Classical Weekdays

Monday through Friday, 6 am to 6 pm

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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Label : Mercury
7:18 AM
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
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Composer : Bedrich Smetana
Catalog : 27333 CD
Conductor : Rudolph Kempe
Orchestra : Bamberg Symphony
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
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
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
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
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
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
Label : PhoenixEd
8:51 AM
Sinfonia a quattro
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Composer : Bernardo Pasquini
Catalog : 1808 CD
Conductor : Ottavio Dantone
Orchestra : Accademia Bizantina
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Label : Chandos
2:00 PM
Ceremonial Brass Music
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Composer : Johann Christoph Pez
Catalog : 6013 CD
Orchestra : London Gabrieli brass ensemble
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Label : Chandos
5:19 PM
Menuet Antique
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Composer : Maurice Ravel
Catalog : 5031 CD
Conductor : Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Orchestra : Minnesota Orchestra
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
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
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!

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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Happy Easter!
4:35 pm
Thu March 28, 2013

Good Friday on WRTI: Bach's St. Matthew Passion

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

Originally published on Fri March 22, 2013 10:59 am

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2:07 pm
Thu March 21, 2013

Watch and Listen: J. S. Bach's St Matthew Passion

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.

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...

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.

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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!

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In Memoriam
12:17 pm
Wed October 17, 2012

Remembering Three Composers Who All Died At Auschwitz On This Date in 1944

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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