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New Releases July 14: The 2026 Summer Night Concert and more

Vienna Philharmonic’s highly anticipated summer concert is now available alongside other orchestral releases.

Felix Klieser, dressed in black, holds his French horn with his feet

Oliver CamachoApril 28, 2026

New Releases Apr 28: Felix Klieser, Pacho Flores, and more

Adela SkowronskiApril 23, 2026

Michael Tilson Thomas Passes at Age 81

Oliver CamachoApril 21, 2026

New Releases Apr 21: Songs and Strings

Beethoven looking angry, with ominous raindrops superimposed

Playlist: Beethoven For Bad Days

Louise Kern-Kensler

Feeling down? Beethoven gets it.

Playlist: WFMT Listeners’ First Favorites

Adela Skowronski

We all came to love classical music in different ways. Here are some of the musical first loves of our WFMT listeners, in their own words.

Playlists

Playlist: 14 Works for the Solar Eclipse

Playlist: 6 Classic Songs that Sample Classical Music

Playlist: Classical Music for Cooking

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Playlist: Jazz Takes on Classical Greats

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Nine musicians of ensemble minui (five string players and four wind players) in a Baroque architectural setting, checkered marble floors and ornate columns, natural lighting.

New Releases Apr 7: Opera Reimagined, New Concertos, and Vienna

Oliver CamachoApril 7, 2026

Opera is centered two new instrumental releases and Lise Davidsen's live recital; plus chamber music from Vienna and new music from Aldo López-Gavilán.

Sondra Radvanovsky in sleeveless black leather dress, elbows resting on a stack of opera scores, hands folded under chin, smiling, in a girlish pose, strawberry bonde hair, on stage of the Ardis Krainik at the Civic Opera House, empty auditorium out of focus in background.

New Releases Mar 31: Puccini, Vivaldi, and Jóhann Jóhannsson

Oliver CamachoMarch 30, 2026

A mix that includes an all-women a capella ensemble, late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, and lute concertos beyond Vivaldi's own.

New Releases Mar 24: A Focus on Women Composers

Oliver CamachoMarch 24, 2026

Wrapping up women’s history month with a handful of albums that highlight women composers and performers.

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer