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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 12, 2012

6:06 AM

THIEVING MAGPIE (LA GAZZA LADRA) Overture

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Composer : Gioacchino Rossini

Catalog : 412236 CD

Conductor : Silvio Varviso

Orchestra : Staatskapelle Dresden

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Label : Philips

6:16 AM

Piccolo Concerto in C, RV 444

Artist : Jiri Stivin,sopranino recorder

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 550385 CD

Conductor : Oliver Dohnanyi

Orchestra : Capella Istropolitana

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Label : Naxos

6:30 AM

LUCIO SILLA Overture, K. 135

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 5149 CD

Conductor : Mario Bernardi

Orchestra : Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : CBC(RCI)

6:43 AM

Oboe Concerto in d

Artist : Heinz Holliger, oboe

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Composer : Alessandro Marcello

Catalog : 6610 CD

Orchestra : I Musici

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Label : D. Gramphn

7:06 AM

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring- Medley

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Composer : Howard Shore

Catalog : 80600 CD

Conductor : Erich Kunzel

Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

7:15 AM

Armed Forces Medley

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Composer : Richard Hayman

Catalog : 21198 CD

Conductor : Ronald Demkee

Orchestra : Allentown Band

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Label : AMP Record

7:20 AM

AMERIKANTSI: Overture

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Composer : Evstigney Ipatovich Fomin

Catalog : 10370 CD

Orchestra : Moscow Phil. Chamber Ensemble

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Label : MCA

7:28 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 4 in a Op 6

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 9815 CD

Conductor : Jeanne Lamon

Orchestra : Tafelmusik

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Label : Analekta

7:43 AM

Outdoor Overture

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Composer : Aaron Copland

Catalog : 22 CD

Conductor : Keith Clark

Orchestra : Pacific Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Reference

7:54 AM

CHEREVICHKI: Polonaise

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Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Catalog : 1000179 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

8:06 AM

A NIGHT IN VENICE Overture

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Composer : Johann Strauss II

Catalog : 12569 CD

Conductor : Daniel Barenboim

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

8:15 AM

String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne

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Composer : Alexander Borodin (arr. Nikolai Tcherepnin)

Catalog : 435757 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

8:28 AM

Sinfonia No. 1 in G, Wq. 182

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Composer : Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Catalog : 73326 CD

Conductor : Thomas Fueri

Orchestra : Bern Camerata

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Label : Denon

8:42 AM

Valse Triste Op 44

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Composer : Jean Sibelius

Catalog : 22055 CD

Conductor : Paavo Jarvi

Orchestra : Estonian National Symph Orch

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

8:47 AM

Mazurka-oberek for violin and orchestra

Artist : Itzhak Perlman, violin

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Composer : Alexander Glazunov

Catalog : 55475 CD

Conductor : Lawrence Foster

Orchestra : Abbey Road Ensemble

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Label : Angel/EMI

9:06 AM

LA SOURCE: Suite No. 3

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Composer : Leo Delibes

Catalog : 553356 CD

Conductor : Andrew Mogrelia

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : Naxos

9:25 AM

Cello Concerto No. 2 in e Op 30

Artist : James Kreger, cello

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Composer : Victor Herbert

Catalog : 7235 CD

Conductor : Djong Victorin Yu

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Guild

9:51 AM

The Devil’s Joke

Artist : Stephanie Chase, violin; Sara Davis Buechner, piano

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Composer : Rudolph Friml

Catalog : 7662 CD

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Label : KOCH Intl.

10:00 AM

SLEEPING BEAUTY Tone Pictures

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Composer : Engelbert Humperdinck

Catalog : 61128 CD

Conductor : Karl Anton Rickenbacher

Orchestra : Bamberg Symphony

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

10:22 AM

Greeting to America Op 56

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

10:38 AM

Concerto No. 8 in g Op 9

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Composer : Tomasso Albinoni

Catalog : 550739 CD

Conductor : John Georgiadis

Orchestra : London Virtuosi

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Label : Naxos

10:51 AM

Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat

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Composer : Alexander Borodin

Catalog : 435757 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

11:26 AM

Violin Concerto No. 3 in b Op 61

Artist : Joshua Bell, violin

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Composer : Camille Saint-Saens

Catalog : 425501 CD

Conductor : Charles Dutoit

Orchestra : Montreal Symphony Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

12:06 PM

Sinfonia in F

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Composer : Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Catalog : 553289 CD

Conductor : Yoon K. Lee

Orchestra : Salzburg Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

12:20 PM

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Op 44

Artist : Jerome Lowenthal, piano

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Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Catalog : 9301 CD

Conductor : Sergiu Commissiona

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Bridge

1:05 PM

Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, K. 16

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 2018 CD

Conductor : Tamas Veto

Orchestra : Odense Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Unicorn

1:20 PM

Le Sacre du Printemps

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Composer : Igor Stravinsky

Catalog : 2008 CD

Conductor : Valery Gergiev

Orchestra : Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchest

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Label : Nederland

2:00 PM

String Quartet No. 2 in D

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Composer : Alexander Borodin

Catalog : 452239 CD

Orchestra : Takacs Quartet

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Label : London/Dec

2:29 PM

Le coq d’or Suite The Golden Cockerel

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Composer : Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Catalog : 447084 CD

Conductor : Mikhail Pletnev

Orchestra : Russian National Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

3:00 PM

Symphony No. 6 in F

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Composer : William Boyce

Catalog : 5345 CD

Conductor : William Boughton

Orchestra : English String Orchestra

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Label : Nimbus

3:10 PM

Nais: Orchestral Suite

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Composer : Jean-Philippe Rameau

Catalog : 921106 CD

Conductor : Frans Bruggen

Orchestra : Orchestra of the 18th Century

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Label : Glossa

3:43 PM

Musik su einem Ritterballet

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 2725 CD

Conductor : Jon Ceander Mitchell

Orchestra : Bohuslav Martinu Philh., Zlin

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Label : Centaur

4:06 PM

Serenade in d Op 44

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 471613 CD

Conductor : Myung-Whun Chung

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

4:30 PM

LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours

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Composer : Amilcare Ponchielli

Catalog : 791631 CD

Conductor : Arturo Toscanini

Orchestra : NBC Symphony Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

4:42 PM

Bells Across The Meadows

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Composer : Albert W. Ketelbey

Catalog : 47806 CD

Conductor : John Lanchbery

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

4:50 PM

PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba

Artist : Enrico Caruso, tenor

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Composer : Ruggiero Leoncavallo

Catalog : 69766 CD

Conductor : Gottfried Rabl

Orchestra : Vienna Radio Symphony Orch

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Label : RCA/BMG

4:52 PM

Capriccio Brillant in b Op 22

Artist : Israela Margalit, piano

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Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

Catalog : 8724 CD

Conductor : Bryden Thomson

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

5:06 PM

DER GRAF VON LUXEMBURG: Waltzes

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Composer : Franz Lehar

Catalog : 68793 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

5:15 PM

Le Tombeau de Couperin

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Composer : Maurice Ravel

Catalog : 1 CD

Conductor : Ignat Solzhenitsyn

Orchestra : Chamber Orchestra of Phila.

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Label : ChOrchPhl

5:30 PM

Victory at Sea: Symphonic Scenario

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Composer : Richard Rodgers

Catalog : 80175 CD

Conductor : Erich Kunzel

Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

5:52 PM

Adagio for Strings from String Quartet Op 11

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Composer : Samuel Barber

Catalog : 80673 CD

Conductor : Robert Spano

Orchestra : Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

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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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