This playlist is a daily guide to music broadcast on WETA Classical, WETA VivaLaVoce and WETA Virtuoso. Scroll below to see what has played today and use the calendar feature to view previous days.
WETA Classical
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony #36 "Linz"
Saturday
Nov 8
English Baroque Soloists | Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Philips 422.419 (Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 35 & 36) -
Henry Purcell
Dido's Lament from "Dido and Aeneas"
Saturday
Nov 8
Academy of Ancient Music | Lucie Horsch (recorder) | Bojan Cičić (conductor)
Decca 483.4722 (Lucie Horsch: Baroque Journey) -
Gustav Mahler
Symphony #5 in C-sharp Minor
Saturday
Nov 8
Vienna Philharmonic | Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 453.416 (Mahler: Symphony No. 5) -
Edvard Grieg
To Spring, Op. 43 #6
Saturday
Nov 8
Lang Lang (piano)
DG 479.7528 (Lang Lang Piano Book) -
Maurice Ravel
Sonatine
Saturday
Nov 8
Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
RCA 60985 (Ravel: Piano Concertos, Valses nobles et sentimentales, Sonatine) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony #4 in F Minor, Op. 36
Saturday
Nov 8
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) | Philadelphia Orchestra
Ondine 1104 (Tchaikovsky) -
Gaetano Donizetti
L'elisir d'amore: "Una furtiva lagrima" ("A secretive tear")
Saturday
Nov 8
Camille Thomas (cello) | Brussels Philharmonic | Matthieu Herzog (conductor)
DG 483.856 (Camille Thomas: Voice of Hope) -
Alexander Scriabin
Symphony #4 "Poem of Ecstasy", Op. 54
Saturday
Nov 8
Czech Philharmonic | Libor Pesek (conductor)
Supraphon 2047 (Scriabin: Piano Concerto; Poeme de l'extase; Reverie) -
Franz Schubert
Symphony #6
Saturday
Nov 8
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Teldec 4509.91184 (Schubert: The Symphonies) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise, Op. 34/14
Saturday
Nov 8
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) | Marina Gusak-Grin (piano)
Chandos 8748 (Poème) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto #13
Saturday
Nov 8
Sir András Schiff (piano) | Salzburg Mozarteum Academic Camerata | Sándor Végh (conductor)
London 425.466 (Mozart: Piano Concerto K271 & K415) -
Robert Schumann
Symphony #4 in D Minor (original version, 1841)
Saturday
Nov 8
Revolutionary | Romantic Orchestra | Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 457.591 (Schumann: Complete Symphonies) -
Joseph Haydn
Nocturne #3 in C Major
Saturday
Nov 8
Marten Root (flute) | Michael Niesemann (oboe) | Mozzafiato | L'Archibudelli
Sony 62878 (Haydn: 8 Notturni for the King)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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Giuseppe Verdi
Aida
Saturday
Nov 8
Claudio Abbado (conductor) | Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Ruggero Raimondi (baritone) [King of Egypt] | Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano) [Amneris] | Katia Ricciarelli (soprano) [Aida] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Radamès] | Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Ramfis] | Leo Nucci (baritone) [Amonasro] | Piero de Palma (tenor) [Messenger]
DG 410.092 (Verdi: Nabucco) -
Gioachino Rossini
Ricciardo e Zoraide: Act I, Scene 7, Duet (Ricciardo, Ernesto). "Qual sarà mai la gioia"
Saturday
Nov 8
Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) | I Virtuosi Italiani | Corrado Rovaris (conductor) | Xabier Anduaga (tenor)
Erato 52694 (Amici e Rivali) -
Joseph Haydn
The Creation (Die Schöpfung): #30. Duet. "Holde Gattin, dir zur Seite.Der tauende Morgen"
Saturday
Nov 8
Harry van der Kamp (bass) [Adam] | Tafelmusik | Bruno Weil (conductor) | Anne Monoyios (soprano) [Eva]
Sony 57965 (Haydn: The Creation) -
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Le Prophète: Act V
Saturday
Nov 8
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Marilyn Horne [Fidès] | James McCracken [Jean de Leyden] | Renata Scotto (soprano) [Berthe] | Jules Bastin [Le Comte d'Oberthal] | Jerome Hines [Zacharie] | Jean Dupouy [Jonas] | Christian du Plessis [Mathisen] | Oliver Broome [Paysan] | John Noble [Paysan] | Patricia Clark (soprano) [Paysanne] | Shirley Minty [Paysanne] | Boys Choir, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree | Henry Lewis (conductor)
CBS 34340 (Meyerbeer: Le Prophete) -
George Frideric Handel
Atalanta: Act II, Scene 5, Irene's aria. Soffri in pace il tuo dolore (Suffer your grief in peace)
Saturday
Nov 8
Nicholas McGegan (conductor) | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Cécile van de Sant [Irene]
Philharmonia Baroque 4 (Handel: Atalanta) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers"
Saturday
Nov 8
The Clarion Choir | Steven Fox (conductor)
Pentatone 518.7019 (Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil) -
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe, Op. 48: #2. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen (From my tears)
Saturday
Nov 8
Philippe Sly (bass/baritone) | Michael McMahon (piano)
Analekta 29836 (In Dreams) -
Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem: II. Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras (For all flesh, it is as grass)
Saturday
Nov 8
Vienna Singverein | Herbert von Karajan (conductor) | Vienna Philharmonic
DG 410.521 (Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Te Deum) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni: Act I, Scene 3
Saturday
Nov 8
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) | Bo Skovhus [Don Giovanni] | Alessandro Corbelli [Leporello] | Umberto Chiummo [Commendatore/La Statua] | Christine Brewer (soprano) [Donna Anna] | Jerry Hadley (tenor) [Don Ottavio] | Felicity Lott (soprano) [Donna Elvira] | Nuccia Focile [Zerlina] | Umberto Chiummo [Masetto] | Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus
Telarc 80420 (Mozart: Don Giovanni) -
Giuseppe Verdi
I Vespri Siciliani: Aria. "Mercè, dilette amiche" (Thank you, beloved friends)
Saturday
Nov 8
Olga Peretyatko (soprano) | North German Radio Symphony Orchestra | Enrique Mazzola (conductor)
Sony 373.859 (Arabesque)
WETA Virtuoso
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Claude Debussy
Clair de lune
Saturday
Nov 8
John O'Conor (piano)
Telarc 80313 (Popular Works for Solo Piano) -
Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto #9
Saturday
Nov 8
Cologne Chamber Orchestra | Helmut Müller-Brühl (conductor) | Sebastian Knauer (piano)
Naxos 570.485 (Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4, 9 & 11) -
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony #6
Saturday
Nov 8
Czech Philharmonic | Libor Pesek (conductor)
Virgin 90791 (Dvořák: Symphony No. 6) -
Andrea Gabrieli
Ricercar del duodecimo tuono
Saturday
Nov 8
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Decca 475.152 (Music From The Royal Court) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite #3 in C Major, BWV 1009
Saturday
Nov 8
Anner Bylsma (cello)
Sony 48047 (Bach: Suites for Violoncello Solo) -
John Adams
The Wound Dresser
Saturday
Nov 8
Nathan Gunn (baritone)
Naxos 559.031 (ADAMS: Shaker Loops) -
Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata (K. 475)
Saturday
Nov 8
Sir András Schiff (piano)
London 421.422 (Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas) -
Anton Bruckner
Symphony #4 in E-flat Major "Romantic"
Saturday
Nov 8
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) | Dresden State Orchestra
DG 423.677 (Bruckner) -
Enrique Granados
Sentimental Waltz #1
Saturday
Nov 8
Douglas Riva (piano)
Naxos 557.141 (Granados: Piano Music) -
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Saturday
Nov 8
Boston Pops | John Williams (conductor)
Philips 416.361 (Pops in Love) -
Dora Pejačević
Piano Quartet in D Minor, Op. 25
Saturday
Nov 8
Oliver Triendl (piano) | Quatuor Sine Nomine members
CPO 777.421 (Dora Pejacevic: Chamber Works) -
Louis Spohr
Violin Concerto #6 in G Minor, Op. 28
Saturday
Nov 8
Simone Lamsma (violin) | Sinfonia Finlandia, Jyväskylä | Patrick Gallois (conductor)
Naxos 570.528 (Spohr: Violin Concertos, Nos. 6, 8 & 11) -
Reynaldo Hahn
À Chloris
Saturday
Nov 8
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Albrecht Mayer (English horn) | Matthias Mönius (conductor)
Decca 478.2564 (Bonjour Paris) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Sonata #2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36
Saturday
Nov 8
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
London 414.417 (Rachmaninoff 24 Préludes; Sonata No. 2) -
Franz Schubert
String Quartet #14 "Death and the Maiden"
Saturday
Nov 8
Amadeus Quartet
DG 410.024 (Schubert: Death and The Maiden, Quartettsatz)