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WETA Classical

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita #3 in A Minor, BWV 827

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Jeremy Denk (piano)

    Azica Records 71262 (Bach: Partitas 3, 4 & 5)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony #101 in D Major "Clock"

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Adam Fischer (conductor) | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Cello Sonata #1 in B-flat Major, Op. 45

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Sergei Istomin (cello) | Viviana Sofronitsky (piano)

    Passacaille 947 (Felix Mendelssohn: Complete works for Cello and Pianoforte)
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Overture #5 in G Major

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Academy of Ancient Music | Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

    L'Oiseau-Lyre 417.148 (J.C. Bach: Six Favourite Overtures)
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Mariss Jansons (conductor) | Oslo Philharmonic

    EMI 54273 (Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Finlandia & Karelia)
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto (G. 482)

    Wednesday
    May 21

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

    DG 429.219 (Boccherini, Haydn & C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto)
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio Espagnol

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi (conductor)

    DG 429.984 (Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Marche Slave - Rimsky-Korsakov: Borodin)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns

    Septet: IV-Gavotte & Finale

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Nash Ensemble

    Virgin 90751 (Saint-Saëns: Trio Op. 18, Septet, Le Carnaval des animaux)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto #1: III. Presto

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Claudio Abbado (conductor) | Giuliano Carmignola (violin) | Orchestra Mozart

    Archiv 477.7371 (Mozart: The Violin Concertos)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony #9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Cleveland Orchestra | Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor)

    London 414.421 (Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "New World")
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto, RV 93

    Wednesday
    May 21

    I Musici | Pepe Romero (guitar)

    Philips 434.082 (Vivaldi: Concertos for Guitar and Strings)
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony #2 in C Major, Op. 61: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Bernard Haitink (conductor) | Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

    Philips 416.126 (Schumann: The Four Symphonies)
  • King Frederick the Great of Prussia

    Symphony in D Major

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Hartmut Haenchen (conductor) | CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Capriccio 10.064 (Friedrich Jr.: Flötenkonzerte & Sinfonien)
  • Johan Helmich Roman

    Violin Concerto in E-flat Major: I-Allegro

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Nils-Erik Sparf (violin) | Orpheus Chamber Ensemble

    BIS 284 (Roman: Sinfonias & Violin Concertos)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony #1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto; Allegro con brio

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | National Symphony Orchestra

    NSO 0013 (Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata #48 in C Major, Hob. XVI:35: I. Allegro con brio

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

    Chandos 10668 (Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Fair Melusina Overture

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2369 (Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 2; Symphony No. 1)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto a due cori #3 in F Major

    Wednesday
    May 21

    English Baroque Soloists | Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    Philips 411.122 (Händel: Music for the Royal Fireworks)
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Trio #1 in E-flat Major, Op. 33: IV. Finale. Vivace

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Neave Trio

    Chandos 20139 (Her Voice: Piano Trios by Farrenc, Beach, and Clarke)
  • Georg Caspar Schurmann

    Suite "Ludovicus Pius": Ballets & Gigue

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Berlin Academy for Old Music

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1852 (Ouvertüren für die Hamburger Oper)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto: III

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Itzhak Perlman (violin) | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    EMI 47166 (Brahms: Violin Concerto)
  • Franz Krommer

    Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 70: II. Menuetto. Allegro; Trio

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Howard Griffiths (conductor) | Dimitri Ashkenazy (clarinet) | Sefika Kutluer (flute) | Kamilla Schatz (violin) | Northern Sinfonia

    Paladino Music 0025 (Krommer: Works for Clarinet and Orchestra)
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony #1 in E Major, Op. 5 "Slavic": I. Allegro

    Wednesday
    May 21

    José Serebrier (conductor) | Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Warner Classics 468.904 (Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 9)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Banquet Music, Part 3: Trio in D Major

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

    Archiv 427.619 (Telemann: Tafelmusik)
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Gaîté parisienne: #9-15

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Erich Kunzel (conductor)

    Telarc 80294 (Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne - Ibert: Divertissement)
  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    Novelettes, Op. 29: #1. Allegro scherzando

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Trio Parnassus

    MDG 303.1665 (Gade: Piano Trios)
  • Muzio Clementi

    Symphony #1: IV

    Wednesday
    May 21

    London Mozart Players | Matthias Bamert (conductor)

    Chandos 9234 (Clementi: Symphony No. 1, etc.)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenata Notturna

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Ton Koopman (conductor) | Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Erato 2292.45713 (Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sinfonia, H. 653 in E Minor

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Hartmut Haenchen (conductor) | CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Capriccio 10.103 (CPE Bach: Berliner Sinfonien)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Wednesday
    May 21

    London Symphony Orchestra | Han-Na Chang (cello) | Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)

    EMI 56126 (Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Fauré & Bruch)
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Tempo di minuetto (in the style of Pugnani)

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Joshua Bell (violin) | Paul Coker (piano)

    London 444.409 (The Kreisler Album)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio #1

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Beaux Arts Trio

    Philips 416.838 (Brahms; The Piano Trios)
  • Ferdinando Carulli

    Guitar Concerto E Minor

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Iona Brown (conductor) | Pepe Romero (guitar)

    Philips 426.263 (Carulli & Molino: Guitar Concertos)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34 #2

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1927 (Chopin Valses)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musical Offering

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Philips 412.800
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata, K 27 in B Minor

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Murray Perahia (piano)

    Sony 62785 (Handel & Scarlatti)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony #39

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Berlin Philharmonic | Karl Böhm (conductor)

    DG 447.416 (Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 - 41)
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphonic Etudes

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Alfred Brendel (piano)

    Philips 432.093 (Beethoven & Schumann: Theme and Variations 2)
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Musical Delight: Suite #2

    Wednesday
    May 21

    London Baroque

    Harmonia Mundi 290.1539 (Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Quartet #1 in C Minor, Op. 1

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Domus

    Virgin 91183 (Mendelssohn: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 - 3)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony #28 in A Major

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Adam Fischer (conductor) | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition)
  • Amy Beach

    A Cradle Song of the Lonely Mother, Op. 108

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Joanne Polk (piano)

    Arabesque 6704 (Under the Stars)
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Symphony #2 "Antar"

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Lorin Maazel (conductor) | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Telarc 80131 (Tchaikovsky: "Little Russian" - Rimsky-Korsakov: "Antar")
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite #2 in A Minor, BWV 807

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Ivo Pogorelich (piano)

    DG 415.480 (Bach: English Suites Nos. 2 & 3)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance, Op. 72 #8

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Scottish National Orchestra

    Chandos 8406 (Dvořák: Slavonic Dances)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Litaniæ de venerabili altaris sacramento in E-flat Major, K 243

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Chamber Choir of Europe | Nicol Matt (conductor) | Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, Mannheim | Annemarie Kremer (soprano)

    Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works)
  • Alexander Borodin

    Dlya beregov otchizny dal'noj (For the shore of thy far native land)

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Dmitri Hvorostovksy (baritone) | Ivari Ilja (piano)

    Delos 3392 (Romances)
  • Hector Berlioz

    Requiem, Op. 5: IX. Sanctus

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Frank Lopardo (tenor) | Robert Spano (conductor)

    Telarc 80627 (Berlioz: Requiem)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Nr 1-15

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Jos van Veldhoven (conductor) | Charles Daniels (tenor) | The Netherlands Bach Society | Julian Podger (tenor) | Gerd Türk (tenor) [Evangelist] | Peter Harvey (bass) [Christ] | Amaryllis Dieltiens (soprano) | Tim Mead (alto) | Siri Karoline Thornhill (soprano) | Matthew White (alto) | Sebastian Noack (bass)

    Channel 32511 (Bach: St. Matthew Passion)
  • Claude Debussy

    Trois Ballades de François Villon: Ballade des femmes de Paris (Ballade of the women of Paris)

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Stéphane Degout (baritone) | Hélène Lucas (piano)

    Naïve 5209 (Mélodies)
  • Frederick Delius

    Seven Songs from the Norwegian

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Mark Stone (baritone) | Stephen Barlow (piano)

    Stone Records 80062 (The Complete Delius Songbook, Vol. 1)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rodelinda: Aria. "Spietati, io vi giurai" [Act II/3]

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Sophie Danemann [Rodelinda] | Raglan Baroque Players | Nicholas Kraemer

    Virgin 45277 (Handel: Rodelinda)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Saint Ludmila, Op. 71

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Adriana Kohütková (soprano) [Ludmila] | Karla Bytnarová (alto) [Svatava] | Tomáš Černý (tenor) [Bořivoj] | Ondrej Šaling (tenor) [Peasant] | Peter Mikuláš (bass) [Ivan] | Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir | Leoš Svárovksý (conductor)

    Naxos 574.023-24 (Dvorak: Saint Ludmila)
  • Richard Strauss

    Brentano Lieder, Op. 68: #2. Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden (I wanted to make a noesgay)

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Christian Thielemann (conductor) | Diana Damrau (soprano) | Munich Philharmonic

    Virgin 628664 (Strauss: Orchestral Songs)
  • Gustav Mahler

    Rückert-Lieder: #5. "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" (I have lost touch with the world)

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Vienna Philharmonic | Pierre Boulez (conductor) | Violetta Urmana (soprano)

    DG 0003894 (Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Fairy Day

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Codetta | Ulster Orchestra | Howard Shelley (conductor)

    Hyperion 68283 (Stanford: A Song of Agincourt & other works)
  • Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Dinorah: "Quand l'heure sonnera"

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Thomas Hampson (baritone) | Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera | Jerry Hadley (tenor) | Carlo Rizzi (conductor)

    Teldec 9031.73283 (Famous Opera Duets)
  • Arrigo Boito

    Mefistofele: Prologue

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Samuel Ramey (bass) | Hungarian State Orchestra | Hungaroton Opera Chorus | Nyiregyházi Boys' Choir | Giuseppe Patanè (conductor)

    Sony 44983 (Boito: Mefistofele)
  • Franz Schubert

    Das Weinen, D 926 (Weeping)

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1988 (Schubert: Sehnsucht)
  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried: Forging Song. "Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert" [Act I]

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Antonio Pappano (conductor) | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Siegfried] | David Cangelosi (tenor) [Mime]

    EMI 57242 (Wagner: Siegfried)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Nr 56-68

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Jos van Veldhoven (conductor) | Charles Daniels (tenor) | The Netherlands Bach Society | Julian Podger (tenor) | Gerd Türk (tenor) [Evangelist] | Peter Harvey (bass) [Christ] | Amaryllis Dieltiens (soprano) | Tim Mead (alto) | Siri Karoline Thornhill (soprano) | Matthew White (alto) | Sebastian Noack (bass)

    Channel 32511 (Bach: St. Matthew Passion)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rodelinda: Aria. "Ritorna, oh caro e dolce mio tesoro" [Act II/6]

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Sophie Danemann [Rodelinda] | Raglan Baroque Players | Nicholas Kraemer

    Virgin 45277 (Handel: Rodelinda)
  • Robert Wylkynson

    Salve regina (Hail queen)

    Wednesday
    May 21

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

    Avie 2314 (Courts of Heaven)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) | Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra | Eberhard Wächter [Don Giovanni] | Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Donna Anna] | Luigi Alva [Don Ottavio] | Gottlob Frick [Commendatore/La Statua] | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf [Donna Elvira] | Giuseppe Taddei [Leporello] | Piero Cappuccilli (baritone) [Masetto] | Graziella Sciutti [Zerlina]

    EMI 56232 (Mozart: Don Giovanni)
  • Norbert Glanzberg

    Holocaust Lieder: Versprich mir eins...

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Roman Trekel (baritone) | Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse | Daniel Klajner (conductor)

    MDG 901.1588 (Glanzberg: Holocaust Lieder)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Ein deutsches Requiem: I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen (Blessed are they who bear suffering)

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Daniel Barenboim (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Chorus | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Erato 4509.92856 (Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem)
  • Alessandro Striggio

    Missa sopra "Ecco sì beato giorno" (Mass based on "Ecco sì beato giorno")

    Wednesday
    May 21

    I Fagiolini | Robert Hollingworth (conductor)

    Decca 478.2734 (Striggio: Missa Ecco sì beato giorno)
  • Frank Martin

    Six Monologues from "Jedermann": #1. Ist alls zu Ende das Freudenmahl

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Thomas Oliemans (baritone) | Stavanger Symphony Orchestra | Steven Sloane (conductor)

    MDG 901.1614 (Martin: Monologues, Der Sturm)
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Dardanus (Tragédie en musique): Act IV

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Christiane Eda-Pierre (soprano) [Vénus] | Frederica von Stade (soprano) [Iphise, fille de Teucer (Iphise, daughter of Teucer)] | Georges Gautier (tenor) [Dardanus, fils d'Electra et Jupiter (Dardanus, son of Elektra and Jupiter)] | Michaël Devlin (Anténor, roi d'un pays voisin (Antenor, king of a neighboring country)] | Roger Soyer (bass-baritone) [Teucer, roi de Phrygie (Teucer, King of Phrygia)] | José van Dam (bass) [Isménor, un magicien] | Véronique Dietschy (soprano) [Une Phrygienne] | Hélène Garetti (soprano), Annick Dutertre (soprano), Monique Marandon (soprano), Jean-Philippe Courtis (bass) [Les Songes (Dreams)] | Chœurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris [Ministres, les grands, le peuple (Ministers, princes, and people)] | Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris | Raymond Leppard (conductor)

    Erato 636487 (The Opera Collection, Rameau)
  • Franz Schubert

    Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt, D 877/4 (Only one who knows longing)

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Eric Schneider (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2004-05 (Schubert: An mein Herz)
  • Richard Wagner

    Parsifal: Act III

    Wednesday
    May 21

    The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | James Levine (conductor) | James Morris (bass) [Amfortas] | Jan-Hendrik Rootering [Titurel] | Kurt Moll [Gurnemanz] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Parsifal] | Ekkehard Wlaschiha [Klingsor] | Jessye Norman (soprano) [Kundry] | The Metropolitan Opera Chorus [Knights of the Grail | Esquires | Flower Maidens | Voice from Above | Youths and Boys]

    DG 437.501 (Wagner: Parsifal)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Mandoline

    Wednesday
    May 21

    Karina Gauvin (soprano) | Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

    ATMA Classique 2642 (Fete Galante)