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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Humoresque, Op. 101 #7 (transcr. Fritz Kreisler)
Antonín Dvorák
Friday
May 3
Augustin Hadelich (violin) | Charles Owen (piano)
Warner Classics 52745 (Bohemian Tales: Augustin Hadelich) -
Trio in F Major, Op. 9 #3
François-Joseph Gossec
Friday
May 3
The Vivaldi Project
MSR Classics 1622 (Discovering the Classical String Trio, Vol. 2) -
Scherzo #1 in B minor, Op. 20
Frédéric Chopin
Friday
May 3
Emanuel Ax (piano)
CBS 44544 (Chopin: Scherzos and Maurkas) -
Octet in F Major, D. 803: IV. Andante; Un poco più mosso; Più lento
Franz Schubert
Friday
May 3
Modigliani String Quartet | Sabine Meyer (clarinet) | Bruno Schneider (horn) | Dag Jensen (bassoon) | Knut Erik Sundquist (double bass)
Mirare 438 (Schubert: Octet) -
Swan Lake Suite
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Friday
May 3
Israel Philharmonic | Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Teldec 4509.90201 (Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Swan Lake Suite) -
Trio Sonata, BWV 1039 in G Major
Johann Sebastian Bach
Friday
May 3
Jed Wentz (flute) | Marion Moonen (flute) | Igor Ruhadze (violin) | Michael Borgstede (harpsichord) | Job ter Haar (cello)
Brilliant Classics 93814 (Bach Complete Chamber Music for Flute) -
Concerto, RV 446
Antonio Vivaldi
Friday
May 3
Heinz Holliger (oboe) | I Musici
Philips 411.480 (Vivaldi: Concerti per oboe) -
Scheherazade
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Friday
May 3
St. Petersburg Kirov Orchestra | Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Philips 470.840 (Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, etc.) -
Im Walde, Op. 50
David Popper
Friday
May 3
Wendy Warner (cello) | Eileen Buck (piano)
Cedille 90000.111 (Wendy Warner Plays Popper & Piatigorsky) -
Wind Symphony #6
Johann Christian Bach
Friday
May 3
Consortium Classicum
MDG 301.0434 (J.C. Bach: Wind Symphonies) -
Violin Concerto #1
Max Bruch
Friday
May 3
Midori (violin) | Berlin Philharmonic | Mariss Jansons (conductor)
Sony 87740 (Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos) -
Piano Trio, Op. 70 #1 in D Major "Ghost"
Ludwig van Beethoven
Friday
May 3
Beaux Arts Trio
Philips 412.891 (Beethoven: Piano Trios, "Archduke") -
Italian Concerto
Johann Sebastian Bach
Friday
May 3
Murray Perahia (piano)
Sony 87326 (Murray Perahia Plays Bach) -
Ma Vlast: From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests
Bedrich Smetana
Friday
May 3
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra | Theodore Kuchar (conductor)
Brilliant Classics 93634 (Smetana: Complete Orchestra Works) -
Une Symphonie Imaginaire: #14-17
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Friday
May 3
Musicians of the Louvre | Marc Minkowski (conductor)
Archiv 0004478 (Rameu: Une Symphonie Imaginaire) -
Violin Sonata A Major
César Franck
Friday
May 3
Joshua Bell (violin) | Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
London 421.817 (Fauré, Debussy & Franck: Violin Sonatas) -
Symphony #7 "La Chasse"
John Marsh
Friday
May 3
London Mozart Players | Matthias Bamert (conductor)
Chandos 10458 (Marsh: Symphonies) -
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
Antonín Dvorák
Friday
May 3
Evgeny Kissin (piano) | Emerson String Quartet
DG 483.6574 (The New York Concert) -
Sinfonia, H. 659 in C Major
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Friday
May 3
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77187 (C.P.E. Bach: Hamburg Symphonies, Concerti) -
Euryanthe: Overture
Carl Maria von Weber
Friday
May 3
Vienna Philharmonic | Christian Thielemann (conductor)
DG 474.5022 (German Overtures) -
Espana
Emmanuel Chabrier
Friday
May 3
Los Angeles Philharmonic | Jesús López-Cobos (conductor)
London 411.928 (Bolero, España) -
Serenata a più stromenti di Concerto in D Major
Luigi Gatti
Friday
May 3
Calamus Ensemble
MDG 603.1589 (Luigi Gatti: Chamber Music) -
Horn Concerto in F Major
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Friday
May 3
Ludwig Güttler (corno da caccia) | New Bach Collegium Musicum, Leipzig | Max Pommer (conductor)
Capriccio 10.008 (Corno da caccia) -
Cello Suite #4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010: V. Bourrées I & II
Johann Sebastian Bach
Friday
May 3
Zuill Bailey (cello)
Telarc 31978 (Bach Cello Suites) -
Rondo Brillant in E-flat Major, Op. 29
Felix Mendelssohn
Friday
May 3
Stephen Hough (piano) | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Lawrence Foster (conductor)
Hyperion 66969 (Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos) -
Sinfonia, HW I/2 in B-flat Major
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Friday
May 3
Orchestra of St. Luke's | Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)
MusicMasters 7062 (J. C. F. Bach: Four Early Symphonies) -
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Felix Mendelssohn
Friday
May 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff (piano, as recreated by Zenph Studios)
RCA 748.971 (Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff) -
Triple Concerto B-flat Major
Georg Philipp Telemann
Friday
May 3
Combattimento Consort
Olympia 342 (Baroque Concert No. 2) -
A Night at Karlstejn Castle: Overture
Zdenek Fibich
Friday
May 3
Czech National Symphony Orchestra | Marek Štilec (conductor)
Naxos 573.310 (Fibich: Orchestral Works 4) -
Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Friday
May 3
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Erich Kunzel (conductor)
Vox 5130 (The Dance) -
Bassoon Concerto, RV 486 in F Major
Antonio Vivaldi
Friday
May 3
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon) | L'Onda Armonica | Sergio Azzolini (conductor)
Naïve 30573 (Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto V) -
Bergensiana
Johan Halvorsen
Friday
May 3
Bergen Philharmonic | Karsten Andersen (conductor)
NKF 50013 (Johan Halvorsen) -
Concerto, BWV 1060
Johann Sebastian Bach
Friday
May 3
Andrew Manze (violin) | Rachel Podger (violin) | Academy of Ancient Music | Andrew Manze (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 90.7155 (Bach: Violin Concertos) -
Madame Bovary: Waltz
Miklós Rózsa
Friday
May 3
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra | John Mauceri (conductor)
Philips 438.685 (The Great Waltz) -
Keyboard Suite #5 in E Major, HWV 430
George Frideric Handel
Friday
May 3
Murray Perahia (piano)
Sony 62785 (Handel & Scarlatti) -
Offertory for Two Instrumental Choirs (from Mass for Woodwinds and Strings)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Friday
May 3
Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
Archiv 0001413 (Charpentier: Musique sacrée) -
Piano Trio #1 in B Major, Op. 8: I. Allegro con brio
Johannes Brahms
Friday
May 3
Beaux Arts Trio
Philips 416.838 (Brahms; The Piano Trios) -
String Quartet #13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130: VI. Finale. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven
Friday
May 3
Guarneri Quartet
Brilliant Classics 93525 (Beethoven: Complete Works) -
Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major, BWV 1047
Johann Sebastian Bach
Friday
May 3
Berlin Academy for Old Music
Harmonia Mundi 90.1634-35 (Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte) -
Symphony #3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ": IV
Camille Saint-Saëns
Friday
May 3
Philadelphia Orchestra | Olivier Latry (organ) | Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
Ondine 1094 (Barber, Poulenc & Saint-Saëns) -
Concerto in C Minor for Bassoon & 2 Oboes: III. Allegro
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Friday
May 3
Dominic Teresi (bassoon) | Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Jeanne Lamon (conductor)
Analekta 9815 (Concerti Virtuosi) -
Sinfonia, H. 661 in B Minor
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Friday
May 3
Camerata Bern | Thomas Füri (conductor)
Denon 73326 (C.P.E. Bach: 6 Hamburg Symphonies, wq.182) -
Andante spianato in G Major and Grande Polonaise brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 22
Frédéric Chopin
Friday
May 3
Claudio Arrau (piano) | London Philharmonic | Eliahu Inbal (conductor)
DG 477.8445 (Chopin: Complete Edition) -
Lute Concerto in F Major, SC 53
Silvius Leopold Weiss
Friday
May 3
Richard Stone (lute) | Tempesta di Mare
Chandos 0707 (Weiss: Lute Concerti) -
Capriccio italien, Op. 45
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Friday
May 3
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine | Theodore Kuchar (conductor)
Naxos 555.923 (Tchaikovsky) -
Ouverture in C Minor, TWV 55:c4
Georg Philipp Telemann
Friday
May 3
Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra | Barthold Kuijken (flute, conductor)
Naxos 573.900 (The Colourful Telemann) -
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Friday
May 3
Daniil Trifonov (piano) | Philadelphia Orchestra | Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor)
DG 479.4970 (Rachmaninov Variations: Trifonov) -
Orchestral Suite #2
Johann Sebastian Bach
Friday
May 3
La Stravaganza | Andrew Manze (conductor)
Brilliant Classics 93102.3 (Bach: Complete Works) -
String Quartet #3 in D Major, Op. 44/1
Felix Mendelssohn
Friday
May 3
Emerson String Quartet
DG 0003888 (Mendelssohn: The String Quartets) -
Harp Concerto
François Adrien Boieldieu
Friday
May 3
Lily Laskine (harp) | Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Erato 88069 (Mozart & Pierné) -
Violin Concerto
Jean Sibelius
Friday
May 3
Gil Shaham (violin) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
DG 437.540 (Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto) -
Clarinet Concerto A Major (K. 622)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Friday
May 3
Charles Neidich (basset clarinet) | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 423.377 (Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 4) -
Norwegian Dance, Op. 35 #1. Allegro marcato
Edvard Grieg
Friday
May 3
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi (conductor)
DG 419.431 (Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Lyric Suite, etc.) -
Symphony #6 in E-flat Major
Carl Friedrich Abel
Friday
May 3
Cantilena | Adrian Shepherd (conductor)
Chandos 8648 (Abel: Six Symphonies) -
Piano Quintet
Robert Schumann
Friday
May 3
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) -
Harp Concerto in G Minor, Op. 81
Elias Parish Alvars
Friday
May 3
Elizabeth Hainen (harp) | Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Rossen Milanov (conductor)
Avie 2221 (Harp Concertos) -
Symphony #7 in A Major, Op. 92
Ludwig van Beethoven
Friday
May 3
Revolutionary & Romantic Orchestra | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 439.900 (Beethoven: 9 Symphonies) -
Banquet Music, Part 3: Trio in E-flat Major
Georg Philipp Telemann
Friday
May 3
Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
Archiv 427.619 (Telemann: Tafelmusik)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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Mitridate, rè di Ponto (Mitridate, King of Pontus): Act I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Friday
May 3
Marcel Reijans [Mitridate] | Francine van der Heyden [Aspasia] | Marije van Stralen [Sifare] | Johannette Zomer [Ismeme] | Cécile van de Sant [Farnace] | Young-Hee Kim [Arbate] | Alexei Grigorev [Marzio] | Musica ad Rhenum | Jed Wentz (conductor)
Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works) -
Don Pasquale: Act I, Scene 1
Gaetano Donizetti
Friday
May 3
Beverly Sills (soprano) [Norina] | Donald Gramm [Don Pasquale] | Alan Titus [Dottor Malatesta] | Alfredo Kraus [Ernesto] | Henry Newman [Un Notaro] | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | London Symphony Orchestra | Sarah Caldwell (conductor)
EMI 66030 (Donizetti: Don Pasquale) -
Cantata. Del bell'idolo mio, HWV 104
George Frideric Handel
Friday
May 3
Stefanie True (soprano) | Contrasto Armonico | Marco Vitale (conductor)
Brilliant Classics 94000 (Handel: Complete Cantatas, Vol. 2) -
Aroldo: Act II
Giuseppe Verdi
Friday
May 3
Neil Shicoff [Aroldo] | Carol Vaness [Mina] | Anthony Michaels-Moore [Egberto] | Roberto Scandiuzzi [Briano] | Julian Gavin [Godvino] | Sergio Spina [Enrico] | Marina Comparato [Elena] | Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino [Knight-crusaders, ladies & gentlemen of Kent, squires, pages, heralds, huntsmen, Saxons, Scottish peasants] | Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino | Fabio Luisi (conductor)
Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works) -
Trois Mélodies. La Mer est plus belle que les cathédrales (The sea is more beautiful than cathedrals); Le Son du cor s'afflige veres les bois (The sound of the horn goes grieving through the woods); L'Échelonnement des haies (The line of hedgewoods)
Claude Debussy
Friday
May 3
Stéphane Degout (baritone) | Hélène Lucas (piano)
Naïve 5209 (Mélodies) -
Psalm 149, Op. 79
Antonín Dvorák
Friday
May 3
Prague Philharmonic Chorus | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Vaclav Neumann (conductor)
Supraphon 7230 (Dvorák: Te Deum) -
Le Cid: Act III
Jules Massenet
Friday
May 3
Grace Bumbry [Chimene] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Rodrigue] | Paul Plishka [Don Diegue] | Clinton Ingram [Don Arias] | Theodore Hodges [Don Alonzo] | Arnold Voketaitis [Le Comte de Gormas] | Eleanor Bergquist [L'Infante] | Jake Gardner [Le Roi] | Peter Lightfoot [l'Envoye Maure] | John Adams [St. Jacques] | Byrne Camp Chorale | Opera Orchestra of New York | Eve Queler (conductor)
CBS 79300 (Massenet: Le Cid) -
Three Russian Songs, Op. 41
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Friday
May 3
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic | Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater
Chandos 10706 (Rachmaninoff: The Bells; Spring) -
Missa Solemnis, Op. 123: V. Agnus Dei
Ludwig van Beethoven
Friday
May 3
Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) | Annette Jahns (mezzo-soprano) | Nikolai Schikoff (tenor) | Dietrich Henschel (bass) | London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir | Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
LPO 0061 (Beethoven: Missa Solemnis) -
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 (St. Matthew Passion): Part 2
Johann Sebastian Bach
Friday
May 3
The Netherlands Bach Society | Jos van Veldhoven (conductor) | Gerd Türk (tenor) [Evangelist] | Peter Harvey (bass) [Christ] | Amaryllis Dieltiens (soprano) | Tim Mead (alto) | Julian Podger (tenor) | Siri Karoline Thornhill (soprano) | Matthew White (alto) | Charles Daniels (tenor) | Sebastian Noack (bass)
Channel 32511 (Bach: St. Matthew Passion) -
Andrea Chénier: Act I
Umberto Giordano
Friday
May 3
José Carreras (tenor) [Andrea Chénier] | Eva Marton [Maddalena di Coigny] | Giorgio Zancanaro [Carlo Gerard] | Tamara Takács [La Contessa di Coigny] | Tullio Pane [L'Incredibile] | Franco Federici [Jean-Antoine Roucher] | Gábor Vághelyi [Pietro Fleville] | Klára Takács [Bersi] | Istvan Rozsos [L'Abate] | József Gregor [Mathieu] | Éva Farkas [La Vecchia] | Kázmér Sárkány [Dumas] | Tamás Bátor [Antoine Fouquier-Tinville] | János Tóth [Schmidt] | József Moldvai [Maestro di Casa] | Chorus of the Hungarian State Radio and Television | Children's Choir of the Hungarian State Opera | Hungarian State Orchestra | Giuseppe Patanè (conductor)
CBS 42369 (Giordana: Andrea Chenier) -
La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61
Gabriel Fauré
Friday
May 3
Ian Bostridge (tenor) | Julius Drake (piano) | Belcea Quartet | Leon Bosch (double bass)
EMI 57609 (Französische Lieder) -
La Finta Semplice (The Feigned Simpleton): Act II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Friday
May 3
Helen Donath [Rosina] | Robert Holl [Don Cassandro] | Anthony Rolfe-Johnson [Don Polidoro] | Teresa Berganza [Giacinta] | Jutta-Renate Ihloff [Ninetta] | Thomas Moser [Fracasso] | Robert Lloyd [Simone] | Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg | Leopold Hager (conductor)
Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works) -
Missa Puer natus est nobis (Mass. Unto us a boy is born): Agnus Dei
Thomas Tallis
Friday
May 3
The Cardinall's Musick | Andrew Carwood (conductor)
Hyperion 68026 (Tallis: Missa Puer natus est nobis) -
Maria Stuarda: Act III, Nos. 14-15, Grand Scene and Duet of confession. "La perfida insultarmi anche volea"."Oh mio buno Talbot!"
Gaetano Donizetti
Friday
May 3
Edita Gruberova [Maria Stuarda, Regina di Scozia] | Simone Alaimo [Lord Guglielmo Cecil] | Francesco Ellero d'Artegna [Giorgio Talbot, Conte di Shrewsbury] | Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Giuseppe Patanè (conductor)
Philips 426.233 (Donizetti: Maria Stuarda) -
Drei Gesänge, Op. 31: #1. Die Löwenbraut (The Lion's Bride)
Robert Schumann
Friday
May 3
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) | Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
Naïve 5159 (Schumann) -
La Traviata: Act I
Giuseppe Verdi
Friday
May 3
Ileana Cotrubas [Violetta Valéry] | Stefania Malagú [Flora Bervoix] | Helena Jungwirth [Annina] | Plácido Domingo [Alfredo Germont] | Sherrill Milnes [Giorgio Germont] | Walter Gullino [Gastone | Bruno Grella [Barone Douphol] | Alfredo Giacomotti [Marchese d'Obigny] | Giovanni Foiani [Dottor Grenvil] | Paul Friess [Flora's servant] | Paul Winter [Messenger] | Bavarian State Opera Chorus [Lady and gentlemen friends of Violetta & Flora, servants of Violetta & Flora, maskers] | Bavarian State Opera Orchestra | Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works) -
Mattinata
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Friday
May 3
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Piero Gamba (conductor)
London 414.454 (Mattinata) -
Cantata, BWV 127. Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott (Lord Jesus Christ, true man and God)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Friday
May 3
Ruth Holton (soprano) | James Oxley (tenor) | Peter Harvey (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SDG 118 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 21) -
Don Quichotte: Act I
Jules Massenet
Friday
May 3
Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano) [La belle Dulcinée] | José van Dam (baritone) [Don Quichotte] | Alain Fondary [Sancho Pança] | Isabelle Vernet [Pedro] | Marie-Ange Todorovitch [Garcias] | Christian Papis [Rodriguez] | Nicolas Rivenq (bass) [Juan] | Jean-Claude Barbier [Le chef des bandits] | Chour et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse | Michel Plasson (conductor)
EMI 54767 (Massenet: Don Quichotte) -
Atalanta: Act II, Scenes 5-8
George Frideric Handel
Friday
May 3
Dominique Labelle [Atalanta] | Susanne Rydén [Meleagro] | Cécile van de Sant [Irene] | Michael Slattery [Aminta] | Philip Cutlip [Nicandro] | Corey McKern [Mercurio] | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan (conductor)
Philharmonia Baroque 4 (Handel: Atalanta) -
Gloria in D Major, RV 589
Antonio Vivaldi
Friday
May 3
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Sarah Fox (soprano) | Deborah Norman (soprano) | Michael Chance (alto) | James Gilchrist (tenor) | Jonathan Lemalu (bass) | Academy of Ancient Music | Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
EMI 57265 (Vivaldi: Gloria) -
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Gustav Mahler
Friday
May 3
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) | London Symphony Orchestra | George Szell (conductor)
EMI 08985 (Mahler: The Complete Works) -
Carmina Burana
Carl Orff
Friday
May 3
Patricia Petibon (soprano) | Hans-Werner Bunz (tenor) | Christian Gerhaher (baritone) | Tölzer Knabenchor | Bavarian Radio Chorus | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Harding (conductor)
DG 477.8778 (Orff: Carmina Burana) -
Oberon
Carl Maria von Weber
Friday
May 3
Gary Lakes [Oberon] | Ben Heppner [Hüon von Bordeaux] | Deborah Voigt [Rezia] | Delores Ziegler [Fatime] | Dwayne Croft [Scherasmin] | Victoria Livengood [Puck] | Machiko Obata [Meermädchen] | Ludwig Boettger [Narrator] | Cologne Opera Chorus | Cologne Philharmonic | James Conlon (conductor)
EMI 54739 (Weber: Oberon) -
Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7: #3. Sur les lagunes (On the lagoons)
Hector Berlioz
Friday
May 3
Véronique Gens (soprano) | Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire | John Axelrod (conductor)
Ondine 1200 (Berlioz & Ravel) -
Il pastor fido (The faithful shepherd): Act II, Scenes 1-6
George Frideric Handel
Friday
May 3
Anna Dennis [Mirtillo] | Lucy Crowe [Amarilli] | Katherine Manley [Eurilla] | Madeleine Shaw [Dorinda] | Clint van der Linde [Silvio] | Lisandro Abadie [Tirenio] | La Nuova Musica | David Bates (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 90.7585-86 (Handel: Il pastor fido) -
Aida: Act III
Giuseppe Verdi
Friday
May 3
Fernando Corena [The King of Egypt] | Giulietta Simionato [Amneris] | Renata Tebaldi [Aida] | Carlo Bergonzi [Radamés] | Arnold van Mill [Ramfis] | Cornell MacNeil [Amonasro] | Piero de Palma [A Messenger] | Eugenia Ratti [A Priestess] | Vienna Singverein [Priests, priestesses, ministers, soldiers, captains, Ethiopian slaves & prisoners, Egyptian people, etc.] | Vienna Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works) -
Poème de l'amour et de la mer
Ernest Chausson
Friday
May 3
Susan Graham | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
Warner Classics 61938 (Chausson, Ravel & Debussy) -
Médée: Act IV
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Friday
May 3
Jill Feldman [Médée] | Jacques Bona [Créon] | Agnes Mellon [Créuse] | Gilles Ragon [Jason] | Philippe Cantor [Oronte] | Sophie Boulin [Nérine] | Les Arts Florissants Chours et Orchestre | William Christie (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 90.1139-41 (Charpentier: Médée) -
Cantata #7. Veggo la selva e il monte (I see the forests and the mountain)
Nicola Porpora
Friday
May 3
Iestyn Davies (countertenor) | Arcangelo | Jonathan Cohen (conductor)
Hyperion 67894 (Porpora: Cantatas for Alto) -
Cantata, BWV 79. Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (The Lord God is a sun and shield)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Friday
May 3
Joanne Lunn (soprano) | William Towers (alto) | Peter Harvey (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SDG 110 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 10) -
Lux aurumque (Light of Gold)
Eric Whitacre
Friday
May 3
Elora Festival Singers | Noel Edison (conductor)
Naxos 559.677 (Whitacre: Choral Music) -
Erlkönig, D 328
Franz Schubert
Friday
May 3
Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) | Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 0000049 (Schubert: Lieder)