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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 13, 2012

6:06 AM

English Dances: Second Set Op 53

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Composer : Malcolm Arnold

Catalog : 8867 CD

Conductor : Bryden Thomson

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Chandos

6:16 AM

Concerto Grosso No. 4 (after Scarlatti) in a

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Composer : Charles Avison

Catalog : 438806 CD

Conductor : Sir Neville Marriner

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : Philips

6:30 AM

Hungarian Rhapsody in D Op 68

Artist : Matthew Allen, cello

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Composer : David Popper

Catalog : 80745 CD

Conductor : Erich Kunzel

Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

6:44 AM

London Suite

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Composer : Eric Coates

Catalog : 9106 CD

Conductor : Adrian Boult

Orchestra : BBC Concert Orchestra

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Label : BBC

7:06 AM

LA SCALA DI SETA Overture

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Composer : Gioacchino Rossini

Catalog : 65618 CD

Conductor : Alceo Galliera

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

7:15 AM

King Cotton (1895)

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Composer : John Philip Sousa

Catalog : 3 CD

Conductor : Colonel John R. Bourgeois

Orchestra : United States Marine Band

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Label : USMC

7:18 AM

Overture No. 12 in G

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Composer : William Boyce

Catalog : 6541 CD

Conductor : Adrian Shepherd

Orchestra : Cantilena

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Label : Chandos

7:28 AM

Guitar (or Mandolin) Concerto in D

Artist : Eduardo Fernandez, guitar

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 417617 CD

Conductor : George Malcolm

Orchestra : English Chamber Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

7:42 AM

La Dame Blanche Overture

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Composer : F. A. Boieldieu

Catalog : 434332 CD

Conductor : Paul Paray

Orchestra : Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Mercury

7:50 AM

Valse oubliee No. 2 in A-Flat

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Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 60 CD

Conductor : Gyorgy Selmeczi

Orchestra : Camerata Transsylvanica

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Label : BudapestMu

8:06 AM

Land of the Mountain and the Flood Op 8

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Composer : Hamish MacCunn

Catalog : 2123 CD

Conductor : John Wilson

Orchestra : Royal Ballet Sinfonia /Birming

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Label : ASV

8:18 AM

Navarra (Danza Espagnole) Op 33

Artist : Gil Shaham, violin

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Composer : Pablo Sarasate

Catalog : 7 CD

Conductor : Alejandro Posada

Orchestra : Orchestra of Castille & Leon

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Label : CanaryClas

8:28 AM

Symphony No. 9 in C

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 63970 CD

Conductor : Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Orchestra : Concentus Musicus Wien

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Label : RCA/BMG

8:42 AM

Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus

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Composer : Leo Delibes

Catalog : 65616 CD

Conductor : Sir Charles Mackerras

Orchestra : New Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

8:51 AM

The Skaters Waltz Op 183

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Composer : Emile Waldteufel

Catalog : 150127 CD

Conductor : Johannes Wildner

Orchestra : Vienna Johann Strauss Ch. Orch

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Label : Novalis

9:06 AM

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalog : 94615 CD

Conductor : Helmut Rilling

Orchestra : Oregon Bach Festival Chmb Orch

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Label : Hanssler

9:25 AM

Piano Concerto No. 2 in g Op 22

Artist : Philippe Entremont, piano

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Composer : Camille Saint-Saens

Catalog : 45624 CD

Conductor : Michel Plasson

Orchestra : Orch du Capitole de Toulouse

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Label : CBS/Sony

9:51 AM

Bourree Fantasque

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Composer : Emmanuel Chabrier

Catalog : 88018 CD

Conductor : Armin Jordan

Orchestra : National Orchestra of France

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Label : Erato

10:00 AM

BENVENUTO CELLINI: Overture

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Composer : Hector Berlioz

Catalog : 54237 CD

Conductor : Michel Plasson

Orchestra : Orch du Capitole de Toulouse

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Label : Angel/EMI

10:13 AM

Violin Concerto No. 2 Op 131

Artist : Chloe Hanslip, violin

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Composer : Benjamin Godard

Catalog : 570554 CD

Conductor : Kirk Trevor

Orchestra : Slovak State Philh., Kosice

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Label : Naxos

10:41 AM

Lieutenant Kije Suite Op 60

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Composer : Sergei Prokofiev

Catalog : 39783 CD

Conductor : Eugene Ormandy

Orchestra : The Philadelphia Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

11:04 AM

Symphony in f Op 12

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Composer : Richard Strauss

Catalog : 7005 CD

Conductor : Michael Halasz

Orchestra : Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

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Label : RecordsInt

12:06 PM

Overture No. 6 in B-Flat

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Composer : Thomas Augustine Arne

Catalog : 4759117 CD

Conductor : Christopher Hogwood

Orchestra : Academy of Ancient Music

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Label : London/Dec

12:15 PM

Fantasia in d

Artist : Mitsuko Uchida, piano

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Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Catalog : 412123 CD

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Label : Philips

12:25 PM

Symphony No. 2 in c

Artist : Netherlands Radio Chorus

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Composer : Gustav Mahler

Catalog : 1995 CD

Conductor : Bernard Haitink

Orchestra : Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Label : Nederland

2:00 PM

Cello Concerto in C

Artist : Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

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Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 4776337 CD

Conductor : Paul Sacher

Orchestra : Collegium Musicum Zurich

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Label : D. Gramphn

2:11 PM

Piano Concerto No. 3in c-Sharp Op 80

Artist : Seta Tanyel, piano

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Composer : Franz Xaver Scharwenka

Catalog : 67365 CD

Conductor : Tadeusz Strugala

Orchestra : Radio Philharm. Hannover NDR

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Label : Hyperion

2:52 PM

Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Op 53

Artist : Evgeny Kissin, piano

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Composer : Frederic Chopin

Catalog : 68668 CD

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Label : RCA/BMG

3:00 PM

Capriccio for string quartet in e Op 81

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Composer : Felix Mendelssohn

Catalog : 82 CD

Orchestra : Pacifica Quartet

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Label : Cedille

3:09 PM

Symphony in D

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Composer : Luigi Cherubini

Catalog : 557908 CD

Conductor : Piero Bellugi

Orchestra : Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo

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Label : Naxos

3:42 PM

Fantasie sur des themes populaires Op 31

Artist : Albrecht Mayer, oboe

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Composer : Vincent d'Indy

Catalog : 4782564 CD

Conductor : Mathias Monius

Orchestra : Academy of St Martin in Fields

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Label : London/Dec

4:06 PM

Music for the Royal Fireworks

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Composer : George Friederich Handel

Catalog : 44655 CD

Conductor : Jean-Claude Malgoire

Orchestra : La Grande Ecurie,Chambre duRoy

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Label : CBS/Sony

4:30 PM

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D

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Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 1026 CD

Conductor : Gyula Nemeth

Orchestra : Hungarian State Orchestra

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Label : Hungaroton

4:46 PM

Concerto for Soprano and Orchestra Op 82

Artist : Eileen Hulse, soprano

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Composer : Reinhold Gliere

Catalog : 9094 CD

Conductor : Richard Hickox

Orchestra : London Sinfonia

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Label : Chandos

5:06 PM

Carnival-Overture Op 45

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Composer : Alexander Glazunov

Catalog : 553838 CD

Conductor : Igor Golovschin

Orchestra : Moscow Symphony Orchestra

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Label : Naxos

5:19 PM

Masques et Bergamasques Op 112

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Composer : Gabriel Faure

Catalog : 391381 CD

Conductor : Jean-Bernard Pommier

Orchestra : Northern Sinfonia of England

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Label : Vrgn Clscs

5:31 PM

The Lark Ascending

Artist : Julia Fischer, violin

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Composer : Ralph Vaughan Williams

Catalog : 15535 CD

Conductor : Yakov Kreizberg

Orchestra : Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orch

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Label : London/Dec

5:47 PM

The River Cam

Artist : Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

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Composer : Eric Whitacre

Catalog : 16636 CD

Conductor : Eric Whitacre

Orchestra : London Symphony Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

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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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