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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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Saturday
Dec 13
André Previn (conductor) | Los Angeles Philharmonic
Philips 416.382 (Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Glinka & Moussorgsky) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major, BWV 1046
Saturday
Dec 13
Taverner Players | Andrew Parrott (conductor)
EMI 49806 (Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos, etc.) -
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Saturday
Dec 13
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra | Hugh Wolff (conductor)
Teldec 9031.74006 (Ravel: Ma mère l'oye, Le tombeau de Couperin) -
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Saturday
Dec 13
The Galliard Brass
ASV 527 (Carols for Brass) -
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Yeomen of the Guard: Overture
Saturday
Dec 13
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Philips 434.916 (Sullivan: Overtures) -
Joseph Haydn
Symphony #14 in A Major
Saturday
Dec 13
Adam Fischer (conductor) | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances
Saturday
Dec 13
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) | Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
London 410.124 (Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead, Symphonic Dances) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata #7 in D Major, Op. 10 #3
Saturday
Dec 13
Paul Lewis (piano)
Harmonia Mundi 90.1909-11 (Beethoven #4) -
Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chénier
Saturday
Dec 13
Metropolitan Opera
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu, Op. 90 #3 in G-flat Major
Saturday
Dec 13
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Philips 422.237 (Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & Op. 142) -
Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto E-flat Major
Saturday
Dec 13
Philharmonia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti (conductor) | Maurice Andre (trumpet)
EMI 47311 (Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, etc.) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto #12 in A Major, K 414
Saturday
Dec 13
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra | Leon Fleisher (piano) | Leon Fleisher (conductor)
Sony 88697.43505 (Mozart: Piano Concertos) -
Antonín Dvořák
Legend, Op. 59 #6
Saturday
Dec 13
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
SFS Media 60 (Masterpieces in Miniature) -
Frank Bridge
Spring Song
Saturday
Dec 13
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) | The Heath Quartet
Decca 485.0241 (Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Elgar) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite #1
Saturday
Dec 13
Jaap ter Linden (conductor) | Arion
Early Music 7753 (Bach) -
Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon: Overture
Saturday
Dec 13
Antoni Wit (conductor) | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 570.296 (Weber: Overtures) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Saturday
Dec 13
Simon Trpceski (piano) | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
Avie 2191 (Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 1 & 4, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento, K. 113
Saturday
Dec 13
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Philips 420.181 (Mozart: Divertimenti K. 113, 137 & 251) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony #4 in F Minor, Op. 36
Saturday
Dec 13
Mariss Jansons (conductor) | Oslo Philharmonic
Chandos 8672-78 (Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies) -
Leroy Anderson
A Christmas Festival Overture
Saturday
Dec 13
John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band | Roy Newsome (conductor)
Chandos 8679 (Christmas Fantasy) -
Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Saturday
Dec 13
Claudio Abbado (conductor) | London Symphony Orchestra
DG 423.665 (Ravel: Piano Concertos, etc.) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto #22
Saturday
Dec 13
Alfred Brendel (piano) | Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Philips 412.856 (Mozart: The Piano Concertos) -
Johann Strauss Jr.
Artist's Life, Op. 316 (Waltz)
Saturday
Dec 13
Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) | London Philharmonic
EMI 54089 (J. Strauss II: Waltzes & Overtures) -
Johann Christian Bach
Flute Concerto in G Major
Saturday
Dec 13
Hanover Band | Rachel Brown (flute) | Antony Halstead (conductor)
CPO 999.347 (J.C. Bach: Woodwind Concertos, Vol. 2) -
Franz Schubert
Symphony #5
Saturday
Dec 13
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Vienna Philharmonic
London 414.371 (Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 5) -
Aram Khachaturian
Gayane: Dances
Saturday
Dec 13
Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Scottish National Orchestra
Chandos 8945 (Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2) -
Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons, Op. 8/1-4
Saturday
Dec 13
Trondheim Soloists | Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin and conductor)
DG 463.259 (Vivaldi: The Four Seasons) -
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto #2
Saturday
Dec 13
London Symphony Orchestra | Sir Colin Davis (conductor) | Claudio Arrau (piano)
Philips 416.461 (Liszt: The Piano Concertos, 3 Etudes de concert) -
César Franck
Violin Sonata A Major
Saturday
Dec 13
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) | Joshua Bell (violin)
London 421.817 (Fauré, Debussy & Franck: Violin Sonatas) -
Gioachino Rossini
La scala di seta: Overture
Saturday
Dec 13
Charles Dutoit (conductor) | Montreal Symphony Orchestra
London 433.074 (Rossini: Overtures) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata, K. 310
Saturday
Dec 13
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Philips 412.525 (Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 310 & 457) -
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Overture
Saturday
Dec 13
Charles Dutoit (conductor) | Montreal Symphony Orchestra
London 417.299 (Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, etc.) -
Joseph Haydn
Symphony #58 in F Major
Saturday
Dec 13
Adam Fischer (conductor) | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition) -
Frédéric Chopin
Mazurka, Op. 63 #1 in B Major
Saturday
Dec 13
Lukas Geniušas (piano)
Mirare 508 (Lukas Geniusas: Chopin) -
Bedřich Smetana
Ma Vlast: The Moldau
Saturday
Dec 13
Theodore Kuchar (conductor) | Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Brilliant Classics 93634 (Smetana: Complete Orchestra Works) -
Florence Price
Symphony #1 in E Minor
Saturday
Dec 13
Philadelphia Orchestra | Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor)
DG 486.2029 (Florence Price) -
Giovanni Sgambati
Gavotta, Op. 14
Saturday
Dec 13
Jeffrey Biegel (piano)
Steinway & Sons 30017 (Grand Romance) -
Gustav Mahler
Symphony #1 in D Major "Titan"
Saturday
Dec 13
Berlin Philharmonic | Bernard Haitink (conductor)
Philips 420.936 (Mahler: Symphony No. 1) -
Jean Sibelius
Valse triste, Op. 44/1
Saturday
Dec 13
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Sony 46668 (A Nordic Festival) -
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
Andante with Variations, Op. 4
Saturday
Dec 13
Trio Parnassus and Friends
MDG 303.1549 (Ferdinand: Piano Trios Vol. 3) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony #3 in A Minor, Op. 44
Saturday
Dec 13
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
EMI 79019 (Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3, etc) -
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne #4 in F Major, Op. 15 #1
Saturday
Dec 13
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Sony 90758.22932 (Chopin: Leif Ove Andsnes) -
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for Flute, Oboe & Viola E Major
Saturday
Dec 13
Orchestra of St. Luke's | Elizabeth Mann (flute) | Stephen Taylor (oboe d'amore) | Louise Schulman (viola d'amore)
Musicmasters 60210 (Telemann: Don Quixote Suite) -
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet F Minor, Op. 34
Saturday
Dec 13
Juilliard Quartet | Leon Fleisher (piano)
Sony 57340 (Brahms: Quintet for Piano & Strings in F Minor, Op. 34) -
David Popper
Im Walde, Op. 50: #3. Andacht
Saturday
Dec 13
Wendy Warner (cello) | Eileen Buck (piano)
Cedille 90000.111 (Wendy Warner Plays Popper & Piatigorsky) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade, K. 375
Saturday
Dec 13
Paavo Järvi (conductor) | Scottish National Orchestra Winds
Chandos 8407 (Mozart: Serenades 11 & 12) -
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony #1
Saturday
Dec 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi (conductor)
DG 423.604 (Rimsky-Korsakov: 3 Symphonies) -
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto, RV 325
Saturday
Dec 13
Venice Baroque Orchestra | Andrea Marcon (conductor) | Giuliano Carmignola (violin)
Archiv 0006504 (Vivaldi: Concertos)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165
Saturday
Dec 13
Martin Pearlman (conductor) | Michael Maniaci (male soprano) | Boston Baroque
Telarc 31827 (Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano) -
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto: Act II
Saturday
Dec 13
Vienna Philharmonic | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) | Plácido Domingo [Duke of Mantua] | Piero Cappuccelli [Rigoletto] | Ileana Cotrubas [Gilda] | Nicolai Ghiaurov [Sparfucile] | Elena Obraztsova [Maddalena] | Hanna Schwarz [Giovanna] | Kurt Moll [Count of Monterone] | Luigi de Corato [Marullo] | Walter Gullino [Borsa] | Dirk Sagemüller [Count of Ceprano] | Olive Fredricks [Countess of Ceprano] | Anton Scharinger [An usher] | Audrey Michael [A page of the Duchess] | VIenna State Opera Chorus [Courtiers | ladies, pages, halberdiers]
Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works) -
Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op. 25: #3. Der Nussbaum (The Walnut Tree)
Saturday
Dec 13
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) | Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
Naïve 5159 (Schumann) -
Joseph Haydn
Te Deum, HOB XXIIIc/2
Saturday
Dec 13
The English Concert and Choir | Trevor Pinnock (conductor) | Nicholas Parle (organ)
Archiv 423.097 (Haydn: Missa in angustiis "Nelson Mass") -
Antonio Vivaldi
Ercole sul Termodonte (Hercules on the Thermodon): Act I, Scenes 7-12
Saturday
Dec 13
Europa Galante | Fabio Biondi (conductor) | Vivica Genaux [Antiope] | Joyce DiDonato [Ippolita] | Patrizia Ciofi [Orizia] | Diana Damrau [Martesia] | Rolando Villazón [Ercole] | Romina Basso [Teseo] | Philippe Jaroussky [Alceste] | Topi Lehtipuu [Telamone] | Coro da Camera "Santa Cecilia" di Borgo San Lorenzo
Virgin 94545 (Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte) -
Benjamin Britten
War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. Sanctus
Saturday
Dec 13
Thomas Hampson (baritone) | Anna Netrebko (soprano) | Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) | Coro e Voci Bianche dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Warner Classics 15448 (Britten: War Requiem) -
George Frideric Handel
Ariodante: Act II, Scenes 1-3
Saturday
Dec 13
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) -
Jules Massenet
Werther: Recitative and aria. Toute, mon âme est là...Pourquoi me réveiller (My whole sould is there expressed!...Why awaken me?)
Saturday
Dec 13
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) | Marco Armiliato (conductor) | Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Decca 0010837 (Romantic Arias) -
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony #2 "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise)
Saturday
Dec 13
Ruth Ziesak (soprano) | Mojca Erdmann (soprano) | Christian Elsner (tenor) | MDR Radio Choir | MDR Symphony Orchestra | Jun Märkl (conductor)
Naxos 572.294 (Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang") -
Franz Liszt
Freudvoll und leidvoll (Full of joy and full of sorrow), S 280
Saturday
Dec 13
Marlis Petersen (soprano) | Jendrik Springer (piano)
Harmonia Mundi 90.2094 (Goethe-Lieder) -
Reynaldo Hahn
Three Songs. Si mes vers avaient des ailes (If my verses had wings); Le Rossignol des lilas (The nightingale among the lilac); L'Énamourée (The Lover)
Saturday
Dec 13
Ailyn Pérez (soprano) | Iain Burnside (piano)
Opus Arte 9013 (Poème d'un jour) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mass in C Major, Op. 86: III. Credo
Saturday
Dec 13
The Monteverdi Choir | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | William Kendall (tenor) | Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique | Charlotte Margiono (soprano) | Catherine Robbin (alto) | Alastaire Miles (bass)
Archiv 435.391 (Beethoven: Mass in C-Major) -
Frederick Delius
Songs to Poems by Friedrich Nietzsche
Saturday
Dec 13
Mark Stone (baritone) | Stephen Barlow (piano)
Stone Records 80109 (The Complete Delius Songbook, Vol. 2) -
Giuseppe Verdi
Aroldo: Act IV
Saturday
Dec 13
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) -
Gioachino Rossini
Guillaume Tell: Act II, Aria. Sombre forêt (Gloomy forest)
Saturday
Dec 13
Antonio Pappano (conductor) | Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Malin Byström [Mathilde]
EMI 28826 (Rossini: William Tell) -
John Dowland
Now, oh now I needs must part (with The Frog Galliard)
Saturday
Dec 13
Iestyn Davies (countertenor) | Thomas Dunford (lute)
Hyperion 68007 (Dowland: The Art of Melancholy) -
Joseph Haydn
Missa in angustiis "Nelson Mass", HOB XXII/11: II. Gloria
Saturday
Dec 13
Felicity Lott (soprano) | Carolyn Watkinson (alto) | Maldwyn Davies (tenor) | David Wilson-Johnson (bass) | The English Concert and Choir | Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
Archiv 423.097 (Haydn: Missa in angustiis "Nelson Mass") -
Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang, D 957: Rellstab-Lieder
Saturday
Dec 13
Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Alfred Brendel (piano)
Decca 475.6011 (Beethoven & Schubert) -
Wilhelm Kempff
Wandrers Nachtlied (Wanderer's Night Song), Op. 61 #4
Saturday
Dec 13
Marlis Petersen (soprano) | Jendrik Springer (piano)
Harmonia Mundi 90.2094 (Goethe-Lieder) -
Antonín Dvořák
Stabat Mater, Op. 58: VII. Virgo, virginum præclara (Virgin, noblest of virgins)
Saturday
Dec 13
Neeme Järvi (conductor) | London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
LPO 0062 (Dvořák: Stabat Mater) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata, BWV 71 Gott is mein König (God is my king)
Saturday
Dec 13
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra | Choir | Ton Koopman (conductor) | Kai Wessel (alto) | Guy de Mey (tenor) | Klaus Mertens (bass) | Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Erato 4509.98536 (Bach: Cantatas) -
Johannes Brahms
Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op. 91 #2 (Spiritual Lullaby)
Saturday
Dec 13
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) | Daniel Hope (viola) | Bengt Forsberg (piano)
DG 0015312 (Hope) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Missa in C Major, K 257 "Credo Mass"
Saturday
Dec 13
Barbara Werner (alto) | Jens Wollenschlager (organ) | Chamber Choir of Europe | Nicol Matt (conductor) | Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, Mannheim | Christof Fischesser (bass) | Marietta Fischesser (soprano) | Benoit Haller (tenor)
Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works) -
Antonio Sacchini
Dardanus: Act I, scene 1, Iphise's aria. "Cesse, cruel Amour" (Cease, cruel Cupid)
Saturday
Dec 13
Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset (conductor) | Véronique Gens (soprano)
Virgin 16574 (Tragédiennes, Vol. 2) -
George Frideric Handel
Ariodante: Act I, Scenes 9-13
Saturday
Dec 13
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) -
Antonio Vivaldi
Teuzzone: Act I, Sinfonia & Scenes 1-6
Saturday
Dec 13
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) -
Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème: Mimì's aria. "Sì. Mi chamano Mimì" (Yes. They call me Mimi)
Saturday
Dec 13
Renée Fleming (soprano) | Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi | Marco Armiliato (conductor)
Decca 0013279 (Verismo) -
Ambroise Thomas
Hamlet: Aria. Ophelia's mad scene. "A vos jeux, mes amis"
Saturday
Dec 13
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Joan Sutherland (soprano) | Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor)
London 414.450 (The Art of the Prima Donna) -
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem: II. Dies Irae
Saturday
Dec 13
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) -
Niccolò Piccinni
Didon: Act III, scene 1, Didon's aria. "Non, ce n'est plus pour moi" (No, it is no longer for myself)
Saturday
Dec 13
Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset (conductor) | Véronique Gens (soprano)
Virgin 16574 (Tragédiennes, Vol. 2) -
Franz Liszt
Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher
Saturday
Dec 13
Hildegard Behrens (soprano) | Cord Garben (piano)
DG 419.240 (Liszt: Lieder) -
Leoš Janáček
Six Moravian Choruses
Saturday
Dec 13
Cappella Amsterdam | Philip Mayers (piano) | Daniel Reuss (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 90.2097 (Janáček: Choral Works) -
Richard Strauss
Ariadne auf Naxos: Prologue
Saturday
Dec 13
Vienna Philharmonic | James Levine (conductor) | Anna Tomowa-Sintow [Primadonna/Ariadne] | Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [The Composer] | Kathleen Battle (soprano) [Zerbinetta] | Gary Lakes [The Tenor/Bacchus] | Hermann Prey (baritone) [A Music Master] | Otto Schenk [The Major-domo] | Ewald Aichberger [An Officer] | Heinz Zednik (tenor) [A Dancing Master] | Günter von Kannen [A Wig-Maker] | Alfred Sramek [A Footman] | Urban Malmberg (bass) [Harlequin] | Josef Protschka (tenor) [Scaramouche] | Kurt Rydl [Truffaldino] | Hans Sojer [Brighella] | Barbara Bonney (soprano) [Naiad] | Helga Müller Molinari [Dryad] | Dawn Upshaw (soprano) [Echo]
DG 419.225 (Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxus) -
Richard Wagner
Meine Ruh ist hin (My peace is gone)
Saturday
Dec 13
Marlis Petersen (soprano) | Jendrik Springer (piano)
Harmonia Mundi 90.2094 (Goethe-Lieder) -
Vladimir Vavilov
Ave Maria (attributed to Giulio Caccini)
Saturday
Dec 13
Karel Mark Chichon (conductor) | Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) | German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
DG 21327 (Meditation) -
Johannes Brahms
Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Saturday
Dec 13
Houston Symphony Orchestra | Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) | Dunja Vejzovic (alto) | Houston Symphony Male Chorus
Virgin 61360 (Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 4, etc.) -
Vincenzo Bellini
I Capuleti e i Montecchi: "Eccomi in lieta vesta.Oh! quante volte" [Act I]
Saturday
Dec 13
Richard Bonynge (conductor) | Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Giulietta] | Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
London 417.253 (Bel Canto Arias) -
Franz Schubert
Songs. Fahrt zum Hades; Freiwilliges Versinken; Das Weinen; Des Fischers Liebesglück; Der Winterabend (Journey to Hades; Voluntary Oblivion; Weeping; Fisherman's Luck in Love; Winter Evening)
Saturday
Dec 13
Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Harmonia Mundi 90.1988 (Schubert: Sehnsucht) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Verschweigung, K 518
Saturday
Dec 13
Bas Ramselaar (bass/baritone) | Bart van Oort (fortepiano)
Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works) -
Amy Beach
Grand Mass in E-flat Major
Saturday
Dec 13
Elaine Bunse (soprano) | Barbara Schramm (mezzo-soprano) | Paul Rogers (tenor) | Leonard Jay Gould (baritone) | Daniel Beckwith (organ) | Irene Immanuel (harp) | Charles Aronowitz (percussion) | Jeff Pines (percussion) | Michael May Festival Chorus | Michael May (conductor)
Newport Classic 60008 (Amy Beach: Grand Mass) -
Gabriel Fauré
Soir, Op. 83 #2 (Evening)
Saturday
Dec 13
Hélène Lucas (piano) | Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)
Zigzag 90902 (Fauré: Le Jardin clos, La Chanson d'Ève, Mélodies) -
Roger Quilter
Three Shakespeare Songs
Saturday
Dec 13
Julius Drake (piano) | Bejun Mehta (countertenor)
Harmonia Mundi 90.2093 (Down by the Salley Gardens) -
Leoš Janáček
Four Male Partsongs, JW IV/17
Saturday
Dec 13
Cantus
Cantus 1213 (Song of a Czech) -
Walter Lambe
Stella Caeli
Saturday
Dec 13
New York Polyphony
Avie 2186 (Tudor City) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis, Op. 123: III. Credo
Saturday
Dec 13
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Lucia Popp | Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) | Mallory Walker (tenor) | Gwynne Howell
London 455.014 (Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Mass in C) -
George Frideric Handel
Rodelinda: Act III, Scene 5, Bertarido's aria. "Se fiera belva ha cinto" (When a wild beast is bound)
Saturday
Dec 13
Nathalie Stutzmann (alto) | Orfeo 55 | Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor)
Erato 623.177 (Heroes from the Shadows) -
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Le Prophète: Act IV
Saturday
Dec 13
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) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Das Traumbild, K 530
Saturday
Dec 13
Bas Ramselaar (bass/baritone) | Bart van Oort (fortepiano)
Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata, BWV 79. Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (The Lord God is a sun and shield)
Saturday
Dec 13
The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Peter Harvey (bass) | Joanne Lunn (soprano) | William Towers (alto)
SDG 110 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 10) -
Johann David Heinichen
Missa #11 in D Major
Saturday
Dec 13
Christine Wolff (soprano) | Patrick van Goethem (alto) | Dresdner Barockorchester | Hans-Christoph Rademann (conductor) | Uwe Stickert (tenor) | Jochen Kupfer (bass)
Carus 83.149 (Heinichen: Missa No. 11 in D-Major) -
Arrigo Boito
Mefistofele
Saturday
Dec 13
Hungarian State Orchestra | Nyiregyházi Boys' Choir | Giuseppe Patanè (conductor) | Samuel Ramey (bass) [Mefistofele] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Faust] | Eva Marton [Margherite | Sergio Tedesco [Wagner] | Tamara Takács [Marta] | Éva Farkas [Pantalis] | Antal Pataki [Nereo] | Hungaroton Opera Chorus [Celestial host | Mystic Chorus | Cherubim | Penitents | Promenaders | Crossbow Shooters | Huntsmen | Students | Countrymen | Townsfolk | Burghers | Witches | Warlocks | Corytides | Sirens | Dorids | Coryphaie | Warriors
Sony 44983 (Boito: Mefistofele) -
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser: Rome Narration. "Inbrunst im Herzen, wie kein Büsser noch je sie gefühlt" [Act III]
Saturday
Dec 13
Peter Hofmann (tenor) | Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra | Iván Fischer (conductor) | Victor Dornberger (baritone)
CBS 38931 (Hoffman sings Wagner) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata, BWV 116. Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ (Thou Prince of Peace, Lord Jesus Christ)
Saturday
Dec 13
The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Christoph Genz (tenor) | Katharine Fuge (soprano) | Nathalie Stutzmann (alto) | Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
SDG 159 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 9) -
George Frideric Handel
Ariodante: Ginevra's aria. "Volate, amori" (Fly, ye Cupids)
Saturday
Dec 13
Venice Baroque Orchestra | Andrea Marcon (conductor) | Patricia Petibon (soprano)
DG 477.8763 (Rosso, Italian baroque arias) -
Antonín Dvořák
Stabat Mater, Op. 58
Saturday
Dec 13
Bavarian Radio Chorus | Edith Mathis | Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano) | Wieslaw Ochman (tenor) | John Shirley-Quirk (bass) | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
DG 453.025 (Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Legends) -
Charles Ives
Wandrers Nachtlied (Wanderer's Night Song)
Saturday
Dec 13
Marlis Petersen (soprano) | Jendrik Springer (piano)
Harmonia Mundi 90.2094 (Goethe-Lieder) -
Francisco Guerrero
Motet. Trahe me post te (Draw me after you)
Saturday
Dec 13
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi 80.7489 (Song of Songs) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Regina coeli, K 127
Saturday
Dec 13
Emma Kirkby (soprano) | Christopher Hogwood (conductor) | Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir | Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
L'Oiseau Lyre 411.832 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate; Motets) -
Claudio Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea: Prologue and Act I, Scenes 1-4
Saturday
Dec 13
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Bernarda Fink (alto) | Catherine Bott (soprano) | Marinella Pennicchi [Amore] | Sylvia McNair [Poppea] | Dana Hanchard [Nerone] | Michael Chance (alto) [Ottone] | Francesco Ellero d'Artegna [Seneca] | Roberto Balconi [Nutrice] | Mark Tucker (tenor) [Soldato] | Nigel Robson [Soldato] | Mark Tucker (tenor) [Lucano] | Constanze Backes [Valletto] | Marinella Pennicchi [Damigella] | Nigel Robson [Liberto] | Julian Clarkson [Littore]
Archiv 447.088 (Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea) -
Hector Berlioz
Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7: #4. Absence
Saturday
Dec 13
Véronique Gens (soprano) | Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire | John Axelrod (conductor)
Ondine 1200 (Berlioz & Ravel)
WETA Virtuoso
-
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28
Saturday
Dec 13
Boris Berman (piano)
Chandos 9069 (Prokofiev) -
Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata #32 in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44
Saturday
Dec 13
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Chandos 10668 (Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2) -
Kalervo Tuukkanen
The Loggers: Overture
Saturday
Dec 13
Joensuu City Orchestra | Hannu Koivula (conductor)
Alba 189 (Tuukkanen: Orchestral Works) -
Leoš Janáček
Capriccio for piano left hand and 7 wind instruments
Saturday
Dec 13
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) | Mikhail Rudy (piano) | Soloists of Paris National Opera Orchestra
EMI Classics 55585 (Leos Janacek) -
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Dardanus: Menuets
Saturday
Dec 13
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Jeanne Lamon (conductor)
CBC 5229 (Rameau: Dardanus, Le temple de la gloire) -
Claude Debussy
Children's Corner
Saturday
Dec 13
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Decca 460.247 (Debussy: Images, Études, etc.) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata #10 in G Major, Op. 14 #2
Saturday
Dec 13
Paul Lewis (piano)
Harmonia Mundi 90.1903-05 (Beethoven #2) -
Richard Strauss
Metamorphosen
Saturday
Dec 13
Vienna Philharmonic | Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor)
London 430.508 (Richard Strauss) -
Sir Edward Elgar
Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)
Saturday
Dec 13
Gautier Capuçon (cello) | Chamber Orchestra of Paris | Adrien Perruchon (conductor)
Erato 521413 (Gautier Capucon: Emotions) -
Louis Spohr
Violin Concerto #11 in G Major, Op. 70
Saturday
Dec 13
Simone Lamsma (violin) | Sinfonia Finlandia, Jyväskylä | Patrick Gallois (conductor)
Naxos 570.528 (Spohr: Violin Concertos, Nos. 6, 8 & 11) -
Béla Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
Saturday
Dec 13
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 447.747 (BARTOK) -
Jean Sibelius
Suite charactéristique, Op. 100
Saturday
Dec 13
BIS 384 (Sibelius) -
Lou Harrison
Suite for Violin, Piano and Small Orchestra
Saturday
Dec 13
Barbara Allen (harp) | Keith Jarrett (piano) | Robert Stallman (flute) | Judith Mendenhall (flute) | Henry Schuman (oboe) | Elizabeth DeFelice (celesta) | Aleck Karis (tackpiano) | Benjamin Herman (tam-tam) | Eugene Moye (cello) | Lanny Paykin (cello) | Michael Willens (contrabass) | Robert Hughes (conductor) | Lucy Stoltzman (violin)
New World 366 (Works by Lou Harrison) -
Felix Mendelssohn
Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Saturday
Dec 13
Daniel Hope (violin) | Soloists of Chamber Orchestra Europe
DG 477.6634 (Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet & Songs) -
Johannes Brahms
Ballade, Op. 10 #1 in D Minor
Saturday
Dec 13
Lars Vogt (piano)
Ondine 1330 (Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Four Ballades, Op. 10) -
George Frideric Handel
Trio Sonata, Op. 5 #1 in A Major (HWV 396)
Saturday
Dec 13
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Philips 412.599 (Handel: Trio Sonatas, Op. 5) -
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis and Chloe
Saturday
Dec 13
Claudio Abbado (conductor) | London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
DG 427.679 (Daphnis et Chloe) -
Frédéric Chopin
Etude, Op. 10 #10 A-flat Major
Saturday
Dec 13
Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
EMI 47452 (Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & 25) -
Franz Schubert
Ave Maria
Saturday
Dec 13
Mischa Maisky (cello) | Pavel Gililov (piano)
DG 431.544 (Meditation) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite #5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
Saturday
Dec 13
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Harmonia Mundi 90.1970-71 (Bach: Cello Suites) -
Jacques Ibert
Flute Concerto
Saturday
Dec 13
Manuela Wiesler (flute) | Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra | Philippe Auguin (conductor)
BIS 529 -
William Grant Still
Summerland
Saturday
Dec 13
Sierra Winds
Cambria 1083 (Get on Board) -
Giacomo Puccini
Chrysanthemums
Saturday
Dec 13
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 431.680 (Orpheus) -
Lili Boulanger
Theme and Variations
Saturday
Dec 13
Emile Naoumoff (piano)
Marco Polo 223.636 (In Memorian Lili Boulanger) -
Leoš Janáček
V Milhách
Saturday
Dec 13
András Schiff (piano)
London 440.312 (Janacek) -
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Partita for Double String Orchestra
Saturday
Dec 13
London Symphony Orchestra | Bryden Thomson (conductor)
Chandos 8828 (Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 8 in D minor) -
Amy Beach
Les Rêves de Columbine, Op. 65: #5. Harlequin's Dance
Saturday
Dec 13
Joanne Polk (piano)
Arabesque 6704 (Under the Stars) -
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: No. 3. Round Dances of Spring
Saturday
Dec 13
Pierre Boulez (conductor) | Cleveland Orchestra
DG 435.766 (Claude Debussy) -
Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto #11 in D Major, Hob. XVIII:11
Saturday
Dec 13
Cologne Chamber Orchestra | Helmut Müller-Brühl (conductor) | Sebastian Knauer (piano)
Naxos 570.485 (Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4, 9 & 11) -
Carl Nielsen
Wind Quintet in A Major, Op. 43
Saturday
Dec 13
Melos Ensemble
EMI Classics 65304 (Nielsen Wind Quintet) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Serenade, Op. 3 #5
Saturday
Dec 13
Sergei Rachmaninoff (AMPICO piano roll)
Decca 475.9247 (Rachmaninov Plays Rachmaninov; The AMPICO Piano Recordings (1919-29)) -
Antonín Dvořák
Nocturne
Saturday
Dec 13
Antal Dorati (conductor) | Detroit Symphony Orchestra
London 414.370 (Dvořák: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes, etc.) -
Robert Schumann
Manfred Overture, Op. 115
Saturday
Dec 13
Philharmonia Orchestra | Christian Thielemann (conductor)
DG 453.482 (Schumann: Symphonie No. 2, "Manfred" Overture, etc.) -
Jean Sibelius
Symphony #1
Saturday
Dec 13
Mariss Jansons (conductor) | Oslo Philharmonic
EMI 54273 (Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Finlandia & Karelia) -
Henry Cowell
Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 5 for Strings
Saturday
Dec 13
Northwest Chamber Orchestra | Alun Francis (conductor)
CPO 999.222 (Cowell) -
Frank Martin
Ballade or Flute, String Orchestra, and Piano
Saturday
Dec 13
Richard Hickox (conductor) | City of London Sinfonia | Susan Milan (flute)
Chandos 8840 (La Flute Enchantee) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata, K. 576
Saturday
Dec 13
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Philips 412.617 (Mozart: 3 Piano Sonatas K. 279, 457, & 576, Fantasia, K. 475) -
Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Concerto #1 in D Major, Op. 19
Saturday
Dec 13
Charles Dutoit (conductor) | Montreal Symphony Orchestra | Joshua Bell (violin)
London 440.331 (Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2) -
Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata, K 247 in C-sharp Minor
Saturday
Dec 13
Murray Perahia (piano)
Sony 62785 (Handel & Scarlatti) -
Zoltán Kodály
Háry János Suite
Saturday
Dec 13
Iván Fischer (conductor) | Budapest Festival Orchestra
Philips 462.824 (Kodaly) -
Franz Schubert
String Quartet #15
Saturday
Dec 13
Emerson String Quartet
DG 429.224 (Beethoven & Schubert: String Quartets, Op. 135 & D 887) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue #24 in B Minor, BWV 893
Saturday
Dec 13
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
Warner Classics 511875 (Well-Tempered Clavier) -
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini
Berenice: Berenice's aria. "Da torbida procella" (I am tossed like a ship)
Saturday
Dec 13
Il Complesso Barocco | Alan Curtis (conductor) | Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Virgin 02654 (Drama Queens) -
Aaron Copland
Symphony #3
Saturday
Dec 13
Minnesota Orchestra | Eiji Oue (conductor)
Reference Recordings 93 (Copland: Third Symphony, etc.) -
Cyril Scott
Notturno, Op. 54 #5
Saturday
Dec 13
Michael Landrum (piano)
Sono Luminus 92158 (Nocturnes) -
Arthur Foote
Ballade in F Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 69
Saturday
Dec 13
Kevin Lawrence (violin) | Eric Larsen (piano)
New World 80464 (The Violin Music of Arthur Foote) -
Giuseppe Verdi
Jérusalem: Ballet Music (Act III)
Saturday
Dec 13
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | José Serebrier (conductor)
Naxos 572.818-19 (Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas) -
Ottorino Respighi
Sonata for Violin and Piano in B Minor
Saturday
Dec 13
Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) | Krystian Zimerman (piano)
DG 427.617 (Strauss) -
Gabriel Fauré
Andante, Op. 75
Saturday
Dec 13
Gil Shaham (violin) | Akira Eguchi (piano)
Canary Classics 1239 (The Fauré Album) -
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 2 in G Minor "Song of a New Race"
Saturday
Dec 13
Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Chandos 9226 (Still) -
Franz Berwald
Grand Septet in B-flat Major for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass
Saturday
Dec 13
Nash Ensemble
CRD 3344 (Hummel) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prélude in G-flat Major, Op. 23 #10
Saturday
Dec 13
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
London 414.417 (Rachmaninoff 24 Préludes; Sonata No. 2) -
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings
Saturday
Dec 13
Israel Philharmonic | Yoav Talmi (conductor)
Chandos 8593 (Bloch & Barber, etc.) -
Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Rhapsody #3
Saturday
Dec 13
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Kurt Masur (conductor)
Philips 416.623 (Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46) -
Johannes Brahms
Double Concerto
Saturday
Dec 13
Vienna Philharmonic | Leonard Bernstein (conductor) | Gidon Kremer (violin) | Mischa Maisky (cello)
DG 410.031 (Brahms: Double Concerto, Academic Festival Overture) -
Frédéric Chopin
Prelude #6 B Minor
Saturday
Dec 13
Rafal Blechacz (piano)
DG 0010870 (Chopin: The Complete Preludes, 2 Nocturnes, Op. 62) -
Felix Mendelssohn
Variations concertantes, Op. 17
Saturday
Dec 13
Elizabeth Dolin (cello) | Bernadene Blaha (piano)
Analekta 23166 (Mendelsshon: Complete Works for Cello and Piano) -
Franz Liszt
Two Legends
Saturday
Dec 13
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic
Chandos 10524 (Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Volume 5) -
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto #1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 11
Saturday
Dec 13
Philharmonia Orchestra | Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) | Dennis Brain (horn)
EMI Classics 67783 (Great Recordings of the Century) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata #3 in B-flat Major, K 281
Saturday
Dec 13
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
DG 483.5522 (Mozart) -
Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata (K. 135)
Saturday
Dec 13
Ivo Pogorelich (piano)
DG 435.855 (Scarlatti: Sonatas) -
George Frideric Handel
Violin Sonata, HWV 373 in E Major (Op. 1 #15)
Saturday
Dec 13
Iona Brown (violin) | Denis Vigay (cello) | Nicholas Kraemer (harpsichord)
Philips 412.603 (Handel: Violin Sonatas) -
Ernest Bloch
Concerto Grosso No. 1
Saturday
Dec 13
Yoav Talmi (conductor) | Israel Chamber Orchestra
Chandos 8593 (Bloch) -
Alexander Scriabin
Four Pieces, Op. 51: No. 1. Fragilité
Saturday
Dec 13
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
DG 427.485 (Yevgeny Kissin) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Manfred Symphony, Op. 58
Saturday
Dec 13
Mariss Jansons (conductor) | Oslo Philharmonic
Chandos 8672-78 (Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies) -
Benjamin Britten
Suite for Solo Cello, Op. 71
Saturday
Dec 13
Matt Haimovitz (cello)
DG 431.813 (Matt Haimovitz) -
Arthur Foote
Two Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 74: Canzonetta
Saturday
Dec 13
Kevin Lawrence (violin) | Eric Larsen (piano)
New World 80464 (The Violin Music of Arthur Foote) -
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Saturday
Dec 13
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra | Hugh Wolff (conductor)
Teldec 9031.74006 (Ravel: Ma mère l'oye, Le tombeau de Couperin) -
Camille Saint-Saëns
Fantaisie, Op. 124 for Violin and Harp
Saturday
Dec 13
Skaila Kanga (harp) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Chandos 8621 (Ravel, Debussy, Saint_Saëns & Roussel) -
Béla Bartók
Violin Concerto #2, Sz 112
Saturday
Dec 13
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Pierre Boulez (conductor) | Gil Shaham (violin)
DG 459.639 (BARTOK: Violin Concerto No. 2)