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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

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Vienna Philharmonic | Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) | Kirill Kondrashin (conductor)

    London 400.048 (Beethoven: Violin Concerto)
  • Saverio Mercadante

    Flute Concerto #4 in G Major

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Patrick Gallois (flute) | Sinfonia Finlandia, Jyväskylä | Patrick Gallois (conductor)

    Naxos 572.731 (Mercadante: Flute Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4)
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Piano Concerto #2

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Sir Colin Davis (conductor) | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Gerhard Oppitz (piano)

    RCA 68219 (Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Konzertstuck)
  • Louis Spohr

    Sonata for Harp and Violin in E-flat Major, Op. 114

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Ursula Holliger (harp) | Thomas Füri (violin)

    Jecklin 573 (Spohr: Sonaten für Harfe und Violine, etc.)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    DG 415.364 (Dvořák: Serenades, Op. 22 & 24)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Emanuel Ax (piano)

    Sony 48046 (Brahms: Handel Variations)
  • Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen

    Trio in B-flat Major

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    The Vivaldi Project

    MSR 1624 (Discovering the Classical String Trio, Vol. 4)
  • Claude Debussy

    Sacred and Profane Dances

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Leonard Slatkin (conductor) | St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Telarc 80071 (Debussy: La Mer, Faune, Danses)
  • Benjamin Godard

    Poetic Scenes

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Slovak State Philharmonic | Kirk Trevor (conductor)

    Naxos 570.554 (Godard: Violin Concerto No. 2)
  • John Field

    Piano Concerto #6 in C Major

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    London Mozart Players | Matthias Bamert (conductor) | Míceál O'Rourke (piano)

    Chandos 9442 (Field: Piano Concertos 4 & 6)
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Leonard Slatkin (conductor) | St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Telarc 80072 ("Marche Slav" and other Russian Favorites)
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio #2

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Beaux Arts Trio

    Philips 412.620 (Schubert: The Piano Trios)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento, K. 136

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Berlin Philharmonic | Riccardo Muti (conductor)

    EMI 47465 (Mozart: Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter")
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Waltzes, Op. 54

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    William Howard (piano)

    Chandos 9044 (Dvořák: Piano Music)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto, BWV 1060

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Academy of Ancient Music | Andrew Manze (violin) | Rachel Podger (violin) | Andrew Manze (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7155 (Bach: Violin Concertos)
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi (conductor)

    Chandos 8849 (Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition)
  • Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

    Overture #4

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Berlin Academy for Old Music

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1852 (Ouvertüren für die Hamburger Oper)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony #1

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Sir Colin Davis (conductor) | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    RCA 60382 (Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Haydn Variations)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata, K. 377

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Arthur Grumiaux (violin) | Walter Klien (piano)

    Philips 412.141 (Mozart: The Great Sonatas for Piano and Violin)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony #8

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Vienna Philharmonic | Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

    EMI 57445 (Beethoven: Symphonies)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Piano Concerto #1

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Nikolai Lugansky (piano) | Sakari Oramo (conductor)

    Warner Classics 47941 (Lugansky: Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2)
  • George Frideric Handel

    The Occasional Oratorio: Musette from Sinfonia

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu | Franck-Emmanuel Comte (conductor/harpsichord)

    Aparté 233 (La Francesina. Handel's Nightingale)
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony #4

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Cleveland Orchestra | Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor)

    London 421.643 (Schumann: Symphonies 3 & 4)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto, BWV 1061

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Musica Amphion | Pieter-Jan Belder (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 93102.8 (Bach: Complete Works)
  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Etincelles

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Jeffrey Biegel (piano)

    Steinway & Sons 30017 (Grand Romance)
  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Suite, Op. 54

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi (conductor)

    DG 419.431 (Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Lyric Suite, etc.)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto #24

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Igor Markevitch (conductor) | Lamoureux Orchestra | Clara Haskil (piano)

    Philips 412.254 (Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 24)
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Sentimental Romance #1

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Paavo Järvi (conductor) | Malmö Symphony Orchestra | Ulf Wallin (violin)

    BIS 550 (Stenhammar: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor (original version), Sentimental Romances, Florez & Blanzefor)
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F Major, D. 803

    Sunday
    Jun 15

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

    Mirare 438 (Schubert: Octet)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Prelude in G-flat Major, Op. 23 #10

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Arcadi Volodos (piano)

    Sony 93067 (Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto #2

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Leonard Slatkin (conductor) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Barry Douglas (piano)

    RCA 61633 (Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Flute Concerto in D Major, Hob. VIIf:D1

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) | Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra | János Rolla (conductor)

    CBS 39772 (Haydn: Concertos for Flute & Oboe)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance, Op. 46 #6

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Kurt Masur (conductor) | New York Philharmonic

    Teldec 9031.73244 (Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, Slavonic Dances)
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto After Scarlatti #9 in C Major

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Café Zimmermann

    Alpha 31 (Avison: Concertos in Seven Parts)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony #2 in D Major, op. 36

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Paavo Järvi (conductor) | The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

    RCA 754.254 (Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 2)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Trio Sonata, RV 82

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    I Musici | Pepe Romero (guitar)

    Philips 434.082 (Vivaldi: Concertos for Guitar and Strings)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns

    Piano Concerto #2

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam | Bella Davidovich (piano)

    Philips 410.052 (Rachmaninoff: "Paganini" Variations - Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet, K. 516

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Berg Quartet | Markus Wolf (viola)

    EMI 49085 (Mozart: String Quintets K. 515 & K. 516)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Barcarolle

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Murray Perahia (piano)

    CBS 39708 (Chopin: Impromptus)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • Joseph Haydn

    Missa in Angustis "Lord Nelson Mass"

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Martin Pearlman (conductor) | Boston Baroque | Keith Jameson (tenor) | Kevin Deas (baritone) | Mary Wilson (soprano) | Abigail Fischer (mezzo-soprano)

    Linn 426 (Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Le Parfum impérissable, Op. 76 #1 (The Imperishable Perfume)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Hélène Lucas (piano) | Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)

    Zigzag 90902 (Fauré: Le Jardin clos, La Chanson d'Ève, Mélodies)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem, K. 626: IV. Offertorium

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Robert Shaw (conductor) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Tom Krause | Jerry Hadley (tenor) | Arleen Augér (soprano) | Delores Ziegler (mezzo-soprano)

    Telarc 80128 (Mozart: Requiem)
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony of Psalms: III "Alleluia"

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

    Decca 458.898 (Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms)
  • Franz Liszt

    Die Vätergruft [Ludwig Uhland]

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Daniel Barenboim (piano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)

    DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Elias (Elijah): Part I, Conclusion

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Das Neue Orchester | Chorus Musicus Köln | Christoph Spering (conductor) | Claudia Barainsky (soprano) | Franziska Gottwald (alto) | Rainer Trost (tenor) | Thomas E. Bauer (bass)

    MDG 602.1656 (Mendelssohn: Elijah, Elias Op. 70)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    In exitu Israel, RV 604 (Psalm 113)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Taverner Choir | Taverner Players | Andrew Parrott (conductor)

    Virgin 59326 (Bach: Magnificat)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 4. Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lay in the bonds of death)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Stephen Varcoe (baritone) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | James Gilchrist (tenor) | Gillian Keith (soprano) | Daniel Taylor (alto)

    SDG 128 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 22)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ariodante: Act III, Scenes 7-13

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    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)
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Winterreise (The Winter Journey): #20. Der Wegweiser (The Signpost)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Werner Güra (tenor) | Christoph Berner (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2066 (Schubert: Die Winterreise)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Cantata, TWV 1:1424 Cantata for First Day of Easter. Triumph! Ihr Frommen, freuet euch (Triumph! You pious ones, rejoice)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Peter Kooij (bass) | Johanna Winkel (soprano) | Margot Oitzinger (alto) | George Poplutz (tenor) | Cologne Academy | Michael Alexander Willens (conductor)

    CPO 555.425 (Georg Philipp Telemann: Easter Cantatas)
  • Maurice Duruflé

    Requiem, Op. 9

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Robert Shaw (conductor) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

    Telarc 80135 (Duruflé: Requiem)
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca: Aria. "Vissi d'arte"

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Mirella Freni (soprano) | National Philharmonic Orchestra | Nicola Rescigno (conductor)

    Decca 0004244 (A Celebration)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Aria, K 505. "Ch'io mi scordi di te? -- Non temer, amato bene"

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Berlin Philharmonic | Claudio Abbado (conductor) | Christine Schäfer (soprano)

    DG 457.582 (Mozart: Arias)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Missa solemnis, Op. 123: I. Kyrie

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) | Marjana Lipovsek (alto) | Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) | Eva Mei (soprano) | Robert Holl (bass) | Arnold Schoenberg Choir | Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Teldec 9031.74884 (Beethoven: Missa Solemnis)
  • Peter Lieberson

    Neruda Songs

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Robert Spano (conductor) | Kelley O'Connor (mezzo-soprano)

    ASO Media 1002 (Lieberson: Neruda Songs)
  • Claude Debussy

    Les Cloches (The bells)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Natalie Dessay (soprano) | Philippe Cassard (piano)

    Virgin 750769 (Clair de Lune)
  • Franz Schmidt

    The Book of Seven Seals

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) | Christiane Oelze (soprano) | Lothar Odinius (tenor) | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Stig Anderson (tenor) [John] | René Pape (bass) [Voice of the Lord] | Cornelia Kallisch (alto) | Alfred Reiter (bass) | Friedemann Winklhofer (organ)

    EMI 56660 (Schmidt: Book of the Seven Seals)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Arpege, Op. 76 #2 (Arpeggio)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Hélène Lucas (piano) | Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)

    Zigzag 90902 (Fauré: Le Jardin clos, La Chanson d'Ève, Mélodies)
  • Robert Schumann

    Sechs Gesänge (6 Airs), Op. 107 (selections)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Christoph Eschenbach (piano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) | Edith Mathis (soprano)

    DG 477.8816 (Schumann: Lieder)
  • Lori Laitman

    Within These Spaces (I Grow To Be My Grandmother; My Mother Has Recovered; Letter To My Daughter; The China Cup; Pioneer Child Doll) (Text from poems of Marjorie Saiser, Janet Coleman, and Judith Sornberger)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Sari Gruber (soprano) | Warren Jones (piano)

    Albany 1118 (Within These Spaces)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Susanna: Selections

    Sunday
    Jun 15

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

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7471-72 (A Tribute)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Stabat Mater: Cavatina. "Fac, ut portem Christi mortem"

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) | Vienna Philharmonic | Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

    DG 449.178 (Rossini: Stabat Mater)
  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde: Act II, lovers' meeting. "Dein Werk? O törge Magd!" -- "Isolde! Tristan!"

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Leonard Bernstein (conductor) | Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) [Brangäne] | Hildegard Behrens (soprano) [Isolde] | Peter Hofmann (tenor) [Tristan]

    Philips 411.036 (Wagner: Tristan und Isolde)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni: Act I, Scenes 1-5

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    RIAS Chamber Chorus | René Jacobs (conductor) | Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Johannes Weisser [Don Giovanni] | Lorenzo Regazzo [Leporello] | Alexandrina Pendatchanska [Donna Elivra] | Olga Pasichnyk [Donna Anna] | Kenneth Tarver [Don Ottavio] | Sunhae Im [Zerlina] | Nikolay Borchev [Masetto] | Alessandro Guerzoni [Il Commendatore]

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1964-66 (Mozart: Don Giovanni)
  • Franz Schubert

    Die schöne Müllerin, D 795: #12. Pause [The Fair Miller-Maid: Pause]

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    John Elwes (tenor) | Kenneth Slowik (fortepiano)

    Dorian 90702 (Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 146. Wir müssen durch viel Trüsal in das Reich Gottes engehen (We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Mark Padmore (tenor) | William Towers (alto) | Julian Clarkson (bass) | Briditte Geller (soprano)

    SDG 107 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 24)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugen Onegin

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Rundfunkchor Leipzig | Staatskapelle Dresden | James Levine (conductor) | Rosemarie Lang [Larina] | Mirella Freni (soprano) [Tatjana] | Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) [Olga] | Ruthild Engert [Filipjewna] | Thomas Allen (baritone) [Eugen Onegin] | Neil Shicoff [Lenski] | Paata Burchuladze [Fürst Gremin] | Michel Sénéchal (bass) [Triquet] | Jürgen Hartfiel [Ein Hauptmann] | Gunter Emmerlich [Saretzki]

    DG 423.959 (Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Il pastor fido (The faithful shepherd): Act II, Scene 5: Amarilli's aria. "Finte labbra! stelle ingrate!" (False lips, ungrateful eyes)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Lucy Crowe [Amarilli] | La Nuova Musica | David Bates (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7585-86 (Handel: Il pastor fido)
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Maria Stuarda: Act III, Nos. 16-17, Hymn of the dead woman & Prayer of the Scots. "Vedeste? Vedemmo. Oh truce apparato!"."Anna! Qui più sommessi"

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Giuseppe Patanè (conductor) | Bavarian Radio Chorus | Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Edita Gruberova [Maria Stuarda, Regina di Scozia] | Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano) [Anna Kennedy]

    Philips 426.233 (Donizetti: Maria Stuarda)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Teuzzone: Act III

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    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)
  • Robert Schumann

    Liederkreis, Op. 24: #3-Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

    London 458.265 (Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola: Act II Finale. "Nacqui all'affano.Non più mesta"

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    John Nelson (conductor) | Ensemble Orchestral de Paris | Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) [Angelina]

    Virgin 45615 (Rossini & Donizetti: Opera Arias)
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Le Grand Theatre de l'Amour: Part 3. Excerpts from Les Paladins, Hippolyte et Aricie, Anacréon, Zoroastre, Les Indes Galantes

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Sabine Devieilhe (soiprano) | Aimery Lefèvre (baritone) | Les Ambassadeurs | Alexis Kossenko (conductor) | Samuel Boden (tenor)

    Erato 34149 (Rameau: Le Grand Theatre de l'Amour)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 52. Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht! (False world, I do not trust you!)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Gillian Keith (soprano)

    SDG 171 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 12)
  • Franz Schubert

    Die schöne Müllerin, D 795: #09. Des Müllers Blumen [The Fair Miller-Maid: The miller's flowers]

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    John Elwes (tenor) | Kenneth Slowik (fortepiano)

    Dorian 90702 (Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795)
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Tenebrae Responsories

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    The Tallis Scholars | Peter Phillips (director)

    Gimell 022 (Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories)
  • Claude Debussy

    Le Matelot qui tombe à l'eau (The sailor who falls into the water)

    Sunday
    Jun 15

    Natalie Dessay (soprano) | Philippe Cassard (piano)

    Virgin 750769 (Clair de Lune)