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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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March 05, 2013

6:06 AM

The Sleeping Draught: Overture

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Composer : C.E.F. Weyse

Catalog : 1018 CD

Conductor : Johan Hye-Knudsen

Orchestra : Royal Danish Orchestra

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Label : Sterling

6:12 AM

Concerto for vn, flutes, oboes, strings in G

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Composer : Johann David Heinichen

Catalog : 437549 CD

Conductor : Reinhard Goebel

Orchestra : Musica Antiqua Koln

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Label : D. Gramphn

6:30 AM

Genoveva Overture Op 81

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Composer : Robert Schumann

Catalog : 4758352 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Chailly

Orchestra : Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

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Label : London/Dec

6:40 AM

Piano Concertino No. 12 in C

Artist : Sabine Vatin, fortepiano

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 557660 CD

Orchestra : Ensemble d'arco

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Label : Naxos

7:06 AM

Roumanian Folk Dances

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Composer : Bela Bartok

Catalog : 432005 CD

Conductor : Antal Dorati

Orchestra : Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Mercury

7:15 AM

The Circus Bee

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Composer : Henry Fillmore

Catalog : 432019 CD

Conductor : Frederick Fennell

Orchestra : Eastman Wind Ensemble

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Label : Mercury

7:18 AM

THE MERRY WIDOW: Ballsirenen Walzer

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Composer : Franz Lehar

Catalog : 80547 CD

Conductor : Erich Kunzel

Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

7:28 AM

Guitar (or Mandolin) Concerto in D, RV 93

Artist : Pepe Romero, guitar

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 4780219 CD

Orchestra : I Musici

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Label : London/Dec

7:42 AM

Overturein C Op 170, D. 591 In the Italian Style

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Composer : Franz Schubert

Catalog : 570329 CD

Conductor : Christian Benda

Orchestra : Prague Sinfonia

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Label : Naxos

7:50 AM

Valse for Grand Orchestra No. 3 in E

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Composer : Oscar Bystrom

Catalog : 1025 CD

Conductor : Carlos Spierer

Orchestra : Gavleborg Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Sterling

8:06 AM

Baba-Yaga Op 56

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Composer : Anatol Liadov

Catalog : 61901 CD

Conductor : Dmitri Kitayenko

Orchestra : Bergen Philharmonic

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

8:11 AM

Variations on the Portugese National Anthem

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

8:26 AM

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalog : 69877 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Angel/EMI

8:40 AM

CAGLIOSTRO IN WIEN Overture

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Composer : Johann Strauss II

Catalog : 223249 CD

Conductor : Alfred Walter

Orchestra : Slovak State Philh., Kosice

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Label : MarcoPolo

8:49 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G Op 3

Artist : Lisa Beznosiuk, flute

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 45981 CD

Conductor : John Elliot Gardiner

Orchestra : English Baroque Soloists

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Label : Erato

9:06 AM

MASQUERADE Overture

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Composer : Carl Nielsen

Catalog : 46668 CD

Conductor : Esa-Pekka Salonen

Orchestra : Swedish Radio Symphony Orchest

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Label : CBS/Sony

9:12 AM

Symphony No. 2 in C

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Composer : C.E.F. Weyse

Catalog : 224012 CD

Conductor : Michael Schonwandt

Orchestra : Royal Danish Orchestra

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Label : Da Capo

9:37 AM

Clarinet and Viola Concerto in e Op 88

Artist : Ludmila Peterkova, clarinet; Alexander Besa, viola

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Composer : Max Bruch

Catalog : 3554 CD

Conductor : Jiri Belohlavek

Orchestra : Prague Philharmonia

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Label : Supraphon

10:00 AM

Symphonic Poem No. 6: Mazeppa

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Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 63532 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

10:18 AM

Piano Concerto No. 1 in f-Sharp Op 1

Artist : Stephen Hough, piano

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Composer : Sergei Rachmaninoff

Catalog : 67501 CD

Conductor : Andrew Litton

Orchestra : Dallas Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Hyperion

10:46 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F Op 6

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Composer : Archangelo Corelli

Catalog : 74168 CD

Orchestra : I Solisti Italiani

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Label : Denon

11:00 AM

Duo Concertant for dbl-bass,cello & orch in A

Artist : Thomas Martin, double bass

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Composer : Giovanni Bottesini

Catalog : 570398 CD

Conductor : Franco Petracchi

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

11:15 AM

Symphony No. 6 in C, D. 589 The Little

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Composer : Franz Schubert

Catalog : 42489 CD

Conductor : Daniel Barenboim

Orchestra : Berlin Philharmonic

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Label : CBS/Sony

12:06 PM

Sinfonia in A

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Composer : Franz Xaver Dussek

Catalog : 572683 CD

Conductor : Aapo Hakkinen

Orchestra : Helsinki Baroque Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

12:19 PM

Quintet for piano & winds in E-Flat Op 5

Artist : Anton Kuerti, piano

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Composer : Friedrich Witt

Catalog : 1137 CD

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Label : CBC(RCI)

12:48 PM

MEFISTOFELE: Prologue

Artist : Nicola Moscona, bass; Robert Shaw Chorale; Columbus Boychoir

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Composer : Arrigo Boito

Catalog : 791631 CD

Conductor : Arturo Toscanini

Orchestra : NBC Symphony Orchestra

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Label : RCA-BMG

1:15 PM

La Boutique Fantasque

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Composer : Ottorino Respighi

Catalog : 41 CD

Conductor : Antonio Janigro

Orchestra : Vienna Symphony Orchestra

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Label : VangrdOmeg

2:00 PM

Symphony No. 4

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Composer : Vittorio Giannini

Catalog : 559352 CD

Conductor : Daniel Spalding

Orchestra : Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

2:25 PM

Piano Concerto No. 2 in d Op 23

Artist : Thomas Tirino, piano

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Composer : Edward MacDowell

Catalog : 2149 CD

Conductor : Vasil Kazandzhiev

Orchestra : Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orch.

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Label : Centaur

3:00 PM

LUCIO SILLA Overture, K. 135

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 4779445 CD

Conductor : Andrea Marcon

Orchestra : La Cetra Baroque Orch., Basel

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Label : D. Gramphn

3:10 PM

Symphony No. 1 in g

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Composer : C.E.F. Weyse

Catalog : 224012 CD

Conductor : Michael Schonwandt

Orchestra : Royal Danish Orchestra

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Label : Da Capo

3:32 PM

Bohemian-Danish Folktune Paraphrase

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Composer : Carl Nielsen

Catalog : 9287 CD

Conductor : Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Orchestra : Danish Radio Symph Orch

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Label : Chandos

3:43 PM

Totentanz-Danse macabre

Artist : Georges Cziffra, piano

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Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 74736 CD

Conductor : Gyorgy Cziffra, Jr.

Orchestra : Orchestre de Paris

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Label : Angel/EMI

4:06 PM

Variations on a Rococo Theme Op 33

Artist : Yo Yo Ma, cello

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Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Catalog : 63665 CD

Conductor : Yuri Temirkanov

Orchestra : Leningrad Philharmonic Orch

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Label : RCA/BMG

4:30 PM

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

Artist : Ana Maria Martinez, soprano

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Composer : Heitor Villa-Lobos

Catalog : 557827 CD

Conductor : Steven Mercurio

Orchestra : Prague Philharmonia

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Label : Naxos

4:41 PM

Tintagel

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Composer : Sir Arnold Bax

Catalog : 65110 CD

Conductor : Sir John Barbirolli

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

5:06 PM

Overture on a Street Vendor’s Ditty

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Composer : A. Louis Scarmolin

Catalog : 2620 CD

Conductor : Joel Eric Suben

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : Centaur

5:16 PM

Recorder Concerto in F

Artist : Michala Petri, recorder

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Composer : Giuseppe Sammartini

Catalog : 68543 CD

Conductor : Vladimir Spivakov

Orchestra : Moscow Virtuosi

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Label : RCA/BMG

5:30 PM

London Suite

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Composer : Eric Coates

Catalog : 9106 CD

Conductor : Adrian Boult

Orchestra : BBC Concert Orchestra

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Label : BBC

5:47 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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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'

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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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