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WETA Classical

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) | Marina Gusak-Grin (piano)

    Chandos 8500 (Russian Music for Violin)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto, RV 450 in C Major

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

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

    Naïve 30478 (Vivaldi: Concerti per oboe)
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Trio #3 in E-flat Major, Op. 44

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Linos Ensemble

    CPO 777.256 (Farrenc: Piano Trios)
  • Franz Benda

    Flute Concerto in E Minor

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) | Mikael Helasvuo (flute) | Helsinki Chamber Orchestra

    BIS 268 (Stamitz & Benda Flute Concertos)
  • NSO Showcase

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    National Symphony Orchestra

    Private Recording
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Concerto #4 in G Major, Hob. XVIII:4

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Anne-Marie McDermott (piano) | Odense Symphony Orchestra | Scott Yoo (conductor)

    Bridge 9438 (Haydn: Sonatas & Concertos)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns

    Havanaise

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin) | Gerard Schwarz (conductor) | New York Chamber Symphony

    EMI 49276 (Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto - Saint-Saëns)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento, K. 138

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    Philips 412.740 (Mozart: Divertimenti K. 138 & 287)
  • PBS News Hour

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

  • Johann David Heinichen

    Concerto in G Major, Seibel 215: II. Vivace

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

    Archiv 437.549 (Heinichen: Dresden Concerti)
  • Johann Strauss Jr.

    Morning Papers

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Johann Strauss Orchestra | Jack Rothstein (conductor)

    Chandos 8434 (A Strauss Gala)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto #1: I

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Bernard Haitink (conductor) | Murray Perahia (piano) | Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

    CBS 42177 (Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 #4 in F Major

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Trevor Pinnock (conductor) | English Concert

    Archiv 413.727 (Handel: Six Concerti Grossi Op. 3)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony #5 in B-flat Major

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    English String Orchestra | William Boughton (conductor)

    Nimbus 5141 (Mendelssohn: Complete String Symphonies, Vol. 1)
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Cantabile

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Joshua Bell (violin) | Samuel Sanders (piano)

    Decca 0002783 (The Romantic Violin)
  • Franz von Suppé

    Morning, Noon and Night: Overture

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Vienna Philharmonic | Zubin Mehta (conductor)

    CBS 44932 (Suppé: Ouvertüren)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto #2

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

    Delos 3185 (Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony #4: IV

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Mariss Jansons (conductor)

    Sony 77182 (Tchaikovsky)
  • King Frederick the Great of Prussia

    Flute Concerto in C Major: I. Allegro

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Peter Schreier (conductor) | CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra | Patrick Gallois (flute)

    DG 439.895 (Flute Concertos from Sanssouci)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Symphony #2: III

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Valery Gergiev (conductor) | St. Petersburg Kirov Orchestra

    Philips 438.864 (Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto, RV 428 "The Goldfinch"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Emmanuel Pahud (flute) | Australian Chamber Orchestra | Richard Tognetti (conductor)

    EMI 47212 (Vivaldi: Flute Concertos)
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance, Op. 64 #3. Allegro giocoso

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi (conductor)

    DG 419.431 (Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Lyric Suite, etc.)
  • Richard Wagner

    Rienzi: Overture

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) | Cleveland Orchestra

    DG 477.8773 (Wagner: Preludes & Overtures)
  • José de Nebra

    Seguidillas & Canción

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor) | Concerto of Cologne

    Archiv 479.2050 (El Maestro Farinelli)
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony #4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (revised version 1851): III. Scherzo. Lebhaft

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

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

    Archiv 457.591 (Schumann: Complete Symphonies)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Semiramide: Overture

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) | Orchestra of the National Academy of St Cecilia

    Warner Classics 624344 (Rossini: Overtures)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Préludes, Op. 28 #1-9

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Brian Ganz (piano)

    Maestoso (Ganz) (Chopin: Preludes)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia concertante, K. 364

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Zubin Mehta (conductor) | Isaac Stern (violin) | New York Philharmonic | Pinchas Zukerman (viola)

    CBS 36692 (Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Banquet Music, Part 2: Suite in D Major: II. Air. Tempo giusto

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

    Archiv 427.619 (Telemann: Tafelmusik)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in A Major, Op 118 #2 (arr. Popov)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Yuja Wang (piano) | Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet)

    DG 483.6069 (Blue Hour)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 #2 in F Major

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

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

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

    Symphony #5

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Berlin Philharmonic | Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

    CBS 39671 (Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony #41 in C Major

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Adam Fischer (conductor) | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Symphony #1

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Andrew Litton (conductor)

    Virgin 90830 (Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1, etc.)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony #5 in C Minor, Op. 67

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Riccardo Muti (conductor) | Philadelphia Orchestra

    EMI 49487 (Beethoven: 9 Symphonien)
  • Franz Anton Hoffmeister

    Viola Concerto in B-flat Major

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Victoria Chiang (viola) | Baltimore Chamber Orchestra | Markand Thakar (conductor)

    Naxos 572.162 (Stamitz & Hoffmeister: Viola Concertos)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Scherzo #4 in E Major, Op. 54

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Emanuel Ax (piano)

    CBS 44544 (Chopin: Scherzos and Maurkas)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade, K. 361 "Gran Partita"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

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

    Philips 412.726 (Mozart: Serenade, K. 361 "Gran Partita")
  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    Violin Sonata #2 in D Minor, Op. 21

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Christina Åstrand (violin) | Per Salo (piano)

    Dacapo 226.066 (Sonatas for Violin and Piano)
  • Étienne-Nicolas Méhul

    Symphony #2

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Gulbenkian Orchestra | Michel Swierczewski (conductor)

    Nimbus 5184-85 (Méhul: The Complete Symphonies)
  • Adolphe Adam

    Giselle: Grand Pas de Deux from Act II

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Erich Kunzel (conductor)

    Telarc 80625 (Ballet Favorites)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto, BWV 1053

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Douglas Boyd (oboe) | Douglas Boyd (conductor)

    DG 429.225 (Bach: Oboe Concertos BWV 1053, 1055 & 1059)
  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Erich Kunzel (conductor)

    Telarc 80657 (Russian Nights)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony #53 "Imperial"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    DG 439.779 (Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 53, 73 & 79)
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Baba-Yaga; Great Gate of Kiev

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Berlin Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    DG 447.426 (Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Ravel: Boléro - Debussy: La Mer)
  • Georg Christoph Wagenseil

    Symphony in C Major, Op. 5/5, WV 361: I. Allegro molto

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra | Johannes Goritzki (conductor)

    CPO 777.112 (Wagenseil: Symphonies, Vol. 2)
  • François Borne

    Fantasie Brillante on Carmen

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Kuang-Hao Huang (piano) | Mathieu Dufour (flute)

    Cedille 90000.121 (Fantaisie)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. (Allegro)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    DG 431.660 (Bach: Brandenburg Concertos)
  • Johann Strauss Jr.

    Roses from the South

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Vienna Volksoper Orchestra | Franz Bauer-Theussl (conductor)

    Philips 411.119 (Famous Waltzes)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto, RV 178

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta | Ronald Thomas (conductor)

    Chandos 6578 (Vivaldi: Six Concertos, Op.8, Nos. 7-12)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake: Pas de deux

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Erich Kunzel (conductor)

    Telarc 80625 (Ballet Favorites)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Violin Sonata, HWV 371 in D Major (Op. 1 #13): IV. Allegro

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Andrew Manze (violin) | Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7259 (Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas)
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet "The Trout": I. Allegro vivace

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Pinchas Zukerman (violin) | Yefim Bronfman (piano) | Jethro Marks (viola) | Amanda Forsyth (cello) | Joel Quarrington (double bass)

    RCA 716044 (Schubert: "Trout" Piano Quintet - Mozart: Piano Quartet K. 493)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Violin Concerto, TWV 51:E3

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Berlin Baroque Soloists | Rainer Kussmaul (conductor) | Rainer Kussmaul (violin)

    DG 0005761 (Telemann: Sinfonia Melodica)
  • Sir Arthur Sullivan

    Yeomen of the Guard: Overture

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

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

    Philips 434.916 (Sullivan: Overtures)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony #41 "Jupiter": IV

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    René Jacobs (conductor) | Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1958 (Mozart: Symphonies 38 "Prague" and 41 "Jupiter")
  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse Chevaleresque

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi (conductor)

    BIS 384 (Roman: Sinfonias & Violin Concertos)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata, BWV 1033 for Flute and Continuo in C Major: II. Allegro

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Irena Grafenauer (flute) | Maria Graf (harp) | David Geringas (cello)

    Philips 422.061 (Bach: 3 Sonatas for Flute and Harp, Partita, Suite)
  • Franz von Suppé

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

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

    EMI 54056 (Suppé: Overtures)
  • Silvius Leopold Weiss

    Lute Concerto in F Major, SC 53

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Tempesta di Mare | Richard Stone (lute) | Gwyn Roberts (flute)

    Chandos 0707 (Weiss: Lute Concerti)
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Symphony #3: IV

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi (conductor)

    DG 423.604 (Rimsky-Korsakov: 3 Symphonies)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet #6 in F Minor, Op. 80: IV. Finale. Allegro molto

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Melos Quartet

    DG 415.883 (Mendelssohn: The String Quartets)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Piano Concerto #4 in G Minor, Op. 40: I. Allegro vivace

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Simon Trpceski (piano) | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic | Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

    Avie 2191 (Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 1 & 4, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini)
  • Robert Schumann

    Papillons

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Murray Perahia (piano)

    CBS 34539 (Schumann: Symphonic & Posthumous Etudes)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto #5

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Academy of Ancient Music | Richard Egarr (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 80.7461-62 (Bach: Brandenburg Concertos)
  • Charles-Auguste de Bériot

    Violin Concerto #5 in D Major, Op. 55

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra | Kirk Trevor (conductor) | Philippe Quint (violin)

    Naxos 570.360 (Bériot: Violin Concertos Nos. 2, 3 & 5)
  • George Whitefield Chadwick

    Scherzino

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Peter Kairoff (piano)

    Albany 745 (American Character, Piano Music of George Whitefield Chadwick)
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlesienne Suite #2

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Seiji Ozawa (conductor) | French National Orchestra

    EMI 47064 (Bizet: L'Arlésienne & Carmen Suites)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet, K. 515

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Berg Quartet | Markus Wolf (viola)

    EMI 49085 (Mozart: String Quintets K. 515 & K. 516)
  • Amy Beach

    Valse-Caprice, Op. 4

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Joanne Polk (piano)

    Arabesque 6704 (Under the Stars)
  • Jean Françaix

    L'Horloge de Flore (The Flower-Clock)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Albrecht Mayer (oboe) | Matthias Mönius (conductor)

    Decca 478.2564 (Bonjour Paris)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto #1

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Maurizio Pollini (piano) | Vienna Philharmonic | Eugen Jochum (conductor)

    DG 410.511 (Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1)
  • Carl Nielsen

    Aladdin Suite: Oriental March

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

    CBS 44934 (Nielsen: Symphony No. 2)
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto (G. 480)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Jeanne Lamon (conductor) | Tafelmusik | Anner Bylsma (cello)

    Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 7867 (Boccherini: Concerti da Violoncello, Sinfonie)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto #1

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Zubin Mehta (conductor) | Murray Perahia (piano) | Israel Philharmonic

    Sony 44922 (Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2)
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'Eau

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Naida Cole (piano)

    Decca 748.021 (Fauré, Chabrier, Satie & Ravel)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto, BWV 1052 in D MInor

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Berlin Academy for Old Music | Bernhard Forck (conductor) | Isabelle Faust (violin)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2335-36 (Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concertos)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio #3

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Yo-Yo Ma (cello) | Emanuel Ax (piano) | Young Uck Kim (violin)

    CBS 44527 (Dvořák: Piano Trios)
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Suite Española #1, Op. 47: Cataluña

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    David Russell (guitar)

    Telarc 32712 (Spanish Music for Classical Guitar)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony #60 "The Distracted One"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

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

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

    String Quartet #9

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Cherubini Quartet

    EMI 49900 (Schubert: String Quartets No. 9, D173 & No. 13, D804)
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Trumpet Concerto (B-flat Major)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Max Pommer (conductor) | Ludwig Güttler (trumpet) | New Bach Collegium Musicum, Leipzig

    Capriccio 10.055 (Trompetenkonzerte des Barock)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation (Die Schöpfung): Part I

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Rodney Gilfry | Sylvia McNair | Donna Brown (soprano) | Michael Schade | Gerald Finley (baritone)

    Archiv 449.217 (Haydn: The Creation)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La traviata: Act II, cabaletta (Alfredo). "O mio rimorso!" (Oh, my remorse!")

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Rolando Villazón (tenor) | Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino | Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

    DG 0017823 (Villazón Verdi)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Aria. Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) | La Petite Band | Jan Van der Crabben (bass)

    Challenge 72316 (Bach: Mass in B-Minor)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Motet, RV 625. Claræ stellæ, scintillate (Bright stars, blaze forth)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) | Ensemble Artaserse | Philippe Jaroussky (conductor)

    Erato 625810 (Pietà, Sacred Works for Alto)
  • Frederick Delius

    Ten Songs from the Danish

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Mark Stone (baritone) | Stephen Barlow (piano)

    Stone Records 80109 (The Complete Delius Songbook, Vol. 2)
  • Richard Wagner

    Das Rheingold

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | James Levine (conductor) | James Morris (bass) [Wotan] | Ekkehard Wlaschiha [Alberich] | Siegfried Jerusalem [Loge] | Heinz Zednik (tenor) [Mime] | Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) [Fricka] | Jan-Hendrik Rootering [Fafner] | Kurt Moll [Fasolt] | Mari Anne Häggander [Freia] | Siegfried Lorenz [Donner] | Birgitta Svendén [Erda] | Hei-Kyung Hong [Woglinde] | Diane Kesling [Wellgunde] | Meredith Parsons [Flosshilde]

    DG 427.607 (Wagner: Das Rheingold)
  • John Dowland

    Go, crystal tears

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Brian Asawa | David Tayler (lute)

    RCA 68818 (The dark is my delight)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Ein deutsches Requiem: VII. Selig sind die Toten (Blessed are the dead)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Robert Shaw (conductor) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Atlanta Symphony Chorus

    Telarc 80092 (Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem)
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation (Die Schöpfung): Part II

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Jörg Hering (tenor) [Uriel] | Harry van der Kamp (bass) [Raphael] | Tölzer Knabenchor | Tafelmusik | Bruno Weil (conductor) | Anne Monoyios (soprano) [Gabriel]

    Sony 57965 (Haydn: The Creation)
  • Maurice Duruflé

    Messe "Cum Jubilo", Op. 11: I. Kyrie

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Dennis Keene (conductor) | Voices of Ascension Chorus | Orchestra

    Delos 3169 (Duruflé: Messe "Cum Jubilo", Op. 11)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert aria. Se ardire, e speranza, K 82

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Francine van der Heyden (soprano) | European Sinfonietta | Ed Spanjaard (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 196. Der Herr denket an uns (The Lord thinks of us)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Jos van Veldhoven (conductor) | The Netherlands Bach Society

    Channel 27308 (Beloved & Beautiful)
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'incoronazione di Poppea: Act III

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Bernarda Fink (alto) | Catherine Bott (soprano) | Marinella Pennicchi [Amore] | Sylvia McNair [Poppea] | Dana Hanchard [Nerone] | Michael Chance (alto) [Ottone] | Francesco Ellero d'Artegna [Seneca] | Roberto Balconi [Nutrice] | Mark Tucker (tenor) [Soldato] | Nigel Robson [Soldato] | Mark Tucker (tenor) [Lucano] | Constanze Backes [Valletto] | Marinella Pennicchi [Damigella] | Nigel Robson [Liberto] | Julian Clarkson [Littore]

    Archiv 447.088 (Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: #9. "L'hiver a cessé"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Ian Bostridge (tenor) | Julius Drake (piano) | Belcea Quartet | Leon Bosch (double bass)

    EMI 57609 (Französische Lieder)
  • Frederick Delius

    Four Old English Lyrics

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Mark Stone (baritone) | Stephen Barlow (piano)

    Stone Records 80062 (The Complete Delius Songbook, Vol. 1)
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    L'elisir d'amore: Act II, Scenes 8-10

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | James Levine (conductor) | Kathleen Battle (soprano) [Adina] | Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Nemorino] | Leo Nucci (baritone) [Belcore] | Enzo Dara [Dulcamara] | Dawn Upshaw (soprano) [Gianetta] | The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

    DG 429.744 (Donizetti: L'elisir d'Amore)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Stabat Mater: Aria. "Cujus animam gementem"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Vienna Philharmonic | Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) | Raul Gimenez (tenor)

    DG 449.178 (Rossini: Stabat Mater)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Agrippina: Act II, Scenes 13-21

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    René Jacobs (conductor) | Berlin Academy for Old Music | Alexandrina Pendatchanska [Agrippina] | Jennifer Rivera [Nerone] | Sunhae Im [Poppea] | Bejun Mehta [Ottone] | Marcos Fink [Claudio] | Neal Davies [Pallante] | Dominique Visse [Narciso] | Daniel Schmutzhard [Lesbo]

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2088-90 (Handel: Agrippina)
  • Friedrich von Flotow

    Martha: Aria. "M'appari"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Staatskapelle Dresden | Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) | Marcello Viotti (conductor)

    Sony 92937 (The Tenor's Passion)
  • Gustave Charpentier

    Louise: Act III

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Julius Rudel (conductor) | Beverly Sills (soprano) [Louise] | Nicolai Gedda [Julien] | Mignon Dunn [La mère] | José van Dam (baritone) [La père] | Éliane Lublin [Irma] | Christiane Chateau [Camille] | Sonia Nigoghossian [Élise] | Marie Bertola [Marguerite] | Martine Surais [Gertrude] | Claude Vierne [La première] | Carla Rutili [Madeleine] | Mireille Laurent [L'apprentie] | Elya Weismann [Blanche] | Maria Mella [Suzanne] | Martyn Hill [Le noctambule] | Jacques Mars [Le chiffonier] | Jean-Jacques Doumène [Le bricoleur] | Chœur et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opera de Paris

    EMI 65299 (Charptentier: Louise)
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Chanson triste. "Dans le profondes mers" (Melancholy Song. "In the depths of the sea") [Countess Joseph Rouchaïd]

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) | Bengt Forsberg (piano)

    DG 471.331 (Chaminade: Mélodies)
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

    Arminio: Act II Scene 6, Aria. "All'armi, a battaglie, ai cimenti"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Hermann Oswald [Germanico] | Salzburger Hofmusik | Wolfgang Brunner (conductor)

    CPO 999.258 (Biber: Arminio)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Alzira: Prologue. The Prisoner

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande | Fabio Luisi (conductor) | Slobodan Stankovic [Alvaro] | Paolo Gavanelli [Gusmano] | Jovo Reljin [Ovando] | Ramón Vargas [Zamoro] | Wolfgang Barta [Ataliba] | Marina Mescheriakova [Alzira] | Jana Iliev [Zuma] | Torsten Kerl [Otumbo] | Chœur du Grand Théâtre de Genève [Spanish officers and soldiers, South American men and women]

    Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Dixit Dominus, RV 594

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Michael Chance (alto) | Stephen Cleobury (conductor) | Academy of Ancient Music | The Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Sarah Fox (soprano) | Deborah Norman (soprano) | James Gilchrist (tenor) | Jonathan Lemalu (bass)

    EMI 57265 (Vivaldi: Gloria)
  • Joseph Haydn

    L'isola disabitata: Act I, Aria. "Chi nel cammin d'onore"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Christopher Schaldenbrand [Enrico] | Padova Chamber Orchestra | David Golub (conductor)

    Arabesque 6717 (Haydn: l'isola disabitata)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Missa solemnis, Op. 123: V. Agnus Dei

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Julia Varady (soprano) | Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano) | Vinson Cole (tenor) | René Pape (bass) | Berlin Radio Chorus | Berlin Philharmonic | Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

    London 444.337 (Beethoven: Missa Solemnis)
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    La Favorite: Act III

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Marcello Viotti (conductor) | Bavarian Radio Chorus | Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Anthony Michaels-Moore [Alphonse XI] | Vesselina Kasarova [Léonor de Guzman] | Abbie Furmansky [Inès] | Ramon Vargas [Fernand] | Carlo Colombara [Balthazar] | Francesco Piccoli [Don Gaspar] | Lorenz Fehenberger [Un seigneur]

    RCA 66229 (Donizetti: La Favorite)
  • John Dowland

    Can she excuse my wrongs?

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Iestyn Davies (countertenor) | Thomas Dunford (lute)

    Hyperion 68007 (Dowland: The Art of Melancholy)
  • Gustav Mahler

    Rückert-Lieder

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Vienna Philharmonic | Pierre Boulez (conductor) | Violetta Urmana (soprano)

    DG 0003894 (Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)
  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Christoph Eschenbach (piano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)

    DG 477.8816 (Schumann: Lieder)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem, Op. 48: Pie Jesu

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Renée Fleming (soprano) | Andreas Delfs (conductor) | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Decca 0005193 (Sacred Songs)
  • Tommaso Giordani

    Caro mio ben

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Piero Gamba (conductor)

    London 414.454 (Mattinata)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Tolomeo, Re d'Egitto: Act I, Scenes 1-3

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Il Complesso Barocco | Alan Curtis (conductor) | Ann Hallenberg [Tolomeo] | Karina Gauvin [Seleuce] | Pietro Spagnoli [Araspe] | Anna Bonitatibus [Elisa] | Romina Basso [Alessandro]

    Archiv 477.7106 (Handel: Tolomeo)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Sanctus

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Frank Hoffmeister | The Bach Ensemble | Joshua Rifkin (conductor)

    Nonesuch 79036 (Bach: Mass in B-Minor)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro: Act II

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Ruggero Raimondi (baritone) [Count Almaviva] | Lucia Popp [Countess Almaviva] | Barbara Hendricks (soprano) [Susanna] | José van Dam (baritone) [Figaro] | Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Cherubino] | Felicity Palmer (soprano) [Marcellina] | Aldo Baldin [Don Basilio] | Neil Jenkins (tenor) [Don Curzio] | Robert Lloyd (bass) [Bartolo] | Donald Maxwell (bass) [Antonio] | Cathryn Pope (soprano) [Barbarina]

    Philips 416.370 (Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro)
  • Richard Strauss

    Salome

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Vienna Philharmonic | Birgit Nilsson (soprano) [Salome] | Gerhard Stolze [Herodes] | Grace Hoffman [Herodias] | Eberhard Wächter [Jochanaan] | Waldemar Kmentt [Narraboth] | Josephine Veasey [Der Page der Herodias] | Paul Kuen [Erster Jude] | Stefan Schwer [Zweiter Jude] | Kurt Equiluz [Dritter Jude] | Aron Gestner [Vierter Jude] | Max Proebstl [Fünfter Jude] | Tom Krause [Erster Nazarener] | Nigel Douglas [Zweiter Nazarener] | Zenon Kosnowski [Erster Soldat] | Heinz Holecek [Zweiter Soldat] | Theodor Kirschbichler [Ein Kappadozier] | Liselotte Maikl [Ein Sklave]

    Decca 475.7528 (Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Radamisto: Act I, Scene 5, Zenobia's aria. "Son contenta di morire" (I am content to die)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Nathalie Stutzmann (alto) | Orfeo 55 | Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor)

    Erato 623.177 (Heroes from the Shadows)
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Chants d'Auvergne: Series I: Baïlèro

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    English Chamber Orchestra | Jeffrey Tate (conductor) | Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)

    Decca 475.6145 (Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne)
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    La fille du régiment: Act II

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Richard Bonynge (conductor) | Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Marie] | Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Tonio] | Monica Sinclair [La marquise de Berkenfield] | Jules Bruyère [Hortensius] | Spiro Malas [Sulpice] | Eric Garrett [Le caporal] | Edith Coates [La duchesse de Crakentorp] | Alan Jones [Un paysan] | Omar Gorde [Un notaire]

    London 414.520 (Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment)
  • John Dowland

    Behold a wonder here

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Iestyn Davies (countertenor) | Thomas Dunford (lute)

    Hyperion 68007 (Dowland: The Art of Melancholy)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Messa da Requiem: VI. Lux aeterna

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Philharmonia Orchestra | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) | Grace Bumbry | Sandor Konya (tenor) | Raffaele Arié (bass)

    BBC 4144 (Verdi: Messa da Requiem)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Agrippina: Act III, Scenes 9-15

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    René Jacobs (conductor) | Berlin Academy for Old Music | Alexandrina Pendatchanska [Agrippina] | Jennifer Rivera [Nerone] | Sunhae Im [Poppea] | Bejun Mehta [Ottone] | Marcos Fink [Claudio] | Neal Davies [Pallante] | Dominique Visse [Narciso] | Daniel Schmutzhard [Lesbo]

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2088-90 (Handel: Agrippina)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitridate: Act III, Scene 8, Aria. "Se di regnar sei vago"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset (conductor) | Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) [Marzio]

    Decca 460.772 (Mozart: Mitridate)
  • Gustav Mahler

    Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Thomas Hampson (baritone) | Wolfram Rieger (piano) | Recorded live on May 6, 1995 at the Mahler Festival in Amsterdam

    Mahler Feest (Mahler Feest)
  • Fernando Obradors

    Canciones clásicas españolas: La mia sola, Laureola (My one and only, Laureola)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Ailyn Pérez (soprano) | Iain Burnside (piano)

    Opus Arte 9013 (Poème d'un jour)
  • Aaron Copland

    The Tender Land: Act I, Scene 5, Quintet. "The promise of living"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Elisabeth Comeaux [Laurie] | Janis Hardy [Ma Moss] | Maria Jette [Beth] | LeRoy Lehr [Grandpa Moss] | Dan Dressen [Martin] | James Bohn [Top] | Vern Sutton [Mr Splinters] | Agnes Smuda [Mrs Splinters] | Merle Fristad [Mr Jenks] | Sue Herber [Mrs Jenks] | Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series, Minnesota | Philip Brunelle (conductor)

    Virgin 91113 (Copland: The Tender Land)
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo: Act V

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) [Orfeo] | Julianne Baird [Euridice] | Lynne Dawson (soprano) [La Musica] | Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) [Messaggiera] | Nancy Argenta (soprano) [Ninfa] | Mary Nichols [Speranza] | John Tomlinson [Caronte/Sprito III] | Diana Montague (alto) [Proserpina] | Willard White [Plutone] | Mark Tucker (tenor) [Pastore I/Eco] | Nigel Robson [Pastore II/Apollo] | Michael Chance (alto) [Pastore III] | Simon Birchall (bass) [Pastore IV] | Howard Milner [Spirito I] | Nicolas Robertson [Spirito II] | The Monteverdi Choir [Coro di ninfe e pastori | His Majestie's Sagbutts | Cornetts

    Archiv 419.250 (Monteverdi: L'orfeo)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Stabat Mater, Op. 58: IX. Inflammatus et accensus (When I am ablaze and consumed with fire)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Robert Shaw (conductor) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Marietta Simpson (mezzo-soprano)

    Telarc 80506 (Dvořák: Stabat Mater)
  • Franz Schubert

    Schwanengesang (Swansong), D 957: #1-7. Rellstab- Lieder [poems by Ludwig Rellstab]

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Mark Padmore (tenor) | Paul Lewis (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7520 (Schubert: Schwanengesang)
  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Renée Fleming (soprano) | The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | James Levine (conductor) | New York Voices

    Decca 0001024 (By Request)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 56. Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (Gladly shall I bear the cross)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) | Berlin Baroque Soloists | Rainer Kussmaul (conductor) | RIAS Chamber Chorus

    DG 0003458 (Bach: Cantatas)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Giulio Cesare: Act III

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Julius Rudel (conductor) | Beverly Sills (soprano) [Cleopatra] | Norman Treigle [Giulio Cesare] | Maureen Forrestser [Cornelia] | Beverly Wolff [Sextus] | Spiro Malas [Ptolemy] | Dominic Cossa [Achillas] | Michael Devlin [Nirenus] | William Beck [Curio] | New York City Opera Chorus | New York City Opera Orchestra

    RCA 6182 (Handel: Julius Caesar)
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation (Die Schöpfung): #24. Aria. "Mit Würd' und Hoheit angetan"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Jörg Hering (tenor) [Uriel] | Tafelmusik | Bruno Weil (conductor)

    Sony 57965 (Haydn: The Creation)
  • Robert Schumann

    Zwölf Gedichte (12 Poems), Op. 35 after Kerner

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Christoph Eschenbach (piano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)

    DG 477.8816 (Schumann: Lieder)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il barbiere di Siviglia

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Thomas Allen (baritone) [Figaro] | Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Rosina] | Francisco Araiza [Il Conte d'Almaviva] | Domenico Trimarchi [Bartolo] | Robert Lloyd (bass) [Basilio] | Sally Burgess [Berta] | Matthew Best [Fiorello] | John Noble [Ufficiale]

    Philips 411.058 (Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia)
  • Umberto Giordano

    Andrea Chénier: Aria. "Come un bel dì di maggio"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Staatskapelle Dresden | Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) | Marcello Viotti (conductor)

    Sony 92937 (The Tenor's Passion)
  • Jules Massenet

    Manon: Act V

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Antonio Pappano (conductor) | Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) [Manon] | Roberto Alagna (tenor) [Le Chevalier Des Grieux] | Earle Patriarco [Lescaut] | José van Dam (baritone) [Le Comte des Grieux] | Gilles Ragon [Guillot de Morfontaine] | Nicolas Rivenq (bass) [De Brétigny] | Anna Maria Panzarella [Poussette] | Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano) [Javotte] | Susanne Schimmack [Rosette] | Nicolas Cavalllier [L'hôtelier] | Orchestre Symphonique et Chours de la Monnaie

    EMI 57005 (Massenet: Manon)
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Ezio: Act I, Scenes 1-3

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Il Complesso Barocco | Alan Curtis (conductor) | Max Emanuel Cencic [Emperor Valentiniano III] | Ann Hallenberg [Fulvia] | Sonia Prina [Ezio] | Mayuko Karasawa [Onoria] | Topi Lehtipuu [Massimo] | Julian Prégardien [Varo]

    Virgin 70929 (Ezio)
  • Mikhail Glinka

    A Life for the Tsar: Final Chorus "Slav'sya!"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Peter Feranec (conductor) | Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow

    Melodiya 74321 (Glinka: A Life for the Tsar)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro: Act IV

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Rodney Gilfry [Count Almaviva] | Hillevi Martinpelto [Countess Almaviva] | Alison Hagley [Susanna] | Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) [Figaro] | Pamela Helen Stephen [Cherubino] | Susan McCulloch [Marcellina] | Carlos Feller [Bartolo] | Francis Egerton [Basilio] | Francis Egerton [Don Curzio] | Julian Clarkson [Antonio] | Constanze Backes [Barbarina] | Lucinda Houghton [Contadina] | Sarah Connolly [Contadina]

    Archiv 439.871 (Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro)
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation (Die Schöpfung): #32. Final Chorus. "Singt dem Herren alle Stimmen"

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Chorus | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    London 443.445 (Haydn: The Creation)
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Winterreise (The Winter Journey)

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Werner Güra (tenor) | Christoph Berner (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2066 (Schubert: Die Winterreise)
  • John Dowland

    Say, Love, if ever thou didst find

    Wednesday
    Apr 2

    Iestyn Davies (countertenor) | Thomas Dunford (lute)

    Hyperion 68007 (Dowland: The Art of Melancholy)