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WETA Classical

  • Symphony #38 "Prague"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | René Jacobs (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1958 (Mozart: Symphonies 38 "Prague" and 41 "Jupiter")
  • Fantasie F Minor

    Frédéric Chopin

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Murray Perahia (piano)

    CBS 39708 (Chopin: Impromptus)
  • Concerto for 2 Flutes & Lute D Major

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Eckart Haupt (flute) | Wolfgang Loebner (flute) | Monika Rost (lute) | Dresden Baroque Soloists | Eckart Haupt (conductor)

    Capriccio 10.284 (Telemann: Konzerte für 2 Flöten)
  • Sleeping Beauty Suite

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Philadelphia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti (conductor)

    EMI 47075 (Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty)
  • String Quartet #2 in G Major, Op. 18 #2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Miró Quartet

    Pentatone 5186.827 (Beethoven: Complete String Quartets)
  • Concerto, BWV 1061 for 2 Keyboards in C Major

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Arion | Jaap ter Linden (conductor)

    Early Music 7753 (Bach)
  • PBS News Hour

    News

    Friday
    Jul 26

  • Symphony in 17 Parts in F Major, RH 64: IV. Allegro molto

    François-Joseph Gossec

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Les Siècles | François-Xavier Roth (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2423 (Beethoven Symphony No. 5)
  • Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84: III. Allegro

    Sir Edward Elgar

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Garrick Ohlsson (piano) | Takács String Quartet

    Hyperion 68295 (Elgar & Beach Piano Quintets)
  • German Dances, D. 783 (16)

    Franz Schubert

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Alfred Brendel (piano)

    Philips 422.229 (Schubert: Piano Sonata, D.959, Hungarian Melody, German Dances, Allegretto)
  • The Creatures of Prometheus Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2413 (Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4)
  • Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato

    Edvard Grieg

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) | Berlin Philharmonic | Mariss Jansons (conductor)

    EMI 57562 (Grieg & Schumann: Piano Concertos)
  • Flute Concerto G Major: I

    Johann Christian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Rachel Brown (flute) | Hanover Band | Anthony Halstead (conductor)

    CPO 999.347 (J.C. Bach: Woodwind Concertos, Vol. 2)
  • Trio Sonata, Op. 5 #4 in G Major (HWV 399): I. Allegro & II. A tempo ordinario; Allegro, non presto; Adagio

    George Frideric Handel

    Friday
    Jul 26

    The Brook Street Band

    Avie 2068 (Handel: Trio Sonatas Op. 5)
  • Symphony #2 in B-flat Major, Op. 21: IV. Allegro molto animato

    George Whitefield Chadwick

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Albany Symphony Orchestra | Julius Hegyi (conductor)

    New World 339 (Chadwick: Symphony No. 2 - Parker: A Northern Ballad)
  • Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D Major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Ensemble Caprice | Matthias Maute (conductor)

    Analekta 299967 (Bach: Brandenburg Concertos)
  • Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53: III. Finale. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo

    Antonín Dvorák

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | James Ehnes (violin) | BBC Philharmonic

    Chandos 10309 (Dvorak)
  • Gamba Sonata, BWV 1027 in G Major: IV. Allegro moderato

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    David Finckel (cello) | Wu Han (piano)

    ArtistLed David Finckel Wu Han (David Finckel; Wu Han)
  • Norwegian Rhapsody #1

    Johan Halvorsen

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Trondheim Symphony Orchestra | Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

    Simax 1085 (Svendsen & Halvorsen: Norwegian Rhapsodies)
  • Symphony #6: IV

    Johann Wilhelm Wilms

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Concerto of Cologne | Werner Ehrhardt (conductor)

    Archiv 0002998 (Wilms: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7)
  • Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17: I. Allegro moderato

    Clara Wieck Schumann

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Nash Ensemble

    Hyperion 68307 (Clara Schumann Piano Trio; Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio, String Quartet)
  • Flute Quartet, K. 285a

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) | Isaac Stern (violin) | Salvatore Accardo (violin) | Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)

    CBS 42320 (Mozart: 4 Flute Quartets)
  • Piano Concerto #2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83: IV. Allegretto grazioso

    Johannes Brahms

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Lars Vogt (piano) | Royal Northern Sinfonia | Lars Vogt (conductor)

    Ondine 1346 (Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2; Handel Variations)
  • L'incoronazione di Dario: Sinfonia

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Orfeo 55 | Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor)

    Erato 520955 (Contralto)
  • String Symphony #2 in D Major

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Friday
    Jul 26

    English String Orchestra | William Boughton (conductor)

    Nimbus 5141 (Mendelssohn: Complete String Symphonies, Vol. 1)
  • Young Henry's Hunt

    Étienne-Nicolas Méhul

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Munich Radio Orchestra | Kurt Redel (conductor)

    Pierre Verany 786104 (French Overtures)
  • Violin Concerto in D Major (Benton 103/103A)

    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel

    Friday
    Jul 26

    David Perry (violin) | Baltimore Chamber Orchestra | Markand Thakar (conductor)

    Naxos 570.320 (Pleyel: Symphonies Concertantes)
  • Macbeth: Ballet Music (Act III)

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | José Serebrier (conductor)

    Naxos 572.818-19 (Verdi: Complete Ballet Music from the Operas)
  • Cello Concerto (G. 573)

    Luigi Boccherini

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Julius Berger (cello) | Southwest German Chamber Orchestra | Vladislav Czarnecki (conductor)

    EBS 6055 (Boccherini: Concerti per violoncello, vol. 2)
  • Variations, WoO 46 on "Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen" from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) | Alexander Melnikov (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2183-84 (Complete Works for Cello and Piano)
  • Symphony #1 in C Minor, Op. 32

    Louise Farrenc

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Insula Orchestra | Laurence Equilbey (conductor)

    Erato 9029.66985 (Louise Farrenc Symphonies 1 & 3)
  • Trio Concertant in G Major, Op. 11 #3

    Franz Anton Hoffmeister

    Friday
    Jul 26

    The Vivaldi Project

    MSR 1623 (Discovering the Classical String Trio, Vol. 3)
  • Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25

    Ernst von Dohnányi

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Eldar Nebolsin (piano) | Buffalo Philharmonic | JoAnn Falletta (conductor)

    Naxos 572.303 (Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song)
  • Trio Sonata, RV 79 in B Minor

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Friday
    Jul 26

    L'Estravagante

    Naïve 30535 (Vivaldi: Sonate da camera a tre, Op. 1)
  • Symphony #2 in E Minor, Op. 27

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic

    Chandos 10589 (Rachmaninoff)
  • Violin Sonata, HWV 373 in E Major (Op. 1 #15)

    George Frideric Handel

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Andrew Manze (violin) | Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7259 (Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas)
  • Overture in F Major

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Russian National Orchestra | Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

    DG 439.892 (Russian Overtures)
  • Symphony #87 in A Major

    Joseph Haydn

    Friday
    Jul 26

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

    Philips 412.888 (Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 86 & 87)
  • Violin Concerto #3 in B Minor, Op. 61

    Camille Saint-Saëns

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Renaud Capuçon (violin) | French Radio Philharmonic | Lionel Bringuier (conductor)

    Erato 34134 (Saint-Saëns: La muse et le poète)
  • Concerto in F Major

    Giovanni Battista Sammartini

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Lucie Horsch (recorder) | Academy of Ancient Music | Bojan Cicic (conductor)

    Decca 483.4722 (Lucie Horsch: Baroque Journey)
  • Piano Trio, Op. 70 #2 in E-flat Major

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Friday
    Jul 26

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

    EMI 47455 (Beethoven: Piano Trios)
  • Concerto, BWV 1056 in G Minor

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Avi Avital (mandolin) | Kammerakademie Potsdam

    DG 0016801 (Bach)
  • The Corsaire

    Hector Berlioz

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Scottish National Orchestra | Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor)

    Chandos 8316 (Berlioz: 5 Overtures)
  • Quartet #1

    Gioachino Rossini

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Camerata Bern | Thomas Füri (conductor)

    DG 413.310 (Rossini: Sonatas for Strings)
  • Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46

    Max Bruch

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Joshua Bell (violin and conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Sony 84200 (Joshua Bell: Bruch Scottish Fantasy)
  • Concerto, RV 522: I. Allegro

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Jeanne Lamon (violin) | Geneviève Gilardeau (violin) | Tafelmusik | Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

    Analekta 9811 (A Baroque Feast)
  • Cello Sonata #2 in D Major, Op. 58: I. Allegro assai vivace

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Elizabeth Dolin (cello) | Bernadene Blaha (piano)

    Analekta 23166 (Mendelsshon: Complete Works for Cello and Piano)
  • Guitar Concerto E Minor

    Ferdinando Carulli

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Pepe Romero (guitar) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Iona Brown (conductor)

    Philips 426.263 (Carulli & Molino: Guitar Concertos)
  • Orchestral Suite #3 in D Major, BWV 1068: III. Gavotte I/II

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Tafelmusik | Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

    Analekta 3134 (Bach: Orchestral Suites)
  • Ballet of the Snowflakes

    Jacques Offenbach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Gulbenkian Orchestra | Michel Swierczewski (conductor)

    Nimbus 5303 (Offenbach: Music from the Operettas)
  • Piano Trio, Op. 12 in E-flat Major: I. Allegro agitato

    Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Beaux Arts Trio

    Philips 446.077 (Hummel: Piano Trios)
  • Concierto de Aranjuez: III. Allegro gentile

    Joaquín Rodrigo

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Junhong Kuang (guitar) | Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice | Darrell Ang (conductor)

    Naxos 579.053 (Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez)
  • Concerto for 2 Horns in D Major

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Hermann Baumann (horn) | Timothy Brown (horn) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Iona Brown (conductor)

    Philips 412.226 (Telemann: Horn Concertos)
  • Sinfonia, S 161 in B-flat Major (Altner Bb2)

    František Xaver Dušek

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Helsinki Baroque Orchestra | Aapo Häkkinen (conductor)

    Naxos 572.683 (Dussek: Four Symphonies)
  • Symphony #87 in A Major: I. Vivace

    Joseph Haydn

    Friday
    Jul 26

    La Petite Band | Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

    Virgin 90844 (Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 85, 86 & 87)
  • Trio Sonata #4: I. Vivace

    Johann Baptist Georg Neruda

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Parnassi musici

    CPO 777.383 (Neruda: Trio Sonatas)
  • Symphony #6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo. Awakening of happy feelings

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Britten Sinfonia | Thomas Adès (conductor)

    Signum 639 (Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4-6)
  • The Magic Flute: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Friday
    Jul 26

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

    EMI 85060 (Mozart: Overtures)
  • Piano Concerto #2 in F Minor, Op. 21: I. Maestoso

    Frédéric Chopin

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Bella Davidovich (piano) | London Symphony Orchestra | Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

    Philips 410.042 (Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2)
  • Orchestral Suite #3 in D Major, BWV 1068: I. Overture

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Concerto Italiano | Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

    Naïve 30578 (Bach Ouvertures)
  • Violin Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 43 "Slavic": III. Allegro molto vivace

    Dora Pejacevic

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Andrej Bielow (violin) | Oliver Triendl (piano)

    CPO 777.420 (Dora Pejacevic: Violin Sonatas)
  • Symphony, Op. 3 #5 in F Major

    Johann Christian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Hanover Band | Antony Halstead (conductor)

    CPO 999.268 (J.C. Bach: Symphonies, Op. 3)
  • Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture

    Mikhail Glinka

    Friday
    Jul 26

    St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

    Telarc 80072 ("Marche Slav" and other Russian Favorites)
  • The Bells of St. Geneviève

    Marin Marais

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Munich Pro Arte Orchestra | Kurt Redel (conductor)

    Peters International PLE 044 (Marais: Bells of St. Geneviève)
  • Hungarian Rhapsody #6 "Carnival of Pest"

    Franz Liszt

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Israel Philharmonic | Zubin Mehta (conductor)

    CBS 44926 (Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies)
  • Clarinet Concerto #2 F Minor

    Bernhard Henrik Crusell

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Emma Johnson (clarinet) | English Chamber Orchestra | Sir Charles Groves (conductor)

    ASV 559 (Crusell: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 - Weber - Baermann - Rossini)
  • Sacred and Profane Dances

    Claude Debussy

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Skaila Kanga (harp) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Chandos 8621 (Ravel, Debussy, Saint_Saëns & Roussel)
  • The Four Seasons, Op. 8/1-4

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin) | Orchestra of St. Luke's

    EMI 49767 (Vivaldi: The Four Seasons)
  • Symphony #1 in G Minor

    Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov

    Friday
    Jul 26

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine | Theodore Kuchar (conductor)

    Naxos 553.417 (Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov)
  • Piano Concerto #1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Lang Lang (piano) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

    DG 474.291 (Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: First Piano Concertos)
  • The Planets

    Gustav Holst

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Boston Symphony Orchestra | New England Conservatory Chorus | William Steinberg (conductor)

    DG 463.627 (Gustav Holst: The Planets)
  • Sinfonia concertante E-flat Major, K 364 (320d)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Lara St. John (violin) | Scott St. John (viola) | The Knights | Eric Jacobsen (conductor)

    Ancalagon 136 (Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 3)
  • Ballade #1 in G Minor, Op. 23

    Frédéric Chopin

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Maurizio Pollini (piano)

    DG 459.683 (Chopin: 4 Ballades, Fantasie Op. 49, etc.)
  • Symphony #2 in D Major, Op. 36

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    Decca 478.2721 (Beethoven: The Symphonies)
  • Concerto, BWV 1042

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    David Oistrakh (violin) | Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    DG 447.427 (Bach, Brahms & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos - Beethoven: Violin Romances)
  • Piano Concerto #24

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Mitsuko Uchida (piano and conductor) | Cleveland Orchestra

    Decca 0013276 (Mozart: Piano Concerto 23, K488 & 24, K491)
  • Holberg Suite, Op. 40

    Edvard Grieg

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Mito Chamber Orchestra | Seiji Ozawa (conductor)

    Decca 485.059 (Seiji Ozawa, Martha Argerich, Mito Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2; Grieg Holberg Suite)
  • Wind Symphony #6 in B-flat Major

    Johann Christian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Consortium Classicum

    MDG 301.0434 (J.C. Bach: Wind Symphonies)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • Macbeth

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Leo Nucci (baritone) [Macbeth] | Samuel Ramey (bass) [Banco] | Shirley Verrett [Lady Macbeth] | Anna Caterina Antonacci [Dama] | Veriano Luchetti [Macduff] | Antonio Barasorda [Malcolm] | Sergio Fontana [Medico] | Gianfranco Casarini [Servo] | Gastone Sarti [Sicario] | Giuseppe Morresi [Araldo] | Natale de Carolis [Prima apparizione] | Barbara Briscik [Seconda apparizione] | Marco Fanti [Terza apparizione] | Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna [Streghe, messaggeri del re, nobili e profughi scozzesi, sicari, soldati inglesi, bardi] | Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna | Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    London 417.525 (Verdi: Macbeth)
  • O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst [Ferdinand Freiligrath]

    Franz Liszt

    Friday
    Jul 26

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

    DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection)
  • Arabella: Act I, Duet "Ich danke, Fräulein.Aber der Richtige, wenn's einen gibt"

    Richard Strauss

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Natalie Dessay (soprano) | Felicity Lott (soprano) | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Antonio Pappano (conductor)

    Virgin 45705 (Amor)
  • Cantata, BWV 36. Schwingt freudig euch empor (Soar joyfully aloft)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Joanne Lunn (soprano) | William Towers (alto) | Jan Kobow (tenor) | Dietrich Henschel (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    SDG 162 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 13)
  • Songs. Nacht und Träume; Der blinde Knabe; Hoffnung; Totengräberweise; Tiefes Leid; Greisengesang (Night and Dreams; The Blind Boy; Hope; Gravedigger's Song; Deep Sorrow; Old Man's Song)

    Franz Schubert

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Alexander Schmalcz (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2063 (Nacht und Träume)
  • Six Moravian Choruses

    Leoš Janácek

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Cappella Amsterdam | Philip Mayers (piano) | Daniel Reuss (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2097 (Janácek: Choral Works)
  • Missa in C Major, K 167 "Trinity Mass"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Chamber Choir of Europe | Jens Wollenschlager (organ) | Camerata Würzburg | Nicol Matt (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works)
  • O ye little flock

    John Amner

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Stile Antico | Fretwork

    Harmonia Mundi 80.7554 (Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart)
  • Shéhérazade

    Maurice Ravel

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Susan Graham | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

    Warner Classics 61938 (Chausson, Ravel & Debussy)
  • Liederkreis, Op. 24: #3. Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen (I wandered under the trees)

    Robert Schumann

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Mark Padmore (tenor) | Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7521 (Schumann: Dichterliebe)
  • Salve Regina, HWV 241

    George Frideric Handel

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Lucy Crowe (soprano) | The English Concert | Harry Bicket (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7559 (Handel in Italy)
  • Symphony #8 "Symphony of a Thousand"

    Gustav Mahler

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Erin Wall (soprano) | Elza van den Heever (soprano) | Laura Claycomb (soprano) | Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano) | Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano) | Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor) | Quinn Kelsey (baritone) | James Morris (bass) | San Francisco Symphony Chorus | Pacific Boychoir | San Francisco Girls Chorus | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

    SFS Media 60021 (Mahler: Symphony No. 8)
  • Carmina Burana: III. Cour d'amours [The Court of Love]

    Carl Orff

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Christian Gerhaher (baritone) | Patricia Petibon (soprano) | Bavarian Radio Chorus | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Harding (conductor)

    DG 477.8778 (Orff: Carmina Burana)
  • Cantata #8. Recitative and aria. "Or che una numbe ingrata...Senza il misero piacer" (Now that a cruel cloud...Without the miserable pleasure)

    Nicola Porpora

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Iestyn Davies (countertenor) | Arcangelo | Jonathan Cohen (conductor)

    Hyperion 67894 (Porpora: Cantatas for Alto)
  • Un ballo in maschera: Act I, Part 2

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Riccardo] | Renato Bruson [Renato] | Margaret Price [Amelia] | Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) [Ulrica] | Kathleen Battle (soprano) [Oscar] | Peter Weber [Silvano] | Robert Lloyd (bass) [Samuel] | Malcolm King [Tom] | Alexander Oliver [Un Giudice] | Peter Hall [Un Servo d'Amelia] | London Opera Chorus | Royal College of Music Junior Department Chorus | National Philharmonic Orchestra | Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

    London 410.210 (Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera)
  • Mentre ti lascio, K 513

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Thomas Hampson (baritone) | Concentus Musicus Wien | Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    Warner Classics 62257 (Arias)
  • Selva morale e spirituale: Beatus Vir (first setting)

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Friday
    Jul 26

    The Cambridge Singers | John Rutter (conductor)

    Collegium 134 (The Sacred Flame)
  • Cantata, BWV 21. Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (My heart was deeply troubled)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Katharine Fuge (soprano) | Vernon Kirk (tenor) | Jonathan Brown (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    SDG 165 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 2)
  • Ariodant: Act II, scene 6. Ina's melodarama, recitative and aria. "Quelle fureur barbare!...Mais, que dis-je?...Ô des amants le plus fidèle" (What barbarous fury!...What am I saying?...O, most faithful of lovers)

    Étienne-Nicolas Méhul

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Véronique Gens (soprano) | Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset (conductor)

    Virgin 0709272 (Les Héroïnes Romantiques)
  • Turandot: Act II, excerpts. "In questa Reggia" -- "Straniero, ascolta" -- "Giuzza al pari di fiamma" -- "Gelo che ti dà foco" -- "Figlio del Cielo!"

    Giacomo Puccini

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Birgit Nilsson (soprano) [Turandot] | Renata Tebaldi [Liù] | Giorgio Tozzi [Timur] | Jussi Bjoerling [Calaf] | Alessio de Paolis [L'Imperatore Altoum] | Mario Sereni [Ping] | Piero de Palma (tenor) [Pang] | Tommaso Frascati [Pong] | Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus | Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)

    RCA 63705 (Puccini: Turandot, excerpts)
  • Carmen: Chanson (Seguidilla) and Duet. "Près des ramparts de Séville" ("Near the wells of Seville")

    Georges Bizet

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Elína Garanca (mezzo-soprano) [Carmen] | Roberto Alagna (tenor) [Don José] | Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Raí | Karel Mark Chichon (conductor)

    DG 014777 (Habanera)
  • Siete Canciones Populares Españolas (7 Popular Spanish Songs)

    Manuel de Falla

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano) | Manuel de Falla (piano)

    Zenph 1001 (The Spanish Masters)
  • A Mass of Life: Part II

    Frederick Delius

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Janice Watson (soprano) | Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezz-soprano) | Andrew Kennedy (tenor) | Alan Opie (baritone) | The Bach Choir | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | David Hill (conductor)

    Naxos 572.861-62 (Delius: A Mass of Life, Prelude and Idyll)
  • Missa Brevis in F Major, K 192

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Anja Bittner (soprano) | Gabriele Wunderer (alto) | Robert Morvaj (tenor) | Manfred Bittner (bass) | Jens Wollenschlager (organ) | Chamber Choir of Europe | Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, Mannheim | Nicol Matt (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works)
  • Aroldo: Act II

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Friday
    Jul 26

    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 | Fabio Luisi (conductor)

    Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works)
  • Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

    Gustav Mahler

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Thomas Hampson (baritone) | Wolfram Rieger (piano) | Recorded live on May 6, 1995 at the Mahler Festival in Amsterdam

    Mahler Feest (Mahler Feest)
  • Mass in F Major for Male Choir and Organ, Op. 190

    Josef Rheinberger

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Gloriæ Dei Cantores | David Chalmers (organ) | Elizabeth C. Patterson (conductor)

    Gloriae Dei Cantores 121 (Gabriel: Motets)
  • Vier Duette (4 Duets), Op. 78

    Robert Schumann

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) | Julia Varady (soprano) | Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

    DG 477.8816 (Schumann: Lieder)
  • Elias (Elijah): Part II, Opening

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Friday
    Jul 26

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

    MDG 602.1656 (Mendelssohn: Elijah, Elias Op. 70)
  • Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Judith Nelson | Julianne Baird | Jeffrey Dooley | Frank Hoffmeister | Jan Opalach | The Bach Ensemble | Joshua Rifkin (conductor)

    Nonesuch 79036 (Bach: Mass in B-Minor)
  • Missa in C Major, K 257 "Credo Mass"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Marietta Fischesser (soprano) | Barbara Werner (alto) | Benoit Haller (tenor) | Christof Fischesser (bass) | Jens Wollenschlager (organ) | Chamber Choir of Europe | Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, Mannheim | Nicol Matt (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works)
  • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

    Richard Wagner

    Friday
    Jul 26

    James King [Walther von Stolzing] | Pilar Lorengar [Eva] | Shirley Love [Magdalene] | Loren Driscoll [David] | Ezio Flagello [Pogner] | Benno Kusche [Beckmesser] | Theo Adam [Hans Sachs] | Charles Anthony [Vogelgesang] | Robert Goodloe [Nachtigall] | Donald Gramm [Kothner] | Russell Christopher [Ortel] | Robert Schmorr [Zorn] | Gabor Carelli [Moser] | Rod MacWherter [Eisslinger] | Louis Sgarro [Foltz] | James Morris [Schwarz] | Clifford Harvuot [Night Watchman] | Metropolitan Opera | Thomas Schippers (conductor)

    Sony 85304 (Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
  • Ercole sul Termodonte (Hercules on the Thermodon): Act III, Aria. Amato ben (My beloved)

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Joyce DiDonato [Ippolita] | Europa Galante | Fabio Biondi (conductor)

    Virgin 94545 (Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte)
  • Motet, BWV 226. Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Pygmalion | Raphaël Pichon (director)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2657 (J.S. Bach: Motets)
  • Don Carlo: Act III

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Nicolai Ghiaurov [Philip II, King of Spain] | Carlo Bergonzi [Don Carlo] | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau [Rodrigo] | Martti Talvela [The Grand Inquisitor] | Tugomir Franc [A Monk] | Renata Tebaldi [Elisabeth of Valois] | Grace Bumbry [Princess Eboli] | Jeannette Sinclair [Tebaldo] | Kenneth MacDonald [The Count of Lerma] | John Wakefield [A royal herald] | Joan Carlyle [A voice from on high] | The Royal Opera House Chorus [Flemish deputies, inquisitors, lords & ladies of the Spanish court, people, monks, officials of the Inquisition, grandees of Spain, huntsmen, pages, attendants, etc.] | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

    Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works)
  • Elias (Elijah): Part I, Conclusion

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Friday
    Jul 26

    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)
  • Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

    Gustav Mahler

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Thomas Hampson (baritone) | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

    SFS Media 60036 (Mahler: Lieder)
  • Solovei (Nightingale), Op. 60 #4

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Dmitri Hvorostovksy (baritone) | Ivari Ilja (piano)

    Delos 3392 (Romances)
  • Le Cid: Act III, Scenes 2-4

    Jules Massenet

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Grace Bumbry [Chimene] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Rodrigue] | Paul Plishka [Don Diegue] | Clinton Ingram [Don Arias] | Theodore Hodges [Don Alonzo] | Arnold Voketaitis [Le Comte de Gormas] | Eleanor Bergquist [L'Infante] | Jake Gardner [Le Roi] | Peter Lightfoot [l'Envoye Maure] | John Adams [St. Jacques] | Byrne Camp Chorale | Opera Orchestra of New York | Eve Queler (conductor)

    CBS 79300 (Massenet: Le Cid)
  • Some Times of Day (songs for mezzo-soprano and piano trio): The Best Time of the Day

    Jake Heggie

    Friday
    Jul 26

    Zheng Cao (mezzo-soprano) | Dawn Harms (violin) | Emil Miland (cello) | Jake Heggie (piano)

    Avie 2198 (Passing By)
  • Susanna: Aria. If guiltless blood be your intent

    George Frideric Handel

    Friday
    Jul 26

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

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7471-72 (A Tribute)