Playlist for Sunday, December 28, 2025

Jacques Offenbach: Duo in E, Op. 54

Polonaise

Maria Kliegel, Werner Thomas, vc's
Cellicatessen (Violoncello-Duos)

Signum SIGX12-00

Jacques Offenbach: "Orpheus in the Underworld"

Overture

Luxembourg Radio TV Sym Orch/Jean-Pierre Wallez
Johann Strauss: Concert De Gala

Forlane UCD-13151/52 (2)

Jacques Offenbach: "Lieschen et Fritzschen"

"Fantasie"

Orch/Marcel Cariven

Omega OCD-1034

Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata in E-Flat, Op 64 (after Piano Trio, Op 3)

Norman Fischer, vc; Jeanne Kierman, p
Beethoven: Cello And Piano Complete

Centaur CRC-3322/23/24/25 (4)

George Frideric Handel: "Water Music" Suite No. 1 in F

"Bourrée" and "Hornpipe"

St Martin's Academy/Sir Neville Marriner
Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks, Water Music

Argo 414596-2

Alexander Glazunov: Suite, "From the Middle Ages" in E, Op 79

The Troubadour's Serenade

USSR Sym Orch/Evgeni Svetlanov
From the Middle Ages, Elegie "To the Memory of a Hero", Slavonic Festival, Wedding Procession

Melodiya SUCD-1000157

Spanish Anon 13th c: "Alavanca de Mudanza"

Ensemble Alcatraz
Visions and Miracles

Nonesuch 79180-2

Ferruccio Busoni: Medieval Sketches, Op. 33

Geoffrey Douglas Madge, p
Ferruccio Busoni: The Piano Work

Philips 420740-2 (6)

English ANON: Gregorian chant, Alma redemptoris mater

Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
Lighten Our Darkness: Music for the Close of Day

Collegium CSCD-502

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313

Jacques Zoon, f; Boston Baroque Orch/Martin Pearlman
Mozart: Flute Concertos, Symphony No 41

Telarc CD-80624

Hans Newsidler: "Die prünlein die da fliessen"

Monika Rost, l
Songs And Dances For Lute

Capriccio 10164

Franz Joseph Haydn: Variations on "Gott erhalte"

Lola Odiaga, forte-p
Franz Josef Haydn Keyboard Works, Volume I

Titanic TI-156

Franz Joseph Haydn: Song, "Gott, erhalte Franz den Kaiser"

Oscar Shumsky, v; Milton Kaye, p

MHS 436772-K (3)

Carl Czerny: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 73

Felicja Blumental, p; Vienna Chamber Orch/Helmut Froschauer

Brana Records BR-0024

Carl Czerny: Etudes, Op 740

#7 in C

Hans Kann, p

MHS 973

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 11 in E-Flat

Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 9 - 12

Chandos CHAN-8813

Hermann Goetz: "Genrebilder", Op 13

#4

Adrian Ruiz, p
GOETZ: Lose Blätter, op.7; Sonatina in F, op. 8, No. 1; Sonatina in E Flat, op. 8, No. 2; Genrebilder, op.13

Genesis GCD-107

Claude Debussy: "Rêverie" (1890)

Johana Harris, p
A Living Legacy: Johana Harris Plays Debussy

MCA Classics MCAD-6260

Roy Harris: Lyric Study (1950)

Paula Robison, f; Timothy Hester, p

Musicmasters MMD-60195-A

Roy Harris: Symphony #3 (1939)

Dallas Sym Orch/Eduardo Mata
COPLAND, A.: Billy the Kid Suite / BERNSTEIN, L.: On the Waterfront / HARRIS, R.: Symphony No. 3 (An American Panorama)

Dorian DOR-90170

Aaron Copland: "Sunday Afternoon Music"

Leo Smit, p
The Complete Music For Solo Piano

Sony SM2K-66345 (2)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op 53, "Waldstein"

Rudolf Serkin, p
Serkin - The Unreleased Studio Recordings - Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Sony SM3K-64490 (3)

Alec Wilder: Wind Quintet #1

"Up Tempo"

New York Wind Quintet

Boston Skyline BSD-139

Edward Elgar: Romance, Op 62

Julie Price, bn; English Ch Orch/Paul Goodwin
Elgar, Nursery Suite, Serenade, Dream Children, and Other Works

Harmonia Mundi HMU-907258

Antonin Dvorák: Romance in f minor, Op. 11

Ivan Zenaty, v; Virtuosi di Praga/Oldrich Vlcek
N/A

Discover Int'l DICD-920265

Alexander Scriabin: Romance

Meir Rimon, fh; Israel Phil/David Amos
Dances, Moods, And Romances

Crystal CD-513

Eduard Tubin: Symphony #4 in A, Sinfonia lirica

Bergen Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Symphony No. 4 • Symphony No. 9 • Toccata

BIS CD-227

Scottish Trad: Adew Dundee

Baltimore Consort
Adew Dundee: Early Music Of Scotland

Dorian DOR-90314

Ambroise Thomas: "Le Songe d'une nuit d'été"

Aria, "Où suis-je?"

Michael Schade, t; Canadian Opera Company Orch/Richard Bradshaw
Soirée Française

Radio Canada Int'l SMCD-5174

Erik Satie: "Cinq grimaces pour 'Le songe d'une nuit d'été'"

Utah Sym Orch/Maurice Abravanel
The Complete Ballets of Erik Satie

Vanguard OVC-4030

Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Op. 21

Berlin German Sym Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
A Midsummer Night's Dream * Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

London 466098-2

Michael White: Scenes from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

#6, "Puck's Pranks,"

Julian Gray, Ronald Pearl, g's
The Magic Circle

Dorian DIS-80111

Jacques Ibert: "Suite Élisabéthaine" for "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
Vive Ibert! (Jacques Ibert Orchestral Works)

Newport Classic NPD-85531

Anonymous: "Greensleeves to A Ground"

Hesperion XXI
La Barcha d'Amore * 1563-1685 * Montserrat Figueras * Jordi Savall

Alia Vox AV-9811

Cutting: Variations on "Greensleeves"

Timothy Walker, g

Helios CDH-88027

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleeves"

Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Vernon Handley
Symphony No.6 in E Minor, Symphony No.9 in E Minor, Fantasia On Greensleeves

EMI CDM7-64613-2

Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 47 in B minor, H XVI:32

Leif Ove Andsnes, p
Haydn: Piano Sonatas

EMI CDC5-56756-2

Sergei Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf," Op. 67

Sting, n; Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, March in B-Flat, Overture on Hebrew Themes, Classical Symphony

DG 429396-2

Florence Price: Octet for Brasses and Piano

Michael Hawes, tr; brass ensemble; Eugenia Jeong, p
Florence Price - Her Song

One Voice Music OVM-01

Dani Howard: "Ellipsis"

Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Paul Urbina
Dani Howard Orchestral Works

Rubicon RCD-1125

John Jacob Niles: "I wonder as I wander"

Miró Quartet
Hearth

Pentatone PTC-5187495

Margaret Bonds: "Fields of Wonder"

Cantus
Fields of Wonder

Signum SIGCD-867

Pablo Casals: "Sardana"

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vc; City of Birmingham Sym cellos
Inspiration

Decca 4832948

Eric Ewazen: Trio for horn, violin and piano

III. "Andante grazioso"

Michael Thornton, hn; Yumi Hwang-Williams, v; Andrew Litton, p
Inspired by Brahms: Music for Horn Trio

Albany TROY-1616

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

III. "Adagio"

Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, etc.

Chandos CHSA-5309

Justin Hurwitz: "La La Land"

"Engagement Party"

Randy Kerber, p
La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Interscope B0025620-02

Justin Hurwitz: "La La Land"

"The End"

Orch/Tim Davies
La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Interscope B0025620-02

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 70, "Wachet! betet! (Watch! Pray!)"

Soloists; Amsterdam Baroque Orch & Cho/Ton Koopman
Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone,
Complete Cantatas - Volume 9

Erato 27315-2 (3)

Michael Praetorius: "Terpsichore"

Suite in D

Christopher Parkening, g
Parkening Plays Vivaldi, Warlock & Praetorius

EMI CDC5-55052-2

Francesco Manfredini: Two-Trumpet Concerto in D

I. Allegro

H Schneidewind, W Pasch, tr's; Württemberg Chamber Orch/Faerber
The Baroque Collection

Vox PVTS-7601

Francesco Manfredini: Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 3, No. 10

Capella Istropolitana/Jaroslav Krček
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini: Concerti Grossi Op. 3

Naxos 8.553891

Claudio Monteverdi: "Selva morale e spirituale"

"Beatus vir" (Psalm 112)

Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
Saint Mark & Venice

Harmonia Mundi HMX-2908546.47

Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232

No. 23, "Osanna in excelsis"

Monteverdi Cho, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
Famous Bach Choruses

Archiv 439885-2

Béla Bartók: "Romanian Christmas Carols," Sz 57

Zoltán Kocsis, p
Béla Bartók: Works for Piano Solo, Vol. 2

Philips 442016-2

Darius Milhaud: "Scaramouche," Op. 165b

Branford Marsalis, sx; Orpheus Chamber Orch
Creation

Sony SK-89251

David Skidmore: "Lover," from "Archetypes"

Clarice Assad & Sérgio Assad, g's; Third Coast Percussion
Archetypes

Cedille CDR-90000201

Ludovico Einaudi: "Life"

La Pietà/Angèle Dubeau, v
Ludovico Einaudi: Portrait

Analekta AN2-8738

Giacomo Puccini: "La Bohème"

Suite

National Opera Orch/Paul Freeman
Puccini: Opera for Orchestra

Pro Arte CDS-3671

Giacomo Puccini: "La bohème"

Aria, "Che gelida manina"

Pene Pati, t; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orch/Emmanuel Villaume
Nessun Dorma

Warner 5419789770

Scott Hiltzik: "Spirals"

Bay Brass
Sound the Bells!

Harmonia Mundi HMU-807556

Ferdinando Carulli: Flute and Guitar Fantasy, Op. 337

Jean-Pierre Rampal, f; Alexandre Lagoya, g
Carulli: Music for Flute and Guitar

CBS MK-42130

Josef Suk: "Summer Impressions," Op. 22b

Margaret Fingerhut, p
Suk: Piano Works

Chandos CHAN-9026/7 (2)

Zdeněk Fibich: "Impressions from the Countryside," Op. 54

"Village Dance"

Czech National Sym Orch/Marek Štilec
Fibich: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1

Naxos 8.572985

Frank Bridge: "Sir Roger de Coverley" (Christmas Dance) (1922)

Maggini Quartet
Holidays with WFMT

Naxos/WFMT (Xmas 2021)

Jessie Montgomery: "Coincident Dances"

Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen
Project W

Cedille CDR-90000185

Ronn McFarlane: "A Star in the East"

Ronn McFarlane, l; Carolyn Surrick, viga
A Star in the East

Flowerpot Productions A Star in the East

Linda Kachelmeier: "We Toast the Days"

Choral Scholars of University College Dublin/Desmond Earley
Be All Merry

Signum SIGCD-643

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Ave verum corpus," K. 618

Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
Mozart: Requiem, Ave verum corpus

Erato 10697-2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "The Magic Flute," K. 620

Overture

La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
Mozart Overtures

DG 4779445

Giovanni Gabrieli: "Jubilate Deo"

Music of the Baroque Choir & Brass/Edward Zelnis
O Be Joyful - Renaissance Brass & Choral Music - Music of the Baroque

Music of the Baroque 2006

Jaromír Weinberger: "Schwanda the Bagpiper"

Polka and Fugue

Chicago Gargoyle Brass & Organ Ensemble
Flourishes, Tales and Symphonies: Music for Brass and Organ

MSR Classics MS-1598

Reinhold Glière: "The Red Poppy"

"Russian Sailors' Dance"

New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Russian Sailor's Dance and Other Dazzling Dances

Sony SFK-47282

Ernesto Nazareth: Tango, "Carioca"

Arthur Moreira Lima, p
Moreira Lima, Nazareth: Tangos, Waltzes & Polkas

Pro Arte PAD-144

Edward Elgar: "Dream Children," Op. 43

Indianapolis Sym Orch/Raymond Leppard
Elgar: Dream Children, The Wand of Youth Suites I & II, Nursery Suite, Starlight Express

Koss KC-1014

Domenico Caudioso: Mandolin Concerto in G

Julien Martineau, m; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
Come una volta

Naïve V-5455

Fanny Mendelssohn: "Das Jahr"

December, "Allegro molto"

Chloe Flower, p; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Jessica Cottis
She Composed: The Holidays

Popsical Music Group 199538674651

Grace Williams: "Sea Sketches"

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch/Malin Broman
Breaking Waves

BIS 2702

Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in A, Kk 101 (L 494)

Igor Kamenz, p
Igor Kamenz plays Scarlatti

Naïve V-5399

Antonín Dvořák: "Humoresque" in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7

Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; Berlin Phil/Manfred Honeck
Dvořák: Violin Concerto

DG B0019303-02

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 33, No. 2, "Joke"

IV. Finale, "Presto"

Panocha String Quartet
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos. 1-4

Supraphon 110634-2

Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 5 in D, G 478

Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Zürich Collegium Musicum/Paul Sacher
Vivaldi, Tartini, Boccherini: Cello Concertos

DG 4776337

Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27, "Sinfonia espansiva"

IV. Finale, "Allegro"

San Francisco Sym/Herbert Blomstedt
Nielsen: Symphonies 2 & 3

Decca 430280-2

Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48

Metamorphosen/Scott Yoo
Grieg - Dvořák - Tchaikovsky

Archetype 60105

Tina Nicholson: "Moments from Women" for solo oboe

"Spicy Girl"

Sherry Sylar, ob
Double Take: American Reed

Albany TROY-1515

Ennio Morricone: "The Mission"

"Gabriel's Oboe"

London Phil Orch/Dirk Brossé
The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s-2000s

LPO 0110

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