Classical Music Playlist

Programming Highlights

Saturday, December 22, 2012

11 - Midnight

11:38

Rihards Dubra - Our Lord's Nativity Andres Jansons, conductor New York Latvian Concert Choir Viesturs Jansons, tenor Albany 1040 Buy

11:35

Percy Grainger - The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol Jeffrey Biegel, piano Steinway & Sons 30005 Buy

11:15

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Flute Quartet No. 3 Michala Petri, recorder OUR Recordings 220570 Buy

11:06

Traditional - O Jesulein suss; Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier; Silent Night Ensemble Amarcord Apollon 10101 Buy

11:01

Pablo Casals - El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds) Antonio Pappano, conductor Saint Cecilia Orchestra Han-Na Chang, cello EMI 82390 Buy

10 - 11 PM

10:35

Frank Bridge - The Sea JoAnn Falletta, conductor Long Beach Symphony Orchestra Albany 364 Buy

10:32

John Jacob Niles - The Kentucky Wassail Song Paul Hillier, conductor Pro Arte Singers Harmonia Mundi 3957233 Buy

10:15

George Frideric Handel - Concerto Grosso No. 6 I Musici Philips 422370 Buy

10:10

Howard Blake - The Snowman: Walking in the Air Erich Kunzel, conductor Cincinnati Pops Stephen Van Dyck, treble Telarc 80226 Buy

10:06

Jan Sweelinck - Hodie Christus Natus Est Cecilia Rydinger Alin, conductor Orphei Drangar Bis 1833 Buy

10:01

Arcangelo Corelli - Sonata for Strings No. 1 Purcell Quartet Chandos 532 Buy

9 - 10 PM

9:47	Francis Poulenc - Four Christmas Motets Harry Christophers, conductor The Sixteen Virgin 91075 Buy

9:22	Joaquin Rodrigo - Aranjuez Concerto Neville Marriner, conductor Academy of St Martin in the Fields Pepe Romero, guitar Philips 411440 Buy

9:10	John Stanley - Concerto Grosso No. 1 Simon Standage, conductor Collegium Musicum 90 Chandos 638 Buy

9:06	Tomas Luis de Victoria - O magnum mysterium John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers Collegium 111 Buy

9:01	Ludwig van Beethoven - Two Landler Vera Beths, violin Channel Classics 1491 Buy

8 - 9 PM

8:49	Traditional - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Silver Bells; The Christmas Song Canadian Brass Eric Robertson, organ Opening Day 7345 Buy

8:36	Richard Wagner - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey Riccardo Chailly, conductor Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra London/Decca 448155 Buy

8:33	Alfred Burt - Caroling, Caroling Daniel Hughes, conductor The Choral Project Clarion 941 Buy

8:06	Antonin Dvorak - String Quartet No. 12 "American" Emerson String Quartet European Broadcasting Union Recording Buy

8:01	Mark O'Connor - One Winter's Night Mark O'Connor, violin Chris Thile, fiddle Bryan Sutton, guitar OMAC 16 Buy

7 - 8 PM

7:38	Aaron Copland - Tender Land: Suite Aaron Copland, conductor Boston Symphony Orchestra RCA 6802 Buy

7:21	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 1 Murray Perahia, conductor English Chamber Orchestra Murray Perahia, piano Sony 412 Buy

7:11	Antonio Vivaldi - Christmas Concerto Angele Dubeau, conductor La Pieta Analekta 8730 Buy

7:06	Traditional - Awake, and join the cheerful choir Anonymous 4 Andrew Lawrence-King, harp Harmonia Mundi 907325 Buy

7:01	Johann Strauss, Jr. - Invitation to the Polka Alfred Walter, conductor Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Marco Polo 223218 Buy

6 - 7 PM

6:00	A Prairie Home Companion

5 - 6 PM

5:00	A Prairie Home Companion

4 - 5 PM

4:00	A Chanticleer Christmas

3 - 4 PM

3:55	Igor Stravinsky - Berceuse from The Firebird Empire Brass Telarc 80305 Buy

3:53	Anon - Salve mater misericordie Anonymous 4 Harmonia Mundi 807453 Buy

3:51	Anon - The Shepherd's Star Anonymous 4 Harmonia Mundi 807453 Buy

3:42	Franz Berwald - Play of the Elves Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Brilliant 93699 Buy

3:21	Stephen Chatman - Carols of the Nativity Bruce Pullan, conductor University of British Columbia Singers Kathleen Allen, soprano Richard Petroski, baritone Michelle Baynton, soprano Centrediscs 15509 Buy

3:10	Marcel Samuel-Rousseau - Pastoral Variations on an Old Noel Rita Costanzi, harp Skylark 9400 Buy

3:04	Traditional - There is No Rose of Such Virtue Chanticleer Chanticleer 8803 Buy

2 - 3 PM

2:49	Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for Oboe and Violin Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Hilary Hahn, violin Allan Vogel, oboe DG 986 Buy

2:25	Victor Hely-Hutchinson - A Carol Symphony Barry Rose, conductor Pro Arte Orchestra EMI 64131 Buy

2:15	Gioacchino Rossini - Prelude Petulant Rococo Stefan Irmer, piano Dabringhauss 6181353 Buy

Noon - 1 PM

12:00

Gioacchino Rossini - Live from The Met Opera: The Barber of Seville Buy

11 - Noon

11:24

Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 2 Otmar Suitner, conductor Staatskapelle Berlin Denon 7905 Buy

11:15

Gardner - Christmas Medley Brian Jones, conductor Trinity Choir Dorian 93240 Buy

11:11

Nicola Matteis - Ground upon a Scotch Humour Ensemble Galilei Dorian 92153 Buy

11:07

Peter Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: Pas de deux Simon Rattle, conductor Berlin Philharmonic EMI 46385 Buy

11:01

Joan Trimble - The Green Bough Bruce Posner, piano Donald Garvelmann, piano Koch 7287 Buy

10 - 11 AM

10:26

Dimitri Tiomkin - It's A Wonderful Life: Suite David Newman, conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Telarc 88801 Buy

10:20

John Fox - Carol Fantasia Gavin Sutherland, conductor RTE Concert Orchestra Naxos 572744 Buy

10:06

Traditional French - Christmas Night Brian Jones, conductor Copley Singers Gothic 49283 Buy

10:06

- Flicks in Five Buy

10:01

Flicks in Five

9 - 10 AM

9:47	Johann Molter - Concerto Pastorale Angele Dubeau, conductor La Pieta Analekta 8730 Buy

9:26	Cesar Franck - Violin Sonata Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 87287 Buy

9:26	Johann Sebastian Bach - Blithe Bells (arrangement of Sheep May Safely Graze) Bengt Forsberg, piano DG 5073 Buy

9:06	Claude Debussy - Nocturnes: Festivals Bernard Haitink, conductor Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Philips 400023 Buy

9:01	Bengt Hallberg - Blacksmith's Tune Jorma Panula, conductor Scandinavian Brass Ensemble Bis 265 Buy

8 - 9 AM

8:37	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - symphony No. 34 charles Mackerras, conductor Prague Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80190 Buy

8:18	Edward Elgar - Wand of Youth Suite No. 2 Bryden Thompson, conductor Ulster Orchestra Chandos 8318 Buy

8:15	Traditional - Still, Still, Still Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Telarc 80446 Buy

8:06	Michel Corrette - Symphony of Noels No. 2 Rien Voskuilen, conductor La Fantasia Columns 290412 Buy

8:01	Coots/Autry - Santa Claus Medley Ayako Shinozuki, harp Sony 62677 Buy

7 - 8 AM

7:45	Johann Strauss, Jr. - Tales from the Vienna Woods Herbert von Karajan, conductor Berlin Philharmonic DG 439518 Buy

7:21	Benjamin Britten - A Ceremony of Carols Stephen Cleobury, conductor Choir of King's College, Cambridge Rachel Masters, harp Argo 433215 Buy

7:14	George Frideric Handel - Trio Sonata No. 8 Marilyn Zupnik, oboe ASV 663 Buy

7:06	Samuel Wesley - Rondo on God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen Ian Hobson, piano Arabesque 6594 Buy

7:02	Jose Serebrier (after Bizet) - Carmen Symphony: Gypsy Dance Jose Serebrier, conductor Barcelona Symphony Orchestra Bis 1305 Buy

6 - 7 AM

6:48	Traditional French - Four Carols Joe Miller, conductor Westminster Choir WCC 1009 Buy

6:45	Wang Ludbin - A La Mu Han Xuefei Yang, guitar EMI 6322 Buy

6:34	Domenico Scarlatti - Oboe Concerto Ensemble Berlin Christoph Hartmann, oboe EMI 14232 Buy

6:18	Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 27 Rudolf Buchbinder, piano RCA 87510 Buy

6:10	Traditional - Get Up, Shepherds Peter Breiner, conductor Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Naxos 550301 Buy

6:06	Antonin Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No. 15 Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor Cleveland Orchestra London/Decca 430171 Buy

6:01	Luigi Boccherini - String Quintet No. 1: Finale La Magnifica Comunita Brilliant 93820 Buy

5 - 6 AM

5:38	Henri Vieuxtemps - Violin Concerto No. 5 Colin Davis, conductor London Symphony Orchestra Isabelle van Keulen, violin Philips 420198 Buy

5:30	Pietro Yon - Gesu Bambino Kelly Yost, piano Channel Productions 1698 Buy

5:28	William Grant Still - If You Should Go Alexa Still, flute Koch 7192 Buy

5:21	Amy Beach - Gaelic Symphony: 2nd movement Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor Nashville Symphony Orchestra Naxos 559139 Buy

5:10	Traditional - Christmas Medley Edward Higginbottom, conductor Choir of New College, Oxford CRD 3443 Buy

5:06	Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 Eiji Oue, conductor Minnesota Orchestra Reference 99 Buy

5:01	Anonymous - Flowers of the Forest Baltimore Consort Dorian 90139 Buy

4 - 5 AM

4:43	Dmitri Kabalevsky - The Comedians: Suite Donald Barra, conductor San Diego Chamber Orchestra Koch 7042 Buy

4:36	Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Messe de minuit: Kyrie Joel Cohen, conductor Boston Camerata Warner 69737 Buy

4:16	Johann Christian Bach - Oboe Concerto Jaap ter Linden, conductor Amsterdam Sinfonietta Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe Challenge 72506 Buy

4:10	Isaac Albeniz - Seville Stephen Marchionda, guitar Dabringhaus 9031739 Buy

4:06	Johannes Brahms - A Lovely Rose is Blooming Frederick Fennell, conductor Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 43 Buy

4:01	Alessandro Scarlatti - Garden of Roses: Sinfonia Ottavio Dantone, conductor Accademia Bizantina London/Decca 470650 Buy

3 - 4 AM

3:30	Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 "Italian" Charles Mackerras, conductor Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Virgin 90725 Buy

3:25	Norbert Glanzberg - Noel, C'est L'Amour True North Brass TNB 4 Buy

3:09	William Schuman - New England Triptych James Sedares, conductor Phoenix Symphony Orchestra Koch 7135 Buy

3:06	Traditional - Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers Collegium 106 Buy

3:01	Johannes Brahms - Ballade Canadian Brass Opening Day 7415 Buy

2 - 3 AM

2:26	Antonin Dvorak - Cypresses Emerson String Quartet DG 14106 Buy

2:20	Traditional - Christmas Medley Jeannette Sorrell, conductor Apollo's Fire Sandra Simon, soprano Koch 7582 Buy

2:09	Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the Dance Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor Cleveland Orchestra London/Decca 430201 Buy

2:06	Anonymous Medieval - Nicholas pontifex (Nicholas the pontiff) Anonymous 4 Harmonia Mundi 2907411 Buy

2:01	William Alwyn - Serenade: Finale David Lloyd-Jones, conductor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Naxos 570145 Buy

1 - 2 AM

1:44	Robert Schumann - Marchenbilder (Pictures from Fairyland) Patricia McCarty, viola Ashmont 8604 Buy

1:39	Bruno Skulte - At Christmas Time Andres Jansons, conductor New York Latvian Concert Choir Monta Martinsone, soprano Albany 1040 Buy

1:37	Traditional - Somerset Wassail John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers Collegium 512 Buy

1:34	Max Reger - Weihnachtstraum Jeffrey Biegel, piano Steinway & Sons 30005 Buy

1:06	Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor Philharmonic of La Scala Sony 48238 Buy

1:01	Joseph Wolfl - Piano Sonata No. 2 Jon Nakamatsu, piano Harmonia Mundi 907324 Buy

Midnight - 1 AM

12:50

Traditional; Richard Averre - Christmas Medley Richard Westenburg, conductor Musica Sacra DG 429732 Buy

12:26

Zoltan Kodaly - Variations on a Hungarian Folksong Georg Solti, conductor Vienna Philharmonic London/Decca 452853 Buy

12:21

Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque King's Singers Signum 262 Buy

12:13

Antonin Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No. 4 Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra DG 419056 Buy

12:06

Traditional - Christmas Medley Arturo Delmoni, violin Danielle Maddon, violin Ellen DePasquale, viola Rafael Figueroa, cello Listen 50001 Buy

12:01

Francisco Tarrega - Memories of the Alhambra Eduardo Fernandez, guitar London/Decca 417618 Buy