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

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Sonata #3 in B Minor, Op. 58

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Maria João Pires (piano)

    DG 477.7483 (Frederic Chopin)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto #1

    Thursday
    Apr 30

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

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

    Cello Concerto B Minor

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Philharmonia Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) | Lynn Harrell (cello)

    London 410.144 (Dvořák: Cello Concerto, Op.104 - Bruch: Kol Nidrei)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata, HWV 394 in E Major

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

    Philips 412.599 (Handel: Trio Sonatas, Op. 5)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Sonata in F Major

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Shlomo Mintz (violin) | Paul Ostrovsky (piano)

    DG 419.244 (Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas)
  • Franz Schubert

    German Dances, D. 90 (5)

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    I Musici de Montreal | Yuli Turovsky (conductor)

    Chandos 8928 (Schubert/Mahler: Death and The Maiden)
  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Concerto #1

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    London Symphony Orchestra | Kirill Kondrashin (conductor) | Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

    Philips 412.006 (Liszt: The Piano Concertos)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance #1 for Violin & Orchestra

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Shlomo Mintz (violin)

    DG 423.064 (Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romances)
  • Daniel-François-Esprit Auber

    Gustav III: Ballet Music

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    English Chamber Orchestra | Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    London 440.646 (Auber: Le Domino noir)
  • Arthur Foote

    Piano Quartet: IV-Allegro non troppo

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    James Barbagallo (piano) | Da Vinci Quartet

    Naxos 559.014 (Foote: Chamber Music Vol. 2)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude & Fugue #21 B-flat Major

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Till Fellner (piano)

    ECM 0002285 (Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Buch 1)
  • Louise Farrenc

    Cello Sonata: III. Allegro

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Ambache Chamber Ensemble

    Ambache Recordings 2606 (Liberte; Egalite; Sororite)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto #4 E-flat Major

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    English Chamber Orchestra | Barry Tuckwell (horn) | Barry Tuckwell (conductor)

    London 410.284 (Mozart: Horn Concertos 1 - 4)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Jan Lisiecki (piano) | NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester | Krzysztof Urbański (conductor)

    DG 479.6824 (Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Violin Concerto #1 in C Major, Hob. VIIa:1: I. Allegro moderato

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra | Helmut Müller-Brühl (conductor) | Augustin Hadelich (violin)

    Naxos 570.483 (Haydn: Violin Concertos)
  • Johann David Heinichen

    Concerto in F Major, Seibel 233: III. Presto

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

    Archiv 437.549 (Heinichen: Dresden Concerti)
  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro agitato

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Garrick Ohlsson (piano) | Takács String Quartet

    Hyperion 68295 (Elgar & Beach Piano Quintets)
  • Leopold Mozart

    Sinfonia in G Major

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra | Donald Armstrong (conductor)

    Naxos 553.347 (Leopold Mozart: Symphonies)
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 #1-3

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi (conductor)

    DG 419.431 (Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Lyric Suite, etc.)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concerto, Op. 4 #6 in B-flat Major: I. Andante allegro

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Jeanne Lamon (conductor) | Maxine Eilander (harp)

    Analekta 9811 (A Baroque Feast)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Fair Melusina, Op. 32

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Claudio Abbado (conductor) | London Symphony Orchestra

    DG 423.104 (Mendelssohn: Overtures)
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony #2 in C Major, Op. 61 (revised, Gustav Mahler): II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    Decca 478.0037 (Schumann: The Complete Symphonies, Mahler Edition)
  • Franz Krommer

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

    Thursday
    Apr 30

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

    Paladino Music 0025 (Krommer: Works for Clarinet and Orchestra)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Symphony #2: IV

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Valery Gergiev (conductor) | St. Petersburg Kirov Orchestra

    Philips 438.864 (Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sinfonia melodica, TWV 50:2

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra | Barthold Kuijken (flute, conductor)

    Naxos 573.900 (The Colourful Telemann)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony #8 in G Major, Op. 88: III. Allegretto grazioso; Molto vivace

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | Marin Alsop (conductor)

    Naxos 572.112 (Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto #5: I

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Musica Amphion | Pieter-Jan Belder (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 93102.2 (Bach: Brandenburg Concertos)
  • Adolphe Adam

    Giselle: Grand Pas de Deux from Act II

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Erich Kunzel (conductor)

    Telarc 80625 (Ballet Favorites)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto #13

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Sir András Schiff (piano) | Salzburg Mozarteum Academic Camerata | Sándor Végh (conductor)

    London 425.466 (Mozart: Piano Concerto K271 & K415)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony #19 in D Major

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Adam Fischer (conductor) | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition)
  • Aaron Copland

    Billy the Kid: Celebration

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | National Symphony Orchestra

    NSO 0001 (Dvorak Symphony No. 9, Copland Billy the Kid; Noseda/NSO)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata #13 in E-flat Major, Op. 28 #1 "Quasi una Fantasia"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Paul Lewis (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1906-08 (Beethoven #3)
  • Zdeněk Fibich

    Symphony #2 in E-flat Major, Op. 38

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra | Marek Štilec (conductor)

    Naxos 573.157 (Fibich: Orchestral Works 2)
  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation #3 in D-flat Major

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Lang Lang (piano)

    Sony 789141 (Liszt)
  • Étienne-Nicolas Méhul

    Symphony #2

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Gulbenkian Orchestra | Michel Swierczewski (conductor)

    Nimbus 5184-85 (Méhul: The Complete Symphonies)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musical Offering

    Thursday
    Apr 30

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

    Philips 412.800
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen: "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Prague Philharmonic Orchestra | Sol Gabetta (cello) | Charles Olivieri-Munroe (conductor)

    Sony 88697.35962 (Cantabile)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 #3 in E Minor

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Academy of Ancient Music | Andrew Manze (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7228-29 (Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6)
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony #4

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Daniel Barenboim (conductor) | Berlin State Symphony Orchestra

    Teldec 2564.61179 (Schumann: The Symphonies)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Bourree alla Polacca

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    John Williams (guitar)

    CBS 44518 (The Baroque Album)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata #8 in G Major, Op. 30 #3

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) | Lambert Orkis (piano)

    DG 457.619 (Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante, K. 297b

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    DG 429.784 (Mozart: Sinfonie Concertanti K. 297b & K. 364)
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Sinfonia with 2 Trumpets, G. 21

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Nicol Matt (conductor) | European Chamber Soloists | Thomas Hammes (trumpet) | Peter Leiner (trumpet)

    Brilliant Classics 92401 (Torelli: Trumpet Concertos)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphonic Variations

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) | Philadelphia Orchestra

    EMI 54320 (Dvořák: Cello Concerto, Symphonic Variations)
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony #4 "Tragic"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Stockholm Sinfonietta

    BIS 453 (Schubert: Symphonies 3 & 4 etc.)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G Major, BWV 1048

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Ensemble Caprice | Matthias Maute (conductor)

    Analekta 299967 (Bach: Brandenburg Concertos)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Boris Godunov: Act I

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Alexander Vedernikov [Boris Godunov] | Glafira Koroleva [Feodor] | Elena Shkolnikova [Xenia] | Nina Grigorieva [Nurse] | Andrei Sokolov [Shuisky] | Alexander Voroshilo [Shchelkalov] | Vladimir Matorin (bass) [Pimen] | Vladisolav Piavko [Grigory/Dmitri] | Irina Arkhipova [Marina Mnishek] | Yuri Masurok [Rangoni] | Artur Eisen [Varlaam] | Anatoli Mishutin [Missail] | Ludmila Simonova [Hostess] | Janis Sporgis [Simpleton] | Vladimir Filippov [Nikitich] | Nikolaï Nizinenko [Mitiukha] | Yuri Elnikov [Boyar/Khrushchov/Lavitsky] | Vladimir Silaev [Chernikovsky] | USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus and Symphony Orchestra | Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)

    Philips 412.281 (Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov)
  • Lili Boulanger

    Psalm 24

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Chorale Elisabeth Brasseur | J. J. Grunenwald (organ) | Orchestre Lamoureux | Igor Markevitch (conductor)

    Everest 9034 (Lili Boulanger: Du Fond de L'abime)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony #2 "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise): II - V

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Ruth Ziesak (soprano) | Mojca Erdmann (soprano) | Christian Elsner (tenor) | MDR Radio Choir | MDR Symphony Orchestra | Jun Märkl (conductor)

    Naxos 572.294 (Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang")
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ariodante: Act III, Scenes 7-13

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Il Complesso Barocco | Alan Curtis (conductor) | Joyce DiDonato [Ariodante] | Matthew Brook [King of Scotland] | Karina Gauvin [Ginevra] | Topi Lehtipuu [Lurcanio] | Marie-Nicole Lemieux [Polinesso] | Sabina Puértolas [Dalinda] | Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani [Odoardo]

    Virgin 70844 (Handel: Ariodante)
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Suor angelica: Aria. "Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Carlo Rizzi (conductor) | Jane Eaglen (soprano) | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

    Sony 89443 (Italian Opera Arias)
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma: Scene and aria. "Sediziose voci..."Casta diva...Ah! bello a me ritorna"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Joan Sutherland (soprano) | Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor) | Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

    London 414.450 (The Art of the Prima Donna)
  • Franz Schubert

    Mass in A-flat Major, D 678

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) | RIAS Chamber Choir | Anna Korondi (soprano) | Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano) | Andreas Karasiak (tenor) | Kay Stiefermann (bass) | Orchestra of the Champs Elysées

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1786 (Schubert: Messe As-dur)
  • Manuel de Falla

    Siete canciones populares españolas (Seven Spanish Folksongs): V. Nana (Lullaby)

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano) | Manuel de Falla (piano)

    Zenph 1001 (The Spanish Masters)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus | Robert Shaw (conductor) | Penelope Jensen (soprano) | Dawn Upshaw (soprano) | William Stone (baritone) | Marietta Simpson (mezzo-soprano) | David Gordon (tenor)

    Telarc 80194 (Bach: Magnificat)
  • Carl Nielsen

    Den Danske Salmebog (The Danish Hymn Book): Påskeblomst! hvad vil du her? (Easterbloom! Why are you here?)

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Ars Nova Copenhagen | Michael Bojesen (conductor)

    Dacapo 220.569 (Carl Nielsen: Songs for choir)
  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried: Act I

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Vienna Philharmonic | Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) [Siegfried] | Hans Hotter (baritone) [Der Wanderer] | Gerhard Stolze [Mime]

    London 414.110 (Wagner: Siegfried)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Ottone in villa: Act I, Caio's aria. "Chi seguir vuol la costanza" (He who insists on being constant)

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Il Giardino Armonico | Giovanni Antonini (conductor) | Julia Lezhneva [Caio Silio]

    Naïve 30493 (Vivaldi: Ottone in villa)
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Pagliacci: Aria. "Qual fiamma avea nel guardo.Stridono lassù"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Mirella Freni (soprano) | National Philharmonic Orchestra | Giuseppe Patanè (conductor)

    Decca 0004244 (A Celebration)
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    I puritani: Mad Scene. "O rendetemi la speme -- Qui la voce sua soave.Ah! tu sorridi e asciughi il pianto!...Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna!"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Evelino Pidò (conductor) | Concerto Köln | Natalie Dessay [Elvira] | Franck Ferrari [Riccardo] | Matthew Rose [Giorgio]

    Virgin 99469 (Mad Scenes)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    I lombardi: Gerusalem! Gerusalem!

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Staatskapelle Dresden | Chor der Staatsoper Dresden | Silvio Varviso (conductor)

    Philips 412.235 (Opera Choruses)
  • Jean-Baptiste Lully

    Roland: Act II

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset (conductor) | Nicolas Testé [Roland] | Anna-Maria Panzarella [Ang!lique] | Olivier Dumait [Médor] | Monique Zanetti [Témire] | Robert Getchell [Astolfe] | Saomé Haller [La fée principale, Logistille] | Evgueniy Alexiev [Ziliante | Demogorgon | Un suivant d'Angélique] | Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro [Un insulaire | Tersandre] | Anders. J. Dahlin [Un insulaire | Un suivant d'Angélique | Coridon, un pâtre]] | Marie-Hélène Essade [Un amante contente | Une suivante d'Angélique | Une postourelle] | Delphine Gillot [Une suivante d'Angélique | Une amante contente, La Gloire]

    Amboise 9949 (Lully: Roland)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Il pastor fido (The faithful shepherd): Act II, Scene 7: Dorinda's aria. "Se in ombre nascosto ritira" (Even hidden by clouds)

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Madeleine Shaw [Dorinda] | La Nuova Musica | David Bates (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7585-86 (Handel: Il pastor fido)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mass in C Minor, K 427: Credo: Et incarnatus est

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Harry Christophers (conductor) | Handel and Haydn Society of Boston | Gillian Keith (soprano)

    Coro 16084 (Mozart: Mass in C Minor)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Guglielmo Tell: Act I, Finale.

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Riccardo Muti (conductor) | Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Giorgio Zancanaro [Guglielmo Tell] | Chris Merritt [Arnoldo] | Giorgio Surian [Gualtiero] | Franco de Grandis [Melchthal] | Amelia Felle [Jemmy] | Luciana D'Intino [Edwige] | Vittorio Terranova [Un pescatore] | Alberto Noli [Leutoldo] | Luigi Roni [Gessler] | Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Matilde] | Ernesto Gavazzi [Rodolfo] | Ernesto Panariello [Un cacciatore]

    Philips 422.391 (Rossini: Guglielmo Tell)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Seven Songs for Mixed Choir, Op. 62

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    RIAS Chamber Choir | Marcus Reed (condcutor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1592 (Brahms: Lieder und Gesange)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Idomeneo

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) [Idomeneo] | Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) [Idamante] | Sylvia McNair [Ilia] | Hillevi Martinpelto [Elettra] | Nigel Robson [Arbace] | Glenn Winslade [Gran Sacerdote di Nettuno] | Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) [La Voce] | Angela Kazimierczuk [Cretesa 1] | Jonathan Peter Kenny [Cretesa 2] | Philip Salmon [Troiane 1] | Stephen Charlesworth [Troiane 2]

    Archiv 431.674 (Mozart: Idomeneo)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Nr 13, Aria. "Ich will dir mein Herze schenken"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Ton Koopman (conductor) | Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra | Barbara Schlick (soprano)

    Erato 2292.45814 (Bach: St. Matthew Passion)
  • Franz Schubert

    Die schöne Müllerin, D 795 [The Fair Miller-Maid]: Part 3. Pause; Mit dem grünen Lautenbande; Der Jäger; Eifersucht und Stolz; Die liebe Farbe; Die böse Farbe (Pause; With the green Lute-ribbon; The Hunter; Jealousy & Pride; Beloved Color; Hateful Color)

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1995 (Schubert: die schöne müllerin)
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mass in G Minor

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    His Majestie's Clerkes | Anne Heider (conductor)

    Cedille 90000036 (Parry: Songs of Farewell)
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

    Arminio: Act I Scene 2, Aria. "Di gioia amabile"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Barbara Schlick (soprano) [Giulia] | Salzburger Hofmusik | Wolfgang Brunner (conductor)

    CPO 999.258 (Biber: Arminio)
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin: Act III

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Vienna Philharmonic | Claudio Abbado (conductor) | Kurt Moll [Heinrich der Vogler (Henry the Fowler)] | Siegfried Jerusalem [Lohengrin] | Cheryl Studer [Elsa von Brabant] | Hartmut Welker [Friedrich von Telramund] | Waltraud Meier [Ortrud] | Andreas Schmidt [The King's Herald] | Bojidar Nikolov [Nobleman of Brabant] | Franz Kasemann [Nobleman of Brabant] | Claudio Otelli [Nobleman of Brabant] | Peter Koves [Nobleman of Brabant] | Amy-Linda Domaracki [Page] | Ingrid Sieghart [Page] | Senta Fischer [Page] | Elisabeth Mach [Page] | Vienna State Opera Chorus [Saxon and Thuringian counts and nobles | Brabantine counts and nobles, noblewomen, pages, vassals, ladies, serfs]

    DG 437.808 (Wagner: Lohengrin)
  • Robert Johnson

    Have you seen the bright lily grow?

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Andreas Scholl (countertenor) | Julian Behr (lute) | Concerto di Viole

    Harmonia Mundi 290.8458.59 (The Voice, Vol 2)
  • Antonio Caldara

    La Passione di Gesù Cristo Signor Nostro: Aria. "Giacchè mi tremi in seno"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Matthew White (countertenor) | Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

    Analekta 9813 (Caldara: La Passione di Gesù Cristo Signor Nostro)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Motet, RV 626 In furore giustissimae irae

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) | Europa Galante | Fabio Biondi (conductor)

    Virgin 45704 (Vivaldi: Motets)
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La gioconda: Act II

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    National Philharmonic Orchestra | Montserrat Caballé (soprano) [La Gioconda] | Alfreda Hodgson [La Cieca] | Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Enzo Grimaldo] | Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Alvise Badoero] | Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Laura] | Sherill Milnes [Barnaba] | John Del Carlo [Zuane] | Regolo Romani [Isepo] | Neil Jenkins (tenor) [Pilota | Prima voce dalla laguna] | Geoffrey Shaw [Seconda voce dalla laguna] | Stephen Varcoe (baritone) [Cantore] | Rodney Macann [Barnabotto] | London Opera Chorus [Barnabotti | arnsenalotti, gentiluomini e dame, mascere, marinai e mozzi, cantori, popolo] | Bruno Bartoletti (conductor) | Neil Jenkins (tenor) [Pilota] | Neil Jenkins (tenor) [Prima voce dalla laguna] | London Opera Chorus [Popolo]

    London 414.349 (Ponchielli: La Gioconda)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse (Xerxes): Act I, Aria. "Ombra mai fù"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Renée Fleming (soprano) | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | Harry Bicket (conductor)

    Decca 0003160 (Handel)

WETA Virtuoso

  • Orchestra Series

    Thursday
    Apr 30

  • Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

    Irish Rhapsody #6

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Ulster Orchestra | Vernon Handley (conductor) | Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)

    Chandos 8884 (Stanford: Symphony No. 4, etc.)
  • Dora Pejačević

    Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 35

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Oliver Triendl (piano) | Christian Poltéra (cello)

    CPO 777.419 (Dora Pejacevic: Piano Trio; Cello Sonata)
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Running Set

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta | George Hurst (conductor)

    Chandos 8432 (Music of Elgar & Vaughan Williams)
  • Sergei Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto #2 in G Minor, Op. 63

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Charles Dutoit (conductor) | Montreal Symphony Orchestra | Joshua Bell (violin)

    London 440.331 (Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Piano Quartet #2 G Minor

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Jean Hubeau | friends

    Erato 71564 (Fauré: Quatuors pour piano et cordes)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words, Op. 19 #2 in A Minor

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Daniel Barenboim (piano)

    DG 423.931 (Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Psalm 149, Op. 79

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Prague Philharmonic Chorus | Vaclav Neumann (conductor)

    Supraphon 7230 (Dvořák: Te Deum)
  • Richard Strauss

    Macbeth, Op. 23

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Dresden State Orchestra | Rudolf Kempe (conductor)

    EMI Classics 64350 (Richard Strauss)
  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Paavo Järvi (conductor) | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Telarc 80601 (Music of Ravel)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite #1 in G Major, BWV 1007

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Anner Bylsma (cello)

    Sony 48047 (Bach: Suites for Violoncello Solo)
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata (K. 135)

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Ivo Pogorelich (piano)

    DG 435.855 (Scarlatti: Sonatas)
  • Louis Spohr

    Violin Concerto #11

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Christian Froehlich (conductor) | Ulf Hoelscher (violin)

    CPO 999.196 (Spohr: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 11)
  • Ernst von Dohnányi

    Suite in F-sharp Minor, Op. 19

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    JoAnn Falletta (conductor) | Buffalo Philharmonic

    Naxos 572.303 (Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song)
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, P. 30

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic

    Chandos 10388 (Respighi: Rossiniana, etc.)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite #2 "Characteristic"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Capriccio 10.227 (Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1 & 2)
  • Charles Ives

    A Concord Symphony: The Alcotts

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

    SFS Media 60 (Masterpieces in Miniature)
  • John Adams

    Shaker Loops

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Naxos 559.031 (ADAMS: Shaker Loops)
  • Robert Schumann

    Violin Sonata #3 in A Minor, WoO 27

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Jennifer Koh (violin) | Reiko Uchida (piano)

    Cedille 90000.095 (Schumann: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano)
  • Jean Sibelius

    Romance in D-fllat Major, Op. 24/9

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    John O'Conor (piano)

    Telarc 80313 (Popular Works for Solo Piano)
  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 6

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    DG 447.109
  • Béla Bartók

    String Quartet #2, Op. 17

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Emerson String Quartet

    DG 423.657 (BARTOK 6 String Quartets)
  • Sir Edward Elgar

    Starlight Express: Waltz

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta | George Hurst (conductor)

    Chandos 6544 (Elgar Favourites)
  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie for Piano 4-Hands

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Gueher Pekinel (piano) | Sueher Pekinel (piano)

    Teldec 244.926 (Mozart: Sonate K448 - Schubert: Fantasie Op. 103)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E-flat Major for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass, Op. 20

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

    Brilliant Classics 93525 (Beethoven: Complete Works)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words, Op. 30 #4. Agitato e con fuoco (arr. Ottensamer)

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Yuja Wang (piano) | Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet)

    DG 483.6069 (Blue Hour)
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Romance for viola and piano

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Paul Coletti (viola) | Leslie Howard (piano)

    Hyperion 66687 (English Music for Viola)
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Symphony #4 "Poem of Ecstasy", Op. 54

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Czech Philharmonic | Libor Pesek (conductor)

    Supraphon 2047 (Scriabin: Piano Concerto; Poeme de l'extase; Reverie)
  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto #1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 11

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    London Symphony Orchestra | István Kertész (conductor) | Barry Tuckwell (horn)

    Decca 460.296 (Strauss: The Concertos)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite #6 in E Major, BWV 817

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Sir András Schiff (piano)

    London 433.313 (Bach: 6 French Suites, Italian Concerto)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Étude-tableau in C Minor, Op. 33 #3

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

    Decca 478.6348 (Rachmaninoff Complete Piano Works)
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony #6 in A Major

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Bernard Haitink (conductor) | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Philips 442.040 (Bruckner)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Etude, Op. 10 #12 C Minor "Revolutionary"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Maurizio Pollini (piano)

    DG 413.794 (Chopin: Etudes, Op. 10 & Op. 25)
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    I puritani: "Finì.me lassa!"

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    London Philharmonic Orchestra | Beverly Sills (soprano) | Julius Rudel (conductor)

    DG 471.766 (The Art of Beverly Sills)
  • Sergei Prokofiev

    Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Boris Berman (piano)

    Chandos 9361 (Prokofiev)
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Violin Concerto #2

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Itzhak Perlman (violin) | Daniel Barenboim (conductor) | Paris Orchestra

    DG 410.526 (Saint-Saëns & Wieniawski: Violin Concertos)
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata (K. 475)

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Sir András Schiff (piano)

    London 421.422 (Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas)
  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    London Symphony Orchestra | André Previn (conductor)

    EMI 47028 (Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes)
  • Carl Reinecke

    Symphony #3 in G Minor, Op. 227

    Thursday
    Apr 30

    Munich Radio Orchestra | Henry Raudales (conductor)

    CPO 555.114 (Carl Reinecke: Orchestral Works Vol. 1)