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

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento, K. 247

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Philips 416.362 (Mozart: Divertimenti, K. 205 & 247)
  • Francesco Geminiani

    Sonata #5 in A Minor

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    The Brook Street Band

    Avie 0028 (Handel: "Oxford" Water Music)
  • Richard Wagner

    Rienzi: Overture

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Berlin Philharmonic | Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)

    EMI 47030 (Wagner: Overtures)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio #3

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Trio Fontenay

    Teldec 9031.76458 (Dvořák: Piano Trios)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il signor Bruschino: Overture

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) | Orchestra of the National Academy of St Cecilia

    Warner Classics 624344 (Rossini: Overtures)
  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto #1 in D Major

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra | Er-gene Kahng (violin) | Ryan Cockerham (conductor)

    Albany 1706 (Florence Price Violin Concertos)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto #1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    English Chamber Orchestra | Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) | Matt Haimovitz (cello)

    DG 429.219 (Boccherini, Haydn & C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto)
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Jubel Overture

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Antoni Wit (conductor) | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Naxos 570.296 (Weber: Overtures)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Missa solemnis, Op. 123

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Lucia Popp | Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) | Mallory Walker (tenor) | Gwynne Howell

    London 455.014 (Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Mass in C)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Vchera my vstretilis' (Yesterday we met), Op. 26 #13

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Dmitri Hvorostovksy (baritone) | Ivari Ilja (piano)

    Ondine 1207 (Rachmaninov: Romances)
  • John Browne

    O mater venerabilis (O mother worthy of reverence)

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford | Stephen Darlington (conductor)

    Avie 2314 (Courts of Heaven)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro: Act II

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | James Levine (conductor) | The Metropolitan Opera Chorus | Thomas Hampson (baritone) [Count Almaviva] | Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) [Countess Almaviva] | Dawn Upshaw (soprano) [Susanna] | Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) [Figaro] | Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) [Cherubino] | Tatiana Troyanos [Marcellina] | Paul Plishka [Bartolo] | Anthony Lacuira [Basilio] | Michael Forest [Don Curzio] | Renato Capecchi [Antonio] | Heidi Grant [Barbarina] | Joyce Guyer [Contadina] | Stella Zambalis [Contadina]

    DG 431.619 (Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    "A' piedi miei svenato" (You shall see your beloved)

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Riccardo Minasi (conductor) | Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor) | Il Pomo d'Oro

    Virgin 645452 (Venezia)

WETA Virtuoso

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony #5 in C-sharp Minor

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Vienna Philharmonic | Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

    DG 477.9260 (Mahler, The People's Edition)
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne #2

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Lajos Lencsés (oboe) | Gisèle Herbert (harp)

    Audite 368.409 (Musique de Nuit)
  • Frederick Delius

    North Country Sketches

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Ulster Orchestra | Vernon Handley (conductor)

    Chandos 8413 (Delius: Florida Suite, etc.)
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Quintet #2 in E Major, Op. 31

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Linos Ensemble

    CPO 999.194 (Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintets)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne, Op. 78

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Albrecht Mayer (oboe d'amore) | Matthias Mönius (conductor)

    Decca 478.2564 (Bonjour Paris)
  • William Levi Dawson

    Negro Folk Symphony

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Chandos 9226 (Still)
  • César Franck

    Symphony in D Minor

    Wednesday
    Dec 17

    Leonard Bernstein (conductor) | French National Orchestra

    DG 400.070 (Bernstein)