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Classical Weekdays

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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February 12, 2013

6:06 AM

Masquerade Suite

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Composer : Aram Khachaturian

Catalog : 11005 CD

Conductor : Aram Khachaturian

Orchestra : Moscow Radio Symphony Orches.

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Label : Russian

6:25 AM

Tarentelle in G Op 33

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Composer : David Popper

Catalog : 495021 CD

Orchestra : Philharmonic Cellists

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Label : Orfeo

6:30 AM

Huvinaytelmaalkusoitto (Comedy Overture) Op 53

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Composer : Leevi Madetoja

Catalog : 9036 CD

Conductor : Petri Sakari

Orchestra : Iceland State Symphony Orch.

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Label : Chandos

6:41 AM

Capriccio Espagnol Op 34

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Composer : Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Catalog : 434308 CD

Conductor : Antal Dorati

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Mercury

7:06 AM

DON PASQUALE Overture

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Composer : Gaetano Donizetti

Catalog : 65618 CD

Conductor : Tullio Serafin

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

7:14 AM

Olympia Hippodrome March

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Composer : Russell Alexander

Catalog : 5 CD

Conductor : (Colonel) Lowell E. Graham

Orchestra : US Air Force Band

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Label : USAF

7:19 AM

Pavane Op 50

Artist : Tanglewood Festival Chorus

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Composer : Gabriel Faure

Catalog : 423089 CD

Conductor : Seiji Ozawa

Orchestra : Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

7:28 AM

Sinfonia No. 4 in A, Wq. 182

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Composer : Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Catalog : 3176 CD

Conductor : John Hsu

Orchestra : The Vivaldi Project

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Label : Centaur

7:42 AM

Marche triomphale et Pompiere

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Composer : Andre Caplet

Catalog : 802 CD

Conductor : Leif Segerstam

Orchestra : Rhenanie-Palatinate Philharm.

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Label : Cybelia

7:49 AM

Petite Suite

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Composer : Claude Debussy

Catalog : 391381 CD

Conductor : Jean-Bernard Pommier

Orchestra : Northern Sinfonia of England

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

8:06 AM

Son & Stranger Overture Op 89

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Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

Catalog : 81788 CD

Conductor : Moshe Atzmon

Orchestra : New Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

8:15 AM

Concertino a 7

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Composer : Archangelo Corelli

Catalog : 1808 CD

Conductor : Ottavio Dantone

Orchestra : Accademia Bizantina

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Label : London/Dec

8:26 AM

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Op 16 Military

Artist : Takako Nishizaki, violin

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Composer : Charles Auguste de Beriot

Catalog : 220440 CD

Conductor : Alfred Walter

Orchestra : RTBF Orchestra, Brussels

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Label : MarcoPolo

8:39 AM

Catalonia - Suite Populaire

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Composer : Isaac Albeniz

Catalog : 1607 CD

Conductor : Enrique Batiz

Orchestra : Mexico City Philharmonic

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Label : IMG-Pickwi

8:47 AM

Fantasie in f Op 226

Artist : Yaara Tal, piano; Andreas Groethuysen, piano

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Composer : Carl Czerny

Catalog : 45936 CD

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Label : CBS/Sony

9:06 AM

Sinfonia in G

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Composer : Franz Xaver Dussek

Catalog : 572683 CD

Conductor : Aapo Hakkinen

Orchestra : Helsinki Baroque Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

9:17 AM

Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra in B-Flat

Artist : Rosi & Toni Grunschlag, pianos

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Composer : Jan Ladislav Dussek

Catalog : 2635 CD

Conductor : Paul Angerer

Orchestra : Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

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Label : Centaur

10:00 AM

Rhapsody in Blue (orig. 1924)

Artist : George Gershwin, piano (from a 1925 piano roll)

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Composer : George Gershwin

Catalog : 61697 CD

Conductor : Michael Tilson Thomas

Orchestra : Columbia Jazz Band

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Label : CBS/Sony

10:15 AM

Carmen Ballet

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Composer : Rodion Shchedrin

Catalog : 3208 CD

Conductor : James DePreist

Orchestra : Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orch

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Label : Delos

11:00 AM

Lincoln Portrait

Artist : Gregory Peck narrator

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Composer : Aaron Copland

Catalog : 478 CD

Conductor : Zubin Mehta

Orchestra : Los Angeles Philharmonic

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Label : London/Dec

11:17 AM

Grand Canyon Suite

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Composer : Ferde Grofe

Catalog : 66387 CD

Conductor : Felix Slatkin

Orchestra : Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orches

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:06 PM

LES PALADINS: 1. Ouverture

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Composer : Jean-Philippe Rameau

Catalog : 4759107 CD

Conductor : Christophe Rousset

Orchestra : Les Talens Lyriques

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Label : London/Dec

12:11 PM

String Quartet in C Op 76, No. 3 Emperor

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 56166 CD

Orchestra : Alban Berg Quartet

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:37 PM

Symphonic Variations on an African Air Op 63

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Composer : Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Catalog : 436401 CD

Conductor : Grant Llewellyn

Orchestra : Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

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Label : Argo

12:59 PM

Symphony No. 10 in e Op 93

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Composer : Dmitri Shostakovich

Catalog : 3089 CD

Conductor : James DePreist

Orchestra : Helsinki Philharmonic

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Label : Delos

2:00 PM

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalog : 94615 CD

Conductor : Helmut Rilling

Orchestra : Oregon Bach Festival Chmb Orch

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Label : Hanssler

2:17 PM

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Op 73 Emperor

Artist : Helene Grimaud, piano

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 9840 CD

Conductor : Vladimir Jurowski

Orchestra : Staatskapelle Dresden

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Label : D. Gramphn

3:00 PM

The Enchanted Lake Op 62

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Composer : Anatol Liadov

Catalog : 80657 CD

Conductor : Erich Kunzel

Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

3:10 PM

Meditations on Ecclesiastes

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Composer : Norman Dello Joio

Catalog : 7156 CD

Conductor : James DePreist

Orchestra : Oregon Symphony

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Label : KOCH Intl.

3:40 PM

Suite No. 4 for 2 pianos Op 62

Artist : Natalia Lavrova, piano; Vassily Primakov, piano

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Composer : Anton Arensky

Catalog : 1001 CD

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4:06 PM

Prelude to a Drama (1914)

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Composer : Franz Schreker

Catalog : 8005 CD

Conductor : Friedrich Cerha

Orchestra : Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Label : Nederland

4:27 PM

The Winegrower’s Bride

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Composer : Oskar Nedbal

Catalog : 192 CD

Conductor : Douglas Bostock

Orchestra : Carlsbad Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Classico

4:37 PM

Symphonic Variations Op 78

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 54320 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

5:06 PM

A Winter Idyll

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Composer : Gustav Holst

Catalog : 572914 CD

Conductor : JoAnn Falletta

Orchestra : Ulster Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

5:17 PM

A Winter’s Tale Op 9

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Composer : Josef Suk

Catalog : 553703 CD

Conductor : Andrew Mogrelia

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : Naxos

5:33 PM

Petite Suite de Concert

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Composer : Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Catalog : 55 CD

Conductor : Paul Freeman

Orchestra : Chicago Sinfonietta

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Label : Cedille

5:49 PM

Forever Free-A Lincoln Chronicle

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Composer : Ulysses Kay

Catalog : 1 CD

Conductor : Patricia Hoy

Orchestra : Northern Arizona Univ. Wind S

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Label : NAUW

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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

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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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