This playlist is a daily guide to music broadcast on WETA Classical and WETA VivaLaVoce. Scroll below to see what has played today and use the calendar feature to view previous days.
WETA Classical
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Clarinet Concerto A Major (K. 622)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Friday
May 3
Charles Neidich (basset clarinet) | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 423.377 (Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 4) -
Norwegian Dance, Op. 35 #1. Allegro marcato
Edvard Grieg
Friday
May 3
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi (conductor)
DG 419.431 (Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Lyric Suite, etc.) -
Symphony #6 in E-flat Major
Carl Friedrich Abel
Friday
May 3
Cantilena | Adrian Shepherd (conductor)
Chandos 8648 (Abel: Six Symphonies) -
Piano Quintet
Robert Schumann
Friday
May 3
Emanuel Ax (piano) | Cleveland Quartet
RCA 6498 (Schumann: Quintet for Piano and Strings in E-Flat, Op. 44, Quartet for Piano and Strings in E-Flat, Op. 47) -
Harp Concerto in G Minor, Op. 81
Elias Parish Alvars
Friday
May 3
Elizabeth Hainen (harp) | Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Rossen Milanov (conductor)
Avie 2221 (Harp Concertos) -
Symphony #7 in A Major, Op. 92
Ludwig van Beethoven
Friday
May 3
Revolutionary & Romantic Orchestra | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 439.900 (Beethoven: 9 Symphonies) -
Banquet Music, Part 3: Trio in E-flat Major
Georg Philipp Telemann
Friday
May 3
Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
Archiv 427.619 (Telemann: Tafelmusik)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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Aida: Act III
Giuseppe Verdi
Friday
May 3
Fernando Corena [The King of Egypt] | Giulietta Simionato [Amneris] | Renata Tebaldi [Aida] | Carlo Bergonzi [Radamés] | Arnold van Mill [Ramfis] | Cornell MacNeil [Amonasro] | Piero de Palma [A Messenger] | Eugenia Ratti [A Priestess] | Vienna Singverein [Priests, priestesses, ministers, soldiers, captains, Ethiopian slaves & prisoners, Egyptian people, etc.] | Vienna Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works) -
Poème de l'amour et de la mer
Ernest Chausson
Friday
May 3
Susan Graham | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
Warner Classics 61938 (Chausson, Ravel & Debussy) -
Médée: Act IV
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Friday
May 3
Jill Feldman [Médée] | Jacques Bona [Créon] | Agnes Mellon [Créuse] | Gilles Ragon [Jason] | Philippe Cantor [Oronte] | Sophie Boulin [Nérine] | Les Arts Florissants Chours et Orchestre | William Christie (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 90.1139-41 (Charpentier: Médée) -
Cantata #7. Veggo la selva e il monte (I see the forests and the mountain)
Nicola Porpora
Friday
May 3
Iestyn Davies (countertenor) | Arcangelo | Jonathan Cohen (conductor)
Hyperion 67894 (Porpora: Cantatas for Alto) -
Cantata, BWV 79. Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (The Lord God is a sun and shield)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Friday
May 3
Joanne Lunn (soprano) | William Towers (alto) | Peter Harvey (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SDG 110 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 10) -
Lux aurumque (Light of Gold)
Eric Whitacre
Friday
May 3
Elora Festival Singers | Noel Edison (conductor)
Naxos 559.677 (Whitacre: Choral Music) -
Erlkönig, D 328
Franz Schubert
Friday
May 3
Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) | Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 0000049 (Schubert: Lieder)