Playlist: Dec/21/13
- 8:48 PM
Traditional — Hey for Christmas
Ensemble: The Baltimore Consort
Dorian, 90198 - 8:44 PM
Traditional — The First Noel
Conductor: Eric Ericson
Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Angel/EMI, 55536 - 8:41 PM
Traditional — Good King Wenceslas
Conductor: Simon Preston
Ensemble: Choir of Westminster Abbey
DG/Archiv, 445572 - 8:36 PM
Benjamin Britten — A Shepherd’s Carol
Conductor: Simon Preston
Choir of Westminster Abbey
DG/Archiv, 445572 - 8:34 PM
John Gardner — Tomorrow shall be my dancing Day
Conductor: Simon Preston
Choir of Westminster Abbey
DG/Archiv, 445572 - 8:30 PM
Andreas Hammerschmidt — Alleluja
Conductor: Simon Preston
Ensemble: Choir of Westminster Abbey
DG/Archiv, 445572 - 8:27 PM
Traditional — The Holly and the Ivy
Conductor: Simon Preston
Ensemble: Choir of Westminster Abbey
DG/Archiv, 445572 - 8:25 PM
Peter Wishart — Alleluya,a New Work is Come on Hand
Conductor: Simon Preston
Ensemble: Choir of Westminster Abbey
DG/Archiv, 445572 - 8:22 PM
Traditional — There stood in heaven a linden tree
Conductor: Simon Preston
Ensemble: Choir of Westminster Abbey
DG/Archiv, 445572 - 8:03 PM
John Rutter — Brother Heinrich’s Christmas
Conductor: John Rutter
Ensemble: London Sinfonia
Cambridge Singers
Brian Kay , narrator
Collegium, 115 - 8:00 PM
Traditional — To Bethlehem
Conductor: Tecwyn Evans
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Bryn Terfel, baritone
Gwawr Edwards, soprano
DG/Archiv, 14914 - 6:00 PM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Ensemble: Gottingen Festival Orchestra
Dominique Labelle, soprano
Monika Groop, mezzo-soprano
Virgil Hartinger, tenor
Raimund Nolte, bass
and Chorus
NDR Kultur, 1 - 5:45 PM
Robert Schumann — Piano Concerto
Key: a
Opus: 54
Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Van Cliburn, piano
RCA/BMG, 60420 - 5:30 PM
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto
Key: e
Opus: 64
Conductor: Patrick Gallois
Ensemble: Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla
Tianwa Yang, Violin
Naxos, 572662 - 5:18 PM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah – Worthy is the Lamb
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Ensemble: Gottingen Festival Orchestra
and Chorus
NDR Kultur, 1 - 5:15 PM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah: The Trumpet Shall Sound
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Ensemble: Gottingen Festival Orchestra
Raimund Nolte, bass
NDR Kultur, 1 - 5:00 PM
Bohuslav Martinu — Piano Trio (1930)
Ensemble: Arbor Piano Trio
Naxos, 572251 - 4:56 PM
Traditional — Good King Wenceslas
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Telarc, 80377 - 4:55 PM
Traditional — How Unto Bethlehem?
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Telarc, 80377 - 4:53 PM
Traditional — My Dancing Day
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Telarc, 80377 - 4:16 PM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Violin Concerto
Key: D
Opus: 35
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Hilary Hahn, violin
DG/Archiv, 14698 - 4:14 PM
Traditional — Little Drummer Boy
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Cincinnati Children’s Chorus
Telarc, 80226 - 12:56 PM
Ralph Blane — Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Conductor: Carl Davis
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano
London Voices
London, 414632 - 12:51 PM
Irving Berlin — White Christmas
Conductor: Carl Davis
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano
London, 414632 - 12:47 PM
Traditional — Away in a Manger
Bryn Terfel, baritone
DG/Archiv, 14914 - 12:43 PM
Traditional — Candelight Carol
Conductor: Tecwyn Evans
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Bryn Terfel, baritone
DG/Archiv, 14914 - 12:38 PM
Traditional — Still, Still
Bryn Terfel, baritone
DG/Archiv, 14914 - 12:36 PM
Traditional — Deck the Halls
Conductor: Luther Henderson
Ensemble: and his Orchestra
Eileen Farrell, soprano
CBS/Sony, 60802 - 12:33 PM
Gustav Holst — Lullay, my Liking
Conductor: Luther Henderson
Ensemble: and his Orchestra
Eileen Farrell, soprano
CBS/Sony, 60802 - 12:30 PM
Traditional — O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
Conductor: Vjekoslav Sutej
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Placido Domingo, tenor
Jose Carreras, tenor
CBS/Sony, 63304 - 12:28 PM
Anonymous — Up! Awake! from highest steeple
Conductor: Simon Preston
Choir of Westminster Abbey
DG/Archiv, 445572 - 11:49 AM
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Symphonic Dances
Opus: 45
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Avie, 2188 - 11:43 AM
Traditional — O Tannenbaum
Conductor: Brian Kay
Ensemble: Sellers Engineering Band
Huddersfield Choral Society
Chandos, 4530 - 11:37 AM
William James — An Australian Christmas
Conductor: Philip McCann
Ensemble: Sellers Engineering Band
Chandos, 4530 - 11:34 AM
Traditional — Joys Seven
Conductor: Brian Kay
Huddersfield Choral Society
Simon Lindley,organ
Chandos, 4530 - 11:12 AM
Joseph Haydn — Piano Concerto No. 11
Key: D
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Ensemble: The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord
DG/Archiv, 415518 - 11:09 AM
Anonymous — Verbum caro factum est (16th c.)
Chanticleer
Teldec, 94563 - 11:07 AM
Charles Ives — A Christmas Carol
Ensemble: Chanticleer
Teldec, 94563 - 11:05 AM
Steven Sametz — Noel Canon
Chanticleer
Teldec, 94563 - 11:03 AM
Jacob Handl — Hodie Christus Natus Est
Ensemble: Chanticleer
Teldec, 94563 - 10:40 AM
Robert Schumann — String Quartet No. 2
Key: F
Opus: 41
Ensemble: Melos Quartet of Stuttgart
DG/Archiv, 423670 - 10:33 AM
Traditional — Twelve Days of Christmas
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano
London, 414632 - 10:30 AM
Traditional — Angels We Have Heard on High
Conductor: Andrew Davis
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano
London, 414632 - 10:02 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 25
Key: g
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra
Telarc, 80165 - 9:46 AM
Celedonio Romero — Suite Andaluza
Angel Romero, guitar
Telarc, 80213 - 9:06 AM
Dmitri Tiomkin — It’s a Wonderful Life
Conductor: David Newman
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Telarc, 88801 - 8:46 AM
Franz Schubert — Piano Sonata No. 2
Key: C
Andras Schiff, piano
London, 440310 - 8:39 AM
Traditional — While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks
Conductor: Peter Breiner
Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Naxos, 8550670 - 8:05 AM
Johannes Brahms — Double Concerto for Violin,Cello & Orch.
Key: a
Opus: 102
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Elisabeth Batiashvili, violin
Alban Gerhardt, cello
BBC, 221 - 7:51 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach — Singet dem Herrn ein Neues Lied
Conductor: Konrad Junghanel
Ensemble: Cantus Colln
RCA/BMG, 77368 - 7:22 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven — Quintet for Piano and Winds
Key: E-Flat
Opus: 16
Alfred Brendel, piano
Heinz Holliger, oboe
Eduard Brunner, clarinet
Hermann Baumann, horn
Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
Philips, 420182 - 7:17 AM
Traditional — Joy to the World
Conductor: Skitch Henderson
Ensemble: New York Pops
Angel/EMI, 54891 - 7:00 AM
Christoph Willibald Gluck — Ballet Suite No. 1 (arranged by Felix
Conductor: Fritz Mahler
Ensemble: Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Vanguard, 108 - 12:14 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Sleeping Beauty: Act 2
Opus: 66
Conductor: Sir Andre Previn
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Angel/EMI, 54814
