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      Playlist for Monday, June 9, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato"

      Duet, "As Steals the Morn"

      Kate Royal, s; Ian Bostridge, t; Age of Enlightenment Orch/Harry Bicket
      Great Handel * Bostridge * Bicket

      EMI/Ang 82243-2

      12:05 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: Two-Violin Concerto in G

      Micaela Comberti, v; Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage, v
      Telemann: Overture Burlesque, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-0512

      12:14 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772/786

      No. 11 in g minor

      Simone Dinnerstein, p
      Inventions & Sinfonias

      Sony 88843009102

      12:15 am

      Petronio Franceschini: Two-Trumpet Sonata in D

      Charles Geyer, Barbara Butler, tr's; Music of the Baroque Orch/T Wikman

      D'note DND-1026

      12:22 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: String Serenade in C, Op. 48

      Bavarian Radio Sym/Sir Colin Davis
      Dvorak, Tchaikovsky: Serenades For Strings

      Philips 422031-2

      12:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Mazurkas, Op 25

      No. 3

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)

      1:00 am

      Franz Waxman: "Taras Bulba" (1962)

      "The Ride of the Cossacks"

      London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
      Genius of Film Music 1960s-80s

      LPO 0086

      1:05 am

      Leos Janácek: "Taras Bulba" (1925)

      North German Radio Sym Orch/John Eliot Gardiner
      Symphonic Dances Op.45

      DG 445838-2

      1:27 am

      Reinhold Gliere: "Taras Bulba" (ballet, 1952)

      "Mazurka di Bravura"

      Odessa Phil/Hobart Earle
      Gliere: Taras Bulba/ Stankovych: Rasputin

      ASV CDDCA-988

      1:28 am

      Franz Waxman: "Carmen Fantasie"

      Matthew Lipman, vi; Henry Kramer, p
      Ascent

      Cedille CDR-90000184

      1:40 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen"

      Suite

      Burning River Brass
      Burning River Brass: Romanza Espana

      Dorian DOR-90316

      1:54 am

      Louise Farrenc: "Douze Études Brillantes," Op. 41

      No. 4

      Maria Stratigou, p
      Louise Farrenc - Complete Piano Works, Vol 1

      Grand Piano GP-912-13 (2)

      2:00 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 80, "Ein feste Burg is unser Gott"

      Chorus, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"

      Netherlands Bach Collegium/Pieter Jan Leusink
      Bach Edition: Complete Works

      Brilliant Classics 93102 (155)

      2:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No.2 in b minor, BWV 1067

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      J S Bach * Ouvertüren * Complete Orchestral Suites * Freiburger Barockorchester

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902113.14 (2)

      2:27 am

      François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Bk 1 (1713): 5e ordre in A/a

      "La Badine"

      Carole Cerasi, hc
      Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord

      Metronome METCD-1100 (10)

      2:29 am

      Mana-Zucca: "Badinage," Op. 288

      Nanette Kaplan Solomon, p
      Badinage: The Piano Music of Mana-Zucca

      Albany TROY-1580

      2:31 am

      David Diamond: Ballet, "Tom" (1936)

      Suite

      Seattle Sym Orch/Gerard Schwarz
      David Diamond, Vol. IV: Symphony No. 8 / Suite From Tom / This Sacred Ground

      Delos DE-3141

      2:55 am

      Florence Price: Preludes (1926-52)

      No. 5

      Josh Tatsuo Cullen, p
      Scenes in Tin Can Alley

      Blue Griffin BGR-615

      3:00 am

      Gabriel Fauré: "Requiem," Op 48

      "Agnus Dei"

      Cambridge Singers, London Sinfonia/John Rutter
      Requiem (1893 Version) And Other Sacred Music

      Collegium COLCD-109

      3:05 am

      Darius Milhaud: Chamber Symphony No. 3, Op. 71, "Serenade"

      Luxembourg Radio Orch/Darius Milhaud

      Vox CDX-5109 (2)

      3:08 am

      Michel-Richard Delalande: "Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy (for the King's Supper)"

      12th Suite

      La Simphonie du Marais/Hugo Reyne
      Delalande

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901303

      3:22 am

      Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Gigue"

      Kenneth Gilbert, hc
      Ouvertures, Airs & Dances

      Harmonia Mundi HMA-1901267

      3:24 am

      Charles Gounod: Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      The 2 Symphonies / Faust Ballet Music

      Philips 462125-2

      3:55 am

      Charles Gounod: "Romances sans paroles"

      #5, "Chanson de printemps"

      Roberto Prosseda, p
      Gounod Piano Works

      London 4816956

      4:00 am

      Arnold Bax: "Cortège" (1925)

      London Phil/Bryden Thomson
      Bax: Cello Concerto

      Chandos CHAN-8494

      4:05 am

      Ernest John Moeran: Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (1931-2)

      Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      MOERAN, E.J.: Cello Concerto / Serenade / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow (Johnston, Ulster Orchestra, Falletta)

      Naxos 8.573034

      4:18 am

      Ernest John Moeran: "Songs of Springtime"

      "Good Wine"

      East London Cho/Michael Kibblewhite

      Koch 3-1266-2

      4:20 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio No. 2 in e, Op. 92

      Trio Latitude 41

      Eloquentia EL-1547

      4:55 am

      Désiré Dondayne: Four-Trombone Suite

      2nd mvt, "Andantino"

      Alessi, Hartman, Lawrence, Bollinger, tb
      Four Of A Kind

      Summit DCD-123

      5:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      "Scherzo"

      Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer

      EMI/Ang CDC7-47230-2

      5:05 am

      Zoltán Kodály: "Háry János" Suite, Op. 35a

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Zoltan Rozsnyai
      Music Of Zoltan Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite, Dances Of Galanta

      Perpetua PR-7005

      5:30 am

      Guillaume Dumanoir: "Suite du Ballet de Stockholm"

      "Marche"

      Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
      Suites d'Orchestre, 1650-1660

      Fontalis ES-9908

      5:32 am

      Robert Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 2 in g, Op. 22

      Boris Berezovsky, p

      Teldec 77476-2

      5:49 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      "Nocturne"

      Cologne Radio Orch/Otto Klemperer

      Price-Less D-14252

      5:55 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      "Dance of the Clowns"

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras

      Virgin 90725-2

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:03 am

      Peter Schickele: Oboe Concerto

      III. "Chant"

      Pamela Pecha, ob; Moscow Phil Orch/Paul Freeman
      Richard Strauss, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Peter Schickele: Oboe Concertos

      Carlton Classics 30366-00652

      6:09 am

      Franz Lehár: "Gold and Silver" Waltzes, Op. 79

      Vienna Johann Strauss Orch/Willi Boskovsky
      Lehar: Waltzes

      EMI CDC7-47020-2

      6:19 am

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Serenade to Music"

      London Phil Orch/Vernon Handley
      Vaughan Williams & Delius

      Chandos CHAN-8330

      6:31 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Tafelmusik," Book 2

      Three-Violin Concerto in F

      Soloists; Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz
      The Complete Tafelmusik

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902042.45 (4)

      6:46 am

      Joaquín Turina: "Tres danzas andaluzas," Op. 8

      Sara Davis Buechner, p
      Turina: Mujeres Españolas, Woman of Spain -- Five Suites for Piano

      Connoisseur CD-4186

      7:03 am

      Hector Berlioz: Overture, "Le corsaire," Op. 21

      Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Love Scene from Romeo & Juliet, The Damnation of Faust, etc.

      Telarc CD-80164

      7:11 am

      Joseph Boudin de Boismortier: Trio Sonata #5 in F

      Ensemble Geminiani
      Ensemble Geminiani - Konzertante Barockmusik

      Christophorus CD-74590

      7:21 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat, Op. 130

      V. Cavatina

      Dover Quartet
      Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol 3

      Cedille CDR-90000215

      7:30 am

      Otto Nicolai: "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann
      German Overtures

      DG 4745022

      7:39 am

      Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 (1923-27)

      II. "Blues"

      Dong-Suk Kang, v; Pascal Devoyon, p
      The Best of Ravel

      Naxos 8.556673

      7:46 am

      Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D

      Canon

      St Martin's Academy/Neville Marriner
      Classical Favorites

      Seraphim 73289-2

      8:03 am

      Josef Suk: Piano Pieces, Op. 7

      No. 1, "Love Song"

      Janine Jansen, v; Antonio Pappano, p
      12 Stradivari

      Decca 48518173

      8:10 am

      Michael Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in C

      Guy Touvron, tr; Prague Chamber Orch
      Classic Trumpet

      RCA 60858-2

      8:24 am

      Morten Lauridsen: "Les chansons des roses"

      "Dirait-on"

      Chamber Choir of Europe/Nicol Matt; Morten Lauridsen, p
      Light Eternal: The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen

      DG 4835058

      8:31 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations in C on "God Save the King," WoO 78

      Angela Hewitt, p
      Beethoven Variations

      Hyperion CDA-68346

      8:42 am

      William Boyce: Trio Sonata No. 13 in A minor

      Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman
      Boyce: Trio Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-67151/52 (2)

      8:51 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D, "Fandango," Op. 50, G 448

      "Grave assai; Fandango"

      Los Romeros
      Spanish Guitar Favorites

      Philips 442781-2

      9:02 am

      Richard Wagner: "Rienzi"

      Overture

      Vienna Phil/Sir Georg Solti
      Wagner: Favourite Overtures

      Decca 4582142

      9:15 am

      Manuel de Falla: Four Spanish Pieces

      "Aragonesa; Cubana"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Piano Español

      Cedille CDR-90000075

      9:23 am

      Emmanuel Chabrier: "Le roi malgré lui"

      "Fête polonaise"

      Suisse Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet
      Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, Joyeuse marche, Fête polonaise, Danse slave; Lalo: Rapsodie, Scherzo, Le Roi d'Ys ouverture

      Decca 433720-2

      9:33 am

      Pablo de Sarasate: Fantasy on Mozart's "Don Giovanni," Op. 51

      Tianwa Yang, v; Navarra Sym Orch/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo
      Pablo de Sarasate: Music for Violin and Orchestra - Vol. 4

      Naxos 8.572276

      9:45 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Sweetheart Waltzes," Op. 418 (from "Der Zigeunerbaron")

      Boston Sym Chamber Players
      Johann Strauss: Waltzes - Transcriptions by Berg, Webern & Schoenberg; Igor Stravinsky: Octet, Pastorale, Ragtime, Concertino

      DG 463667-2

      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

      Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40

      Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti
      Grieg: Holberg Suite, String Quartet in G minor, Two Elegiac Melodies, Erotik

      BIS SACD-1877

      10:20 am

      Claude Debussy: "Suite bergamasque"

      III. "Clair de lune"

      Tamás Vásáry, p
      100 Classical Masterworks

      DG 4793590

      10:26 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Don Carlos"

      "Ballet de la Reine"

      Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida
      Verdi: Ballet Music

      Philips 422846-2 (2)

      10:44 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "St Matthew Passion," BWV 244

      Aria, "Erbarme dich, mein Gott"

      Christian Li, v; David Berlin, vc; Melbourne Sym Orch members
      Discovering Mendelssohn

      Decca 4853987

      10:51 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in D, R. 453

      Alex Klein, ob; New Brandenburg Collegium/Anthony Newman
      Oboe Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi

      Cedille CDR-7003

      11:01 am

      Federico Moreno Torroba: "Aires de la Mancha"

      David Russell, g
      Music of Federico Moreno Torroba

      Telarc CD-80451

      11:10 am

      Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest," Op. 109

      Suite No. 2

      Scottish Chamber Orch/Joseph Swensen
      Scottish Chamber Orchestra: 40th Anniversary Edition

      Linn CKD-540

      11:27 am

      Alexey Shor: Piano Concerto No. 1

      II. "Andante"

      Behzod Abduraimov, p; Royal Phil Orch/Vasily Petrenko
      Prokofiev & Shor

      Alpha 1124

      11:34 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 4 in C, K. 157

      Jerusalem Quartet
      Mozart: String Quartets

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902076

      11:52 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Lucio Silla," K. 135

      Overture

      Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
      Mozart: Overtures

      Teldec 95523-2

      12:01 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sérénade mélancolique," Op. 26

      Robert Chen, v; NDR Radio Phil/Pavel Kogan
      Chen Plays Tchaikovsky

      Berlin Classics 0011692-BC

      12:12 pm

      Richard Strauss: Wind Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7

      Minnesota Orch Winds/Edo de Waart
      An Alpine Symphony / Serenade

      Virgin 91102-2

      12:23 pm

      Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: "Suite Veneziana," Op. 18

      Oviedo Phil/Friedrich Haider
      Orchestral Music of Wolf-Ferrari

      Naxos 8.573583

      12:41 pm

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Jubilate Deo"

      Music of the Baroque Choir & Brass/Edward Zelnis
      O Be Joyful - Renaissance Brass & Choral Music - Music of the Baroque

      Music of the Baroque 2006

      12:49 pm

      Gioachino Rossini: "The Siege of Corinth"

      Overture

      Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda
      Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. 1

      Naxos 8.570933

      1:01 pm

      Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A minor

      Takács Quartet; Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Dvořák & Price: Piano Quintets

      Hyperion CDA-68433

      1:28 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Oboe Concerto in D minor, BWV 1059R

      Lucie Horsch, r; Academy of Ancient Music
      Baroque Journey

      Decca 4834722

      1:42 pm

      Anatol Liadov: "The Enchanted Lake," Op. 62

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      Russian Nights

      Telarc CD-80657

      1:51 pm

      Nino Rota: "The Leopard (Il Gattopardo)"

      "Valzer Verdi; Mazurka; Balletto; Polka"

      City of Granada Orch/Josep Pons
      Nino Rota: La Strada, Concerto Soirée, Il Gattopardo

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901864

      2:00 pm

      Cécile Chaminade: Concert Etudes, Op. 35

      No. 2, "Automne"

      Michael Guttman, v; Royal Phil Orch/José Serebrier
      Four Seasons

      ASV CDDCA-855

      2:08 pm

      Ralph Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto in A minor

      Maurice Bourgue, ob; English String Orch/William Boughton
      A Portrait of Vaughan Williams

      Nimbus NI-1754 (4)

      2:26 pm

      Richard Wagner: "The Flying Dutchman"

      Spinning Chorus, "Summ und brumm"

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

      Philips 422410-2

      2:30 pm

      Richard Wagner: "The Flying Dutchman"

      Sailors' Chorus, "Steuermann, lass die Wacht"

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

      Philips 422410-2

      2:34 pm

      Manuel Infante: "Danses Andalouses"

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's
      ¡España!

      Philips 438938-2

      2:50 pm

      Josef Martin Kraus: "Aeneas in Carthage"

      Prologue Overture

      Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois
      Kraus: Aeneas in Carthage: Overtures, Ballet Music, Marches

      Naxos 8.570585

      3:00 - 7:00 pm

      3:00 pm

      Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

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

      3:00 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 13 in F, K. 112

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      3:18 pm

      Norman Dello Joio: "Clarinet Concertante"

      Robert Alemany, cl; Czech National Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      The American Clarinet - Music from the Fleisher Collection Vol. 2

      Albany TROY-502

      3:41 pm

      Franz Krommer: Octet-Partita in F, Op 57

      Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
      Krommer: Octets For Wind Instruments

      EMI CDC7-54383-2

      4:00 pm

      Jean-Féry Rebel: "Les Plaisirs Champêtres"

      La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
      Concert de danse

      Accent ACC-96122-D

      4:12 pm

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

      III. Finale, Rondo, "Allegro scherzando"

      Alicia de Larrocha, p; Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Riccardo Chailly
      Beethoven: Piano Concertos, Choral Fantasy

      Decca 414391-2 (3)

      4:23 pm

      Carl Reinecke: Trio for Oboe, Horn, and Piano, Op. 188

      Stephen Taylor, ob; David Jolley, hn; Sarah Rothenberg, p
      Adagio & Allegro: German Romantic Works for Horn

      Arabesque Z-6641

      4:47 pm

      William Grant Still: "Africa" (1928)

      "Land of Peace"

      Denver Oldham, p
      Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still

      Koch 3-7084-2

      4:57 pm

      François Couperin: "Les Barricades mystérieuses"

      Igor Kipnis, hc
      Harpsichord Greatest Hits

      CBS MLK-45524

      5:00 pm

      Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Capriccio espagnol," Op. 34

      Bolshoi Orch/Alexander Lazarev
      Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture; Capriccio espagnol; Le coq d’or Suite; The Tsar’s Bride Overture; May Night Overture

      Erato 94808-2

      5:16 pm

      Giovanni Legrenzi: Sonata "La Galini" a due (Op. 8)

      Pallade Musica
      Verso Venezia

      Atma ACD2-2697

      5:22 pm

      Aram Khachaturian: "Yerevan"

      Ani Aznavoorian, vc; Marta Aznavoorian, p
      Gems from Armenia

      Cedille CDR-90000209

      5:25 pm

      Francesco Navara: Sinfonia à 5 in C

      La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto, 1690-1740

      Avie AV-2106

      5:31 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D, "Clock"

      London Phil Orch/Eugen Jochum
      Haydn: The 12 'London' Symphonies

      DG 437201-2 (4)

      6:00 pm

      Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-Flat, G 482

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; St. Paul Chamber Orch/Pinchas Zukerman
      Boccherini, J. C. Bach: Cello Concertos

      CBS MK-39964

      6:21 pm

      Jacques Offenbach: "Orpheus in the Underworld"

      Overture

      Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
      William Tell And Other Favorite Overtures

      Telarc CD-80116

      6:32 pm

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Op. 1

      I. "Allegro con moto"

      Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
      Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet

      Chandos CHAN-20242

      6:43 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Tannhäuser"

      Act 2 Music (Symphonic Synthesis)

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Lorin Maazel
      Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser Without Words

      Sony SK-47178

      6:56 pm

      Dave Brubeck: "Blue Rondo à la Turk"

      Rastrelli Cello Quartet
      Cello Effect

      Genuin 15364

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      Giuseppe Verdi, Part I

      The first week in ten-part series surveying the life and music of Giuseppe Verdi, a towering figure in Italian art and perhaps the greatest composer of nineteenth-century opera.

      8:00 - 10:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Live from WFMT

      The Chicago-based International Chamber Artists perform music by Clara Schumann, Joaquín Turina, Alyssa Morris, Robert Schumann, and ICA Composer-in-Residence, James M. Stephenson.

      9:51 pm

      Herbert Clarke: Valse Brillante, "Sounds from the Hudson"

      Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger
      Carnaval

      CBS MK-42137

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The WFMT Orchestra Series

      San Francisco Symphony

      Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47; Lisa Batiashvili, violin; "Finlandia," Op. 26; Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op 39; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.