Wednesday, December 23, 2020
9:00
Traditional/arr. McGlynn: Noël Nouvelet; Cantus (Cantus Recordings 1211)
Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony; City of Prague PO/Sutherland (Naxos 8.557099)
Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; Royal College of Music Chamber Choir/Willcocks (Rykodisc 10005)
Humperdinck/arr. Artok: Fantasy on Themes from Hansel and Gretel; Salon Orchestra of Cologne (EMI 49819)
Liszt: Old Provençal Christmas Song from Weihnachtsbaum; Leslie Howard, piano (Hyperion 66388)
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors: Introduction, March, and Shepherds’ Dance; New Zealand SO/Schenck (Koch International Classics 3-7005)
10:00
Kodály: The Angels and the Shepherds; Seattle Girls’ Choir/Wright (Soli Deo Gloria 951)
Dello Joio: Variants on a Medieval Tune (In dulci jubilo); Keystone Wind Ensemble/Stamp (Klavier 11138)
Traditional/arr. Geoghegan: El Noi de la Mare; Kathleen Battle, soprano; Christopher Parkening, guitar (Sony Classical 62723)
Rózsa/arr. Robbins: Overture and Nativity from King of Kings (1961 film score); Cincinnati Pops O, Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Kunzel (Telarc 80631)
Lehár: Luxembourg Waltzes; Vienna Johann Strauss O/Boskovsky (EMI 47020)
Traditional/arr. Di Savino: A Suite of English Carols; Solid Brass (Dorian 90008)
Traditional/arr. Legrand: What Child is This?; Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Alexandre Legoya, guitar; Michel Legrand, celeste; London SO/Legrand (Sony Classical 87771)
Scheidt/arr. Bach: O little one sweet; The Cambridge Singers/Rutter (Collegium 106)
11:00
Lane: Three Christmas Pictures; Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225185)
Harline/arr. A and S Schoenberg: When You Wish upon a Star; Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; London SO/Lockhart (Entertainment One 7792)
Anderson: Suite of Carols for String Orchestra; BBC Concert O/Slatkin (Naxos 8.559357)
Tournier: Six Noëls, op. 32; Judy Loman, harp (Naxos 8.572510)
Addinsell/arr. S Bernstein: Music from A Christmas Carol (1951 film); Royal PO/Newman (Telarc 88801)
Traditional: Christmas Songs, played on a music-book barrel organ built by Gijs Perlée (Radio Netherlands CD, not commercially available)