Classical Weekdays

Monday through Friday, 6 am to 6 pm

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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Label : Telarc
7:28 AM
AIDA: Grand March from Act II
Artist : Chicago Symphony Chorus
Album :
Composer : Giuseppe Verdi
Catalog : 430226 CD
Conductor : Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra : Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Label : Naxos
9:47 AM
Variations on Bei Mannern,.. of Mozartin E-Flat
Artist : Zuill Bailey, cello
Album :
Composer : Ludwig Van Beethoven
Catalog : 80740 CD
Label : Telarc
10:00 AM
Concerto in G
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Composer : Johann Friedrich Fasch
Catalog : 783 CD
Orchestra : Tempesta di Mare
Label : Chandos
10:21 AM
Cello Concerto No. 1 in a Op 33
Artist : Jacqueline DuPre, cello
Album :
Composer : Camille Saint-Saens
Catalog : 7 CD
Conductor : Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra
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
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
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
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.
Label : Naxos
12:18 PM
Piano Concerto No. 1 in c Op 33
Artist : Dmitri Alexeev, piano
Album :
Composer : Nikolai Medtner
Catalog : 66744 CD
Conductor : Aleksander Lazarev
Orchestra : BBC Symphony Orchestra
Label : Hyperion
12:55 PM
Concerto No. 9 for 2 Trumpets(or oboes) in C Op 9
Artist : Andrea Gullickson, oboe
Album :
Composer : Tomasso Albinoni
Catalog : 3400 CD
Conductor : Paul Polivnick
Orchestra : Czech Philharmonic Cham. Orch.
Label : Delos
1:08 PM
Adagio for violin & orchestra in E
Artist : Julia Fischer, violin
Album :
Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Catalog : 64 CD
Conductor : Yakov Kreizberg
Orchestra : Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Label : Pentatone
1:19 PM
Symphony No. 7 in d Op 70
Artist :
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Composer : Antonin Dvorak
Catalog : 675 CD
Conductor : Vaclav Neumann
Orchestra : Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
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
Label : Telarc
2:24 PM
Piano Concerto No. 2 in b Op 11
Artist : Martijn van den Hoek, piano
Album :
Composer : Cesar Franck
Catalog : 553472 CD
Conductor : Roberto Benzi
Orchestra : Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra
Label : Naxos
3:00 PM
Salut d’amour Op 12
Artist : Sarah Chang, violin
Album :
Composer : Sir Edward Elgar
Catalog : 54352 CD
Label : Angel/EMI
3:06 PM
Violin Concerto in d Op 47
Artist : Sarah Chang, violin
Album :
Composer : Jean Sibelius
Catalog : 56418 CD
Conductor : Mariss Jansons
Orchestra : Berlin Philharmonic
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
Label : Warner Bro
4:06 PM
Symphony No. 4 The poem of Ecstasy Op 54
Artist : Frank Kaderabek, trumpet
Album :
Composer : Alexander Scriabin
Catalog : 54061 CD
Conductor : Riccardo Muti
Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra
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
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
Label : Philomel
4:42 PM
Concerto No. 2 for Flute and Orchestrain d Op 31
Artist : James Galway, flute
Album :
Composer : Franz Danzi
Catalog : 61976 CD
Conductor : Jorg Faerber
Orchestra : Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
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
Label : Angel/EMI
5:17 PM
Polonaise No. 5 in f-Sharp Op 44
Artist : Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano
Album :
Composer : Frederic Chopin
Catalog : 96532 CD
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
Label : Chandos

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5:10 pm
Fri May 10, 2013

The Philadelphia Orchestra In Concert On WRTI: Two Popular Russian Works!

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.

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Tue April 16, 2013

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The late Colin Davis conducting the last night of Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall in September 1968.

Originally published on Tue April 16, 2013 2:59 am

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7:57 am
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Chopin's 'Mad Men' Cameo

Credit Michael Yarish/AMC
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Originally published on Mon April 8, 2013 6:02 pm

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Happy Easter!
4:35 pm
Thu March 28, 2013

Good Friday on WRTI: Bach's St. Matthew Passion

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).

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6:36 pm
Thu March 21, 2013

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Originally published on Fri March 22, 2013 10:59 am

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2:07 pm
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Watch and Listen: J. S. Bach's St Matthew Passion

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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.

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...

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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.

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8:37 am
Mon January 14, 2013

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In Memoriam
12:17 pm
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