This playlist is a daily guide to music broadcast on WETA Classical and WETA VivaLaVoce. Scroll below to see what has played today and use the calendar feature to view previous days.
WETA Classical
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A Feast of Carols
Saturday
Dec 21
Tallis Chamber Choir | National Symphony Orchestra of London | Randol Alan Bass (conductor)
Kodanja 2003 (A Feast of Carols) -
Christopher Rouse
Karolju: Swedish
Saturday
Dec 21
BBC Symphony Orchestra | Philharmonia Chorus | David Zinman (conductor)
RCA 11561 (Karolju) -
William Billings
Methinks I see an Heav'nly Host
Saturday
Dec 21
Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)
DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio, Part 3. Chorus. "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen" (Ruler of the heavens, hear our stammering tones)
Saturday
Dec 21
René Jacobs (conductor) | Berlin Academy for Old Music | RIAS Chamber Choir
Harmonia Mundi 90.1630-31 (Weihnachts-Oratorium) -
Gabriel's Message
Saturday
Dec 21
Choir of Westminster Cathedral | James O'Donnell (conductor)
Hyperion 66668 (Adestes fideles) -
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Saturday
Dec 21
Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, NY | Owen Burdick (organist and conductor)
Naxos 555.886 (Christmas at Trinity) -
In dulci jubilo (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)
Saturday
Dec 21
Arsys Bourgogne | Pierre Cao (conductor)
Naïve 5319 (Chants de noël du monde) -
The First Nowell
Saturday
Dec 21
Washington Men's Camerata | Frank Albinder (conductor)
Gothic 49128 (Sing We Noel) -
Deck the Hall
Saturday
Dec 21
Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia | Peter Breiner (conductor)
Naxos 550.670 (Christmas Goes Baroque, Vol. 2) -
Personent hodie
Saturday
Dec 21
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass) -
The Holly and the Ivy
Saturday
Dec 21
Anonymous 4
Harmonia Mundi 90.7325 (Wolcum Yule) -
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Saturday
Dec 21
Elora Festival Singers | Noel Edison (conductor)
Naxos 573.421 (The Wonder of Christmas) -
Franz Gruber
Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
Saturday
Dec 21
Taverner Choir | Taverner Players | Andrew Parrott (conductor)
EMI 49809 (The Carol Album) -
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen
Saturday
Dec 21
Los Romeros
DG 477.9365 (Christmas with Los Romeros) -
Good King Wenceslas
Saturday
Dec 21
Michael Bojesen (conductor) | Danish National Vocal Ensemble | Michala Petri (recorder)
OUR Recordings 220615 (Let the Angels Sing) -
Christmastide: Part 2
Saturday
Dec 21
Jessye Norman (soprano) | New York Choral Society | American Boychoir | Robert DeCormier (conductor) | Empire Chamber Ensemble
Philips 420.180 (Christmastide) -
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Saturday
Dec 21
Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)
DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols) -
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Saturday
Dec 21
City of London Sinfonia | John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers
Collegium 121 (Christmas Day in the Morning) -
Christopher Rouse
Karolju: Latin
Saturday
Dec 21
BBC Symphony Orchestra | Philharmonia Chorus | David Zinman (conductor)
RCA 11561 (Karolju) -
George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Chorus. "For unto us a Child is born"
Saturday
Dec 21
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) | Toronto Symphony | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
EMI 49407 (Handel: Messiah, Highlights) -
James Lord Pierpont
Jingle Bells
Saturday
Dec 21
Marielle Nordmann (harp) | Alexandre Lagoya (guitar) | Simion Stanciu "Syrinx" (pan-pipe)
Erato 2292.45975 (Merry Christmas) -
Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich
Carol of the Bells
Saturday
Dec 21
Seattle Girls Choir | Jerome Wright (conductor)
SDG 951 (Holiday) -
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
Sonata natalis in C Major
Saturday
Dec 21
Virtuosi Saxoniae | Ludwig Güttler (conductor)
Berlin Classics 1117 (Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen) -
Il est né, le divin enfant
Saturday
Dec 21
Arsys Bourgogne | Pierre Cao (conductor)
Naïve 5319 (Chants de noël du monde) -
Angels We Have Heard on High
Saturday
Dec 21
Arturo Delmoni Quartet
Listen 50001 (A String Quartet Christmas) -
Dance Little Goatling
Saturday
Dec 21
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir | St. Ambrose R.C. Junior School Choir, Speake, Liverpool | Liverpool Philharmonic | Edmund Walters (conductor)
Chandos 8436 (A Festival of Christmas) -
Lord of the Dance
Saturday
Dec 21
The Christmas Revels
Revels Records 1078 (The Christmas Revels) -
The Shortest Day
Saturday
Dec 21
The Christmas Revels
Revels Records 1078 (The Christmas Revels) -
Patapan (Willie Take Your Little Drum)
Saturday
Dec 21
Apollo's Fire | Jeannette Sorrell (conductor)
Eclectra 2041 (Noëls & Carols from the Olde World) -
Resonet in Laudibus
Saturday
Dec 21
Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, NY | Owen Burdick (conductor)
Naxos 555.886 (Christmas at Trinity) -
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Saturday
Dec 21
The Dale Warland Singers | Dale Warland (conductor) | Jeffrey Van (guitar)
d'Note 1015 (Carols for Christmas) -
Once in Royal David's City
Saturday
Dec 21
Elora Festival Singers | Noel Edison (conductor) | Michael Bloss (organ)
Naxos 573.421 (The Wonder of Christmas) -
The Holly and the Ivy
Saturday
Dec 21
Cantate Chamber Singers | Gisèle Becker (conductor)
Raven 945 (A Britten Holiday) -
In dulci jubilo (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)
Saturday
Dec 21
Michael Bojesen (conductor) | Danish National Vocal Ensemble | Michala Petri (recorder)
OUR Recordings 220615 (Let the Angels Sing) -
Michael Praetorius
How Brightly Shines the Morning Star
Saturday
Dec 21
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass) -
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Saturday
Dec 21
Taverner Choir | Taverner Players | Andrew Parrott (conductor)
EMI 49809 (The Carol Album) -
Fum, Fum, Fum
Saturday
Dec 21
Kathleen Battle (soprano) | Orchestra of St. Luke's | Leonard Slatkin (conductor) | New York Choral Artists
EMI 47587 (A Christmas Celebration) -
Good King Wenceslas
Saturday
Dec 21
Peter Breiner (conductor) | CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos 550.301 (Christmas Goes Baroque) -
A Christmas Medley
Saturday
Dec 21
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin) and friends
NSS Music 001 (Merry) -
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
Saturday
Dec 21
City of London Sinfonia | John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers
Collegium 111 (Christmas wih the Cambridge Singers) -
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Saturday
Dec 21
Chorus Angelicus and Gaudeamus | Paul Halley (organ and conductor)
Pelagos 1005 (What Child is This?) -
Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)
Saturday
Dec 21
Huddersfield Choral Society | John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band | Roy Newsome (conductor)
Chandos 8679 (Christmas Fantasy) -
Away in a Manger
Saturday
Dec 21
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
Argo 414.042 (O Come All Ye Faithful) -
Hodie Christus natus est (Christ is Born Today)
Saturday
Dec 21
Vasari Singers | Jeremy Backhouse (conductor)
Naxos 573.030 (A Winter's Light) -
Deck the Hall; Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Saturday
Dec 21
Rachel Van Vorhees (harp)
Centaur 2209 (Christmas Favorites) -
Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich
Carol of the Bells
Saturday
Dec 21
The Galliard Brass
MusicMasters 67175 (Carols for Brass) -
Cwsg, Cwsg, Cwsg (Still, still, still)
Saturday
Dec 21
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera | Bryn Terfel (baritone) | Tecwyn Evans (conductor)
DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs) -
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Saturday
Dec 21
Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street, NY | Owen Burdick (organist and conductor)
Naxos 555.886 (Christmas at Trinity) -
Christopher Rouse
Karolju: Czech
Saturday
Dec 21
BBC Symphony Orchestra | Philharmonia Chorus | David Zinman (conductor)
RCA 11561 (Karolju) -
George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Air. "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!"
Saturday
Dec 21
The Sixteen | Harry Christophers (conductor) | Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Coro 16062 (Handel: Messiah) -
Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (Lo, how a rose e'er blooming)
Saturday
Dec 21
Arsys Bourgogne | Pierre Cao (conductor)
Naïve 5319 (Chants de noël du monde) -
I Saw Three Ships
Saturday
Dec 21
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Americus 2011.060 (Tis the Season) -
The Holly and the Ivy
Saturday
Dec 21
Elora Festival Singers | Noel Edison (conductor) | Michael Bloss (organ)
Naxos 573.421 (The Wonder of Christmas) -
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Saturday
Dec 21
Michael Bojesen (conductor) | Michala Petri (recorder) | Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Male Choir
OUR Recordings 220615 (Let the Angels Sing) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons, Op. 37b: #12. December
Saturday
Dec 21
Jeffrey Biegel (piano)
Steinway & Sons 30005 (A Steinway Christmas Album) -
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Saturday
Dec 21
Jun Märkl (conductor) | Orchestre National de Lyon
Naxos 572.583 (Debussy: Orchestral Works (Complete)) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata, K. 296
Saturday
Dec 21
Arthur Grumiaux (violin) | Walter Klien (piano)
Philips 412.141 (Mozart: The Great Sonatas for Piano and Violin) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto #4 in G Minor, Op. 40
Saturday
Dec 21
Simon Trpceski (piano) | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
Avie 2191 (Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 1 & 4, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini) -
Irving Berlin
White Christmas
Saturday
Dec 21
Marielle Nordmann (harp) | Alexandre Lagoya (guitar) | Simion Stanciu "Syrinx" (pan-pipe)
Erato 2292.45975 (Merry Christmas) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Musical Offering
Saturday
Dec 21
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Philips 412.800 -
Masters in this Hall
Saturday
Dec 21
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Telarc 80377 (Songs of Angels) -
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
Saturday
Dec 21
Vienna Philharmonic | Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
Philips 432.151 (Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique) -
Pietro Yon
Gesu Bambino
Saturday
Dec 21
Eaken Piano Trio
Naxos 554.099 (Home for the Holidays) -
Giuseppe Maria Cambini
Trio Concertant in A Major, Op. 33 #1
Saturday
Dec 21
The Vivaldi Project
MSR Classics 1621 (Discovering the Classical String Trio, Vol. 1) -
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony #6
Saturday
Dec 21
Czech Philharmonic | Libor Pesek (conductor)
Virgin 90791 (Dvořák: Symphony No. 6) -
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Saturday
Dec 21
Elora Festival Singers | Noel Edison (conductor) | Michael Bloss (organ)
Naxos 573.421 (The Wonder of Christmas) -
Robert Schumann
Five Pieces in Folkstyle for piano and cello, Op. 102
Saturday
Dec 21
Martha Argerich (piano) | Mischa Maisky (cello)
Philips 412.230 (Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano - Schumann: Fantasiestücke) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony #7 in A Major, Op. 92
Saturday
Dec 21
Vienna Philharmonic | Andris Nelsons (conductor)
DG 483.7071 (Beethoven Complete Symphonies) -
The First Nowell
Saturday
Dec 21
Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Craig Jessop (conductor) | Orchestra at Temple Square
Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto #1 in B-flat Major, K. 207
Saturday
Dec 21
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra | Julia Fischer (violin) | Jakov Kreizberg (conductor)
Pentatone 5186.453 (Mozart: The Violin Concertos) -
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony #1
Saturday
Dec 21
French National Radio Orchestra | Jean Martinon (conductor)
EMI 62643 (Saint-Saëns: Symphonies) -
Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville: Overture
Saturday
Dec 21
Charles Dutoit (conductor) | Montreal Symphony Orchestra
London 433.074 (Rossini: Overtures)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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Claudio Monteverdi
Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610 (Vespers of the the Blessed Virgin, 1610): Psalms and Motets
Saturday
Dec 21
Apollo's Fire | Apollo's Singers | Jeannette Sorrell (conductor)
Avie 2206 (Monteverdi: Vespers) -
Thomas Tallis
9 Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter: Ninth Tune. Veni creator (Come Holy Ghost)
Saturday
Dec 21
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi 80.7463 (Heavenly Harmonies) -
Maurice Ravel
Vocalise en forme de Habanera
Saturday
Dec 21
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Raí | Karel Mark Chichon (conductor) | Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano)
DG 014777 (Habanera) -
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot: Aria. "In questa reggia"
Saturday
Dec 21
Carlo Rizzi (conductor) | Jane Eaglen (soprano) | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Sony 89443 (Italian Opera Arias) -
Antonín Dvořák
Stabat Mater, Op. 58: I. Stabat mater dolorosa (The sad mother was standing)
Saturday
Dec 21
Robert Shaw (conductor) | Marietta Simpson (mezzo-soprano) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Christine Goerke (soprano) | Stanford Olsen (tenor) | Nathan Berg (bass-baritone)
Telarc 80506 (Dvořák: Stabat Mater) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata, BWV 66. Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (Rejoice, all ye hearts)
Saturday
Dec 21
Stephen Varcoe (baritone) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | James Gilchrist (tenor) | Daniel Taylor (alto)
SDG 128 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 22) -
Henri Duparc
Élégie (Elegy)
Saturday
Dec 21
Stéphane Degout (baritone) | Hélène Lucas (piano)
Naïve 5209 (Mélodies) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Missa Solemnis in C Minor, K 139 "Waisenhausmesse"
Saturday
Dec 21
Anja Bittner (soprano) | Barbara Werner (alto) | Gerhard Nennemann (tenor) | Manfred Bittner (bass) | Jens Wollenschlager (organ) | Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester, Pforzheim | Chamber Choir of Europe | Nicol Matt (conductor)
Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works) -
Gaetano Donizetti
Anna Bolena
Saturday
Dec 21
Richard Bonynge (conductor) | Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera | Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Anna Bolena] | Samuel Ramey (bass) [Enrico VIII] | Jerry Hadley (tenor) [Lord Riccardo Percy] | Susanne Mentzer [Giovanna Seymour] | Bernadette Manca di Nissa [Smeton] | Giorgio Surian [Lord Rochefort] | Ernesto Gavazzi [Sir Hervey] | Chorus of the Welsh National Opera [Cortigiani, dame, paggi, scudieri, cacciatori, sceriffi, guardie]
London 421.096 (Donizetti: Anna Bolena) -
Franz Liszt
Die Loreley
Saturday
Dec 21
Hildegard Behrens (soprano) | Cord Garben (piano)
DG 419.240 (Liszt: Lieder) -
Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde: Act I, Isolde's narration. "Weh, ach wehe! dies zu dulden" -- "Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen"
Saturday
Dec 21
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Leonard Bernstein (conductor) | Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) [Brangäne] | Hildegard Behrens (soprano) [Isolde]
Philips 411.036 (Wagner: Tristan und Isolde) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mass in C Major, Op. 86: I. Kyrie
Saturday
Dec 21
RIAS Chamber Chorus | Mignon Dunn | Margarita Zimmermann | Bruno Beccaria (tenor) | Tom Krause | Kammerchors Ernst Senff | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
London 455.014 (Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Mass in C) -
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Saturday
Dec 21
Riccardo Muti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Chorus | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Barbara Frittoli (soprano) | Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) | Mario Zeffiri (tenor) | Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
CSO Resound 901.1006 (Verdi: Messa da Requiem) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vchera my vstretilis' (Yesterday we met), Op. 26 #13
Saturday
Dec 21
Dmitri Hvorostovksy (baritone) | Ivari Ilja (piano)
Ondine 1207 (Rachmaninov: Romances) -
Antonio Vivaldi
La fida ninfa: Aria. "Alma oppressa"
Saturday
Dec 21
Europa Galante | Fabio Biondi (conductor) | Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano)
Virgin 94573 (Antonio Vivaldi, Pyrotechnics) -
Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem: II. Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras (For all flesh, it is as grass)
Saturday
Dec 21
Robert Shaw (conductor) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Telarc 80092 (Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Act III
Saturday
Dec 21
The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Hans-Peter Minetti [Selim] | Stanford Olsen (tenor) [Belmonte] | Luba Orgonasova (soprano) [Konstanze] | Cyndia Sieden [Blonde] | Uwe Peper [Pedrillo] | Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) [Osmin]
Archiv 435.857 (Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail) -
George Frideric Handel
Israel in Egypt: Part III, Duet. "The Lord is My Strength and My Song"
Saturday
Dec 21
Trinity Wall Street | Julian Wachner (conductor) | Jolle Greenleaf (soprano) | Molly Quinn (soprano)
Musica Omnia 0404 (Handel: Israel in Egypt)