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
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Symphony #3 "Polish"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tuesday
May 7
Russian National Orchestra | Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
DG 449.967 (Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 6) -
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude #18 in G-sharp Minor, BWV 887
Johann Sebastian Bach
Tuesday
May 7
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
Warner Classics 511875 (Well-Tempered Clavier) -
Holberg Suite
Edvard Grieg
Tuesday
May 7
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Neville Marriner (conductor)
Philips 412.727 (Grieg: "Holberg" Suite - Sibelius: "Karelia" Suite) -
Piano Concerto #1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Tuesday
May 7
Anna Fedorova (piano) | St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra | Modestsas Pitrenas (conductor)
Channel 42620 (Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1; Preludes; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) -
Sinfonia, HW I/3 in D Minor
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Tuesday
May 7
Concerto of Cologne
Capriccio 10.283 (Musik der Bach Söhne) -
Liebesfreud
Fritz Kreisler
Tuesday
May 7
Maxim Vengerov (violin) | Ian Brown (piano)
EMI 57916 (Kreisler, Sarasater, Wieniawski, etc.) -
Symphony #58
Joseph Haydn
Tuesday
May 7
The English Concert | Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
Archiv 427.662 (Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 26, 49, & 58) -
Symphony #8 "Unfinished"
Franz Schubert
Tuesday
May 7
Philharmonia Orchestra | Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
DG 410.862 (Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" - Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian") -
Concerto, BWV 1059
Johann Sebastian Bach
Tuesday
May 7
Douglas Boyd (oboe) | Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Douglas Boyd (conductor)
DG 429.225 (Bach: Oboe Concertos BWV 1053, 1055 & 1059) -
Piano Concerto #9
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tuesday
May 7
Murray Perahia (piano) | English Chamber Orchestra | Murray Perahia (conductor)
CBS 34562 (Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 9) -
Piano Trio #2 in C Minor, Op. 66
Felix Mendelssohn
Tuesday
May 7
David Golub (piano) | Mark Kaplan (violin) | Colin Carr (cello)
Arabesque 6599 (Mendelsshon: Piano Trios) -
Sinfonia, H. 650 in F Major
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Tuesday
May 7
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra | Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)
Capriccio 10.103 (CPE Bach: Berliner Sinfonien) -
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Johannes Brahms
Tuesday
May 7
Gil Shaham (violin) | The Knights | Eric Jacobsen (conductor)
Canary Classics 20 (Beethoven Brahms Violin Concertos) -
Sonata, RV 28 for Oboe and Basso continuo in G Minor {edit}
Antonio Vivaldi
Tuesday
May 7
Burkhard Glaetzner (oboe) | Siegfried Pank (viola da gamba) | Achim Beyer (violone) | Christine Schornsheim (harpsichord)
Capriccio 10.143 (Vivaldi: The Oboe Sonatas)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
Claudio Monteverdi
Tuesday
May 7
Dominique Visse [L'Umana Fragilità] | Michael Schopper [Tempo] | Martina Bovet [Amore] | Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) [Fortuna] | Christoph Pregardien (tenor) [Ulisse] | Bernarda Fink (alto) [Penelope] | Christina Högman [Telemaco] | Martyn Hill [Eumete] | Jocelyne Taillon [Ericlea] | Mark Tucker (tenor) [Anfinomo] | David Thomas [Antinoo] | Guy de Mey (tenor) [Iro] | Faridah Subrata [Melanto] | Jörg Dürgmüller [Eurimaco] | Olivier Lallouette [Giove] | Claron McFadden [Giunone] | Francesca Congiu [Naiadi] | Elisabeth Scholl [Nereidi] | Concerto Vocale | René Jacobs (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 90.1427-29 (Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria) -
Ein deutsches Requiem: 5. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit
Johannes Brahms
Tuesday
May 7
Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) | The Danish National Radio Choir | The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra | Gerd Albrecht (conductor)
Chandos 10071 (Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem) -
Laudate pueri, RV 602
Antonio Vivaldi
Tuesday
May 7
Margaret Marshall (soprano) | Felicity Lott (soprano) | John Alldis Choir | English Chamber Orchestra | Vittorio Negri (conductor)
Philips 420.648 (Vivaldi: Sacred Choral Works, Vol. 1) -
Zoroastre (Tragédie en musique): Act III
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Tuesday
May 7
Mark Padmore (haute-contre) [Zoroastre, instituteur des Mages (Zoroaster, founder of the Magi)] | Nathan Berg (bass) [Abramane, Grand Prêtre d'Ariman (Abramane, High Priest of Ariman)] | Gaëlle Méchaly (soprano) [Amélite, héritière présomptive du trône de la Bactriane (presumptive heiress to the throne of Bactria)] | Anna Maria Panzarella (soprano) [Érinice, princesse du sang des rois de la Bactriane (princess of the blood of kings of Bactria)] | Matthieu Lécroart (bass) [Zopire, prêtre d'Ariman (priest of Ariman)] | François Bazola (bass) [Narbanor, prêtre d'Ariman (priest of Ariman)] | Éric Martin Bonnet (bass) [Oromasès. roi des Génies (king of the Genii)] | Stéphanie Révidat (soprano) [Céphie, jeune Bactrienne de la Cour d'Amélite (Bactrian girl of Amélite's court)] | Matthieu Lécroart (bass) [La Vengeance] | Éric Martin Bonnet (bass) [Ariman (voix souterraine)] | Les Arts Florissants [Jeunes Bactriens et Bactriennes | Furiest | Esprits des Éléments | Démons | Esprits infernaux | Troupes différentes de peuples | Montagnards | Prêtres] | William Christie (conductor)
Erato 636487 (The Opera Collection, Rameau) -
Tamerlano: Act II, Conclusion (Scenes 8-10)
George Frideric Handel
Tuesday
May 7
Derek Ragin [Tamerlan] | Nigel Robson [Bajazet] | Nancy Argenta (soprano) [Asteria] | Michael Chance (alto) [Andronicus] | Jane Findlay [Irène] | Renè Schirrer [Léon] | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Erato 88220 (Handel: Tamerlano) -
Ich möchte hingehn (I would like to pass on) [George Herwegh]
Franz Liszt
Tuesday
May 7
Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto) | Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection) -
I Masnadieri: Act III
Giuseppe Verdi
Tuesday
May 7
Samuel Ramey [Massimiliano] | Franco Bonisolli [Carlo] | Matteo Manuguerra [Francesco] | Joan Sutherland [Amalia] | Arthur Davies [Arminio] | Simone Alaimo [Moser] | John Harris [Rolla] | CHorus of Welsh National Opera [Erring youths & bandits, women, children, servants] | Orchestra of Welsh National Opera | Richard Bonynge (conductor)
Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works) -
Faust: Recitative and aria. "O Dieu! que de bijoux...Ah! je ris de me voir" (Jewel Song)
Charles Gounod
Tuesday
May 7
Joan Sutherland (soprano) | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor)
London 414.450 (The Art of the Prima Donna) -
Requiem, Op. 5: IX. Sanctus
Hector Berlioz
Tuesday
May 7
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Frank Lopardo (tenor) | Robert Spano (conductor)
Telarc 80627 (Berlioz: Requiem) -
Norma: Act II/2
Vincenzo Bellini
Tuesday
May 7
Montserrat Caballé (soprano) [Norma] | Fiorenza Cossotto [Adalgisa] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Pollione] | Ruggero Raimondi (baritone) [Oroveso] | Elizabeth Bainbridge [Clotilde] | Kenneth Collins [Flavio] | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor)
RCA 6502 (Bellini: Norma) -
Missa Brevis in C Major, K 220 "Spatzenmesse"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tuesday
May 7
Petra Labitzke (soprano) | Barbara Werner (alto) | Daniel Sans (tenor) | Christof Fischesser (bass) | Jens Wollenschlager (organ) | Chamber Choir of Europe | Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, Mannheim | Nicol Matt (conductor)
Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works) -
Tannhäuser: Entry of the Guests ["Freudig begrüßen wir die edle Halle"]
Richard Wagner
Tuesday
May 7
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin | Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
DG 415.283 (Opera Choruses) -
Lucio Vero ossia il vologeso: Vologeso's aria. "Cara ti lascio, addio" (Dearest, I must leave you, farewell)
Gennaro Manna
Tuesday
May 7
Franco Fagioli (countertenor) | Il Pomo d'Oro | Riccardo Minasi (conductor)
Naïve 5333 (Arias for Caffarelli)