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

  • PBS News Hour

    Friday
    Dec 5

  • George Enescu

    Roumanian Rhapsody #1

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Scottish National Orchestra

    Chandos 8947 (Bartók & Enesco: Concerto for Orchestra, etc.)
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata (K. 119)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Ivo Pogorelich (piano)

    DG 435.855 (Scarlatti: Sonatas)
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony #2 in C Major, Op. 61: IV. Allegro molto vivace

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Bernard Haitink (conductor) | Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

    Philips 416.126 (Schumann: The Four Symphonies)
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sinfonia, H. 657 in G Major

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Camerata Bern | Thomas Füri (conductor)

    Denon 73326 (C.P.E. Bach: 6 Hamburg Symphonies, wq.182)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto #3

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Leonard Slatkin (conductor) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Barry Douglas (piano)

    RCA 61633 (Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3)
  • Johann Ludwig Bach

    Orchestral Suite in G Major: II-IV. Air; Menuet; Gavotte

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Concerto Italiano | Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

    Naïve 30578 (Bach Ouvertures)
  • Felix Draeseke

    Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, Op. 36: I. Allegro moderato

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Markus Becker (piano) | Michael Sanderling (conductor)

    Hyperion 67636 (Jadassohn & Draeseke: Piano Concertos)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony #9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Riccardo Muti (conductor) | Philadelphia Orchestra

    EMI 49487 (Beethoven: 9 Symphonien)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade #4 in F Minor, Op. 52

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

    Sony 90758.22932 (Chopin: Leif Ove Andsnes)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Violin Sonata, HWV 373 in E Major (Op. 1 #15)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Ensemble Vintage of Cologne

    Naxos 572.245 (Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas)
  • Giacomo Puccini

    La boheme: Musetta's Waltz

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Barry Wordsworth (conductor) | BBC Concert Orchestra

    Decca 0006882 (Puccini Without Words)
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E-flat Major, Op. 38: III. Scherzo. Vivace

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Chamber Musicians of the Louvre

    Naïve 5033 (Louise Farrenc: Chamber Music)
  • Bernhard Henrik Crusell

    Clarinet Concerto #3 B-flat Major: III

    Friday
    Dec 5

    London Symphony Orchestra | Alun Francis (conductor) | Thea King (clarinet)

    Hyperion 66708 (English Music for Viola)
  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto #2 in E-flat Major: II. Rondo (Allegro molto)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Kurt Masur (conductor) | Hermann Baumann (horn)

    Philips 412.237 (R. Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bassoon Concerto B-flat Major (K. 191)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Ton Koopman (conductor) | Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra | Marc Vallon (bassoon)

    Erato 4509.91724 (Mozart: Concertos for Flute & Harp, Bassoon, Oboe)
  • Ignaz Holzbauer

    Flute Concerto in A Major: I. Allegro comodo

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Karl Kaiser (flute) | La Stagione Frankfurt | Karl Kaiser (conductor)

    CPO 777.358 (Holzbauer: Flute Concertos)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Piano Concerto #3: III

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) | Yefim Bronfman (piano) | The Philharmonia

    Sony 47183 (Concert of the Century)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Spring

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | Sarah Chang (violin)

    EMI 94431 (Vivaldi: The Four Seasons)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony #90

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    EMI 54297 (Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 60, 70 & 90)
  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Concerto #1

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Claudio Abbado (conductor) | London Symphony Orchestra | Martha Argerich (piano)

    DG 415.061 (Chopin & Liszt: Piano Concertos)
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Sinfonia in G Minor, FWV M:g1

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Tempesta di Mare

    Chandos 0783 (Fasch: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cello Sonata #2 in G Minor, Op. 5 #2

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) | Alexander Melnikov (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2183-84 (Complete Works for Cello and Piano)
  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) | Cleveland Orchestra

    DG 477.8773 (Wagner: Preludes & Overtures)
  • Johann Joachim Quantz

    Flute Sonata #274

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Verena Fischer (transverse flute) | Klaus-Dieter Brandt (baroque cello) | Léon Berben (harpsichord)

    Naxos 557.805 (Quantz: Flute Sonatas Nos. 272 - 277)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto #1

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Bernard Haitink (conductor) | Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) | Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

    London 410.009 (Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata, K. 378

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Itzhak Perlman (violin) | Daniel Barenboim (piano)

    DG 423.229 (Mozart: Violin Sonatas, K. 378, 379 & 380)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony #2 in C Minor, Op. 17

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Russian National Orchestra | Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

    DG 449.967 (Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 6)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Hilary Hahn (violin) | David Zinman (conductor) | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Sony 60584 (Beethoven & Bernstein)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto, RV 451 in C Major

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Alfredo Bernardini (oboe) | Zefiro | Alfredo Bernardini (conductor)

    Naïve 30478 (Vivaldi: Concerti per oboe)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns

    Cello Concerto #1

    Friday
    Dec 5

    James Levine (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Matt Haimovitz (cello)

    DG 427.323 (Saint-Saëns & Lalo: Cello Concertos)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite #1 in C Major, BWV 1066

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) | La Petite Band

    Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77008 (Bach: Suites)
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite #2

    Friday
    Dec 5

    London Symphony Orchestra | André Previn (conductor)

    EMI 47162 (Ravel: Boléro, Daphnis et Chloé, Pavane)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 #1 in G Major

    Friday
    Dec 5

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

    Philips 410.048 (Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi)
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony #5

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

    London 433.072 (Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for 3 Oboes and 3 Violins in B-flat Major

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

    Archiv 0001413 (Charpentier: Musique sacrée)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio #1 in D Minor, Op. 49: I. Molto allegro ed agitato

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Klaviertrio Amsterdam

    Brilliant Classics 94039 (Mendelssohn: Piano Trios)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Violin Concerto #3 in A Major, Hob. VIIa:3: III. Allegro

    Friday
    Dec 5

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

    Naxos 570.483 (Haydn: Violin Concertos)
  • Arthur Foote

    Piano Quartet: IV-Allegro non troppo

    Friday
    Dec 5

    James Barbagallo (piano) | Da Vinci Quartet

    Naxos 559.014 (Foote: Chamber Music Vol. 2)
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Surprises de l'Amour. Suite en Concert (The Surprises of Love. Concert Suite): Dances (XVII. - XXII.)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Marc Minkowski (conductor) | Les musiciens du Louvre

    Erato 636487 (Rameau - The Opera Collection)
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: III. Allegro vivace

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Howard Shelley (conductor) | Howard Shelley (piano) | Orchestra of Opera North

    Chandos 10509 (Schumann, Grieg & Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony #3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Les Siècles | François-Xavier Roth (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2421 (Beethoven Symphony no. 3 'Eroica')
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 45: IV. Finale. Presto

    Friday
    Dec 5

    David Geringas (cello) | Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin) | Barbara Moser (piano)

    Gramola 99225 (Den Männer ebenbürtig)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata, K. 545

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

    Philips 412.122 (Mozart: 2 Sonatas K.533/494 & K.545, Rondo K.511)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Gil Shaham (violin) | The Knights | Eric Jacobsen (conductor)

    Canary Classics 20 (Beethoven Brahms Violin Concertos)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto, BWV 1060

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Heinz Holliger (oboe) | Gidon Kremer (violin) | Heinz Holliger (conductor)

    Philips 411.466 (Bach & Vivaldi: 3 Concertos)
  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano, H. 300: I. Poco allegretto

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Bonita Boyd (flute) | Steven Doane (cello) | Barry Snyder (piano)

    Bridge 9539 (Aquarelles)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Siege of Corinth: Overture

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra | Christian Benda (conductor)

    Naxos 570.933 (Rossini: Complete Overtures Vol. 1)
  • Louis Ganne

    Marche Lorraine

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | Elgar Howarth (conductor)

    London 417.329 (Grand March)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto, RV 435

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Trevor Pinnock (conductor) | English Concert | Lisa Beznosiuk (flute)

    Archiv 423.702 (Vivaldi: Six Flute Concertos op. 10)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony #2 in C Minor, Op. 17: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto vivace - Trio

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Mariss Jansons (conductor) | Oslo Philharmonic

    Chandos 8672-78 (Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies)
  • Josef Mysliveček

    Symphony in C Major (F. 26)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    London Mozart Players | Matthias Bamert (conductor)

    Chandos 10203 (Mysliveček: Symphonies)
  • Zdeněk Fibich

    Symphony #3 in E Minor, Op. 53: I. Allegro inquieto

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra | Marek Štilec (conductor)

    Naxos 574.120 (Fibich: Orchestral Works 5)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto #3 E-flat Major

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | William Purvis (horn)

    DG 423.623 (Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 2 & 3, etc.)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G Major, BWV 1049

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    DG 431.660 (Bach: Brandenburg Concertos)
  • Mikhail Glinka

    Ivan Susanin: Dances

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor) | USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Melodiya 10.00166 (Glinka: "Ivan Susanin" & "Ruslan and Ludmila")
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto #2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Mischa Maisky (cello) | Mischa Maisky (conductor)

    DG 419.786 (Haydn: Cello Concertos)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka, Op. 33 #2 in D Major

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Lukas Geniušas (piano)

    Mirare 508 (Lukas Geniusas: Chopin)
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Der Freischütz: Overture

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Antoni Wit (conductor) | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Naxos 570.296 (Weber: Overtures)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony #7 in A Major, Op. 92

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Revolutionary | Romantic Orchestra | Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    Archiv 439.900 (Beethoven: 9 Symphonies)
  • Sir Edward Elgar

    Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 62

    Friday
    Dec 5

    BBC Symphony Orchestra | Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

    Teldec 4509.98436 (Elgar: Falstaff)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto #2

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Vienna Philharmonic | Bernard Haitink (conductor) | Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

    London 410.199 (Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    L'italiana in Algeri: Overture

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra | Jaime Laredo (conductor)

    Nimbus 5078 (Rossini: Overtures)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sleeping Beauty: Waltz

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    Telarc 80151 (Tchaikovsky: Swan lake & Sleeping Beauty Suites)
  • Louis Spohr

    Clarinet Concerto #1 in C Minor, Op. 26

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra | Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor) | Karl Leister (clarinet)

    Orfeo 088.101 (Spohr: Clarinet Concertos 1 & 4)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cypresses

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Emerson String Quartet

    DG 0014106 (Old World - New World)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Violin Sonata, HWV 364a in G Minor (Op. 1 #6)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Ensemble Vintage of Cologne

    Naxos 572.245 (Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas)
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Ballet of the Flies

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Gulbenkian Orchestra | Michel Swierczewski (conductor)

    Nimbus 5303 (Offenbach: Music from the Operettas)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony #41 "Jupiter"

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) | Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Teldec 9031.74858 (Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 - 41)
  • Amy Beach

    A Hermit Thrush at Morn, Op. 92 #2

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Joanne Polk (piano)

    Arabesque 6704 (Under the Stars)
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Quintet #2 in E Major, Op. 31

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Linos Ensemble

    CPO 999.194 (Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintets)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony #53 in D Major "Imperial"

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Adam Fischer (conductor) | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition)
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Zigeunerweisen

    Friday
    Dec 5

    London Symphony Orchestra | Lawrence Foster (conductor) | Gil Shaham (violin)

    DG 431.815 (Wieniawski: Violion Concertos - Sarate: Zigeunerweisen)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Barbara Schlick (soprano) | Max von Egmond (bass) | Nico van der Meel (tenor) | René Jacobs (alto) | Christoph Pregardien (tenor) [Evangelist] | Harry van der Kamp (bass) [Jesus] | Chorus and Orchestra of La Petite Band | Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

    Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77041-2 (Bach: St. John Passion)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Clair de lune

    Friday
    Dec 5

    John Nelson (conductor) | David Daniels (countertenor) | Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

    Virgin 45646 (Berlioz: Nuits d'été - Fauré & Ravel)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Teuzzone: Act III, Scenes 6-13

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Paolo Lopez [Teuzzone] | Raffaella Milanesi [Zidiana] | Delphine Galou [Zelinda] | Roberta Mameli [Cino] | Furio Zanasi [Sivenio] | Antonio Giovannini [Egaro] | Makoto Sakurada [Troncone | Argonte] | Le Concert des Nations | Jordi Savall (conductor)

    Naïve 30513 (Vivaldi: Teuzzone)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse (Xerxes): Act III

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Craig Smith (conductor) | Judith Malafronte [Serse (Xerxes)] | Lisa Milne (soprano) [Atalanta] | Susan Bickley [Amastre] | Brian Asawa [Arsamene] | David Thomas [Elviro] | Dean Ely [Ariodate] | Nicholas McGegan (conductor) | Hanover Band and Chorus

    Conifer Classics 51312 (Handel: Serse)
  • Franz Schubert

    Der liebliche Stern, D 861 (The Lovely Star)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Alexander Schmalcz (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2063 (Nacht und Träume)
  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act III

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Rafael Kubelik (conductor) | Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra | Gundula Janowitz [Eva] | Sandor Konya (tenor) [Walther von Stolzing] | Thomas Stewart (baritone) [Hans Sachs] | Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) [Magdalene] | Gerhard Unger [David] | Thomas Hemsley [Sixtus Beckmesser] | Franz Crass [Veit Pogner] | Kieth Engen [Fritz Kothner] | Horst Wilhelm [Kunz Vogelgesang] | Richard Kogel [Konrad Nachtigal] | Manfred Schmidt [Balthasar Zorn] | Friedrich Lenz [Ulrich Eisslinger] | Peter Baillie [Augustin Moser] | Anton Diakow [Hermann Ortel] | Karl Christian Kohn [Hans Schwarz] | Dieter Slembeck [Hans Foltz] | Raimund Grumbach [A Night Watchman]

    Arts Archives 43020 (Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
  • Robert Schumann

    Romanze und Balladen, Op. 53: #2. Loreley (The Lorelei)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) | Daniel Blumenthal (piano)

    Naïve 5159 (Schumann)
  • Hector Berlioz

    Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7: Au cimetière

    Friday
    Dec 5

    John Nelson (conductor) | David Daniels (countertenor) | Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

    Virgin 45646 (Berlioz: Nuits d'été - Fauré & Ravel)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Le Jardin clos (The Walled Garden)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Hélène Lucas (piano) | Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)

    Zigzag 90902 (Fauré: Le Jardin clos, La Chanson d'Ève, Mélodies)
  • Maurice Ravel

    Shéhérazade: Asie (Asia)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Véronique Gens (soprano) | Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire | John Axelrod (conductor)

    Ondine 1200 (Berlioz & Ravel)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 110. Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (Let our mouth be full of laughter)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Peter Harvey (bass) | James Gilchrist (tenor) | Joanne Lunn (soprano) | William Towers (alto)

    SDG 113 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 14)
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Winterreise (The Winter Journey): #11. Frühlingstraum (Dream of Springtime)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2107 (Schubert: Winterreise)
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Boris Godunov: Coronation Scene

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Robert Shaw (conductor) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Atlanta Symphony Chorus | Karl Dent (tenor) | Kevin Maynor (bass)

    Telarc 80333 (Grand & Glorious: Great Operatic Choruses)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Messa da Requiem: VII. Libera me

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) | Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | José van Dam (baritone) | Leontyne Price (soprano) | Veriano Luchetti

    RCA 2476 (Verdi: Requiem)
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Fêtes d'Hébé (Opéra-ballet) [The Festivities of Hebe]: I. Première Entrée. La Poésie [Poetry]

    Friday
    Dec 5

    William Christie (conductor) | Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) [Sapho (Sappho)] | Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (tenor) [Thélème (Thelemus)] | Luc Coadou (baritone) [Alcée (Alcaeus)] | Laurent Slaars (baritone) [Hymas] | Matthieu Lécroart (baritone) [Le Fleuve (The river)] | Les Arts Florissants [Mariniers, Lacédémoniennes, bergers, bergères, nymphes, faunes, et sylvains (Rivermen, Lacedaemonian women, shepherds, shepherdesses, nymphs, fauns, and sylvans)] | Sophie Daneman (soprano) [Une Naïde (A Naiad)] | Paul Agnew (tenor) [Le Ruisseau (The stream)]

    Erato 636487 (The Opera Collection, Rameau)
  • Thomas Tallis

    9 Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter: First Tune. Man blest no doubt

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Stile Antico

    Harmonia Mundi 80.7463 (Heavenly Harmonies)
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Motet. Heilig ist Gott, Wq 217

    Friday
    Dec 5

    RIAS Chamber Chorus | Berlin Academy for Old Music | Hans-Christoph Rademann (conductor) | Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2167 (C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Misero! O sogno o son desto?...Aura che intorno spiri, K 431 (Alas! Am I dreaming or awake?...Breeze that blows round me)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    London Symphony Orchestra | Rolando Villazón (tenor) | Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor)

    DG 479.1054 (Mozart: Concert Arias)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ariodante: Act II, Scenes 7-10

    Friday
    Dec 5

    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)
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Il pirata: "Ascolta. Nel furor delle tempeste"

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Evelino Pidò (conductor) | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Roberto Alagna (tenor)

    EMI 57302 (Bel Canto)
  • Richard Strauss

    Elektra: Recognition Scene

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Christine Brewer (soprano) [Elektra] | Eric Owens (bass-baritone) [Orest] | Donald Runnicles (conductor)

    Telarc 31755 (Great Strauss Scenes)
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Die tote Stadt: Act II

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Tölzer Knabenchor | René Kollo (tenor) [Paul] | Carol Neblett (soprano) [Marietta/Apparition of Marietta] | Benjamin Luxon (baritone) | Rose Wagemann (mezzo-soprano) [Brigitta] | Hermann Prey (baritone) [Fritz Kothner] | Gabriele Fuchs (soprano) [Juliette] | Patricia Clark (soprano) [Lucienne] | Anton de Ridder (tenor) | Willi Brokmeier (tenor) [Count Albert] | Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)

    RCA 7767 (Korngold: Die tote Stadt)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Comfort ye...Every valley

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) | Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna | Michele Mariotti (conductor) | Nicoletta Mezzini (harpsichord)

    Decca 0014875 (Panis angelicus)
  • Gustav Mahler

    Rückert-Lieder

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Vienna Philharmonic | Riccardo Muti (conductor) | Recorded live on May 8, 1995 at the Mahler Festival in Amsterdam | Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)

    Mahler Feest (Mahler Feest)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Credo (Symbolum Nicenum)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Concentus Musicus Wien | Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) | Chorus Viennensis | Vienna Boys Choir | Rotraud Hansmann | Helen Watts (alto) | Max von Egmond (bass)

    Teldec 35019 (Bach: Mass in B-Minor)
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Coplas del pastor enamorado (Song of the Amorous Shepherd)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) | Anthony Spiri (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2133 (Canciones españolas)
  • Franz Schubert

    Gott ist mein Hirt

    Friday
    Dec 5

    The Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge | Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

    EMI 57812 (Heavenly Voices)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Regina coeli, K 127

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Emma Kirkby (soprano) | Christopher Hogwood (conductor) | Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir | Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music

    L'Oiseau-Lyre 411.832 (Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate)
  • Hector Berlioz

    La Damnation de Faust: Part III

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Richard Leech (tenor) [Faust] | Gilles Cachemaille (bass) [Méphistophélès] | Françoise Pollet [Marguerite] | Michel Philippe [Brander] | Chours de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal | Orchestre symphonique de Montréal | Charles Dutoit (conductor)

    London 444.812 (Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust)
  • Thomas Tallis

    9 Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter: Ninth Tune. Veni creator (Come Holy Ghost)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Stile Antico

    Harmonia Mundi 80.7463 (Heavenly Harmonies)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Stabat Mater, Op. 58: II. Quis est homo (Who is the man)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    John Aler | Kaaren Erickson (soprano) | Claudine Carlson | John Cheek (bass) | New Jersey Symphony Orchestra | Zdenek Macal (conductor)

    Delos 3161 (Dvořák: Stabat Mater)
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Le Grand Theatre de l'Amour: Part 5. Excerpts from Les Fêtes d'Hébé, Platée, Les Indes Galantes

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Sabine Devieilhe (soiprano) | Les Ambassadeurs | Alexis Kossenko (conductor)

    Erato 34149 (Rameau: Le Grand Theatre de l'Amour)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt [Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage]

    Friday
    Dec 5

    The Monteverdi Choir | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

    Archiv 435.391 (Beethoven: Mass in C-Major)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Il pastor fido (The faithful shepherd): Act II, Scenes 7-11

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Lucy Crowe [Amarilli] | Anna Dennis [Mirtillo] | 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)
  • Giacomo Puccini

    La bohème: Act I Duet. "O soave fanciulla"

    Friday
    Dec 5

    BBC Symphony Orchestra | Patrick Summers (conductor) | Ailyn Pérez (soprano) | Stephen Costello (tenor)

    Warner Classics 633485 (Love Duets)
  • Reinhard Keiser

    Croesus: Act III

    Friday
    Dec 5

    RIAS Chamber Chorus | René Jacobs (alto) | Berlin Academy for Old Music | Roman Trekel [Croesus] | Johannes Mannov [Cyrus] | Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) [Elmira] | Werner Güra (tenor) [Atis] | Klaus Häger [Orsanes] | Markus Schäfer [Eliates] | Salomé Haller [Clerida] | Kwangchul Youn [Solon] | Graham Pushee [Halimacus] | Brigitte Eisenfeld [Trigesta] | Kurt Azesberger [Elcius] | Jörg Gottschick [Hauptmann] | Johanna Stojkovic [Nerillus] | Knabenchor Hannover

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1714-16 (Keiser: Croesus)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    La Chanson d'Ève (The Song of Eve): Dans un parfum de roses blanches (Amid the perfume of white roses)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Hélène Lucas (piano) | Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)

    Zigzag 90902 (Fauré: Le Jardin clos, La Chanson d'Ève, Mélodies)
  • Anonymous

    Alleluya V. Nativitas

    Friday
    Dec 5

    The Hilliard Ensemble | Paul Hillier (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1154 (Sumer is icumen in: Chants medievaux anglais)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Schicksalslied, Op. 54 (Song of Destiny)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus | Vienna Philharmonic | Bernard Haitink (conductor)

    Philips 411.436 (Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem)
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Ezio: Act I, Aria. Pensa a serbarmi, o cara (Think only, dearest, to retain)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Il Complesso Barocco | Alan Curtis (conductor) | Sonia Prina [Ezio]

    Virgin 70929 (Ezio)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 140. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Wake up, cries the watchmen's voice)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | William Kendall (tenor) | Peter Harvey (bass) | Susan Hamilton (soprano)

    SDG 171 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 12)
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Winterreise (The Winter Journey): #10. Rast (Rest)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2107 (Schubert: Winterreise)
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Cantata. Nel chiuso centro (In the inescapable depths): Aria. Euridice, e dove sei? (Where are you, Euridice?)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Anna Netrebko (soprano) | Antonio Pappano (conductor) | Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

    DG 0015444 (Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Cantatas)
  • Émile Vuillermoz

    Chansons populaires françaises et canadiennes

    Friday
    Dec 5

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

    ATMA Classique 2642 (Fete Galante)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Missa Solemnis in C Minor, K 139 "Waisenhausmesse"

    Friday
    Dec 5

    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)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    L'incoronazione di Dario

    Friday
    Dec 5

    John Elwes [Dario] | Gerard Lesne [Statira] | Henri Ledroit [Argene] | Michel Verschaeve [Niceno] | Isabelle Poulenard [Alinda] | Agnes Mellon [Oronte] | Isabelle Poulenard [Arpago] | Dominique Visse [Flora Bervoix] | John Elwes [Le Fantôme de Ciro] | Michel Verschaeve [L'Oracle d'Apollo] | Ensemble Baroque de Nice | Gilbert Bezzina (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1235-37 (Vivaldi: L'Incoronazione di Dario)
  • André Caplet

    Viens, une flûte invisible soupire

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) | Jérôme Ducros (piano) | Emmanuel Pahud (flute)

    Virgin 16621 (Opium - Mélodies françaises)
  • Morten Lauridsen

    Lux Aeterna: I. "Lux aeterna introitus" and II. "In te, Domine, speravi"

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Master Chorale of Washington | Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra | Donald McCullough (conductor)

    Master Chorale of Washington 0101A (Tour 2000)
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Don Pasquale: Act III

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Ambrosian Opera Chorus | London Symphony Orchestra | Beverly Sills (soprano) [Norina] | Donald Gramm [Don Pasquale] | Alan Titus [Dottor Malatesta] | Alfredo Kraus [Ernesto] | Henry Newman [Un Notaro] | Sarah Caldwell (conductor)

    EMI 66030 (Donizetti: Don Pasquale)
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    I Puritani: Aria. "Son vergin vezzosa" (I'm a charming virgin)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Olga Peretyatko (soprano) | North German Radio Symphony Orchestra | Enrique Mazzola (conductor)

    Sony 373.859 (Arabesque)
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya: Act III

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, St. Petersburg | Valery Gergiev | Nicolai Ohotnikov [Prince Yury Vsevolodich] | Yuri Marusin [Prince Vsevolod] | Galina Gorchakova [Fevroniya] | Vladimir Galuzin [Grishka Kuter'ma] | Nikolai Putilin [Feodor Poyarok] | Olga Korzhenskaya [Page] | Evgeny Boitsov [Well-off Person] | Evgeny Fedorov [Well-off Person] | Mikhail Kit [Gusli Player] | Nikolai Gassiev [Bear Leader] | Grigory Karasev [Singing Beggar] | Bulat Minjilkiev [Bedyay] | Vladimir Ognovienko (bass) [Burunday] | Tatiana Kravtsova [Sirin] | Larissa Diadkova [Alkonost]

    Philips 462.225 (Rimsky-Korsakov: The Invisible City of Kitezh)
  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: #5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen (I will plunge my soul)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Philippe Sly (bass/baritone) | Michael McMahon (piano)

    Analekta 29836 (In Dreams)
  • Franz Schubert

    Alfonso und Estrella: Act II, Aria. "Der Jäger ruhte hingegossen"

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Thomas Hampson (baritone) | Concentus Musicus Wien | Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    Warner Classics 62257 (Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni: Act I, Scenes 7-10

    Friday
    Dec 5

    RIAS Chamber Chorus | René Jacobs (conductor) | Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Johannes Weisser [Don Giovanni] | Lorenzo Regazzo [Leporello] | Alexandrina Pendatchanska [Donna Elivra] | Olga Pasichnyk [Donna Anna] | Kenneth Tarver [Don Ottavio] | Sunhae Im [Zerlina] | Nikolay Borchev [Masetto] | Alessandro Guerzoni [Il Commendatore]

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1964-66 (Mozart: Don Giovanni)
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca: Act III

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Mirella Freni (soprano) [Floria Tosca] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Mario Cavaradossi] | Samuel Ramey (bass) [Il barone Vitellio Scarpia] | Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) [Cesare Angelotti] | Anthony Lacuira [Spoletta] | Angelo Veccia [Un sagrestano] | Ralf Lukas [Sciarrone] | Bryan Secombe [Un carceriere] | Lee Tiernan [Un pastore] | Children's Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

    DG 431.775 (Puccini: Tosca)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ariodante: Act I, Aria. Volate, amori (Haste, ye loves)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Il Complesso Barocco | Alan Curtis (conductor) | Karina Gauvin [Ginevra]

    Virgin 70844 (Handel: Ariodante)

WETA Virtuoso

  • Performance Today

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Private Recording
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Prélude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3#2

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

    London 414.417 (Rachmaninoff 24 Préludes; Sonata No. 2)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata #25 in G Major, Op. 79

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

    Bridge 9207 (Beethoven: Sonatas, Vol. 3)
  • John Knowles Paine

    Symphony #1 in C Minor

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Ulster Orchestra | JoAnn Falletta (conductor)

    Naxos 559.747 (John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works)
  • Erik Satie

    Five Grimaces for "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

    Decca 470.290 (The magic of Satie)
  • Henry Cowell

    Hymn, Chorale, and Fuguing Tune No. 8 for Strings

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Northwest Chamber Orchestra | Alun Francis (conductor)

    CPO 999.222 (Cowell)
  • Richard Strauss

    Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) | New York Philharmonic

    DG 423.576 (Strauss)
  • Albert Roussel

    Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 42

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Chandos 8996 (Roussel)
  • Francis Poulenc

    Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire: #2. Allons plus vite

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Ian Bostridge (tenor) | Julius Drake (piano)

    EMI 57609 (Französische Lieder)
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Claudio Abbado (conductor) | London Symphony Orchestra | Martha Argerich (piano)

    DG 423.665 (Ravel)
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphonic Etudes

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Maurizio Pollini (piano)

    DG 410.916 (Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Arabeske)
  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    DG 415.668 (BARTOK: Divertimento; Romanian Folk Dances)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Violin Sonata, HWV 359a in D Minor

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Ensemble Vintage of Cologne

    Naxos 572.245 (Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony #5

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Czech Philharmonic | Libor Pesek (conductor)

    Virgin 90769 (Dvořák: Symphony No. 5, Czech Suite)
  • Sergei Prokofiev

    Six Pieces, Op. 52: No. 6. Scherzo

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Boris Berman (piano)

    Chandos 8926 (Prokofiev)
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet #12 "Quartet Movement"

    Friday
    Dec 5

    DG 419.171 (Schubert: String Quartets)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet, K. 589

    Friday
    Dec 5

    EMI 49971 (Mozart: String Quartets No. 22, K589 & No. 23, K590)
  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 20

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Stockholm Sinfonietta

    BIS 338 (Gade)
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Gautier Capuçon (cello) | Chamber Orchestra of Paris | Adrien Perruchon (conductor)

    Erato 521413 (Gautier Capucon: Emotions)
  • Millennium of Music

    Friday
    Dec 5

  • Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

  • Richard Strauss

    An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Dresden State Orchestra | Rudolf Kempe (conductor)

    EMI Classics 64350 (Richard Strauss)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka, Op. 30 #4 in C-sharp Minor

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Lukas Geniušas (piano)

    Mirare 508 (Lukas Geniusas: Chopin)
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Suite pastorale

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) | Ulster Orchestra

    Chandos 8852 (La Peri)
  • Zdeněk Fibich

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

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Czech National Symphony Orchestra | Marek Štilec (conductor)

    Naxos 573.157 (Fibich: Orchestral Works 2)
  • Sergei Prokofiev

    Allemande, Op. 12 #8

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Boris Berman (piano)

    Chandos 9069 (Prokofiev)
  • Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

    The Great Service: Magnificat

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Manchester Cathedral Choir | Jeffrey Makinson (organ) | Christopher Stokes (conductor)

    Naxos 572.104 (Parry: Songs of Farewell)
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | Marin Alsop (conductor) | Philippe Quint (violin)

    Naxos 508.018 (Leonard Bernstein, Marin Alsop: The Complete Naxos Recordings)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | London Philharmonic | Geoffrey Tozer (piano)

    Chandos 9130 (Tchaikovsky)
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No. 2

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

    Decca 470.290 (The magic of Satie)
  • Arthur Foote

    Violin Sonata in G Minor, Op. 20

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Kevin Lawrence (violin) | Eric Larsen (piano)

    New World 80464 (The Violin Music of Arthur Foote)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita #6 in E Minor, BWV 830

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Sir András Schiff (piano)

    London 411.732 (Bach: 6 Partitas BWV 825-830)
  • Hugo Wolf

    Harfenspieler Lieder: 1. Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Riccardo Chailly (conductor) | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Decca 458.189 (Bruckner)
  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz #1

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Evgeny Kissin (piano)

    RCA 58420 (Schubert: Sonata in B-Flat, D960 - Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Quintet in A Major (Op. 81)

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Ensemble Explorations

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1880 (Dvořák: Quintette Op. 81)
  • Sir Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations: Nimrod

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Josephine Knight (cello) | Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) | Caroline Dearnley (cello) | Ashok Klouda (cello) | Hannah Roberts (cello) | Ben Davies (cello)

    Decca 485.0241 (Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Elgar)
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Ysaÿe Quartet

    London 430.434 (Ravel Debussy)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Suite #1 for 2 Pianos, Op. 5

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) | André Previn (piano)

    Decca 478.6348 (Rachmaninoff Complete Piano Works)
  • John Johnson

    Chi Passa

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Ronn McFarlane (lute) | William Simms (lute)

    Sono Luminus 92155 (Two Lutes)
  • Louis Spohr

    Violin Concerto #11 in G Major, Op. 70

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Simone Lamsma (violin) | Sinfonia Finlandia, Jyväskylä | Patrick Gallois (conductor)

    Naxos 570.528 (Spohr: Violin Concertos, Nos. 6, 8 & 11)
  • Richard Strauss

    Metamorphosen

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Dresden State Orchestra | Rudolf Kempe (conductor)

    EMI Classics 64350 (Richard Strauss)
  • Charles Ives

    Violin Sonata #2: II. In the Barn

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Curt Thompson (violin) | Rodney Waters (piano)

    Naxos 559.119
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata #29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Paul Lewis (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1903-05 (Beethoven #2)
  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris

    Friday
    Dec 5

    James Levine (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    DG 431.625 (Gershwin)
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Four Pieces, Op. 51: No. 4. Danse languide

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Evgeny Kissin (piano)

    DG 427.485 (Yevgeny Kissin)
  • Jacques Ibert

    Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Richard Hickox (conductor) | City of London Sinfonia | Susan Milan (flute)

    Chandos 8840 (La Flute Enchantee)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her", BWV 769

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Simon Preston (organ)

    DG 427.668 (Bach)
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No. 3

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

    Decca 470.290 (The magic of Satie)
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 2

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Bernard Haitink (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    CSO Resound 901.914 (Mahler)
  • Henry Cowell

    Variations on Thirds for Two Violas and String Orchestra: II. Allegro non troppo

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Northwest Chamber Orchestra | Alun Francis (conductor) | Ruth Sereque (viola) | Eileen Swanson (viola)

    CPO 999.222 (Cowell)
  • Pauline Viardot-Garcia

    Violin Sonatine

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Ambache Chamber Ensemble

    Ambache Recordings 2606 (Liberte; Egalite; Sororite)
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet, Op. 77 #2 "Lobkowitz"

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Smithson String Quartet

    EMI 49003 (Haydn: String Quartets Hob. III:81 - 83)
  • Leoš Janáček

    Capriccio for piano left hand and 7 wind instruments

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Cleveland Orchestra | Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor)

    London 443.173 (BARTOK)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Etude, Op. 25 #5 in E Minor

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Jan Lisiecki (piano)

    DG 479.1039 (Jan Lisiecki: Chopin Etudes)
  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 25

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Roland Pöntinen (piano) | Stockholm Sinfonietta

    BIS 356 (Gade)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20

    Friday
    Dec 5

    Daniel Hope (violin) | Soloists of Chamber Orchestra Europe

    DG 477.6634 (Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet & Songs)