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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.

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September 25, 2012

6:06 AM

Concert No. 3

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Composer : Jean-Philippe Rameau

Catalog : 1845 CD

Conductor : Christophe Rousset

Orchestra : Les Talens Lyriques

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Label : London/Dec

6:17 AM

Water Music Suite No. 2 in D

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 2569 CD

Conductor : Bernard Labadie

Orchestra : Les Violons du Roy, Quebec

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Label : ATMA

6:30 AM

Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March Op 58

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Composer : Edvard Grieg

Catalog : 39785 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

6:43 AM

Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in f, BWV 1056

Artist : Glenn Gould, piano

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalog : 38524 CD

Conductor : Vladimir Golschmann

Orchestra : Columbia Symphony Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

6:51 AM

Bagatelle No. 1 in G Op 126

Artist : Glenn Gould, piano

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 2013 CD

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Label : CBC(RCI)

7:06 AM

Athalia Overture Op 74

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Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

Catalog : 7905 CD

Conductor : Claus Peter Flor

Orchestra : Bamberg Symphony

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Label : RCA/BMG

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

BARTERED BRIDE: Overture

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Composer : Bedrich Smetana

Catalog : 27333 CD

Conductor : Rudolph Kempe

Orchestra : Bamberg Symphony

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Label : Angel/EMI

7:28 AM

Concerto for 3 horns, strings in D

Artist : Hermann Baumann, horn; Timothy Brown, horn; Nicholas Hill, horn

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Composer : George Phillip Telemann

Catalog : 412226 CD

Conductor : Iona Brown

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Philips

7:43 AM

Ballet Suite No. 4

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Composer : Dmitri Shostakovich

Catalog : 8630 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : Scottish National Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

8:06 AM

Symphony in D Op 17

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Composer : Wenzel Pichel (Vaclav Pichl)

Catalog : 434 CD

Conductor : Romeo Rimbu

Orchestra : Oradea Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Olympia

8:19 AM

Florentiner Op 214

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Composer : Julius Fucik

Catalog : 80099 CD

Conductor : Frederick Fennell

Orchestra : Cleveland Symphonic Winds

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Label : Telarc

8:28 AM

El Salon Mexico

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Composer : Aaron Copland

Catalog : 60571 CD

Conductor : Leonard Bernstein

Orchestra : New York Philharmonic

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Label : CBS/Sony

8:43 AM

Sinfonia for strings & continuo in G

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Composer : Johann Friedrich Fasch

Catalog : 191 CD

Conductor : Gunther Wich

Orchestra : Cappella Coloniensis

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Label : PhoenixEd

8:51 AM

Sinfonia a quattro

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Composer : Bernardo Pasquini

Catalog : 1808 CD

Conductor : Ottavio Dantone

Orchestra : Accademia Bizantina

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Label : London/Dec

9:06 AM

Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971

Artist : Glenn Gould, piano

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalog : 52620 CD

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Label : CBS/Sony

9:22 AM

Violin Concerto No. 1 in C

Artist : Cho-Liang Lin, violin

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 37796 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Minnesota Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

9:45 AM

Serenade for string orchestra in G Op 11

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Composer : Dag Wiren

Catalog : 285 CD

Conductor : Esa-Pekka Salonen

Orchestra : Stockholm Sinfonietta

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Label : Bis

10:00 AM

Karelia Suite Op 11

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Composer : Jean Sibelius

Catalog : 64331 CD

Conductor : Herbert von Karajan

Orchestra : Berlin Philharmonic

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Label : Angel/EMI

10:19 AM

Symphony No. 1 in D Op 4

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Composer : Johan Svendsen

Catalog : 49769 CD

Conductor : Mariss Jansons

Orchestra : Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

10:57 AM

Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297 "Paris"

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 412954 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Philips

11:17 AM

Les Boreades-suite (Abaris)

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Composer : Jean-Philippe Rameau

Catalog : 420240 CD

Conductor : Frans Bruggen

Orchestra : Orchestra of the 18th Century

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Label : Philips

12:06 PM

King Lear Overture Op 4

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Composer : Hector Berlioz

Catalog : 8316 CD

Conductor : Sir Alexander Gibson

Orchestra : Scottish National Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

12:23 PM

Piano Quartet No. 1 in g, K. 478

Artist : Peter Serkin, piano; Alexander Schneider, violin; Michael Tree, viola; David Soyer, cello

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 1509 CD

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Label : VangrdOmeg

12:51 PM

Impromptu No. 3 in B-Flat Op 142, D. 935

Artist : Alfred Brendel, piano

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Composer : Franz Schubert

Catalog : 422237 CD

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Label : Philips

1:06 PM

From the Middle Ages in E Op 79

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Composer : Alexander Glazunov

Catalog : 8804 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : Scottish National Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

1:32 PM

Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Op 70

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Composer : Dmitri Shostakovich

Catalog : 8587 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : Scottish National Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

2:00 PM

Ceremonial Brass Music

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Composer : Johann Christoph Pez

Catalog : 6013 CD

Orchestra : London Gabrieli brass ensemble

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Label : ASV

2:12 PM

Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-Flat

Artist : Niklas Sivelov, piano

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Composer : Wilhelm Stenhammar

Catalog : 572259 CD

Conductor : Mario Venzago

Orchestra : Malmo Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

3:00 PM

Marosszek Dances

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Composer : Zoltan Kodaly

Catalog : 875 CD

Conductor : Jose Serebrier

Orchestra : S.W. Rad. Sym Orch Baden-Baden

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Label : Bis

3:17 PM

Piano Concerto No. 1 Op 35

Artist : Martha Argerich, piano

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Composer : Dmitri Shostakovich

Catalog : 4504 CD

Conductor : Alexander Vedernikov

Orchestra : Orch. della Svizzera Italiana

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Label : Angel/EMI

3:43 PM

Legende No. 1: St Francis of Assisi’s Sermon to the Birds

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Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 88235 CD

Conductor : James Conlon

Orchestra : Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchest

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Label : Erato

4:06 PM

Piano Concerto No. 1 in g Op 25

Artist : Louis Lortie, piano

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Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

Catalog : 2617 CD

Conductor : Louis Lortie

Orchestra : Quebec Symphony Orchestra

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Label : ATMA

4:28 PM

Slavonic Dance No. 6 in B-Flat Op 72

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 464601 CD

Conductor : Ivan Fischer

Orchestra : Budapest Festival Orchestra

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Label : Philips

4:31 PM

Der alte Brummbar Op 210

Artist : Alan Pendlebury, bassoon

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Composer : Julius Fucik

Catalog : 59285 CD

Conductor : Libor Pesek

Orchestra : Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

4:41 PM

Miniatures for String Orchestra

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Composer : Sulkhan Tsintsadze

Catalog : 7279 CD

Conductor : Markus Poschner

Orchestra : Georgian Chmbr Orch Ingolstadt

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Label : Guild

5:06 PM

Wasps: Overture

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Composer : Ralph Vaughan Williams

Catalog : 2419 CD

Conductor : Vernon Handley

Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

5:19 PM

Menuet Antique

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Composer : Maurice Ravel

Catalog : 5031 CD

Conductor : Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Orchestra : Minnesota Orchestra

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Label : Vox/MMG

5:28 PM

Ballet suite No. 2

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Composer : Dmitri Shostakovich

Catalog : 7000 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : Royal Scottish National Orch

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Label : Chandos

5:51 PM

The Gadfly: Romance

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Composer : Dmitri Shostakovich

Catalog : 6603 CD

Conductor : Jose Serebrier

Orchestra : Belgian Radio & TV Symph Orch

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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 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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