Playlist: Dec/25/15
- 11:43 PM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Great Mass
Key: c
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Janet Perry, soprano
Peter Schreier, tenor
Benjamin Luxon, baritone
Vienna Singverein
DG/Archiv, 5739 - 11:05 PM
Ludwig van Beethoven — Egmont, Incidental Music
Opus: 84
Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
Ensemble: BRT Philharmonic, Brussels
Miriam Gauci,soprano
Dirk Schortmeier,narrator
Discover, 920114 - 10:54 PM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah: The Trumpet Shall Sound
Conductor: Andrew Davis
Ensemble: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Samuel Ramey, bass
Angel/EMI, 49027 - 10:43 PM
Vincent Lubeck — Wilkommen susser Brautigam
Conductor: Georg Ratzinger
Ensemble: Regensburger Domspatzen
RCA/BMG, 77049 - 10:39 PM
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck — Hodie Christus natus est
Conductor: Georg Ratzinger
Ensemble: Regensburger Domspatzen
RCA/BMG, 77049 - 10:34 PM
Richard Rodgers — The Sound of Music: Climb Every Mountain
Conductor: Michael Reed
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Pops Orch.
Ria Jones, soprano
Denon, 75077 - 10:31 PM
Samuel Barber — Sure on This Shining Night
Opus: 13
Jian Wang, cello
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Delos, 3097 - 10:29 PM
Samuel Barber — With Rue My Heart is Laden
Opus: 2
Jian Wang, cello
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Delos, 3097 - 9:37 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 - 9:33 PM
Traditional — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Conductor: Richard Condie
Ensemble: Phil. Brass Ensemble & Perc.
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Alexander Schreiner, organ
CBS/Sony, 66300 - 9:20 PM
Francis Poulenc — Four Christmas Motets
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Ensemble: The Sixteen
Virgin, 91075 - 9:11 PM
Max Steiner — Suite from “King Kong” (1933)
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orch.
RCA/BMG, 136 - 9:07 PM
Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride
Conductor: Leroy Anderson
MCA, 9815 - 9:02 PM
Adolph Adam — O Holy Night
Conductor: Tecwyn Evans
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra
And various soloists
Bryn Terfel, baritone
DG/Archiv, 14914 - 8:55 PM
Ludwig van Beethoven — Zur Namensfeier Overture
Key: C
Opus: 115
Conductor: Kurt Masur
Ensemble: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Philips, 426630 - 8:45 PM
Franz Gruber — Silent Night
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Kathleen Battle, soprano
New York Choral Artists
Angel/EMI, 47587 - 8:40 PM
Michael Praetorius — Es ist ein ‘Ros entsprungen
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Kathleen Battle, soprano
and Chorus
Angel/EMI, 47587 - 8:20 PM
Sir Malcolm Arnold — Commonwealth Christmas Overture
Conductor: Malcolm Arnold
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Reference, 48 - 8:00 PM
Ludwig van Beethoven — Missa Solemnis – Mass
Key: D
Opus: 123
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Singverein der Gesellschaft
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Testament, 2126 - 7:38 PM
Sergei Prokofiev — Lt. Kije: Suite
Opus: 60
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
London, 430506 - 7:00 PM
John Rutter — Mass of the Children
Conductor: John Rutter
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
Cambridge Singers
Collegium, 129 - 6:42 PM
Edvard Grieg — Lyric Suite
Opus: 54
Ensemble: English Brass Ensemble
ASV, 660 - 6:30 PM
Joseph Haydn — String Quartet no. 68
Key: d
Opus: 103
Ensemble: Angeles String Quartet
London, 4783695 - 6:06 PM
Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel — Cantatas for the First Day of Christmas
Conductor: Ludger Remy
Ensemble: Weimarer Barockensemble
Britta Schwarz, mezzo-soprano
Henning Voss, alto
Jan Kobow, tenor
Klaus Mertens, bass
CPO, 999668 - 6:00 PM
Orlando Gibbons — In Nomine in 5 Parts
Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
London, 807 - 5:46 PM
Johannes Brahms — Two songs for Alto with Viola and Piano
Catalog No.: 2
Opus: 91
Ann Murray,alto
Nobuko Imai, viola
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
Angel/EMI, 54578 - 5:35 PM
Maurice Ravel — Introduction and Allegro for Harp,
Conductor: Louis Lane
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
CBS/Sony, 63056 - 5:00 PM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah: Part 1
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
Harm Mundi, 907120 - 4:30 PM
Ottorino Respighi — Three Botticelli Pictures
Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG/Archiv, 437533 - 4:00 PM
Antonio Vivaldi — Gloria
Key: D
Conductor: George Guest
Ensemble: The Wren Orchestra
Choir of St. John’s College
Lynda Russell,soprano
Patrizia Kwella,soprano
Anne Wilkens,mezzo-soprano
Kenneth Bowen,tenor
London, 4758541 - 3:57 PM
Julius Rontgen — Komt verwondert u hier, menschen
Ensemble: Quink Vocal Quintet
Telarc, 80202 - 3:55 PM
Traditional — Rocking
Ensemble: Quink Vocal Quintet
Telarc, 80202 - 3:53 PM
Traditional — The Cherry-Tree Carol
Ensemble: Quink Vocal Quintet
Telarc, 80202 - 3:10 PM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Nutcracker: Act 1
Opus: 71
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orch.
London, 425450 - 1:53 PM
Ralph Blane — Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio
Naxos, 554099 - 1:50 PM
Mel Torme — Christmas Song (Chestnuts…)
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio
Naxos, 554099 - 1:47 PM
Livingston Evans — Silver Bells
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio
Naxos, 554099 - 1:43 PM
Irving Berlin — White Christmas
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio
Naxos, 554099 - 1:41 PM
Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio
Naxos, 554099 - 1:39 PM
Walter Kent — I’ll be Home for Xmas
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio
Naxos, 554714 - 1:37 PM
Cahn & Styne — Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio
Naxos, 554714 - 1:35 PM
Meredith Willson — It’s Beginning to Look a lot like
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio
Naxos, 554714 - 11:58 AM
Traditional — Kalado (trad. Latvian)
Conductor: Anne Heider
Ensemble: His Majestie’s Clerkes
Centaur, 2168 - 11:55 AM
Traditional — Sliczna panienka (trad.Polish)
Conductor: Anne Heider
Ensemble: His Majestie’s Clerkes
Centaur, 2168 - 11:53 AM
Traditional — Nova radist stalla (trad.Ukrainian)
Conductor: Anne Heider
Ensemble: His Majestie’s Clerkes
Centaur, 2168 - 11:23 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Clarinet Concerto
Key: A
Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony
Jon Manasse, clarinet
Harm Mundi, 907516 - 11:20 AM
William Billings — Shiloh
Conductor: Micheal Jaffee
Ensemble: The Waverly Consort
Virgin, 55193 - 11:15 AM
Traditional — Star in the East
Conductor: Micheal Jaffee
Ensemble: The Waverly Consort
Virgin, 55193 - 11:10 AM
William Billings — Bethlehem
Conductor: Micheal Jaffee
Ensemble: The Waverly Consort
Virgin, 55193 - 11:06 AM
Traditional — The Gloucestershire Wassail
Conductor: Micheal Jaffee
Ensemble: The Waverly Consort
Virgin, 55193 - 10:52 AM
Hector Berlioz — Benvenuto Cellini: Overture
Opus: 23
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
CBS/Sony, 64103 - 10:21 AM
Christopher Rouse — Karolju
Conductor: David Zinman
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia Chorus
RCA/BMG, 11561 - 10:00 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach — Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Key: F
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Ensemble: The English Concert
DG/Archiv, 410500 - 9:42 AM
Samuel Barber — Die Natali
Conductor: Jorge Mester
Ensemble: Louisville Orchestra
Albany, 21 - 9:25 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Capriccio Italien
Key: A
Opus: 45
Conductor: Bystrik Rezucha
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Stradivari, 6016 - 9:18 AM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah – For unto us a child is born
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Telarc, 80103 - 9:13 AM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah: Behold,a virgin/O thou that
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Alfreda Hodgson, mezzo-soprano
Telarc, 80103 - 9:09 AM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah – And the Glory of The Lord
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Telarc, 80103 - 9:03 AM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah: Comfort Ye
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Jon Humphrey, tenor
Telarc, 80103 - 9:00 AM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah: Overture (Sinfonia)
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Telarc, 80103 - 8:40 AM
Johann Christian Bach — Harpsichord Concerto in B flat major
Conductor: Anthony Halstead
Ensemble: Hanover Band
Anthony Halstead, harpsichord
CPO, 999393 - 8:21 AM
Carl Davis — A Christmas Carol: Suite
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Ensemble: Northern Ballet Theatre Orch.
Naxos, 8553495 - 8:07 AM
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Conductor: Matthew Best
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Corydon Singers
Thomas Allen, baritone
Hyperion, 66420 - 7:55 AM
Bedrich Smetana — Bartered Bride: Dances
Conductor: Colonel John Bourgeois
Ensemble: United States Marine Band
USMB, 10 - 7:42 AM
Traditional — The Christmas Suite
Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar
Centaur, 2262 - 7:26 AM
Jean Sibelius — Karelia Suite
Opus: 11
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
RCA/BMG, 68770 - 7:11 AM
Felix Mendelssohn — Vom Himmel Hoch
Conductor: Martin Flamig
Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic
and Chorus
And various soloists
Capriccio, 10216 - 7:00 AM
Frederic Chopin — Scherzo No. 1
Key: b
Opus: 20
Valerie Tryon,piano
CBC(RCI), 1092 - 6:51 AM
Jiri Antonin Benda — Symphony No.2
Key: G
Conductor: Christian Benda
Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra
Naxos, 8553408 - 6:39 AM
Traditional — Christmas Carols
Conductor: John Rutter
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
Cambridge Singers
Collegium, 106 - 6:25 AM
Giuseppe Tartini — Sinfonia Pastorale
Key: D
Ensemble: Collegium Aureum
RCA/BMG, 77048 - 6:16 AM
Franz Liszt — Sonetto No.104
William Kapell, piano
RCA/BMG, 68994 - 6:09 AM
Gordon Langford — A Christmas Fantasy
Conductor: Brian Kay
Ensemble: Sellers Engineering Band
Huddersfield Choral Society
Chandos, 4530 - 6:00 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Minuet
Key: C
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Ensemble: Concentus musicus Wien
RCA/BMG, 75736 - 5:20 AM
Camille Saint-Saens — Christmas Oratorio
Opus: 12
Conductor: Martin Flamig
Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic
and Chorus
And various soloists
Capriccio, 10216 - 5:00 AM
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Opus: 43
Conductor: Jascha Horenstein
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Earl Wild, piano
Chandos, 7114
