Classical Albums of the Week
Every week, WRTI features a different album on the air. Learn more about them here.
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January 1, 2019. Welcome to 2019! Let's start the year off right and re-visit the New Year’s Concert 2018 with the Vienna Philharmonic and Riccardo… -
December 10, 2018. Musical traditions abound during the holidays. In Vienna, Austria, as New Year’s approaches, waltzes, marches, and polkas of the…
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November 26, 2018. As winter approaches, what you may want on cold days and nights is something cozy, beautiful and satisfying. Look no further, because…
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November 19, 2018. Here’s something to crow about — a new album released by the renowned male à cappella group Chanticleer. Out from Parlophone/Warner…
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November 12, 2018: Growing up in the Soviet Union, Kirill Gerstein studied classical music and taught himself jazz before coming to America to study both…
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November 5, 2018: Celebrated violinist Hilary Hahn is out with a new album of solo works by J.S. Bach. It completes a cycle she started at age 17, when…
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October 29, 2018. Praising his "mastery of the keyboard" and the "poetry of his interpretation," Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick…
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October 22, 2018. Violinist Rachel Barton Pine, called "striking and charasmatic" with "bravura technique and soulful musicianship" ("The New York Times")…
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October 1, 2018. Over-practicing is always dangerous, even for a superstar pianist with seemingly invincible technique. In April, 2017, when Lang Lang…
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September 24, 2018. Ever since Leonard Bernstein introduced him to televeision audiences as a 7-year-old prodigy, cellist Yo-Yo Ma has captured the…
