Friday, December 18, 2015
9:00
Traditional/arr. Willan: What is this lovely fragrance?; The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Rutter (Collegium 121)
Hummel: Grand Serenade No. 1, op. 63; Consortium Classicum (Koch Schwann 310 006)
Traditional/arr. Faulconer: Variations on March of the Kings; The Carillon Brass (Integra 920)
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28; Etherea Vocal Ensemble/Greten-Harrison; Grace Cloutier, harp (Delos 3422)
10:00
Pierpont/arr. Gould: Jingle Bells; United States Coast Guard Band/Megan (US Coast Guard Band CD, not commercially available)
MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2 in d, op. 23; André Watts, Dallas SO/Litton (Telarc 80429)
MacDowell: To a Wild Rose; Manhattan CO/Clark (Koch International 3-7282)
Anonymous: Drive the Cold Winter Away; The Baltimore Consort (Dorian 90198)
Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ: Part II Overture and Shepherds’ Chorus; Monteverdi Choir, Lyon Opera O/Gardiner (Erato 75333)
Traditional/arr. Delmoni: Good King Wenceslas; Arturo Delmoni and Friends (John Marks Records 12)
11:00
Debussy/arr. Mouton: Two Arabesques; Philharmonia O/Simon (Cala 1001)
Beethoven: Andante favori in F, WoO 57; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano (London 411 902)
Mozart: Six German Dances, K 600; Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner (Philips 416 484)
Rhode: Weihnachten; Salon Orchestra of Cologne (EMI 49819)
Josef Strauss: Jockey Polka, op. 278; Vienn PO/C Kleiber (Sony Classical 45938)
Hague/arr. Miner: How the Grinch Stole Christmas Medley; Gregg Miner, harp-guitars (Miner Music 2102)