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Monday through Friday, 6 am to 6 pm

Gregg Whiteside, Jack Moore and Jill Pasternak

WRTI brings you the best recordings of works from the vast world of classical music every weekday from 6 am to 6 pm. Chamber music, symphonies, choral works, violin concertos, piano sonatas, and more...engagingly presented with insight and a smile by our knowledgeable hosts.

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January 04, 2013

6:06 AM

Concerto a quattro No. 6 in B-Flat

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Composer : Baldassare Galuppi

Catalog : 2116 CD

Conductor : Gianluca Capuano

Orchestra : Il Canto di Orfeo

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Label : Avie

6:18 AM

Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28

Artist : Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

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Composer : Camille Saint-Saens (arr. Nakariakov)

Catalog : 80651 CD

Conductor : Vladimir Ashkenazy

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Teldec

6:30 AM

Concerto Armonico No. 6 in E-Flat

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Composer : Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer

Catalog : 410205 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Argo

6:43 AM

In Nature’s Realm Overture Op 91

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 666562 CD

Conductor : Jose Serebrier

Orchestra : Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Warner Bro

7:06 AM

LE PRE AUX CLERCS: Overture

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Composer : Louis Joseph F. Herold

Catalog : 282 CD

Conductor : Wolf-Dieter Hauschild

Orchestra : Orch. della Svizzera Italiana

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Label : Dynamic

7:15 AM

March Triumphal

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Composer : Roland Forrest Seitz

Catalog : 4 CD

Conductor : (Colonel) Lowell E. Graham

Orchestra : USAF Tactical Air Command Band

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Label : USAF

7:18 AM

Sicilienne et Rigaudon

Artist : Isaac Stern, violin

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Composer : Fritz Kreisler

Catalog : 62692 CD

Orchestra : Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

7:28 AM

Three-Cornered Hat Suite

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Composer : Manuel De Falla

Catalog : 68550 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

7:40 AM

Concerto in a

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Composer : Charles Dieupart

Catalog : 447644 CD

Conductor : Reinhard Goebel

Orchestra : Musica Antiqua Koln

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Label : D. Gramphn

7:47 AM

Marche Slave Op 31

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Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Catalog : 6008 CD

Conductor : Enrique Batiz

Orchestra : Mexico City Philharmonic

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Label : ASV

8:06 AM

Italian Serenade in G

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Composer : Hugo Wolf

Catalog : 45416 CD

Conductor : Daniel Barenboim

Orchestra : Orchestre de Paris

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Label : Erato

8:15 AM

Danzon Cubano

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Composer : Aaron Copland

Catalog : 81498 CD

Conductor : Eduardo Mata

Orchestra : Dallas Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

8:28 AM

Spanish Lady Suite

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Composer : Sir Edward Elgar

Catalog : 7761 CD

Orchestra : Guildhall String Ensemble

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Label : RCA/BMG

8:42 AM

Adriano in Siria: Overture

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Composer : Johann Christian Bach

Catalog : 540 CD

Conductor : Simon Standage

Orchestra : Academy of Ancient Music

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Label : Chandos

8:48 AM

Concertino for flute and orchestra in c

Artist : Imre Kovacs, flute

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Composer : Gaetano Donizetti

Catalog : 557492 CD

Conductor : Laszlo Kovacs

Orchestra : Camerata Budapest

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Label : Naxos

9:06 AM

Towards a New Life Op 35

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Composer : Josef Suk

Catalog : 80122 CD

Conductor : Erich Kunzel

Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

9:13 AM

Idyll for String Orchestra

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Composer : Leos Janacek

Catalog : 2417 CD

Conductor : Gregory Rose

Orchestra : London Jupiter Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

9:45 AM

Sinfonia No. 1 in D

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Composer : Georg (Jiri Antonin) Benda

Catalog : 553408 CD

Conductor : Christian Benda

Orchestra : Prague Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

10:00 AM

Preciosa Overture Op 78

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Composer : Carl Maria Von Weber

Catalog : 570296 CD

Conductor : Antoni Wit

Orchestra : New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

10:09 AM

Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat, K. 364

Artist : Josef Suk, violin; Thomas Kakuska, viola

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 7001 CD

Conductor : Joseph Suk

Orchestra : Suk Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Vanguard

10:42 AM

Serenade for Strings in E-Flat Op 6

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Composer : Josef Suk

Catalog : 9063 CD

Conductor : Jiri Belohlavek

Orchestra : Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

11:14 AM

Pictures at an Exhibition

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Composer : Modest Moussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel)

Catalog : 7729 CD

Conductor : Eduardo Mata

Orchestra : Dallas Symphony Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

12:06 PM

Academic Festival Overture Op 80

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Composer : Johannes Brahms

Catalog : 471627 CD

Conductor : Claudio Abbado

Orchestra : Berlin Philharmonic

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Label : D. Gramphn

12:18 PM

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Op 19

Artist : Richard Goode, piano

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 480508 CD

Conductor : Ivan Fischer

Orchestra : Budapest Festival Orchestra

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Label : Nonesuch

12:48 PM

Piano Trio in c Op 2

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Composer : Josef Suk

Catalog : 777470 CD

Orchestra : ATOS Trio

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Label : CPO

1:05 PM

Ma Vlast: No. 4 From Bohemia’s Forests and Fields

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Composer : Bedrich Smetana

Catalog : 80265 CD

Conductor : Zdenek Macal

Orchestra : Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

1:19 PM

Concerto for Orchestra

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Composer : Jennifer Higdon

Catalog : 80620 CD

Conductor : Robert Spano

Orchestra : Atlanta Symphony

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Label : Telarc

2:00 PM

Sinfonia No. 4 in A, Wq. 182

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Composer : Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Catalog : 73326 CD

Conductor : Thomas Fueri

Orchestra : Bern Camerata

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Label : Denon

2:13 PM

Ripening (Symphonic Poem) Op 34

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Composer : Josef Suk

Catalog : 59318 CD

Conductor : Libor Pesek

Orchestra : Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

3:00 PM

Chevy Chace Overture

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Composer : George MacFarren

Catalog : 66515 CD

Conductor : David Lloyd-Jones

Orchestra : English Northern Philharmonia

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Label : Hyperion

3:09 PM

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A

Artist : Mari Kodama, piano

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Composer : Carl Loewe

Catalog : 26 CD

Conductor : Kent Nagano

Orchestra : Russian National Orchestra

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Label : Pentatone

3:44 PM

Fantasia on Russian Themes Op 33

Artist : Yuval Waldman, violin

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Composer : Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Catalog : 85517 CD

Conductor : Johannes Somary

Orchestra : Polish National Radio Orchestr

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Label : Newport

4:06 PM

Harp Concerto in C

Artist : Marie-Claire Jamet, harp

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Composer : F. A. Boieldieu

Catalog : 3019 CD

Conductor : Paul Kuentz

Orchestra : Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Vox/MMG

4:30 PM

THE TROJANS: Trojan March

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Composer : Hector Berlioz

Catalog : 4783566 CD

Conductor : Paul Paray

Orchestra : Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Mercury

4:36 PM

THE TROJANS: Ah je vais mourir... Adieu, fiere cite

Artist : Regine Crespin, soprano

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Composer : Hector Berlioz

Catalog : 70879 CD

Conductor : Georges Pretre

Orchestra : Paris National Opera Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

4:44 PM

Fantastic Scherzo Op 25

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Composer : Josef Suk

Catalog : 3166 CD

Conductor : Jiri Belohlavek

Orchestra : Prague Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Supraphon

5:06 PM

Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

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Composer : Ralph Vaughan Williams

Catalog : 442427 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Philips

5:19 PM

Valse di Bravura Op 33

Artist : Patrick Gallois, flute; Kazunori Seo, flute

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Composer : Franz & Karl Doppler (arr. Lehto)

Catalog : 570378 CD

Conductor : Patrick Gallois

Orchestra : Sinfonia Finlandia

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Label : Naxos

5:30 PM

Spellbound Concerto

Artist : Roderick Elms, piano

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Composer : Miklos Rozsa

Catalog : 17 CD

Conductor : Jose Serebrier

Orchestra : Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Royal Philharmonic

5:47 PM

Captain Blood Film Score: Suite

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Composer : Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Catalog : 471347 CD

Conductor : Andre Previn

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

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Mon December 31, 2012 - 6am

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Maestro Jaap van Zweden, Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev

5:10 pm

Fri May 10, 2013

The Philadelphia Orchestra In Concert On WRTI: Two Popular Russian Works!

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Maestro Jaap van Zweden

Credit Amanda Hall Studios

Violinist Juliette Kang

By Gregg Whiteside

This Sunday from 2 to 4 pm, Guest Conductor Jaap van Zweden takes the podium to conduct The Philadelphia Orchestra in an all-Russian program from mid-April, which offers two major works. Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence, inspired by the sights and sounds of Italy, was originally scored for string sextet. We’ll hear it performed in an expanded version for the full strings of The Philadelphia Orchestra.

WRTI Picks from NPR Music

12:56 am

Tue April 16, 2013

Remembering Colin Davis, A Conductor Beloved Late In Life

Credit George Freston / Getty Images

The late Colin Davis conducting the last night of Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall in September 1968.

By editor

Originally published on Tue April 16, 2013 2:59 am

WRTI Picks from NPR Music

7:57 am

Tue April 9, 2013

Chopin's 'Mad Men' Cameo

Credit Michael Yarish/AMC

Dr. Arnold Rosen (Brian Markinson) and Sylvia Rosen (Linda Cardellini) celebrate New Year's Eve with Megan Draper (Jessica Pare) and Don Draper (Jon Hamm) as the sixth season of Mad Men opens.

By Mark Mobley

Originally published on Mon April 8, 2013 6:02 pm

Mad Men's music is as important as its plot and costumes. While attention has been lavished on its pop songs, the show's occasional use of classical music has gone largely unrecognized.

Happy Easter!

4:35 pm

Thu March 28, 2013

Good Friday on WRTI: Bach's St. Matthew Passion

By Jack Moore

Listen to our annual broadcast of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 on Good Friday, March 29th, a few minutes after 12 noon.

The recording features Karl Richter conducting the Munich Bach Orchestra, Munich Bach Choir, and Regensburg Cathedral Choir. Edith Mathis (Soprano), Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Peter Schreier (Tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), and Matti Salminen (Bass).

Happy Easter from WRTI!

WRTI Picks from NPR Music

6:36 pm

Thu March 21, 2013

Remembering Risë Stevens, A Star Of Opera And Pop Culture

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Credit Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera

The late American mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens in her signature role as Carmen.

Credit Courtesy of the National Endowment for the Arts

The late mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens: opera doyenne and, at her peak, pop-culture star.

By Tom Huizenga and Anastasia Tsioulcas

Originally published on Fri March 22, 2013 10:59 am

Videos We Love!

2:07 pm

Thu March 21, 2013

Watch and Listen: J. S. Bach's St Matthew Passion

By WRTI Staff

So beautiful! Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244 is performed here under the baton of Enoch Zu Guttenberg, founder of the prestigious Neabeuern Choral Society. Vocalists include: Jard Van Nes, Hermann Prey, Claes-Hakan Ahnsjo, Margaret Marshall, and Aldo Baldin. Listen to the entire St. Matthew Passion on WRTI on Good Friday, March 29th at 12 noon, and in a Philadelphia Orchestra live, concert recording on Sunday, April 28th.

WRTI Picks from NPR Music

3:22 pm

Fri March 1, 2013

Marches Madness: John Philip Sousa's 'Washington Post'

Credit Hulton Archive / Getty Images

Circa 1910: A program advertising John Philip Sousa and his band.

By Mark Mobley

Originally published on Fri March 1, 2013 3:25 pm

Gregg's Classical Thoughts

6:15 am

Tue January 15, 2013

What's So Great About Franz Schubert? Gregg Whiteside Knows...

By Gregg Whiteside

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Gregg describes his awe-filled experience visiting the house where Schubert was born in Vienna.

It's so easy to find oneself attracted to the music of Franz Schubert. His unmatched gift for lyricism makes him so approachable, so comprehensible; and we feel ourselves being pulled into his musical world – in my case, at a very early age. But now, with the wisdom of my years, my appreciation for Schubert has deepened. For lying within this musical world of color and melodic beauty is a powerful undertow of mystery, of light and dark, of profundity beyond the years of a young genius who lived only until the age of 31. January 31st, 2013 marks the 215th anniversary of Schubert's birth - so I thought it was an opportune time to share my thoughts on one of my all-time favorite composers.

From Le Poisson Rouge in NYC!

8:37 am

Mon January 14, 2013

Live Webcast on WRTI.org: Daniel Barenboim & The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Jan. 29 at 8 pm

Don't miss what promises to be a fabulous concert brought to you live from the intimate Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Founded by Daniel Barenboim and Edward W. Said in 1999, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra brings together young musicians from Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt – joined by a number of musicians from Iran, Turkey and Spain – to perform music and promote mutual understanding, non-violence and reconciliation.

This will be a live webcast, right here on WRTI.org, on Tuesday, January 29th at 8 pm. Join us!

In Memoriam

12:17 pm

Wed October 17, 2012

Remembering Three Composers Who All Died At Auschwitz On This Date in 1944

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Composer Viktor Ullmann perished on October 17, 1944

Composer Pavel Haas

Composer Hans Krasa

By Jack Moore

Three of the 20th century's greatest musicians all died on October 17, 1944 - and all at the hands of the Nazis. Czech composers Viktor Ullmann, Pavel Haas, and Hans Krasa all perished at Auschwitz (see videos of their music below); they were all taken there just three days after their final concert together on October 14, 1944 at the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

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