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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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September 06, 2012

6:06 AM

L’amant anonyme (1780) Overture in D Op 11

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Composer : Chevalier de Saint-George

Catalog : 5225 CD

Conductor : Jeanne Lamon

Orchestra : Tafelmusik

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Label : CBC(RCI)

6:16 AM

Bylina Overture

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Composer : Vassili Kalinnikov

Catalog : 169 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

6:30 AM

Sinfonia in E-Flat

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Composer : Josef Myslivecek

Catalog : 4776418 CD

Conductor : Werner Erhardt

Orchestra : Concerto Koln

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Label : D. Gramphn

6:43 AM

String Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat

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Composer : Gioacchino Rossini

Catalog : 69524 CD

Conductor : Jerzy Maksymiuk

Orchestra : Polish Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

7:06 AM

Finlandia Op 26

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Composer : Jean Sibelius

Catalog : 80320 CD

Conductor : Yoel Levi

Orchestra : Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

7:15 AM

The Diplomat

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 303 CD

Conductor : Leonard B. Smith

Orchestra : Detroit Concert band

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Label : WalkingFro

7:18 AM

Finnish Sketches No. 1 Op 89

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Composer : Alexander Glazunov

Catalog : 1000163 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

7:28 AM

Capriccio Brillant in b Op 22

Artist : Ian Hobson, piano

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Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

Catalog : 6688 CD

Conductor : Ian Hobson

Orchestra : Sinfonia da Camera

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Label : Arabesque

7:43 AM

TANCREDI Overture

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Composer : Gioacchino Rossini

Catalog : 62653 CD

Conductor : Ralf Weikert

Orchestra : La Fenice orch.& Chor.(Venice)

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Label : CBS/Sony

7:50 AM

Rondo for Violin & Orchestra in B-Flat, K. 269

Artist : Julia Fischer, violin

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 453 CD

Conductor : Yakov Kreizberg

Orchestra : Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Pentatone

8:06 AM

Waverley Overture Op 1

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Composer : Hector Berlioz

Catalog : 68790 CD

Conductor : Sir Colin Davis

Orchestra : Staatskapelle Dresden

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Label : RCA/BMG

8:19 AM

Sinfonia No. 10

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Composer : Francesco Manfredini

Catalog : 550877 CD

Conductor : Jaroslav Krcek

Orchestra : Capella Istropolitana

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Label : Naxos

8:28 AM

Guitar Concerto in d (arranged from the oboe concerto)

Artist : Alexandre Lagoya, guitar

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Composer : Alessandro Marcello

Catalog : 10413 CD

Conductor : Kenneth Sillito

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : London/Dec

8:44 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

9:06 AM

LA CLEMENZA DI TITO Overture

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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

9:13 AM

Symphony No. 1 in c Op 11

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Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

Catalog : 741 CD

Conductor : Theodore Kuchar

Orchestra : The Queensland Symphony Orch.

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Label : Ondine

9:49 AM

Passioni amorose for 2 dbl basses & orch

Artist : Thomas Martin, double bass; Franco Petracchi, double bass

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Composer : Giovanni Bottesini

Catalog : 570398 CD

Conductor : Matthew Gibson

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

10:00 AM

Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Op 28

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Composer : Richard Strauss

Catalog : 48272 CD

Conductor : George Szell

Orchestra : Cleveland Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

10:17 AM

Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra after Schubert’s Fantasy, D, 940

Artist : Michael Korstick, piano

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Composer : Dmitri Kabalevsky

Catalog : 777658 CD

Conductor : Alun Francis

Orchestra : NDR Radiophilharmonie

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Label : CPO

10:44 AM

Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

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Composer : Ralph Vaughan Williams

Catalog : 55371 CD

Conductor : Andre Previn

Orchestra : Orch. of the Curtis Institute

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Label : Angel/EMI

11:04 AM

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

11:18 AM

Symphony No. 1 in g Op 7

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Composer : Carl Nielsen

Catalog : 454 CD

Conductor : Myung-Whun Chung

Orchestra : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Bis

12:06 PM

Valse-Caprice

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Composer : Anton Rubinstein

Catalog : 1000179 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

12:15 PM

Piano Trio in D Op 70 "Ghost"

Artist : Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Itzhal Perlman, violin; Lynn Harrell, cello

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 62588 CD

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:41 PM

Fatum Op 77

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Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Catalog : 1000196 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

1:00 PM

Concerto Grosso No. 11in A Op 6

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 362 CD

Conductor : Pavlo Beznosiuk

Orchestra : Avison Ensemble

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Label : Linn

1:19 PM

Symphony No. 1 in b Op 12

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Composer : Sergey Liapunov

Catalog : 172 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

2:00 PM

Tam O’Shanter

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Composer : George W. Chadwick

Catalog : 64 CD

Conductor : Jose Serebrier

Orchestra : Czech State Philharmonic Brno

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Label : Reference

2:22 PM

Piano Concerto No. 1 in c

Artist : Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden,pian

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Composer : Arthur DeGreef

Catalog : 65075 CD

Conductor : Pierre Bartholomee

Orchestra : Liege Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

3:00 PM

Adagio from the Hussar Ballad

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Composer : Tikhon Khrennikov

Catalog : 938 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : Swedish Radio Symphony Orchest

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Label : Ondine

3:10 PM

Pohadka: Fairy tale Op 16

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Composer : Josef Suk

Catalog : 572323 CD

Conductor : JoAnn Falletta

Orchestra : Buffalo Philharmonic

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Label : Naxos

3:43 PM

The Cedar and the Palm

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Composer : Vassili Kalinnikov

Catalog : 169 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

4:06 PM

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

4:28 PM

Islamey - Oriental Fantasy Op 18

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Composer : Mily Balakirev

Catalog : 172 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

4:38 PM

Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042

Artist : Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalog : 7785 CD

Conductor : Steven Mercurio

Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra

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Label : E1 Music

5:06 PM

Boccaccio Overture

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Composer : Franz Von Suppe

Catalog : 400071 CD

Conductor : John Williams

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : Philips

5:15 PM

La Valse

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Composer : Maurice Ravel

Catalog : 46274 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

5:28 PM

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op 43

Artist : Van Cliburn, piano

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Composer : Sergei Rachmaninoff

Catalog : 7945 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

5:52 PM

Prelude No. 5 in G Op 32

Artist : Van Cliburn, piano

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Composer : Sergei Rachmaninoff

Catalog : 63612 CD

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Label : RCA/BMG

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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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