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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 26, 2012

6:06 AM

Violin Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Op 8

Artist : Ronald Thomas,violin

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 7124 CD

Conductor : Ronald Thomas

Orchestra : Bournemouth Sinfonietta

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Label : Chandos

6:15 AM

AIDA Overture (Prelude to Act I)

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Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 350214 CD

Conductor : Gabriele Bellini

Orchestra : Forum Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : EuropaMusi

6:30 AM

Romance Op 11

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Composer : Gerald Finzi

Catalog : 16 CD

Orchestra : London Concertante

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Label : CMG

6:44 AM

Little Suite in a Op 1

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Composer : Carl Nielsen

Catalog : 4524862 CD

Conductor : Ulf Schirmer

Orchestra : Danish Radio Symph Orch

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Label : London/Dec

7:06 AM

Solemn March for Shakespeare Celebration

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Composer : Bedrich Smetana

Catalog : 223705 CD

Conductor : Robert Stankovsky

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : MarcoPolo

7:15 AM

The Volunteers

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 303 CD

Conductor : Leonard B. Smith

Orchestra : Detroit Concert band

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Label : WalkingFro

7:19 AM

LUISA MILLER Overture

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Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 68468 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Muti

Orchestra : Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

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Label : CBS/Sony

7:28 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 2in B-Flat Op 3

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 2065 CD

Conductor : Christopher Hogwood

Orchestra : Handel & Haydn Society

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Label : Avie

7:43 AM

Chacony a 4 in g

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Composer : Henry Purcell

Catalog : 557753 CD

Conductor : Gavin Sutherland

Orchestra : Royal Ballet Sinfonia /Birming

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Label : Naxos

7:52 AM

Pan and the Birds Op 15

Artist : Marc Grauwels, flute

Album :

Composer : Jules Mouquet

Catalog : 555977 CD

Conductor : Andre Vandernoot

Orchestra : Belgian Radio & TV Symph Orch

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Label : Naxos

8:06 AM

Rob Roy overture

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Composer : Hector Berlioz

Catalog : 8316 CD

Conductor : Sir Alexander Gibson

Orchestra : Scottish National Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

8:18 AM

The Blue Bells of Scotland

Artist : David Starobin, guitar

Album :

Composer : Mauro Giuliani

Catalog : 9107 CD

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Label : Bridge

8:28 AM

Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

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Composer : Ralph Vaughan Williams

Catalog : 8502 CD

Conductor : Bryden Thomson

Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

8:43 AM

Symphony in B-Flat Op 6

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Composer : Johann Christian Bach

Catalog : 999298 CD

Conductor : Anthony Halstead

Orchestra : Hanover Band

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Label : CPO

8:52 AM

Rondo for 2 pianos in C Op 73

Artist : Danielle Laval, piano

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Composer : Frederic Chopin

Catalog : 71472 CD

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Label : Angel/EMI

9:06 AM

Six Old Netherlandish Dances Op 46

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Composer : Julius Rontgen

Catalog : 777255 CD

Conductor : David Porcelijn

Orchestra : NDR Radiophilharmonie

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Label : CPO

9:18 AM

Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-Flat Op 32

Artist : Earl Wild, piano

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Composer : Franz Xaver Scharwenka

Catalog : 82266 CD

Conductor : Erich Leinsdorf

Orchestra : Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Elan

9:49 AM

Le Rouet d’Omphale Op 31

Artist : Earl Wild, piano

Album :

Composer : Camille Saint-Saens

Catalog : 70907 CD

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Label : Ivory Clas

10:00 AM

Masquerade Suite

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Composer : Aram Khachaturian

Catalog : 63302 CD

Conductor : Kirill Kondrashin

Orchestra : RCA Symphony Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

10:20 AM

Violin Concerto No. 22 in a

Artist : Mark Kaplan, violin

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Composer : Giovanni Battista Viotti

Catalog : 6691 CD

Conductor : David Golub

Orchestra : Veneto/Padua Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Arabesque

10:52 AM

In a Summer Garden

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Composer : Frederick Delius

Catalog : 62645 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

11:06 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 9 (after Scarlatti) in C

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Composer : Charles Avison

Catalog : 31 CD

Orchestra : Café Zimmermann

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Label : Alpha

11:22 AM

Symphony No. 6 in D Op 146

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Composer : Ferdinand Ries

Catalog : 999836 CD

Conductor : Howard Griffiths

Orchestra : Zurich Chamber Orchestra

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Label : CPO

12:06 PM

Overture No. 2 in G

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Composer : William Boyce

Catalog : 6531 CD

Conductor : Adrian Shepherd

Orchestra : Cantilena

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Label : Chandos

12:15 PM

Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra Op 88

Artist : Guher & Suher Pekinel, pianos

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Composer : Max Bruch

Catalog : 9711 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

12:43 PM

Louisiana Story Suite

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Composer : Virgil Thomson

Catalog : 5092 CD

Conductor : Siegfried Landau

Orchestra : Westphalian Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Vox/MMG

1:06 PM

Sinfonia in B

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Composer : Fortunato Chelleri

Catalog : 213 CD

Conductor : Michael Schneider

Orchestra : La Stagione Frankfurt

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Label : ORF

1:17 PM

Piano Trio in B-Flat Op 99

Artist : Isaac Stern, violin

Album :

Composer : Franz Schubert

Catalog : 89936 CD

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Label : CBS/Sony

2:00 PM

Rhapsody Op 14

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 7013 CD

Conductor : Libor Pesek

Orchestra : Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : RecordsInt

2:20 PM

Symphony No. 3 in C Op 32

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Composer : Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Catalog : 423604 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

3:00 PM

A LIFE FOR THE TSAR Overture

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Composer : Mikhail Glinka

Catalog : 1000166 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

3:12 PM

Fantasia on themes from Glinka’s

Artist : Earl Wild, piano

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Composer : Mily Balakirev

Catalog : 82266 CD

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Label : Elan

3:27 PM

Love for Three Oranges: Suite Op 33

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Composer : Sergei Prokofiev

Catalog : 10483 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : Scottish National Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

3:45 PM

Marosszek Dances

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Composer : Zoltan Kodaly

Catalog : 875 CD

Conductor : Jose Serebrier

Orchestra : S.W. Rad. Sym Orch Baden-Baden

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Label : Bis

4:06 PM

Suite No. 1 Op 13

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Composer : Jules Massenet

Catalog : 553124 CD

Conductor : Jean-Yves Ossonce

Orchestra : New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

4:32 PM

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Overture

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Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 27333 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Muti

Orchestra : New Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

4:42 PM

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, Pace Mio Dio

Artist : Birgit Nilsson, soprano

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Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 473794 CD

Conductor : Argeo Quadri

Orchestra : Royal Opera, Covent Garden

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Label : London/Dec

4:51 PM

Introduction & Allegro for piano & orch. in d Op 134

Artist : Rudolf Serkin, piano

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Composer : Robert Schumann

Catalog : 46272 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

5:06 PM

TANCREDI Overture

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Composer : Gioacchino Rossini

Catalog : 62653 CD

Conductor : Ralf Weikert

Orchestra : La Fenice orch.& Chor.(Venice)

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Label : CBS/Sony

5:15 PM

The Red Violin Chaconne for violin and

Artist : Joshua Bell, violin

Album :

Composer : John Corigliano

Catalog : 63010 CD

Conductor : Esa-Pekka Salonen

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

5:35 PM

Ballade No. 2 in b

Artist : Earl Wild, piano

Album :

Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 86522 CD

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Label : Angel/EMI

5:53 PM

Rhapsody in Blue

Artist : Earl Wild, piano

Album :

Composer : George Gershwin

Catalog : 70702 CD

Conductor : Paul Whiteman

Orchestra : ...and His Orchestra

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Label : Ivory Clas

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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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