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WRTI's 60th Anniversary Classical CDs

WRTI's 60th Anniversary Classical CDs

To celebrate WRTI's 60 years on the air, we've selected some of your favorite pieces and put them together in one fabulous collection as our thanks to you - our loyal listeners!

Contribute today at the $160 level and we'll thank you with our limited-edition WRTI 60th Anniversary Classical 3-CD set with liner notes from your favorite hosts. Pledge Here, and Thanks!

Check out the track list below! Click on a title for an audio excerpt and more information.

CD 1
1. Marin Marais (1656-1728): Sonnerie de Saint Genevieve du Mont de Paris

2-4. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto No.3

5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Ave verum corpus

6. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Für Elise

7. Beethoven: Romance No.2 in F

8. Morten Lauridsen (b.1943): O Magnum Mysterium

9. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Tragic Overture

10. Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Notturno in Eb

CD 2
1. Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Tristan und Isolde. Prelude and Liebestod

2. Carl Orff (1895-1982): Carmina Burana. O Fortuna

3. Franz Biebl (1906-2001): Ave Maria (Angelus Domini)

4. Gerald Finzi (1901-1956): Eclogue for Piano and Strings

5. Randall Thompson (1899-1984): Alleluia

6. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): The Lark Ascending

7. Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Gianni Schicchi. O mio babbino caro

CD 3
1. Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Appalachian Spring

2. Stanley Myers (1930-1993): Cavatina (theme from The Deer Hunter)

3. Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Adagio for Strings

4-9. Arrigo Boito (1842-1918): Mefistofele. Prologue in Heaven