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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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November 06, 2012

6:06 AM

Cuban Overture

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Composer : George Gershwin

Catalog : 62698 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

6:15 AM

Fantasia on Russian Themes Op 33

Artist : Aaron Rosand, violin

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Composer : Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Catalog : 5082 CD

Conductor : Louis de Froment

Orchestra : Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg

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Label : Vox/MMG

6:30 AM

Four Cornish Dances Op 91

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Composer : Malcolm Arnold

Catalog : 8867 CD

Conductor : Bryden Thomson

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

6:44 AM

Guitar Concerto in e Op 140

Artist : Pepe Romero, guitar

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Composer : Ferdinando Carulli

Catalog : 426263 CD

Conductor : Iona Brown

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Philips

7:06 AM

Overture No. 6 in B-Flat

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Composer : Thomas Augustine Arne

Catalog : 4759117 CD

Conductor : Christopher Hogwood

Orchestra : Academy of Ancient Music

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Label : London/Dec

7:15 AM

Stars and Stripes Forever

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 149 CD

Conductor : Paul Bierley

Orchestra : The Ringgold Band

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Label : Ringgold

7:19 AM

LES FEES DU RHIN: Overture

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Composer : Jacques Offenbach

Catalog : 4776403 CD

Conductor : Marc Minkowski

Orchestra : Musicians of the Louvre

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Label : D. Gramphn

7:28 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D Op 6

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Composer : Archangelo Corelli

Catalog : 31 CD

Conductor : Simon Murphy

Orchestra : New Dutch Academy Chamber Orch

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Label : Pentatone

7:43 AM

Symphony No. 32 in G, K. 318

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 80203 CD

Conductor : Sir Charles Mackerras

Orchestra : Prague Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

7:49 AM

Finlandia Op 26

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Composer : Jean Sibelius

Catalog : 1202 CD

Conductor : Adrian Boult

Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : VangrdWelk

8:06 AM

Grand Tarantelle for piano & orchestra Op 67

Artist : Reid Nibley, piano

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Composer : Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Catalog : 4051 CD

Conductor : Maurice Abravanel

Orchestra : Utah Symphony Orchestra

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Label : VangrdOmeg

8:14 AM

Concert Piece for Clarinet & Basset Hn. in d Op 114

Artist : Ludmila Peterkova, clarinet; Nicholas Baldeyrou, basset horn

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Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

Catalog : 3554 CD

Conductor : Jiri Belohlavek

Orchestra : Prague Philharmonia

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Label : Supraphon

8:28 AM

La Valse

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Composer : Maurice Ravel

Catalog : 61956 CD

Conductor : Charles Munch

Orchestra : Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

8:42 AM

Danzas espanolas No. 11 Zambra in g Op 37

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Composer : Enrique Granados (arr. Rafael Ferrer)

Catalog : 555956 CD

Conductor : Salvador Brotons

Orchestra : Barcelona/Catalonia Orch.

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Label : Naxos

8:51 AM

Iberia: No. 3 Fete-Dieu a Seville

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Composer : Isaac Albeniz (arr. Enrique Arbos)

Catalog : 80470 CD

Conductor : Jesus Lopez-Cobos

Orchestra : Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

9:06 AM

Sinfonia No. 11 in F

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Composer : Georg (Jiri Antonin) Benda

Catalog : 553409 CD

Conductor : Christian Benda

Orchestra : Prague Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

9:19 AM

Piano Concerto in D

Artist : Karl-Andreas Kolly, piano

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Composer : Leopold Antonin Kozeluch

Catalog : 150160 CD

Conductor : Paul Goodwin

Orchestra : Zurich Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Novalis

9:50 AM

Piano Sonata No. 19 in g Op 49, No. 1

Artist : Annie Fischer, piano

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 31634 CD

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Label : Hungaroton

10:00 AM

The Wood Dove Die Waldtaube Op 110

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 21278 CD

Conductor : Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Orchestra : Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Label : Teldec

10:22 AM

Violin Concerto No. 1 in c Op 88

Artist : Andrea Duka Lowenstein, violin

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Composer : Josef Bohuslav Foerster

Catalog : 403971 CD

Conductor : Gerd Albrecht

Orchestra : Vienna Radio Symphony Orch

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Label : Orfeo

10:56 AM

Notturno No. 1 Op 70

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Composer : Giuseppe Martucci

Catalog : 53280 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Muti

Orchestra : La Scala Philaharmonic

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Label : CBS/Sony

10:56 AM

Flute Concerto in G, RV 436

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 25 CD

Orchestra : Chicago Baroque Ensemble

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Label : Cedille

10:56 AM

Symphony No. 2 in d

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Composer : Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

Catalog : 8991 CD

Conductor : Vernon Handley

Orchestra : Ulster Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

12:06 PM

Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture Op 27

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Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

Catalog : 81788 CD

Conductor : Moshe Atzmon

Orchestra : New Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:20 PM

Piano Quintet in E-Flat Op 16

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 777010 CD

Conductor : Dieter Klocker

Orchestra : Consortium Classicum

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Label : CPO

12:50 PM

The Tempest Op 18

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Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Catalog : 39359 CD

Conductor : Claudio Abbado

Orchestra : Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

1:14 PM

Symphony No. 3 in a Op 44

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Composer : Sergei Rachmaninoff

Catalog : 45678 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

2:00 PM

Andantino in A

Artist : Marat Bisengaliev, violin; John Lenehan, piano

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Composer : Joseph Joachim

Catalog : 553026 CD

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Label : Naxos

2:14 PM

Grand Duo Symphony in C

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Composer : Franz Schubert (arr. Joseph Joachim)

Catalog : 7307 CD

Conductor : Leon Botstein

Orchestra : American Symphony Orchestra

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Label : KOCH Intl.

3:00 PM

Choral varié for saxophone and orchestra Op 55

Artist : Sigurour Flosason, saxophone

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Composer : Vincent d'Indy

Catalog : 10585 CD

Conductor : Rumon Gamba

Orchestra : Iceland Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

3:12 PM

Nocturnes (for orchestra)

Artist : Montreal Symphony Chorus

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Composer : Claude Debussy

Catalog : 425502 CD

Conductor : Charles Dutoit

Orchestra : Montreal Symphony Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

3:40 PM

Le Chasseur Maudit

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Composer : Cesar Franck

Catalog : 87 CD

Conductor : Massimo Freccia

Orchestra : RCA Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Chesky Rec

4:06 PM

INVISIBLE CITY OF KITEZH: Symphonic Suite

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Composer : Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Catalog : 553513 CD

Conductor : Igor Golovchin

Orchestra : Moscow Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

4:30 PM

The Presidential Polonaise

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 559247 CD

Conductor : Keith Brion

Orchestra : Royal Artillery Band

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Label : Naxos

4:41 PM

Vathek

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Composer : Horatio Parker

Catalog : 9127 CD

Conductor : Karl Krueger

Orchestra : Royal Philharmonic

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Label : Bridge

4:54 PM

Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

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Composer : George W. Chadwick

Catalog : 80144 CD

Conductor : Erich Kunzel

Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

5:06 PM

Votes Waltz Op 250

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Composer : Johann Strauss II

Catalog : 223215 CD

Conductor : Johannes Wildner

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : MarcoPolo

5:18 PM

Fantasie Polonaise Op 19

Artist : Thomas Tirino, piano

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Composer : Ignace Jan Paderewski

Catalog : 85525 CD

Conductor : Michael Bartos

Orchestra : Polish National Radio Orchestr

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Label : Newport

5:35 PM

Of Thee I Sing: Wintergreen for president

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Composer : George Gershwin

Catalog : 4776115 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

5:37 PM

Second Rhapsody

Artist : Orion Weiss, piano

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Composer : George Gershwin

Catalog : 559705 CD

Conductor : JoAnn Falletta

Orchestra : Buffalo Philharmonic

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Label : Naxos

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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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