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

  • At the Fountain, Op. 20 #2

    Carl Davidoff

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Amit Peled (cello) | Eliza Ching (piano)

    Centaur 3047 (Cellobration)

  • Concerto in G Major, Seibel 214 (Venezia)

    Johann David Heinichen

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

    Archiv 437.549 (Heinichen: Dresden Concerti)

  • Symphony #7 "La Chasse"

    John Marsh

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    London Mozart Players | Matthias Bamert (conductor)

    Chandos 10458 (Marsh: Symphonies)

  • Keyboard Sonata (K. 17)

    Domenico Scarlatti

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)

    Naxos 554.842 (Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas Vol. 7)

  • Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19: IV. Allegro mosso - Moderato - Vivace

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Yo-Yo Ma (cello) | Emanuel Ax (piano)

    Sony 46486 (Prokofiev & Rachmaninov: Sonatas for Cello and Piano)

  • Sinfonia, H. 653 in E Minor

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra | Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)

    Capriccio 10.103 (CPE Bach: Berliner Sinfonien)

  • Chi Passa

    John Johnson

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Ronn McFarlane (lute) | William Simms (lute)

    Sono Luminus 92155 (Two Lutes)

  • Oberon

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Vienna Philharmonic | Christian Thielemann (conductor)

    DG 474.5022 (German Overtures)

  • Concerto After Scarlatti #9 in C Major

    Charles Avison

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Café Zimmermann

    Alpha 31 (Avison: Concertos in Seven Parts)

  • Octet in F Major, D. 803: IV. Andante; Un poco più mosso; Più lento

    Franz Schubert

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Modigliani String Quartet | Sabine Meyer (clarinet) | Bruno Schneider (horn) | Dag Jensen (bassoon) | Knut Erik Sundquist (double bass)

    Mirare 438 (Schubert: Octet)

  • Suite D Major: Bourree

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    English Concert | Trevor Pinnock (conductor)

    Archiv 437.558 (Telemann: Suiten)

  • Scherzo #1 in B minor, Op. 20

    Frédéric Chopin

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Emanuel Ax (piano)

    CBS 44544 (Chopin: Scherzos and Maurkas)

  • Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 #1 in B-flat Major

    George Frideric Handel

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Tafelmusik | Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

    Sony 52553 (Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3)

  • Symphony #3 in E-flat Major, Op. 10: I. Allegro moderato

    Antonín Dvorák

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | Libor Pesek (conductor)

    Virgin 90797 (Dvorák: Symphony No. 3, Scherzo Capriccioso, Carnival Overture)

  • 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" from Mozart's opera "Die Zauberflöte", Op. 66

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    David Hardy (cello) | Lambert Orkis (piano)

    Dorian 90910 (Past & Present)

  • La Poule

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Musicians of the Louvre | Marc Minkowski (conductor)

    Archiv 0004478 (Rameu: Une Symphonie Imaginaire)

  • Joyous March

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Thursday
    Apr 25

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

    Philips 412.131 (Debussy, Ravel, Dukas & Saint-Saëns: Various Works)

  • Clarinet Concerto #2 in E-flat Major, op. 57: I. Allegro

    Louis Spohr

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Jon Manasse (clarinet) | Seattle Symphony | Gerard Schwarz (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7516 (Mozart & Spohr: Clarinet Concertos)

  • Oboe Concerto in F Minor

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Heinz Holliger (oboe) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Iona Brown (conductor)

    Philips 412.879 (Telemann: Concerti per Oboe)

  • L'Italiana in Algeri: Overture

    Gioachino Rossini

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    DG 415.363 (Rossini: Overtures)

  • Africa Fantasy

    Camille Saint-Saëns

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | André Previn (conductor)

    EMI 49757 (Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1, etc.)

  • Symphony #40

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Berlin Philharmonic | Karl Böhm (conductor)

    DG 447.416 (Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 - 41)

  • Scheherazade, Op. 35

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    London Philharmonic | Zubin Mehta (conductor)

    LPO 0117 (London Philharmonic Orchestra: R Strauss Symphonia Domestica; Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade)

  • Sinfonia, H. 665 in F Major

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra | Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)

    Capriccio 10.175 (CPE Bach: Vier Orchestersinfonien)

  • Piano Sonata #3 in D Minor, Op. 49

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

    Arabesque 6584 (Weber: Complete Piano Sonatas)

  • Violin Concerto #1

    Max Bruch

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin) | Minnesota Orchestra | Edo de Waart (conductor)

    EMI 49429 (Brahms & Bruch: Violin Concertos)

  • Symphony #6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Philadelphia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti (conductor)

    EMI 49487 (Beethoven: 9 Symphonien)

  • Swan Lake Suite

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Scottish National Orchestra | Neeme Järvi (conductor)

    Chandos 8556 (Tchaikovsky: Music from Nutcracker, etc.)

  • Symphony #29

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Berlin Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    DG 423.374 (Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 39)

  • Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81

    Antonín Dvorák

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Evgeny Kissin (piano) | Emerson String Quartet

    DG 483.6574 (The New York Concert)

  • Concerto, BWV 1060 for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Continuo in C Minor

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Julia Fischer (violin) | Andray Rubtsov (oboe) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Decca 0012490 (Bach: Concertos)

  • Piano Concerto #1

    Frédéric Chopin

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Martha Argerich (piano) | London Symphony Orchestra | Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    DG 415.061 (Chopin & Liszt: Piano Concertos)

  • Banquet Music, Part 3: Quartet in E Minor

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Musica Amphion | Pieter-Jan Belder (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 92177 (Telemann: Tafelmusik)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • Schwanengesang (Swansong), D 957: #8-13. Heine-Lileder [poems by Heinrich Heine]

    Franz Schubert

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Mark Padmore (tenor) | Paul Lewis (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7520 (Schubert: Schwanengesang)

  • Arabella: Act I, Duet "Ich danke, Fräulein.Aber der Richtige, wenn's einen gibt"

    Richard Strauss

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Natalie Dessay (soprano) | Felicity Lott (soprano) | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Antonio Pappano (conductor)

    Virgin 45705 (Amor)

  • Lucia di Lammermoor: Recitative and aria. Ancor non giunse!...Regnava nel silenzio...Quando rapito in estasi (Still he has not come...At dead of night...When carried away by the ecstasy)

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Nino Machaidze (soprano) [Lucia] | Milena Storti (mezzo-soprano) [Alisa] | Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Bologna | Michele Mariotti (conductor)

    Sony 41742 (Romantic Arias)

  • Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Credo (Symbolum Nicenum)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Judith Nelson | Jeffrey Dooley | Jan Opalach | The Bach Ensemble | Joshua Rifkin (conductor)

    Nonesuch 79036 (Bach: Mass in B-Minor)

  • Concert aria. Mia speranza adorata!...Ah, non sai, qual pena sia il doverti, K 416

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Sylvia Geszty (soprano) | Staatskapelle Dresden | Otmar Suitner (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works)

  • Thésée: Act I, Conclusion

    Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Howard Crook [Thésée] | Laura Pudwell [Medée] | Ellen Hargis [Æglé] | Harry van der Kamp [Ægée] | Suzie LeBlanc [Cleone] | Mireille Lebel [Dorine | Venus | Une autre Bergere] | Amanda Forsythe [La Grande Prestresse de Minerve | Minerve | Olivier Laquerre [Arcas] | Marc Molomot [Bachus | Un Vieillard | Un Berger] | Marek Rzepka [Mars | Un Combattant] | Aaron Engebreth [Un Plaisir] | Un Jeux] | Aaron Sheehan [Un autre Plaisir] | Un Jeux

    CPO 777.240 (Lully: Thésée)

  • Liederkreis, Op. 39

    Robert Schumann

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) | Daniel Blumenthal (piano)

    Naïve 5159 (Schumann)

  • Stabat Mater, Op. 58

    Antonín Dvorák

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Dagmar Pecková (mezzo-soprano) | Janice Watson (soprano) | Peter Auty (tenor) | Peter Rose (bass) | London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir | Neeme Järvi (conductor)

    LPO 0062 (Dvorák: Stabat Mater)

  • Roméo et Juliette

    Charles Gounod

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Roberto Alagna (tenor) [Roméo] | Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) [Juliette] | José van Dam (baritone) [Frère Laurent] | Marie-Ange Todorovitch [Stéphano] | Simon Keenlyside (baritone) [Mercutio] | Alain Fondary [Capulet] | Claire Larcher [Gertrude] | Daniel Galvez Vallejo [Tybalt] | Guy Flechter [Benvolio] | Didier Henry [Pâris] | Till Fecnher [Grégorio] | Alain Vernhes [Le Duc] | Christophe Fel [Frère Jean] | Anne Constantin [Manuela] | Doris Lamprecht [Pepita] | Yann Beuron [Angelo] | Chœur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse | Michel Plasson (conductor)

    EMI 56123 (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette)

  • Sancta Maria, Mater Dei in F Major, K 273

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Chamber Choir of Europe | Teatro Armonico, Stuttgart | Nicol Matt (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works)

  • Mass in G Minor for Female Choir and Organ, Op. 187

    Josef Rheinberger

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Gloriæ Dei Cantores | David Chalmers (organ) | Elizabeth C. Patterson (conductor)

    Gloriae Dei Cantores 121 (Gabriel: Motets)

  • Dardanus (Tragédie en musique): Act II

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Christiane Eda-Pierre (soprano) [Vénus] | Frederica von Stade (soprano) [Iphise, fille de Teucer (Iphise, daughter of Teucer)] | Georges Gautier (tenor) [Dardanus, fils d'Electra et Jupiter (Dardanus, son of Elektra and Jupiter)] | Michaël Devlin (Anténor, roi d'un pays voisin (Antenor, king of a neighboring country)] | Roger Soyer (bass-baritone) [Teucer, roi de Phrygie (Teucer, King of Phrygia)] | José van Dam (bass) [Isménor, un magicien] | Véronique Dietschy (soprano) [Une Phrygienne] | Hélène Garetti (soprano), Annick Dutertre (soprano), Monique Marandon (soprano), Jean-Philippe Courtis (bass) [Les Songes (Dreams)] | Chœurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris [Ministres, les grands, le peuple (Ministers, princes, and people)] | Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris | Raymond Leppard (conductor)

    Erato 636487 (The Opera Collection, Rameau)

  • Motet, BWV 227. Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, my joy)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Sinfonia Voci | Bach Sinfonia | Daniel Abraham (conductor)

    Dorian 92119 (Bach: Motets)

  • Stabat mater [after 1690]

    Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    The Bach Sinfonia | Sinfonia Voci | Daniel Abraham (conductor)

    Dorian 90913 (Passion and Lament)

  • Farnace: Act III, Scenes 4-12

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Max Emanuel Cencic [Farnace] | Ruxandra Donose [Tamiri] | Mary Ellen Nesi [Berenice] | Ann Hallenberg [Selinda] | Karina Gauvin [Gilade] | Daniel Behle [Pompeo] | Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro [Aquilio] | Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano | I Barocchisti | Diego Fasolis (conductor)

    Virgin 70914 (Vivaldi: Farnace)

  • The Creation (Die Schöpfung): #14. Chorus with Trio. "Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes" (The Heavens are Telling)

    Joseph Haydn

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Sylvia McNair [Gabriel] | Michael Schade [Uriel] | Gerard Finley (bass) [Raphael] | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    Archiv 449.217 (Haydn: The Creation)

  • Fidelio: "Gott! welch Dunkel hier!"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Thursday
    Apr 25

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

    Decca 0014132 (Mozart: Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner)

  • Rienzi: Act I Finale

    Richard Wagner

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    René Kollo (tenor) [Rienzi] | Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Irene] | Jan-Hendrik Rootering [Steffano Colonna] | John Janssen [Adriano] | Bodo Brinkmann [Paolo Orsini] | Hans Helms [Kardinal Orvieto] | Norbert Orth [Baroncelli] | Kieth Engen [Cecco del Vecchio] | Carmen Anhorn [Ein Friedensbote] | Raimund Grumbach [Der Gesandte Mailands] | Hans Wilbrink [Der Gesandte der lombardischen Städte] | Friedrich Lenz [Der Gesandte Neapels] | Alfred Kuhn [Der Gesandte Bayerns] | Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper | Bayerisches Staatsorchester | Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)

    Orfeo 346.953 (Wagner: Rienzi)

  • Lieder und Gesänge (Songs and Airs): Volume III

    Gustav Mahler

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano) | Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) & Irwin Gage (piano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Daniel Barenboim (piano) | Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) & Julius Drake (piano)

    EMI 08985 (Mahler: The Complete Works)

  • Schwanengesang, D 957: #7. Abschied

    Franz Schubert

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Alfred Brendel (piano)

    Decca 475.6011 (Beethoven & Schubert)

  • Guglielmo Tell: Act II, Terzetto. "Allor che scorre de' forti il sangue"

    Gioachino Rossini

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Giorgio Zancanaro [Guglielmo] | Chris Merritt [Arnoldo] | Giorgio Surian [Gualtiero] | Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Riccardo Muti (conductor)

    Philips 422.391 (Rossini: Guglielmo Tell)

  • Madama Butterfly: Aria. "Un bel dì vedremo"

    Giacomo Puccini

    Thursday
    Apr 25

    Mirella Freni (soprano)

    Decca 0004244 (A Celebration)