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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Adolphe Adam
Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)
Monday
Dec 22
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass) -
Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)
Monday
Dec 22
The Choral Arts Society of Washington | Norman Scribner (conductor) | Chamber Orchestra | J. Reilly Lewis (organ)
Choral Arts 10102 (Christmas with The Choral Arts Society of Washington) -
George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Chorus. "For unto us a Child is born"
Monday
Dec 22
Martin Pearlman (conductor) | Boston Baroque
Telarc 80348 (Handel: Messiah, Highlights) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake)
Monday
Dec 22
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Americus 2011.060 (Tis the Season) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio Sonata #1 in E-flat Major, BWV 525
Monday
Dec 22
Heinz Holliger (oboe) | Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord) | Thomas Demenga (cello)
Philips 422.328 (Bach: The Trio Sonatas) -
Camille Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto #1
Monday
Dec 22
London Symphony Orchestra | Han-Na Chang (cello) | Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
EMI 56126 (Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Fauré & Bruch) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata, K. 533
Monday
Dec 22
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Philips 412.122 (Mozart: 2 Sonatas K.533/494 & K.545, Rondo K.511) -
All my heart this night rejoices
Monday
Dec 22
John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers
Collegium 503 (Christmas Star) -
Maurice Ravel
Noble and Sentimental Waltzes
Monday
Dec 22
Rotterdam Philharmonic | Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor)
EMI 66342 (Ravel: Ballet and Dance Music) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto #1 in C Major, Op. 15
Monday
Dec 22
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Jan Lisiecki (piano) | Jan Lisiecki (conductor)
DG 483.7637 (Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos) -
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Monday
Dec 22
Peter Breiner (conductor) | CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos 550.301 (Christmas Goes Baroque) -
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Caucasian Sketches Suite #2 "Iveria", Op. 42
Monday
Dec 22
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine | Arthur Fagen (conductor)
Naxos 553.405 (Ippolitov-Ivanov Orchestral Works) -
Niccolò Paganini
Violin Concerto #1 in D Major, Op. 6
Monday
Dec 22
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) | New York Philharmonic | Gil Shaham (violin)
DG 429.786 (Paganini & Saint-Saëns: Violin Concertos) -
George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Chorus. "For unto us a Child is born"
Monday
Dec 22
The Sixteen | Harry Christophers (conductor)
Coro 16062 (Handel: Messiah) -
Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio #27 C Major
Monday
Dec 22
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Dorian 90164 (Haydn Piano Trios) -
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony #8 in G Major, Op. 88
Monday
Dec 22
London Symphony Orchestra | István Kertész (conductor)
Decca 475.7517 (Dvořák: Symphonies 8 & 9 "From The New World") -
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Monday
Dec 22
Choir of Westminster Cathedral | James O'Donnell (conductor) | Iain Simcock (organ)
Hyperion 66668 (Adestes fideles) -
Franz Danzi
Flute Concerto #2 D Minor
Monday
Dec 22
Munich Chamber Orchestra | Andras Adorjan (flute) | Hans Stadlmair (conductor)
Orfeo 003.812 (Danzi: The 4 Flute Concertos) -
Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
Monday
Dec 22
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Alan Loveday (violin)
Decca 0006627 (Vivaldi: The Four Seasons) -
A wassail, a wassail throughout all this town!
Monday
Dec 22
Paul Hillier (conductor) | Theatre of Voices
Harmonia Mundi 90.7079 (Carols from the Old & New Worlds) -
Franz Schubert
Symphony #3 in D Major, D 200
Monday
Dec 22
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 90.2154 (Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4) -
Camille Saint-Saëns
Piano Concerto #4
Monday
Dec 22
Michel Plasson (conductor) | Philippe Entremont (piano) | Toulouse Orchestra
CBS 45624 (Saint-Saëns: The 5 Piano Concertos) -
Angels from the Realms of Glory; Away in a Manger; O Christmas Tree; Deck the Hall
Monday
Dec 22
Canadian Brass
RCA 4132 (Christmas with the Canadian Brass)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem, K. 626
Monday
Dec 22
Harry van der Kamp (bass) | Tölzer Knabenchor | Tafelmusik | Bruno Weil (conductor) | Marina Ulewicz (soprano) | Barbara Hölzl (mezzo-soprano) | Jörg Hering (tenor)
Sony 60764 (Mozart: Requiem, K. 626) -
Charles Gounod
Roméo et Juliette
Monday
Dec 22
Michel Plasson (conductor) | Roberto Alagna (tenor) [Roméo] | Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) [Juliette] | José van Dam (baritone) [Frère Laurent] | Marie-Ange Todorovitch [Stéphano] | Simon Keenlyside (baritone) [Mercutio] | Alain Fondary [Capulet] | Claire Larcher [Gertrude] | Daniel Galvez Vallejo [Tybalt] | Guy Flechter [Benvolio] | Didier Henry [Pâris] | Till Fecnher [Grégorio] | Alain Vernhes [Le Duc] | Christophe Fel [Frère Jean] | Anne Constantin [Manuela] | Doris Lamprecht [Pepita] | Yann Beuron [Angelo] | Chœur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
EMI 56123 (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata, BWV 51. Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! (Praise unto God in all lands!)
Monday
Dec 22
The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Malin Hartelius (soprano)
SDG 104 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 8) -
Charles Gounod
Roméo et Juliette: Act III
Monday
Dec 22
Michel Plasson (conductor) | Roberto Alagna (tenor) [Roméo] | Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) [Juliette] | José van Dam (baritone) [Frère Laurent] | Marie-Ange Todorovitch [Stéphano] | Simon Keenlyside (baritone) [Mercutio] | Alain Fondary [Capulet] | Claire Larcher [Gertrude] | Daniel Galvez Vallejo [Tybalt] | Guy Flechter [Benvolio] | Didier Henry [Pâris] | Till Fecnher [Grégorio] | Alain Vernhes [Le Duc] | Christophe Fel [Frère Jean] | Anne Constantin [Manuela] | Doris Lamprecht [Pepita] | Yann Beuron [Angelo] | Chœur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
EMI 56123 (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette) -
Amy Beach
Three Shakespeare Songs, Op. 37
Monday
Dec 22
Emma Kirkby (soprano) | James Lisney (piano)
BIS 1245 (Beach: Chanson d'amour) -
Georges Bizet
Carmen: Act I
Monday
Dec 22
Berlin Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor) | Agnes Baltsa [Carmen] | José Carreras [Don José] | José van Dam [Escamillo] | Katia Ricciarelli [Micaëla] | Christine Barbaux [Frasquita] | Jane Berbié [Marcellina] | Alexander Malta [Zuniga] | Mikael Melbye [Moralès] | Gino Quilico [Le Dancaïr] | Heinz Zednik [Le Remendado] | Michel Marinpouille [Andrès] | Chœur de l'Opéra de Paris
DG 410.088 (Bizet: Carmen) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Yevgeniy Onegin (Eugene Onegin): Onegin's aria. "Uzhel' ta samaya Tatyana" (Can it be the same Tatyana?)
Monday
Dec 22
Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) | Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 90.6010 (Slavic Heroes) -
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"
Monday
Dec 22
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) -
Benjamin Britten
Spring Symphony, Op. 44
Monday
Dec 22
John Mark Ainsley (tenor) | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Catherine Robbin (alto) | Monteverdi Choir | Alison Hagley (soprano) | Boy and Girl Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral
DG 453.433 (Britten: Spring Symphony) -
Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang, D 957: #3. Frühlingssehnsucht
Monday
Dec 22
Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Alfred Brendel (piano)
Decca 475.6011 (Beethoven & Schubert)
WETA Virtuoso
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet, Op. 76 #1 in G Major
Monday
Dec 22
Buchberger Quartet
Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition) -
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Etude #5 in B-flat Major "Feux follets" (Will o' the wisps)
Monday
Dec 22
Claudio Arrau (piano)
Philips 416.458 (Liszt: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante) -
Leoš Janáček
Capriccio
Monday
Dec 22
András Schiff (piano) | Musiktage Mondsee
London 440.312 (Janacek) -
Richard Strauss
Metamorphosen (arranged for string septet by Rudolf Leopold)
Monday
Dec 22
Renaud Capuçon (violin) | Gérard Caussé (viola) | Alois Posch (double bass) | Julia Hagen (cello) | Christoph Koncz (violin) | Veronika Hagen (viola) | Clemens Hagen (cello)
DG 4867082 (Richard Strauss: Renaud Capucon) -
Alexander Glazunov
Méditation in D Major, Op. 32
Monday
Dec 22
Russian National Orchestra | José Serebrier (conductor) | Rachel Barton Pine (violin)
Warner Classics 4679465 (Glazunov: Complete Concertos) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata #10 in G Major, Op. 14 #2
Monday
Dec 22
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Bridge 9207 (Beethoven: Sonatas, Vol. 3) -
Franz Schubert
String Quartet #15
Monday
Dec 22
Quatuor Sine Nomine
Erato 2292.45484 (Schubert: String Quartets D 94 & 887) -
Amy Beach
From Grandmother's Garden, Op. 97: #3. Mignonette
Monday
Dec 22
Joanne Polk (piano)
Arabesque 6721 (Fire-flies) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite #2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
Monday
Dec 22
Anner Bylsma (cello)
Sony 48047 (Bach: Suites for Violoncello Solo) -
Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Monday
Dec 22
Sir Colin Davis (conductor) | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
RCA 60382 (Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Haydn Variations) -
Frédéric Chopin
Impromptu #1 in A-flat Major, Op. 29
Monday
Dec 22
Bella Davidovich (piano)
Philips 411.427 (Chopin: Ballades, Impromputs) -
Claudio Monteverdi
The "Lost" Vespers (arr. Matthew Robertson)
Monday
Dec 22
The Thirteen | Matthew Robertson (conductor)
Acis 54148 (Monteverdi: The "Lost" Vespers) -
Felix Mendelssohn
Song Without Words, Op. 85 #1 in F Major
Monday
Dec 22
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
DG 423.931 (Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words) -
Arnold Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht
Monday
Dec 22
English Chamber Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
London 410.111 (Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll) -
Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Sonata #2 in D Major, Op. 94a
Monday
Dec 22
Gidon Kremer (violin) | Martha Argerich (piano)
DG 431.803 (Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas, 5 Melodies) -
Adolph Martin Foerster
On the Sea
Monday
Dec 22
Malcolm Frager (piano)
New World 80206 (Edward MacDowell & Company) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for Piano and Winds
Monday
Dec 22
Alfred Brendel (piano) | Heinz Holliger (oboe) | Eduard Brunner (clarinet) | Hermann Baumann (horn) | Klaus Thunemann (bassoon)
Philips 420.182 (Mozart & Beethoven: Quintets) -
Jean Sibelius
Symphony #1
Monday
Dec 22
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Yoel Levi (conductor)
Telarc 80246 (Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & No. 5)