Playlist for Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Gottfried Wolters: Carol, "Maria durch ein Dornwald ging"

Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
Dormi Bel Bambin

Prospero PROSP-0059

Burkhard Kinzler: Carol, "Still, still, still"

Swiss Vocal Consort/Marco Amherd
Dormi Bel Bambin

Prospero PROSP-0059

Alexei Verstovsky: "Jingle Bell"

Osipov Balalaika Orch/Viktor Dubrovsky
The World Of The Balalaika

Angel/ Melodiya SR-40171

Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, Op. 33

Laszlo Varga, vc; Radio Luxembourg Orch/Louis de Froment
Saint-Saens: Works for Violin, Cello

Vox CDX-5084 (2)

French Trad: Carol, "D'où viens-tu, belle bergère?"

Maria Stader, s; Ensemble
The Christmas Album

DG 474573-2 (2)

Gregory Vasilevich Sviridov: "The Snowstorm"

Yurlov State Cho; Ostankino Sym Orch/Vladimir Fedoseyev
Sviridov

MHS 514828-T

Marcel Dupré: 79 Chorales, Op. 28

"In dulci jubilo"

Jeremy Filsell, o
Marcel Dupré: Complete Organ Works, Vol 12

Guild GMCD-7203

Edward Elgar: "The Snow"

American Boy Cho/James Litton
Trumpets Sound • Voices Ring (A Joyous Christmas)

MHS 523153-F (2)

Edward Elgar: String Quartet in e, Op 83

Chilingirian String Quartet

EMI/Ang CDC7-47661-2

English Trad: We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Huddersfield Cho Society, Black Dyke Mills Band/Roy Newsome
Black Dyke: Huddersfield Choral Society: Christmas Fantasy

MHS 522676-W (2)

Bohuslav Martinu: Merry Christmas 1941

St Paul Chamber Orch/Christopher Hogwood
Martinů

London 433660-2

Bedrich Smetana: "Má vlast (My Fatherland)"

"Vysehrad (The High Castle)"

Chicago Sym Orch/Rafael Kubelik
Má Vlast ("My Country"), Symphonic Cycle

Mercury 434379-2

Jaroslav Jezek: "Bagatelles"

#8, "Polka"

Tomas Visek, p
The Piano of Jaroslav Jezek

Matous MK-0055-2131

Gioachino Rossini: "The Barber of Seville"

Cavatina, "Largo al factotum"

Pilafian, tuba; Arizona State University Chamber Orch/Russell
Brassy Night at the Opera

Summit DCD-190

Gioachino Rossini: "Il Signor Bruschino"

Overture

National Phil/Riccardo Chailly
Rossini: 14 Overtures

London 400049-2

Gioachino Rossini: "Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of My Old Age)," Vol I

The Night of Holy Christmas

Lugano Societa Cameristica/Edwin Loehrer
Rossini: Exerpts From "Sins Of My Old Age"

Nonesuch H-71089

Gioachino Rossini: "Matinées musicales," Op. 24

Helsingborg Sym/Okko Kamu
Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto

Ondine ODE-825-2

English Trad: Folksong, Come you not from Newcastle?

Kathleen Ferrier, c, Frederick Stone, p
Kathleen Ferrier- A Tribute

London 4783589 (14)

Benjamin Britten: "A Ceremony of Carols," Op. 28

Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Shaw
A Robert Shaw Christmas: Angels On High

Telarc CD-80461

Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

"Coventry Carol"

BBC Concert Orch Winds/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride & Other Holiday Favorites

Naxos 8.559621

Louis-Claude Daquin: "Noël"

Kevin Bowyer, o
Christmas Organ Music

Nimbus NI-7711

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in g, Op 6/8, "Christmas Concerto"

Tafelmusik/Jean Lamon
Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op. 6

RCA 7908-2-RC

Helmut Walcha: "Den die Hirten lob ten sehre"

Kevin Bowyer, o
Christmas Organ Music

Nimbus NI-7711

Richard Strauss: "Schlagobers," Op. 70

Act I

Tokyo Metropolitan Sym Orch/Hiroshi Wakasugi
Strauss: Schlagobers, Ballet Music, Op. 70

MHS 514507-L

Richard Strauss: Song, "Winterreise"

Manuel Walser, br; Nina Schumann, p
Strauss: Complete Songs

Two Pianists TP-1039312 (9)

George Frederic Handel: Hymn, "Joy to the World"

Pittsburgh Sym Brass
A Christmas Concert For Brass

Four Winds FW-3017

Trad Irish: "The Wexford Carol"

Pittsburgh Sym Brass
A Christmas Concert For Brass

Four Winds FW-3017

Gerald Finzi: "Dies Natalis," Op 8 (1939)

Martyn Hill, t; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox

Virgin 90718-2

Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for Brass Choir

BBC Concert Orch Brass/Leonard Slatkin
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride & Other Holiday Favorites

Naxos 8.559621

Norman Dello Joio: "Christmas Music"

"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"

Debra Torok, p
Norman Dello Joio: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 3 - Family Album, Five Images, Stage Parodies

Albany TROY-468

Robert Russell Bennett: Christmas Medley #1

Robert Shaw Cho, Orch/Robert Shaw
A Festival of Carols

RCA 6429-2-RG

Norman Dello Joio: "Christmas Music"

"The Holy Infant's Lullaby"

Debra Torok, p
Norman Dello Joio: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 3 - Family Album, Five Images, Stage Parodies

Albany TROY-468

English Trad: Carol, "O Come All Ye Faithful"

Westminster Cathedral Cho, Trumpeters/David Hill; James O'Donnell, o

MCA Classics MCAD-5900

English Trad: Carol, "O Come All Ye Faithful"

Galliard Brass
A Christmas Celebration: A Collection Of Classical Brass. String And Choral Favorites

Musicmasters 67077-2

English Trad: "Adeste Fideles"

Luciano Pavarotti, t; Wandsworth School Boys Choir, National Phil/Adler
Luciano Pavarotti: O Holy Night

London 414044-2

Samuel Webbe: Variations in A on "Adeste Fideles"

Salomon String Quartet

Hyperion CDA-66780

English Trad: Carol, "I saw three ships"

Elizabethan Singers/Louis Halsey
Sir Cristemas

Boston Skyline BSD-124

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb, Op. 73, "Emperor"

Melvyn Tan, forte-p; London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
Beethoven Piano Concertos

Virgin 22014-2 (2)

French Trad: Carol, "Ding, Dong, Merrily on High"

True Concord; Eric Holton
Christmas With the True Concord

Reference Recordings FR-734

Georges Bizet: "Jeux d'enfants," Op. 22

Toronto Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
Bizet, Tchaikovsky: L'Arlésienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Nutcracker (Suite)

CBS MDK-45649

Georg Philipp Telemann: "Quadro" in G minor

Florilegium
Telemann: Chamber Music / Florilegium

Channel Classics CCS-5093

Adolphe Adam: "O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)"

Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse; Martin Ford, o
A Winter's Light

Naxos 8.573030

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in B, Op. 32, No. 1

Maria João Pires, p
Chopin: The Nocturnes

DG 447096-2 (2)

Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes

"Fêtes"

Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
Debussy: Nocturnes • La Damoiselle Élue / Dawn Upshaw, Paula Rasmussen/Esa-Pekka Salonen

Sony SK-58952

Justin Holland: "Carnival of Venice" Fantasy

Christopher Mallett, g
Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

Naxos 8.559924

Elizabeth DiSavino: Suite of English Carols

Solid Brass
Christmas With Solid Brass

Dorian DOR-90114

Engelbert Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel"

Overture

Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
Méditation: Overtures & Intermezzi

EMI CDM7-64629-2

Gabriele Roberto: "Solaria"

Fábio Brum, tr; Seville Royal Sym Orch/Noam Zur
Alchemy

Naxos 8.579119

Jean Sibelius: "King Christian II," Op. 27

Serenade

Iceland Sym Orch/Petri Sakari
Sibelius: Pélleas et Mélisande, King Christian II, Swanwhite

Chandos CHAN-9158

René Clausen: "Prayer"

Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy
Life and Breath: Choral Works by René Clausen

Chandos CHSA-5105

Leroy Anderson: "A Christmas Festival"

Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
A Christmas Festival with Arthur Fiedler

RCA 6428-2-RG

Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in G, R. 80

Michael Schneider, r; Camerata Köln
Antonio Vivaldi , Camerata Köln - chamber music with wind instruments

EMI CDC7-47574-2

Antonio Vivaldi: "Gloria" in D, R. 589

Opening chorus, "Gloria in excelsis Deo"

Atlanta Sym Cho & Orch/Robert Shaw
Gloria / Magnificat

Telarc CD-80194

Jacques Offenbach: "La Belle Hélène"

Overture

Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
Marches and Overtures à la Française

Mercury 434332-2

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, "Scottish"

IV. Finale, "Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso"

Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Järvi
Mendelssohn: Symphonies

Alpha 1004

Traditional Scottish: "Auld Lang Syne"

Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison; Leslie De'Ath, p
And So It Goes

Naxos 8.573861

Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American"

IV. Finale, "Vivace ma non troppo"

Modern Mandolin Quartet
Americana

Sono Luminus DSL-92157

Sergei Prokofiev: "Cinderella," Op. 87

Grand Waltz

Lisa Batiashvili, v; Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Visions of Prokofiev

DG 4798529

Traditional: Medley of Christmas Spirituals

Chanticleer/Joseph Jennings
Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas

Chanticleer CR-8803

James Pierpont: "Jingle Bells"

Imani Winds
This Christmas

Koch KICCD-7748

Camille Saint-Saëns: "Le rouet d'Omphale," Op. 31

Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
Escales - French Orchestral Works

Chandos CHSA-5252

William Boyce: Overture No. 9 in A

Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
Boyce: Overtures 1-9

Chandos CHAN-6531

Edward Elgar: "King Arthur" Suite

#3, The Banqueting Hall at Westminster

Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst
Elgar: Starlight Express & King Arthur Suite

Chandos CHAN-6582

Traditional English: Carol, "Tomorrow shall be my dancing day"

Edison Singers/Noel Edison; Matthew Larkin, o
The First Nowell

Naxos 8.574475

Gustav Holst: "In the Bleak Midwinter"

Edison Singers/Noel Edison
The First Nowell

Naxos 8.574475

Gustav Holst: Suite No. 2 in F, Op. 28, No. 2

Dallas Wind Sym/Howard Dunn
Holst: Hammersmith & Suites

Reference RR-39

Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody in A-Flat, Op. 45, No. 3

Dresden Staatskapelle/Paavo Berglund
Smetana: Ma Vlast; Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso, Slavonic Rhapsody; Grieg: Old Norwegian Romance, Symphonic Dances

EMI CDFB5-68649-2 (2)

George Frideric Handel: "Solomon"

Act 3 Sinfonia, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"

Orpheus Chamber Orch
Adagio • Canon

DG 429390-2

George Frideric Handel: "Messiah"

Chorus, "And the glory of the Lord"

Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Handel: Messiah

Decca 414396-2 (2)

Franz Schubert: Octet in F, D 803

III. Scherzo, "Allegro vivace"

Berlin Philharmonia Ensemble
Schubert: Octet in F major

Denon CO-75671

Hosted by Robbie Ellis.

Ethel Smyth: "The Wreckers"

Overture

Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson
Music of the Four Countries

EMI CDM7-69206-2

Marcel Bitsch: Variations on a theme by Scarlatti

Romain Leleu, cornet; Julien Gernay, p
Folies Parisiennes - Paris, de l'Exposition Universelle aux années 1890

Harmonia Mundi HMM-905381

Michael Praetorius: "Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen"

Netherlands Bach Society Cho/Jos van Veldhoven; Pieter Dirksen, o
Angels & Shepherds - A 17th Century Christmas

Channel Classics CCS-15198

Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in A minor, R. 421

Christophe Coin, vc; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
Vivaldi - Cello Concertos Volume 1

Naïve OP-30426

Leo Sowerby: "From the Northland" (suite for orchestra)

Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
Prairie - Tone Poems By Leo Sowerby

Cedille CDR-90000033

Ludwig van Beethoven: "Rage Over a Lost Penny," Op. 129

Evgeny Kissin, p
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne; Schumann: Kreisleriana; Beethoven: Rondo a Capricco

RCA 68911-2

Antonín Dvořák: "Czech Suite," Op. 39

Bournemouth Sym Orch/José Serebrier
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World", Czech Suite, Slavonic Dances

Warner 66656

Gioachino Rossini: "La Cenerentola"

Overture

European Wind Soloists/Patrick De Ritis
Italian Opera Transcribed for Wind Ensemble

Naxos 8.573259

Maria Szymanowska: Fantasy in F

Katelyn Bouska, p
Women and War and Peace

Yarlung YAR-54460

Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C, D 956

IV. Finale, "Allegretto"

Alban Berg Quartet; Heinrich Schiff, vc
Schubert: Quintet in C

EMI CDC7-47018-2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007

VI. Finale, Gigue

J Lawrie Bloom, bcl
Monologues

Bloom 2006

Traditional: "Ding Dong Merrily on High"

Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2

Northside Brass 885007997566

Traditional: "Good King Wenceslas"

Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2

Northside Brass 885007997566

Traditional Austrian: "Still, still, still"

Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2

Northside Brass 885007997566

Traditional English: "Here We Come A-Wassailing"

Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2

Northside Brass 885007997566

Josef Mysliveček: Violin Concerto in F

Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Ernö Sebestyén, v
Josef Myslivecek, Johann Friedrich Reichardt - Violin Concertos

Koch 3-1614-2

Taki Salameh: "Winter Grass"

Anika Veda, f
Introductions: CYSO Jubilee Woodwind Quintet with Taki Salameh, 18, composer

WFMT

Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 21

Antonio Oyarzábal, p
La Muse Oubliée

IBS Classical IBS-52021

George Frideric Handel: "Joy to the World"

Smoking Bishop
Any Tune for a Tuppence

Final Score 888295197816

John Jacob Niles: "I Wonder As I Wander"

Smoking Bishop
Any Tune for a Tuppence

Final Score 888295197816

Malcolm Ruhl: "Home for Christmas"

Smoking Bishop
Any Tune for a Tuppence

Final Score 888295197816

Richard Wagner: "Lohengrin"

Prelude to Act 1

Cleveland Orch/Franz Welser-Möst
Wagner: Preludes & Overtures, Wesendonck-Lieder

DG 4778773

Frédéric Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

Marc-André Hamelin, p
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos 2 & 3

Hyperion CDA-67706

Felix Mendelssohn: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"

Sutherland, s; Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orch/Bonynge
The Joy of Christmas

Decca 421095-2

Traditional: Carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High"

Sutherland, s; Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orch/Bonynge
The Joy of Christmas

Decca 421095-2

Dmitri Shostakovich: "Moscow, Cheryomushki," Op. 105

"A Spin Through Moscow; Polka; Galop"

Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Shostakovich: The Dance Album

Decca 452597-2

Florence Price: "Deserted Garden"

Laura Metcalf, vc; Rupert Boyd, g
Songs of Love and Despair

Sono Luminus DSL-92255

Lennon-McCartney: "Blackbird"

Laura Metcalf, vc; Rupert Boyd, g
Songs of Love and Despair

Sono Luminus DSL-92255

William Byrd: "Walsingham"

Daniel-Ben Pienaar, p
The Long 17th Century

Avie AV-2415

Christopher Rouse: "Karolju"

Philharmonia Chorus, BBC Sym Orch/David Zinman
Karolju: Christmas Music

RCA 11561-2

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleeves"

New York Phil Strings/Leonard Bernstein
Nocturne

Sony MLK-62617

Franz Joseph Haydn: London Trio No. 3 in G, H IV:3

Bernard Goldberg & Jeffrey Khaner, f's; Loren Mallory Hampton, vc
Haydn: London Trios & Flute Quartets Op. 5 Nos. 4 & 6

Price-Less D-1077-X

Adolphe Adam: "Giselle"

Act 1: "La Chasse (The Hunt)"

Royal Opera House Orch/Richard Bonynge
Adam: Giselle - Ballet

Decca 417505-2 (2)

Carl Stamitz: Viola Concerto in D, Op. 1

Michael Strauss, vi; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
Music by Johann & Carl Stamitz

Centaur CRC-2860

Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

Eugenia Zukerman, f; Shanghai Quartet; Anthony Newman, hc
Music For A Sunday Morning

Delos DE-3173

Joan Manén: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. A-7, "Concierto español"

I. Allegretto ben moderato

Mark Kaplan, v, Barcelona Sym Orch/Lawrence Foster
Lalo: Symphony Espagnole/ Manen: Concierto Espagnol

Koch 3-7531-2

Traditional English: Carol, "Angelus ad virgenem"

Boston Camerata/Anne Azéma
Hodie Christus Natus Est

Harmonia Mundi HMM-905339

Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

Rachel Barton Pine, v; Russian National Orch/José Serebrier
Glazunov: Complete Concertos

Warner 67946 (2)

John Taverner: "Magnificat a 5"

Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
John Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas and Magnificats

Gimell CDGIM-045

Samuel Barber: "The School for Scandal" Overture, Op. 5

Baltimore Sym Orch/David Zinman
Barber: Adagio, Symphony No. 1, The School for Scandal, Essays

Argo 436288-2

Richard Strauss: "Capriccio," Op. 85

Prelude for String Sextet

Berlin Deutsche Oper Orch Strings/Christian Thielemann
Pfitzner; Strauss

DG 449571-2

Pierre van Maldere: Symphony in G minor, Op. 4, No. 1

European Community Chamber Orch/Jörg Faerber
The Symphony in Europe, 1785

Hyperion CDA-66156

Joanna Marsh: "In Winter's House"

Tenebrae/Nigel Short
In Winter's House: Christmas with Tenebrae

Signum SIGCD-690

Elizabeth DiSavino: Suite of French Carols

Solid Brass
Christmas With Solid Brass

Dorian DOR-90114

Anonymous 16th-century Italian: Improvisations on "Passa e mezzo"

Renaissonics
Dance!

Titanic TI-232

Georges Bizet: Symphony in C

Chicago Sym Orch/Jean Martinon
Jean Martinon- The Complete CSO Recordings

Sony Classical 88843062752

Richard Wagner: "Siegfried Idyll"

Chicago Chamber Musicians
The Chicago Chamber Musicians: Highlights from 10 Years

Chicago Chamber Musicians 10/2

Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"

Three Dance Episodes

Israel Phil Orch/Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein: Divertimento, A Musical Toast, Slava!, Facsimile, On The Town

DG 427042-2

Lars-Erik Larsson: "Little Serenade" for Strings, Op. 12

Stockholm Sinfonietta/Esa-Pekka Salonen
A Swedish Serenade

BIS CD-285

William Dawson: "Negro Folk Symphony"

I. "The Bond of Africa"

Philadelphia Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Price: Symphony No. 4; Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

DG 4865137

Anonymous 16th-century Spanish: Villancico, "Ríu, ríu, chíu"

Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter
Christmas Day In The Morning

Collegium COLCD-121

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, "Pastoral"

Annie Fischer, p
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol. 6

Hungaroton HCD-31631

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 27 in G, K. 199/161b

Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

Germaine Tailleferre: Piano Trio (1916-17, rev. 1978)

Neave Trio
A Room of Her Own

Chandos CHAN-20238

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat, Op. 60

Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven: The Symphonies

Decca 4759090 (6)

Amy Beach: Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60

Virginia Eskin, p
Amy Beach - Music for piano

Northeastern NR-223-CD

Traditional: "Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)"

Pittsburgh Sym Brass
The Spirit of Christmas

Four Winds FW-3022

Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61

Itzhak Perlman, v; Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim
Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romances

EMI CDC7-49567-2

Francesco Manfredini: Concerto grosso in C, Op. 3, No. 12, "Christmas Concerto"

I Musici
Christmas Concertos

Philips 412739-2