Thursday, December 9, 2021
9:00
Dowland: Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard; The Earl of Essex’s Galliard; Hopkinson Smith, lute (Naïve 8896)
Ibert: Suite Elisabéthaine; Slovak Radio SO, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus/Adriano (Naxos 8.555568)
Telemann: Concerto for Two Trumpets, Strings and Continuo in E flat; John Wallace, John Miller, English String O/Boughton (Nimbus 5189)
Holzbauer: Symphony in D, op. 3/4; L’Orfeo Baroque O/Gaigg (CPO 999 585)
Traditional: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen; Bacigalupo cylinder organ (Radio Netherlands CD, not commercially available)
10:00
Meyerbeeer: Robert le Diable Overture; New Zealand SO/Ang (Naxos 8.573195)
Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in f, op. 52; Maurizio Pollini, piano (DG 289 459 683)
Humperdinck/arr. Eaken Piano Trio: Evening Prayer from Hänsel und Gretel; Eaken Piano Trio (Naxos 8.554099)
Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A; Joshua Bell and Jean-Yves Thibaudet (London 421 817)
Schulz/arr. Gist: O Come, Little Children;
Traditional/arr. Gist: Still, Still, Still; Elizabeth Richter and Annie King, harps (recorded in IPR Performance Studio, November 17, 2021)
Glière: Song, op. 35/4; Ivan Paisov, oboe; Natalia Shcherbakova, piano (Naxos 8.570596)
11:00
Turina: Danzas fantásticas, op. 22; Cincinnati SO/López-Cobos (Telarc 80574)
Waldteufel: The Skaters, op. 183; New London O/Corp (Hyperion 66998)
Guaraldi: Skating (from A Charlie Brown Christmas); George Winston, piano (Windham Hill 01934-11184)
Richard Rodney Bennett: Suite française; Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Sutherland (ASV 2131)
Traditional/arr. C Wood: Ding dong! merrily on high; Musica Sacra/Westenburg (DG 429 732)
Milhaud: Scaramouche, op. 165c; Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone; Orpheus CO (Sony Classical 89251)
W H Montgomery: Christmas Tree Quadrilles Nos. 1 and 2; The Wallace Collection (JVC 2052)