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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Antonín Dvořák
Piano Quintet A Major (Op. 81)
Thursday
Dec 18
Sviatoslav Richter (piano) | Borodin Quartet
Philips 412.429 (Dvořák: Piano Quintets) -
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Armide: Passacaille
Thursday
Dec 18
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) | La Petite Band
Accent 96122 (Concert De Danse - La Petite Bande) -
Robert Schumann
Symphonic Etudes
Thursday
Dec 18
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Philips 432.093 (Beethoven & Schumann: Theme and Variations 2) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto, K. 314
Thursday
Dec 18
Claudio Abbado (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Ray Still (oboe)
DG 415.104 (Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3, etc. - Haydn: Trumpet Concerto) -
George Frideric Handel
Violin Sonata, HWV 358 in G Major
Thursday
Dec 18
Ensemble Vintage of Cologne
Naxos 572.245 (Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas) -
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Thursday
Dec 18
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Philips 412.131 (Debussy, Ravel, Dukas & Saint-Saëns: Various Works) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony #1
Thursday
Dec 18
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Andrew Litton (conductor)
Virgin 90830 (Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1, etc.) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir of a Beloved Place, Op. 42: #3. Melody
Thursday
Dec 18
Daniel Lozakovich (violin) | Stanisłav Soloviev (piano)
DG 483.6086 (Tchaikovsky: None But the Lonely Heart) -
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto in C Major, F VII/11
Thursday
Dec 18
Alex Klein (oboe) | New Brandenburg Collegium | Anthony Newman (conductor)
Cedille 7003 (Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto #5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
Thursday
Dec 18
Berlin Philharmonic | Maurizio Pollini (piano) | Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 439.770 (Beethoven: Die 5 Klavierkonzerte) -
Louis Spohr
Alruna: Overture
Thursday
Dec 18
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Christian Froehlich (conductor)
CPO 999.093 (Spohr: Overtures) -
Johannes Brahms
Serenade #2, Op. 16
Thursday
Dec 18
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) | St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
RCA 7920 (Brahms: Serenade No. 2, Haydn Variationen, Akademische Festouvertüren) -
Joseph Haydn
Symphony #80 in D Minor
Thursday
Dec 18
Adam Fischer (conductor) | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition) -
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne, Op. 62 #1 in B Major
Thursday
Dec 18
Maria João Pires (piano)
DG 477.7483 (Frederic Chopin)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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Jean-Baptiste Lully
Roland
Thursday
Dec 18
Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset (conductor) | Nicolas Testé [Roland] | Anna-Maria Panzarella [Ang!lique] | Olivier Dumait [Médor] | Monique Zanetti [Témire] | Robert Getchell [Astolfe] | Saomé Haller [La fée principale, Logistille] | Evgueniy Alexiev [Ziliante | Demogorgon | Un suivant d'Angélique] | Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro [Un insulaire | Tersandre] | Anders. J. Dahlin [Un insulaire | Un suivant d'Angélique | Coridon, un pâtre]] | Marie-Hélène Essade [Un amante contente | Une suivante d'Angélique | Une postourelle] | Delphine Gillot [Une suivante d'Angélique | Une amante contente, La Gloire]
Amboise 9949 (Lully: Roland) -
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor: Act I Finale
Thursday
Dec 18
Constantin Chekerliiksi [Igor Svastoslavich] | Todor Todorov [Vladimir] | Cyril Dulguerov [Eroshka] | Alexei Milkovsky [Skula] | Luben Mikhailov [Lovlur] | Julia Wiener [Yaroslavna] | Reni Penkova [Konchakovna] | Radka Gaeva [Nurse] | Liliana Bareva [Polovtsian Girl] | Chorus and Orchestra of the National Opera Theatre of Sofia | Jerzy Semkov (conductor) | Boris Christoff (bass)
EMI 66814 (Borodin: Prince Igor) -
Claude Debussy
Trois Ballades de François Villon
Thursday
Dec 18
Stéphane Degout (baritone) | Hélène Lucas (piano)
Naïve 5209 (Mélodies) -
Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata: Act I
Thursday
Dec 18
Ambrosian Opera Chorus | London Symphony Orchestra | Carlo Rizzi (conductor) | Edita Gruberova [Violetta Valéry] | Patricia Spence [Flora Bervoix] | Monica Bacelli [Annina] | Neil Shicoff [Alfredo Germont] | Giorgio Zancanaro [Giorgio Germont] | Kim Begley [Gastone, Visconte de Létorières] | Peter Sidhom [Barone Douphol] | David Barrell [Marchese d'Obigny] | Alastaire Miles [Dottore Grenvil] | Peter Bronder [Giuseppe, servo di Violetta] | Fabrizio Visentin [Domestico di Flora] | Nicholas Folwell [Commissionario] | Ambrosian Singers | Marc Barrard (baritone) [Marchese d'Obigny] | Ambrosian Singers [Signori e signore | Amici di Violetta e Flora | Mattadore | Piccadori e zingare
Teldec 9031.76348 (Verdi: La Traviata) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concert aria. Alma grande e nobil core, K 578
Thursday
Dec 18
European Sinfonietta | Ed Spanjaard (conductor) | Miranda van Kralingen (soprano)
Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works) -
Carlisle Floyd
Susannah: Act II
Thursday
Dec 18
Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Susannah Polk] | Jerry Hadley (tenor) [Sam Polk] | Samuel Ramey (bass) [Olin Blitch] | Kenn Chester [Little Bat McLean] | Michael Druiett [Elder McLean] | Steven Cole [Elder Gleaton] | Stuart Kale [Elder Hayes] | David Pittsinger [Elder Ott] | Anne Howells [Mrs. McLean] | Della Jones [Mrs. Gleaton] | Jean Glennon [Mrs. Hayes] | Elizabeth Laurence [Mrs. Ott] | Chour de l'Opéra de Lyon | Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon | Kent Nagano (conductor)
Virgin 45039 (Floyd: Susannah) -
Robert Johnson
Full fathom five
Thursday
Dec 18
Andreas Scholl (countertenor) | Julian Behr (lute) | Concerto di Viole
Harmonia Mundi 290.8458.59 (The Voice, Vol 2) -
Robert Schumann
Drei Gesänge, Op. 31: #1. Die Löwenbraut (The Lion's Bride)
Thursday
Dec 18
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) | Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
Naïve 5159 (Schumann) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis, Op. 123: IV. Sanctus
Thursday
Dec 18
The Monteverdi Choir | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique | James Gilchrist (tenor) | Lucy Crowe (soprano) | Jennifer Johnson (mezzo-soprano) | Matthew Rose (bass)
SDG 718 (Beethoven: Missa Solemnis) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria
Thursday
Dec 18
Concentus Musicus Wien | Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) | Chorus Viennensis | Vienna Boys Choir | Rotraud Hansmann | Emiko Iiyama | Helen Watts (alto) | Kurt Equiluz | Max von Egmond (bass)
Teldec 35019 (Bach: Mass in B-Minor) -
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Zaïs: Act II, scene 1. "Charmes des cœurs ambitieux...A mes désirs" ("Magic lure of ambitious hearts...Let your zeal")
Thursday
Dec 18
Ryan Brown (conductor) | Opera Lafayette Orchestra | Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (haute-contre [high tenor])
Naxos 557.993 (Rameau: Operatic Arias)
WETA Virtuoso
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Antonín Dvořák
Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33
Thursday
Dec 18
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic | Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano)
Chandos 10309 (Dvorak) -
Frédéric Chopin
Etude, Op. 25 #2 in F Minor "Dragonfly"
Thursday
Dec 18
Lang Lang (piano)
Sony 548.960 (The Chopin Album) -
Anonymous
Carol. Hail mary ful of grace
Thursday
Dec 18
Anonymous 4
Harmonia Mundi 80.7453 (The Cherry Tree) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata #14 "Moonlight"
Thursday
Dec 18
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Bridge 9250 (Beethoven: Sonatas, Vol. 5) -
Francis Poulenc
Elegy for Horn and Piano
Thursday
Dec 18
James Levine (piano) | Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
DG 427.639 (Poulenc) -
Robert Schumann
6 Études in Canonic Form, Op. 56
Thursday
Dec 18
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) | Christian Tetzlaff (violin) | Tanja Tetzlaff (cello)
EMI 94180 (Schumann: Piano Trios) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Passe lointain, Op. 72 #17
Thursday
Dec 18
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DG 0004284 (Tchaikovsky: 18 Piano Pieces, Op. 72) -
Anton Bruckner
Symphony #9 in D Minor
Thursday
Dec 18
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra
London 417.295 (Bruckner) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prélude in A Minor, Op. 32 #8
Thursday
Dec 18
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
London 414.417 (Rachmaninoff 24 Préludes; Sonata No. 2) -
Felix Mendelssohn
Cello Sonata #2 in B-flat Major, Op. 58
Thursday
Dec 18
Sergei Istomin (cello) | Viviana Sofronitsky (piano)
Passacaille 947 (Felix Mendelssohn: Complete works for Cello and Pianoforte) -
Joaquín Rodrigo
Concerto de Aranjuez
Thursday
Dec 18
Lawrence Foster (conductor) | Lausanne Chamber Orchestra | Sharon Isbin (guitar)
Virgin 91192 (Sharon Isbin) -
Manuel de Falla
La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance from Act II
Thursday
Dec 18
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Erich Kunzel (conductor)
Telarc 80625 (Ballet Favorites) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
English Suite #6 in D Minor, BWV 811
Thursday
Dec 18
Murray Perahia (piano)
Sony 60276 (Bach: English Suites) -
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Irish Symphony
Thursday
Dec 18
Ulster Orchestra | Vernon Handley (conductor)
Chandos 8545 (Stanford: Symphony No. 3 'Irish')