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 "Eroica"
Ludwig van Beethoven
Saturday
Apr 27
Vienna Philharmonic | Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 57445 (Beethoven: Symphonies) -
String Quintet #2 in B-flat Major, Op. 87
Felix Mendelssohn
Saturday
Apr 27
L'Archibudelli
Sony 60766 (Mendelssohn: Quintets for Strings Nos. 1 & 2) -
Symphony a 6 in A Major, WV 432
Georg Christoph Wagenseil
Saturday
Apr 27
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra | Johannes Goritzki (conductor)
CPO 777.112 (Wagenseil: Symphonies, Vol. 2) -
Peer Gynt Suite #1
Edvard Grieg
Saturday
Apr 27
Ulster Orchestra | Vernon Handley (conductor)
Chandos 8524 (Grieg: Symphonic Dances) -
Concerto, RV 493 in G Major for Bassoon, Strings and Continuo
Antonio Vivaldi
Saturday
Apr 27
Mathieu Lussier (bassoon) | Arion
Early Music 7764 (Vivaldi) -
Symphony #6
Antonín Dvorák
Saturday
Apr 27
Czech Philharmonic | Libor Pesek (conductor)
Virgin 90791 (Dvorák: Symphony No. 6) -
Keyboard Suite #2 in F Major, HWV 427
George Frideric Handel
Saturday
Apr 27
Murray Perahia (piano)
Sony 62785 (Handel & Scarlatti) -
Raymonda: Grand Waltz
Alexander Glazunov
Saturday
Apr 27
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) | Marina Gusak-Grin (piano)
Chandos 8500 (Russian Music for Violin) -
Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G Major, BWV 1048
Johann Sebastian Bach
Saturday
Apr 27
Taverner Players | Andrew Parrott (conductor)
EMI 49806 (Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos, etc.) -
Waltzes
Johannes Brahms
Saturday
Apr 27
Santiago Rodriguez (piano)
Elan Recordings 2200 (Rodriguez Plays Brahms) -
Violin Concerto #4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Saturday
Apr 27
Cho Liang Lin (violin) | English Chamber Orchestra | Raymond Leppard (conductor)
CBS 44503 (Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4) -
Pictures at an Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky
Saturday
Apr 27
Oslo Philharmonic | Mariss Jansons (conductor)
EMI 49797 (Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, etc.) -
Symphony, G. 506 in D Minor (Op. 12 #4) "Nella casa del diavolo"
Luigi Boccherini
Saturday
Apr 27
Cantilena | Adrian Shepherd (conductor)
Chandos 8414-15 (Boccherini: Seven Symphonies) -
Piano Concerto #2
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Saturday
Apr 27
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) | Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam | Bernard Haitink (conductor)
London 414.475 (Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 4) -
Overture in A Minor, FWV K:a1
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Saturday
Apr 27
Tempesta di Mare
Chandos 0783 (Fasch: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2) -
Violin Concerto #2
Henryk Wieniawski
Saturday
Apr 27
Gil Shaham (violin) | London Symphony Orchestra | Lawrence Foster (conductor)
DG 431.815 (Wieniawski: Violion Concertos - Sarate: Zigeunerweisen) -
Nocturne, Op. 62 #1 in B Major
Frédéric Chopin
Saturday
Apr 27
Maria João Pires (piano)
DG 477.7483 (Frederic Chopin) -
Symphony #100 "Military"
Joseph Haydn
Saturday
Apr 27
Berlin Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 410.975 (Haydn: Symphonies No. 96 "The Miracle" & No. 100 "Military") -
Carmen Suite
Georges Bizet
Saturday
Apr 27
Berlin Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 415.106 (Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2, Carmen Suite) -
Symphony #36 "Linz"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Saturday
Apr 27
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra | Ton Koopman (conductor)
Erato 2292.45857 (Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31, 34, 35, 36, 38 & 41) -
Cello Sonata #1 in B-flat Major, Op. 45
Felix Mendelssohn
Saturday
Apr 27
Elizabeth Dolin (cello) | Bernadene Blaha (piano)
Analekta 23166 (Mendelsshon: Complete Works for Cello and Piano) -
Flute Concerto in E Minor
Franz Benda
Saturday
Apr 27
Mikael Helasvuo (flute) | Helsinki Chamber Orchestra | Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
BIS 268 (Stamitz & Benda Flute Concertos) -
Piano Concerto A Minor
Robert Schumann
Saturday
Apr 27
Evgeny Kissin (piano) | London Symphony Orchestra | Colin Davis (conductor)
EMI 82879 (Mozart & Schumann: Piano Concertos) -
The Four Seasons - Summer (Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8/2, RV 315)
Antonio Vivaldi
Saturday
Apr 27
Taverner Players | Andrew Parrott (conductor)
EMI 54208 (Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, etc.)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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Orfeo ed Euridice: Act II
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Saturday
Apr 27
Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Orfeo] | Margaret Marshall (soprano) [Euridice] | Edita Gruberova [Amore] | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Philharmonia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti (conductor)
EMI 66507 (Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice) -
Il turco in Italia: Act II, Opening
Gioachino Rossini
Saturday
Apr 27
Michele Pertusi [Selim] | Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) [Donna Fiorilla] | Alessandro Corbelli [Don Geronio] | Ramon Vargas [Don Narciso] | Roberto de Candia (baritone) [Poeta] | Laura Polverelli [Zaida] | Francesco Piccoli [Albazar] | Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
London 458.924 (Rossini: Il Turco in Italia) -
Eternal Source of Light Divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne), HWV 74
George Frideric Handel
Saturday
Apr 27
Kiera Duffy (soprano) | Meg Bragle (mezzo-soprano) | Apollo's Singers | Apollo's Fire | Jeannette Sorrell (conductor)
Avie 2270 (Handel: Dixit Dominus, Zadok the Priest, Ode for Queen Anne) -
Missa solemnis, Op. 123: I. Kyrie
Ludwig van Beethoven
Saturday
Apr 27
Lella Cuberli | Trudeliese Schmidt | Vinson Cole (tenor) | José van Dam (baritone) | Vienna Singverein | Berlin Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 419.166 (Beethoven: Missa solemnis) -
Cantata, BWV 188. Ich habe meine Zuversicht (I have put my trust)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Saturday
Apr 27
Joanne Lunn (soprano) | William Towers (alto) | Paul Agnew (tenor) | Gotthold Schwarz (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SDG 168 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 11) -
Mass in C Minor, K 427
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Saturday
Apr 27
Gillian Keith (soprano) | Tove Dahlberg (mezzo-soprano) | Thomas Cooley (tenor) | Nathan Berg (bass-baritone) | Handel and Haydn Society of Boston | Harry Christophers (conductor)
Coro 16084 (Mozart: Mass in C Minor) -
Alcina
George Frideric Handel
Saturday
Apr 27
Renée Fleming (soprano) [Alcina] | Susan Graham [Ruggiero] | Natalie Dessay (soprano) [Morgana] | Kathleen Kuhlmann [Bradamante] | Timothy Robsinson [Oronte] | Laurent Naouri [Melisso] | Juanita Lascarro [Oberto] | Les Arts Florissants | William Christie (conductor)
Erato 8573.80233 (Handel: Alcina) -
An Silvia, D 891
Franz Schubert
Saturday
Apr 27
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) | Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 0000049 (Schubert: Lieder) -
Cantata, BWV 130. Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir (Lord God, we all praise thee)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Saturday
Apr 27
Malin Hartelius (soprano) | RIchard Wyn Roberts (alto) | James Gilchrist (tenor) | Peter Harvey (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SDG 124 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 7) -
The Creation (Die Schöpfung): Part I
Joseph Haydn
Saturday
Apr 27
Ruth Ziesak (soprano) [Gabriel] | Herbert Lippert (tenor) [Uriel] | René Pape (bass) [Raphael] | Chicago Symphony Chorus | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
London 443.445 (Haydn: The Creation) -
Magnificat à 4
John Taverner
Saturday
Apr 27
New York Polyphony
Avie 2186 (Tudor City) -
Thésée: Act III
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Saturday
Apr 27
Howard Crook [Thésée] | Laura Pudwell [Medée] | Ellen Hargis [Æglé] | Harry van der Kamp [Ægée] | Suzie LeBlanc [Cleone] | Mireille Lebel [Dorine | Venus | Une autre Bergere] | Amanda Forsythe [La Grande Prestresse de Minerve | Minerve | Olivier Laquerre [Arcas] | Marc Molomot [Bachus | Un Vieillard | Un Berger] | Marek Rzepka [Mars | Un Combattant] | Aaron Engebreth [Un Plaisir] | Un Jeux] | Aaron Sheehan [Un autre Plaisir] | Un Jeux
CPO 777.240 (Lully: Thésée) -
Te Deum, Op. 32: IV. Dignare Domine
Walter Braunfels
Saturday
Apr 27
Gitta-Maria Sjöberg (soprano) | Lars-Erik Jonsson (tenor) | Eric Ercison Chamber Choir | Swedish Radio Choir | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Manfred Honneck (conductor)
Orfeo 679.071 (Braunfels: Te Deum) -
Missa solemnis, Op. 123: III. Credo
Ludwig van Beethoven
Saturday
Apr 27
Charlotte Margiono | Catherine Robbin | William Kendall (tenor) | Alastaire Miles | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 429.779 (Beethoven: Missa solemnis) -
Mörike Lieder: Im Frühling (In spring)
Hugo Wolf
Saturday
Apr 27
Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) | Imogen Cooper (piano)
WH Live 0029 (Wolf Songs) -
Ingressus in G Minor, P 98
Johann Pachelbel
Saturday
Apr 27
The King's Singers | Charivari Agréable | Kah-Ming Ng (conductor)
Signum 198 (Pachelbel: Vespers) -
Il trovatore: Act I, Scene 2
Giuseppe Verdi
Saturday
Apr 27
Rosalind Plowright [Leonora] | Anna di Stasio (mezzo-soprano) [Ines] | Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
DG 413.355 (Verdi: Il Trovatore) -
La Sonnambula: Recitative and aria. Oh, se una volta sola..Ah! non credea mirarti...Ah! non giunge uman pensiero (Oh! if I could but see him...Ah! I never thought to see you...Ah! human thought cannot grasp)
Vincenzo Bellini
Saturday
Apr 27
Nino Machaidze (soprano) [Amina] | Atalla Ayan (tenor) [Elvino] | Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna | Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Bologna | Michele Mariotti (conductor)
Sony 41742 (Romantic Arias) -
Strofiske Sange (Strophic Songs): Hvem sidder der bag skærmen (Who's there behind the shelter)
Carl Nielsen
Saturday
Apr 27
Ars Nova Copenhagen | Michael Bojesen (conductor)
Dacapo 220.569 (Carl Nielsen: Songs for choir) -
Il viaggio a Reims: Duet. "Nel suo divin sembiante"
Gioachino Rossini
Saturday
Apr 27
Edoardo Gimenez [Cavalier Belfiore] | Cecilia Gasdia [Corinna] | Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 415.498 (Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims)