Playlist: Dec/17/16
- 8:51 PM
Traditional — Away in a Manger
Bryn Terfel, baritone
DG/Archiv, 14914 - 8:48 PM
Traditional — To Bethlehem
Conductor: Tecwyn Evans
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Bryn Terfel, baritone
Gwawr Edwards, soprano
DG/Archiv, 14914 - 8:30 PM
Valdis Zilveris — Starlit Christmas
Ensemble: Latvian National Opera Chamber
New York Latvian Concert Choir
Albany, 1589 - 8:10 PM
John Rutter — Brother Heinrich’s Christmas
Conductor: John Rutter
Ensemble: London Sinfonia
Cambridge Singers
Brian Kay , narrator
Collegium, 115 - 8:07 PM
Eric Whitacre — Lux Aurumque
Conductor: J. Reilly Lewis
Ensemble: Cathedral Choral Society of DC
Gothic Rec, 49227 - 8:00 PM
Traditional — Spanish Carols
The King’s Singers
Angel/EMI, 49909 - 6:00 PM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah
Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jon Vickers, tenor
Giorgio Tozzi, bass
Monica Sinclair, Mezzo
Jennifer Vyvyan,soprano
and Chorus
RCA/BMG, 61266 - 5:45 PM
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 2
Key: D
Opus: 36
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Analekta, 9150 - 5:30 PM
Johann Sebastian Bach — Passacaglia and Fugue
Key: c
Ensemble: Canadian Brass
OpeningDay, 7450 - 5:15 PM
Ludwig van Beethoven — 33 variations on a Waltz by Diabelli
Key: C
Opus: 120
Igor Levit, piano
CBS/Sony, 60962 - 5:00 PM
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne
Key: d
Conductor: Matthias Maute
Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice
Analekta, 9132 - 4:36 PM
Paul Hindemith — Tuttifantchen, Orch. Suite (Christmas
Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert
Ensemble: The Queensland Symphony Orch.
CPO, 999527 - 4:30 PM
Johann Sebastian Bach — Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Key: E
Helene Grimaud, piano
DG/Archiv, 12504 - 3:49 PM
Ludwig van Beethoven — Violin Concerto
Key: D
Opus: 61
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Ensemble: Orch Revolutionnaire et Romant
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Philips, 473872 - 3:43 PM
Traditional — International Christmas Medley 1
Conductor: Eric Ericson
Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Angel/EMI, 55536 - 3:03 PM
Johannes Brahms — String Sextet No. 2
Key: G
Opus: 36
Ensemble: Academy Chamber Ensemble
Chandos, 9151 - 3:01 PM
Edwin Fissinger — Make We Joy
Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers
AugsburgFo, 411 - 2:58 PM
William Billings — The Shepherds Carol
Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers
AugsburgFo, 411 - 2:57 PM
Traditional — Here we come a-wassailing
Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers
AugsburgFo, 411 - 12:52 PM
Ralph Blane — Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Conductor: Carl Davis
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano
London Voices
London, 414632 - 12:47 PM
Felix Bernard — Winter Wonderland
Conductor: Carl Davis
Ensemble: The Philadelphia Orchestra
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano
London Voices
London, 414632 - 12:41 PM
Gustav Holst — In the Bleak Midwinter
Bryn Terfel, baritone
DG/Archiv, 14914 - 12:35 PM
Traditional — Still, Still, Still
Bryn Terfel, baritone
DG/Archiv, 14914 - 12:30 PM
Pietro A. Yon — Gesu Bambino
Conductor: Kurt Herbert Adler
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orch.
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Wandsworth Boys Choir
London Voices
London, 414044 - 12:26 PM
Bob Chilcott — The Shepherd’s Carol
Conductor: John Rutter
Cambridge Singers
Collegium, 133 - 12:06 PM
Luigi Boccherini — Cello Concerto No. 10
Key: D
Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
Ensemble: Tafelmusik
Anner Bylsma, cello
RCA/BMG, 7867 - 12:00 PM
Traditional — Once in Royal David’s City
Conductor: Frank Cimino
Ensemble: Maryland State Boychoir
Jonathan Young, treble
MdStateBoy, 2 - 11:04 AM
Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 1
Key: D
Conductor: Marin Alsop
Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Naxos, 572207 - 10:59 AM
Traditional — Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Christopher Parkening, guitar
CBS/Sony, 62723 - 10:52 AM
J. Fred Coots — Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Conductor: Peter Breiner
Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Naxos, 8550670 - 10:49 AM
Erik Satie — Le Piccadilly – Marche
Pascal Roge, piano
London, 6393 - 10:44 AM
Erik Satie — Je te veux
Pascal Roge, piano
London, 6393 - 10:37 AM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah: Behold,a virgin/O thou that
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus
Lorraine Hunt, soprano
Harm Mundi, 907050 - 10:12 AM
Jacques Offenbach — Concerto Rondo for Cello & Orchestra
Key: G
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Ofra Harnoy, cello
Vox/MMG, 9011 - 10:08 AM
Percy Aldridge Grainger — The Sussex Mummer’s Christmas Carol
Ensemble: Academy Chamber Ensemble
Chandos, 9346 - 9:54 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach — Concerto for Violin and Oboe
Key: c
Ensemble: Portland Baroque Orchestra
Monica Huggett, violin
Gonzalo X. Ruiz,oboe
Avie, 2324 - 9:43 AM
Antonin Dvorak — Carnival: Overture
Key: A
Opus: 92
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Ensemble: The Philadelphia Orchestra
Water Lily, 66 - 9:39 AM
Richard Dirksen — Chanticleer
Conductor: J. Reilly Lewis
Ensemble: Cathedral Choral Society of DC
Centaur, 2132 - 9:19 AM
Johannes Brahms — Waltzes
Opus: 39
Leon Fleisher, piano
CBS/Sony, 63225 - 9:08 AM
Michael Torke — December
Conductor: Michael Torke
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Argo, 452101 - 9:03 AM
Giovanni Gabrieli — Jubilate Deo
Conductor: Robert Moody
Ensemble: Canadian Brass
OpeningDay, 7347 - 8:28 AM
Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 31
Key: D
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Telarc, 80156 - 8:12 AM
Claude Debussy — Children’s Corner
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
London, 460247 - 8:08 AM
Traditional — Mary had a Baby
Conductor: David Robertson
Jessye Norman, soprano
The American Boy Choir
Philips, 454640 - 8:06 AM
Traditional — Of the Father’s Love Begotten
Conductor: David Robertson
Jessye Norman, soprano
The American Boy Choir
Philips, 454640 - 8:05 AM
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz — O Come,Little Children
Conductor: David Robertson
Jessye Norman, soprano
Saint Thomas Choir
Sara Cutler,harp
Harry Huff,organ
Philips, 454640 - 7:37 AM
Aaron Copland — Appalachian Spring
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic
DG/Archiv, 6583 - 7:28 AM
Frederic Chopin — Ballade No. 3
Key: A-Flat
Opus: 47
Louis Lortie, piano
Chandos, 10714 - 7:22 AM
Herbert Howells — Here is the little door
Chanticleer
Teldec, 94563 - 7:21 AM
Anonymous — Verbum caro factum est (16th c.)
Chanticleer
Teldec, 94563 - 7:05 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 2
Key: B-Flat
Conductor: Ildiko Hegyi
Ensemble: Concentus Hungaricus
Jeno Jando, piano
Naxos, 550212 - 7:00 AM
Traditional — Little Drummer Boy
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Cincinnati Children’s Chorus
Telarc, 80226 - 7:00 AM
Traditional — Angels We Have Heard on High
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Fort Thomas Bell Choir
Telarc, 80226 - 12:47 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 26
Key: E-Flat
Opus: 81
Alfred Brendel, piano
Philips, 4757555 - 12:08 AM
Hector Berlioz — L’enfance du Christ
Opus: 25
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Ensemble: Lyon Opera Orchestra
Anne Sofie von Otter, alto
Gilles Cachemaille, baritone
Jose Van Dam, baritone
Jules Bastin, bass
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Erato, 75333