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WETA Classical

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite #1 in F Major: Hornpipe and Andante

    Thursday
    Oct 1

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

    Argo 414.596 (Handel: Fireworks/Water Music)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony #8 in G Major, Op. 88: I. Allegro con brio

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    London Symphony Orchestra | István Kertész (conductor)

    Decca 475.7517 (Dvořák: Symphonies 8 & 9 "From The New World")
  • Johan Helmich Roman

    Violin Concerto in D Minor

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Nils-Erik Sparf (violin) | Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

    BIS 284 (Roman: Sinfonias & Violin Concertos)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio #2 in C Minor, Op. 66: IV. Allegro appassionato

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Claremont Trio

    Arabesque 6786 (Mendelsshon: Trios Op. 49 & 66)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Oboe Concerto, TWV 51:d2: IV

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Berlin Baroque Soloists | Rainer Kussmaul (conductor) | Albrecht Mayer (oboe)

    DG 0005761 (Telemann: Sinfonia Melodica)
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto #1 in G Minor, Op. 26: III. Finale. Allegro energico

    Thursday
    Oct 1

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

    EMI 49429 (Brahms & Bruch: Violin Concertos)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony #7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Rotterdam Philharmonic | Lahav Shani (conductor)

    Warner Classics 51776 (Beethoven Symphony No. 7; Piano Concerto No. 4; Lahav Shani)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Concerto #3 for Flute and Oboe in G Major, Hob. VIIh:3 (originally for lira organizzata)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Lajos Lencsés (oboe) | Robert Dohn (flute) | Slovak Chamber Orchestra | Bohdan Warchal (conductor)

    CPO 999.182 (Haydn, Lira Concerti 1 - 5)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony #2: III

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Berlin Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    DG 427.602 (Brahms: 4 Symphonies, etc.)
  • Silvius Leopold Weiss

    Lute Concerto, SC 53: IV

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Tempesta di Mare | Richard Stone (lute) | Gwyn Roberts (flute)

    Chandos 0707 (Weiss: Lute Concerti)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Sonata #3 in B Minor, Op. 58: I. Allegro maestoso

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Ingolf Wunder (piano)

    DG 477.9634 (Chopin Recital)
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony #4

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    David Zinman (conductor) | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Telarc 80230 (Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4)
  • Leonardo Leo

    Cello Concerto #5

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    English Chamber Orchestra | Josephine Knight (cello) | Stephanie Gonley (conductor)

    ASV 1169 (Leo: Six Cello Concertos)
  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Russian National Orchestra | Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

    DG 439.892 (Russian Overtures)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite #1 in D Minor, BWV 812

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Sir András Schiff (piano)

    London 433.313 (Bach: 6 French Suites, Italian Concerto)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony #30

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) | Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Telarc 80186 (Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 24, 26, 27 & 30)
  • Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

    Overture #4

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Berlin Academy for Old Music

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1852 (Ouvertüren für die Hamburger Oper)
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu, Op. 142 #3 in B-flat Major

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Radu Lupu (piano)

    London 411.711 (Schubert: Impromptus D.899 & D.935)
  • Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville

    Sonata #1

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Marc Minkowski (conductor) | Musicians of the Louvre

    Archiv 474.550 (Mondonville: 6 Sonatas Op. 3)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cello Concerto B Minor

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Sir Colin Davis (conductor) | Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam | Heinrich Schiff (cello)

    Philips 412.880 (Dvořák & Elgar: Cello Concertos)
  • Louis Spohr

    Violin Concerto #8

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Hilary Hahn (violin) | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Eiji Oue (conductor)

    DG 0007188 (Paganini & Spohr: Violin Concertos)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony #4

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Vienna Philharmonic | Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor)

    London 425.792 (Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto, RV 362

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    I Musici

    Philips 422.386 (Vivaldi: 6 Concertos, Op. 8 Nos 7 - 12)
  • Robert Schumann

    Papillons

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

    London 414.474 (Schumann: Piano Works Vol.1)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Violin Concerto #3 in A Major, Hob. VIIa:3

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra | Helmut Müller-Brühl (conductor) | Augustin Hadelich (violin)

    Naxos 570.483 (Haydn: Violin Concertos)
  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Minnesota Orchestra

    Telarc 80083 (Music of Wagner)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto #20 in D Minor, K 466

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor) | Seong-Jin Cho (piano)

    DG 483.5522 (Mozart)
  • Bedřich Smetana

    Ma Vlast: The Moldau

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Vienna Philharmonic | James Levine (conductor)

    DG 419.768 (Smetana)
  • Mikhail Glinka

    Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor) | Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

    Melodiya 10.00166 (Glinka: "Ivan Susanin" & "Ruslan and Ludmila")
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Trio Sonata, RV 78 in B-flat Major

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    L'Estravagante

    Naïve 30535 (Vivaldi: Sonate da camera a tre, Op. 1)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony #98

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Teldec 2292.46331 (Haydn: Symphonien No. 98 & 99)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Dolly

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Seiji Ozawa (conductor) | Boston Symphony Orchestra

    DG 423.089 (Faure: Pelleas et Melisande, Dolly)
  • Bedřich Smetana

    Bartered Bride: Polka

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Theodore Kuchar (conductor) | Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

    Brilliant Classics 93634 (Smetana: Complete Orchestra Works)
  • Johan Helmich Roman

    Oboe Concerto in B-flat Major: III-Allegro

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Wojciech Rajski (conductor) | Helen Jahren (oboe) | Musica Vitae

    BIS 460 (Nordic Music, Vol. 1)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Sextet in D Major for Violin, 2 Violas, Cello, Bass and Piano, Op. 110: IV. Allegro vivace

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    Delos 3266 (Mendelssohn: Sextet Op. 110, Octet, Op. 20)
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F Major, D. 803: IV. Andante; Un poco più mosso; Più lento

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Sabine Meyer (clarinet) | Modigliani String Quartet | Bruno Schneider (horn) | Dag Jensen (bassoon) | Knut Erik Sundquist (double bass)

    Mirare 438 (Schubert: Octet)
  • Michael Haydn

    Symphony #5 in A Major, P. 3: I. Allegro molto

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Slovak Chamber Orchestra | Bohdan Warchal (conductor)

    CPO 999.152 (M. Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 4 - 6)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104: III. Finale. Allegro moderato

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Daniel Barenboim (conductor) | Kian Soltani (cello) | Berlin Staatskapelle

    DG 483.6090 (Kian Soltani: Dvorak)
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony, Op. 3 #4 in B-flat Major: I. Allegro con spirito

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Hanover Band | Antony Halstead (conductor)

    CPO 999.268 (J.C. Bach: Symphonies, Op. 3)
  • Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov

    Symphony #1 in G Minor: III. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine | Theodore Kuchar (conductor)

    Naxos 553.417 (Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata, HWV 403 in C Major "Saul"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

    Philips 412.599 (Handel: Trio Sonatas, Op. 5)
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: I. Allegro affettuoso

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Howard Shelley (conductor) | Howard Shelley (piano) | Orchestra of Opera North

    Chandos 10509 (Schumann, Grieg & Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto, RV 578 in G Minor

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Jeanne Lamon (conductor) | Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) | Patricia Ahern (violin) | Allen Whear (cello)

    Analekta 9835 (L' Estro Armonico)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns

    Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Erich Kunzel (conductor)

    Telarc 80115 (Orchestral Spectaculars)
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Horn Concerto in F Major: I. Allegro

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Max Pommer (conductor) | New Bach Collegium Musicum, Leipzig | Ludwig Güttler (corno da caccia)

    Capriccio 10.008 (Corno da caccia)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto #1: III

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Yefim Bronfman (piano) | Mariss Jansons (conductor)

    Sony 77182 (Tchaikovsky)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Banquet Music, Part 3: Trio in D Major

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

    Archiv 427.619 (Telemann: Tafelmusik)
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Easter Overture

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Zubin Mehta (conductor) | Israel Philharmonic

    CBS 44559 (Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto #21: I. Allegro maestoso

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | Jonathan Biss (piano)

    EMI 17270 (Mozart: Piano Concerto 21 & 22)
  • Kalervo Tuukkanen

    The Loggers: Overture

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Joensuu City Orchestra | Hannu Koivula (conductor)

    Alba 189 (Tuukkanen: Orchestral Works)
  • Horatio Parker

    Valse Gracile, Op. 49 #3

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Malcolm Frager (piano)

    New World 80206 (Edward MacDowell & Company)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite from Violin Partita (arr. Rachmaninoff)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)

    ASV 759 (Bach: Transcribed)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony #11 in E-flat Major

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Adam Fischer (conductor) | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata #26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Daniel Barenboim (piano)

    DG 463.127 (Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas)
  • Clara Wieck Schumann

    Piano Sonata in G Minor: III. Scherzo

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)

    Decca 485.0020 (Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Vienna Philharmonic | Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

    DG 410.031 (Brahms: Double Concerto, Academic Festival Overture)
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio #2

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Beaux Arts Trio

    Philips 412.620 (Schubert: The Piano Trios)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz E-flat Major (Op. 18)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

    London 414.600 (Frédéric Chopin: Waltzes)
  • Joseph Fiala

    Oboe Concerto in B-flat Major

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Prague Chamber Orchestra | Jiří Krejčí (oboe) | Frantisek Vajnar (conductor)

    Supraphon 72890 (Oboe Concertos)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet, K. 515

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Orlando Quartet | Nobuko Imai (viola)

    BIS 431 (Mozart: String Quintets Vol. 1)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals: Swan

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Mischa Maisky (cello) | Pavel Gililov (piano)

    DG 431.544 (Meditation)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto, RV 470 in C Major

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Sergio Azzolini (bassoon) | L'Aura Soave, Cremona

    Naïve 30518 (Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto II)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony #3 "Polish"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | Andrew Litton (conductor)

    Virgin 90761 (Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3, Capriccio Italien)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance, Op. 72 #3

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Antal Dorati (conductor)

    London 411.735 (Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 & 72, etc.)
  • Franz Liszt

    Symphonic Poem #2. Tasso - Lamento e Trionfo

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic

    Chandos 10341 (Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Volume 1)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto #3 in C Minor, Op. 37

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Jan Lisiecki (piano) | Jan Lisiecki (conductor)

    DG 483.7637 (Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos)
  • Louis Spohr

    Variations on the aria "Je suis encore dans mon printemps" by Mehul, Op. 36

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Ursula Holliger (harp)

    Jecklin 573 (Spohr: Sonaten für Harfe und Violine, etc.)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio #3

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Itzhak Perlman (violin) | Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) | Lynn Harrell (cello)

    EMI 54725 (Brahms: Piano Trios)
  • Sergei Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet Suite #1

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Mariss Jansons (conductor) | Oslo Philharmonic

    EMI 49289 (Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet" Suites Nos. 1 & 2)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op. 37b: X. October: Autumn Song

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

    Ondine 1104 (Tchaikovsky)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Nabucco: Part III. La profezia (The Prophecy)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Lamberto Gardelli (conductor) | Vienna State Opera Orchestra | Tito Gobbi [Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar), King of Babylon] | Bruno Prevedi [Ismaele] | Carlo Cava [Zaccaria] | Elena Souliotis [Abigaille] | Dora Carral [Fenena] | Giovanni Foiani [The High Priest of Baal] | Walter Kräutler [Abdallo] | Anna d'Auria [Anna] | Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus [Babylonian | Hebrew warriors, Levites, soothsayers, Hebrew virgins, Babylonian women, high lords of the kingdom of Babylon, populace]

    Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nine Sacred Choruses: #5. Hymn to the Mother of God

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Latvian Radio Choir | Sigvards Kļava (conductor)

    Ondine 1336 (Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Ein deutsches Requiem

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra | Philharmonia Chorus | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Otto Klemperer

    EMI 56218 (Brahms: A German Requiem)
  • Leoš Janáček

    Three Male Choruses, JW IV/19:II. The Little Dove

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Cantus

    Cantus 1213 (Song of a Czech)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Catone in Utica: Act II, Aria. "Il povero mio core"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Claudio Scimione (conductor) | Margarita Zimmermann [Emilia] | I Solist Veneti

    Erato 88142 (Vivaldi: Catone in Utica)
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Act II, Scenes 4-5

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    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)
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Stabat Mater a 10

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Les Arts Florissants | Virginie Thomas (soprano) | Sean Clayton (tenor) | Paul Agnew (conductor)

    Virgin 70907 (Lamentazione)
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Taubenpost

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Alfred Brendel (piano)

    Decca 475.6011 (Beethoven & Schubert)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert aria. Al desio, di chi t'adora, K 577

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    European Sinfonietta | Ed Spanjaard (conductor) | Miranda van Kralingen (soprano)

    Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio: Act II, Nr 16, Finale. "Heil sei dem Tag, Heil sei der Stunde"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Rundfunkchor Leipzig | Staatskapelle Dresden | Theo Adam (bass) [Don Pizarro] | Martti Talvela [Don Fernando] | James King (tenor) [Florestan] | Gwyneth Jones [Leonore] | Franz Crass [Rocco] | Edith Mathis [Marzelline] | Peter Schreier [Jaquino] | Eberhard Büchner [Erster Gefangener] | Günter Leib [Zweiter Gefangerer] | Karl Böhm (conductor)

    DG 0004590 (Beethoven: Fidelio)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Giustino: Act II

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Nicholas McGegan (conductor) | Michael Chance (alto) [Giustino] | Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) [Arianna] | Dawn Kotoski [Anastasio] | Juliana Gondek [Fortuna] | Dean Ely [Polidarte] | Jennifer Lane (mezzo-soprano) [Leocasta] | Mark Padmore (tenor) [Vitaliano] | Drew Minter [Amanzio] | Dean Ely [Voce di Dentro] | kammerchor cantamus halle | Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7130-32 (Handel: Giustino)
  • Hugo Wolf

    Spanisches Liederbuch: Auf dem grünen Balkon (From her green balcony)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) | Russell Ryan (piano)

    Bridge 9378 (Wolf: The Spanish & Italian Songbooks)
  • Jules Massenet

    Hérodiade: Act IV Finale

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Michel Plasson (conductor) | Chour et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse | Ben Heppner (tenor) [Jean] | Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Salomé] | Nadine Denize (mezzo-soprano) [Hérodiade] | Martine Olmeda [Une jeune Babylonienne] | Thomas Hampson (baritone) [Hérode] | José van Dam (baritone) [Phanuel] | Marcel Vanaud [Vitellius] | Jean-Philippe Courtis [Le Grand Prêtre] | Jean-Paul Fouchécourt [Une voix dans le temple]

    EMI 55378 (Massenet: Hérodiade)
  • Josquin des Prez

    Qui habitat a 24

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Skylark Vocal Ensemble | Matthew Guard (director)

    Skylark 4 (It's a Long Way)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 97. In allen meinen Taten (In all my undertakings)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Katharine Fuge (soprano) | Robin Tyson (alto) | Stephan Loges (bass) | Steve Davislim (tenor)

    SDG 144 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 25)
  • Adolphe Adam

    Le Postillon de Lonjumeau: Act I, Song of the Coachman. "Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire d'un jeune et galant postillon" (My friends, listen to the tale of a fine young coachman)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Roberto Abbado (conductor) | Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) | Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Bologna | Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna [village men]

    Decca 0020307 (L'Amour)
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Golden Cockerel: Act III

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow | Artur Eisen [King Dodon] | Arkadiy Mishenkin [Prince Gvidon] | Vladimir Redkin (baritone) [Prince Afron] | Nikolaï Nizinenko [Commander Voyevoda Polkan] | Nina Gaponova [Housekeeper Amelfa] | Oleg Biktimirov [The Astrologer] | Elena Brileva [Queen of Shemakha] | Irena Udalova [The Golden Cockerel] | Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow [Boyars, Soldiers, Warriors, Crowd, Slaves, Guards] | Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

    MCA 10391 (Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida: Act II

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    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: Aida)
  • Alessandro Striggio

    Ecce beatam lucem (Behold the blessed light)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    I Fagiolini | Robert Hollingworth (conductor)

    Decca 478.2734 (Striggio: Missa Ecco sì beato giorno)
  • Franz Schubert

    Songs. Das Heimweh; Auf der Donau; Wie Ulfru fischt; Die Sternennächte; Rückweg (Homesickness; On the Danube; Ulfru Fishing; Starry Nights; The Return Journey)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Eric Schneider (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2004-05 (Schubert: An mein Herz)
  • Giovanni Paisiello

    Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act II

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Hungarian State Orchestra | Adam Fischer (conductor) | Dénes Gulyás [Count Almaviva] | Krisztina Laki [Rosina] | József Gregor [Bartolo] | István Gáti (baritone) [Figaro] | Sándor Sólyom-Nagy [Don Basilio] | Csaba Réta [Laddie] | Miklós Mersei [Sprightly] | Gábor Vághelyi [Notary] | Attila Fülöp [Judge]

    Hungaroton 12525-26 (Paisiello: il Barbiere di Siviglia)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Betulia Liberata: Act I, aria (Amital). Non hai cor, se in mezzo a questi"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset (conductor) | Sandrine Piau [Amital]

    Aparté 235 (Mozart: Betulia Liberata)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ariodante: Act II, Aria. Scherza infida (Treacherous charms)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Il Complesso Barocco | Alan Curtis (conductor) | Joyce DiDonato [Ariodante]

    Virgin 70844 (Handel: Ariodante)
  • Walter Braunfels

    Te Deum, Op. 32: IV. Dignare Domine

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Gitta-Maria Sjöberg (soprano) | Lars-Erik Jonsson (tenor) | Eric Ercison Chamber Choir | Swedish Radio Choir | Manfred Honneck (conductor)

    Orfeo 679.071 (Braunfels: Te Deum)
  • Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Le Prophète: Act I

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    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)
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Menuet. "Dans votre robe à grands paniers" (Minuet. "I can see you still in your dress") [Pierre Reyniel]

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) | Bengt Forsberg (piano) | Nils-Erik Sparf (violin)

    DG 471.331 (Chaminade: Mélodies)
  • Franz Lachner

    Sängerfahrt, Op. 33: Selections

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Mark Padmore (tenor) | Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7521 (Schumann: Dichterliebe)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Elias (Elijah): Part II, Opening (Nr. 21-29)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Andreas Schmidt (baritone) [Elijah] | Andrea Rost (soprano) [The Widow] | Cornelia Kallisch [The Angel] | Deon van der Walt [King Ahab] | Johannes Dietzel [The Youth] | Cornelia Kallisch [Queen Jezebel] | Deon van der Walt [Obadiah] | Chor des Städt. Musikvereins zu Düsseldorf | Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker | James Conlon (conductor)

    EMI 56475 (Mendelssohn: Elias)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mass in C Major, Op. 86: I. Kyrie

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    RIAS Chamber Chorus | Mignon Dunn | Margarita Zimmermann | Bruno Beccaria (tenor) | Tom Krause | Kammerchors Ernst Senff | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    London 455.014 (Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Mass in C)
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Bavarian Radio Chorus | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Tölzer Knabenchor | Daniel Harding (conductor) | Patricia Petibon (soprano) | Hans-Werner Bunz (tenor) | Christian Gerhaher (baritone)

    DG 477.8778 (Orff: Carmina Burana)
  • Hugo Wolf

    Spanisches Liederbuch: Blindes Shauen, dunkle Leuchte (Blinded sight, dark light)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) | Russell Ryan (piano)

    Bridge 9378 (Wolf: The Spanish & Italian Songbooks)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Forza del Destino: "Pace, pace, mio Dio!"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano) | Philharmonia of Russia | Constantine Orbelian (conductor)

    Delos 3404 (Radvanovsky sings Verdi)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rodelinda: Act II, Scenes 5-7

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Sophie Danemann [Rodelinda] | Daniel Taylor [Bertarido] | Adrian Thompson [Grimoaldo] | Catherine Robbin [Eduige] | Robin Blaze [Unulfo] | Christopher Purves [Garibaldo] | Raglan Baroque Players | Nicholas Kraemer

    Virgin 45277 (Handel: Rodelinda)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert aria. Conservati fedele, K 23

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    European Sinfonietta | Ed Spanjaard (conductor) | Miranda van Kralingen (soprano)

    Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 8. Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? (Loving God, when shall I die?)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Mark Padmore (tenor) | Katharine Fuge (soprano) | Robin Tyson (alto) | Thomas Guthrie (bass)

    SDG 104 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 8)
  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Vienna State Opera Chorus | Vienna State Opera Orchestra | Thomas Moser [Tristan] | Deborah Voigt [Isolde] | Petra Lang [Brangäne] | Peter Weber [Kurwenal] | Robert Holl [König Marke] | Markus Nieminen [Melot] | Michael Roider [Ein Hirt] | In-Sung Sim [Ein Steuermann] | John Dickie [Ein junger Seemann] | Christian Thielemann (conductor)

    DG 0002250 (Wagner: Tristan und Isolde)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    L'italiana in Algeri: Act II, No. 12, Quintet. "Ti presento di mia man"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus | Vienna Philharmonic | Claudio Abbado (conductor) | Ruggero Raimondi (baritone) [Mustafà] | Patrizia Pace [Elvira] | Anna Gonda [Zulma] | Alessandro Corbelli [Haly] | Frank Lopardo (tenor) [Lindoro] | Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Isabella] | Enzo Dara [Taddeo]

    DG 427.331 (Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri)
  • Daniel-François-Esprit Auber

    Manon Lescaut: Act II

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Mady Mesplé [Manon Lescaut] | Peter-Christoph Runge [Le Marquis d'Hérigny] | Jean-Claude Orliac [Le Chevalier Des Grieux] | Yves Bisson [Lescaut] | Emmy Greger [Marguerite] | Gérard Friedmann [Gervais] | Ghislaine Victorius [Zabi] | Alain Duverry (baritone) | Bernard Fabre-Garrus [Durozeau] | Nicole Chaudeau [Madame Bancelin] | Jean Bussard [Un Domestique] | Chœurs de Radio France | Orchestre Lyrique de Radio-France | Jean-Pierre Marty (conductor)

    EMI 63252 (Auber: Manon Lescaut)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Betulia Liberata: Act I, aria (Ozìa, chorus). "Pietà, se irato sei"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset (conductor) | Pablo Bemsch [Ozìa]

    Aparté 235 (Mozart: Betulia Liberata)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio: Act I

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Kurt Masur (conductor) | Rundfunkchor Leipzig | Berlin Radio Chorus | Theo Adam (bass) [Don Fernando] | Siegmund Nimsgern [Don Pizarro] | Siegfried Jerusalem [Florestan] | Jeannine Altmeyer [Leonore] | Peter Meven [Rocco] | Carola Nossek [Marzelline] | Rüdiger Wohlers [Jaquino] | Klaus König (tenor) [Erster Gefangener] | Frank-Peter Späthe [Zweiter Gefangerer]

    Eurodisc 610.093.233 (Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Five Male Choruses, B 87, Op. 27: I. Malicious Gossip

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Cantus

    Cantus 1213 (Song of a Czech)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Theodora: Selections

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Drew Minter (countertenor) | Nicholas McGegan (harpsichord | Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7471-72 (A Tribute)
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Prologue and Act I, Scenes 1-4

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    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

    L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25: Shepherds' Farewell (L'adieu des bergers)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Renée Fleming (soprano) | London Voices | Andreas Delfs (conductor) | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Decca 0005193 (Sacred Songs)

WETA Virtuoso

  • Richard Strauss

    Dance Suite from Pieces by François Couperin

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Dresden State Orchestra | Rudolf Kempe (conductor)

    EMI Classics 64350 (Richard Strauss)
  • Jacques Ibert

    Impromptu

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Kathryn Stott (piano) | Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet)

    EMI 164712 (Puccini, Falla, Hindemith, Rachmaninov & Kreisler)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet #1 in F Major, Op. 18 #1

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Miró Quartet

    Pentatone 5186.827 (Beethoven: Complete String Quartets)
  • John Knowles Paine

    Symphony #2 in A Major, Op. 34

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Ulster Orchestra | JoAnn Falletta (conductor)

    Naxos 559.748 (John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works Vol. 2)
  • George Crumb

    Cello Sonata

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Matt Haimovitz (cello)

    DG 431.813
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony #6

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Scottish National Orchestra

    Chandos 8530 (Dvořák: Symphony No. 6)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Élégie, Op. 3 #1

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Sergei Rachmaninoff (AMPICO piano roll)

    Decca 475.9247 (Rachmaninov Plays Rachmaninov; The AMPICO Piano Recordings (1919-29))
  • Sergei Prokofiev

    Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Boris Berman (piano)

    Chandos 9361 (Prokofiev)
  • Luigi Gatti

    Sextet in E-flat Major

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Calamus Ensemble

    MDG 603.1589 (Luigi Gatti: Chamber Music)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Etude, Op. 25 #11 in A Minor "Winter Wind"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Jan Lisiecki (piano)

    DG 479.1039 (Jan Lisiecki: Chopin Etudes)
  • Orchestra Series

    Thursday
    Oct 1

  • Lars-Erik Larsson

    The Winter's Tale, four vignettes

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Stockholm Sinfonietta | Jan-Olav Wedin (conductor)

    BIS 165 (A Swedish Pastorale)
  • Samuel Barber

    The Lovers, Op. 43

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Conspirare | David Farwig (baritone) | Chamber Orchestra

    Harmonia Mundi 80.7522 (Barber: Conspirare)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude #17 in A-flat Major, BWV 886

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Piotr Anderszewski (piano)

    Warner Classics 511875 (Well-Tempered Clavier)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    "Ich bin der schneider Kakadu", Op. 121a (10 Variations on Müller's Song)

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Itzhak Perlman (violin) | Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) | Lynn Harrell (cello)

    EMI 47455 (Beethoven: Piano Trios)
  • Dora Pejačević

    Symphony in F-sharp Minor, Op. 41

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Ari Rasilainen (conductor) | German State Philharmonic, Rheinland-Pfalz

    CPO 777.418 (Dora Pejacevic: Symphony & Phantasie Concertante)
  • Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Six Morceaux: II. Bohémienne. Allegro

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin) | Barbara Moser (piano)

    Gramola 98966 (Den Männer ebenbürtig)
  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence #2

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Scottish National Orchestra

    Chandos 8834 (R. Strauss: Macbeth, etc.)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Overture in F Major

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Russian National Orchestra | Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

    DG 439.892 (Russian Overtures)
  • Zdeněk Fibich

    The Tempest, Op. 46

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra | Marek Štilec (conductor)

    Naxos 573.197 (Fibich: Orchestral Works 3)
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony #1 "Afro-American"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Chandos 9154
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Berceuse

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) | Ulster Orchestra | Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin)

    Chandos 8792 (Violin Favourites)
  • Clara Wieck Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) | Holly Mathieson (conductor)

    Decca 485.0020 (Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann)
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet #13 "Rosamunde"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Cherubini Quartet

    EMI 49900 (Schubert: String Quartets No. 9, D173 & No. 13, D804)
  • Maurice Ravel

    Mother Goose

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) | Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

    Sony 46670 (Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 - Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic | Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano)

    Chandos 10309 (Dvorak)
  • Alan Hovhaness

    The Payer of Saint Gregory

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Empire Brass | Michael Murray (organ)

    Telarc 80218 (Music for Organ, Brass & Percussion)
  • Benjamin Britten

    Cello Sonata

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    David Finckel (cello) | Wu Han (piano)

    ArtistLed David Finckel Wu Han (David Finckel; Wu Han)
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet, Op. 76 #3 in C Major "Emperor"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Buchberger Quartet

    Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition)
  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 6 in F Major, H. 40 "Cradle Song"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Alice Sara Ott (piano)

    DG 4866238 (Alice Sara Ott: John Field, Complete Nocturnes)
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet #2

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Brodsky Quartet

    Teldec 2292.46319 (Borodin & Tchaikovsky: String Quartets)
  • Béla Bartók

    Piano Concerto #1

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Pierre Boulez (conductor) | Krystian Zimerman (piano)

    DG B0003885 (BARTOK The Piano Concertos)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Moment Musicale in D-flat Major, Op. 16 #5

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

    Decca 478.6348 (Rachmaninoff Complete Piano Works)
  • Franz Liszt

    Symphonic Poem #7. Festklänge

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic

    Chandos 10417 (Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Volume 3)
  • George Rochberg

    Violin Concerto

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    André Previn (conductor) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Isaac Stern (violin)

    Sony 64505
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue #9 in E Major, BWV 878

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Piotr Anderszewski (piano)

    Warner Classics 511875 (Well-Tempered Clavier)
  • Sir Edward Elgar

    Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 62

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    BBC Symphony Orchestra | Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

    Teldec 4509.98436 (Elgar: Falstaff)
  • Leoš Janáček

    String Quartet #1 after Tolstoy "The Kreutzer Sonata"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Alban Berg Quartet

    EMI Classics 55457 (ABQ)
  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasy Pieces for cello and piano, Op. 73

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Gerhard Oppitz (piano) | Heinrich Schiff (cello)

    Philips 422.414 (Schumann: Cello Concerto)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Trio #4 in E Major, K. 542

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Kungsbacka Trio

    Naxos 570.519 (Mozart: Piano Trios Vol. 2)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka, Op. 33 #2 in D Major

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Lukas Geniušas (piano)

    Mirare 508 (Lukas Geniusas: Chopin)
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony #4 in E-flat Major "Romantic"

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Decca 410.550 (Bruckner: Symphony No. 4)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Piece for Oboe and Harp

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Lajos Lencsés (oboe) | Gisèle Herbert (harp)

    Audite 368.409 (Musique de Nuit)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    5 Variations on "Rule, Britannia", WoO 79

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Angela Hewitt (piano)

    Hyperion 68346 (Beethoven Variations: Angela Hewitt)
  • Silvius Leopold Weiss

    Lute Sonata in B-flat Major

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Bernhard Hofstötter (lute)

    Querstand 1011 (Dresden Moskau)
  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 20

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Stockholm Sinfonietta

    BIS 338 (Gade)
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    John O'Conor (piano)

    Telarc 80313 (Popular Works for Solo Piano)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphonic Variations

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

    DG 437.506 (Brahms & Dvořák)
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82

    Thursday
    Oct 1

    BIS 622-624 (Sibelius)