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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 26, 2013

6:06 AM

Academic Festival Overture Op 80

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Composer : Johannes Brahms

Catalog : 69857 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

6:17 AM

New Federal Overture (1796)

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Composer : James Hewitt

Catalog : 559654 CD

Conductor : Patrick Gallois

Orchestra : Sinfonia Finlandia

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Label : Naxos

6:30 AM

Symphony No. 26 in E-Flat, K. 184

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 69818 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Angel/EMI

6:41 AM

Gipsy Suite

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Composer : Edward German

Catalog : 223419 CD

Conductor : Adrian Leaper

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : MarcoPolo

7:06 AM

Hejre Kati: Scene from the Czarda Op 32

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Composer : Jeno Hubay

Catalog : 550142 CD

Conductor : Matyas Antal

Orchestra : Hungarian State Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

7:15 AM

The Kilties

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Composer : Samuel Morris

Catalog : 5 CD

Conductor : (Colonel) Lowell E. Graham

Orchestra : US Air Force Band

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Label : USAF

7:19 AM

Marche Ecossaise

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Composer : Claude Debussy

Catalog : 9129 CD

Conductor : Yan Pascal Tortelier

Orchestra : Ulster Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

7:28 AM

Sinfonia No. 3 in C, Wq. 182

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Composer : Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Catalog : 77187 CD

Conductor : Thomas Hengelbrock

Orchestra : Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

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Label : Deut Harmo

7:41 AM

WALZERTRAUME (Waltz Dreams)

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Composer : Oscar Straus

Catalog : 80547 CD

Conductor : Erich Kunzel

Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

7:49 AM

Romance for violin and orchestra No. 2in F Op 50

Artist : Isaac Stern, violin

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 37204 CD

Conductor : Seiji Ozawa

Orchestra : Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

8:06 AM

Carnival Overture Op 92

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 66 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Water Lily

8:17 AM

Concerto No. 9 for oboe and strings in F Op 7

Artist : Anthony Robson, oboe

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Composer : Tomasso Albinoni

Catalog : 579 CD

Conductor : Simon Standage

Orchestra : Collegium Musicum 90

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Label : Chandos

8:28 AM

Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, K. 16

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 2018 CD

Conductor : Tamas Veto

Orchestra : Odense Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Unicorn

8:41 AM

LA VIE PARISIENNE: Overture

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Composer : Jacques Offenbach

Catalog : 65616 CD

Conductor : Louis Frémaux

Orchestra : City of Birmingham Symph Orch

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Label : Angel/EMI

8:46 AM

Sinfonia in a

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Composer : Nicola Fiorenza

Catalog : 2020 CD

Conductor : Enzo Amato

Orchestra : Chamber Orchestra of Naples

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Label : Concerto

9:06 AM

Manfred Overture Op 115

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Composer : Robert Schumann

Catalog : 2003 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : PhilOrch.

9:20 AM

Trio for clarinet, viola and piano in E-Flat, K. 498 Kegelstatt

Artist : Georg Schmid, viola; Gerd Starke, clarinet; Wolfgang Sawallisch, piano

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 1282 CD

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Label : KOCHSchwan

9:42 AM

Symphony Fragment in E

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Composer : Richard Wagner (arr. Felix Mottl)

Catalog : 56165 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

10:00 AM

Symphony No. 1 in D Op 25 Classical

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Composer : Sergei Prokofiev

Catalog : 39783 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

10:14 AM

Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat, D. 125

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Composer : Franz Schubert

Catalog : 412176 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Philips

10:44 AM

Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Op 11

Artist : Dennis Brain, horn

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Composer : Richard Strauss

Catalog : 47834 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

11:01 AM

Rondo in a, K. 511

Artist : Alfred Brendel, piano

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 1195 CD

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Label : VangrdOmeg

11:14 AM

Symphony No. 7 in d Op 70

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 49948 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:06 PM

Concerto Grosso No. 12 in b Op 6

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 2065 CD

Conductor : Christopher Hogwood

Orchestra : Handel & Haydn Society

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Label : Avie

12:19 PM

Sonata for Violin & Piano in E-Flat Op 18

Artist : Sarah Chang, violin; Wolfgang Sawallisch, piano

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Composer : Richard Strauss

Catalog : 56870 CD

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:49 PM

Nachtmusik

Artist : Capella Bavariae

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Composer : Franz Schubert

Catalog : 385853 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:55 PM

Symphony No. 6 in A

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Composer : Anton Bruckner

Catalog : 80264 CD

Conductor : Jesus Lopez-Cobos

Orchestra : Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

2:00 PM

Grand Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in F

Artist : Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon

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Composer : Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Catalog : 1232 CD

Conductor : Nicholas McGegan

Orchestra : Toronto Chamber Orchestra

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Label : MSR

2:24 PM

Symphony in C

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Composer : Georges Bizet

Catalog : 80224 CD

Conductor : Jesus Lopez-Cobos

Orchestra : Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

3:00 PM

Choral Fantasy in c Op 80

Artist : Wolfgang Sawallisch, piano; The Philadelphia Singers

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 3 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : PhilOrch.

3:20 PM

Dolly Op 56

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Composer : Gabriel Faure

Catalog : 423089 CD

Conductor : Seiji Ozawa

Orchestra : Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

3:40 PM

Tapiola Op 112

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Composer : Jean Sibelius

Catalog : 65176 CD

Conductor : Paavo Berglund

Orchestra : Helsinki Philharmonic

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Label : Angel/EMI

4:06 PM

Oboe Concerto in D

Artist : John Delancie, oboe

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Composer : Richard Strauss

Catalog : 1045 CD

Conductor : Max Wilcox

Orchestra : Orchestra

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Label : Boston

4:32 PM

In the Well: Moonrise

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Composer : Vilem Blodek

Catalog : 101429 CD

Conductor : Vaclav Smetacek

Orchestra : Prague Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Supraphon

4:41 PM

Concerto Grosso No. 3 (after Scarlatti)in d

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Composer : Charles Avison

Catalog : 31 CD

Orchestra : Café Zimmermann

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Label : Alpha

4:53 PM

The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

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Composer : Charles Tomlinson Griffes

Catalog : 3099 CD

Conductor : Gerard Schwarz

Orchestra : Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Delos

5:06 PM

On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

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Composer : Leonard Bernstein

Catalog : 11878 CD

Conductor : Leonard Bernstein

Orchestra : Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

5:18 PM

Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28

Artist : Sarah Chang, violin

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Composer : Camille Saint-Saens

Catalog : 55026 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

5:29 PM

Footlights, a Concert Waltz

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Composer : Eric Coates

Catalog : 2070 CD

Conductor : John Wilson

Orchestra : Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

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Label : Avie

5:37 PM

Beatles Concerto for two pianos and orch

Artist : Rostal & Schaefer, piano duo

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Composer : John Rutter

Catalog : 1821 CD

Conductor : John Rutter

Orchestra : Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

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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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