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      Playlist for Sunday, November 2, 2025

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G, R 149

      St Andrew's Camerata/Leonard Friedman

      Omega OCD-1012

      12:05 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite in e, BWV 996

      Sharon Isbin, g
      Bach for Guitar

      Erato 825646175185

      12:23 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Song, "Guitares et mandolines"

      François Le Roux, br; Graham Johnson, p
      Songs By Camille Saint-Saëns

      Hyperion CDA-66856

      12:24 am

      Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Mandolin Concerto in G, R 532

      Paul Sparks, Nigel Woodhouse, m; St Andrew's Camerata/Leonard Friedman

      Omega OCD-1012

      12:37 am

      Igor Stravinsky: "Scènes de ballet"

      London Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Stravinsky In America

      RCA 68865-2

      12:54 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Twelve Etudes, Op 8

      #1

      Alexander Paley, p
      Scriabin: Etudes (Complete)

      Naxos 8.553070

      1:00 am

      Franz Schubert: Impromptus, D 899 (Op. 90)

      No. 3 in G-Flat

      John O'Conor, p
      Impromptus/ Waltzes

      Telarc CD-80337

      1:05 am

      Albert Roussel: Impromptu, Op 21

      Maria Graf, h
      Maria Graf: Recital

      Philips 432103-2

      1:11 am

      George Gershwin: "Impromptu in Two Keys"

      David Buechner, p
      Gershwin: Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano

      Connoisseur CD-4191

      1:13 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto no.1 in e minor, Op.11

      Charles Richard-Hamelin, p; Montreal Sym/Kent Nagano
      Chopin Piano Concertos

      Analekta AN2-9146

      1:55 am

      Orlando Gibbons: Prelude in a

      Edward Parmentier, hc
      Musick as befitts a Quene

      Wildboar WLBR-9102

      2:00 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron)"

      "Entrance March"

      Slovak Radio Sym/Johannes Wildner
      J.Strauss, Jr. Edition - Volume 47

      Marco Polo 8.223247

      2:02 am

      Johann Strauss II: "Eine Nacht in Venedig"

      "Processional March"

      Slovak Radio Sym/Johannes Wildner
      J.Strauss, Jr. Edition - Volume 47

      Marco Polo 8.223247

      2:05 am

      Franz Schubert: Fantasia in f, D 940

      Min Kwon; Robert Lehrbaumer, p
      Schubert Music for Piano Four Hands

      MSR Classics MS-1345

      2:23 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "An die Nachtigall," D 196

      Elly Ameling, s; Graham Johnson, p
      The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 7

      Hyperion CDJ-33007

      2:25 am

      Michael Abels: "Winged Creatures"

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

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      2:36 am

      Ottorino Respighi: "The Birds (Gli uccelli)"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Ancient Airs and Dances I & III • Three Botticelli Pictures • The Birds

      DG 437533-2

      2:55 am

      Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Set 4

      "Lou coucut"

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

      Virgin 90714-2

      3:00 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Almira"

      Overture

      Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman
      Handel In Hamburg- Music From Almira, Nero, Rodrigo, Daphne And Florindo

      Hyperion CDA-67053

      3:03 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Almira"

      Chaconne

      Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman
      Handel In Hamburg- Music From Almira, Nero, Rodrigo, Daphne And Florindo

      Hyperion CDA-67053

      3:05 am

      Reinhard Keiser: Opera, "The Ridiculous Prince Jodelet"

      Sinfonia

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
      Overtüren

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901852

      3:09 am

      Francesco Geminiani: Concerto grosso, "La Folia"

      Purcell Band
      La Folia And Other Concertos And Sonatas

      Hyperion CDA-66264

      3:20 am

      Reinhard Keiser: "Croesus"

      "Chaconne"

      Berlin Academy for Ancient Music/René Jacobs
      Keiser: Croesus

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-901714.16 (3)

      3:22 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35

      Erica Morini, v; London Phil/Artur Rodzinski
      Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, 1812, Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 1

      MCA Classics MCAD2-9829 (2)

      3:54 am

      Thomas Ford: "Allemande"

      Narciso Yepes, g; Godelieve Monden, g
      Guitar Duos

      RCA 60764-2

      4:00 am

      Stephen Foster: "I Dream of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair"

      Paula Robison, f; Krista Feeney, v; John Feeney, db
      By the Old Pine Tree

      Arabesque Z-6679

      4:03 am

      Stephen Foster: Song, "My Old Kentucky Home"

      Paula Robison, f
      By the Old Pine Tree

      Arabesque Z-6679

      4:05 am

      Morton Gould: "Stephen Foster Gallery"

      London Phil/Morton Gould

      Crystal Clear CCS-7005

      4:23 am

      Percy Grainger: "Tribute to Foster"

      "Lullaby"

      Martin Jones, p
      Grainger: Dished Up For Piano Vol 4

      Nimbus NI-5255

      4:28 am

      Stephen Foster: "Camptown Races"

      Robert Shaw Chorale
      Stephen Foster Songbook * Robert Shaw Chorale

      MHS 514489-H

      4:30 am

      Franz Berwald: Symphony #4 in E-Flat, "Sinfonie naïve"

      Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
      4 Symphonies

      DG 415502-2 (2)

      4:56 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Bourrée"

      Keith Hooper, ob; Jan Keating, p

      Fireworks FMR-3405

      5:00 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Snow Maiden," Op. 12 (Incidental Music to Ostrovsky's Play)

      "March of the Tsar Berendey"

      University Musical Society Choral Union, Detroit Sym/Neeme Järvi
      Tchaikovsky: Snow Maiden

      Chandos CHAN-9324

      5:05 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #30 in E, Op 109

      Claudio Arrau, p
      Piano Sonatas Klaviersonaten Op.53 Waldstein & Op.109 Andante Favori (

      Philips 416145-2

      5:29 am

      Edmund Rubbra: "Fanfare for Europe"

      Locke Brass Consort/James Stobart
      Locke Brass Consort - Fanfare: British Music for Symphonic Brass Ensemble

      Chandos CHAN-6573

      5:30 am

      Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

      Suite

      Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
      Fledermaus/ Gypsy Baron

      RCA LSC-2130

      5:55 am

      Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

      Chorus, "Ein Souper heut' uns winkt"

      Philharmonia Cho, Orch/von Karajan
      J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus

      EMI/Ang CHS7-69531-2 (2)

      6:00 am

      6:00 am

      With Heart and Voice

      "All Saints and All Souls." Host Peter DeBois shares sublime music celebrating the great “cloud of witnesses” of those who have passed before us.

      6:57 am

      Traditional Irish: "The Kid on the Mountain"

      Ronn McFarlane, l
      The Celtic Lute

      Sono Luminus DSL-92225

      7:00 am - 12:00 pm

      7:00 am

      Hosted by Jan Weller.

      7:01 am

      Ernest Chausson: "Poème," Op. 25

      James Ehnes, v; Quebec Sym Orch/Yoav Talmi
      French Showpieces

      Analekta FL2-3151

      7:17 am

      Justin Holland: "Sweet Memories of Thee"

      Kevin Cooper, g
      American Originals: A New World, A New Canon

      Acis APL-20445

      7:24 am

      Hamilton Harty: "An Irish Symphony"

      National Sym Orch of Ireland/Proinnsías Ó Duinn
      Harty: An Irish Symphony, With the Wild Geese, In Ireland

      Naxos 8.554732

      7:55 am

      Ailbhe McDonagh: "The Irish Four Seasons"

      III. "Fómhar (Autumn)"

      Lynda O'Connor, v; Anamus/David Brophy
      The Irish Seasons

      Avie AV-2688

      8:01 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Months (The Seasons)," Op. 37b

      November-December

      Tampere Phil Orch/Leonid Grin
      Tchaikovsky: Seasons Etc

      Ondine ODE-782-2

      8:10 am

      John Knowles Paine: "In the Country", Op. 26

      Denver Oldham, p
      John Knowles Paine: Selected Piano Works

      New World 80424-2 (2)

      8:30 am

      Florence Price: "The Oak"

      Württemberg Phil/John Jeter
      Florence Beatrice Price: Songs of the Oak, Concert Overtures Nos. 1 & 2, The Oak, Colonial Dance, Suite of Dances

      Naxos 8.559920

      8:41 am

      Rosephanye Powell: "When We Sing"

      Cantus
      Alone Together

      Signum SIGCD-924

      8:45 am

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

      Age of Enlightenment Orch/Charles Mackerras
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian; A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture And Incidental Music

      Virgin 90725-2

      8:57 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "Songs Without Words," Op. 67

      No. 4 in C, "Spinning Song (The Bee's Wedding)"

      Daniel Barenboim, p
      Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words

      DG 423931-2 (2)

      9:01 am

      William Byrd: "Nunc Dimittis"

      Stile Antico
      Music for Compline

      Harmonia Mundi HMU-907419

      9:09 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

      V. "Chaconne"

      Jascha Heifetz, v
      The Heifetz Collection, Volume 34

      RCA 61765-2

      9:22 am

      Domenico Cimarosa: "Serenade"

      James Galway, f; Kazuhito Yamashita, g
      Italian Serenade

      RCA 5679-2-RC

      9:35 am

      Mademoiselle Duval: Ballet, "Les Génies" ("The Geniuses")

      Suite

      Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta
      Baroquen Treasures

      Newport Classic NCD-60102

      9:48 am

      Barbara Strozzi: "Che si può fare," Op. 8, No. 6

      Céline Scheen, s; L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar
      Wonder Women

      Erato 5054197959165

      9:52 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Nouvelles suite de pièces de clavecin" (1728)

      "Gavotte avec six doubles"

      Bruce Liu, p
      Waves

      DG 4864400

      10:01 am

      Eric Whitacre: "Three Songs of Faith"

      No. 3, "i thank You God for most this amazing day"

      Polyphony/Stephen Layton
      Eric Whitacre * Cloudburst and Other Choral Works

      Hyperion CDA-67543

      10:08 am

      Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D 703, "Quartettsatz"

      Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, v's; Patricia Heller, vi; Emil Miland, vc
      Emil Miland, cello,
      Violins of Hope: Live at Kohl Mansion

      Pentatone PTC-5186879

      10:16 am

      Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Serenade for Strings in E-Flat

      I Virtuosi Italiani
      I Virtuosi Italiani

      Arcadia ARC-2002-2

      10:41 am

      Franz Schubert: Song, "Gretchen am Spinnrade," D 118

      Renée Fleming, s; Christoph Eschenbach, p
      The Schubert Album

      Decca 455294-2

      10:45 am

      Gretchen Yanover: "Let's Begin Each Day"

      Gretchen Yanover, vc's
      Bridge Across Sound

      Gretchen Yanover (2021)

      10:50 am

      Bedřich Smetana: Festive Symphony

      III. "Scherzo"

      Prague Sym Orch/Jiří Bělohlávek
      Smetana Festival

      Supraphon 110377-2

      11:01 am

      Andrew York: "Sunburst"

      Jason Vieaux, g
      Play

      Azica ACD-71287

      11:06 am

      Astor Piazzolla: "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"

      "Otoño Porteño (Autumn)"

      Paul Ben Soussan, vc; Pays de la Loire National Orch/Karen Gomyo, v
      A Piazzolla Trilogy

      BIS 2385

      11:14 am

      Alexis Ffrench: "Golden"

      Alexis Ffrench, p; Studio Orch
      Truth

      Sony 19439966602

      11:20 am

      Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40

      St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
      Grieg, Sibelius: Suites

      Philips 412727-2

      11:41 am

      Clarice Assad: "Caregiver," from "Archetypes"

      Clarice Assad, p; Sérgio Assad, g; Third Coast Percussion
      Archetypes

      Cedille CDR-90000201

      11:46 am

      Sérgio Assad: "Innocent," from "Archetypes"

      Clarice Assad, voice; Sérgio Assad, g; Third Coast Percussion
      Archetypes

      Cedille CDR-90000201

      11:51 am

      Wynton Marsalis: "Blues Symphony"

      IV. "Southwestern Shakedown"

      Detroit Sym Orch/Jader Bignamini
      Marsalis: Blues Symphony

      Pentatone PTC-5187232

      12:00 - 5:00 pm

      12:00 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Humoresque" in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7

      Jascha Heifetz, v; Milton Kaye, p
      The Heifetz Collection Vol. 19 - 51 Miniatures, 1944-1946

      RCA 61750-2 (2)

      12:03 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Humoresque" in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7

      Philharmonix
      Vienna Berlin Music Club Vol. 3

      DG 3565344

      12:07 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La Clemenza di Tito," K. 621

      Overture

      Prague Chamber Orch
      Mozart: Opera Overtures

      Transart TR-144

      12:13 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavier Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052

      Freiburg Baroque Orch/Andreas Staier, hc
      Johann Sebastian Bach - Harpsichord Concertos

      Harmonia Mundi HMC-902181.82 (2)

      12:36 pm

      Jean Butler: "Maria's Rags"

      Leanne Rees & Stephanie Stoyanoff, p's
      Music by American Women Composers

      Bravura BR-1001

      12:43 pm

      Malcolm Arnold: Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91

      London Phil Orch/Malcolm Arnold
      Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances, Sarabande & Polka

      Lyrita SRCD.201

      12:56 pm

      Anne Boyd: "Goldfish Through Summer Rain"

      Alexa Still, f; Stephen Gosling, p
      Carl Vine: Sonata for Flute, etc.

      Koch KICCD-7658

      1:01 pm

      Alessandro Stradella: Trumpet Sonata (Concerto) in D

      Crispian Steele-Perkins, tr; Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon
      Music for Trumpet & Orchestra

      Sony SK-53365

      1:10 pm

      Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes

      Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
      Debussy: La Mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Nocturnes

      Decca 436468-2

      1:33 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolle No. 2 in G, Op. 41

      Marc-André Hamelin, p
      Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles

      Hyperion CDA-68331/2

      1:41 pm

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

      II. "Andante"

      Capella Istropolitana/Barry Wordsworth
      The Best of Haydn

      Naxos 8.556668

      1:50 pm

      Sungmin Shin: "Pinoy Reverie"

      Norman Menzales, f; Sungmin Shin, g
      Panoramas - Flute Music of the Philippines

      Ravello RR-8113

      2:01 pm

      Georges Bizet: Symphony in C

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Bizet: Symphony in C, Britten: Simple Symphony

      DG 423624-2

      2:34 pm

      Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus and Eurydice"

      "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"

      Midori, v; Robert McDonald, p
      Encore!

      Sony SK-52568

      2:38 pm

      Elena Ruehr: "Icarus"

      Jon Manasse, cl; Borromeo String Quartet
      Icarus and Other Music by Elena Ruehr

      Avie AV-2502

      2:50 pm

      Jack Gallagher: "Diversions Overture"

      London Sym Orch/JoAnn Falletta
      Jack Gallagher: Orchestral Music

      Naxos 8.559652

      3:01 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G, Op. 79

      Garrick Ohlsson, p
      Beethoven Sonatas Vol. 3

      Bridge 9207

      3:12 pm

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Capriccio diabolico" (homage to Paganini), Op. 85

      Eliot Fisk, g
      Bell'Italia: Four Centuries of Italian Music

      Musicmasters 67079-2

      3:21 pm

      Molly Herron: "Trill"

      Science Ficta
      Through Lines

      New Amsterdam (Through Lines)

      3:27 pm

      Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

      III. "Adagio"

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta

      RCA 61504-2

      3:35 pm

      Franz Schubert: Impromptu in G-Flat, D 899, No. 3

      Myung-Whun Chung, p
      Myung-Whun Chung - Piano

      ECM 2342

      3:43 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 42

      Leipzig String Quartet
      Haydn: String Quartets Vol. 7

      MDG 3071860-2

      3:59 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksongs

      "Saw ye nae my Peggy?", H XXXIa:56

      Jamie MacDougall, t; Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
      Haydn Edition

      Brilliant Classics 93782/76

      4:01 pm

      Carlos Simon: "The Block"

      National Sym Orch/Gianandrea Noseda
      Carlos Simon—The Block

      National Symphony Orchestra NSO-0015-D

      4:09 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D, R. 93

      Sharon Isbin, g; Pacifica Quartet
      Souvenirs of Spain & Italy

      Cedille CDR-90000190

      4:20 pm

      Richard Wagner: "Siegfried"

      "Forest Murmurs"

      Philharmonia Orch/Yuri Simonov
      Wagner Overtures

      Brilliant Classics 94937

      4:29 pm

      Gabriel Fauré: Ballade in F-Sharp, Op. 19

      Romain Descharmes, p; Malmö Opera Orch/Michael Halász
      Fauré - Poulenc: Works for Piano & Orchestra

      Naxos 8.574570

      4:45 pm

      Johann Adolph Scheibe: Sinfonia a 4 in B-flat, SchW A2:007

      Concerto Copenhagen/Andrew Manze
      Scheibe: Sinfonias

      Chandos CHAN-0550

      4:54 pm

      Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"

      No. 2, "Clementine"

      Catalyst Quartet
      Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence Price

      Azica ACD-71346

      4:57 pm

      Florence Price: "Adoration"

      Philippe Quint, v; Andrew Litton, p
      Milestones

      Pentatone PTC-5187408

      5:00 pm

      5:00 pm

      Ryan Opera Center Recital Series

      Soprano Adia Evans, bass-baritone Christopher Humbert, Jr., and pianist Michael Banwarth perform arias from Verdi's "Oberto" and Richard Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos;" and songs by Fauré, Menotti, Robert Owens, Lori Laitman, Stephen Schwartz and Ricky Ian Gordon. Recorded in the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio. Hosted by Candice Agree.

      6:00 - 8:00 pm

      6:00 pm

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts

      Emil von Reznicek "Donna Diana" Overture; Tchaikovsky Suites from "The Sleeping Beauty" & "Swan Lake;" Strauss II "Emperor Waltz," Op. 437; Ravel String Quartet in F Major; Stephanie Jeong, So Young Bae, violins; Lawrence Neuman, viola; Kenneth Olsen, cello.

      7:59 pm

      Maurice Ravel: Fanfare for "L'éventail de Jeanne"

      London Sym Orch/Claudio Abbado
      Ravel: Piano Concertos, Menuet Antique, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Fanfare

      DG 423665-2

      8:00 pm

      8:00 pm

      Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari

      Dia de los Muertos Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, has inspired music in Latin America culture throughout history. Often confused with Halloween in America, the Day of the Dead is about honoring and paying tribute to one’s ancestors. Elbio explores music that celebrates the many facets of this holiday.

      9:00 - 11:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel

      Music by Croatian Composer Dora Pejačević (1885–1923)

      Selections include the Cello Sonata in E, the Piano Concerto in G, Intermezzi, Op. 38, and her Symphony in F-Sharp.

      11:00 pm

      11:00 pm

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Introduction and Tarantella," Op 43

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

      EMI/Ang CDC5-57916-2

      11:05 pm

      Camille Saint-Saëns: "Tarantelle" in a, Op. 6

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

      Cedille CDR-90000187

      11:11 pm

      Paul Chihara: "The Tempest"

      Tarantella

      Performing Arts Orch/Jean-Louis LeRoux
      The Tempest

      Reference Recordings RR-10-CD

      11:12 pm

      Sergei Taneyev: "Suite de Concert" for violin and orchestra, Op 28

      Pekka Kuusisto, v; Helsinki Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy
      Taneyev, S: Suite de Concert Op. 28, etc.

      Ondine ODE-959-2

      11:55 pm

      Alexander Scriabin: Twelve Etudes, Op 8

      No. 1

      Vladimir Sofronitski, p
      Scriabin Piano Works

      Profil PH-22006 (12)