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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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December 10, 2012

6:06 AM

Marche triomphale et Pompiere

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Composer : Andre Caplet

Catalog : 802 CD

Conductor : Leif Segerstam

Orchestra : Rhenanie-Palatinate Philharm.

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Label : Cybelia

6:14 AM

BORIS GODUNOV: Polonaise

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Composer : Modest Moussorgsky

Catalog : 80657 CD

Conductor : Erich Kunzel

Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

6:20 AM

Concerto Grosso in B-Flat

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Composer : William Boyce

Catalog : 6541 CD

Conductor : Adrian Shepherd

Orchestra : Cantilena

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Label : Chandos

6:34 AM

SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Op 47

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Composer : Camille Saint-Saens

Catalog : 550138 CD

Conductor : Stephen Gunzenhauser

Orchestra : Slovak Radio Symphony Orchest.

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Label : Naxos

6:45 AM

Concerto in F

Artist : Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 39772 CD

Conductor : Janos Rolla

Orchestra : Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

7:06 AM

Polonaise in C Op 49

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Composer : Anatol Liadov

Catalog : 47505 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : City of Birmingham Symph Orch

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Label : Angel/EMI

7:15 AM

Liberty Loan

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 97188 CD

Conductor : Ronald Demkee

Orchestra : Allentown Band

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Label : AMP Record

7:18 AM

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: Main title

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Composer : Elmer Bernstein

Catalog : 80600 CD

Conductor : Erich Kunzel

Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

7:28 AM

AIDA: Grand March from Act II

Artist : Chicago Symphony Chorus

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Composer : Giuseppe Verdi

Catalog : 430226 CD

Conductor : Sir Georg Solti

Orchestra : Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

7:43 AM

MEDEA Overture

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Composer : Luigi Cherubini

Catalog : 557908 CD

Conductor : Piero Bellugi

Orchestra : Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo

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Label : Naxos

7:51 AM

Brook Green Suite Op 190

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Composer : Gustav Holst

Catalog : 2882 CD

Conductor : Barry Wordsworth

Orchestra : Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Intersound

8:06 AM

Sinfonia in A

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Composer : Giovanni Battista Sammartini

Catalog : 550877 CD

Conductor : Jaroslav Krcek

Orchestra : Capella Istropolitana

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Label : Naxos

8:15 AM

Concerto for 2 trumpets in C

Artist : Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 42478 CD

Conductor : Raymond Leppard

Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

8:28 AM

Swedish Dances Op 63

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Composer : Max Bruch

Catalog : 777385 CD

Conductor : Werner Andreas Albert

Orchestra : S.W. German Radio Symph. Orch.

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Label : CPO

8:42 AM

THE MAID OF PSKOV Overture

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Composer : Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Catalog : 572788 CD

Conductor : Gerard Schwarz

Orchestra : Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

8:50 AM

Symphony No. 32 in G

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 47327 CD

Conductor : Jeffrey Tate

Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

9:06 AM

Sinfonia Spirituosa in D

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Composer : George Phillip Telemann

Catalog : 471492 CD

Conductor : Reinhard Goebel

Orchestra : Musica Antiqua Koln

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Label : D. Gramphn

9:17 AM

Symphony No. 92 in G

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Composer : Franz Joseph Haydn

Catalog : 550387 CD

Conductor : Barry Wordsworth

Orchestra : Capella Istropolitana

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Label : Naxos

9:47 AM

Variations on Bei Mannern,.. of Mozartin E-Flat

Artist : Zuill Bailey, cello

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Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven

Catalog : 80740 CD

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Label : Telarc

10:00 AM

Concerto in G

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Composer : Johann Friedrich Fasch

Catalog : 783 CD

Orchestra : Tempesta di Mare

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Label : Chandos

10:21 AM

Cello Concerto No. 1 in a Op 33

Artist : Jacqueline DuPre, cello

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Composer : Camille Saint-Saens

Catalog : 7 CD

Conductor : Daniel Barenboim

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : PhilOrch.

10:44 AM

Impromptu No. 1 in f Op 142

Artist : Murray Perahia, piano

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Composer : Franz Schubert

Catalog : 37291 CD

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Label : CBS/Sony

10:56 AM

Lyric Suite Op 54

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Composer : Edvard Grieg

Catalog : 419431 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

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Label : D. Gramphn

11:18 AM

Symphony in d

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Composer : Cesar Franck

Catalog : 6004 CD

Conductor : Karel Ancerl

Orchestra : Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Label : Nederland

12:06 PM

The Taming of the Shrew Overture Op 61

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Composer : Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Catalog : 572500 CD

Conductor : Andrew Penny

Orchestra : West Australian Symphony Orch.

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Label : Naxos

12:18 PM

Piano Concerto No. 1 in c Op 33

Artist : Dmitri Alexeev, piano

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Composer : Nikolai Medtner

Catalog : 66744 CD

Conductor : Aleksander Lazarev

Orchestra : BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Hyperion

12:55 PM

Concerto No. 9 for 2 Trumpets(or oboes) in C Op 9

Artist : Andrea Gullickson, oboe

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Composer : Tomasso Albinoni

Catalog : 3400 CD

Conductor : Paul Polivnick

Orchestra : Czech Philharmonic Cham. Orch.

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Label : Delos

1:08 PM

Adagio for violin & orchestra in E

Artist : Julia Fischer, violin

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 64 CD

Conductor : Yakov Kreizberg

Orchestra : Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Pentatone

1:19 PM

Symphony No. 7 in d Op 70

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 675 CD

Conductor : Vaclav Neumann

Orchestra : Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Supraphon

2:00 PM

Symphony No. 28 in C

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 80165 CD

Conductor : Sir Charles Mackerras

Orchestra : Prague Chamber Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

2:24 PM

Piano Concerto No. 2 in b Op 11

Artist : Martijn van den Hoek, piano

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Composer : Cesar Franck

Catalog : 553472 CD

Conductor : Roberto Benzi

Orchestra : Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

3:00 PM

Salut d’amour Op 12

Artist : Sarah Chang, violin

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Composer : Sir Edward Elgar

Catalog : 54352 CD

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Label : Angel/EMI

3:06 PM

Violin Concerto in d Op 47

Artist : Sarah Chang, violin

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Composer : Jean Sibelius

Catalog : 56418 CD

Conductor : Mariss Jansons

Orchestra : Berlin Philharmonic

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Label : Angel/EMI

3:40 PM

In Nature’s Realm Overture Op 91

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Composer : Antonin Dvorak

Catalog : 666562 CD

Conductor : Jose Serebrier

Orchestra : Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Warner Bro

4:06 PM

Symphony No. 4 The poem of Ecstasy Op 54

Artist : Frank Kaderabek, trumpet

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Composer : Alexander Scriabin

Catalog : 54061 CD

Conductor : Riccardo Muti

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

4:30 PM

Judas Maccabaeus: See,the Conquering Hero

Artist : Chorus of St-Martin-in-the-Fld

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 412733 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Philips

4:34 PM

Judas Maccabaeus: Wisemen, flatt’ring

Artist : Members of...

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 6001 CD

Orchestra : Philomel Baroque Chamber Orch

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Label : Philomel

4:42 PM

Concerto No. 2 for Flute and Orchestrain d Op 31

Artist : James Galway, flute

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Composer : Franz Danzi

Catalog : 61976 CD

Conductor : Jorg Faerber

Orchestra : Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

5:06 PM

Psyche: Four Orchestral Excerpts

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Composer : Cesar Franck

Catalog : 65616 CD

Conductor : Paul Strauss

Orchestra : Liege Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

5:17 PM

Polonaise No. 5 in f-Sharp Op 44

Artist : Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano

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Composer : Frederic Chopin

Catalog : 96532 CD

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Label : Teldec

5:30 PM

Symphony No. 2 Song of a New Racein g

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Composer : William Grant Still

Catalog : 9226 CD

Conductor : Neeme Jarvi

Orchestra : Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

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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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