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      Playlist for Wednesday, June 4, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Mikhail Glinka: Song, The Lark

      Evgeny Kissin, p
      Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition/ Bach: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, BWV 564/ Glinka: The Lark

      RCA 63884-2

      12:05 am

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35

      Yevgeny Kissin, p; Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov
      Evgeny Kissin- A Musical Portrait

      RCA 60567-2 (2)

      12:27 am

      John Wilbye: Madrigal, "So Light Is Love"

      New York Trumpet Ensemble
      Art of the Trumpet

      MMG MCD-10001

      12:28 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Trumpet Overture, Op 101

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, 7 Overtures

      DG 423104-2

      12:38 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Sonata in g

      Anna Shelest, p
      Donna Voce

      Sorel Classics SCCD-015

      12:54 am

      Fanny Mendelssohn: Six Songs, Op. 7

      #4, "Du bist die Ruh"

      Emmanuel Pahud, f; Eric Le Sage, p
      Fannt Mendelssohn

      Warner 5419756355

      1:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 62

      No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

      St. Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Grieg

      Hanssler Classic 98.223

      1:05 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Trois morceaux," Op 15

      No. 2, "Au bal"

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

      Arena AR-08014

      1:10 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 47

      No. 4, "Halling (Norwegian Dance)"

      Emil Gilels, p
      Grieg: Lyric Pieces

      DG 449721-2

      1:11 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio no.6 in B-Flat, Op.97, "Archduke"

      Emil Gilels, p; Leonid Kogan, v; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc
      Rostropovich, Gilels and Kogan - Piano Trios

      DG 4777476 (2)

      1:55 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Les fêtes d'Hébé"

      "Musette et Tambourin en Rondeau"

      Monteverdi Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
      RAMEAu: Les fêtes d'Hébé, La Danse

      Erato 45985-2

      2:00 am

      Valerie Coleman: "Portraits of Langston" (2007)

      #2, "Danse Africaine"

      Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Michael McHale, p
      Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet & Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000172

      2:05 am

      Franz Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat, Op 41

      Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Chicago Youth Sym/Allen Tinkham
      Winged Creatures

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      2:26 am

      Franz Danzi: "Der Berggeist"

      Aria, "O Meister"

      Christian Immler, br; Stuttgart Chamnber Orch/Frieder Bernius
      Der Berggeist

      Carus 83296

      2:27 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Abu Hassan"

      Overture

      Hanover Band/Roy Goodman
      Weber: Horn Concertino, Overtures, Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

      Nimbus NI-5154

      2:31 am

      Libby Larsen: Symphony #4, String Symphony (1998)

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Joel Revzen

      Koch 3-7481-2

      2:55 am

      Agathe Backer Grondahl: "Six Fantasy Pieces," Op 66

      #5, "I skumringen"

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

      Arena AR-08016

      3:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Zadok the Priest"

      Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington
      Treasures of Christ Church

      Avie AV-2215

      3:05 am

      Edward Elgar: "Coronation March," Op 65 (1911)

      BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
      Sir Edward Elgar: The Crown of India

      Chandos CHAN-10570 (2)

      3:15 am

      George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened"

      Westminster Abbey Choir, English Concert/Simon Preston
      Handel: Coronation Anthems, Concerti A Due Cori

      Archive 410030-2

      3:24 am

      George Frideric Handel: March in D, HWV 345

      King's Consort/Robert King
      The Coronation Of King George II

      Hyperion CDA-67286 (2)

      3:26 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in d, Op 49

      Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
      Mendelssohn Trios

      MMG MCD-10023

      3:54 am

      Josquin Des Prez: "Adieu mes amours"

      Fretwork Viol Consort
      Ottaviano dei Petrucci: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907291

      4:00 am

      Henri Sauguet: "Les Caprices de Marianne"

      Aria, "O amour, mystérieux amour"

      Natalie Dessay, s; Monte Carlo Phil/Patrick Fournillier

      EMI/Ang CDC5-56159-2

      4:05 am

      Henri Sauguet: Les Forains (1945)

      Lamoureux Orch/Henri Sauguet

      Chant du Monde LDC-278300

      4:32 am

      Erik Satie: "Two Posthumous Preludes and a Gnossiene"

      "Gnossiene" #3

      Bohemia Chamber Phil/Douglas Bostock

      Classico CD-168

      4:34 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in d, Op. 103 (incomplete)

      Takacs String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Op. 77, Nos. 1 and 2; String Quartet, Op. 103

      London 430199-2

      4:44 am

      Friedrich Hartmann Graf: Two-Flute Quartet #2 in D

      Ensemble Schönbrunn

      Globe GLO-5212

      4:55 am

      Jacques Ibert: "Divertissement" (1930)

      "Parade"

      Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier
      Milhaud: Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit, Poulenc, Ibert

      Chandos CHAN-9023

      5:00 am

      Hans Christian Lumbye: "Queen Louise" Waltz

      Danish National Radio Sym Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky
      Lumbye: Champagne Galop

      Chandos CHAN-9209

      5:05 am

      Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida

      Overture

      Pro Arte Orch/Sir Malcolm Sargent
      Gilbert & Sullivan: Operettas

      EMI/Ang CDC5-74468-2 (16)

      5:09 am

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

      Chicago Sym/Seiji Ozawa
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/ Borodin: Polovtsian Dances From Prince Igor

      EMI CDC7-47617-2

      5:23 am

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

      Julian Bream, l
      Julian Bream Edition, Volume 17: Two Loves

      RCA 61600-2

      5:24 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Emperor Waltz" Op. 437

      Arditti String Quartet, Meyer, cl, Moragues, f, Beroff, p
      Sabine Meyer, clarinet,
      Schoenberg: Weihnachtsmusik and Arrangements- Arditti Quartet Edition, Vol. 2

      Naive V-4919

      5:36 am

      Franz Liszt: "Andante finale" after Raff's opera "King Alfred"

      Leslie Howard, p

      MHS 525758-F (2)

      5:44 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "A Life for the Tsar"

      Overture

      Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Andrey Chstiakov

      Chant du Monde LDC-288053

      5:52 am

      John Dowland: "The Right Honourable Robert, Earl of Essex, His Galliard"

      Fretwork

      Virgin 91117-2

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      6:04 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Ruslan and Lyudmila"

      Overture

      St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Encore!

      RCA 68511-2

      6:11 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, maman," K. 265

      Lucille Chung, p
      Lucille Chung * Mozart & Me

      XXI 1732

      6:25 am

      Edward Elgar: Romance, Op. 62

      Martin Gatt, bn; English Chamber Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Elgar: Symphony No. 1, Cockaigne Overture, Romance

      Sony SBK-53510

      6:32 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "On the Beautiful Blue Danube," Op. 314

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Johann Strauss Waltzes & Polkas

      Erato 45998-2

      6:42 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Círculo," Op. 91

      "Mediodía; Crepúsculo"

      Lincoln Trio
      Turina * Chamber Music for Strings and Piano * Lincoln Trio

      Cedille CDR-90000150 (2)

      6:50 am

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

      IV. Finale, "Saint Gregory the Great"

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

      Telarc CD-80356

      7:04 am

      Manuel de Falla: "La vida breve"

      Spanish Dance No. 2

      Brazilian Guitar Quartet
      Spanish Dances

      Delos DE-3466

      7:09 am

      Joseph Joachim: Fantasy on Hungarian Themes

      Katharina Uhde, v; Polish Radio Sym Orch/Dennis Friesen-Carper
      Joseph Joachim: Two Fantasies Rediscovered

      Soundset SR-1122

      7:26 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Milonga" in D

      Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Akira Eguchi, p
      Smile

      Koch KICCD-7762

      7:32 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro," K. 492

      Aria, "E Susanna non vien...Dove sono"

      Cecilia Bartoli, s; Vienna Chamber Orch/György Fischer
      Mozart Portraits

      Decca 443452-2

      7:40 am

      Dietrich Buxtehude: Trio Sonata in D, Op. 2, No. 2

      Eroica Trio
      Eroica Trio - Baroque

      EMI CDC5-56873-2

      7:52 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture No. 1 in C, Op. 138

      Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
      Beethoven: Overtures

      Telarc CD-80358

      8:04 am

      Daniel-François Auber: "The Bronze Horse"

      Overture

      Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
      Suppé: Overtures; Auber: The Bronze Horse, Etc.

      Mercury 434309-2

      8:11 am

      Ambroise Thomas: "Mignon"

      Romance

      Sol Gabetta, vc; Prague Phil/Charles Olivieri-Munroe
      Sol Gabetta - Cantabile

      RCA 88697359622

      8:18 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 60 in C, H XVI:50

      Glenn Gould, p
      Haydn: The Six Last Sonatas

      Sony SM2K-52623 (2)

      8:34 am

      Claude Debussy: "Images," Set 3

      "Ibéria: Les parfums de la nuit"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Fritz Reiner: The Complete RCA Album Collection

      RCA 888837019828

      8:44 am

      Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in A, Op. posth.

      IV. Finale, "Presto"

      Beaux Arts Trio
      Brahms: Complete Piano Quartets - Beaux Arts Trio, Walter Trampler

      Philips 454017-2 (2)

      8:51 am

      Wynton Marsalis: "Blues Symphony"

      IV. "Southwestern Shakedown"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Jader Bignamini
      Marsalis: Blues Symphony

      Pentatone PTC-5187232

      9:04 am

      Frederick the Great (Friedrich II): Flute Concerto No. 3 in C

      III. Finale, "Allegro assai"

      Patrick Gallois, f; CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Peter Schreier
      Flute Concertos from Sanssouci

      DG 439895-2

      9:10 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "The Art of Fugue," BWV 1080

      Contrapunctus XIV; Chorale, "Vor dienen Thron tret ich hiermit (Herewith I come before Thy Throne)"

      Emerson String Quartet
      Bach: The Art of Fugue

      DG B0000908-02

      9:22 am

      William Walton: "Capriccio burlesco"

      London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson
      Walton: Orchestral Works

      Chandos CHAN-8968

      9:31 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Fantasy in F-sharp minor, Op. 28, "Scottish Sonata"

      Martin Jones, p
      Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Works, Variations and Fantasies

      Nimbus NI-5072

      9:48 am

      Alexander Mackenzie: "The Cricket on the Hearth," Op. 62

      Overture

      BBC Scottish Sym Orch/Martyn Brabbins
      Mackenzie: Orchestral Music

      Hyperion CDA-66764

      10:00 am - 1:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am.

      10:00 am

      Hector Berlioz: "Les Troyens"

      "Royal Hunt and Storm" Music

      BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
      Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Trojan March, Royal Hunt and Storm

      Chandos CHSA-5169 (2)

      10:11 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Autumn," RV. 293

      Yolanda Kondonassis, h; I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen
      Vivaldi: The Four Seasons for Harp and Orchestra

      Telarc CD-80523

      10:24 am

      Henryk Wieniawski: "Polonaise brillante" No. 2 in A, Op. 21

      Maxim Vengerov, v; Ian Brown, p
      Kreisler, Paganini, Sarasate, Wieniawski

      EMI CDC5-57916-2

      10:34 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Valses nobles et sentimentales"

      Cincinnati Sym Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
      Ravel: Boléro, Rapsodie espagnole, Alborada del gracioso, La valse, Valse nobles et sentimentales

      Telarc CD-80171

      10:52 am

      Franz von Suppé: "Pique Dame"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti
      Famous Overtures

      Decca 460982-2 (2)

      11:00 am

      Fela Sowande: "African Suite"

      I. "Joyful Day"

      London Sym Orch Strings/Paul Freeman
      Black Composers Series 1974-1978, Vol. 7

      Sony 19075862152 (10)

      11:09 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53, "Caractéristique"

      IV. "Rêves d'enfant"

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

      Chandos CHSA-5352

      11:23 am

      Francis Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata

      Pablo Barragán, cl; Sophie Pacini, p
      Boundless

      Aparté AP-287

      11:38 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Phaéton," Op. 39

      Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
      Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems, Le Carnaval des animaux, L'Assassinat du duc de Guise

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902614.15

      11:48 am

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

      "Andaluza; Oriental"

      Miloš, g
      Mediterraneo

      DG B0015579-02

      12:15 pm

      Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

      Trio Rai (violinist Tiffany Chang, cellist Leland Ko, and pianist Motti Fang-Bentov) performs music by Mel Bonis and Brahms, live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

      1:00 - 3:00 pm

      1:00 pm

      Music for the Afternoon

      1:00 pm

      Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Flute Concerto in G

      James Galway, f; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
      Italian Flute Concertos

      RCA 61164-2

      1:14 pm

      Carl Nielsen: "Pan and Syrinx," Op. 49

      Danish National Sym Orch/Thomas Dausgaard
      Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Music

      Dacapo 6.220518

      1:24 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Kinderszenen," Op. 15

      Christoph Eschenbach, p
      Romantic Piano Music

      DG 4794624 (6)

      1:46 pm

      Randall Thompson: "Alleluia"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      American Polyphony

      Hyperion CDA-67929

      1:53 pm

      Peter Boyer: "Festivities"

      London Phil Orch/Peter Boyer
      Boyer: Symphony No. 1, Silver Fanfare, Festivities, Three Olympians, Celebration Overture

      Naxos 8.559769

      2:00 pm

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony No. 1, "A Night in the Tropics"

      Utah Sym/Maurice Abravanel
      A Night in the Tropics

      Vanguard SVC-9

      2:20 pm

      Ernst Krähmer: Larghetto & Rondo

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

      Pentatone PTC-5187364

      2:29 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

      Overture

      Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti
      The Best of Rossini

      EMI CZS7-67440-2 (2)

      2:41 pm

      Richard Strauss: "Capriccio," Op. 85

      Prelude for String Sextet

      Vienna String Sextet
      Wiener Streichsextett

      Camerata 32CM-93

      2:53 pm

      Johann Strauss Sr: "Schäfer" Quadrille, Op. 217

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Waltzer Revolution

      Sony 88697914112

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 7 in C, "Le Midi"

      English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
      Haydn: Symphonies "Le Matin - Le Midi - Le Soir"

      Archiv 423098-2

      3:24 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on "See the Conquering Hero Comes," WoO 45

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, p
      Hope Amid Tears

      Sony 886449139354

      3:41 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Respighi: Orchestral Music

      Newton Classics 8802048 (2)

      4:00 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49

      Dmitry Paperno, p
      Paperno Plays Chopin

      Cedille CDR-90000026

      4:14 pm

      Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"

      Three Dance Episodes

      Israel Phil Orch/Leonard Bernstein
      Bernstein: Divertimento, A Musical Toast, Slava!, Facsimile, On The Town

      DG 427042-2

      4:26 pm

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Tres piezas españolas"

      Manuel Barrueco, g
      Manuel Barrueco Plays De Falla, Ponce, Rodrigo

      EMI CDM5-66577-2

      4:39 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III, Three Botticelli Pictures, The Birds

      DG 437533-2

      4:57 pm

      Williametta Spencer: "At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners"

      Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy
      Fern Hill - American Choral Music

      Nimbus NI-5449

      5:00 pm

      Johann Stamitz: Trumpet Concerto in D

      Håkan Hardenberger, tr; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Haydn, Hummel, Hertel, Stamitz: Trumpet Concertos

      Philips 420203-2

      5:16 pm

      Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata No. 5

      Romanesca
      Romanesca - Phantasticus - 17th Century Italian Violin Music

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907211

      5:22 pm

      Elena Kats-Chernin: "Re-invention" No. 5 (after Bach's BWV 777)

      Genevieve Lacey, r; Flinders Quartet
      The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection

      ABC Classics 4816430/7

      5:28 pm

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

      National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies

      National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0013

      6:00 pm

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Overture

      Boston Pops Orchestra/Arthur Fiedler
      Pops Caviar - Russian Orchestral Fireworks

      RCA 68132-2

      6:11 pm

      Nikolai Myaskovsky: Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81

      Wendy Warner, vc; Irina Nuzova, p
      Russian Music for Cello & Piano

      Cedille CDR-90000120

      6:35 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, "Italian"

      I. "Allegro vivace"

      La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly
      Musa Italiana

      Decca 4852944

      6:46 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D minor, BWV 974 (after A Marcello)

      Víkingur Ólafsson, p
      Johann Sebastian Bach

      DG 4835022

      6:56 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "Suite italienne"

      8th mvt, Minuetto

      Cho-Liang Lin, v; André-Michel Schub, p
      Stravinsky: Suite Italienne, Duo Concertant, Divertimento

      CBS MK-42101

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      It Takes Two to Tango

      This week features remarkable performances of musicians working in tandem playing Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart; plus, duets of Verdi, Puccini, and Wagner.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:02 pm

      Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16

      London Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

      LSO Live LSO-0570

      8:33 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Emanuel Ax, p
      Fauré & Strauss: Violin Sonatas

      DG B0023611-02

      9:01 pm

      Ignaz Moscheles: "Concertante" in F

      M Dufour, f; A Klein, ob; Czech National Sym Orch/P Freeman
      Wind Concertos by Cimarosa, Molique, and Moscheles

      Cedille CDR-90000080

      9:18 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Two-Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-Flat

      Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, p's; Slovak State Phil/Bystrík Režucha
      Mendelssohn: Concertos Nos 1 & 2 for Two Pianos

      MSR Classics MS-1330

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      Baroque&Before with Candice Agree

      Sonate Italiane

      Violinist Fabio Biondi leads Europa Galante in sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani, Tartini, Veracini and Locatelli. Recorded live in concert July 22, 2023 at Świdnica, Poland’s Church of Peace, the world’s largest wooden Baroque church and a Unesco World heritage site, as part of the International Bach Festival.

      11:18 pm

      Ruperto Chapí: String Quartet No. 4 in B minor

      Cuarteto Latinoamericano
      Ruperto Chapí String Quartets: Volume 2

      Sono Luminus DSL-92254