Thursday, December 23, 2021
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)
Rhode: Weihnachten; Salonorchester Cölln (EMI 49819)
Calkin/arr. Roth: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass (Four Winds 3017)
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)
Niles/arr. Barnwell: I Wonder as I Wander; Elizabeth Richter, harp (recorded in IPR Performance Studio, November 17, 2021)
Rózsa/arr. Robbins: Overture and Nativity from King of Kings (1961 film); Cincinnati Pops O, Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Kunzel (Telarc 80631)
Puccini: La Bohème Suite; Cincinnati Pops O/Kunzel (Telarc 80260)
Traditional/arr. Geoghegan: El Noi de la Mare; Kathleen Battle, soprano; Christopher Parkening, guitar (Sony Classical 62723)
Traditional/arr. Legrand: What Child is This?; Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Alexandre Legoya, guitar; Michel Legrand, celeste; London SO/Legrand (Sony Classical 87771)
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)
Traditional/arr. Della Peruti: Three German Carols; Solid Brass (Dorian 90008)
Mendelssohn/arr. Wilberg: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing;
Traditional/arr. Wilberg: Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella; Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Indianapolis CO/Stark (Naxos 8.579065)
Addinsell/arr. S Bernstein: Music from A Christmas Carol (1951 film); Ambrosian Singers, Royal PO/Newman (Telarc 88801)
Tchaikovsky/arr. York: Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Delos 3132)
Traditional: Christmas Songs, played on a music-book barrel organ built by Gijs Perlée (Radio Netherlands CD, not commercially available)