L'Oeuvre Orchestrale

      Astrée E-8532

      6:00 pm

      Clara Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Robert, Op. 20

      Veronica Jochum, p
      Brahms, Schumann: Piano Works

      Pro Arte CDD-396

      6:12 pm

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

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

      Archiv 453451-2

      6:31 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried"

      "Forest Murmurs"

      Philharmonia Orch/Yuri Simonov
      Wagner Overtures

      Brilliant Classics 94937

      6:41 pm

      Anatol Liadov: "Eight Russian Folksongs," Op. 58

      Mexico City Phil Orch/Enrique Bátiz
      Liadov: The Enchanted Lake and Other Orchestral Works

      ASV CDDCA-657

      6:57 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5

      Budapest Sym Orch/István Bogár
      Classical Moments 4: Classical Music for the Home

      Naxos 8.555360

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Giuseppe Verdi, Part II

      The second of a two-week series featuring Verdi with more of his operas and other works, both iconic and underappreciated.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      The Juliani Ensemble performs the Beethoven String Quartet No. 11 In F minor, Impresiones de la Puna for flute and string quartet by Alberto Ginastera, a Concertino by Erwin Schulhoff, and the String Quartet No. 8 in C minor by Dmitri Shostakovich. Recorded March 17, 2025. Hosted by Kerry Frumkin.

      9:54 pm

      Karol Szymanowski: Four Etudes, Op. 4

      No. 3 in B-flat minor, "Andante"

      Van Cliburn, p
      My Favorite Encores

      RCA 60726-2-RG

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      San Francisco Symphony

      William Walton Viola Concerto; Jonathan Vinocour, viola; Shostakovich Funeral March from "The Great Citizen," Op. 5; Prokofiev Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44; Gustavo Gimeno, conductor.