The Drive-Time Elixir with Peter Whorf Playlist March 20, 2026
90.9 WRCJ
90.9 FM WRCJ
12:49 am
20260320
Violin Concerto in a, Op. 53
Dvorak, Antonin
2:01 pm
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
AVIE
2411Polonaise in A Flat, Op. 61 “Polonaise-Fantasie”
Chopin, Frederic
2:37 pm
20260320
DG
457667Symphony in E Flat, Op. 1 (4th movement-Finale, Allegro molto)
Stravinsky, Igor
2:50 pm
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
CHANDOS
9236Violin Concerto in E, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 (“Spring”, from “The Four Seasons”)
Vivaldi, Antonio
3:00 pm
English Concert
BRILLIANT
92389“A Promise of Spring”
Farnon, Robert
3:11 pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
REFERENCE RECORDINGS
047“A Spring Garland”
Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong
3:15 pm
Guildhall Strings
HYPERION
67093Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: Spring
Shearing, George
3:27 pm
The Cambridge Singers
COLLEGIUM
128Divertissement
Kelly, Bryan
3:30 pm
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
SANCTUARY
502“Nice to Be Around” from “Cinderella Liberty” (for violin and orchestra)
Williams, John
3:42 pm
The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles
DG
B0030629Goyescas: I. El pelele (The Straw Mannaquin)
Granados, Enrique
3:47 pm
20260320
IVORY CLASSICS
72007Symphony No. 6 in C, D 589 “Little” (3rd movement)
Schubert, Franz
3:52 pm
Dresden State Orchestra
RCA
60392“Roman Carnival” Overture, Op. 9
Berlioz, Hector
4:00 pm
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
LONDON
452 480Overture, Air and Rondeau-Minuet from “The Gordian Knot Unty’d” Z. 597
Purcell, Henry
4:09 pm
English Chamber Orchestra
CBS
46359The Banks of Green Willow
Butterworth, George
4:15 pm
London Symphony Orchestra
CHANDOS
9902“Transylvanian Lullaby”, from “Young Frankenstein”
John Morris
4:21 pm
20260320
DG
463 483Rondo in B Flat (for piano and orchestra), WoO 6
Beethoven, Ludwig van
4:26 pm
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
WARNER CLASSICS
63779String Quartet
Tailleferre, Germaine
4:37 pm
Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet
TROUBADISC
01406Lullaby for Pegi (for harp and orchestra)
Rutter, John
4:47 pm
Sinfonia Cymru
DG
B0017606Can-Can from “The Age of Gold”
Shostakovich, Dmitri
4:52 pm
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
ONDINE
894Overture to “One Night in Venice”
Strauss , Johann II
5:00 pm
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
LASERLIGHT
15619“Alborada del gracioso” (from “Miroirs’)
Ravel, Maurice
5:08 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
MERCURY
475 6268Cherry Blossoms
Friml, Rudolf
5:15 pm
20260320
KOCH
37512Serenade in D: II Scherzo: Allegro vivace – Allegro molto
Smyth, Ethel
5:19 pm
BBC Philharmonic
CHANDOS
9449“Concerto Incantato” (for recorder and orchestra)–5th movement: “Incantesimi”
Harvey, Richard
5:25 pm
City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
OUR RECORDINGS
6.220606“The King’s Thief” (Suite–arranged and reconstructed from the surviving piano/conductor score by Christopher Palmer)
Rozsa, Miklos
5:35 pm
Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra
NAXOS
8.557704“Chess” (for piano)
Andersson, Benny
5:43 pm
20260320
DG
4798143“El Salón Mexicó”
Copland, Aaron
5:48 pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
LONDON
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