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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 15, 2012

6:06 AM

Zur Namensfeier Overture in C Op 115

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 429762 CD

Conductor : Claudio Abbado

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

6:13 AM

Chamber Symphony in F

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Composer : Sir William Herschel

Catalog : 85612 CD

Conductor : Davis Jerome

Orchestra : The Mozart Orchestra

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Label : Newport

6:30 AM

Organ Concerto No. 5 in F Op 4

Artist : Daniel Chorzempa, organ

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 4758362 CD

Conductor : Jaap Schroder

Orchestra : Concerto Amsterdam

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Label : London/Dec

6:44 AM

Lira Concerto No. 4 in F

Artist : Hugo Ruf, lira

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 1049 CD

Orchestra : Stuttgart Soloists

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Label : Tuxedo

7:06 AM

DIE FLEDERMAUS: Du und Du Op 367

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Composer : Johann Strauss II

Catalog : 74311 CD

Conductor : Willi Boskovsky

Orchestra : Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestr

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Label : Angel/EMI

7:15 AM

The Atlantic City Pageant

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 302 CD

Conductor : Leonard B. Smith

Orchestra : Detroit Concert band

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Label : WalkingFro

7:19 AM

Star War’s Main Theme

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Composer : John Williams

Catalog : 51333 CD

Conductor : John Williams

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

7:28 AM

Patrie- Overture Op 19

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Composer : Georges Bizet

Catalog : 64869 CD

Conductor : Daniel Barenboim

Orchestra : Orchestre de Paris

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Label : Angel/EMI

7:42 AM

Violin Concerto No. 1 in g Op 12, RV 317

Artist : Sarah Chang, violin

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 94431 CD

Orchestra : Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

7:50 AM

Cakewalk Ballet after Gottschalk: Grand Walkaround

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Composer : Hershy Kay

Catalog : 45658 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

8:06 AM

ITALIAN IN ALGIERS Overture

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Composer : Gioacchino Rossini

Catalog : 74752 CD

Conductor : Gianluigi Gelmetti

Orchestra : Radio Symph Orch of Stuttgart

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Label : Angel/EMI

8:16 AM

Rondo for piano & orch in D, K. 382

Artist : Mitsuko Uchida, piano

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 432082 CD

Conductor : Jeffrey Tate

Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Philips

8:28 AM

Scherzo capriccioso Op 66

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 794 CD

Conductor : John Farrer

Orchestra : Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : ASV

8:42 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G Op 3

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 4758673 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : London/Dec

8:50 AM

LE ROI MALGRE LUI: Fete Polonaise

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Composer : Emmanuel Chabrier

Catalog : 447751 CD

Conductor : John Elliot Gardiner

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

9:06 AM

Symphonies pour les soupers du Roi

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Composer : Michel Richard Delalande

Catalog : 67425 CD

Conductor : Jean Pierre Wallez

Orchestra : Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

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Label : Angel/EMI

9:13 AM

Oboe Concerto in C

Artist : Richard Woodhams, oboe

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Composer : Sir William Herschel

Catalog : 85612 CD

Conductor : Davis Jerome

Orchestra : The Mozart Orchestra

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Label : Newport

9:33 AM

Symphony No. 84 in E-Flat

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 71477 CD

Conductor : Daniel Barenboim

Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

10:00 AM

Symphony No. 27 in G, K. 199

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 69818 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Angel/EMI

10:19 AM

Concerto Grosso in e

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Composer : William Boyce

Catalog : 6541 CD

Conductor : Adrian Shepherd

Orchestra : Cantilena

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Label : Chandos

10:33 AM

Piano Concerto No. 2 in g Op 22

Artist : Artur Rubinstein, piano

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Composer : Camille Saint-Saens

Catalog : 63070 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

10:59 AM

The Enchanted Lake Op 62

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Composer : Anatol Liadov

Catalog : 80657 CD

Conductor : Erich Kunzel

Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

11:10 AM

Symphony No. 1 in g Op 13 Winter Daydreams

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Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Catalog : 97033 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Chailly

Orchestra : Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Label : Nederland

12:06 PM

Two English Idylls

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Composer : George Butterworth

Catalog : 47945 CD

Conductor : Jeffrey Tate

Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:20 PM

String Quintet No. 6 in E-Flat, K. 614

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 54876 CD

Orchestra : Hausmusik

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:51 PM

Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in f Op 73

Artist : Sabine Meyer, clarinet

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Composer : Carl Maria Von Weber

Catalog : 67989 CD

Conductor : Herbert Blomstedt

Orchestra : Staatskapelle Dresden

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Label : Angel/EMI

1:15 PM

The Bells Op 35

Artist : Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Renne Fleming, soprano; Karl Dent, tenor; Victor Ledbetter, bass

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Composer : Sergei Rachmaninoff

Catalog : 80365 CD

Conductor : Robert Shaw

Orchestra : Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

2:00 PM

Prayer of Saint Gregory Op 626

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Composer : Alan Hovhaness

Catalog : 3157 CD

Conductor : Gerard Schwarz

Orchestra : Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Delos

2:07 PM

The Planets Op 32

Artist : Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

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Composer : Gustav Holst

Catalog : 40471 CD

Conductor : Adrian Boult

Orchestra : London Philharmnic Strings

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Label : Angel/EMI

3:00 PM

Sonata a Cinque in g Op 2, No. 6

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Composer : Tomasso Albinoni

Catalog : 550877 CD

Conductor : Jaroslav Krcek

Orchestra : Capella Istropolitana

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Label : Naxos

3:09 PM

Concert Fantasy in G Op 56

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

3:41 PM

Swedish National Airs with Variations Op 52

Artist : Christopher Hinterhuber, piano

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Composer : Ferdinand Ries

Catalog : 557844 CD

Conductor : Uwe Grodd

Orchestra : Gävle Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

4:06 PM

MIGNON: Overture

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Composer : Ambroise Thomas

Catalog : 6213 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

4:13 PM

Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Tunes

Artist : Jorges Bolet, piano

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Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 414079 CD

Conductor : Ivan Fischer

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

4:30 PM

Anna Magdalena Notebook: Little Suite

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Thomas Frost)

Catalog : 39431 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

4:44 PM

Symphonic Metamorphosis

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Composer : Paul Hindemith

Catalog : 47615 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

5:06 PM

MARTHA Overture

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Composer : Friedrich von Flotow

Catalog : 5479 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

5:17 PM

The Ocean (Tone Poem) Op 99

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Composer : Henry Hadley

Catalog : 559064 CD

Conductor : John McLaughlin Williams

Orchestra : Ukrainian National Symphony Or

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Label : Naxos

5:30 PM

Show Boat: Scenario for Orchestra

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Composer : Jerome Kern

Catalog : 446404 CD

Conductor : John Mauceri

Orchestra : Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orches

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Label : Philips

5:51 PM

Savannah River Holiday

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Composer : Ron Nelson

Catalog : 68786 CD

Conductor : Keith Lockhart

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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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!

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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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