The Drive-Time Elixir with Peter Whorf Playlist May 12, 2026

90.9 WRCJ

90.9 FM WRCJ

5:09 am

20260512

“Don Pasquale”: Overture

Donizetti, Gaetano

2:01 pm

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

DG

471 566

Poem (for solo piano)

Khachaturian, Aram

2:10 pm

20260512

GRAND PIANO

673

Symphony No.7 in A, Op. 92

Beethoven, Ludwig van

2:18 pm

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

KPMG

001

“The Marriage of Figaro”, K 492: Overture

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

3:00 pm

Staatskapelle Dresden

SONY CLASSICAL

75944

“Lady Caroline Lamb” (Elegy for Viola and Orchestra)–1st movement: Molto vivo

Bennett, Richard Rodney

3:04 pm

BBC Philharmonic

CHANDOS

9867

Piano Trio in E-Flat, D. 929 (4th movement)

Schubert, Franz

3:13 pm

Beaux Arts Trio

PHILIPS

438700

Spring Waltz

Hamilton, Patrick

3:26 pm

20260512

MASTERWORKS

The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Spring

Piazzolla, Astor

3:29 pm

The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

ANCALAGON

134

Serenata for String Quartet, Op. 87

Turina, Joaquin

3:36 pm

National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra

NIMBUS

5570

Nocturne in c sharp

Chopin, Frederic

3:46 pm

20260512

LONDON

443738

Samson et Dalilah: Bacchanale

Saint-Saens, Camille

3:50 pm

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

MERCURY

475 6268

Concerto in E Flat (for two violins, strings and continuo), RV 515

Vivaldi, Antonio

4:00 pm

Il Pomo d'Oro

NAIVE

30550

“Valse triste”, Op. 44, No. 1

Sibelius, Jean

4:11 pm

I Salonisti

RCA

69299

Overture No 10 in F

Boyce, William

4:16 pm

Cantilena Ensemble

CHANDOS

6665

“Apres un reve”, Op. 7, No. 1 (arranged for cello and orchestra by Henri Büsser, adapted by Chris Hazell)

Faure, Gabriel

4:23 pm

Philharmonia Orchestra

EMI

557052

“Amber Waves”

Gould, Morton

4:27 pm

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

NAXOS

8.559147

Love Theme from “The Lost Weekend” (arranged for violin and orchestra by John Williams)

Rozsa, Miklos

4:37 pm

Boston Pops Orchestra

SONY CLASSICAL

60773

Pieces(8) for Piano, Op 76: no 2, Capriccio in b

Brahms, Johannes

4:42 pm

20260512

CBC

1113

Three Folk Tunes (arranged for orchestra)

Grainger, Percy

4:46 pm

Eastman Rochester Pops Orchestra

MERCURY

434330

“Phèdre” Overture

Massenet, Jules

5:00 pm

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

MERCURY

475 6268

Symphony in E (“Irish”)–2nd movement: Andante espressivo

Sullivan, Sir Arthur

5:09 pm

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

NAXOS

8.570351

“Gavotte en Rondeau” (arranged by Robert Schumann)

Bach, J. S.

5:17 pm

Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields

SONY

88843 08779 2

“The Fireman”: Valse Amoureuse & the Fireman March

Davis, Carl

5:20 pm

City of Prague Philharmonic

CARL DAVIS

027

“Pomp and Circumstance” March No. 1 in D, Op. 39

Elgar, Edward

5:27 pm

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

NAXOS

8.557273

“Legend” (for orchestra), Op. 59, No. 8: Un poco allegretto e grazioso

Dvorak, Antonin

5:35 pm

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

NAXOS

8.506010

Seven Strings

Rabello, Rafael

5:40 pm

20260512

Naxos

8.557295

Symphony (No. 13) in F, K. 112

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

5:46 pm

Prague Chamber Orchestra

TELARC

80300