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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Arthur Benjamin
Oboe Concerto on Themes of Cimarosa
Wednesday
Apr 1
English Chamber Orchestra | Brynjar Hoff (oboe) | Ian Watson (conductor)
Libra 1002 (Oboe Concertos Vol. 2) -
César Franck
Violin Sonata A Major: IV
Wednesday
Apr 1
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) | Joshua Bell (violin)
London 421.817 (Fauré, Debussy & Franck: Violin Sonatas) -
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: III. Allegro vivace
Wednesday
Apr 1
Berlin Philharmonic | Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) | Mariss Jansons (conductor)
EMI 57562 (Grieg & Schumann: Piano Concertos) -
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold) & V. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat (Dream of a Sabbath Night)
Wednesday
Apr 1
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
RCA 68930 (Bach: Concertos, BWV 1041, 1042, 1055, 1059 & 1056) -
Johann Ludwig Bach
Orchestral Suite in G Major: V-VI. Air; Bourrée
Wednesday
Apr 1
Concerto Italiano | Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
Naïve 30578 (Bach Ouvertures) -
Émil Waldteufel
España (Waltz after Chabrier)
Wednesday
Apr 1
Gulbenkian Orchestra | Michel Swierczewski (conductor)
Nimbus 5264 (Waldteufel: The Skater's Waltz) -
George Frideric Handel
Sonata for Oboe, Violin and Continuo, HWV 386a in C Minor
Wednesday
Apr 1
Burkhard Glaetzner (oboe) | Siegfried Pank (viola da gamba) | Karl Suske (violin) | Walter Heinz Bernstein (harpsichord)
Capriccio 10.067 (Handel: Die Oboensonaten Vol. 2) -
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Trio, Op. 96 in E-flat Major: III. Rondo alla russa
Wednesday
Apr 1
Beaux Arts Trio
Philips 446.077 (Hummel: Piano Trios) -
John Knowles Paine
Symphony #1 in C Minor: IV. Allegro vivace
Wednesday
Apr 1
Ulster Orchestra | JoAnn Falletta (conductor)
Naxos 559.747 (John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works) -
Johann Christian Bach
Flute Concerto in G Major
Wednesday
Apr 1
Hanover Band | Rachel Brown (flute) | Antony Halstead (conductor)
CPO 999.347 (J.C. Bach: Woodwind Concertos, Vol. 2) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A Musical Joke, K. 522: IV. Presto
Wednesday
Apr 1
The English Concert | Andrew Manze (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 90.7280 (Mozart: Night Music) -
Louise Farrenc
Nonet in E-flat Major, Op. 38: IV. Allegro
Wednesday
Apr 1
Chamber Musicians of the Louvre
Naïve 5033 (Louise Farrenc: Chamber Music) -
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony #9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco
Wednesday
Apr 1
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | National Symphony Orchestra
NSO 0001 (Dvorak Symphony No. 9, Copland Billy the Kid; Noseda/NSO) -
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto, RV 446
Wednesday
Apr 1
I Musici | Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Philips 411.480 (Vivaldi: Concerti per oboe) -
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto #2 in E-flat Major: II. Rondo (Allegro molto)
Wednesday
Apr 1
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Kurt Masur (conductor) | Hermann Baumann (horn)
Philips 412.237 (R. Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto #3 E-flat Major
Wednesday
Apr 1
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | William Purvis (horn)
DG 423.623 (Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 2 & 3, etc.) -
Gabriel Pierné
Serenade for Oboe and Harp
Wednesday
Apr 1
Lajos Lencsés (oboe) | Giselle Herbert (harp)
Audite 368.409 (Musique de Nuit) -
Joseph Haydn
Divertimento in G Major, Hob. V:20
Wednesday
Apr 1
The Vivaldi Project
MSR 1624 (Discovering the Classical String Trio, Vol. 4) -
Carl Maria von Weber
Piano Concerto #2
Wednesday
Apr 1
Sir Colin Davis (conductor) | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Gerhard Oppitz (piano)
RCA 68219 (Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Konzertstuck) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto #5
Wednesday
Apr 1
Jaap ter Linden (conductor) | Arion
Early Music 7753 (Bach) -
Alexander Glazunov
Raymonda: Spanish Dance (Act 2)
Wednesday
Apr 1
Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Scottish National Orchestra
Chandos 8447 (Glazunov: Raymonda) -
George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 #4 in F Major
Wednesday
Apr 1
Trevor Pinnock (conductor) | English Concert
Archiv 413.727 (Handel: Six Concerti Grossi Op. 3) -
Robert Schumann
Violin Concerto
Wednesday
Apr 1
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) | Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Gidon Kremer (violin)
Teldec 4509.90696 (Schumann: Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto) -
Frédéric Chopin
Les Sylphides: Waltz, Op. 18
Wednesday
Apr 1
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Heinz Fricke (conductor)
Capriccio 10.073 (Delibes: Copélia - Chopin: Les Sylphides) -
Franz Schubert
Symphony #9 "Great"
Wednesday
Apr 1
Berlin Philharmonic | Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
CBS 42316 (Schubert: Symphony No. 9) -
Clara Wieck Schumann
Romance, Op. 22 #3 in B-flat Major
Wednesday
Apr 1
Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) | Elena Urioste (violin)
Decca 485.0020 (Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann) -
Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
Flute Concerto in C Major, B 106
Wednesday
Apr 1
Patrick Gallois (flute) | Sinfonia Finlandia, Jyväskylä | Patrick Gallois (conductor)
Naxos 572.550 (Pleyel: Symphonies in B-Flat and G) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony #38 "Prague"
Wednesday
Apr 1
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
EMI 47334 (Mozart: Symphonies No. 38 "Prager" & No. 39) -
Bedřich Smetana
The Bartered Bride: Skocna (Dance of the Comedians)
Wednesday
Apr 1
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic
Chandos 10518 (Smetana: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue, BWV 532 in D Major (orchestral interpretation by Respighi)
Wednesday
Apr 1
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic
Chandos 10081 (Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque, etc.) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio, Op. 97 "Archduke"
Wednesday
Apr 1
Beaux Arts Trio
Philips 412.891 (Beethoven: Piano Trios, "Archduke") -
Carl Reinecke
Triumphal March, Op. 110
Wednesday
Apr 1
Munich Radio Orchestra | Henry Raudales (conductor)
CPO 555.114 (Carl Reinecke: Orchestral Works Vol. 1) -
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata #1 in D Major, Op. 78 (version for cello and piano)
Wednesday
Apr 1
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) | Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
Orfeo 979.201 (Johannes Brahms: The Cello Sonatas) -
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose
Wednesday
Apr 1
Claudio Abbado (conductor) | London Symphony Orchestra
DG 415.972 (Ravel: Bolero, Rapsodie Espagnole, Ma Mère l'Oye, Pavane) -
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto in D Minor, F VII/1
Wednesday
Apr 1
Alex Klein (oboe) | New Brandenburg Collegium | Anthony Newman (conductor)
Cedille 7003 (Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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Richard Wagner
Die Walküre: Act II
Wednesday
Apr 1
Berlin Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor) | Josephine Veasey [Fricka] | Jon Vickers [Siegmund] | Martti Talvela [Hunding] | Thomas Stewart (baritone) [Wotan] | Gundula Janowitz [Sieglinde] | Régine Crespin (soprano) [Brünnhilde] | Liselotte Rebmann [Gerhilde] | Carlotta Ordassy [Ortlinde] | Ingrid Steger [Waltraute] | Lilo Brockhaus [Schwertleite] | Daniza Mastilovic [Helmwige] | Barbro Ericson [Siegrune] | Cvetka Ahlin [Grimgerde] | Helga Jenckel [Roßweisse]
DG 415.145 (Wagner: Die Walküre) -
Cécile Chaminade
Nice-la-belle. "Quand ton ciel se dore" (Nice the Beautiful. "When your sky is gilded by the morning sun") [August Marin]
Wednesday
Apr 1
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) | Bengt Forsberg (piano)
DG 471.331 (Chaminade: Mélodies) -
Gustav Mahler
Symphony #4 in G Major: IV. Sehr behaglich
Wednesday
Apr 1
Barbara Bonney (soprano) | Vienna Philharmonic | Riccardo Muti (conductor) | Recorded live on May 8, 1995 at the Mahler Festival in Amsterdam
Mahler Feest (Mahler Feest) -
George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Act 3, Scene 3
Wednesday
Apr 1
Natalie Dessay (soprano) [Cleopatra] | Le Concert d'Astrée | Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)
Virgin 07572 (Arias for Cleopatra) -
Antonín Dvořák
Stabat Mater, Op. 58: IV. Fac ut ardeat cor meum (Make my heart blaze)
Wednesday
Apr 1
Robert Shaw (conductor) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Nathan Berg (bass-baritone)
Telarc 80506 (Dvořák: Stabat Mater) -
Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth: Act II
Wednesday
Apr 1
Riccardo Chailly (conductor) | 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
London 417.525 (Verdi: Macbeth) -
Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act I, Nr. 6, Aria. "La calunnia è un venticello"
Wednesday
Apr 1
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Robert Lloyd (bass) [Basilio]
Philips 411.058 (Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria
Wednesday
Apr 1
Michael Chance (alto) | Jennifer Smith (soprano) | Nico van der Meel (tenor) | Harry van der Kamp (bass) | Netherlands Chamber Choir | Orchestra of the 18th Century | Frans Brüggen (conductor)
Philips 426.238 (Bach: Mass in B-Minor) -
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Arminio
Wednesday
Apr 1
Barbara Schlick (soprano) [Giulia] | Gotthold Schwarz [Arminio] | Gerd Türk (tenor) [Nerone] | Xenia Meijer [Segesta] | Gerd Kenda [Tiberio] | Bernhard Landauer [Calligola] | Markus Forster [Vitellio] | Hermann Oswald [Germanico] | Otto Ratsbichler [Erchino] | Irena Troupova [Claudia] | Regina Schwarzer [Climmia] | Florian Mehltretter [Seiano] | Salzburger Hofmusik | Wolfgang Brunner (conductor)
CPO 999.258 (Biber: Arminio) -
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca: Te Deum. "Three agents, quick as you can now"
Wednesday
Apr 1
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Edward Gardner (conductor) | Gerald Finley [Scarpia]
Chandos 3167 (Great Operatic Arias) -
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"
Wednesday
Apr 1
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) -
Franz Schubert
Quartet. Hymne an den Unendlichen (Hymn to the Infinite), D 232
Wednesday
Apr 1
Peter Schreier (tenor) | Elly Ameling (soprano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) | Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) | Gerald Moore (piano)
Brilliant Classics 94082 (Schubert: Vocal Duets, Trios & Quartets) -
Claudio Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea: Prologue and Act I
Wednesday
Apr 1
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Bernarda Fink (alto) | Catherine Bott (soprano) | Marinella Pennicchi [Amore] | Sylvia McNair [Poppea] | Dana Hanchard [Nerone] | Michael Chance (alto) [Ottone] | Francesco Ellero d'Artegna [Seneca] | Roberto Balconi [Nutrice] | Mark Tucker (tenor) [Soldato] | Nigel Robson [Soldato] | Mark Tucker (tenor) [Lucano] | Constanze Backes [Valletto] | Marinella Pennicchi [Damigella] | Nigel Robson [Liberto] | Julian Clarkson [Littore]
Archiv 447.088 (Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea) -
Leoš Janáček
Four Male Partsongs, JW IV/17: III. Ah, the Army!
Wednesday
Apr 1
Cantus
Cantus 1213 (Song of a Czech) -
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem: III. Offertorio
Wednesday
Apr 1
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) | Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Vienna Philharmonic | Joan Sutherland (soprano) | Marilyn Horne | Martti Talvela
London 411.944 (Verdi: Requiem) -
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Indes galantes (Opéra-ballet) [The Gallant Indies]: III. Troisième Entrée. Les Fleurs, fête persane [Flowers; Persian Festival]
Wednesday
Apr 1
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass) [Ali] | John Elwes (tenor) [Tacmas] | Gerda Hartman (soprano) [Zaïre] | Jennifer Smith (soprano) [Fatime] | Ensemble vocal À Cœur Joie de Valence | Orchestre Jean-François Paillard, Valence | Jean-François Paillard (conductor)
Erato 636487 (The Opera Collection, Rameau) -
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Les Huguenots: Act III, Finale
Wednesday
Apr 1
Ghylaine Raphanel [Marguerite de Valois] | Françoise Pollet [Valentine] | Danielle Borst [Urbain] | Richard Leech (tenor) [Raoul de Nangis] | Gilles Cachemaille (bass) [Le Comte de Nevers] | Boris Martinovic [Le Comte de Saint-Bris] | Nicola Ghiuselev [Marcel] | Jean-Luc Maurette [De Tavannes] | Christian Jean [De Cossé/Bois Roé/Un Moine] | Marc Barrard (baritone) [De Thoré] | Antoine Garcin [De Retz] | Herve Martin [De Meru/Un Moine/Un Archer] | Christian Boulay [Maurevert/Un Moine] | Chours de l'Opéra de Montpellier | Orchestre Philharmonique de Montpellier | Cyril Diederich (conductor) | Nicola Ghiuselev [Marcellus]
Erato 2292.45027 (Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots)
WETA Virtuoso
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio, Op. 97 "Archduke"
Wednesday
Apr 1
Beaux Arts Trio
Philips 412.891 (Beethoven: Piano Trios, "Archduke") -
Jean-Féry Rebel
Fantasy
Wednesday
Apr 1
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) | La Petite Band
Accent 96122 (Concert De Danse) -
Antonín Dvořák
Romantic Pieces
Wednesday
Apr 1
Uto Ughi (violin) | Leonard Slatkin (piano)
RCA 60431 (Dvořák: Concerto, Romantic Pieces, Romance) -
Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria, RV 588
Wednesday
Apr 1
The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge | Lynda Russell (soprano) | Patrizia Kwella (soprano) | Anne Wilkens (mezzo-soprano) | Kenneth Bowen (tenor) | The Wren Orchestra | Geoge Guest (conductor)
Argo 410.018 (Vivaldi: Gloria) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata #19 in G Minor, Op. 49 #1
Wednesday
Apr 1
Igor Levit (piano)
Sony 584318 (Igor Levit: Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas) -
Luigi Gatti
Sextet in E-flat Major
Wednesday
Apr 1
Calamus Ensemble
MDG 603.1589 (Luigi Gatti: Chamber Music) -
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs
Wednesday
Apr 1
Naida Cole (piano)
Decca 472.464 (Naida Cole) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude & Fugue #17 A-flat Major
Wednesday
Apr 1
Till Fellner (piano)
ECM 0002285 (Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Buch 1) -
Niels Wilhelm Gade
Violin Sonata #3 in B-flat Major, Op. 59
Wednesday
Apr 1
Christina Åstrand (violin) | Per Salo (piano)
Dacapo 226.066 (Sonatas for Violin and Piano) -
Richard Strauss
Josephslegende, Op. 63: Symphonic Fragment
Wednesday
Apr 1
Dresden State Orchestra | Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
EMI Classics 64346 (Richard Strauss) -
Amy Beach
A Hermit Thrush at Eve, Op. 92 #1
Wednesday
Apr 1
Joanne Polk (piano)
Arabesque 6704 (Under the Stars) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita #5 in G Major, BWV 829
Wednesday
Apr 1
Sir András Schiff (piano)
London 411.732 (Bach: 6 Partitas BWV 825-830) -
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Symphony No. 4 in F Major, Op. 31
Wednesday
Apr 1
Ulster Orchestra | Vernon Handley (conductor)
Chandos 8884 (Stanford) -
Frédéric Chopin
Etude, Op. 10 #1 C Major
Wednesday
Apr 1
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DG 413.794 (Chopin: Etudes, Op. 10 & Op. 25) -
Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances
Wednesday
Apr 1
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 415.668 (BARTOK: Divertimento; Romanian Folk Dances) -
Zdeněk Fibich
A Night at Karlstejn Castle: Overture
Wednesday
Apr 1
Czech National Symphony Orchestra | Marek Štilec (conductor)
Naxos 573.310 (Fibich: Orchestral Works 4) -
Robert Schumann
Violin Sonata #1 in A Minor, Op. 105
Wednesday
Apr 1
Jennifer Koh (violin) | Reiko Uchida (piano)
Cedille 90000.095 (Schumann: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano) -
Clara Wieck Schumann
Romance, Op. 22 #3 in B-flat Major
Wednesday
Apr 1
Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) | Elena Urioste (violin)
Decca 485.0020 (Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann) -
Gustav Mahler
Symphony #5 in C-sharp Minor
Wednesday
Apr 1
Vienna Philharmonic | Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DG 477.9260 (Mahler, The People's Edition) -
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
Lied, Op. 6 #3
Wednesday
Apr 1
Liana Serbescu (piano)
CPO 999.015 (Mendelssohn: Klavierwerke, Vol. 2) -
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Suite de Ballet for flute and piano
Wednesday
Apr 1
Hyperion 67381-2 (Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Early Chamber Music) -
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Wednesday
Apr 1
Renaud Capuçon (violin) | Rotterdam Philharmonic | Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor)
Virgin 94589 (Beethoven & Korngold: Violin Concertos) -
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto #3 in C Major, Op. 26
Wednesday
Apr 1
Berlin Philharmonic | Claudio Abbado (conductor) | Martha Argerich (piano)
DG 415.062 (Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev Piano Concertos) -
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Wednesday
Apr 1
Philadelphia Orchestra | Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
CBS 39443 (Copland's Greatest Hits) -
Franz Liszt
Symphonic Poem #11. Hunnenschlacht (Battle of the Huns)
Wednesday
Apr 1
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic
Chandos 10490 (Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Volume 4) -
Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet #11 in C Major, Op. 61
Wednesday
Apr 1
Emerson String Quartet
DG 0014106 (Old World - New World)