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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 30, 2012

6:06 AM

Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

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Composer : Franz Von Suppe

Catalog : 65653 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Angel/EMI

6:14 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D Op 6

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 621 CD

Conductor : Antoine Plante

Orchestra : Mercury Baroque

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Label : Houston PR

6:30 AM

Sinfonia in D

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Composer : Nicola Piccinni

Catalog : 2020 CD

Conductor : Enzo Amato

Orchestra : Chamber Orchestra of Naples

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Label : Concerto

6:44 AM

Concertstuck in g Op 33

Artist : Joshua Pierce, piano

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Composer : Carl Reinecke

Catalog : 1196 CD

Conductor : Bystrik Rezucha

Orchestra : Slovak State Philh., Kosice

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Label : MSR

7:06 AM

THE TSAR’S BRIDE Overture

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Composer : Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Catalog : 439892 CD

Conductor : Mikhail Pletnev

Orchestra : Russian National Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

7:15 AM

The Thunderer (1889)

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 137 CD

Conductor : Keith Brion

Orchestra : Washington Winds

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Label : WalkingFro

7:18 AM

Orpheus Quadrille Op 162

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Composer : Johann Strauss

Catalog : 223617 CD

Conductor : Mika Eichenholz

Orchestra : Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : MarcoPolo

7:28 AM

Symphony No. 24 in B-Flat

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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

7:43 AM

Leonore Overture No. 3 Op 72

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 42103 CD

Conductor : Sir Colin Davis

Orchestra : Bavarian Radio Symphony

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Label : CBS/Sony

8:06 AM

In Italien Overture Op 49

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Composer : Carl Goldmark

Catalog : 12552 CD

Conductor : Andras Korodi

Orchestra : Budapest Philharmonic Orch.

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Label : Hungaroton

8:18 AM

Konigspolonaise Op 26

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Composer : Benjamin Bilse

Catalog : 777341 CD

Conductor : Christian Simonis

Orchestra : West German Radio Symphony

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Label : CPO

8:28 AM

Concerto Armonico No. 3 in A

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Composer : Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer

Catalog : 410205 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Argo

8:42 AM

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalog : 412790 CD

Orchestra : I Musici

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Label : Philips

9:06 AM

Guitar (or Mandolin) Concerto in D

Artist : Andre Saint-Clivier,mandolin

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 65925 CD

Conductor : Louis Auriacombe

Orchestra : Chamber Orchestra of Toulouse

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Label : Angel/EMI

9:16 AM

Symphony No. 94 in G Surprise

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 64286 CD

Conductor : Jeffrey Tate

Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

9:43 AM

Fantasy on Polish Airs in A Op 13

Artist : Emanuel Ax, piano

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Composer : Frederic Chopin

Catalog : 63371 CD

Conductor : Sir Charles Mackerras

Orchestra : Orch of Age of Enlightenment

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Label : CBS/Sony

10:00 AM

Capriol Suite

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Composer : Peter Warlock

Catalog : 8808 CD

Conductor : Vernon Handley

Orchestra : Ulster Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

10:12 AM

Piano Concerto No. 3 in b Op 89

Artist : Stephen Hough, piano

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Composer : Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Catalog : 8507 CD

Conductor : Bryden Thomson

Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

10:51 AM

Drapa for large orchestra (1908)

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Composer : Hugo Alfven

Catalog : 395 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : Stockholm Philharmonic Orchest

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Label : Bis

11:04 AM

Symphonic Poem No. 6: Mazeppa

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Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 9 CD

Conductor : Zsolt Hamar

Orchestra : Hungarian Natl. Philharmonic

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Label : BudapestMu

11:24 AM

Symphony No. 1 in D

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Composer : Charles Gounod

Catalog : 557463 CD

Conductor : Patrick Gallois

Orchestra : Sinfonia Finlandia

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Label : Naxos

12:06 PM

Symphony No. 6 in D Le Matin

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 9612 CD

Conductor : Jesus Lopez-Cobos

Orchestra : Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Denon

12:26 PM

String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Op 67

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Composer : Johannes Brahms

Catalog : 4776458 CD

Orchestra : Emerson String Quartet

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Label : D. Gramphn

1:03 PM

Rhapsody on School Years for Piano & Op 75

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

1:18 PM

Concerto a 6 - Trumpet in C

Artist : John Wallace, trumpet

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Composer : Tomasso Albinoni

Catalog : 5017 CD

Conductor : Christopher Warren-Green

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Nimbus

1:29 PM

Symphony No. 8 in b Unfinished

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Composer : Franz Schubert

Catalog : 4775324 CD

Conductor : Carlos Kleiber

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

2:00 PM

Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 94237 CD

Conductor : Simon Rattle

Orchestra : Berlin Philharmonic

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Label : Angel/EMI

2:24 PM

Miraculous Mandarin Op 19

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Composer : Bela Bartok

Catalog : 65175 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

3:00 PM

Symphonie capricieuse in G

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Composer : George Phillip Telemann

Catalog : 9919 CD

Conductor : Matthias Maute

Orchestra : Ensemble Caprice

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Label : Analekta

3:11 PM

Violin Concerto in d

Artist : Henryk Szeryng, violin

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Composer : Robert Schumann

Catalog : 4783566 CD

Conductor : Antal Dorati

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Mercury

3:42 PM

Ballade et Polonaise Op 38

Artist : Misha Keylin, violin

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Composer : Henri Vieuxtemps

Catalog : 570974 CD

Conductor : Andrew Mogrelia

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : Naxos

4:06 PM

Historic Scenes Suite II Op 66

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Composer : Jean Sibelius

Catalog : 6591 CD

Conductor : Sir Alexander Gibson

Orchestra : Scottish National Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

4:27 PM

Gold and Silver Waltz Op 79

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Composer : Franz Lehar

Catalog : 56337 CD

Conductor : Placido Domingo

Orchestra : Royal Opera, Covent Garden

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Label : Angel/EMI

4:36 PM

PAGANINI: Niemand lieb dich so wie ich

Artist : Ruth-Margartet Putz, soprano

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Composer : Franz Lehar

Catalog : 866 CD

Conductor : Siegfried Kohler

Orchestra : Munich Radio Orchestra

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Label : Original

4:44 PM

Symphony No. 8 in G Le Soir

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 150086 CD

Conductor : Martin Haselbock

Orchestra : Wiener Akademie

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Label : Novalis

5:06 PM

Excelsior! Op 13

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Composer : Wilhelm Stenhammar

Catalog : 251 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Bis

5:21 PM

From the Bohemian Forest: Silent Woods Op 68

Artist : Yo Yo Ma, cello

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 46687 CD

Conductor : Seiji Ozawa

Orchestra : Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

5:28 PM

Polonaise No. 7 in A-Flat Op 61

Artist : Maurizio Pollini, piano

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Composer : Frederic Chopin

Catalog : 413795 CD

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Label : D. Gramphn

5:44 PM

West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

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Composer : Leonard Bernstein

Catalog : 71772 CD

Conductor : Leonard Bernstein

Orchestra : New York Philharmonic

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Label : CBS/Sony

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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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