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      Playlist for Sunday, June 8, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now Come, Saviour of the Heathens)" BWV 659

      Eduardus Halim, p
      A Program of Piano Transcriptions

      Arabesque Z-6615

      12:05 am

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

      Pinchas Zukerman, v; English Chamber Orch/Jose Luis Garcia
      Bach: Violin Concertos

      RCA 60718-2-RC

      12:22 am

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

      Fugue No. 17 in A-flat

      Onyx Brass
      Fugue

      Chandos CHAN-10462

      12:24 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 in f-sharp, Op. 11

      Beatrice Berrut, p
      Robert Schumann * The Three Sonatas for Piano * Beatrice Berrut

      Centaur CRC-3129

      12:55 am

      Robert Schumann: "Romanzen für Frauenstimmen," Op. 91

      "Das verlassene Mägdlein"

      Stuttgart Southwest German Vocal Ensemble/Rupert Huber
      Schumann: Romances & Ballads

      Hanssler Classic CD-93.002

      1:00 am

      Otto Nicolai: "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

      Chorus, "O süsser Mond"

      Leipzig Radio Cho, Dresden Staatskapelle/Silvio Varviso
      German Opera Choruses

      Philips 422410-2

      1:04 am

      Otto Nicolai: "Die Heimkehr des Verbannten"

      Overture

      Bamberg Sym Orch/Karl Anton Rickenbacher

      Virgin 91079-2

      1:12 am

      Carl Maria von Weber: "Oberon"

      Overture

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

      Nimbus NI-5154

      1:20 am

      Dag Wirén: Chorus, Titania

      Netherlands Youth Cho/Eric Ericson

      Radio Nederland VTN-20061

      1:21 am

      Alnaes, Eyvind: Piano Concerto in D, Op 27

      Piers Lane, p; Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton
      Romantic Piano Concerto-42

      Hyperion CDA-67555

      1:53 am

      Norwegian Trad: Springdans

      Knut Buen, fiddle
      Nøkleberg Slåtter / Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op.72 With The Original Fiddle Tunes From Telemark

      Simax PSC-1040

      2:00 am

      Josef Strauss: "Kadi-Quadrille," Op 25

      Slovak State Phil/Manfred Müssauer
      Josef Strauss Edition Vol 23

      Marco Polo 8.223625

      2:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in d

      Viktoria Mullova, v; St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Violin Concertos / Violinkonzerte

      Philips 432077-2

      2:27 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 19

      #4

      Het Nederlands Gitaarduo
      Works for Two Guitars

      Partridge 1128-2

      2:29 am

      Gian Francesco Malipiero: "Stradivario" (1947)

      Svizzera Italiana Orch/Christian Benda
      MALIPIERO

      Marco Polo 8.225118

      2:44 am

      Jiri Benda: Symphony #6 in E-Flat

      Salieri Chamber Orch/Tamas Pal
      Benda-Complete Symphonies

      Chant du Monde LDC-2781050/51 (2)

      2:54 am

      Tielman Susato: Bransle

      Calliope

      Summit CDC-112

      3:00 am

      Italian Anon 15th c: Istampita

      Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
      Virtuoso Recorder Music

      L'Oiseau Lyre 414277-2

      3:05 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto in C, R 444

      Sarasa Ensemble

      Sarasa 2002

      3:15 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

      "Allegro"

      Charles Stier, cl; Molly Newton, p
      Cameos

      Elan CD-82246

      3:17 am

      Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op.115

      Karl Leister, cl; Berliner Solisten
      Mozart and Brahms: Clarinet Quintets

      Teldec 46429-2

      3:55 am

      E P Stekel: Polichinelle

      Kathy Pope, cl, Jed Moss, p
      Clarinet Kaleidoscope

      Centaur CRC-2466

      4:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Two Piano Pieces, Op. 1

      I. "Scherzo a la Russe"

      Earl Wild, p
      The Virtuosity of Earl Wild

      Ivory Classics 70901 (2)

      4:05 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Scherzo à la russe" (1943-4)

      Berlin Phil/Bernard Haitink
      The Firebird • Scherzo À La Russe

      Philips 426317-2

      4:08 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Scherzo in d (1887)

      St Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin

      MMG MWCD-7130

      4:13 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: Scherzo in B-Flat

      Philharmonia Orch/Geoffrey Simon
      Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Piano Concerto version), Pictures from Crimea

      Cala CACD-1030

      4:17 am

      Serge Prokofiev: Scherzo in D, Op. 12

      Abdel Rahman El Bacha, p
      Prokofiev: Premères oeuvres

      Forlane UCD-16596

      4:18 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

      Vlado Perlemuter, p
      Piano Works Vol. 2

      Nimbus NI-5011

      4:42 am

      Francois Couperin: "Les Nations"

      La Piémontoise: Suite

      European Baroque Soloists
      Couperin: Les Nations

      Denon 81757-4408-2 (2)

      4:54 am

      Francois Couperin: "Trois Leçons de Ténèbres pour le Mercredi Saint"

      "Jod"

      Sandrine Piau, Véronique Gens, s's; C Rousset, hc; Emmanuel Balssa, db
      Emmanuel Balssa,
      Trois Leçons De Ténèbres

      London 466776-2

      5:00 am

      Alexander Glazunov: "The Seasons," Op 67

      "Petit Adagio"

      Swedish Radio Sym/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Russian Adagios

      Ondine ODE-938-2

      5:05 am

      Robert Schumann: "Carnaval" Ballet

      Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet
      Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54

      London STS-15176

      5:32 am

      Robert Schumann: "Liederkreis (Song Cycle)," Op. 39

      No. 12, "Frühlingsnacht (Spring Night)"

      Neil Mackie, t; Scottish Chamber Orch/Steuart Bedford
      Neil Mackie Sings Britten

      EMI/Ang CDC7-49480-2

      5:33 am

      Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti

      Sorrel Quartet
      Britten: String Quartets, Vol. 1

      Chandos CHAN-9469

      5:44 am

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Divertimento in C, H XIV:4

      L'Arte dell'Arco
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 95594 (160)

      5:54 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Divertimento in B-Flat, K. 137

      I. "Allegro"

      Gerhard Meinl Tuba Sextet

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54729-2

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      The Day of Pentecost is a vivid narrative in the New Testament depicting the coming of the Holy Spirit. Host Peter DuBois shares dramatic choral and organ music to mark this “birthday” of the Church.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Mary D. Watkins: "Five Movements in Color"

      No. 2, "Soul of Remembrance"

      New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie Dunner
      Recorded Music of the African Diaspora

      Albany TROY-1200

      7:07 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201

      Orch Mozart/Claudio Abbado
      Mozart: Symphonies Nos 29, 33, 35, 38, 41 * Orchestra Mozart * Claudio Abbado

      Archiv 4777598 (2)

      7:39 am

      Eric Whitacre: "Sing Gently"

      Voces8/Eric Whitacre; Christopher Glynn, p
      Home

      Decca 4853970

      7:43 am

      Gerald Finzi: Seven Partsongs, Op. 17

      No. 4, "Clear and Gentle Stream"

      Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
      Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi

      Decca 4789357

      7:48 am

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Scheherazade," Op. 35

      II. "The Tale of the Kalendar Prince"

      Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung
      Virtuoso- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/ Stravinsky: Firebird

      DG 437818-2

      8:01 am

      Erich Wolfgang Korngold: "Much Ado About Nothing," Op. 11

      Suite (Four Pieces)

      Gil Shaham, v; André Previn, p
      Barber, Korngold: Violin Concertos, Much Ado About Nothing Suite

      DG 439886-2

      8:16 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs

      Grace Davidson & Victoria Meteyard, s's; King's Singers
      Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On

      Signum SIGCD-887

      8:23 am

      Edward German: "Henry VIII"

      Three Dances

      Slovak Radio Sym Orch/Adrian Leaper
      German: Merrie England Suite, Nell Gwyn: Overture and 3 Dances, Gipsy Suite, Romeo and Juliet

      Marco Polo 8.223419

      8:33 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Dances of Galánta"

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

      Onyx 4257

      8:51 am

      Ernest Chausson: Andante and Allegro (1881)

      Paul Meyer, cl; Eric Le Sage, p
      French Clarinet Art

      Denon 81757-9282-2

      9:01 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq 170

      Guy Fishman, vc; Handel & Haydn Society
      C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerti

      New Focus FCR-915

      9:27 am

      Anonymous 16th-century Spanish: "Españoleta"

      Chatham Baroque
      Españoleta

      Dorian DOR-90284

      9:31 am

      Manuel De Zumaya: Solo Christmas Cantata, "Alegres luces del día"

      "Seguidillas: Herodes el primero"

      Carol Ann Allred, s; Chatham Baroque
      Holidays with WFMT

      Naxos/WFMT (Xmas 2021)

      9:35 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

      III. Finale, "Alla breve"

      Yunchan Lim, p; Fort Worth Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
      Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3, Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition

      Decca 4871023

      9:51 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Serenata," Op. 87

      Byron Quartet
      Souvenir d'Espagne

      Aparté AP-308

      10:01 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Suite pastorale"

      Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner
      Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, etc.

      DG 447751-2

      10:21 am

      Amy Beach: "Pastorale," Op. 151

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A La Carte: Short Works for Wind Quintet

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      10:25 am

      Arthur Honegger: "Pastorale d'été"

      Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson
      Pacific 231, Horace Victorieux, Rugby, Mermoz, Pastorale d'été, La Tempête

      DG 435438-2

      10:35 am

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

      phil Blech Wien/Anton Mittermayr; Olivier Latry, o
      Live from Vienna

      DG 4857171

      10:42 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "Carnival" Overture, Op. 92

      Czech Phil/Václav Neumann
      Dvorak: Cello Concerto

      Philips 422387-2

      10:52 am

      Philip Glass: "Glassworks"

      Opening

      Víkingur Ólafsson, p; Siggi String Quartet
      Philip Glass: Piano Works

      DG 4796918

      11:01 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80

      II. Andante

      Tasmin Little, v; BBC Phil/Sir Andrew Davis
      British Violin Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-10879

      11:11 am

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Fantasía para un gentilhombre"

      Göran Söllscher, g; Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Rodrigo & Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concertos

      DG 429232-2

      11:35 am

      Louise Farrenc: Sextet for piano and winds in C minor, Op. 40

      II. "Andante sostenuto"

      Linos Ensemble
      Farrenc: Piano Trios and Sextet

      CPO 777256

      11:43 am

      Arvo Pärt: "Summa"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Arvo Pärt: Choral Music

      Hyperion CDA-68056

      11:49 am

      Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Wiener Blut," Op. 354

      Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
      New Year's Concert 1990 Vienna Philharmonic Zubin Mehta

      Sony SK-45808

      12:00 - 6:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      12:00 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Manfred," Op. 115

      Overture

      Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Schumann: Symphonie No. 3 "Rheinische"; Overture Manfred

      Philips 411104-2

      12:14 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: "In the Forest" (1919)

      Daniel Ciobanu, p
      Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings and Rarities

      DG 4867190

      12:16 pm

      Dmitri Shostakovich: Scherzo in F-sharp minor, Op. 1

      Daniil Trifonov, p
      Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings and Rarities

      DG 4867190

      12:23 pm

      Bartolomeo Tromboncino: "Su, su, leva, alza le ciglia"

      Ring Around Quartet & Consort
      Frottole

      Naxos 8.573320

      12:30 pm

      Emilie Mayer: Symphony No. 4 in B minor

      NDR Radio Phil/Jan Willem de Vriend
      Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6

      CPO 555615-2

      1:04 pm

      Duke Ellington: "In a Sentimental Mood"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      Blues Dialogues

      Cedille CDR-90000182

      1:08 pm

      David Baker: "Blues (Deliver My Soul)"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      Blues Dialogues

      Cedille CDR-90000182

      1:12 pm

      Errollyn Wallen: "Woogie Boogie"

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      Blues Dialogues

      Cedille CDR-90000182

      1:16 pm

      Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus"

      Overture

      Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Johann Strauss Waltzes & Polkas

      Erato 45998-2

      1:25 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006

      III. "Gavotte en rondeau"

      Lucy van Dael, v
      WFMT Space Album

      Naxos/WFMT

      1:29 pm

      Bradley Williams: "Amy's Valentine"

      Bradley Williams, p
      Big Eyes Big Ears, Vol. 1

      21st Century Entertainment 2025001

      1:32 pm

      Bradley Williams: "The Stroll"

      Bradley Williams, p
      Big Eyes Big Ears, Vol. 1

      21st Century Entertainment 2025001

      1:36 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Béatrice et Bénédict"

      Overture

      Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
      Gather

      WFMT (Gather)

      1:45 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "The Creatures of Prometheus," Op. 43

      Overture

      German Chamber Phil Bremen/Daniel Harding
      Beethoven: Overtures

      Virgin 45364-2

      1:50 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 German Dances, WoO 8

      No. 3 in F

      Capella Istropolitana/Oliver von Dohnányi
      Beethoven: Mödlinger Dances, Contredanses, German Dances, Minuets

      Naxos 8.550433

      1:52 pm

      Gustav Holst: "Brook Green" Suite

      Royal Phil Strings/Barry Wordsworth
      English String Music

      Tring TRP-037

      2:01 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26

      Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, p; BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda
      Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1-5

      Chandos CHAN-10802 (2)

      2:31 pm

      Josephine Lang: "Mignons Klage," Op. 10, No. 2

      Lorraine Campet, db; Nathanaël Gouin, p
      Âmes Sœurs

      Aparté AP-387

      2:33 pm

      Josephine Lang: "Herbst-Gefühl"

      Lorraine Campet, db; Nathanaël Gouin, p
      Âmes Sœurs

      Aparté AP-387

      2:37 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Per questa bella mano," K. 612

      I D'Arcangelo, bbr; D Ghio, db; Turin Teatro Regio Orch/G Noseda
      Mozart

      DG B0015741-02

      2:45 pm

      Robert Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52

      Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
      Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale

      DG 431161-2

      3:04 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales)," Op. 132

      Michael Collins, cl; Steven Isserlis, vc; Stephen Hough, p
      Brahms, Frühling, Schumann - Clarinet Trios, Märchenerzählungen, Träumerei

      RCA 63504-2

      3:20 pm

      Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet," Op. 64

      Balcony Scene

      Chicago Sym Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet

      CSO Resound 9011402

      3:30 pm

      Salim Dada: "Miniatures algériennes"

      No. 5, "Soirée au Hoggar"

      Rebecca Omordia, p
      African Pianism, Vol. 2

      Somm SOMMCD-0688

      3:36 pm

      Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 41, No. 2

      Emerson String Quartet
      Schumann: String Quartets - Emerson String Quartet

      Pentatone PTC-518686

      4:01 pm

      Robert Schumann: "Dichterliebe," Op. 48

      Timothy Ridout, vi; Frank Dupree, p
      A Poet's Love

      Harmonia Mundi HMN-916118

      4:32 pm

      Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges): Symphony No. 1 in G, Op. 11, No. 1

      Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Michael Halász
      Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphonies concertantes; Symphony in G major

      Naxos 8.574306

      4:45 pm

      Adrian Cruft: Traditional Hornpipe Suite

      Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
      British Light Music Discoveries 2

      ASV CDWHL-2126

      4:53 pm

      Sebastian Huydts: Delicias de Blancanieves (Snow White's Delight)

      No. 10, "Bochorno (Summer haze)"

      Sebastian Huydts, p
      Delicias de Blancanieves - Snow White's Delight, 27 Spanish Fairy Tales for Piano

      Sebastian Huydts 888295445689

      5:01 pm

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

      Annie Fischer, p; Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer
      Schumann: Piano concerto in a minor, Op. 54

      Price-Less D-16492

      5:34 pm

      Duke Ellington: "Prelude to a Kiss"

      Daniel Barenboim, p; Chicago Sym Orch members & guests
      Tribute To Ellington

      Teldec 25252-2

      5:40 pm

      Robert White: "Ad te levavi oculos meos" a 6

      Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Graham Ross
      Palestrina Revealed

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-905375

      5:49 pm

      Vincenzo Bellini: "Norma"

      Aria, "Casta Diva"

      Justin Taylor, p
      Chopin Intime

      Alpha 1132

      5:55 pm

      Steely Dan: "Your Gold Teeth II"

      Evan Ziporyn, cl's
      Pop Channel

      Islandia IMR-010

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Mahler "Totenfeier;" Pierre Boulez, conductor; Smetana Excerpts from "Má vlast;" Jakub Hrůša, conductor.

      7:59 pm

      Bernard Herrmann: Cantata, "Moby Dick"

      Chorus, "And God created great whales"

      Danish National Cho & Sym Orch/Michael Schønwandt
      Bernard Herrmann: Moby Dick, Sinfonietta

      Chandos CHSA-5095

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Brazilian Composer Paulo Bellinati Paulo Bellinati, virtuoso guitar player and composer, has dedicated his career to the music for his instrument, as a soloist and in different combinations. Fiesta presents a selection of his guitar music, including his very colorful "Concierto Caboclo."

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Art of Thomas Jensen, Conductor – Program 2

      Sibelius Symphony No. 1; "Finlandia;" Nielsen Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 5.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Traditional Ukrainian: "Shcho to za predivo (Oh, What a Wonder)"

      Solomiya Ivakhiv, v; Lviv National Phil Sym Orch/S Khorovets
      Ukrainian Christmas

      Naxos 8.574677

      11:05 pm

      Myroslav Skoryk: "Carpathian Rhapsody" (2004)

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

      Centaur CRC-3799

      11:11 pm

      Serge Bortkiewicz: Three Waltzes, Op 27

      Pierre Huybregts, p
      Piano works of Serge Bortkiewicz

      Centaur CRC-2096

      11:22 pm

      Antonio Lauro: Four Venezuelan Waltzes (1963)

      #3 in e

      Manuel Barrueco, g

      Warner 5565782

      11:24 pm

      Max Bruch: "Scottish Fantasy," Op. 46

      Itzhak Perlman, v; Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Violin Concerto No. 2

      EMI CDC7-49071-2

      11:54 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, "The three captains," H XXXIa:264

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Eisenstadt Haydn Trio
      Haydn: Scottish Songs, Vol. 3

      Brilliant Classics 93059/5 (5)