Playlist: Dec/15/11
- 10:43 PM
Victor Herbert — Babes in Toyland (selections)
Conductor: Keith Brion
Ensemble: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
Naxos, 8559025 - 10:24 PM
Leopold Mozart — Cassation: “Toy Symphony”
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in Fields
Philips, 416386 - 10:08 PM
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Capriccio Espagnol
Opus: 34
Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin
Ensemble: RCA Symphony Orchestra
RCA/BMG, 63302 - 9:45 PM
Ralph Vaughan Williams — String Quartet No. 2
Key: a
Ensemble: The Maggini Quartet
Naxos, 8555300 - 9:39 PM
Adolph Adam — O Holy Night
Conductor: Kurt Herbert Adler
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orch.
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
London, 414044 - 9:19 PM
George Gershwin — An American in Paris
Conductor: Wayne Marshall
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony
Virgin, 61247 - 9:13 PM
Frederic Chopin — Nocturne No. 2
Key: E-Flat
Opus: 9
Conductor: James Judd
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
London, 2334 - 8:36 PM
Camille Saint-Saens — Christmas Oratorio
Opus: 12
Conductor: Martin Flamig
Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic
and Chorus
And various soloists
Capriccio, 10216 - 8:09 PM
William Henry Fry — Santa Claus, Christmas Symphony
Conductor: Tony Rowe
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orches
Naxos, 8559057 - 7:59 PM
Antonin Dvorak — Carnival: Overture
Key: A
Opus: 92
Conductor: George Szell
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
CBS/Sony, 63151 - 7:16 PM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 1
Key: g
Opus: 13
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in Fields
Capriccio, 10355 - 7:03 PM
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Conductor: Matthew Best
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Corydon Singers
Thomas Allen, baritone
Hyperion, 66420 - 6:49 PM
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — The Snow Maiden: Suite
Conductor: Michail Jurowsky
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orch.
Capriccio, 10775 - 6:30 PM
Franz Joseph Haydn — Piano Sonata No. 29
Key: E-Flat
Emanuel Ax, piano
CBS/Sony, 89363 - 6:08 PM
Hector Berlioz — Beatrice and Benedict: Entr’acte
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
CBS/Sony, 64103 - 6:00 PM
Hector Berlioz — Beatrice and Benedict: Overture
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic
CBS/Sony, 64103 - 5:45 PM
Francesco Manfredini — Concerto Grosso No. 12
Key: C
Opus: 3
Ensemble: Collegium Aureum
RCA/BMG, 77048 - 5:30 PM
Cesar Cui — Suite Miniature
Opus: 20
Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn
Ensemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orch.
M Polo/HK, 8220308 - 5:21 PM
Traditional — I Wonder As I Wander
Ensemble: Chanticleer
Chanticler, 8803 - 5:18 PM
Traditional — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Ensemble: Chanticleer
Chanticler, 8803 - 5:15 PM
Traditional — He is born, the divine Christ Child
Ensemble: Chanticleer
Chanticler, 8803 - 5:13 PM
Traditional — Riu, riu, chiu
Ensemble: Chanticleer
Chanticler, 8803 - 5:00 PM
Johann Strauss II — Roses from the South
Opus: 388
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
London, 12569 - 4:48 PM
Franz Biebl — Ave Maria
Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society
BCAS, 110988 - 4:45 PM
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Ave Maria
Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society
BCAS, 110988 - 4:30 PM
Bedrich Smetana — Ma Vlast: Vltava (“The Moldau”)
Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
London, 430212 - 4:10 PM
Franz Danzi — Wind Quintet
Key: G
Opus: 67
Ensemble: Micheal Thompson Wind Ensemble
Naxos, 8553570 - 4:00 PM
Hector Berlioz — Sanctus (from the Requiem)
Conductor: Kurt Herbert Adler
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orch.
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Wandsworth Boys Choir
London Voices
London, 414044 - 3:48 PM
Franz Schubert — 16 German Dances
Opus: 33
Imogen Cooper, piano
Avie, 2157 - 3:29 PM
Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 65
Key: A
Conductor: Antal Dorati
Ensemble: Philharmonia Hungarica
London, 425922 - 3:18 PM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Maid of Orleans: Dances
Conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov
Ensemble: USSR State Sym. Orch.
Melodiya, 1000412 - 3:13 PM
Traditional — Three German Carols
Ensemble: Solid Brass
Dorian, 90114 - 3:05 PM
Traditional — A Suite of English Carols
Ensemble: Solid Brass
Dorian, 90114 - 3:00 PM
Traditional — Three French Carols
Ensemble: Solid Brass
Dorian, 90114 - 2:24 PM
Antonin Dvorak — Piano Quartet No. 1
Key: D
Opus: 23
Ensemble: Ames Piano Quartet
Dorian, 90125 - 2:03 PM
Emile Waldteufel — Christmas Roses Waltz
Opus: 230
Conductor: Michel Swierczewski
Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Orch.
Nimbus, 5264 - 1:31 PM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 29
Key: A
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Ensemble: Orchestra Mozart
DG/Archiv, 4777598 - 1:25 PM
Giovanni Gabrieli — Jubilate Deo
Conductor: Andrew Parrot
Ensemble: Taverner Players
Angel/EMI, 54265 - 12:49 PM
Johannes Brahms — Double Concerto for Violin,Cello & Orch.
Key: a
Opus: 102
Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
Ensemble: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
Renaud Capucon, violin
Gautier Capucon, cello
Virgin, 395147 - 12:45 PM
Traditional — Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella
Conductor: Sir David Willcocks
Ensemble: Royal College of Music
Ryko, 10004 - 12:44 PM
Traditional — Boar’s Head Carol
Conductor: Sir David Willcocks
Ensemble: Royal College of Music
Ryko, 10004 - 12:43 PM
Traditional — Good Christian Men Rejoice
Conductor: Sir David Willcocks
Ensemble: Royal College of Music
Ryko, 10004 - 12:27 PM
Irving Fine — Partita for Wind Quintet
Ensemble: New York Woodwind Quintet
Nonesuch, 79175 - 12:12 PM
Frederic Chopin — Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise
Opus: 22
Conductor: Kazimierz Kord
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Arabesque, 6702 - 12:06 PM
Grant McLachlan — Come Colours Rise
Conductor: Tom Hall
Ensemble: Baltimore Choral Arts Society
Gothic Rec, 49277 - 11:47 AM
Franz Joseph Haydn — Concerto for Two Horns
Key: E-Flat
Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Michael Thompson, horn
Richard Watkins, horn
Nimbus, 5018 - 11:35 AM
Jean Sibelius — The Oceanides
Opus: 73
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
RCA/BMG, 68770 - 11:16 AM
Ed Henderson — Milagros de Navidad
Conductor: Jon Washburn
Ensemble: Phoenix Bach Choir
Soundset, 1005 - 10:46 AM
Georges Bizet — Symphony No.1
Key: C
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Ensemble: Orch du Capitole de Toulouse
Angel/EMI, 9414 - 10:42 AM
Traditional — My Dancing Day
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Telarc, 80377 - 10:41 AM
Traditional — I Saw Three Ships
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Telarc, 80377 - 10:17 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 15
Key: D
Opus: 28
John O’Conor, piano
Telarc, 80185 - 10:05 AM
Georg Phillip Telemann — Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Key: B-Flat
Ensemble: Concerto Koln
Peter Westermann, oboe
Mary Utiger,violin
Karl Kaiser,flute
Michael Schneider, flute/picc.
RCA/BMG, 77367 - 10:00 AM
Traditional — The Little Drummer Boy
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Ensemble: The Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia Chorus
RCA/BMG, 6430 - 9:43 AM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Capriccio Italien
Key: A
Opus: 45
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Seraphim, 69104 - 9:15 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach — Magnificat
Key: D
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Penelope Jensen, soprano
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-sopran
David Gordon, tenor
Telarc, 80194 - 9:00 AM
Frederic Chopin — Allegro de concert
Key: A
Opus: 46
Valerie Tryon,piano
APR, 7301 - 8:51 AM
Eduard Strauss — Greeting Valse, on English Air
Conductor: John Georgiadis
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Chandos, 8739 - 8:41 AM
Silvius Leopold Weiss — Prelude Fantasia and Fugue
Key: C
Nigel North, Lute/Guitar
Linn, 6 - 8:30 AM
Otto Nicolai — Christmas Overture
Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony
and Chorus
Virgin, 91079 - 8:14 AM
Amilcare Ponchielli — La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Conductor: Rudolph Kempe
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Testament, 1127 - 8:07 AM
Willard A. Palmer — Sonatina on Three Christmas Carols
Henry Doktorski,accordion
SoliDeoGlo, 1 - 8:00 AM
Edward German — Merrie England
Conductor: Adrian Leaper
Ensemble: Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava
M Polo/HK, 223419 - 7:46 AM
Archangelo Corelli — Trio Sonata
Key: b
Opus: 2
Ensemble: London Baroque
Harm Mundi, 901342 - 7:41 AM
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Christmas Eve: Holy Night
Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian
Ensemble: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestr
ASV, 6106 - 7:30 AM
Franz Liszt — Soirees de Vienne: Valse-Caprice No.6
Key: a
Leonid Kuzmin,piano
Russian di, 10024 - 7:17 AM
Giuseppe Martucci — Minuetto
Opus: 57
Conductor: Francesco d’Avalos
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
ASV, 691 - 7:14 AM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah – For unto us a child is born
Conductor: Martin Pearlman
Ensemble: Boston Baroque(Banchetto Mus.)
Telarc, 80348 - 7:11 AM
George Frederich Handel — Messiah: Every Valley
Conductor: Martin Pearlman
Ensemble: Boston Baroque(Banchetto Mus.)
Bruce Fowler,tenor
Telarc, 80348 - 7:00 AM
Felix Mendelssohn — Hebrides Overture
Key: b
Opus: 26
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
Angel/EMI, 68128 - 6:48 AM
Alexander Glazunov — Grand Waltz from Raymonda
Conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov
Ensemble: USSR Symphony Orchestra
Melodiya, 1000179 - 6:41 AM
Johann Ludwig Bach — To Us a Child is Born
Conductor: Hermann Max
Ensemble: Rheinische Kantorei
Capriccio, 10560 - 6:30 AM
Franz Liszt — Fantasy on Beethoven’s Ruins of Athens
Conductor: George Pehlivanian
Ensemble: Resident Orchestra the Hague
Louis Lortie, piano
Chandos, 9801 - 6:14 AM
Carl Millocker — Gasparone
Conductor: Janos Sandor
Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orch.
LaserLight, 15045 - 6:08 AM
Niels Wilhelm Gade — Children’s Christmas
Opus: 36
Anker Blyme, piano
M Polo/HK, 9117 - 6:00 AM
Franz von Suppe — Fatinitza Overture
Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
RCA/BMG, 5479 - 5:38 AM
Karl Ditters Von Dittersdorf — Harp Concerto
Key: A
Conductor: Paul Kuentz
Ensemble: Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra
Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
DG/Archiv, 439693 - 5:24 AM
Richard Addinsell — A Christmas Carol suite
Conductor: David Newman
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Telarc, 88801 - 5:00 AM
Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No.100
Key: G
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Telarc, 80282 - 12:57 AM
Traditional — While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks
Conductor: Gregg Smith
Ensemble: Gregg Smith Singers
Vox/MMG, 7165
