Schedule & Playlists

Playlist for Saturday, April 19, 2025

12:00 - 7:00 am

12:00 am

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

Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B

Angela Hewitt, p
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Hyperion CDA-67741/4 (4)

12:05 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: Three-Clavier Concerto No. 2 in C, BWV 1064

B van Asperen, B Klapprott, C Lohff; Melante Amsterdam
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Etc.

Virgin Classics 45204-2

12:22 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Well-Tempered Clavier," Book 1, BWV 846/69

Fugue No. 21 in B-flat

Bob van Asperen, hc
Bach: Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 and 2

Virgin 602519-2 (6)

12:24 am

Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas brasileiras" No. 3 (1938)

José Feghali, p; Nashville Sym/Kenneth Schermerhorn
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas brasileiras (Complete)

Naxos 8.557460-62 (3)

12:55 am

Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Cirandas" (1926)

No. 6, "Passa passa Gaviao"

Débora Halasz, p
Piano Music Vol. 2

BIS CD-812

1:00 am

Jules Massenet: "Hérodiade" (1881)

Aria, "Il est doux, il est bon"

Angela Gheorghiu, s; Turin Teatro Regio Orch/John Mauceri
Arias

London 452417-2

1:04 am

Jules Massenet: "Cendrillon"

Suite

Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean
MASSENET: Orchestral Suites

Marco Polo 8.223354

1:15 am

Gabriel Fauré: Cello Sonata #2 in g, Op 117

Ulrich Schmid, vc; Günter Herzfeld, p

MD+G Recordings L-3286

1:32 am

George Enescu: "Hommage à Fauré (Pièce sur le nom de Fauré)"

Ishmael Wallace, p
Enesco: Impressions

Marquis 81239-2

1:34 am

Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in a, Op 82

Gil Shaham, v; Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
Meeting In Moscow: Violin Concertos

DG 457064-2

1:54 am

Dmitri Shostakovich: Fugue No. 2 in a

Muza Rubackyte, p
Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues

Brilliant Classics 8463 (2)

2:00 am

Trad: God Defend New Zealand

Rachel Barton, v
God Defend New Zealand

Cacophony Records 2002

2:05 am

Douglas Lilburn: Symphony #1

New Zealand Sym/James Judd
LILBURN: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 3

Naxos 8.555862

2:36 am

John Joseph WOODS: God Defend New Zealand

Coldstream Guards Regimental Band/Roger G Swift
Collections Of National Anthems, Vol. 2

Denon 81757-4501-2

2:37 am

Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in d, H XV:23

Trio 1790
Complete Piano Trios Vol. 4

CPO 999731-2

2:54 am

Fernando Sor: "Huit pièces pour guitare seule"

#6, Menuet in F

David Starobin, g
Fernando Sor: Les Plus Belles Pages

Bridge 9166

3:00 am

Anton Arensky: March in c, "To the Memory of Suvorov"

USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
A. Glazunov, A. Arensky Conductor Evgeni Svetlanov

Melodiya SUCD-1000164

3:05 am

Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Prince Rostislav"

St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Rachmaninoff: Orchestral Music

Vox CD3X-3002 (3)

3:23 am

Sergei Rachmaninoff: "Etudes-Tableaux," Op. 33

No. 6 in E-flat

Sviatoslav Richter, p

Melodiya VDC-508

3:25 am

Carl Nielsen: Symphony #2, Op 16, "The Four Temperaments"

Royal Scottish Orch/Bryden Thomson
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2

Chandos CHAN-8880

3:55 am

Edward Elgar: Songs, Op 59

"Oh, Soft Was the Song"

Robert Tear, t; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Vernon Handley

EMI/Ang CDM7-64731-2

4:00 am

Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

No. 4 in e

Roger Woodward, p
The 24 Preludes and Fugues

RCA CRL2-5100 (2)

4:05 am

Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in c, Op. 110a

Musicatreize Chamber Orch/Roland Hayrabedian
Symphony No. 14 Op. 135, Chamber Symphony Op. 110a

Opus 111 OPS-30-165

4:30 am

Confrey: "Dizzy Fingers"

Eteri Andjaparidze, p
CONFREY: Piano Music

Naxos 8.559016

4:31 am

Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria

Roberto Alagna, t, Toulouse Capitole Cho and Orch/Michel Plasson
Bizet: Carmen

EMI/Ang CDC5-56206-2

4:34 am

Charles Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette

St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Classic Marches

RCA 7716-2

4:38 am

Henryk Wieniawski: "Fantaisie brillante" on themes from Gounod's "Faust," Op 20

Joanna Madroszkiewicz, v; Manfred Wagner-Artzt, p
Wieniawski: Violin Music

MD+G Recordings 6030863-2

4:54 am

Charles Gounod: "Faust"

Ballet Music: Helen's Dance

St Louis Sym Orch/Vladimir Golschmann

EMI/Ang CDM5-66552-2

5:00 am

Emile Waldteufel: "España" Waltz, Op 263

Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Dances From The Opera

Vox CDX-5130 (2)

5:05 am

Emmanuel Chabrier: "España" Rhapsody

Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
The Fantastic Philadelphians

RCA 63313-2

5:12 am

Emmanuel Chabrier: "Ronde champêtre"

Georges Rabol, p
CHABRIER: Piano Works, Vol. 2

Naxos 8.553010

5:16 am

Francis Poulenc: "Concert champêtre"

Simon Preston, hc; London Sym/André Previn
Messiaen:Turangalila Symphonie/ Poulenc: Concert Champêtre, Organ Concerto

EMI CDFB5-69752-2 (2)

5:40 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: Fughetta in c, BWV 961

Wanda Landowska, hc

Pearl GEMM-CD-9489

5:42 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata in g minor, BWV 1020

Lara St John, v; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, h
Bach Sonatas

Ancalagon ANC-139

5:54 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: Motet, "Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden," BWV 230

"Alleluia"

The Sixteen Cho, Orch/Harry Christophers
Bach: The Six Motets

Hyperion CDA-66369

6:00 am

Afro-American Traditional: Spiritual, "Deep River"

Tanglewood Festival Cho, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
The Green Album

Sony SK-48224

6:04 am

Edward Joseph Collins: Four Spirituals

Earl Wild, p
Romantic Music Of Edward Joseph Collins

CRI CD-644

6:15 am

Enrique Crespo: "Spiritual Waltz"

German Brass

EMI/Ang CDC7-49170-2

6:23 am

American Trad: Gospel Train (Spiritual)

William Appling Singers/William Appling
Shall We Gather

Albany TROY-476

6:24 am

George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite in D/G

King's Consort/Robert King
Handel/ Telemann: Water Music

Hyperion CDA-66967

6:44 am

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Flute Sonata #4 in a, Wq 128 (H 555)

Robert Aitken, f; Colin Tilney, hc; Margaret Gay, vc
C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos & Sonatas

Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5177-2 (2)

6:53 am

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Five Pieces for Musical Clock, Wq 193

#5

Franz Haselböck, o
Music For Mechanical Organs And Musical Clocks - Volume II

MHS 1010

7:00 - 11:00 am

7:00 am

Weekend Mornings with LaRob K. Rafael

With news at 7:00 am; "Saturday Morning Listener's Choice" at 8:00 am; and "Soundtrack" at 9:00 am.

7:02 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

7:12 am

Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100

Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
Brahms: Violin Sonatas

DG B0014767-02

7:33 am

Vincent d'Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25

III. Finale, "Animé"

Catherine Collard, p; Radio France Phil/Marek Janowski
D'Indy: Jour d'été à la montagne, Symphonie "Cévenole"

Erato 45821-2

7:42 am

Benjamin Britten: "Matinées musicales," Op. 24 (after Rossini)

Helsingborg Sym Orch/Okko Kamu
Britten: Piano Concerto, Soirées musicales, Matinées musicales

Ondine ODE-825-2

7:57 am

Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

Overture (excerpt)

The King's Singers
Close Harmony

Signum SIGCD-912

8:00 am

Saturday Morning Listener's Choice

8:01 am

Fanny Mendelssohn: "Easter Sonata"

I. "Allegro assai moderato"

Isata Kanneh-Mason, p
Mendelssohn

Decca 4870256

8:07 am

Giacomo Puccini: "Gianni Schicchi"

Aria, "O mio babbino caro"

Nicole Cabell, s; London Phil Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
Nicole Cabell - Soprano

Decca B0006590-02

8:10 am

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection"

II. "Andante moderato"

Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No 2

Decca 410202-2 (2)

8:23 am

Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2

No. 6, Waltz 2

Philadelphia Orch/Mariss Jansons
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 '1905', Jazz Suite No. 1, Waltz, Tahiti Trot

EMI CDC5-55601-2

8:28 am

Adolphus Hailstork: "Shout for Joy"

The Aeolians Cho & Orch/Jason Max Ferdinand
The Aeolians

GIA ChoralWorks GIACD-1087

8:43 am

Franz Schubert: Impromptu in B-Flat, D 935, No. 3

Maria João Pires, p
Schubert: Impromptus - Le Voyage Magnifique

DG 457550-2 (2)

8:57 am

Siegfried Mai: "Erfüllte Sehnsucht"

Berolina Sound Orch
French Riviera

Manimal Vinyl Records [French Riviera]

9:00 am

Soundtrack

9:01 am

Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare

London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
The Genius of Film Music

LPO 0086

9:02 am

Zbigniew Preisner: "The Secret Garden"

"Mary Downstairs"

Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski
The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Varèse Sarabande VSD-5443

9:04 am

Zbigniew Preisner: "The Secret Garden"

"First Time Outside"

Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski
The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Varèse Sarabande VSD-5443

9:06 am

Zbigniew Preisner: "The Secret Garden"

"Happily Ever After"

Sinfonia Varsovia/Wojciech Michniewski
The Secret Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Varèse Sarabande VSD-5443

9:10 am

Claude-Michel Schönberg: "Les Misérables"

"I Dreamed a Dream"

Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor

Sony 41779-2 (20)

9:15 am

Andrew Lloyd Webber: "The Phantom of the Opera"

"The Music of the Night"

Boston Pops Orch/John Williams
John Williams Conductor

Sony 41779-2 (20)

9:19 am

Andrew Lloyd Webber: "The Phantom of the Opera"

"Think of Me"

Sarah Brightman, s; Phantom of the Opera Orch/Michael Reed
Highlights from The Phantom of the Opera (Original Cast Recording)

Polydor 831563-2

9:23 am

Quincy Jones: "The Color Purple"

Main Title

Orchestra/Joel Rosenbaum
The Color Purple Original Soundtrack

Dreamworks B004BDJC0G

9:25 am

Quincy Jones: "The Color Purple"

Reunion - Finale

Orchestra/Joel Rosenbaum
The Color Purple Original Soundtrack

Dreamworks B004BDJC0G

9:31 am

Rachel Portman: "Beloved"

"That's Ohio"

Suzana Peric & Rachel Portman, prods
Beloved (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Sony EK-69656

9:42 am

Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"

Title Theme

Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Sony 19439702752

9:45 am

Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"

"It's Romance"

Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Sony 19439702752

9:47 am

Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"

"Snow in the Garden"

Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Sony 19439702752

9:49 am

Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"

"Christmas Morning"

Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Sony 19439702752

9:52 am

Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"

"Ice Skating"

Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Sony 19439702752

9:54 am

Alexandre Desplat: "Little Women"

"Christmas Breakfast"

Studio Orch/Alexandre Desplat
Little Women: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Sony 19439702752

9:57 am

Mark Adamo: "Little Women"

Aria, "Things change, Jo"

Joyce DiDonato, ms; Houston Grand Opera Orch/Patrick Summers
Adamo * Little Women * Houston Grand Opera

Ondine ODE-988-2D (2)

10:02 am

Frederick Tillis: "Spiritual Fantasy" No. 12

III. "Crucifixion (He Never Said a Mumbelin' Word)"

Lark Quartet
Freedom

New World 80455-2

10:08 am

Alexander Gretchaninov: All-Night Vigil, Op. 59

"Blessed Art Thou, O Lord"

Latvian Radio Cho/Sigvards Kļava
Alexander Grechaninov: All-Night Vigil

Ondine ODE-1397-2

10:16 am

Gustav Holst: St Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2

Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
Cooler By The Lake

Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet (Cooler By The Lake)

10:30 am

Ottorino Respighi: "La boutique fantasque" (after Rossini)

Suite

Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Offenbach: Gaîté parisienne; Rossini/Respighi - La Boutique Fantasque

RCA 61847-2

10:58 am

Gioachino Rossini: "Soirées musicales"

No. 8, "La danza"

Luciano Pavarotti, t; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orch/Richard Bonynge
Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

Decca 417011-2 (2)

11:00 am

11:00 am

Introductions

Jeffrey Wang, 17, piano. Bach Siciliano from BWV 1031 (arr. Hughes); Mozart Piano Sonata No. 12 in F, K. 332; Ravel "Oiseaux tristes;" Chopin Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1; Niedermaier "Bluebird, Bluebird."

11:50 am

Gioachino Rossini: "La gazza ladra"

Overture

Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
Rossini: Overtures

DG 431653-2

12:00 - 4:00 pm

12:00 pm

Metropolitan Opera

Rossini's L'assedio di Corinto

Beverly Sills (Pamira); Shirley Verrett (Neocle); Harry Theyard (Cleomene); Justino Díaz (Maometto); Metropolitan Opera Cho & Orch/Thomas Schippers. Recorded April 19, 1975.

3:03 pm

Arthur Benjamin: "Cotillon"

Sydney Sym Orch/Patrick Thomas
Swagman's Promenade - Australian Light Classics for Orchestra

ABC Classics 442374-2 (2)

3:14 pm

Saturday Afternoon Music with Jan Weller

3:16 pm

Henry Purcell: "Chacony" in G minor, Z 730

Protean Quartet
Tempus omnia vincit

Linn CKD-744

3:22 pm

Richard Strauss: "Don Juan," Op. 20

Berlin Phil/Riccardo Muti
Strauss: Don Juan, Aus Italien

Philips 422399-2

3:42 pm

Gregorio Allegri: Motet, "Miserere"

Voces8
Lux

Decca B0022601-02

3:51 pm

music continues...

4:00 pm

4:00 pm

Listening to Singers with Oliver Camacho

On Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with soprano Hannah De Priest who sings the title role with Bella Voce next month.

5:00 - 7:00 pm

5:00 pm

Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

Sounds Classical

Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn welcome two special guests to explore the crossover between classical music and climate change activism. Singer and conductor Kirsten Hedegaard discusses co-founding the EcoVoice Project, and composer Sarah Kirkland Snider shares the impetus for creating the "Mass for the Endangered."

8:00 pm

8:00 pm

Folkstage hosted by Marilyn Rea Beyer

From the archives: Just in time for National Poetry Month, we present “Scarlet Confessions” with Michael Smith, Anne Hills, Jamie O’Reilly, and Paul Amandes, a poetic expression of deep emotion, beautifully performed by some of Chicago’s finest artists live at WFMT in 2000.

9:00 pm - 12:00 am

9:00 pm

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer

Celebrating Mother Earth and the spirit of rebirth, awakenings, and new beginnings on Easter weekend.