The Drive-Time Elixir with Peter Whorf Playlist July 30, 2026
90.9 WRCJ
Fountains of Rome (“Fontane di Roma”)
Respighi, Ottorino
2:01 pm
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
DG
449 724-2“Suite Antique” (for flute, harpsichord and strings)
Rutter, John
2:20 pm
West Side Chamber Orchestra
NAXOS
8.573146Symphony No. 2, Op. 34 (4th movement: Finale)
Stenhammar, Wilhelm
2:42 pm
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
NAXOS
8.553888“Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott…” (from Cantata No. 80)
Bach, Johann Sebastian
3:00 pm
The Philadelphia Orchestra
EMI
585072Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op 43
Gade, Niels Wilhelm
3:04 pm
20260730
Paladino Music
0030“Marienwalzer” (Maria Waltz), Op. 212
Strauss, Johann I
3:17 pm
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
SONY
88985477002Five Songs (for trumpet and piano)
Puccini, Giacomo
3:26 pm
20260730
EMI
416471“Far from Heaven” (excerpts)
Bernstein, Elmer
3:36 pm
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
SILVA
1178“When the Saints Go Marchin’ In” (arranged by Sam Pilafian)
Traditional
3:44 pm
Empire Brass (and friends)
TELARC
80438Prelude in g, Op. 23, No. 5
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
3:48 pm
20260730
BIS
1848Symphony No. 1 in D, D 82 (4th movement)
Schubert, Franz
3:52 pm
Dresden State Orchestra
RCA
60392Symphony No. 7 in d, Op. 70 (1st movement: Allegro maestoso)
Dvorak, Antonin
4:00 pm
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
SUPRAPHON
110675“Solveig’s Song” from “Peer Gynt”, Op. 23
Grieg, Edvard
4:11 pm
English Chamber Orchestra
DECCA
3953Divertimento (for bassoon and string quintet)
Francaix, Jean
4:17 pm
Octuor de France (members)
INDESENS
045“Let the Bright Seraphim” from “Samson”, HWV 57
Handel, George Frideric
4:26 pm
Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York
SONY CLASSICAL
89847Suite in B flat “For Several Friends”
Locke, Matthew
4:32 pm
Trio Settecento
Cedille
90000135“Cox and Box”: Overture
Sullivan, Sir Arthur
4:42 pm
Pro Arte Orchestra
SERAPHIM
74010“Unchained” Melody (arranged for guitar and orchestra by Steve Gray)
North, Alex
4:45 pm
Orchestra
SONY CLASSICAL
63000Piano Concerto No. 2 in f, Op. 21 (finale)
Chopin, Frederic
4:50 pm
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
ARABESQUE
6702-2Waltz, from Serenade in C for Strings, Op. 48
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
5:00 pm
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
TELARC
80080Flute Quartet in A, K298
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
5:04 pm
20260730
SONY CLASSICAL
66240Sycamore
McFarlane, Ronn
5:15 pm
20260730
Dorian
90601My Gentle Harp
Traditional
5:20 pm
The Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA
63646String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36 (1st movement: Allegro non troppo)
Brahms, Johannes
5:24 pm
Amadeus Quartet
DG
474358“The Chairman’s Waltz” from “Memoirs of a Geisha” (for violin and chamber orchestra)
Williams, John
5:40 pm
La Pieta
ANALEKTA
28733Soledad
Piazzolla, Astor
5:43 pm
20260730
NONESUCH
79407-2Concerto for violin & orchestra in e, Op.64: III. Allegretto non troppo
Mendelssohn, Felix
5:51 pm
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
SONY
8869798410290.9 FM WRCJ
6:55 pm
20260730