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WETA Classical

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K 452

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Christoph Eschenbach (piano) | Rhineland Chamber Ensemble

    Signum 06 (Mozart & Beethoven)
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Concert Fantasy on Mozart's "The Magic Flute", Op. 54

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Tianwa Yang (violin) | Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra | Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (conductor)

    Naxos 572.275 (Sarasate: Music for Violin and Orchestra, Vol. 3)
  • PBS News Hour

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

  • Michael Praetorius

    Lo, how a rose e'er blooming

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Arturo Delmoni Quartet

    Listen 50001 (A String Quartet Christmas)
  • Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Gant

    Recorder Sonata, Op. 3 #7 in E-flat Major

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Daniel Rothert (recorder) | Ketil Haugsand (harpsichord) | Vanessa Young (cello)

    Naxos 572.023 (Gant: Recorder Sonatas)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony #9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": III. Scherzo. Molto vivace

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | National Symphony Orchestra

    NSO 0001 (Dvorak Symphony No. 9, Copland Billy the Kid; Noseda/NSO)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony #35 "Haffner"

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) | Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Telarc 80203 (Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 35 & 39)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64: I. Allegro molto appassionato

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Harding (conductor) | Ray Chen (violin)

    Sony 798410 (Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos)
  • Samuel Scheidt

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    The Galliard Brass

    ASV 527 (Carols for Brass)
  • Sergei Prokofiev

    Symphony #1 in D Major, Op. 25 "Classical"

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Scottish National Orchestra

    Chandos 8400 (Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 & 4)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto #2 in D Major, Hob. VIId:4: I. Allegro moderato

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Iona Brown (conductor) | Hermann Baumann (horn)

    Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition)
  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman: Overture

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Berlin Philharmonic | Seiji Ozawa (conductor)

    Philips 426.271 (Wagner: Overtures & Preludes)
  • Ignaz Joseph Pleyel

    Violin Concerto in D Major (Benton 103/103A): I. Allegro

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    David Perry (violin) | Baltimore Chamber Orchestra | Markand Thakar (conductor)

    Naxos 570.320 (Pleyel: Symphonies Concertantes)
  • John Antes

    Trio in D Minor, Op. 3 #2: III. Presto

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    The Vivaldi Project

    MSR 1623 (Discovering the Classical String Trio, Vol. 3)
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony #4 in C Minor, D 417 "Tragic": IV. Allegro

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2154 (Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    Decca 478.2191 (Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Ev'ry valley

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    The Carillon Brass

    Integra 920 (Carillon Christmas)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto #2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: I. Allegro moderato

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Sergei Istomin (cello) | Apollo Ensemble | David Rabinovich (conductor)

    Passacaille 960 (Haydn: Cello Concertos)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) | Philadelphia Orchestra

    EMI 49114 (Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From The New World")
  • Traditional

    Il est né, le divin enfant

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Washington Saxophone Quartet

    Americus 2011.060 (Tis the Season)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Sir Colin Davis (conductor) | Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Philips 411.448 (Tchaikovsky: 1812, Romeo and Juliet, Dances)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto #12 in A Major, K 414

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Howard Griffiths (conductor) | Fazil Say (piano) | Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Naïve 4992 (Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 12, 21 & 23)
  • Georg Caspar Schurmann

    Suite "Ludovicus Pius": Overture

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Berlin Academy for Old Music

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1852 (Ouvertüren für die Hamburger Oper)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker: Russian Dance

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Stewart Goodyear (piano)

    Steinway & Sons 30040 (The Nutcracker)
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony #3

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Vienna Philharmonic | Riccardo Muti (conductor)

    EMI 49850 (Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sonata, RV 28 for Oboe and Basso continuo in G Minor {edit}

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Burkhard Glaetzner (oboe) | Siegfried Pank (viola da gamba) | Achim Beyer (violone) | Christine Schornsheim (harpsichord)

    Capriccio 10.143 (Vivaldi: The Oboe Sonatas)
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Piano Concerto #1

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Sir Colin Davis (conductor) | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Gerhard Oppitz (piano)

    RCA 68219 (Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Konzertstuck)
  • Traditional

    A Christmas Medley

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    friends | Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

    NSS Music 001 (Merry)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Itzhak Perlman (violin) | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    EMI 47166 (Brahms: Violin Concerto)
  • Franz Gruber

    Silent Night

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Marielle Nordmann (harp) | Alexandre Lagoya (guitar) | Simion Stanciu "Syrinx" (pan-pipe)

    Erato 2292.45975 (Merry Christmas)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Banquet Music, Part 2: Suite in D Major

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Musica Amphion | Pieter-Jan Belder (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 92177 (Telemann: Tafelmusik)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Nash Ensemble | Ian Brown (piano) | Susan Tomes (piano)

    Virgin 90751 (Saint-Saëns: Trio Op. 18, Septet, Le Carnaval des animaux)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto, BWV 1054

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Murray Perahia (piano) | Murray Perahia (conductor)

    Sony 89690 (Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7)
  • Christopher Rouse

    Karolju: Little March of the Three Kings

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    BBC Symphony Orchestra | David Zinman (conductor)

    RCA 11561 (Karolju)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony #7 in A Major, Op. 92

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Vienna Philharmonic | Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    DG 423.364 (Beethoven: Symphnies Nos. 7 & 8)
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Berlin Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    DG 400.034 (Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusic - Prokofiev: Symphonie Classique - Grieg: Holberg Suite)
  • Traditional

    Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia | Peter Breiner (conductor)

    Naxos 550.670 (Christmas Goes Baroque, Vol. 2)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concertone for 2 Violins in C Major, K 190

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra | Julia Fischer (violin) | Jakov Kreizberg (conductor) | Gordon Nikolić (violin)

    Pentatone 5186.453 (Mozart: The Violin Concertos)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich

    Festive Overture

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Russian National Orchestra | Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

    DG 439.892 (Russian Overtures)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite #2 in B Minor, BWV 1067

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2113-14 (Bach: Ouvertüren)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker Suite

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    The Carillon Brass

    Integra 920 (Carillon Christmas)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony #96 in D Major

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Adam Fischer (conductor) | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition)
  • Jule Styne

    Let It Snow!

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Giovanni De Chiaro (guitar)

    Centaur 2262 (The Sounds of Christmas on Guitar)
  • Mikhail Glinka

    Ivan Susanin: Cracovienne

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor) | USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Melodiya 10.00166 (Glinka: "Ivan Susanin" & "Ruslan and Ludmila")
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 #5 in D Major

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

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

    Philips 410.048 (Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Piano Quartet #1 in C Minor, Op. 15: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivo

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Evgeny Kissin (piano) | Emerson String Quartet members

    DG 483.6574 (The New York Concert)
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Grand Duo Concertant for Clarinet and PIano in E-flat Major, Op. 48: I. Allegro

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Yuja Wang (piano) | Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet)

    DG 483.6069 (Blue Hour)
  • Johann Baptist Cramer

    Piano Concerto #6 in E-flat Major, Op. 51: I. Allegro spiritoso

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Howard Shelley (conductor) | London Mozart Players | Howard Shelley (piano)

    Hyperion 68302 (The Classical Piano Concerto: Johann Baptist Cramer)
  • Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich

    Carol of the Bells

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Eaken Piano Trio

    Naxos 554.714 (I'll Be Home for the Holidays)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto #24: I. Allegro

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Orli Shaham (piano) | David Robertson (conductor)

    Canary Classics 18 (Mozart Piano Concertos 17 & 24)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Variations, Op. 2 on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Jan Lisiecki (piano) | NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester | Krzysztof Urbański (conductor)

    DG 479.6824 (Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra)
  • James Brooks

    Violin Concerto #1: III

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) | Parley of Instruments | Peter Holman (conductor)

    Hyperion 66865 (English Classical Violin Concertos)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto, BWV 1065 for 4 Keyboards in A Minor

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Christoph Eschenbach (piano) | Gerhard Oppitz (piano) | Justus Frantz (piano) | Helmut Schmidt (piano)

    DG 415.655 (J. S. Bach: Klavierkonzerte)
  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto #1 in D Major: III. Allegro

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra | Er-gene Kahng (violin) | Ryan Cockerham (conductor)

    Albany 1706 (Florence Price Violin Concertos)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto #2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19: I. Allegro con brio

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) | Leif Ove Andsnes (conductor)

    Sony 370548 (Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4)
  • Louis Spohr

    Quintet in C Minor, Op. 52: IV. Finale. Allegro molto

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Les Vents Français

    Warner Classics 52856 (Romantique)
  • Traditional

    Here We Come A-Wassaling

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Canadian Brass

    CBS 39740 (A Canadian Brass Christmas)
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Erich Kunzel (conductor)

    Telarc 80657 (Russian Nights)
  • Christian Cannabich

    Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 3 #1: II. Allegro

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    The Vivaldi Project

    MSR Classics 1621 (Discovering the Classical String Trio, Vol. 1)
  • Léo Delibes

    La Source: Suite #2

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra | Andrew Mogrelia (conductor)

    Naxos 553.356-7 (Delibes: Coppélia, La Source)
  • Antonio Rosetti

    Flute Concerto in E-flat Major

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Prague Chamber Orchestra | Bruno Meier (flute)

    Naxos 570.593 (German Flute Concertos)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata #2 in A Major, Op. 100

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) | Lambert Orkis (piano)

    DG 0014767 (Brahms: Violin Sonatas)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    The Kanneh-Masons

    Decca 485.1156 (Carnival of the Animals)
  • Édouard Lalo

    Cello Concerto

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) | Han-Na Chang (cello) | Orchestra of the National Academy of St Cecilia

    EMI 82390 (Romance)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet #12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Miró Quartet

    Pentatone 5186.827 (Beethoven: Complete String Quartets)
  • John Field

    Nocturne #4 in A Major

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Michael Landrum (piano)

    Sono Luminus 92158 (Nocturnes)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade, K. 361 "Gran Partita"

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    DG 423.061 (Mozart: Serenade K. 361 "Gran Partita)
  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Emile Naoumoff (piano) | Olivier Charlier (violin)

    Marco Polo 223.636 (In Memorian Lili Boulanger)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Rachel Barton Pine (violin) | Royal Scottish National Orchestra | Teddy Abrams (conductor)

    Avie 2411 (Dvorak Khachaturian Violin Concertos)
  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    London Symphony Orchestra | André Previn (conductor)

    EMI 47001 (Debussy: Images pour orchestra)
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Tsar's Bride: Overture

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Gerard Schwarz (conductor) | Seattle Symphony

    Naxos 572.788 (Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnole)
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Night on Bald Mountain (original)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine | Theodore Kuchar (conductor)

    Naxos 555.924 (Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony #5 in E Minor, Op. 64

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Mariss Jansons (conductor) | Oslo Philharmonic

    Chandos 8672-78 (Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Aleko: Men's Dance

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic

    Chandos 10583 (Aleko)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Diabelli Variations, Op. 120

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Igor Levit (piano)

    Sony 506096 (Igor Levit)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Banquet Music, Part 3: Trio in D Major

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

    Archiv 427.619 (Telemann: Tafelmusik)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • Ernest Chausson

    Le Roi Arthus (King Arthur)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Teresa Zylis-Gara [Guenièvre] | Gino Quilico (baritone) [Arthus] | Gösta Winbergh (tenor) [Lancelot] | Annick Massis [Mordred] | Gérard Friedmann [Lyonnel] | François Loup [Allan] | Gilles Cachemaille (bass) [Merlin] | Thierry Dran [Un Laboureur] | Renè Schirrer [Un Chevalier] | Alexandre Laitter [Un Ecuyer] | Michel Focquenoy [Soldat] | Francis Dudziak [Soldat] | Renè Schirrer [Soldat] | Chours de Radio France [Soldat] | Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique [Chevaliers, Ecuyers, Pages, Bardes, Femmes de la suite de Guenièvre] | Armin Jordan (conductor)

    Erato 88213 (Chausson: Le Roi Arthus)
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme: Aria. "Caldo sangue"

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Venice Baroque Orchestra | Andrea Marcon (conductor) | Patricia Petibon (soprano) [Ismaele]

    DG 477. 8763 (Rosso)
  • Georges Bizet

    Les Pêcheurs de perles: Act III, Scene 2

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Janine Micheau [Leïla] | Nicolai Gedda [Nadir] | Ernest Blanc [Zurga] | Jacques Mars [Nourabad] | Chours du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique | Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique | Pierre Dervaux (conductor)

    EMI 69704 (Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Messa da Requiem: II. Dies Irae

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Riccardo Muti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Chorus | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Barbara Frittoli (soprano) | Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) | Mario Zeffiri (tenor) | Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)

    CSO Resound 901.1006 (Verdi: Messa da Requiem)
  • Claude Debussy

    Trois chansons de Bilitis: #3. Le tombeau des naïades (The Tomb of the Naiads)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

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

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7500 (Recital at Ravinia)
  • Robert Schumann

    Sieben Lieder (7 Songs), Op. 104 (selections) after Kulmann

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Christoph Eschenbach (piano) | Edith Mathis (soprano)

    DG 477.8816 (Schumann: Lieder)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 68. Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (God so loved the world)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Lisa Larsson (soprano) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Panajotis Iconomou (bass)

    SDG 121 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 26)
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca: Act III

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Mirella Freni (soprano) [Floria Tosca] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Mario Cavaradossi] | Samuel Ramey (bass) [Il barone Vitellio Scarpia] | Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) [Cesare Angelotti] | Anthony Lacuira [Spoletta] | Angelo Veccia [Un sagrestano] | Ralf Lukas [Sciarrone] | Bryan Secombe [Un carceriere] | Lee Tiernan [Un pastore] | Children's Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

    DG 431.775 (Puccini: Tosca)
  • Franz Liszt

    Des Tages laute Stimmen [Ferdinand von Saar]

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Daniel Barenboim (piano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)

    DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection)
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Mass in A Minor: Qui sedes

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) | Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna | Michele Mariotti (conductor) | Luca Milani (clarinet) | Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

    Decca 0014875 (Panis angelicus)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Missa solemnis, Op. 123: I. Kyrie

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Robert Holl (bass) | Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano) | Tina Kiberg (soprano) | John Aler | Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

    Erato 4509.91731 (Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Missa Longa in C Major, K 262

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Barbara Werner (alto) | Jens Wollenschlager (organ) | Chamber Choir of Europe | Nicol Matt (conductor) | Christof Fischesser (bass) | Marietta Fischesser (soprano) | Benoit Haller (tenor) | Kammerorchester Mannheim

    Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Guillaume Tell: Act II, Trio. Ses jours qu'ils ont osé proscrire (His life that they dared to outlaw)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Antonio Pappano (conductor) | Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Gerald Finley [Guillaume Tell] | John Osborn [Arnold] | Matthew Rose [Walter]

    EMI 28826 (Rossini: William Tell)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Teuzzone: Act I

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Paolo Lopez [Teuzzone] | Raffaella Milanesi [Zidiana] | Delphine Galou [Zelinda] | Roberta Mameli [Cino] | Furio Zanasi [Sivenio] | Antonio Giovannini [Egaro] | Makoto Sakurada [Troncone | Argonte] | Le Concert des Nations | Jordi Savall (conductor)

    Naïve 30513 (Vivaldi: Teuzzone)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    La Chanson d'Ève (The Song of Eve): O mort, poussiere d'étoiles (O Death, dust of stars)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Hélène Lucas (piano) | Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)

    Zigzag 90902 (Fauré: Le Jardin clos, La Chanson d'Ève, Mélodies)
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Hippolyte et Aricie: Act II, Scenes 1-3

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Marc Minkowski (conductor) | Les musiciens du Louvre | Véronique Gens [Aricie] | Jean-Paul Fouchécourt [Hippolyte] | Bernarda Fink (alto) [Phèdre] | Russell Smythe [Thésée] | Thérèse Feighan [Diane] | Annick Massis [L'Amour] | Laurent Naouri [Pluton/Neptune/Jupiter] | Florence Katz [Onone] | Jean-Lous Georgel [Mercure/Arcas] | Luc Coadou [Tisiphone] | Jean-Louis Meunier [Parque] | Jacques-François Loiseleur des Longchamps [Parque] | Jérôme Varnier [Parque] | Monique Simon [La Grande-Prêtresse] | Stephan Van Dyck [Un Suivant de l'Amour] | Kiyoko Okada [Une Prêtresse] | Meredith Hall [Une Chasseresse] | Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius [Nymphes de Diane, habitants de la forêt, suivants de l'Amour, prêtresses de Diane, divinités infernales, Trézéniens, matelots, chasseurs et chasseresses, bergers et bergères]

    Archiv 445.853 (Rameau: Hippolyte et Arice)
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi [Fortune, Empress of the World]

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Bavarian Radio Chorus | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Harding (conductor)

    DG 477.8778 (Orff: Carmina Burana)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ariodante: Act III, Scenes 1-6

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Il Complesso Barocco | Alan Curtis (conductor) | Joyce DiDonato [Ariodante] | Matthew Brook [King of Scotland] | Karina Gauvin [Ginevra] | Topi Lehtipuu [Lurcanio] | Marie-Nicole Lemieux [Polinesso] | Sabina Puértolas [Dalinda] | Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani [Odoardo]

    Virgin 70844 (Handel: Ariodante)
  • Francis Poulenc

    Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne (Guillaume Apollinaire). Le Présent; Chanson; Hier (The Present; Song; Yesterday)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Holger Falk (baritone) | Alessandro Zuppardo (piano)

    MDG 603.1658 (Poulenc: Mélodies sur poèmes de Apollinaire)
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Salve Regina

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Nicholas McGegan (conductor) | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Dominique Labelle

    Avie 0048 (Scarlatti: Il Vespero di Santa Cecilia)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Aroldo: Act I

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Fabio Luisi (conductor) | Neil Shicoff [Aroldo] | Carol Vaness [Mina] | Anthony Michaels-Moore [Egberto] | Roberto Scandiuzzi [Briano] | Julian Gavin [Godvino] | Sergio Spina [Enrico] | Marina Comparato [Elena] | Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino [Knight-crusaders, ladies | gentlemen of Kent, squires, pages, heralds, huntsmen, Saxons, Scottish peasants] | Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

    Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works)
  • Claude Debussy

    Regret

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Natalie Dessay (soprano) | Philippe Cassard (piano)

    Virgin 750769 (Clair de Lune)
  • Jules Massenet

    Manon: Recitative and aria. Allons, il le faut!...Adieu, notre petite table (Come, I must do it...Farewell, little table)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Michele Mariotti (conductor) | Nino Machaidze (soprano) [Manon] | Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Bologna

    Sony 41742 (Romantic Arias)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni: Act II, Scene 5 (finale)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    The Schütz Choir of London | The London Classical Players | Roger Norrington (conductor) | Andreas Schmidt (baritone) [Don Giovanni] | Alastaire Miles [Commendatore/La Statua] | Amanda Halgrimson [Donna Anna] | Lynne Dawson (soprano) [Donna Elvira] | John Mark Ainsley (tenor) [Don Ottavio] | Gregory Yurisich [Leporello] | Nancy Argenta (soprano) [Zerlina] | Gerard Finley (bass) [Masetto]

    EMI 54859 (Mozart: Don Giovanni)
  • Gustav Mahler

    Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Riccardo Chailly (conductor) | Håkan Hagegård (baritone) | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Recorded live on May 3, 1995 at the Mahler Festival in Amsterdam

    Mahler Feest (Mahler Feest)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    The Monteverdi Choir | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    SDG 716 (Bach: Motets)
  • Franz Liszt

    O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst [Ferdinand Freiligrath]

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

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

    DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Missa solemnis, Op. 123: III. Credo

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Robert Holl (bass) | Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano) | Tina Kiberg (soprano) | John Aler | Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

    Erato 4509.91731 (Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123)
  • Giovanni Paisiello

    Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act I

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Hungarian State Orchestra | Adam Fischer (conductor) | Dénes Gulyás [Count Almaviva] | Krisztina Laki [Rosina] | József Gregor [Bartolo] | István Gáti (baritone) [Figaro] | Sándor Sólyom-Nagy [Don Basilio] | Csaba Réta [Laddie] | Miklós Mersei [Sprightly] | Gábor Vághelyi [Notary] | Attila Fülöp [Judge]

    Hungaroton 12525-26 (Paisiello: il Barbiere di Siviglia)
  • Patrick Mando

    Like as the day

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Andreas Scholl (countertenor) | Julian Behr (lute) | Concerto di Viole

    Harmonia Mundi 290.8458.59 (The Voice, Vol 2)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola: "Miei rampolli femminini"

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) | The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | James Levine (conductor)

    DG 445.866 (Opera Arias)
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot: Act III

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    London Philharmonic Orchestra | Wandsworth Boys' Choir | John Alldis Choir | 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] | Zubin Mehta (conductor)

    London 414.274 (Puccini: Turandot)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Farnace: Act I, Aria. Non trema senza stella (No qualing on a starless night)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Daniel Behle [Pompeo] | I Barocchisti | Diego Fasolis (conductor)

    Virgin 70914 (Vivaldi: Farnace)
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    La Sonnambula: Act I, Scene 1

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Evelino Pidò (conductor) | Chœurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon | Natalie Dessay [Armina] | Francesco Meli [Elvino] | Carlo Colombara [Il conte Rodolfo] | Sara Mingardo [Teresa] | Jaël Azzaretti [Lisa] | Paul Gay [Alessio] | Gordon Gietz [Un notaro]

    Virgin 395138 (Bellini: La Sonnambula)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    La Chanson d'Ève (The Song of Eve): Crépuscule (Twilight)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Hélène Lucas (piano) | Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)

    Zigzag 90902 (Fauré: Le Jardin clos, La Chanson d'Ève, Mélodies)
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana: II. In taberna [In the Tavern]

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Bavarian Radio Chorus | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Harding (conductor) | Hans-Werner Bunz (tenor) | Christian Gerhaher (baritone)

    DG 477.8778 (Orff: Carmina Burana)
  • Maurice Ravel

    Shéhérazade

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Susan Graham | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

    Warner Classics 61938 (Chausson, Ravel & Debussy)
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610 (Vespers of the the Blessed Virgin, 1610): Sonata sopra Santa Maria

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Apollo's Fire | Apollo's Singers | Jeannette Sorrell (conductor)

    Avie 2206 (Monteverdi: Vespers)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Missa Brevis in F Major, K 192

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Anja Bittner (soprano) | Manfred Bittner (bass) | Jens Wollenschlager (organ) | Chamber Choir of Europe | Nicol Matt (conductor) | Gabriele Wunderer (alto) | Robert Morvaj (tenor) | Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, Mannheim

    Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works)
  • Josef Rheinberger

    Mass in E-flat Major, Op. 109 (Cantus Missæ): Gloria

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Gloriæ Dei Cantores | Elizabeth C. Patterson (conductor)

    Gloriae Dei Cantores 121 (Gabriel: Motets)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Il pastor fido (The faithful shepherd): Act I

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Lucy Crowe [Amarilli] | Anna Dennis [Mirtillo] | Katherine Manley [Eurilla] | Madeleine Shaw [Dorinda] | Clint van der Linde [Silvio] | Lisandro Abadie [Tirenio] | La Nuova Musica | David Bates (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7585-86 (Handel: Il pastor fido)
  • Hugo Wolf

    Spanisches Liederbuch: Bedeckit mich mit Blumen (Cover me with flowers)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Birgid Steinberger (soprano) | Russell Ryan (piano)

    Bridge 9378 (Wolf: The Spanish & Italian Songbooks)
  • Francis Poulenc

    Deux Poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire. Montparnasse; Hyde Park

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Holger Falk (baritone) | Alessandro Zuppardo (piano)

    MDG 603.1658 (Poulenc: Mélodies sur poèmes de Apollinaire)
  • Gustav Mahler

    Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Der Tambourg'sell (The drummer boy)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Thomas Hampson (baritone) | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

    SFS Media 60036 (Mahler: Lieder)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Exsultate, jubilate, K 165

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Emma Kirkby (soprano) | Academy of Ancient Music | Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

    L'Oiseau-Lyre 411.832 (Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Bas Ramselaar (bass/baritone) | Holland Boys Choir | Netherlands Bach Collegium | Marjon Strijk (soprano) | Sytse Buwalda (alto) | Knut Schoch (tenor) | Pieter Jan Leusink (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 93102 (Bach: Complete Works)
  • Franz Liszt

    Lasst mich ruhen [August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben]

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

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

    DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection)
  • Jules Massenet

    Hérodiade: Aria. "Ne me refuse pas" ("Do not refuse me")

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Orchestre National de France | Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) [Hérodiade] | Fabien Gabel (conductor)

    Naïve 5201 (Ne me refuse pas)
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony of Psalms: III "Alleluia"

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

    Decca 458.898 (Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms)
  • Giovanni Paisiello

    Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act III

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Hungarian State Orchestra | Adam Fischer (conductor) | Dénes Gulyás [Count Almaviva] | Krisztina Laki [Rosina] | József Gregor [Bartolo] | István Gáti (baritone) [Figaro] | Sándor Sólyom-Nagy [Don Basilio] | Csaba Réta [Laddie] | Miklós Mersei [Sprightly] | Gábor Vághelyi [Notary] | Attila Fülöp [Judge]

    Hungaroton 12525-26 (Paisiello: il Barbiere di Siviglia)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Farnace: Act I, Aria. Da quel ferro ch'ha svenato (I learned to be cruel)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Mary Ellen Nesi [Berenice] | I Barocchisti | Diego Fasolis (conductor)

    Virgin 70914 (Vivaldi: Farnace)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Choral Fantasy (Fantasy in C Minor for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra), Op. 80

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Maurizio Pollini (piano) | Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus | Vienna Philharmonic | Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    DG 419.779 (Beethoven: Choral Fantasy)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    I Lombardi alla prima crociata (The Lombards on the First Crusade): Act I. The Revenge

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    James Levine (conductor) | Richard Leech [Arvino] | Samuel Ramey [Pagano] | Patricia Racette [Viclinda] | June Anderson [Giselda] | Ildebrando D'Arcangelo [Pirro] | Anthony Dean Griffey [A Prior of Milan] | Yanni Yannissis [Acciano] | Luciano Pavarotti [Oronte] | Jane Shaulis [Sofia] | Metropolitan Opera Chorus [Nuns, priors, cut-throats, soldiers of the Folco Palace, ambassadors of the Persians, Medes, Damascenes | Chaldeans, crusading knights and warriors, pilgrims, Lombard women, women of the harem, virgins] | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

    Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works)
  • Franz Schubert

    Schwanengesang (Swansong), D 957: #13. Der Doppelgänger (The Double) [poem by Heinrich Heine]

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Mark Padmore (tenor) | Paul Lewis (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7520 (Schubert: Schwanengesang)
  • Luigi Cherubini

    Medea

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Tullio Serafin (conductor) | Maria Callas [Medea] | Renata Scotto (soprano) [Glauce] | Miriam Pirazzini [Neris] | Mirto Picchi [Giasone] | Giuseppe Modesti [Creonte] | Lidia Morimpietri [Prima ancella] | Elvira Galassi [Seconda ancella] | Alfredo Giacomotti [Capo delle guardie]

    EMI 66435 (Cherubini: Medea)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: #5. "J'ai presque peur, en vérité"

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Ian Bostridge (tenor) | Julius Drake (piano) | Belcea Quartet | Leon Bosch (double bass)

    EMI 57609 (Französische Lieder)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Partenope: Act II, Aria. "Barbaro Fato sì

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Kurt Streit (tenor) [Emilio] | Early Opera Company | Christian Curnyn (conductor)

    Chandos 0719 (Handel: Partenope)
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot: Act I

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    London Philharmonic Orchestra | Wandsworth Boys' Choir | John Alldis Choir | 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] | Zubin Mehta (conductor)

    London 414.274 (Puccini: Turandot)
  • Franz Liszt

    Der du von dem Himmel bist [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

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

    DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Stabat Mater, Op. 58

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

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

    LPO 0062 (Dvořák: Stabat Mater)
  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: #5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen (I will plunge my soul)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Philippe Sly (bass/baritone) | Michael McMahon (piano)

    Analekta 29836 (In Dreams)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns

    Samson et Dalila: Aria. "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" ("My heart opens to your voice")

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Orchestre National de France | Fabien Gabel (conductor) | Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) [Dalila]

    Naïve 5201 (Ne me refuse pas)
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Gesù al Calvario

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Matthew White (countertenor) | Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

    Analekta 9813 (Scarlatti: Cain, overo Il primo omicidio)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Michael Chance (alto) | Nancy Argenta (soprano) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) [Evangelist] | Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Stephen Varcoe (baritone) [Jesus] | Ruth Holton (soprano) | Neill Archer (tenor) | Rufus Müller (tenor)

    Archiv 419.324 (Bach: St. John Passion)
  • Amy Beach

    Chanson d'amour (1898)

    Wednesday
    Dec 11

    Emma Kirkby (soprano) | The Romantic Chamber Group of London

    BIS 1245 (Beach: Chanson d'amour)