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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 16, 2012

6:06 AM

Sinfonia in D

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Composer : Johann Adolf Hasse

Catalog : 453435 CD

Conductor : Reinhard Goebel

Orchestra : Musica Antiqua Koln

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Label : D. Gramphn

6:14 AM

Carmen Suite

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Composer : Georges Bizet

Catalog : 434321 CD

Conductor : Paul Paray

Orchestra : Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Mercury

6:30 AM

School for Scandal Overture

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Composer : Samuel Barber

Catalog : 8012 CD

Conductor : Andrew Schenck

Orchestra : New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Stradivari

6:43 AM

Piano Concerto in c-Sharp Op 30

Artist : Michael Ponti, piano

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Composer : Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Catalog : 5082 CD

Conductor : Richard Kapp

Orchestra : Sinfonie Orchester Hamburg

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Label : Vox/MMG

7:06 AM

Pomp & Circumstance March No. 5 in C Op 39

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Composer : Sir Edward Elgar

Catalog : 557273 CD

Conductor : James Judd

Orchestra : New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

7:15 AM

Solid Men to the Front!

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 3102 CD

Conductor : Keith Brion

Orchestra : New Sousa Band

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Label : Delos

7:18 AM

Zadok the Priest

Artist : Tallis Chamber Choir

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 557003 CD

Conductor : Jeremy Summerly

Orchestra : Royal Academy Consort

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Label : Naxos

7:28 AM

Symphony in D Op 9, No. 2

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Composer : Chevalier de Saint-George

Catalog : 9985 CD

Conductor : Frantisek Preisler, Jr.

Orchestra : Pilsen Radio Orchestra

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Label : Avenira

7:43 AM

FAUST: Valse

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Composer : Charles Gounod

Catalog : 4758563 CD

Conductor : David Zinman

Orchestra : Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchest

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Label : London/Dec

7:49 AM

Rapsodia Negra for piano and orchestra

Artist : Thomas Tirino, piano

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Composer : Ernesto Lecuona

Catalog : 754 CD

Conductor : Michael Bartos

Orchestra : Polish National Radio Orchestr

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Label : Bis

8:06 AM

Valse-Caprice

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Composer : Anton Rubinstein

Catalog : 1000179 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

8:15 AM

Marche Slave Op 31

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Composer : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Catalog : 61958 CD

Conductor : Fritz Reiner

Orchestra : Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

8:28 AM

Suite of Three Pieces Op 116

Artist : Susan Milan, flute

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Composer : Benjamin Godard

Catalog : 8840 CD

Conductor : Richard Hickox

Orchestra : City of London Sinfonia

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Label : Chandos

8:42 AM

Stiffelio Prelude

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Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 62373 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Muti

Orchestra : Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

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Label : CBS/Sony

8:52 AM

Sinfonia a quattro

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Composer : Bernardo Pasquini

Catalog : 1808 CD

Conductor : Ottavio Dantone

Orchestra : Accademia Bizantina

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Label : London/Dec

9:06 AM

Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn "St. Wenceslaus," Op 35

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Composer : Josef Suk

Catalog : 111825 CD

Conductor : Petr Altrichter

Orchestra : Prague Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Supraphon

9:15 AM

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 211

Artist : Josef Suk, violin

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 7001 CD

Conductor : Joseph Suk

Orchestra : Suk Chamber Orchestra

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Label : VangrdOmeg

9:37 AM

The Water Goblin (Symphonic Poem) Vodnik Op 107

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 701 CD

Conductor : Peter Tiboris

Orchestra : Bohuslav Martinu Philh., Zlin

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Label : ElysiumERI

10:00 AM

Overture No. 1 on Three Greek Themesin g Op 3

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Composer : Alexander Glazunov

Catalog : 555048 CD

Conductor : Vladimir Ziva

Orchestra : Moscow Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

10:17 AM

Concerto for 2 Clarinets in E-Flat Op 35

Artist : Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Julian Bliss, clarinet

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Composer : Franz Krommer

Catalog : 79786 CD

Conductor : Kenneth Sillito

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Angel/EMI

10:44 AM

Three Idylls

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Composer : Frank Bridge (arr. Lucas Drew)

Catalog : 3263 CD

Conductor : Constantine Orbelian

Orchestra : Moscow Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Delos

11:00 AM

Petite Suite de Concert

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Composer : Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Catalog : 55 CD

Conductor : Paul Freeman

Orchestra : Chicago Sinfonietta

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Label : Cedille

11:17 AM

Florida Suite

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Composer : Frederick Delius

Catalog : 553535 CD

Conductor : David Lloyd-Jones

Orchestra : English Northern Philharmonia

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Label : Naxos

12:06 PM

Concerto Grosso No. 9 in D Op 3

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Composer : Francesco Manfredini

Catalog : 553891 CD

Conductor : Jaroslav Krcek

Orchestra : Capella Istropolitana

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Label : Naxos

12:16 PM

Burleske Op 11

Artist : Emanuel Ax, piano

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Composer : Richard Strauss

Catalog : 56364 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

12:38 PM

Symphony No. 2 in C Op 42 "Ocean"

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Composer : Anton Rubinstein

Catalog : 220449 CD

Conductor : Stephen Gunzenhauser

Orchestra : Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : MarcoPolo

2:00 PM

Mathis der Maler -Symphony

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Composer : Paul Hindemith

Catalog : 55230 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

2:30 PM

Hungarian Dance No. 2 in d

Artist : Sarah Chang, violin

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Composer : Johannes Brahms

Catalog : 54753 CD

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Label : Angel/EMI

2:35 PM

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Op 19

Artist : Sarah Chang, violin

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Composer : Sergei Prokofiev

Catalog : 46053 CD

Conductor : Simon Rattle

Orchestra : Berlin Philharmonic

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Label : Angel/EMI

3:00 PM

The White Peacock

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Composer : Charles Tomlinson Griffes

Catalog : 3099 CD

Conductor : Gerard Schwarz

Orchestra : Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Delos

3:09 PM

Idyll for String Orchestra

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Composer : Leos Janacek

Catalog : 2417 CD

Conductor : Gregory Rose

Orchestra : London Jupiter Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

3:42 PM

Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 3

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Composer : Ottorino Respighi

Catalog : 86549 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

4:06 PM

Symphonic Variations Op 78

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 54320 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

4:29 PM

LE PROPHETE: Coronation March

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Composer : Giacomo Meyerbeer

Catalog : 434332 CD

Conductor : Paul Paray

Orchestra : Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Mercury

4:36 PM

DINORAH: Ombra leggiera

Artist : Anna Moffo, soprano

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Composer : Giacomo Meyerbeer

Catalog : 63530 CD

Conductor : Tullio Serafin

Orchestra : Rome Opera Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

4:45 PM

Mlada suite

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Composer : Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Catalog : 572787 CD

Conductor : Gerard Schwarz

Orchestra : Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

5:06 PM

LA BOHEME Fantasy for Orchestra

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Composer : Giacomo Puccini (arr. Palmer)

Catalog : 49552 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Angel/EMI

5:21 PM

Poem for Flute & Orchestra

Artist : Joseph Mariano, flute

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Composer : Charles Tomlinson Griffes

Catalog : 434307 CD

Conductor : Howard Hanson

Orchestra : Eastman-Rochester Sym. Orch.

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Label : Mercury

5:30 PM

PAGLIACCI: Intermezzo

Artist : Ruggiero Leoncavallo, piano

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Composer : Ruggiero Leoncavallo

Catalog : 106188 CD

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Label : Teldec

5:37 PM

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Intermezzo

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Composer : Pietro Mascagni

Catalog : 63053 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

5:43 PM

Rossiniana: Suite for Orchestra

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Composer : Ottorino Respighi

Catalog : 41 CD

Conductor : Antonio Janigro

Orchestra : Vienna Symphony Orchestra

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Label : VangrdOmeg

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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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