Playlists

This playlist is a daily guide to music broadcast on WETA Classical and WETA VivaLaVoce. Scroll below to see what has played today and use the calendar feature to view previous days.

WETA Classical

  • "Brandenburg" Concerto #8: I. Allegro (arr. Bruce Haynes from Cantata 74)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Thursday
    May 16

    Montreal Baroque Band | Eric Milnes (conductor)

    ATMA Classique 2565 (Bach: Brandebourgeois Nos. 7 à 12)

  • String Quartet #7 in F Major, Op. 59 #1: I. Allegro

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Thursday
    May 16

    Guarneri Quartet

    Brilliant Classics 93525 (Beethoven: Complete Works)

  • The Romantics

    Joseph Lanner

    Thursday
    May 16

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra | Franz Bauer-Theussl (conductor)

    Philips 412.883 (Famous Waltzes)

  • Ottone: Overture, Gavotte & Allegro

    George Frideric Handel

    Thursday
    May 16

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra | Joël Thiffault (conductor)

    ATMA Classique 3005 (MISSING)

  • Grand Galop chromatique

    Franz Liszt

    Thursday
    May 16

    Lang Lang (piano)

    Sony 789141 (Liszt)

  • Symphony, Op. 3 #3 in E-flat Major

    Johann Christian Bach

    Thursday
    May 16

    Hanover Band | Antony Halstead (conductor)

    CPO 999.268 (J.C. Bach: Symphonies, Op. 3)

  • Coppélia Suite: Czardas

    Léo Delibes

    Thursday
    May 16

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Fricke (conductor)

    Capriccio 10.073 (Delibes: Copélia - Chopin: Les Sylphides)

  • Flute Concerto in E Minor: I. Allegro con brio

    Franz Benda

    Thursday
    May 16

    Patrick Gallois (flute) | CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra | Peter Schreier (conductor)

    DG 439.895 (Flute Concertos from Sanssouci)

  • Violin Concerto #3 in B Minor, Op. 61: III. Molto moderato e maestoso

    Camille Saint-Saëns

    Thursday
    May 16

    Renaud Capuçon (violin) | French Radio Philharmonic | Lionel Bringuier (conductor)

    Erato 34134 (Saint-Saëns: La muse et le poète)

  • Swedish Dances, Op. 63

    Max Bruch

    Thursday
    May 16

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Kurt Masur (conductor)

    Philips 420.932 (Bruch: The 3 Symphonies)

  • Symphony #4 in F Major

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Thursday
    May 16

    Cantilena | Adrian Shepherd (conductor)

    Chandos 8648 (Abel: Six Symphonies)

  • Warsaw Concerto

    Richard Addinsell

    Thursday
    May 16

    Misha Dichter (piano) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Neville Marriner (conductor)

    Philips 411.123 (Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto)

  • Holberg Suite, Op. 40: III. Gavotte. Allegretto; Musette. Un poco mosso; Gavotte

    Edvard Grieg

    Thursday
    May 16

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    DG 423.060 (Grieg & Tchaikovsky)

  • Concerto, RV 548

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Thursday
    May 16

    Maurice Andre (trumpet) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Neville Marriner (conductor)

    EMI 47012 (Stölzel, Telemann & Vivaldi: Trumpet Concertos)

  • Scherzo #2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31

    Frédéric Chopin

    Thursday
    May 16

    Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)

    Decca 478.3206 (Chopin, Liszt & Ravel)

  • Banquet Music, Part 2: Trio in E minor

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Thursday
    May 16

    Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

    Archiv 427.619 (Telemann: Tafelmusik)

  • Symphony #1 in E Minor: III. Juba Dance

    Florence Price

    Thursday
    May 16

    Philadelphia Orchestra | Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor)

    DG 486.2029 (Florence Price)

  • Orchestral Suite #4 in D Major, BWV 1069: I. Ouverture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Thursday
    May 16

    Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

    Archiv 415.671 (Bach: 4 Suites BWV 1066-1069)

  • Concerto for Flute and Oboe: III

    Antonio Salieri

    Thursday
    May 16

    Aurele Nicolet (flute) | Heinz Holliger (oboe) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Kenneth Sillito (conductor)

    Philips 416.359 (Salieri, Cimarosa & Stamitz: Double Concertos)

  • Festive Overture in D Major, Op. 4

    Bedrich Smetana

    Thursday
    May 16

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra | Theodore Kuchar (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 93634 (Smetana: Complete Orchestra Works)

  • Suite from Violin Partita #3 (transcription by Rachmaninoff)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Thursday
    May 16

    Daniil Trifonov (piano)

    DG 483.5335 (Daniil Trifonov: Destination Rachmaninov: Departure)

  • Lady Radnor's Suite

    Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

    Thursday
    May 16

    English String Orchestra | William Boughton (conductor)

    Nimbus 5210-13 (The Spirit of England)

  • Sonata for Piano and Violin, K 376 (374d) in G Major

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Thursday
    May 16

    Hilary Hahn (violin) | Natalie Zhu (piano)

    DG 0004771 (Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 301, 304, 376, 526)

  • Sadko, Musical Picture, Op. 5

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Thursday
    May 16

    Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra | Kees Bakels (conductor)

    BIS 1387 (Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnole, Piano Concerto)

  • Violin Concerto #8

    Louis Spohr

    Thursday
    May 16

    Hilary Hahn (violin) | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Eiji Oue (conductor)

    DG 0007188 (Paganini & Spohr: Violin Concertos)

  • Symphony #2

    Franz Schubert

    Thursday
    May 16

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Neville Marriner (conductor)

    Philips 412.176 (Schubert: The 10 Symphonies)

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Thursday
    May 16

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Neville Marriner (conductor)

    EMI 49043 (Haydn: String Quartets Hob. III:81 - 83)

  • Allegro in C Minor, HWV 408

    George Frideric Handel

    Thursday
    May 16

    Ensemble Vintage of Cologne

    Naxos 572.245 (Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas)

  • Piano Concerto #1

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Thursday
    May 16

    Martha Argerich (piano) | Berlin Philharmonic | Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    DG 449.816 (Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Nutcracker Suite)

  • Symphony #49 "Passion"

    Joseph Haydn

    Thursday
    May 16

    The English Concert | Trevor Pinnock (conductor)

    Archiv 427.662 (Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 26, 49, & 58)

  • Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Thursday
    May 16

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra | Terje Tonnesen (conductor)

    BIS 147 (Grieg: Music for String Orchestra)

  • Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D Major, BWV 1050

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Thursday
    May 16

    Taverner Players | Andrew Parrott (conductor)

    EMI 49806 (Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos, etc.)

  • Piano Trio, Op. 120

    Gabriel Fauré

    Thursday
    May 16

    Gil Shaham (violin) | Akira Eguchi (piano) | Brinton Smith (cello)

    Canary Classics 1239 (The Fauré Album)

  • Symphony #5 in C Minor, Op. 67

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Thursday
    May 16

    Revolutionary & Romantic Orchestra | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    Archiv 439.900 (Beethoven: 9 Symphonies)

  • Concerto, K. 314

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Thursday
    May 16

    Ray Still (oboe) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    DG 415.104 (Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3, etc. - Haydn: Trumpet Concerto)

  • Violin Concerto

    Johannes Brahms

    Thursday
    May 16

    David Oistrakh (violin) | Dresden State Symphony Orchestra | Franz Konwitschny (conductor)

    DG 447.427 (Bach, Brahms & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos - Beethoven: Violin Romances)

  • Sinfonia, H. 660 in A Major

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Thursday
    May 16

    Camerata Bern | Thomas Füri (conductor)

    Denon 73326 (C.P.E. Bach: 6 Hamburg Symphonies, wq.182)

  • Euryanthe: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Thursday
    May 16

    Vienna Philharmonic | Christian Thielemann (conductor)

    DG 474.5022 (German Overtures)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • Mignons Lied [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]

    Franz Liszt

    Thursday
    May 16

    Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto) | Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

    DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection)

  • Rodelinda: Act III, Finale

    George Frideric Handel

    Thursday
    May 16

    Sophie Danemann [Rodelinda] | Daniel Taylor [Bertarido] | Adrian Thompson [Grimoaldo] | Catherine Robbin [Eduige] | Robin Blaze [Unulfo] | Christopher Purves [Garibaldo] | Raglan Baroque Players | Nicholas Kraemer

    Virgin 45277 (Handel: Rodelinda)

  • Dorilla in Tempe: Act I, Conclusion

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Thursday
    May 16

    Maria-Cristina Kiehr [Dorilla] | John Elwes [Elmiro] | Philippe Cantor [Admeto] | Jean Nirouët [Nomio] | Consuelo Carulli [Eudamia] | Laure Florentin [Filindo] | Chorus of Opera Nice | Ensemble Baroque de Nice | Gilbert Bezzina (conductor)

    Pierre Verany 94092 (Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe)

  • Il trovatore: Act III

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Thursday
    May 16

    Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Manrico (Il trovatore)] | Ingvar Wixell [Il Conte di Luna] | Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Ferrando] | Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Leonora] | Marilyn Horne [Azucena] | Graham Clark [Ruiz] | Norma Burrowes (soprano) [Ines] | Peter Knapp [Un vecchio zingaro] | Wynford Evans [Un messo] | London Opera Chorus | National Philharmonic Orchestra | Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    London 417.137 (Verdi: Il Trovatore)

  • Songs. An die Leier; Atys; Meeresstille; Der König in Thule; Blondel zu Marien; Die Gebüsche (To the Lyre; Atys; Calm Sea; The King of Thule; Blondel's Song to Mary; The Bushes)

    Franz Schubert

    Thursday
    May 16

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Ingo Metzmacher (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2035 (Schubert: Heliopolis)

  • Delius Songbook, Vol. 2

    Frederick Delius

    Thursday
    May 16

    Mark Stone (baritone) | Stephen Barlow (piano)

    Stone Records 80109 (The Complete Delius Songbook, Vol. 2)

  • Cantata, BWV 131. Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (Out of the depths have I cried unto thee)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Thursday
    May 16

    Joanne Lunn (soprano) | Kobie van Rensburg (tenor) | Peter Harvey (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    SDG 141 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 3)

  • Lo frate 'nnamorato

    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Thursday
    May 16

    Alessandro Corbelli [Marcaniello] | Nuccia Focile [Ascanio] | Amelia Felle [Nena] | Bernadette Manca di Nissa [Nina] | Luciana D'Intino [Luggrezia] | Ezio di Cesare [Carlo] | Elizabet Norber-Schulz [Vannella] | Nicoletta Curiel [Cardella] | Bruno de Simone [Don Pietro] | Luca Bonini [Lo schermidore] | Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Riccardo Muti (conductor)

    EMI 54240 (Pergolesi: Lo frate 'nnamorato)

  • Mitridate: Act I, Scene 9, Aria. "Venga pur, minacci e frema"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Thursday
    May 16

    Brian Asawa [Farnace] | Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset (conductor)

    Decca 460.772 (Mozart: Mitridate)

  • Fidelio: "Gott! welch Dunkel hier!"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Thursday
    May 16

    Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) | Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    Decca 0014132 (Mozart: Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner)

  • Turandot: Act III

    Giacomo Puccini

    Thursday
    May 16

    Joan Sutherland [Turandot] | Luciano Pavarotti [Calaf] | Montserrat Caballé [Liù] | Nicolai Ghiaurov [Timur] | Peter Pears [L'Imperatore Altoum] | Tom Krause [Ping] | Pier Francesco Poli [Pang | Il Principe di Persia] | Piero de Palma [Pong] | Sabin Markov [Un Mandarino] | John Alldis Choir | Wandsworth Boys' Choir | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Zubin Mehta (conductor)

    London 414.274 (Puccini: Turandot)

  • Songs. Nacht und Träume; Der blinde Knabe; Hoffnung; Totengräberweise; Tiefes Leid; Greisengesang (Night and Dreams; The Blind Boy; Hope; Gravedigger's Song; Deep Sorrow; Old Man's Song)

    Franz Schubert

    Thursday
    May 16

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Alexander Schmalcz (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2063 (Nacht und Träume)

  • Elias (Elijah): Part II, Opening

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Thursday
    May 16

    Claudia Barainsky (soprano) | Franziska Gottwald (alto) | Rainer Trost (tenor) | Thomas E. Bauer (bass) | Chorus Musicus Köln | Das Neue Orchester | Christoph Spering (conductor)

    MDG 602.1656 (Mendelssohn: Elijah, Elias Op. 70)

  • Unbewegte laue Luft, Op. 57 #8 (Motionless Balmy Air)

    Johannes Brahms

    Thursday
    May 16

    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) | Peter Serkin (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7500 (Recital at Ravinia)

  • 3 Songs. L'Île heureuse (The happy isle); Chanson pour Jeanne (Song for Jeanne); Les Cigales (The Cicadas)

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Thursday
    May 16

    Stéphane Degout (baritone) | Hélène Lucas (piano)

    Naïve 5209 (Mélodies)

  • La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Aria. Se mai senti spirarti sul volto (If ever you feel a soft breath)

    Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Thursday
    May 16

    Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) [Sextus] | Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon | Kazushi Ono (conductor)

    Virgin 41986 (Diva Divo)

  • Messa da Requiem: VII. Libera me

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Thursday
    May 16

    Julia Varady (soprano) | Felicity Palmer (soprano) | Keith Olsen | Roberto Scandiuzzi (bass) | Orféon Donostiarra | Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse | Michel Plasson (conductor)

    EMI 56459 (Verdi: Messa da Requiem)

  • Stabat Mater: VII. Cavatina. "Fac, ut portem Christi mortem"

    Gioachino Rossini

    Thursday
    May 16

    Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) | Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Antonio Pappano (conductor)

    EMI 40529 (Rossini: Stabat Mater)

  • Responsory. Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria

    John Sheppard

    Thursday
    May 16

    Stile Antico

    Harmonia Mundi 80.7509 (Sheppard: Media vita)

  • Ottone in villa: Act II, Tullia's aria. "Due tiranni ho nel mio core" (Two tyrants have I in my heart)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Thursday
    May 16

    Roberta Invernizzi [Tullia] | Il Giardino Armonico | Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

    Naïve 30493 (Vivaldi: Ottone in villa)