Classical Music Playlist

Programming Highlights

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

11 - Midnight

11:20

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

11:17

Traditional - Ding Dong! Merrily on High Tore Aaen Aune, recorder Jessica Gordon, guitar Albemarle 1004 Buy

11:06

Chilcott; Schalk - Christmas Medley Brian Jones, conductor Trinity Choir Dorian 93240 Buy

11:01

Franz Schubert - Ave Maria Michael Stern, conductor Orchestra of St. Luke's Joshua Bell, violin Sony 14332 Buy

10 - 11 PM

10:55

- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Michael Chertock, piano Telarc 80485 Buy

10:42

Ralph Vaughan WIlliams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols Vivian Dunn, conductor Light Music Society Orchestra John Barrow, baritone EMI 64131 Buy

10:26

Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso No. 8 in g minor, Op. 6 "Christmas Concerto" Janos Rolla, conductor Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Hungaroton 12377 Buy

10:22

Ruben Liljefors - A star shines above us Robert Sund, conductor Orphei Draenger Bis 533 Buy

10:16

J.S. Bach/Charles Gounod - Ave Maria Arturo Belmoni, violin Nina Bodnar, violin Listen  50001 Buy

9 - 10 PM

9:47	Johann Sebastian Bach - Christmas Oratorio: Und es waren Hirten Philip Pickett, conductor New London Consort Catherine Bott, soprano Michael Chance, countertenor Paul Agnew, tenor Andrew King, tenor Michael George, bass London/Decca 458838 Buy

9:43	Trad. - The First Noel Hugh Wolff, conductor Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Thomas Hampson, baritone Teldec 73135 Buy

9:39	J.S. Bach - Jesu, bleibet meine Freude Bengt Forsberg, piano DG 5073 Buy

9:37	Trad. - Swedish Folk Songs Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Bengt Forsberg, piano DG 5073 Buy

9:30	John Tavener - Awed by the Beauty Cantus Cantus 1211 Buy

9:16	Peter Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker: selections Erich Kunzel, conductor Cincinnati Pops Telarc 80674 Buy

9:04	Trad. - Liber generationis Anonymous 4 HMU 907139 Buy

8 - 9 PM

8:44	Richard Wagner - Siegfried Idyll Academy Chamber Ensemble Philips 426298 Buy

8:31	Traditional - Celtic Christmas Music Jeannette Sorrell, conductor Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra Amanda Powell, soprano Meredith Hall, soprano Avie 2269 Buy

8:27	Trad. - A Christmas Jig The Baltimore Consort Dorian 90198 Buy

8:23	Diane Loomer - Yule-tide Fires Axel Theimer, conductor Saint John's University Men's Chorus SELF PROD 242 Buy

8:19	John Playford - Drive the Cold Winter Away The Baltimore Consort Dorian 90198 Buy

8:00	Carl Davis - A Christmas Carol John Pryce-Jones, conductor Northern Ballet Theater Orchestra Naxos 553495 Buy

7 - 8 PM

7:00	Echoes of Christmas

6 - 7 PM

6:46	Richard Addinsell - A Christmas Carol David Newman, conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Telarc 88801 Buy

6:40	George Frideric Handel - Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus Neville Marriner, conductor Academy of St Martin in the Fields London/Decca 444824 Buy

6:26	Arcangelo Corelli - Christmas Concerto Trevor Pinnock, conductor English Concert Archiv 423626 Buy

6:19	Leon Jessel - Parade of the Wooden Soldiers Arthur Fiedler, conductor Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 6428 Buy

6:14	The Writer's Almanac

6:05	Christmas Music - Noel, Noel, Bells are Ringing; Carol of the Bells; Nativity carol Roger Wagner, conductor Roger Wagner Chorale Delos 3072 Buy

6:00	Traditional - Christmas Medley Empire Brass & Friends EMI 49097 Buy

4 - 5 PM

4:57	Katherine Davis - Little Drummer Boy Antonio Pellegrino, conductor I Solisti Di Duino Celestial Harmonies 13038 Buy

4:53	Johann Cruger - Three German Chorales Ludwig Guttler, conductor Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble Berlin 1037 Buy

4:34	Georg Philipp Telemann - Festive Suite Ross Pople, conductor London Festival Orchestra Arte Nova 30506 Buy

4:20	Christmas Music - Seven Joys of Christmas Linda Mack, conductor Santa Fe Desert Chorale Clarion 926 Buy

4:19	Ludwig van Beethoven - O Sanctissima Janice Watson, soprano Ruby Philogene, mezzo Thomas Allen, baritone Malcolm Martineau, piano DG 453786 Buy

4:15	Composers Datebook

4:10	Frederick Delius - Sleigh Ride Thomas Beecham, conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra EMI 47509 Buy

4:07	Christmas Music - He is Born Emanuel; How Brightly Shines the Morning Star; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; Volta; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Pittsburgh Symphony Brass Four Winds 3017 Buy

4:03	Ottorino Respighi - Adoration of the Magi Neville Marriner, conductor Academy of St Martin in the Fields EMI 47844 Buy

3 - 4 PM

3:48	Christmas Music - Christmas Waltzes Keith Lockhart, conductor Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 63252 Buy

3:35	Traditional - Angels From the Realms of Glory; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Silent Night Harry Christophers, conductor The Sixteen Collins 13002 Buy

3:30	Angela Morley - Snowride Gavin Sutherland, conductor RTE Concert Orchestra Naxos 572744 Buy

3:25	Traditional - O Come, All Ye Faithful Craig Jessop, conductor Mormon Tabernacle Choir Mormon Tabernacle 1063 Buy

3:21	John Jacob Niles - I Wonder as I Wander John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers Gerald Finley, baritone Collegium 106 Buy

3:14	Christmas Music - Musical Sleighride; White Christmas Arthur Fiedler, conductor Boston Pops Orchestra DG 419414 Buy

3:04	Christmas Music - In dulci jubilo; O Jesulein suss; While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night Edward Higginbottom, conductor Choir of New College, Oxford Erato 19350 Buy

2 - 3 PM

2:00	Performance Today

1 - 2 PM

1:00	Performance Today

Noon - 1 PM

12:51

Michel Corrette - Christmas Sinfonia Rien Voskuilen, conductor La Fantasia Columns 290412 Buy

12:46

Jule Styne - Let it snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar Centaur 2262 Buy

12:27

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

12:19

Franz Biebl - Ave Maria Cantus Cantus 1211 Buy

12:09

Mikola Leontovich - Carol of the Bells; Christmas Medley Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin Sergio Assad, guitar Odair Assad, guitar Raymond Mase, trumpet Fred Sherry, cello Anne-Marie McDermott, piano NSS 5 Buy

12:00

Traditional - Three Medieval Carols Peter Phillips, conductor The Tallis Scholars Gimell 10 Buy

11 - Noon

11:54

Traditional - At Christmas/Angels We Have Heard on High Osmo Vanska, conductor Lahti Symphony Orchestra Brass Bis 947 Buy

11:42

Robert Russell Bennett - The Many Moods of Christmas No. 2 Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80087 Buy

11:35

Johann Molter - Pastoral Concerto Trevor Pinnock, conductor The English Concert Archiv 435262 Buy

11:25

Traditional: arr: Witold Lutaslawski - Polish Christmas Carols David Zinman, conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Chorus RCA 11561 Buy

11:23

Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride Copper Street Brass Copper Street Brass  Buy

11:18

Vince Gauraldi: arr: Tim Bradley - Skating Copper Street Brass Copper Street Brass  Buy

11:12

Steven Heitzeg - little tree Dale Warland, conductor The Dale Warland Singers Kathy Kienzle, harp ACC 121 Buy

11:06

Alf Houkom - The Rune of Hospitality Dale Warland, conductor The Dale Warland Singers Jeffrey Van, guitar ACC 121 Buy

11:03

Javier Busto - Ave Maria Dale Warland, conductor The Dale Warland Singers ACC 121 Buy

10 - 11 AM

10:43

Christmas Music - Christmas Medley John Morris Russell, conductor Cincinnati Pops Fanfare Cincinnati 1 Buy

10:40

Claude Debussy - The Snow is Dancing Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano London 460247 Buy

10:06

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Suite from "Christmas Eve" Neeme Jarvi, conductor Scottish National Orchestra Chandos 8327 Buy

10:00

Christmas Music - Gabriel's Message; Sans Day Carol John Rutter, conductor Clare College Singers & Orchestra EMI 69950 Buy

9 - 10 AM

9:53	Christmas Music - Laudate Dominum; Ding Dong Merrily on High; Pifa; Hark the Herald Angels Sing Neville Marriner, conductor Academy of St Martin in the Fields EMI 64895 Buy

9:39	Peter Tchaikovsky - Album for Children: Selections I Musici di Montreal Chandos 9098 Buy

9:35	Brian Holmes - The Shepherd and the King VocalEssence Clarion 939 Buy

9:28	Various - Christmas Medley Artaria Quartet Aequebus 2003 Buy

9:19	Traditional - The Cherry Tree Carol; Away in a Manger Jacqueline Schwab, p Dorian 90275 Buy

9:18	Traditional - The Cherry Tree Carol Choir of King's College, Cambridge EMI 5302 Buy

9:09	Various - Three Carols John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers Collegium 503 Buy

9:03	Pietro Yon - Gesu Bambino Rene Clausen, conductor Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota Concordia 2937 Buy

9:01	Osmo Vanska - The Message of Christmas Osmo Vanska, conductor Lahti Symphony Orchestra Bis 947 Buy

8 - 9 AM

8:55	Felix Mendelssohn - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Dale Warland Singers Gothic 49208 Buy

8:53	Traditional - Adeste Fidelis Peter Breiner, conductor Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Naxos 550301 Buy

8:50	Traditional - The First Noel Hugh Wolff, conductor St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Thomas Hampson, bar Teldec 73135 Buy

8:42	Traditional, arr Toru Takamitsu - O Come, all ye Faithful Hannaford Street Silver Band Amadeus Choir 5175 CBC  Buy

8:30	Christmas Music - In the bleak midwinter; Coventry Carol; Shepherds in the Fields Abiding David Willcocks, conductor Choir of King's College, Cambridge London/Decca 5302 Buy

8:24	Franz Schubert - Ave Maria London Cello Sound Cala 55003 Buy

8:22	Traditional - Fum, Fum, Fum! Anne Heider, conductor His Majestie's Clerkes Centaur 2168 Buy

8:17	Christmas Music - Pastorale; Silent Night Ayako Shinozaki, harp Sony 62677 Buy

8:15	Composers Datebook

8:08	Traditional - Still, Still, Still Kelly Yost, piano Channel Productions 1698 Buy

8:04	Traditional - O Little Town of Bethlehem Matthew Culloton, conductor The Singers Min Kim, harp Basil Reeve, oboe Singers 3458 Buy

7 - 8 AM

7:55	Traditional - Away in a Manger; Sussex Carol Philip Brunelle, conductor VocalEssence RCA 68015 Buy

7:45	George Frideric Handel - Messiah: For unto us a child is born Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80344 Buy

7:34	Traditional - Wassail, Wassail, All Over the Town (Gloucester Wassail) Howard Cable, conductor Symphony Nova Scotia CBC 5226 Buy

7:31	Mel Torme - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) Dolce Wind Quintet MPR 20102 Buy

7:25	John Rutter - What Sweeter Music John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers Collegium 502 Buy

7:24	Traditional - Christmas Medley Philadelphia Brass Ensemble Sony 7033 Buy

7:14	Daniel Kantor - NIght of Silence Philip Brunelle, conductor VocalEssence Clarion 939 Buy

7:09	Alan Higbee - In the Bleak Midwinter Philip Brunelle, conductor VocalEssence Clarion 939 Buy

7:04	Traditional - We Wish You A Merry Christmas Peter Breiner, conductor CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra Naxos 550301 Buy

6 - 7 AM

6:56	Stephen Paulus - The Holly and the Ivy Dale Warland, conductor Dale Warland Singers Gothic 49208 Buy

6:51	Otto Kotilainen - The Sparrow on Christmas Morning Osmo Vanska, conductor Lahti Symphony Orchestra Bis 947 Buy

6:47	Traditional - O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) Hugh Wolff, conductor Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Thomas Hampson, baritone Teldec 73135 Buy

6:43	Traditional Scandinavian - O Green and Shimmering Tree Craig Jessop, conductor Mormon Tabernacle Choir Mormon Tabernacle 1063 Buy

6:31	Traditional - Christmas Carols for Strings Yuli Turovsky, conductor I Musici de Montreal Chandos 9098 Buy

6:24	Traditional - Silent Night James Curnow, conductor Hannaford Street Silver Band CBC 5175 Buy

6:19	Henry Gauntlett - Once in Royal David's City Geoffrey Simon, conductor London Cello Sound Cala 55003 Buy

6:14	The Writer's Almanac

6:07	Traditional - Three English Carols Artaria Quartet Aequebis 2003 Buy

6:05	Traditional - Christmas Collage; Sing We Now of Christmas Monica S. McGowan, conductor Twin Cities Bronze SELF PROD 306 Buy

4 - 5 AM

4:47	Traditional - O Little Town of Bethlehem True North Brass TNB 4 Buy

4:44	Healey Willan - Hodie Christus Natus Est True North Brass TNB 4 Buy

4:20	Massimo Paris - X'mas Suite Massimo Paris, conductor Los Romeros DG 17474 Buy

4:16	John Ireland - The Holy Boy Angele Dubeau, conductor La Pieta Analekta 8730 Buy

4:12	Dave Brubeck - La Fiesta de la Posada: Sleep Holy Infant Angele Dubeau, conductor La Pieta Analekta 8730 Buy

4:09	Traditional - Laissez paitre vos betes Angele Dubeau, conductor La Pieta Analekta 8730 Buy

4:06	Stephen Chatman - Voices of Earth: Snow Jon Washburn, conductor Vancouver Chamber Choir Centrediscs 13608 Buy

4:01	John Playford - Christmas Medley The Playfords Coviello 21012 Buy

3 - 4 AM

3:35	Benjamin Britten - A Ceremony of Carols Stephen Cleobury, conductor Choir of King's College, Cambridge Rachel Masters, harp Argo 433215 Buy

3:33	Traditional - O come, o come Emmanuel Galliard Brass & Friends MusicMasters 677077-1 Buy

3:23	George Frideric Handel - Messiah: There were shepherds Andrew Davis, conductor Toronto Symphony Orchestra Kathleen Battle, soprano Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano EMI 49027 Buy

3:12	Francis Poulenc - Four Christmas Motets Ivars Taurins, conductor Tafelmusik Chamber Choir CBC 1155 Buy

3:06	Traditional - Away in a Manger Adagio Trio Adagio Trio 2 Buy

3:01	Traditional - This is the truth sent from above Chanticleer Dawn Upshaw, soprano Warner 69737 Buy

2 - 3 AM

2:43	Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Noels Olivier Fortin, conductor Masques Analekta 9908 Buy

2:41	William Byrd - Ave Maria Stile Antico Harmonia Mundi 807517 Buy

2:32	Samuel Wesley - Rondo on God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen Ian Hobson, piano Arabesque 6594 Buy

2:08	Victor Hely-Hutchinson - A Carol Symphony Barry Rose, conductor Pro Arte Orchestra EMI 64131 Buy

2:06	Traditional - God Rest You Merry, Gentleman Rachel Van Voorhees, harp Centaur 2209 Buy

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

1 - 2 AM

1:55	John Rutter - A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation John Rutter, conductor Sinfonia Cymru Catrin Finch, harp DG 17606 Buy

1:51	John Rutter - Shepherd's Pipe Carol Tecwyn Evans, conductor Welsh National Opera Orchestra Bryn Terfel, bass DG 14914 Buy

1:46	Traditional - Wexford Carol Tecwyn Evans, conductor Welsh National Opera Orchestra Bryn Terfel, bass DG 14914 Buy

1:42	Traditional - Still, Still, Still Tecwyn Evans, conductor Welsh National Opera Orchestra Bryn Terfel, bass DG 14914 Buy

1:38	Adolphe Adam - O Holy Night Tecwyn Evans, conductor Welsh National Opera Orchestra Bryn Terfel, bass Rolando Villazon, tenor DG 14914 Buy

1:11	Christmas Music - The Peace of Christmas John Rutter, conductor City of London Sinfonia Collegium 111 Buy

1:06	Traditional Spanish - A La Nanita Nana MAYA Perspectives 1 Buy

1:01	Traditional English - The darkest midnight in December Westminster Choir Emma Kirkby, soprano Sony 62688 Buy

Midnight - 1 AM

12:45

Franz Liszt - Christmas Tree Suite Roland Pontinen, piano Bis 1164 Buy

12:37

Christmas Music - Silent Night; Deck the Hall; Jingle Bells; A merry Christmas Pierre Cao, conductor Arsys Bourgogne Naive 5319 Buy

12:32

Johann Sebastian Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze Eugene Ormandy, conductor Philadelphia Orchestra Sony 38915 Buy

12:20

Rick Sowash - A Christmas Rondo Kris Frankenfeld, violin Belinda Burge, viola Ellen Shertzer, cello Sowash 11 Buy

12:16

Max Reger - O Jesu most sweet Uwe Gronostay, conductor RIAS Chamber Choir Harmonia Mundi 901794 Buy

12:06

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

12:03

Traditional - O Come, All Ye Faithful Erich Kunzel, conductor Cincinnati Pops Telarc 80226 Buy

12:01

Traditional - Angels We have Heard on High Ft. Thomas Bell Choir Telarc 80226 Buy