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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Sonata for Harp & Violin in E-flat Major, Op. 113
Louis Spohr
Monday
Jan 1
Ursula Holliger (harp) | Thomas Füri (violin)
Jecklin 573 (Spohr: Sonaten für Harfe und Violine, etc.) -
Prélude, Chorale and Fugue
César Franck
Monday
Jan 1
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
RCA 68910 (Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata - Franck: Prelude, Choral et fugue - Brahms: Paganini Variations) -
Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Max Bruch
Monday
Jan 1
Camille Thomas (cello) | Brussels Philharmonic | Matthieu Herzog (conductor)
DG 483.856 (Camille Thomas: Voice of Hope) -
Symphony #90
Joseph Haydn
Monday
Jan 1
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra | Adam Fischer (conductor)
Nimbus 5269 (Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88, 90 & 92) -
Piano Quintet
Robert Schumann
Monday
Jan 1
Emanuel Ax (piano) | Cleveland Quartet
RCA 6498 (Schumann: Quintet for Piano and Strings in E-Flat, Op. 44, Quartet for Piano and Strings in E-Flat, Op. 47) -
English Suite #1 in A Major, BWV 806
Johann Sebastian Bach
Monday
Jan 1
Sir András Schiff (piano)
London 421.640 (Bach: English Suites BWV 806-11) -
Viennese Jubilee Overture
Franz von Suppé
Monday
Jan 1
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
EMI 54056 (Suppé: Overtures) -
Bassoon Concerto, RV 486 in F Major
Antonio Vivaldi
Monday
Jan 1
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon) | L'Onda Armonica | Sergio Azzolini (conductor)
Naive 30573 (Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto V) -
Symphony #3 in G Minor, Op. 227
Carl Reinecke
Monday
Jan 1
Munich Radio Orchestra | Henry Raudales (conductor)
CPO 555.114 (Carl Reinecke: Orchestral Works Vol. 1) -
Violin Concerto #4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Monday
Jan 1
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) | London Philharmonic | Anne-Sophie Mutter (conductor)
DG 0005078 (Mozart: The Violin Concertos, Sinfonia Concertante) -
La Jeunesse d'Hercule, Op. 50
Camille Saint-Saëns
Monday
Jan 1
Vienna Symphony Orchestra | Georges Prêtre (conductor)
Musifrance 2292-45696 (Saint-Saëns: Symphonie No. 3, La Jeunesse d'Hercule) -
Symphony #4
Ludwig van Beethoven
Monday
Jan 1
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 439.900 (Beethoven: 9 Symphonies) -
Wind Symphony #6
Johann Christian Bach
Monday
Jan 1
Consortium Classicum
MDG 301.0434 (J.C. Bach: Wind Symphonies)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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La sonnambula
Vincenzo Bellini
Monday
Jan 1
Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Amina] | Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Elvino] | Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Rodolfo] | Isobel Buchanan [Lisa] | John Tomlinson [Alessio] | Piero de Palma (tenor) [Notaro] | Della Jones [Teresa] | London Opera Chorus | National Philharmonic Orchestra | Richard Bonynge (conductor)
London 417.424 (Bellini: La Sonnambula) -
Saint Cecilia Mass: Sanctus
Charles Gounod
Monday
Jan 1
Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) | Latvian Radio Choir | German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern | Karel Mark Chichon (conductor)
DG 21327 (Meditation) -
Parsifal: "Nur eine Waffe taugt"
Richard Wagner
Monday
Jan 1
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) | Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma | Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Decca 0014132 (Mozart: Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner) -
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Act III
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Monday
Jan 1
Edita Gruberova [Konstanze] | Kathleen Battle (soprano) [Blonde] | Gösta Winbergh (tenor) [Belmonte] | Heinz Zednik (tenor) [Pedrillo] | Martti Talvela [Osmin] | Will Quadflieg [Selim] | Vienna State Opera Chorus | Vienna Philharmonic | Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
London 417.402 (Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail) -
Les Huguenots: Act V
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Monday
Jan 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)
Erato 2292-45027 (Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots) -
Rodelinda: Act II, Scenes 5-7
George Frideric Handel
Monday
Jan 1
Sophie Danemann [Rodelinda] | Daniel Taylor [Bertarido] | Adrian Thompson [Grimoaldo] | Catherine Robbin [Eduige] | Robin Blaze [Unulfo] | Christopher Purves [Garibaldo] | Raglan Baroque Players | Nicholas Kraemer
Virgin 45277 (Handel: Rodelinda) -
I saw my lady weep
John Dowland
Monday
Jan 1
The Folger Consort | Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)
Bard 9207 (When Birds Do Sing) -
Carmen: Act I, Scenes 3 & 4. Chour et Scène; Havanaise
Georges Bizet
Monday
Jan 1
Jessye Norman (soprano) [Carmen] | Mirella Freni (soprano) [Micaëla] | Neil Shicoff [Don José] | Simon Estes [Escamillo] | Jean-Philippe Courtis [Zuniga] | Ghylaine Raphanel [Frasquita] | Jean Rigby [Mercédès] | François Le Roux [Le Dancaïr] | Gerard Garino [Le Remendado] | Nicolas Rivenq (bass) [Moralès] | Chours de Radio France | Maîtrise de Radio France | Orchestre National de France | Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
Philips 422.366 (Bizet: Carmen) -
Requiem, Op. 5: VI. Lacrymosa
Hector Berlioz
Monday
Jan 1
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Robert Spano (conductor)
Telarc 80627 (Berlioz: Requiem) -
Cantata, BWV 136. Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz (Search me, O God, and know my heart)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Monday
Jan 1
Robin Tyson (alto) | Christoph Genz (tenor) | Brindley Sherratt (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | [Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage: Christkirche, Rendsburg, Aug 13, 2000]
SDG 147 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 5) -
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 (A woman's love and life): Süsser Freund (Sweet friend)
Robert Schumann
Monday
Jan 1
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) | Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
Naive 5159 (Schumann) -
Ricciardo e Zoraide: Act II, Scene 2, Duet (Ricciardo, Agorante). "Donala a questo core...Teco or sarà"
Gioachino Rossini
Monday
Jan 1
Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) | Michael Spyres (tenor) | I Virtuosi Italiani | Corrado Rovaris (conductor)
Erato 52694 (Amici e Rivali)