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      Playlist for Sunday, July 6, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Louis Moreau Gottschalk: "Deuxième Banjo," Op 82

      Lambert Orkis, p

      Smithsonian ND-033

      12:04 am

      Aaron Copland: "Ukelele Serenade"

      Yuriy Bekker, v; Andrew Armstrong, p
      Twentieth Century Duos

      Navona NV-6046

      12:09 am

      Aaron Copland: "Quiet City"

      Steele-Perkins, tr; McQueen, eh; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
      Barber / Copland / Gershwin

      Virgin Classics 90766-2

      12:20 am

      Christian Sinding: "Serenade"

      Jerome Lowenthal, p
      Christian Sinding * Music for Piano

      Bridge 9306

      12:22 am

      Christian Sinding: Piano Concerto in D-Flat, Op 6

      Eva Knardahl, p; Oslo Phil/Oivin Fjeldstad
      Sinding: Piano Concerto In D Flat Major, Op. 6 / Symphony In D Minor, Op. 21

      Norsk NKFCD-50016-2

      12:53 am

      Manuel Blancafort: "12 Cançons" (1916-19)

      #4, "Canço en la solitud"

      Miquel Villalba, p
      Blancafort Piano Music, Vol 1

      Naxos 8.557332

      1:00 am

      Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor

      Polovtsian March

      St Petersburg Kirov Orch
      White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

      Philips 442011-2

      1:05 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Russian March," Op 426

      Vienna Phil/Georges Pretre
      Neujahrskonzert/New Years Concert 2008

      London B0010611-02 (2)

      1:08 am

      Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: "Jubilee March: Voroshilov" Op 67

      Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra/Loris Tjeknavorian
      Ivanov-Ippolitov Orchestral Music Including Iveria, Mtsïri, Turkish Fragments

      ASV CD-CA-1102

      1:14 am

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Khovanshchina"

      Solemn March

      Russian State Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Without The Sun: Works For Orchestra

      RCA 68406-2

      1:20 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: "Esquisses", Op 63

      #10, "Increpatio"

      Ronald Smith, p
      The Alkan Project

      Arabesque Z-6523

      1:22 am

      César Franck: Piano Concerto #2 in b, Op 11

      Martijn van den Hoek, p; Arnhem Phil/Roberto Benzi
      FRANCK: Orchestal Music, Vol. 2

      Naxos 8.553472

      1:54 am

      Charles-Valentin Alkan: Gigue, Op 24

      Ronald Smith, p
      The Alkan Project

      Arabesque Z-6523

      2:00 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Drei geistliche Chore," Op. 37

      Netherlands Youth Cho/Eric Ericson

      Radio Nederland VTN-20061

      2:05 am

      Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet No. 6 in a minor, Op. 12

      Vlach String Quartet
      Dvorák: The String Quartets, Vol 7

      Naxos 8.557357

      2:35 am

      Antonin Dvorák: "Silhouettes," Op 8

      #2

      Tomas Visek, p
      Piano Music

      Rosa RD-1318

      2:37 am

      Vincent D'Indy: "Choral variée," Op 55

      Sigurdur Flosason, sx; Iceland Sym/Rumon Gamba
      D'Indy Orchestral Works, Vol 3

      Chandos CHAN-10585

      2:46 am

      Paul Pierné: "Bucolique variée" for wind trio

      Chicago Chamber Musicians
      20th Century French Wind Trios

      Cedille CDR-90000040

      2:54 am

      Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Set 2

      "La pastrouletta é lou chibalié"

      Arleen Auger, s; English Chamber Orch/Yan-Pascal Tortelier

      Virgin 90714-2

      3:00 am

      Ernesto Lecuona: "Ante el Escorial"

      Duo Turgeon

      Marquis 13032

      3:05 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Don Carlos"

      "Ballet de la Reine"

      Bournemouth Sym/José Serebrier
      Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas

      Naxos 8.572818-19 (2)

      3:22 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "La Périchole"

      "Final"

      Suzanne Lafaye, s; Raymond Amade, t; Lamoureux Orch/Igor Markevitch

      EMI/Ang CDM7-69845-2

      3:23 am

      Jacques Offenbach: "Orpheus in the Underworld"

      "Ballet des mouches"

      Gulbenkian Orch/Michel Swierczewski
      Offenbach Music from the Operettas

      Nimbus NI-5303

      3:35 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: "Robert le Diable"

      Ballet of the Nuns

      Barcelona Sym Orch/Michal Nesterowicz
      MEYERBEER, G.: Ballet Music from the Operas (Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra, Nesterowicz)

      Naxos 8.573076

      3:54 am

      Giacomo Meyerbeer: "L'Africaine"

      Aria, "Hola! Matelots"

      Giuseppe Campanari, br; Charles Prince, p
      The 1903 Grand Opera Series

      Sony MH2K-62334 (2)

      4:00 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Athalie"

      War March of the Priests

      Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler
      Marches In Hi-Fi

      MHS 514551-F

      4:05 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 2 in D, Op 58

      Janos Starker, vc; György Sebök, p
      Brahms • Cello Sonatas 1 And 2 / Mendelssohn • Cello Sonata No.2

      Mercury 434377-2

      4:30 am

      Alfredo Piatti: Etude in G, Op 25/11

      Janos Starker, vc
      The Road To Cello Playing

      Parnassus PACD-97-008

      4:31 am

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: Cello Concerto No. 2

      António Meneses, vc; Galicia Sym Orch/Victor Pablo Pérez
      Conciertos Para Violonchelo y Orquesta No.1 & 2, Fantasía para Cello y Orquesta

      Valois V-4843

      4:54 am

      Bela Bartók: Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op 20

      No. 1

      Cello (cello quartet)
      Cello

      Pro Arte CDD-500

      5:00 am

      Pehr Henrik Nordgren: "Portraits of Country Fiddlers," Op 26

      #3, "The Old Man's Minuet"

      Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch/Juha Kangas
      NORDGREN, P.H.: Pelimannimuotokuvia / ELLER, H.: 5 Pieces / GRIEG, E.: 2 Nordic Melodies

      Ondine ODE-766-2

      5:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio #2 in G, Op 1/2

      Patrick Cohen, forte-p; Erich Höbarth, v; Christophe Coin, vc
      Beethoven: Trios pour pianoforte, violon et violoncelle op.1

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901361

      5:40 am

      Einojuhani Rautavaara: "Fiddlers", Op 1

      "Devil's Schottische"

      Turku Phil/Jorma Panula
      FINNISH ORCHESTRAL FAVOURITES

      Naxos 8.555773

      5:42 am

      Leos Janácek: Ballad, "The Fiddler's Child"

      Czech Phil/Jiri Belohlavek
      Janácek: Idyll; Suite; Sinfonietta; Jealousy Overture; The Fiddler's Child; The Cunning Little Vixen Suite

      Chandos CHAN-9080

      5:55 am

      Ross Lee Finney: "Fiddle-doodle-ad" (1945)

      "Candy Girl"

      Miranda Cuckson, v; Thomas Sauer, p
      Music by Ross Lee Finney. Fantasy in two movements for solo violin

      Centaur CRC-2757

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "Let the Celebrations Begin!" July encompasses national celebrations for the US, Canada, and France, so on this edition of host Peter DuBois will explore sacred choral and organ music from all three nations.

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:01 am

      Claude Debussy: "L'isle joyeuse"

      Stewart Goodyear, p
      Phoenix

      Bright Shiny Things BSTC-0154

      7:07 am

      Arnold Bax: "The Happy Forest"

      BBC Phil/Vernon Handley
      Bax Tone Poems, Vol. 2

      Chandos CHAN-10446

      7:19 am

      Tõnu Kõrvits: "You Are Light and Morning"

      "In the Morning You Always Come Back"

      Estonian Phil Chamber Cho, Tallinn Chamber Orch/Risto Joost
      Korvits: You Are Light and Morning

      Ondine ODE-1363-2

      7:28 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in F, K. 439b/2

      Chicago Sym Orch Winds
      Mozart: Music for Basset Horns

      CBS M2K-42144 (2)

      7:46 am

      Stewart Goodyear: "Callaloo"

      III. Ballad

      Stewart Goodyear, p; Chineke! Orch/Wayne Marshall
      Stewart Goodyear: Callaloo & Piano Sonata - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

      Orchid Classics ORC-100100

      7:53 am

      Leo Brouwer: "Cuban Landscape with Rain"

      Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
      El Amor Brujo

      GHA 126001

      8:01 am

      Amy Beach: Romance, Op. 23

      Rachel Barton Pine, v; Matthew Hagle, p
      American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell

      Cedille CDR-90000097

      8:09 am

      Johannes Brahms: "Festive and Commemorative Music," Op. 109

      Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
      A Banquet of Voices

      Collegium COLCD-123

      8:19 am

      Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90

      III. "Poco allegretto"

      Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle
      Brahms: The Symphonies

      EMI 67254-2 (3)

      8:28 am

      Shawn E. Okpebholo: "city beautiful"

      Lincoln Trio
      Trios from Contemporary Chicago

      Cedille CDR-90000211

      8:40 am

      George Gershwin: Piano Suite, "Blue Monday"

      Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque, p's
      Gershwin: Second Rhapsody - Music For Two Pianos

      EMI CDC7-49752-2

      8:56 am

      Florence Price: String Quartet in A minor

      III. "Juba"

      Avalon String Quartet
      Florence Beatrice Price, Leo Sowerby: Music for String Quartet

      Naxos 8.559941

      9:01 am

      Samuel Scheidt: "Canzon bergamasca"

      Empire Brass
      Empire Brass - Greatest Hits

      Telarc CD-80438

      9:06 am

      Georg Philipp Telemann: "Whimsical Symphony"

      Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell
      Don Quixote: Concertos and Suites by Telemann / Apollo's Fire / Jeannette Sorrell

      Koch 7576

      9:17 am

      Antonio Soler: Keyboard Quintet No. 2 in F

      Cuarteto Bretón; Rosa Torres-Pardo, p
      Padre Soler: 6 Quintetos

      Columna Música 1CM-0319

      9:38 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, "Little"

      David Schrader, o
      J S Bach: Fantasies & Fugues * David Schrader

      Cedille CDR-90000012

      9:43 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: "Gloria" in D, R. 589

      Chorus, "Et in terra pax"

      Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
      Absolute Heaven: essential choral masterpieces

      Telarc CD-80458

      9:51 am

      Maddalena Sirmen: Violin Duet in A, Op. 5, No. 5

      Shelby Yamin & Sarah Bleile Douglas, v's
      Maddalena Lombardi: Violin Duets, Op. 5

      Orpheus (Maddalena Lombardini: Violin Duets, Op. 5)

      10:01 am

      Dani Howard: "Ellipsis"

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Paul Urbina
      Dani Howard Orchestral Works

      Rubicon RCD-1125

      10:12 am

      Franz Schubert: "An die Musik," D 547

      Arleen Auger, s; Lambert Orkis, fp
      Schubert: Winterreise, Lieder

      Virgin 61457-2

      10:17 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"

      Aviv Quartet
      Schubert: The Last Quartets

      Aparté AP-266

      10:59 am

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Othello," Op. 79

      "Military March"

      Chineke! Orch/Fawzi Haimor
      Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

      Decca 4853322

      11:00 am

      Pete Seeger: "Ode to Joy"

      Pete Seeger
      Dangerous Songs

      Dangerous Songs | Columbia CK 65261

      11:01 am

      Mark O'Connor: "Butterfly's Day Out"

      Mark O'Connor, m; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db
      The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

      Sony S2K-93927 (2)

      11:07 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, "Pastoral"

      I. "Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the countryside"

      Vienna Phil/Andris Nelsons
      Beethoven: Complete Symphonies

      DG 4837071

      11:18 am

      Eric Ewazen: Oboe Concerto, "Down a River of Time"

      Linda Strommen, ob; Sejong Soloists
      Sejong Plays Ewazen

      Albany TROY-577

      11:43 am

      Jessie Montgomery: "Strum"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Strum: Music for Strings

      Azica ACD-71302

      11:51 am

      Jay Ungar: "The Harvest Home Suite"

      "Summer (Wind that Shakes the Barley; The Barn Dance)"

      Jay Ungar, v; Molly Mason, g; Nashville Chamber Orch/Paul Gambill
      Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons

      EMI CDC5-56720-2

      11:56 am

      Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in C, Kk 159 (L 104)

      Béla Fleck, banjo; Chris Thile, m
      Perpetual Motion

      Sony SK-89610

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 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

      12:13 pm

      Joseph Turrin: "Arabesque"

      Mary Elizabeth Bowden & David Bilger, tr's; Alexandra Carlson, p
      Radiance

      Summit DCD-655

      12:18 pm

      Ariel Ramírez: "Alfonsina y el Mar"

      Clara Rodríguez, p
      Americas Without Frontiers

      Nimbus NI-6346

      12:24 pm

      Franz von Suppé: "Boccaccio"

      Overture

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

      Mercury 434309-2

      12:32 pm

      Chito Faró: "Si vas para Chile"

      Juan Diego Flórez, t; Jonathan Bolívar, g
      Bésame Mucho

      Sony 19075822942

      12:36 pm

      Sylvius Leopold Weiss: "Concerto a Cinque" in C

      Tempesta di Mare
      Weiss: Lute Concerti

      Chandos CHAN-0707

      12:47 pm

      Franz Schubert: "Notturno" in E-Flat, D 897

      Jaime Laredo, v; Sharon Robinson, vc; Joseph Kalichstein, p
      Franz Schubert: The Piano Trios & "Arpeggione" Sonata

      Bridge 9376-A/B (2)

      12:57 pm

      Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh"

      Sabre Dance

      Brno State Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Famous Ballet Music

      Supraphon 110643-2

      1:00 pm

      Samuel Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22

      II. "Andante sostenuto"

      Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
      Barber: Cello Concerto; Britten: Symphony for Cello & Orchestra

      CBS MK-44900

      1:09 pm

      Johann Pepusch: Chamber Symphony in D minor

      Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
      Christmas Concertos

      Chandos CHAN-6630

      1:19 pm

      Bach-Gounod: "Ave Maria"

      Eaken Piano Trio
      I'll Be Home for the Holidays

      Naxos 8.554714

      1:28 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G, Op. 30, No.3

      Bella Hristova, v; Michael Houstoun, p
      Beethoven * The Violin Sonatas

      Rattle RAT-D088

      1:48 pm

      George Gershwin: "Novelette in Fourths"

      Onyx Brass
      Transatlantic

      Chandos CHAN-20399

      1:52 pm

      Modest Mussorgsky: "Pictures at an Exhibition"

      "Baba Yaga; The Great Gate of Kiev"

      Jorge Federico Osorio, p
      Russian Recital

      Cedille CDR-90000153

      2:01 pm

      Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op. 33

      Maxim Vengerov, v; Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
      Sibelius & Nielsen: Violin Concertos

      Teldec 13161-2

      2:38 pm

      Motshwane Pege: "In Principio"

      Ensemble Altera/Christopher Lowrey
      Dazzling Light

      Alpha 1120

      2:46 pm

      Gustav Holst: Suite No. 1 in E-Flat, Op. 28, No. 1

      Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell
      Music for Wind Band

      Telarc CD-80038

      2:58 pm

      Amy Beach: "A Mirage," Op. 100, No. 1

      Emma Kirkby, s; Romantic Chamber Group of London
      Amy Beach: Chanson d'amour

      BIS CD-1245

      3:01 pm

      Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      Sibelius: The Seven Symphonies, etc

      BIS CD-622/24 (4)

      3:44 pm

      Easley Blackwood: Two Nocturnes, Op. 41

      Easley Blackwood, p
      Blackwood Plays Blackwood

      Cedille CDR-90000038

      3:53 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in E, K. 261

      Mayumi Fujikawa, v; Royal Phil Orch/Walter Weller
      50x Relaxing Classics

      Decca 4787309

      4:01 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 3 in D, BWV 1054

      Angela Hewitt, p; Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti
      Bach- The Keyboard Concertos Vol. 2

      Hyperion CDA-67308

      4:18 pm

      Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110

      Trio Fontenay
      Schumann: Piano Trios Nos. 2 & 3

      Teldec 90864-2

      4:47 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Two Melodies, Op. 53

      Gothenburg Sym Orch Strings/Neeme Järvi
      Grieg: Holberg Suite, 2 Elegiac Melodies, 2 Nordic Melodies, 2 Melodies, 2 Lyric Pieces

      DG 437520-2

      4:57 pm

      Germaine Tailleferre: Harp Sonata

      III. Finale, "Perpetuum mobile"

      Maria Graf, h
      Maria Graf - Recital

      Philips 432103-2

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Tenor Travon D. Walker and pianist Michael Banwarth perform Britten's Canticle 1: "My Beloved Is Mine," selections from Robert Schumann's "Liederkreis," Op. 39, and songs by Barber, Richard Stauss, Hoagy Carmichael, and Undine Smith Moore.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Stravinsky Four Studies for Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Aivars Kalejs Toccata on the Chorale “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr;” Salonen Sinfonia Concertante for Organ and Orchestra; Iveta Apkalna, organ; Bartók Concerto for Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.

      7:57 pm

      Alfred Schnittke: Hymns for chamber ensemble

      No. 4 for cello, bassoon, double bass, harpsichord, harp, timpani and bells

      Torleif Thedéen, vc; Ensemble
      Anders Holdar, percussion,
      Ingegerd Fredlund, harp,
      Alfred Schnittke: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Klingende Buchstaben - Hymns

      BIS CD-507

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      The Music of José Pablo Moncayo The author of the very popular Huapango, which is considered by many to be the second Mexican national anthem, composed several symphonic, chamber pieces of great beauty and grandeur. Fiesta pays tribute to this giant of 20th century music.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      The Art of Jorge Federico Osorio – Program 3

      Carlos Chávez Piano Concerto; Debussy Preludes, Book 1, No. 2, 5, 7, 10; Liszt "Vallée d’Obermann;" Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C; Ponce "Canciones Mexicanas;" Etudes (for Arthur Rubinstein).

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Vincent Persichetti: Pastoral, Op 21

      Boehm Quintette
      American Winds Volume 1

      Premier PRCD-1006

      11:05 pm

      Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Pastorale," Op 151

      Borealis Wind Quintet
      A LA CARTE- Short Works for Winds

      MSR Classics MS-1128

      11:08 pm

      Lou Harrison: "Seven Pastorales" (1952)

      "To My Mother"

      Brooklyn Phil/Dennis Russell Davies
      Glanville-Hicks, Lou Harrison, Riley: Works for Piano & Orchestra

      Musicmasters 67089-2

      11:10 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

      Pittsburgh Sym Orch/Manfred Honeck
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5; Schulhoff: Five Pieces

      Reference FR-752

      11:55 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

      "Fantasia" No. 5

      Joseph Payne, hc
      Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

      Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)