Whether you’re out and about or relaxing at home, ring in the new year with the voices you know and love. Your classical and folk DJs share some of their favorite music to send off the year, and offer an entertaining soundtrack to keep you in good company for the last two hours of 2025.
Oliver Camacho (Music Director)
Johann Strauss II: Waltz, “Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring),” Op. 410
Natalie Dessay, soprano; Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schønwandt, conductor
EMI
CDC5-56565-2
Beach: Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45
II. Scherzo (“Perpetuum mobile”)
Danny Driver, piano; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Rebecca Miller, conductor
Hyperion
CDA-68130
Lisa Flynn (Lead Host, Midday Host)
Franz Schubert: “Trout” Quintet
IV. Theme with Variations
The Kanneh-Masons
Decca 4871265
Linda Kachelmeier: We Toast the Days
Choral Scholars of University College
Desmond Earley
Signum
SIGCD-643
Jan Weller (Morning Host)
Emmanuel Chabrier: “Fete polonaise” from Le Roi malgre lui
Vienna Philharmonic
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
DG 447751-2
Johann Strauss II: Rotunde-Quadrille, Op. 360
Vienna Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Sony 88985376182
Johann Strauss II: “Thunder and Lightning” Polka
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Johannes Wildner, conductor
WFMT [Spring 2024]
Candice Agree (Afternoon Host)
Fritz Kreisler (arranged Marco Granados): Bella Rosa-María (“Schoen Rosmarin”)
Marco Granados, flute; Cheo Hurtado, guitar; David Peña, double-bass
Luiz Bonfá: Mañana de Carnaval
Marco Granados, flute
Amanecer: Venezuelan and Latin American Flute Favorites
Hermes Records HR 001
Cruz Felipe Iriarte: El Frutero
Marco Granados, flute
Amanecer: Venezuelan and Latin American Flute Favorites
Hermes Records HR 001
Kristina Lynn (Weekend Morning Host)
Yuniet Lombida: Danzón de la Medianoche (Midnight Dance)
Sarah Willis, horn; Havana Lyceum Orchestra
José Antonio Méndez Padrón, conductor
Alpha 878
Joe Hisaishi: Howl’s Moving Castle
“Merry-Go-Round Of Life”
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Joe Hisaishi
DG 507617000
Harold Arlen: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, trumpet; Lille National Orchestra
Roberto Brignoli, conductor
Warner Classics 0190295888329
Marilyn Rea Beyer (Host of Folkstage, and The Midnight Special)
Traditional Scottish: “Over the Water to Charlie”
Shanir Blumenkranz, Kunzil, Lyn, Sanna
The American Revolution (Soundtrack)
Mahalia Jackson: Beautiful Tomorrow
Mahalia Jackson
Pair
PCD-2-1346
Dave Schwan (Host)
William Schuman: American Festival Overture
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
RCA 61282-2
Robbie Ellis (Host)
Johannes Brahms: “Liebeslieder Waltzes,” Op. 52
No. 6, “Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel (A small, pretty bird)”
Friederike Haug & Jürgen Meier; Chamber Choir of Europe
Nicol Matt, conductor
WFMT [Gather]
Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 30
III. Scherzo (“Presto”)
Ensemble Louise Farrenc
CPO 555624-2
Bach: Schübler Chorale, “Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake),” BWV 645
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Chandos
CHAN-20400
Weston Williams (Host)
John Dowland: Come Again! Sweet Love doth now invite
Lea Desandre, mezzo; Thomas Dunford, lute/theorbo; Alex Rosen, bass-baritone; Jess Dandy, contralto; Laurence Kilsby, tenor
Erato 2173282845
Richard Strauss: Waltz from Der Rosenkavalier
Renaud Capuçon, violin; Jérôme Ducros, piano
Virgin 374087-2
