Wednesday, December 23, 2015
9:00
Traditional/arr. Takach: ‘Twas in the moon of wintertime; 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 Hänsel und Gretel; Salon Orchestra of Cologne (EMI 49819)
Traditional/arr. Hart: Carol Medley; The Carillon Brass (Integra 920)
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)
Puccini: La Bohème Suite; Cincinnati Pops O/Kunzel (Telarc 80260)
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)
Adam/arr. Rutter: O Holy Night; The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Rutter (Collegium 111)
Lehár: Gold and Silver, op. 79; Vienna Johann Strauss O/Boskovsky (EMI 47020)
Addinsell/arr. S Bernstein: Music from A Christmas Carol (1951 film); Royal PO/Newman (Telarc 88801)
Prokofiev: Troika (from Lieutenant Kijé Suite, op. 60); Sonos Handbell Ensemble/Meredith (Well-Tempered Productions 5176)
Traditional/arr. Rhinehart: Carol of the Bells; Jim Rhinehart, piano (recorded in IPR Performance Studio)