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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 30, 2012

6:06 AM

Water Music Suite No. 2 in D

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 80594 CD

Conductor : Martin Pearlman

Orchestra : Boston Baroque

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Label : Telarc

6:16 AM

Symphony in E-Flat Op 6, No. 3

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Composer : Johann Christian Bach

Catalog : 999298 CD

Conductor : Anthony Halstead

Orchestra : Hanover Band

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Label : CPO

6:30 AM

Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412

Artist : Jacek Muzyk, horn

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 570419 CD

Conductor : Agnieszka Duczmal

Orchestra : Amadeus Chmb Orch/Polish Radio

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Label : Naxos

6:43 AM

Russian Easter Festival Overture Op 36

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Composer : Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Catalog : 572788 CD

Conductor : Gerard Schwarz

Orchestra : Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

7:06 AM

Cello concerto in D, RV 403

Artist : Han-na Chang, cello

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 34791 CD

Conductor : Christopher Warren-Green

Orchestra : London Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

7:15 AM

The Washington Post March (1889)

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 87107 CD

Conductor : Ronald Demkee

Orchestra : Allentown Band

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Label : AMP Record

7:18 AM

Crown Imperial

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Composer : Sir William Walton (arr. Joseph Kreines)

Catalog : 9011101 CD

Conductor : Jay Friedman

Orchestra : Chicago Symphony Orch Brass

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Label : CSOR

7:28 AM

Hebrides Overture in D Op 26

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Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

Catalog : 4781525 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Chailly

Orchestra : Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

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Label : London/Dec

7:43 AM

IL VIAGGIO A REIMS Overture

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Composer : Gioacchino Rossini

Catalog : 47118 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Muti

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

7:50 AM

Elfenspiel

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Composer : Franz Berwald

Catalog : 920 CD

Conductor : Ulf Bjorlin

Orchestra : Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

8:06 AM

Concerto for 2 flutes and 2 oboes in B

Artist : Elizabeth Mann, flute

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Composer : George Phillip Telemann

Catalog : 60210 CD

Orchestra : Orchestra of St. Luke's

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Label : MusicMaste

8:18 AM

Balletti a cinque: Introduzione Prima

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Composer : Tomasso Albinoni

Catalog : 32006 CD

Conductor : Pal Nemeth

Orchestra : Savaria Baroque Orchestra

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Label : Hungaroton

8:28 AM

Indigo und die 40 Rauber: Ballet Music

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Composer : Johann Strauss II

Catalog : 223247 CD

Conductor : Johannes Wildner

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : MarcoPolo

8:42 AM

Catalonia - Suite Populaire

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Composer : Isaac Albeniz

Catalog : 1607 CD

Conductor : Enrique Batiz

Orchestra : Mexico City Philharmonic

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Label : IMG-Pickwi

8:50 AM

Danzon No. 2

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Composer : Arturo Marquez

Catalog : 775555 CD

Conductor : Alondra de la Parra

Orchestra : Philharmonic Orch of Americas

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Label : CBS/Sony

9:06 AM

Sarabande et Rigaudon Op 93

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Composer : Camille Saint-Saens

Catalog : 1015 CD

Conductor : Geoffrey Simon

Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Cala

9:17 AM

Piano Quintet in A Op 114, D. 667 "Trout"

Artist : Frank Braley, piano; Renaud Capucon, violin; Gerard Causse, viola; Gautier Capucon, cello; Alois Posch, Bass

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Composer : Franz Schubert

Catalog : 45563 CD

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

10:00 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A Op 6

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 80688 CD

Conductor : Martin Pearlman

Orchestra : Boston Baroque

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Label : Telarc

10:19 AM

Piano Concerto Pastoral in D Op 120

Artist : Christopher Hinterhuber, piano

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Composer : Ferdinand Ries

Catalog : 572088 CD

Conductor : Uwe Grodd

Orchestra : Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

10:50 AM

Sonata No. 13 for violin and Guitar in E

Artist : Moshe Hammer, violin

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Composer : Nicolo Paganini

Catalog : 553143 CD

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Label : Naxos

11:04 AM

Concerto for 2 Oboes in d, RV 535

Artist : Neil Black, oboe; Celia Nicklin, oboe

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 6627 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : London/Dec

11:15 AM

Symphony No. 1 in b Op 12

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Composer : Sergey Liapunov

Catalog : 172 CD

Conductor : Evgeny Svetlanov

Orchestra : USSR Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Melodya

12:06 PM

Sinfonia No. 4 in A, 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

12:20 PM

Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat

Artist : Leonard Bernstein, piano

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 60734 CD

Conductor : Leonard Bernstein

Orchestra : Columbia Symphony Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

12:51 PM

Symphony No. 3 in d

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Composer : Anton Bruckner

Catalog : 11004 CD

Conductor : Kurt Sanderling

Orchestra : Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Label : Nederland

2:00 PM

Un Chapeau de paille: Divertissment

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Composer : Jacques Ibert

Catalog : 62644 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

2:18 PM

Symphony No. 8 in G Op 88

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 65 CD

Conductor : Yakov Kreizberg

Orchestra : Netherlands Philharmonic Orch

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Label : Pentatone

3:00 PM

Serenade for Violin and Orchestra Op 6, No. 2

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Composer : Oskar Nedbal

Catalog : 192 CD

Conductor : Douglas Bostock

Orchestra : Carlsbad Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Classico

3:08 PM

Symphony No. 4

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Composer : Bohuslav Martinu

Catalog : 3 CD

Conductor : Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : PhilOrch.

3:42 PM

Poeme for Violin & Orchestra Op 25

Artist : Philippe Graffin, violin

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Composer : Ernest Chausson

Catalog : 2091 CD

Conductor : Vernon Handley

Orchestra : Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

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Label : Avie

4:06 PM

Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Op 74

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

4:30 PM

DON PASQUALE Overture

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Composer : Gaetano Donizetti

Catalog : 791631 CD

Conductor : Arturo Toscanini

Orchestra : NBC Symphony Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

4:38 PM

MARIA STUARDA: O nube

Artist : Beverly Sills, soprano

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Composer : Gaetano Donizetti

Catalog : 471766 CD

Conductor : Aldo Ceccato

Orchestra : London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

4:47 PM

Symphonie Concertante for 2 flutes,in G

Artist : Rachel Brown, flute

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Composer : Johann Christian Bach

Catalog : 999628 CD

Conductor : Anthony Halstead

Orchestra : Hanover Band

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Label : CPO

5:06 PM

Le Corsaire Overture Op 21

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Composer : Hector Berlioz

Catalog : 550999 CD

Conductor : Yoav Talmi

Orchestra : San Diego Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

5:17 PM

Romeo and Juliet Incidental Music

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Composer : Edward German

Catalog : 223419 CD

Conductor : Adrian Leaper

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : MarcoPolo

5:30 PM

Harp Concerto (2004)

Artist : Jacquelyn Bartlett, harp

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Composer : Dan Locklair

Catalog : 559337 CD

Conductor : Kirk Trevor

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : Naxos

5:50 PM

Bouquet for Harp Solo (Medley of songs)

Artist : Sylvia Kowalczuk, harp

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Composer : George Gershwin

Catalog : 31550 CD

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Label : Hungaroton

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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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