Classical Music Playlist

Programming Highlights

Friday, December 21, 2012

11 - Midnight

11:32

Richard Strauss - Oboe Concerto Edo de Waart, conductor New Philharmonia Orchestra Heinz Holliger, oboe Philips 438733 Buy

11:21

Traditional - In Dulci Jubilo; Gabriel's Message; Wexford Carol Musica Intima Atma 2577 Buy

11:16

Eugene Ysaye - Childhood Dream (Reve d'enfant) Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor Bienne Symphony Orchestra Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin Warner 67181 Buy

11:06

Bassano; Sweelinck; Traditional - Christmas Medley John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Monteverdi Choir Philips 462050 Buy

11:01

Robert MacGimsey - Sweet Little Jesus Boy Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano Kevin Murphy, piano Koch 7580 Buy

10 - 11 PM

10:50

J.S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67303 Buy

10:37

Virgil Thomson - Three Scenes from the Holy Infancy Gloria Dei Cantores Paraclete 10 Buy

10:15

Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto Serenata Enrique Batiz, conductor London Symphony Nancy Allen, harp EMI 67435 Buy

10:09

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Sussex Mummers' Carol Eaken Piano Trio Naxos 554099 Buy

9 - 10 PM

9:00	Minnesota Orchestra

8 - 9 PM

8:01	George Frideric Handel - Messiah Nicholas Kraemer, conductor Minnesota Orchestra; Minnesota Chorale MPR Recording  Buy

8:00	Minnesota Orchestra

7 - 8 PM

7:48	George Frideric Handel - Keyboard Suite No. 14 in G Sviatoslav Richter, piano EMI 69340 Buy

7:15	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Quintet Members of the Orchestra of the 18th century Eric Hoeprich, basset clarinet Philips 420 242 Buy

7:11	Traditional French - Noel nouvelet Cantus Cantus 1211 Buy

6 - 7 PM

6:44	Benjamin Britten - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge William Boughton, conductor English Chamber Orchestra Nimbus 7017 Buy

6:17	Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata No. 140: Sleepers Awake Joshua Rifkin, conductor The Bach Ensemble Julianne Baird, soprano Jan Opalach, bass-baritone Oiseau-Lyre 417616 Buy

6:14	The Writer's Almanac

6:07	Anon - Ave Maria Anonymous 4 Harmonia Mundi 907099 Buy

5 - 6 PM

5:50	Frederic Chopin - Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Idil Biret, piano Naxos 550361 Buy

5:45	Adolphe Adam - O Holy Night Rene Clausen, conductor Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota Concordia 2502 Buy

5:40	Adolph Deutsch - The Apartment: Main Theme Arthur Fiedler, conductor Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 60393 Buy

5:34	Michael Praetorius - Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming Gary Graden, conductor St. Jacob's Choir Bis 5031 Buy

5:29	Michael Praetorius - Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming Joel Cohen, conductor The Boston Camerata Nonesuch 79134 Buy

5:25	Claude Goudimel - Esprits divins Joel Cohen, conductor The Boston Camerata Nonesuch 79134 Buy

5:14	New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher

5:05	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 2 Pinchas Zukerman, conductor Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Hermann Baumann, horn Philips 412737 Buy

4 - 5 PM

4:59	F. Melius Christiansen - Lullaby on Christmas Eve St. Olaf Choir Saint Olaf 3404 Buy

4:52	Jean-Philippe Rameau - Les Indes Galantes: Danse du Calumet de la Paix et duo Zima-Adario "Forets paisibles" Emmanuelle Haim, conductor Le Concert d'Astree Natalie Dessay, soprano Stephane Degout, baritone Virgin 30799 Buy

4:48	Henry Purcell - With rapture of delight... Hail bright Cecilia Robert King, conductor The King's Consort Hyperion 2 Buy

4:46	Daniel Pinkham - Christmas Cantata: 3rd movement Donald Teeters, conductor Boston Cecilia James David Christie, organ Koch 7180 Buy

4:37	Peter Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers Seiji Ozawa, conductor Boston Symphony Orchestra DG 445900 Buy

4:28	Cesar Franck - Piece Heroique Nicholas Danby, organ Virgin 91193 Buy

4:20	Johann Sebastian Bach - Zion Hears the Watchmen's Voices / Wachet auf Martin Neary, conductor National Philharmonic Orchestra, Westminster Abbey Choir Michala Petri, recorder RCA 60060 Buy

4:16	Traditional - Hush, Little Jesus Stefan Stuligrosz, conductor Poznan Nightingales Polskie Nagrania 268 Buy

4:05	Leroy Anderson - A Christmas Festival Arthur Fiedler, conductor Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 61685 Buy

4:02	Sister Patsy Williamson - Pretty Home Rose Ensemble Rose 9 Buy

4:00	Friday Favorites

3 - 4 PM

3:47	Johann Sebastian Bach - Italian Concerto Andras Schiff, piano London/Decca 433313 Buy

3:40	Erich Korngold - Die tote Stadt: Marietta's Song Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Bengt Forsberg, piano Ulf Forsberg, violin Kjell Lysell, violin Nils-Erik Sparf, viola Mats Lidstrom, cello London/Decca 17685 Buy

3:35	David Conte - A Stable Lamp is Lighted Sigrid Johnson, conductor Manitou Singers Saint Olaf 3288 Buy

3:32	Paul Manz - E'en so, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come Larry L. Fleming, conductor National Lutheran Choir National Lutheran 62 Buy

3:29	Franz Gruber - Silent Night Andrew Parrott, conductor Taverner Consort, Choir & Players EMI 49809 Buy

3:05	Benjamin Britten - Ceremony of Carols Harry Christophers, conductor The Sixteen Sioned Williams, harp Collins 1370 Buy

3:00	Traditional - The Little Drummer Boy's Bolero Ron Hufstader, conductor University of Texas at El Paso Symphonic Winds Mark 9417 Buy

3:00	Friday Favorites

2 - 3 PM

2:00	Performance Today

1 - 2 PM

1:00	Performance Today

Noon - 1 PM

12:50

Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Noels sur les instruments Trevor Pinnock, conductor The English Consort Archiv 5271 Buy

12:26

Benjamin Britten - A Ceremony of Carols Etherea Vocal Ensemble Grace Cloutier, harp Delos 3422 Buy

12:21

Erich Korngold - The Snowman Skitch Henderson, conductor The New York Pops EMI 54891 Buy

12:06

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 9 Murray Perahia, piano Sony 32646 Buy

12:02

Howard Blake - The Snowman: Walking in the Air Copper Street Brass Quintet SELF PROD 322 Buy

10 - 11 AM

10:56

Leroy Anderson; arr: Julie Spangler - Sleigh Ride John Morris Russell, conductor Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Julie Spangler, piano Fanfare Cincinatti  1 (NEW) Buy

10:54

Johann Sebastian Bach; arr: Charles Gounod - Ave Maria John Morris Russell, conductor Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Fanfare Cincinnati 1 (NEW) Buy

10:48

Steven Amundson - Angel's Dance John Morris Russell, conductor Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Fanfare Cincinnati 1 (NEW) Buy

10:43

Claude Debussy: arr: Fabrice Pierre - Dance Brodsky Quartet Sioned Williams, harp Chris Laurence, bass Chandos 10717 Buy

10:29

American - Give Good Gifts; The Babe of Bethlehem; Star in the East; Christ the Apple-tree Jordan Sramek, conductor The Rose Ensemble Rose 9 Buy

10:20

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto "Il Riposo" Giovanni Antonini, conductor Il Giardina Armonico Teldec 46013 Buy

10:16

Gabriel Faure - Pavane Viviana Guzman, flute Jeremy Jouve, guitar Reference 128 Buy

10:09

Traditional: Matthew Culloton - In dulci Jubilo; We Three Kings Matthew Culloton, conductor The Singers Basil Reeve, oboe Singers 3458 (NEW) Buy

10:06

Traditional English; Dale Grotenhuis - Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day Matthew Culloton, conductor The Singers Singers 3458 (NEW) Buy

10:00

Improvisation - Improvisation on Christmas Themes Hiram Titus, piano MPR 20111 Buy

9 - 10 AM

9:51	Ludwig van Beethoven - Adagio for mandolin Peter Ostrouchko, mandolin et al Red House 253 Buy

9:47	Traditional - O Holy Night Craig Jessop, conductor Mormon Tabernacle Choir Mormon Tabernacle 5007325 Buy

9:37	Rene Clausen - Psalm 23 Rene Clausen, conductor Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota Concordia 2937 Buy

9:34	Traditional - What Child is This Tecwyn Evans, conductor Welsh National Opera Orchestra Bryn Terfel, bass Catrin Finch, harp DG 14914 Buy

9:32	Gustav Holst - In the Bleak Midwinter Eva Beneke, g et al GSI 98010 Buy

9:21	Franz Liszt - Forest Murmers; Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" William Wolfram, piano Naxos 557014 Buy

9:16	Gustaf Nordqvist - Jul, Jul, Stralande Jul Magnum Chorum MPR 20111 Buy

9:01	Hugo Alfven - Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 Okko Kamu, conductor Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra Naxos 553115 Buy

8 - 9 AM

8:56	Abbie Betinis - The Mirthful Heart MPR Carolers MPR Recording  Buy

8:48	Bates Burt - Let’s Have a Merry Song Tonight; While All the Earth Was Dark and Dreary MPR Carolers MPR Recording  Buy

8:43	Anthology - The Christmas Revels The Christmas Revels Revels 1078 Buy

8:32	Aaron Copland - Outdoor Overture Gerard Schwarz, conductor Seattle Symphony Delos 3140 Buy

8:26	George Frederic Handel - Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus Eva Beneke, g et al GSI 98010 Buy

8:21	Anthology - The Christmas Revels The Christmas Revels Revels 1078 Buy

8:15	Composers Datebook

8:10	Steven Amundson - Angel's Dance John Morris Russell, conductor Cincinnati Pops Fanfare Cincinnati 1 Buy

8:05	Gioacchino Rossini - The Barber of Seville: Largo al factotum James Levine, conductor London Symphony Orchestra Sherril Milnes, bar EMI 66040 Buy

7 - 8 AM

7:57	Traditional - O Christmas Tree Music box from ca. 1900 RadioNederland 96 Buy

7:50	Anthology - The Christmas Revels The Christmas Revels Revels 1078 Buy

7:34	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna" Herbert von Karajan, conductor Berlin Philharmonic DG 423375 Buy

7:31	Traditional - Ding Dong Merrily on High London Brass Teldec 46443 Buy

7:21	Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 101 "The Clock": 2nd movement Frans Bruggen, conductor Orchestra of the 18th Century Philips 422240 Buy

7:16	Anthology - The Christmas Revels The Christmas Revels Revels 1078 Buy

7:09	Traditional - God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Oystein Baadsvik, tuba Bis 1885 Buy

7:06	Traditional - Jingle Bells Artaria Quartet Aequebis 2003 Buy

7:04	George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea: Happy We Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80333 Buy

6 - 7 AM

6:55	George Frideric Handel - Messiah: Lift up your heads Martin Pearlman, conductor Boston Baroque Telarc 80348 Buy

6:52	Anthology - The Christmas Revels The Christmas Revels Revels 1078 Buy

6:34	Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Neville Marriner, conductor Academy of St Martin in the Fields EMI 69877 Buy

6:31	Rene Clausen - Make We Joye Now in this Fest David Dickau, conductor Choral Arts Ensemble MPR 20122 Buy

6:26	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Little Trifles (Les Petits Riens): Overture Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor Norwegian National Opera Orchestra Naive 30479 Buy

6:22	Anthology - The Christmas Revels The Christmas Revels Revels 1078 Buy

6:15	The Writer's Almanac

6:09	Traditional - Christmas Music Rene Clausen, conductor Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota Concordia 2282 Buy

6:04	Traditional - Away in a Manger Peter Breiner, conductor Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Naxos 550670 Buy

5 - 6 AM

5:48	Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso No. 3 Trevor Pinnock, conductor English Concert Archiv 423626 Buy

5:42	Clare Maclean - Susannine Philip Barnes, conductor Saint Louis Chamber Chorus Regent 373 Buy

5:27	Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concerto No. 1 Academy of St Martin in the Fields Julia Fischer, violin London/Decca 12490 Buy

5:14	Tavener; Rutter - Christmas Medley Brian Jones, conductor Trinity Choir Dorian 93240 Buy

5:06	Traditional - Suite of English Carols Solid Brass Dorian 90008 Buy

5:01	Arturo Marquez - Danzon No. 5 "Windows to the Dawn" Caracas Clarinet Quartet Cacao Musica 8 Buy

4 - 5 AM

4:37	Claude Debussy - Suite Bergamasque Garrick Ohlsson, piano Arabesque 6601 Buy

4:21	Marc-Antoine Charpentier - 17th Century Noels Bernard Labadie, conductor The King's Violins Dorian 90180 Buy

4:16	Rosephanye Powell - Christmas Give: Christmas Memories Tom Hall, conductor Baltimore Choral Arts Society Gothic 49277 Buy

4:06	Ottorino Respighi - Adoration of the Magi Keith Lockhart, conductor Boston Pops Orchestra Boston Pops 2 Buy

4:01	Peter Tchaikovsky - Suite No. 1: Gavotte Stefan Sanderling, conductor National Symphony of Ireland Naxos 550644 Buy

3 - 4 AM

3:35	Aaron Copland - Red Pony Suite Andrew Litton, conductor Dallas Symphony Orchestra Delos 3221 Buy

3:30	John Rutter - What Sweeter Music John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers Collegium  111 Buy

3:11	Edward Elgar - Cockaigne Overture David Zinman, conductor Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80192 Buy

3:06	Samuel Holyoke - How Beauteous Are Their Feet Columbus Consort Channel Classics 5693 Buy

3:01	Pierre Attaingnant - Bransle gay Hopkinson Smith, lute Astree 8854 Buy

2 - 3 AM

2:36	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade No. 12 Netherlands Wind Ensemble Philips 472678 Buy

2:36	George Chadwick - Noel Raymond Leppard, conductor Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra London/Decca 458157 Buy

2:18	Traditional - While by my sheep; Adeste fideles; Come, little children Peter Marschik, conductor Vienna Boys Choir Capriccio 5160 Buy

2:06	Fritz Kreisler - Violin Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Gil Shaham, violin DG 439933 Buy

2:01	John Rutter - Dormi Jesu (Sleep, Jesus) Stephen Layton, conductor Polyphony Hyperion 67245 Buy

1 - 2 AM

1:59	Francesco Manfredini - Concerto No. 12 "Christmas Concerto" Herbert von Karajan, conductor Berlin Philharmonic DG 419046 Buy

1:27	Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 88 Simon Rattle, conductor Berlin Philharmonic EMI 94237 Buy

1:27	Traditional - Three Carols Paul Hillier, conductor Pro Arte Singers Harmonia Mundi 907233 Buy

1:06	Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1 "Titan": 3rd movement Marin Alsop, conductor Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Naxos 572207 Buy

1:01	Traditional - The Twelve Days of Christmas Robert DeCormier, conductor Robert DeCormier Singers Arabesque 6525 Buy

Midnight - 1 AM

12:51

George Frideric Handel - Messiah: There were shepherds Andrew Davis, conductor Toronto Symphony Orchestra Kathleen Battle, soprano Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano EMI 49027 Buy

12:21

Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 5 Charles Mackerras, conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Virgin 59273 Buy

12:20

Phillip Rhodes - Love Song Veblen String Quartet Centaur 2597 Buy

12:06

Christmas Music - Sinfonia; Once in Royal David's City Neville Marriner, conductor Academy of St Martin in the Fields Philips 442141 Buy

12:01

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Hungarian Dance Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin EMI 57025 Buy