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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 25, 2012

6:06 AM

Gloria in D

Artist : Lynda Russell, soprano

Album :

Composer : Antonio Vivaldi

Catalog : 410018 CD

Conductor : George Guest

Orchestra : The Wren Orchestra

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Label : Argo

6:37 AM

In dulci jubilo

Artist : Apollo’s Singers

Album :

Composer : Michael Praetorius

Catalog : 7673 CD

Conductor : Jeannette Sorrell

Orchestra : Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchest

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Label : KOCH Intl.

6:46 AM

Awake, and join the cheerful choir

Artist : Andrew Lawrence King, harp

Album :

Composer : TRADITIONAL

Catalog : 907325 CD

Orchestra : Anonymous 4

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Label : Harm Mundi

6:52 AM

The Holly and the Ivy

Artist :

Album :

Composer : TRADITIONAL

Catalog : 907325 CD

Orchestra : Anonymous 4

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Label : Harm Mundi

7:06 AM

In ecclesiis a 14

Artist :

Album :

Composer : Giovanni Gabrieli

Catalog : 60970 CD

Conductor : Richard Westenburg

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Label : RCA/BMG

7:16 AM

BABES IN TOYLAND: March of the Toys

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Album :

Composer : Victor Herbert

Catalog : 557545 CD

Conductor : Jerker Johansson

Orchestra : Royal Swedish Air Force Band

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Label : Naxos

7:20 AM

Cantata: Nun freut euch lieben Christen

Artist : Olivier Laquerre,bass-baritone

Album :

Composer : Christoph Graupner

Catalog : 9115 CD

Conductor : Genevieve Soly

Orchestra : L'Ensemble des Idees heureuses

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Label : Analekta

7:41 AM

O magnum mysterium

Artist : Shaw Chamber Singers

Album :

Composer : Morten Lauridsen

Catalog : 80461 CD

Conductor : Robert Shaw

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Label : Telarc

7:49 AM

A Christmas Festival

Artist :

Album :

Composer : Leroy Anderson

Catalog : 416287 CD

Conductor : John Williams

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : Philips

8:06 AM

Christ is Born

Artist : Estonian Phil. Chamber Choir

Album :

Composer : Georgiy Izvekov

Catalog : 907410 CD

Conductor : Paul Hillier

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Label : Harm Mundi

8:25 AM

The Many Moods of Christmas- Suite No. 2

Artist : Robert Shaw Chorale

Album :

Composer : Robert Russell Bennett

Catalog : 68805 CD

Conductor : Robert Shaw

Orchestra : RCA Symphony Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

8:38 AM

Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Artist : Cambridge Singers

Album :

Composer : Ralph Vaughan Williams

Catalog : 121 CD

Conductor : John Rutter

Orchestra : London Sinfonia

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Label : Collegium

8:52 AM

Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91

Artist : Jessye Norman, soprano

Album :

Composer : Johannes Brahms

Catalog : 432731 CD

Conductor : Lawrence Foster

Orchestra : Lyon Opera Orchestra

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Label : Philips

9:06 AM

Carol Symphony

Artist :

Album :

Composer : Victor Hely-Hutchinson

Catalog : 64131 CD

Conductor : Barry Rose

Orchestra : Pro Arte Orchestra

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Label : Angel/EMI

9:32 AM

Russian Christmas Music

Artist : George Boyer, organ

Album :

Composer : Alfred Reed

Catalog : 22173 CD

Conductor : Ronald Demkee

Orchestra : Allentown Band

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Label : AMP Record

9:49 AM

A Calendar of Kings

Artist :

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Composer : Peter Maxwell Davies

Catalog : 907325 CD

Orchestra : Anonymous 4

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Label : Harm Mundi

10:00 AM

A Suite of Carols for Strings

Artist :

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Composer : Leroy Anderson

Catalog : 3552 CD

Conductor : Leroy Anderson

Orchestra : ...and His Orchestra

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Label : London/Dec

10:13 AM

Four Christmas Motets

Artist : The Philadelphia Singers

Album :

Composer : Francis Poulenc

Catalog : 7787 CD

Conductor : Michael Korn

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Label : RCA/BMG

10:25 AM

Brother Heinrich’s Christmas

Artist : Cambridge Singers

Album :

Composer : John Rutter

Catalog : 115 CD

Conductor : John Rutter

Orchestra : London Sinfonia

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Label : Collegium

10:47 AM

Polish Christmas Carols

Artist : Philharmonia Chorus

Album :

Composer : Witold Lutoslawski

Catalog : 11561 CD

Conductor : David Zinman

Orchestra : BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

11:20 AM

Variants on a Moravian Hymn Morning

Artist : George Boyer, organ

Album :

Composer : James Barnes

Catalog : 22173 CD

Conductor : Ronald Demkee

Orchestra : Allentown Band

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Label : AMP Record

11:31 AM

Laud to the Nativity of the Lord

Artist : The Philadelphia Singers

Album :

Composer : Ottorino Respighi

Catalog : 7787 CD

Conductor : Michael Korn

Orchestra : Chamber Orchestra of Phila.

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Label : RCA/BMG

2:00 PM

A Christmas Greeting

Artist : Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Album :

Composer : Alfred Burt

Catalog : 416287 CD

Conductor : John Williams

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : Philips

2:14 PM

Weihnachtsbaum Christmas Tree

Artist : Eteri Andjaparidze, piano

Album :

Composer : Franz Liszt

Catalog : 553461 CD

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Label : Naxos

3:00 PM

Christmas Oratorio Part 1

Artist : Monika Frimmer, soprano

Album :

Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalog : 941 CD

Conductor : Masaaki Suzuki

Orchestra : Bach Collegium Japan

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Label : Bis

3:26 PM

Concerto Grosso No. 8in g Op 6

Artist :

Album :

Composer : Archangelo Corelli

Catalog : 90180 CD

Conductor : Bernard Labadie

Orchestra : Les Violons du Roy, Quebec

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Label : Dorian

3:41 PM

Serenade of Carols

Artist :

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Composer : Morton Gould

Catalog : 5 CD

Conductor : Carl Davis

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Threefold

4:06 PM

Siegfried Idyll

Artist :

Album :

Composer : Richard Wagner

Catalog : 75 CD

Conductor : George Szell

Orchestra : Cleveland Orchestra

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Label : ClevelandO

4:27 PM

The Many Moods of Christmas- Suite No. 4

Artist : Robert Shaw Chorale

Album :

Composer : Robert Russell Bennett

Catalog : 68805 CD

Conductor : Robert Shaw

Orchestra : RCA Symphony Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

4:41 PM

A Christmas Carol

Artist :

Album :

Composer : Carl Davis

Catalog : 5 CD

Conductor : Carl Davis

Orchestra : Philharmonia Orchestra

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Label : Threefold

5:06 PM

Christmas Night Medley

Artist :

Album :

Composer : Angela Morley

Catalog : 48232 CD

Conductor : John Williams

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : CBS/Sony

5:17 PM

Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

Artist :

Album :

Composer : Leon Jessel

Catalog : 62698 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

5:23 PM

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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Composer : John Marks

Catalog : 61685 CD

Conductor : Arthur Fiedler

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

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Label : RCA/BMG

5:27 PM

Sing with Us of Christmas

Artist : Indiana U. Hoosier Singers

Album :

Composer : TRADITIONAL

Catalog : 80538 CD

Conductor : Erich Kunzel

Orchestra : Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Label : Telarc

5:37 PM

HOME ALONE: Three songs

Artist : and Chorus

Album :

Composer : John Williams

Catalog : 2006 CD

Conductor : Jeff Tyzik

Orchestra : Rochester Philharmonic

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Label : RPO

5:49 PM

A Christmas Festival

Artist : Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Album :

Composer : Leroy Anderson

Catalog : 48232 CD

Conductor : John Williams

Orchestra : Boston Pops Orchestra

Purchase:

Label : CBS/Sony

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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 editor

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

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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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