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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.

Playlists are at the bottom of this page.

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January 16, 2013

6:06 AM

Concerto Grosso Op 3

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Composer : Francesco Geminiani

Catalog : 553019 CD

Conductor : Jaroslav Krcek

Orchestra : Capella Istropolitana

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Label : Naxos

6:17 AM

Morning Papers Op 279

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Composer : Johann Strauss II

Catalog : 416819 CD

Conductor : Franz Bauer-Theussl

Orchestra : Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

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Label : Philips

6:30 AM

Outdoor Overture

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Composer : Aaron Copland

Catalog : 62401 CD

Conductor : Louis Lane

Orchestra : Cleveland Pops Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

6:40 AM

Ma Vlast: No. 1 Vysehrad

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Composer : Bedrich Smetana

Catalog : 3465 CD

Conductor : Sir Charles Mackerras

Orchestra : Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Supraphon

7:06 AM

Grand Tarantelle for piano & orchestra Op 67

Artist : Michael Gurt, piano

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Composer : Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Catalog : 559320 CD

Conductor : Richard Rosenberg

Orchestra : Hot Springs Festival Sym Orch

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Label : Naxos

7:14 AM

The Belle of Chicago

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 95163 CD

Conductor : Ronald Demkee

Orchestra : Allentown Band

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Label : AMP Record

7:18 AM

KHOVANSHCHINA: Persian Slaves’ Dance

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Composer : Modest Moussorgsky

Catalog : 332 CD

Conductor : Carlo Ponti

Orchestra : Russian National Orchestra

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Label : Pentatone

7:27 AM

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14in f

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Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 550142 CD

Conductor : Matyas Antal

Orchestra : Hungarian State Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

7:40 AM

Symphony No. 1in B-Flat

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Composer : William Boyce

Catalog : 46 CD

Conductor : Antonio Janigro

Orchestra : I Solisti Zagreb

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Label : VangrdOmeg

8:06 AM

Concerto for harp in D

Artist : Sylvia Kowalczuk, harp

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 31550 CD

Conductor : Aristid von Wurtzler

Orchestra : Hungarian Virtuosi Chamb. Orch

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Label : Hungaroton

8:21 AM

Fanfare for the Common Man

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Composer : Aaron Copland

Catalog : 11878 CD

Conductor : Leonard Bernstein

Orchestra : New York Philharmonic

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Label : D. Gramphn

8:25 AM

Organ Concerto No. 2 in G

Artist : Roger Bevan Williams, organ

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Composer : Thomas Augustine Arne

Catalog : 8604 CD

Conductor : Adrian Shepherd

Orchestra : Cantilena

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Label : Chandos

8:39 AM

La Dame Blanche Overture

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Composer : F. A. Boieldieu

Catalog : 434332 CD

Conductor : Paul Paray

Orchestra : Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Mercury

8:48 AM

Bamboula (Danse de negres)

Artist : Eugene List, piano

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Composer : Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Catalog : 4050 CD

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Label : VangrdOmeg

9:06 AM

Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1 Op 17

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Composer : Johan Svendsen

Catalog : 570322 CD

Conductor : Bjarte Engeset

Orchestra : South Jutland Symphony Orch

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Label : Naxos

9:17 AM

Symphony No. 98 in B-Flat

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 85770 CD

Conductor : Sir Thomas Beecham

Orchestra : Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

9:44 AM

SALOME: Dance of the Seven Veils

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Composer : Richard Strauss

Catalog : 7890 CD

Conductor : Lorin Maazel

Orchestra : New York Philharmonic

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Label : D. Gramphn

10:00 AM

Sinfonia in D

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Composer : Nicola Piccinni

Catalog : 2020 CD

Conductor : Enzo Amato

Orchestra : Chamber Orchestra of Naples

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Label : Concerto

10:10 AM

Violin Concerto No. 1 in a Op 28

Artist : Sarah Chang, violin

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Composer : Carl Goldmark

Catalog : 56955 CD

Conductor : James Conlon

Orchestra : Gurzenich Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

10:48 AM

Fantasiestucke Op 73

Artist : Matt Haimovitz, cello

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Composer : Robert Schumann

Catalog : 2002 CD

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Label : Oxingale

10:48 AM

A VILLAGE ROMEO AND JULIET: The Walk to the Paradise Garden

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Composer : Frederick Delius

Catalog : 65119 CD

Conductor : Sir John Barbirolli

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

10:48 AM

Symphony No. 8 in G Op 88

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 65 CD

Conductor : Yakov Kreizberg

Orchestra : Netherlands Philharmonic Orch

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Label : Pentatone

12:07 PM

Wind Quintet in g Op 56

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Composer : Franz Danzi

Catalog : 124 CD

Orchestra : Farkas Quintet Amsterdam

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Label : Nederland

12:21 PM

BARTERED BRIDE: Overture

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Composer : Bedrich Smetana

Catalog : 3163 CD

Conductor : Vaclav Neumann

Orchestra : Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Supraphon

12:30 PM

Nell Gwyn: Overture

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Composer : Edward German

Catalog : 223419 CD

Conductor : Adrian Leaper

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : MarcoPolo

12:41 PM

Rhapsody No. 1 for violin & piano

Artist : Gyorgy Pauk, violin

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Composer : Bela Bartok

Catalog : 558200 CD

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Label : Naxos

12:54 PM

Ma Vlast: No. 2 Vltava (The Moldau)

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Composer : Bedrich Smetana

Catalog : 59285 CD

Conductor : Libor Pesek

Orchestra : Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

1:07 PM

RUSALKA: O Lovely Moon

Artist : Anna Netrebko, soprano

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 80403 CD

Conductor : Gianandrea Noseda

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

1:14 PM

Crisantemi for strings

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Composer : Giacomo Puccini

Catalog : 64766 CD

Conductor : Antonio Pappano

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

1:23 PM

Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King Op 46

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Composer : Edvard Grieg

Catalog : 4776121 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

1:27 PM

Etude Symphonique

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Composer : Vaclav Nelhybel

Catalog : 8155 CD

Conductor : Maurice Abravanel

Orchestra : Utah Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Vox/MMG

1:41 PM

THE MERRY WIDOW: Vilja lied

Artist : Boje Skovhus, baritone

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Composer : Franz Lehar

Catalog : 4776525 CD

Conductor : John Elliot Gardiner

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

1:45 PM

Symphony No. 9 in e Op 95: Largo

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 4780115 CD

Conductor : Witold Rowicki

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

1:56 PM

Exsultate, Jubilate: Alleluia

Artist : Kathleen Battle, soprano

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 48235 CD

Conductor : Andre Previn

Orchestra : Orchestra of St. Luke's

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Label : CBS/Sony

2:06 PM

Serenade Op 6

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Composer : Enrico Toselli

Catalog : 62698 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

2:10 PM

THAIS: Meditation

Artist : Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

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Composer : Jules Massenet

Catalog : 437544 CD

Conductor : James Levine

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

2:18 PM

Empire March (1924)

Artist : Peter Richard Conte, organ

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Composer : Sir Edward Elgar

Catalog : 49247 CD

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Label : Gothic

2:26 PM

Blue Danube Waltz Op 314

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Composer : Johann Strauss II

Catalog : 1849 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Muti

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

2:37 PM

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2:

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Composer : Heitor Villa-Lobos

Catalog : 557460 CD

Conductor : Kenneth Schermerhorn

Orchestra : Nashville Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

2:43 PM

THE MERRY WIDOW: Vilja-Lied

Artist : Ana Maria Martinez, soprano

Album :

Composer : Franz Lehar

Catalog : 557827 CD

Conductor : Steven Mercurio

Orchestra : Prague Philharmonia

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Label : Naxos

2:50 PM

Nocturne and Tarantella Op 28

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Composer : Karol Szymanowski

Catalog : 557981 CD

Conductor : Antoni Wit

Orchestra : Warsaw Philharmonic

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Label : Naxos

3:00 PM

Concerto Grosso No. 5 in d Op 3

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 907415 CD

Conductor : Richard Egarr

Orchestra : Academy of Ancient Music

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Label : Harm Mundi

3:11 PM

TANNHAUSER: Overture and Bacchanale

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Composer : Richard Wagner

Catalog : 2369 CD

Conductor : Arturo Toscanini

Orchestra : NBC Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Guild

3:39 PM

Concerto for Trump,Oboe d’a,vln,Strings in E

Artist : John Wallace, trumpet

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Composer : Carl Fredrich Christian Fasch

Catalog : 5121 CD

Conductor : Simon Wright

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Nimbus

4:06 PM

Moscow-Cheryomushki: Suite

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Composer : Dmitri Shostakovich

Catalog : 452597 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Chailly

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

4:27 PM

LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours

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Composer : Amilcare Ponchielli

Catalog : 473171 CD

Conductor : Sir Georg Solti

Orchestra : Royal Opera, Covent Garden

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Label : London/Dec

4:38 PM

I LITUANI: Si, questa estrema grazia

Artist : Jonas Kaufmann, tenor

Album :

Composer : Amilcare Ponchielli

Catalog : 15463 CD

Conductor : Antonio Pappano

Orchestra : Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome

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Label : London/Dec

4:43 PM

Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2

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Composer : Maurice Ravel

Catalog : 4027 CD

Conductor : Geoffrey Simon

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Cala

5:06 PM

Overture on Hebrew Themes Op 34

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Composer : Sergei Prokofiev

Catalog : 8800 CD

Conductor : Yuli Turovsky

Orchestra : I Musici de Montreal

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Label : Chandos

5:17 PM

Soirees Musicales (after Rossini) Op 9

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Composer : Benjamin Britten

Catalog : 87062 CD

Conductor : Patrick Peire

Orchestra : New Flemish Symphony Orchestra

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Label : R. Gailly

5:30 PM

Grande Vitesse Galop Op 146

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Composer : Emile Waldteufel

Catalog : 5264 CD

Conductor : Michel Swierczewski

Orchestra : Gulbenkian Foundation Orch.

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Label : Nimbus

5:35 PM

NOTRE DAME: Intermezzo

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Composer : Franz Schmidt

Catalog : 412236 CD

Conductor : Silvio Varviso

Orchestra : Staatskapelle Dresden

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Label : Philips

5:42 PM

Les Miserables

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Composer : Arthur Honegger

Catalog : 223134 CD

Conductor : Adriano

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : MarcoPolo

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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 editor

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

Listen

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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