Friday, December 17, 2021
9:00
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Sinfonia from Part II; Taverner Players/Parrott (Virgin 61304)
Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F, K 370; Max Artved, oboe; Elise Båtnes, violin; Dimitri Golovanov, viola; Lars Holm Johansen, cello (Naxos 8.557361)
Lane: Wassail Dances; City of Prague PO/Sutherland (Naxos 8.557099)
Lauridsen/arr. Berntsen: O magnum mysterium; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass (Four Winds 3029)
Chabrier: Larghetto for Horn and Orchestra, op. posth.; Hermann Baumann, horn; Leipzig Gewandhaus O/Masur (Philips 416 380)
Bach/arr. Owens: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (from Cantata, BWV 147); Elizabeth Richter and Annie King, harps (recorded in IPR Performance Studio, November 17, 2021)
Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem;
Kocher/arr. Willcocks: As with Gladness Men of Old; Musica Sacra/Westenburg (DG 429 732)
10:00
R Scott: The Toy Trumpet; Al Hirt, Boston Pops O/Fiedler (RCA 61685)
Bizet: Jeux d’enfants (Children’s Games), op. 22; Montreal SO/Dutoit (London 421 527)
Glazunov: Concert Waltz No. 2 in F, op. 51; Bamberg SO/Järvi (Orfeo 157 101)
Tchaikovsky/arr. Imholz and Binkley: Dance of the Merlitons from The Nutcracker; Modern Mandolin Quartet (Windham Hill 11108)
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b, D 759 “Unfinished”; Cleveland O/Szell (CBS 42415)
11:00
J C Bach: Symphony (Overture) in D, op. 18/4; English SO/Boughton (Nimbus 5403)
Cimarosa: Concertante for Two Flutes and Orchestra in G: Aurèle Nicolet, flute; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Sillito (Philips 416 359)
Traditional/arr. Holst: Masters in this Hall; New York Choral Artists/Flummefelt (EMI 49809)
“Albinoni” [Giazotto]/arr. Duarte: Adagio; Sharon Isbin, guitar; Zurich CO/Griffiths (Warner Classics 0825646243648)
German: Romeo and Juliet Suite; Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223419)
Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra: Christmas Dance; Frederick Riddle, Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Del Mar (Chandos 8374)