Playlist: Dec/25/20
- 11:53 PM
Christian August Jacobi — Der Himmel steht uns wieder offen
Conductor: Dietrich Knothe
Ensemble: Capella Sagittariana Dresden
Peter Schreier, tenor
Capriccio, 10059 - 11:36 PM
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Hodie
Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Guildford Choral Society
St. Catherine’s Sch. Chmb. Ch.
Janice Watson, soprano
Peter Hoare, tenor
Stephen Gadd, baritone
Naxos, 570439 - 11:18 PM
Benjamin Britten — Saint Nicholas
Opus: 42
Conductor: Matthew Best
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Corydon Singers
Choir of St. Georges Chapel
Warwick Univ. Girls Choir
Hyperion, 66333 - 11:00 PM
Claudio Monteverdi — Magnificat from Marienvesper 1610
Conductor: Frieder Bernius
Ensemble: Musica Fiata Koln
Kammerchor Stuttgart
RCA/BMG, 7760 - 10:17 PM
Antonin Dvorak — Cello Concerto
Key: b
Opus: 104
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
CBS/Sony, 42206 - 10:03 PM
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No.9: 4th Mvt. “Ode to Joy”
Opus: 125
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Ensemble: Multi-National Orch. & Chorus
DG/Archiv, 445486 - 9:59 PM
Franz Biebl — Frohliche Weinacht Uberall
Conductor: Georg Ratzinger
Ensemble: Regensburger Domspatzen
RCA/BMG, 77049 - 9:55 PM
Traditional — Susani
Conductor: Georg Ratzinger
Ensemble: Regensburger Domspatzen
RCA/BMG, 77049 - 9:52 PM
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck — Hodie Christus natus est
Conductor: Georg Ratzinger
Ensemble: Regensburger Domspatzen
RCA/BMG, 77049 - 9:13 PM
Alexander Glazunov — The Seasons: Ballet
Opus: 67
Conductor: Edo de Waart
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
Telarc, 80347 - 8:55 PM
Reynaldo Hahn — Venezia – Songs in the Venetian Dialect
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Graham Johnson, piano
Hyperion, 66112 - 8:42 PM
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Conductor: Matthew Best
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Corydon Singers
Thomas Allen, baritone
Hyperion, 66420 - 8:27 PM
Archangelo Corelli — Concerto Grosso No. 8
Key: g
Opus: 6
Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG/Archiv, 429390 - 8:24 PM
Sergei Prokofiev — Lt. Kije: Suite
Opus: 60
Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Telarc, 80683 - 8:19 PM
Franz Schubert — Mille cherubini in coro
Conductor: Kurt Herbert Adler
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orch.
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Wandsworth Boys Choir
London Voices
London, 414044 - 8:14 PM
Adolph Adam — O Holy Night
Conductor: Kurt Herbert Adler
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orch.
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
London, 414044 - 8:07 PM
Frederick Delius — Sleigh Ride
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia of England
Angel/EMI, 65067 - 8:01 PM
Traditional — O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Ensemble: Choir of King’s College, Camb
David Briggs, organ
London, 4759177 - 7:59 PM
Franz Gruber — Silent Night
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Ensemble: Choir of King’s College, Camb
London, 4759177 - 7:32 PM
Marc-Antoine Charpentier — Christmas Vespers
Conductor: William Christie
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants
Harm Mundi, 905124 - 7:00 PM
George Frederich Handel — Water Music Suite No. 1
Key: F
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Ensemble: The English Concert
DG/Archiv, 410525 - 6:49 PM
Francis Poulenc — Four Christmas Motets
Conductor: John Rutter
Cambridge Singers
Collegium, 108 - 6:17 PM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 24
Key: c
Conductor: Maurizio Pollini, conductor
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Maurizio Pollini, piano
DG/Archiv, 10994 - 5:59 PM
John Rutter — Gloria
Conductor: John Rutter
Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Cambridge Singers
Collegium, 100 - 5:22 PM
Camille Saint-Saens — Symphony No. 3
Key: c
Opus: 78
Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Bastille
Michael Matthes, organ
DG/Archiv, 435854 - 5:16 PM
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Fantasia on Greensleeves
Doris Lederer, viola
Jude Mollenhauer, harp
Centaur, 2570 - 5:00 PM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Exsultate, Jubilate (Motet)
Conductor: Gyorgy Fischer
Ensemble: Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
London, 443452 - 4:29 PM
Georges Bizet — Symphony No.1
Key: C
Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Virgin, 61513 - 4:20 PM
Franz Biebl — Ave Maria
Ensemble: Chanticleer
Chanticler, 8803 - 4:00 PM
Ottorino Respighi — Three Botticelli Pictures
Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
Ensemble: Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
Albany, 416 - 3:29 PM
Antonio Vivaldi — Gloria
Key: D
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Ensemble: The English Concert
English Concert Choir
DG/Archiv, 4776737 - 3:18 PM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Nutcracker: Act 1 – Second Tableau
Opus: 71
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc, 80674 - 3:00 PM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Nutcracker: Act 1 – First Tableau
Opus: 71
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc, 80674 - 2:55 PM
Mel Torme — Christmas Song (Chestnuts…)
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio
Naxos, 554099 - 2:52 PM
Livingston Evans — Silver Bells
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio
Naxos, 554099 - 1:38 PM
Paul Hindemith — Tuttifantchen, Orch. Suite (Christmas
Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert
Ensemble: The Queensland Symphony Orch.
CPO, 999527 - 11:44 AM
Felix Mendelssohn — Vom Himmel Hoch
Conductor: Martin Flamig
Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic
and Chorus
And various soloists
Capriccio, 10216 - 11:09 AM
Franz Liszt — Christmas Tree Suite
Leslie Howard, piano
Hyperion, 66388 - 10:49 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach — Cantata No. 133: “Ich freue mich in dir”
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
Ann Monoyios, soprano
Derek Lee Ragin, male alto
Julian Podger, tenor
Gotthold Schwarz, bass
DG/Archiv, 463589 - 10:30 AM
Samuel Barber — Die Natali
Conductor: Jorge Mester
Ensemble: Louisville Orchestra
Albany, 21 - 10:00 AM
Christopher Rouse — Karolju
Conductor: David Zinman
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia Chorus
RCA/BMG, 11561 - 9:14 AM
Antonin Reicha — Octet
Key: E-Flat
Opus: 96
Ensemble: Consortium Classicum
Orfeo, 282921 - 9:00 AM
Richard Addinsell — A Christmas Carol suite
Conductor: David Newman
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Telarc, 88801 - 8:35 AM
Christof Ernst Friedrich Weyse — Symphony No.2
Key: C
Conductor: Michael Schonwandt
Ensemble: Royal Danish Orchestra
M Polo/HK, 8224012 - 8:16 AM
John Rutter — Brother Heinrich’s Christmas
Conductor: John Rutter
Ensemble: London Sinfonia
Cambridge Singers
Brian Kay , narrator
Collegium, 115 - 8:00 AM
Sergei Prokofiev — Symphony No. 1
Key: D
Opus: 25
Conductor: Alberto Zedda
Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Virgin, 91098 - 7:55 AM
Jackson Berkey — Gentlemen God Rest Ye (Nine-Finger Carol
Elaine Funaro, harpsichord
Alienor, 1207 - 7:36 AM
Max Bruch — Suite on Russian Themes
Opus: 79
Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert
Ensemble: SWR Radio Orch. Kaiserslautern
CPO, 777385 - 7:28 AM
Johannes Brahms — Rhapsody No.1
Key: b
Opus: 79
Ruth Slenczynska, piano
Ivory, 70902 - 7:00 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach — Christen, atzet diesen Tag
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
Ann Monoyios, soprano
Sara Mingardo, contralto
Rufus Muller, tenor
Stephan Loges, bass
DG/Archiv, 463589 - 6:39 AM
Engelbert Humperdink — Hansel and Gretel:
Conductor: Georg Tintner
Ensemble: Symphony Nova Scotia
CBC(RCI), 5167 - 6:18 AM
Benjamin Britten — A Ceremony of Carols
Opus: 28
Conductor: Michael Korn
Ensemble: Concerto Soloists Instr. Ens.
The Philadelphia Singers
Benita Valente, soprano
Maureen Forrester, contralto
David Gordon, tenor
Heidi Lehwalder, harp
RCA/BMG, 7787 - 6:00 AM
Edvard Grieg — Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite
Opus: 56
Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchest
CBS/Sony, 46668 - 5:42 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Nutcracker: Suite
Opus: 71
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Melodiya, 25181 - 5:12 AM
Joseph Haydn — Symphony No.103
Key: E-Flat
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
CBS/Sony, 47557 - 5:00 AM
Witold Lutoslawski — Five Polish Christmas Carols
Conductor: David Zinman
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia Chorus
Julia Doyle, soprano
RCA/BMG, 11561
