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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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony #2
Sunday
Dec 21
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) | St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
RCA 68045 (Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Romeo and Juliet, 1812 Overture) -
Antonín Dvořák
Legend, Op. 59 #6
Sunday
Dec 21
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
SFS Media 60 (Masterpieces in Miniature) -
John Marsh
Symphony #6 in D Major
Sunday
Dec 21
London Mozart Players | Matthias Bamert (conductor)
Chandos 10458 (Marsh: Symphonies) -
Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Sunday
Dec 21
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Philips 0007316 (Steinway Legends, Mitsuko Uchida) -
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto, RV 162
Sunday
Dec 21
Cologne Concert
Capriccio 10.233 (Vivaldi: Concerti for Wind and Strings) -
Camille Saint-Saëns
Piano Concerto #1
Sunday
Dec 21
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | André Previn (conductor) | Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
EMI 49757 (Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1, etc.) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony #4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60
Sunday
Dec 21
Minnesota Orchestra | Osmo Vänskä (conductor)
BIS 1416 (Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5) -
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
Sunday
Dec 21
Philadelphia Orchestra | Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
CBS 39438 (Wagner's Greatest Hits) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12 Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman" K 265
Sunday
Dec 21
Lang Lang (piano)
DG 479.7528 (Lang Lang Piano Book) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony #6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"
Sunday
Dec 21
Mariss Jansons (conductor) | Oslo Philharmonic
Chandos 8672-78 (Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies) -
Franz Schubert
Overture in E Minor (D. 648)
Sunday
Dec 21
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra | Paul Angerer (conductor)
Pantheon 1841 (Schubert: Overtures, Vol. 2) -
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite
Sunday
Dec 21
London Symphony Orchestra | Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
MCA 6278 (Bizet: Carmen Suite, L'Arlesienne Suites 1 & 2) -
Joseph Haydn
Symphony #11 in E-flat Major
Sunday
Dec 21
Adam Fischer (conductor) | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition) -
Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dance, Op. 46 #4
Sunday
Dec 21
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Antal Dorati (conductor)
London 411.735 (Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 & 72, etc.)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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George Frideric Handel
Alcina
Sunday
Dec 21
William Christie (conductor) | Renée Fleming (soprano) [Alcina] | Susan Graham [Ruggiero] | Natalie Dessay (soprano) [Morgana] | Kathleen Kuhlmann [Bradamante] | Timothy Robsinson [Oronte] | Laurent Naouri [Melisso] | Juanita Lascarro [Oberto] | Les Arts Florissants
Erato 8573.80233 (Handel: Alcina) -
Johannes Brahms
Missa Canonica
Sunday
Dec 21
Ken Cowan (organ) | Saint Clement's Choir, Philadelphia | Peter Richard Conte (conductor)
Dorian 80137 (The Romantic Mass) -
Maurice Duruflé
Messe "Cum Jubilo", Op. 11
Sunday
Dec 21
Dennis Keene (conductor) | Voices of Ascension Chorus | Orchestra
Delos 3169 (Duruflé: Messe "Cum Jubilo", Op. 11) -
Franz Schubert
Die schöne Müllerin, D 795: #09. Des Müllers Blumen [The Fair Miller-Maid: The miller's flowers]
Sunday
Dec 21
Barbara Hendriks (soprano) | Roland Pöntinen (piano)
Arte Verum 008 (Schubert: die schöne müllerin) -
Jaromír Weinberger
Schwanda der Dudelsachpfeifer: Act I
Sunday
Dec 21
Bavarian Radio Chorus | Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Hermann Prey (baritone) [Schwanda] | Lucia Popp [Dorotka] | Siegfried Jerusalem [Babinsky] | Gwendolyn Killebrew [Königin] | Alexander Malta (bass) [Magier] | Siegmund Nimsgern [Teufel] | Karl Kreile [Richter] | Albert Gassner [Scharfrichter] | Heinrich Weber [Famulus] | Georg Baumgartner [Hauptmann] | Anton Rosner [Landsknecht] | Peter Lika (baritone) [Landsknecht] | Heinz Wallberg (conductor)
CBS 79344 (Weinberger: Schwanda) -
Robert Schumann
Liederkreis, Op. 39: In der Fremde (In a Foreign Land)
Sunday
Dec 21
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) | Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
Naïve 5159 (Schumann) -
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem: III. Offertorio
Sunday
Dec 21
Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano) | Daniel Barenboim (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Alessandra Marc (soprano) | Plácido Domingo (tenor) | Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)
Erato 4509.96357 (Verdi: Requiem) -
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Le Prophète: Act II
Sunday
Dec 21
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Marilyn Horne [Fidès] | James McCracken [Jean de Leyden] | Renata Scotto (soprano) [Berthe] | Jules Bastin [Le Comte d'Oberthal] | Jerome Hines [Zacharie] | Jean Dupouy [Jonas] | Christian du Plessis [Mathisen] | Oliver Broome [Paysan] | John Noble [Paysan] | Patricia Clark (soprano) [Paysanne] | Shirley Minty [Paysanne] | Boys Choir, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree | Henry Lewis (conductor)
CBS 34340 (Meyerbeer: Le Prophete) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte: Act II, Pamina's aria. "Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden" (Ah, I feel that the joy of love)
Sunday
Dec 21
Marina Rebeka (soprano) | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Speranza Scappucci (conductor)
Warner Classics 15497 (Mozart: Opera Arias)
WETA Virtuoso
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony #4 in A Minor, Op. 63
Sunday
Dec 21
Oslo Philharmonic | Klaus Mäkelä (conductor)
Decca 485.2256 (Klaus Mäkelä: Sibelius) -
Jean Sibelius
La tristesse du printemps, Op. 16 (Spring Song)
Sunday
Dec 21
BIS 384 (Sibelius) -
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Etude #4 in D Minor "Mazeppa"
Sunday
Dec 21
Claudio Arrau (piano)
Philips 416.458 (Liszt: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante) -
Robert Schumann
Concert Piece in G Major, Op. 92 (Introduction & Allegro Appassionato)
Sunday
Dec 21
Vienna Philharmonic | Sir András Schiff (piano) | Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor)
London 417.802 (Dvořák: Piano Concerto, etc.) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata, BWV 1020 for Flute and Harpsichord Obbligato in G Minor
Sunday
Dec 21
Luc Urbain (flute) | Joel Pontet (harpsichord)
Calliope 9624 (Bach: Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
6 Variations on an Original Theme in F Major, Op. 34
Sunday
Dec 21
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Hyperion 68346 (Beethoven Variations: Angela Hewitt) -
Edward MacDowell
Twelve Virtuoso Studies, Op. 46: #5. Elfin Dance
Sunday
Dec 21
Malcolm Frager (piano)
New World 80206 (Edward MacDowell & Company) -
George Frideric Handel
Trio Sonata, Op. 5 #2 in D Major (HWV 397)
Sunday
Dec 21
The Brook Street Band
Avie 2068 (Handel: Trio Sonatas Op. 5) -
Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C Major
Sunday
Dec 21
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) | Emerson String Quartet
DG 431.792 (Schubert: String Quintet D 956) -
François Couperin
Pièces en Concert: La Tromba
Sunday
Dec 21
Amit Peled (cello) | Eliza Ching (piano)
Centaur 3047 (Cellobration) -
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne #4 in F Major, Op. 15 #1
Sunday
Dec 21
Lang Lang (piano)
Sony 548.960 (The Chopin Album) -
Sergei Prokofiev
Music for Children, Op. 65
Sunday
Dec 21
Boris Berman (piano)
Chandos 8926 (Prokofiev) -
Ned Rorem
Symphony #3
Sunday
Dec 21
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | José Serebrier (conductor)
Naxos 559.149 (Rorem: Three Symphonies) -
Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata (K. 20)
Sunday
Dec 21
Ivo Pogorelich (piano)
DG 435.855 (Scarlatti: Sonatas) -
Heinrich von Herzogenberg
Trio for oboe, horn and piano, Op. 61
Sunday
Dec 21
Albrecht Mayer (oboe) | Markus Becker (piano) | Marie-Luise Neunecker (horn)
Decca 001653202 (Song of the Reeds) -
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony #5
Sunday
Dec 21
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | André Previn (conductor)
Telarc 80158 (Vaughn Williams: Symphony No. 5, Tallis Fantasia)