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Daily Playlist: Classical WETA

This playlist is a daily guide to music broadcast on Classical WETA 90.9 FM. Scroll below to see what's played today. The playlist begins right after midnight.

Sat • May 26, 2018

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12:06 am

Egmont: Overture

Ludwig van Beethoven
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam | Bernard Haitink (conductor)

Philips 416.822 (Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies)

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12:16 am

Symphony #86

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

Philips 412.888 (Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 86 & 87)

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12:42 am

Partita #5 in G Major, BWV 829

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sir András Schiff (piano)

London 411.732 (Bach: 6 Partitas BWV 825-830)

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1:03 am

Violin Concerto #1

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

EMI 49429 (Brahms & Bruch: Violin Concertos)

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1:30 am

Divertimento, K. 138

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Philips 412.740 (Mozart: Divertimenti K. 138 & 287)

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1:42 am

Piano Concerto #2

Felix Mendelssohn
Stephen Hough (piano) | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Lawrence Foster (conductor)

Hyperion 66969 (Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos)

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2:04 am

Guitar Quintet (G. 450)

Luigi Boccherini
Richard Savino (guitar) | Artaria Quartet

Harmonia Mundi 90.7026 (Boccherini: Quintets 4, 5 & 6)

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