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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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October 11, 2012

6:06 AM

Ma Vlast: No. 3 Sarka

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Composer : Bedrich Smetana

Catalog : 80265 CD

Conductor : Zdenek Macal

Orchestra : Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

6:16 AM

Oboe Concerto in d

Artist : John Abberger, oboe

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Composer : Alessandro Marcello

Catalog : 9811 CD

Conductor : Jeanne Lamon

Orchestra : Tafelmusik

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Label : Analekta

6:30 AM

Legende Op 17

Artist : Juliette Kang, violin

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Composer : Henryk Wieniawski

Catalog : 5197 CD

Conductor : Sergiu Commissiona

Orchestra : Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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Label : CBC(RCI)

6:43 AM

Concert Piece for harp and orchestra

Artist : Reija Bister, harp

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Composer : Vaino Hannikainen

Catalog : 9703 CD

Conductor : Hannu Bister

Orchestra : Finnish Radio Symphony Orch

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Label : YLE

7:06 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 2 in c

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Composer : Alessandro Scarlatti

Catalog : 45495 CD

Conductor : Fabio Biondi

Orchestra : Europa Galante

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

7:15 AM

March of the Steelmen

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Composer : Charles Belsterling

Catalog : 1998 CD

Conductor : Albert F. Schoepper

Orchestra : United States Marine Band

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Label : USMC

7:19 AM

March To the Memory of Suvorov in c

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Composer : Anton Arensky

Catalog : 1000164 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

7:28 AM

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in c-Sharp

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Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 447415 CD

Conductor : Herbert von Karajan

Orchestra : Berlin Philharmonic

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Label : D. Gramphn

7:43 AM

RIENZI: Overture

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Composer : Richard Wagner

Catalog : 62597 CD

Conductor : Leopold Stokowski

Orchestra : Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

8:06 AM

Anna Magdalena Notebook: Little Suite

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalog : 39431 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

8:16 AM

Concerto Grosso in c Op 2

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Composer : Francesco Geminiani

Catalog : 553019 CD

Conductor : Jaroslav Krcek

Orchestra : Capella Istropolitana

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Label : Naxos

8:28 AM

Four Seasons: No.3 Autumn (L’Autunno) in F Op 8

Artist : Isaac Stern, violin

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 66472 CD

Conductor : Isaac Stern

Orchestra : Jerusalem Music Centre Ch.Orch

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Label : CBS/Sony

8:41 AM

Water Night

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Composer : Eric Whitacre

Catalog : 67543 CD

Conductor : Stephen Layton

Orchestra : Polyphony

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Label : Hyperion

8:47 AM

Sinfonia in G

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Composer : Tomasso Albinoni

Catalog : 45557 CD

Conductor : Claudio Scimone

Orchestra : I Solisti Veneti

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Label : Erato

9:06 AM

String Symphony No. 1 in C

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Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

Catalog : 5141 CD

Conductor : William Boughton

Orchestra : English String Orchestra

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Label : Nimbus

9:18 AM

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A

Artist : Helene Grimaud, piano

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 16204 CD

Conductor : Radoslaw Szulc

Orchestra : Bavarian Radio Symph Chmb Orch

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Label : D. Gramphn

9:47 AM

Sonata for Gran Viola and Orchestra in c Op 35

Artist : David Aaron Carpenter, viola

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Composer : Nicolo Paganini

Catalog : 1188 CD

Conductor : Vladimir Ashkenazy

Orchestra : Helsinki Philharmonic

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Label : Ondine

10:00 AM

Violin Concerto No. 1 in a

Artist : Isaac Stern, violin

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalog : 45952 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

10:18 AM

The Tempest: Suite

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Composer : Sir Arthur Sullivan

Catalog : 115 CD

Conductor : Michael Stern

Orchestra : Kansas City Symphony

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Label : Reference

10:49 AM

Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

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Composer : Ralph Vaughan Williams

Catalog : 8502 CD

Conductor : Bryden Thomson

Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

11:04 AM

Serenade for Sring Orchestra

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Composer : Peter Warlock

Catalog : 5227 CD

Conductor : Roy Goodman

Orchestra : Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

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Label : CBC(RCI)

11:14 AM

Piano Concerto No. 1 in e Op 11

Artist : Yundi Li, piano

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Composer : Frederic Chopin

Catalog : 8236 CD

Conductor : Sir Andrew Davis

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

12:06 PM

Scherzo capriccioso Op 66

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 49995 CD

Conductor : Mariss Jansons

Orchestra : Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:21 PM

Piano Trio No. 1 in d Op 49

Artist : Martha Argerich, piano

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Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

Catalog : 57504 CD

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:51 PM

Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in e

Artist : Ottavio Dantone, harpsichord

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Composer : Alessandro Scarlatti

Catalog : 470650 CD

Conductor : Ottavio Dantone

Orchestra : Accademia Bizantina

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Label : London/Dec

1:05 PM

Symphony No. 1 in c Op 68

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Composer : Johannes Brahms

Catalog : 426299 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Muti

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Philips

2:00 PM

As You Like It Overture Op 166

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Composer : Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Catalog : 572501 CD

Conductor : Andrew Penny

Orchestra : West Australian Symphony Orch.

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Label : Naxos

2:15 PM

Symphony No. 2 in D Op 43

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Composer : Jean Sibelius

Catalog : 1 CD

Conductor : Leopold Stokowski

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : PhilOrch.

3:00 PM

Quadro in B-Flat

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Composer : George Phillip Telemann

Catalog : 4283 CD

Conductor : Reinhard Goebel

Orchestra : Musica Antiqua Koln

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Label : D. Gramphn

3:09 PM

Symphony No.104 in D

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 60022 CD

Conductor : Pierre Boulez

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : WienerPhil

3:43 PM

Fantasia for Orchestra: Marguerite Op 9

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Composer : Anton Arensky

Catalog : 1000164 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

4:06 PM

In The Bottoms

Artist : Monica Gaylord, piano

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Composer : R. Nathaniel Dett

Catalog : 737 CD

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Label : Music&Arts

4:28 PM

Die Drei Wunsche: Overture

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Composer : Carl Michael Ziehrer

Catalog : 225332 CD

Conductor : Christian Pollack

Orchestra : Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : MarcoPolo

4:35 PM

A NIGHT IN VENICE:

Artist : Fritz Wunderlich, tenor

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Composer : Johann Strauss II

Catalog : 75915 CD

Conductor : Fried Walter

Orchestra : Berlin Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

4:42 PM

Galanta Dances

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Composer : Zoltan Kodaly

Catalog : 432005 CD

Conductor : Antal Dorati

Orchestra : Philharmonia Hungarica

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Label : Mercury

5:06 PM

Le Corsaire Overture Op 21

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Composer : Hector Berlioz

Catalog : 9052 CD

Conductor : Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Orchestra : Stockholm Philharmonic Orchest

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Label : Chandos

5:18 PM

Tzigane: Rhapsodie de concert

Artist : Isaac Stern, violin

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Composer : Maurice Ravel

Catalog : 64501 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

5:28 PM

Cinema Paradiso film score

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Composer : Ennio Morricone

Catalog : 60706 CD

Conductor : Henry Mancini

Orchestra : Henry Mancini's Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

5:42 PM

Goyana: Four Sketches

Artist : Cristina Ortiz, piano

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Composer : Franz Waxman

Catalog : 7444 CD

Conductor : Lawrence Foster

Orchestra : Barcelona/Catalonia Orch.

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Label : KOCH Intl.

5:47 PM

DIE TOTE STADT: Pierrot’s dance-song

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Composer : Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Catalog : 47572 CD

Orchestra : I Salonisti

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Label : Angel/EMI

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Tue October 9, 2012 - 6am

Mon October 8, 2012 - 6am

Wed September 26, 2012 - 6am

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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

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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