This playlist is a daily guide to music broadcast on WETA Classical,  WETA VivaLaVoce and WETA Virtuoso. Scroll below to see what has played today and use the calendar feature to view previous days.

WETA Classical

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 7

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

    Berlin Classics 1037 (Bläsermusik zur Wiehnacht)
  • There is no rose of such virtue

    Monday
    Dec 22

    King's Singers

    Signum Two 502 (King's Singers, Christmas)
  • We Three Kings of Orient Are

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Taverner Choir | Taverner Players | Andrew Parrott (conductor)

    EMI 54902 (Carol Album 2)
  • Elizabeth Poston

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields

    Philips 442.141 (Christmas with the Academy)
  • Franz Biebl

    Ave Maria

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Cathedral Choral Society | Chanticleer

    Private Recording
  • Veni,veni, Emanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • Nowell, Nowell, Tydings Trew

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Apollo's Fire | Apollo's Singers | Jeannette Sorrell (conductor) | Jesse Blumberg (baritone) | Ensemble La Nef

    Avie 2269 (Sacrum Mysterium)
  • Michel Corrette

    Noel Allemande

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Aulos Ensemble

    Musical Heritage Society 51340 (A Baroque Christmas)
  • John Rutter

    Candlelight Carol

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Craig Jessop (conductor) | Orchestra at Temple Square

    MTC 1063 (Sing, Choirs of Angels!)
  • Franz Gruber

    Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Peter Breiner (conductor) | CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Naxos 550.301 (Christmas Goes Baroque)
  • Shepherds, in the field abiding

    Monday
    Dec 22

    John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers

    Collegium 512 (The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album)
  • A Christmas Medley

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin) and friends

    NSS Music 001 (Merry)
  • God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Huddersfield Choral Society | John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band | Roy Newsome (conductor)

    Chandos 8679 (Christmas Fantasy)
  • Christopher Rouse

    Karolju: Swedish

    Monday
    Dec 22

    BBC Symphony Orchestra | Philharmonia Chorus | David Zinman (conductor)

    RCA 11561 (Karolju)
  • The Holly and the Ivy

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Britten Sinfonia | Daniel Hyde (conductor) | Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

    Argo 414.042 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Max Reger

    The Virgin's Slumber Song

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano) | Tedd Firth (piano)

    Sono Luminus 70003 (Holiday Harmonies, Songs of Christmas)
  • The Coventry Carol (Lully, lullah, thou little tiny child)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Once in Royal David's City

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Galliard Brass

    ASV 527 (Carols for Brass)
  • Joy to the World

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Eugene Ormandy (conductor) | Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus

    RCA 6430 (Joy to the World)
  • Patapan (Willie Take Your Little Drum)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • Angels We Have Heard on High

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Max von Egmond (bass) | Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Smithsonian 040 (Sweet Was the Song)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Chorus. "Hallelujah!"

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Matthew Robertson (conductor) | The Thirteen Choir and Orchestra

    Private Recording
  • In the Bleak Midwinter

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera | Bryn Terfel (baritone) | Tecwyn Evans (conductor)

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Marielle Nordmann (harp) | Alexandre Lagoya (guitar) | Simion Stanciu "Syrinx" (pan-pipe)

    Erato 2292.45975 (Merry Christmas)
  • Hans Leo Hassler

    Canzon

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

    Berlin Classics 1037 (Bläsermusik zur Wiehnacht)
  • In dulci jubilo (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Thomas Hampson (baritone) | St. Paul Chamber Orchestra | Hugh Wolff (conductor)

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio, Part 3. Chorus. "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen" (Ruler of the heavens, hear our stammering tones)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Dresdner Philharmonie | Martin Flämig (conductor) | Dresdner Kreuzchor

    Berlin Classics 1117 (Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen)
  • Christmastide: Part 4

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Jessye Norman (soprano) | New York Choral Society | American Boychoir | Robert DeCormier (conductor) | Empire Chamber Ensemble

    Philips 420.180 (Christmastide)
  • Quittez, pasteurs

    Monday
    Dec 22

    John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers

    Collegium 512 (The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album)
  • I Saw Three Ships

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Apollo's Fire | Jeannette Sorrell (conductor) | Sandra Simon (soprano)

    Eclectra 2041 (Noëls & Carols from the Olde World)
  • The First Nowell

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Craig Jessop (conductor) | Orchestra at Temple Square

    Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas)
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin) and friends

    NSS Music 001 (Merry)
  • Masters in this Hall

    Monday
    Dec 22

    New York Choral Artists | Douglas Major (organ) | Joseph Flummerfelt (conductor)

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker: Chinese Dance

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Stewart Goodyear (piano)

    Steinway & Sons 30040 (The Nutcracker)
  • Franz Gruber

    Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Prokofiev "Troika"; O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Monday
    Dec 22

    London Cello Sound | Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • The Seven Joys of Mary

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Anonymous 4

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7325 (Wolcum Yule)
  • Auld Lang Syne

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Frederick Chorale | Kiley Mead (soloist) | Heidi Ackerman (artistic director)

    Private Recording
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Air. "Ev'ry Valley shall be exalted"

    Monday
    Dec 22

    John Aler (tenor) | Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) | Toronto Symphony

    EMI 49407 (Handel: Messiah, Highlights)
  • What Child Is This?

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera | Bryn Terfel (baritone) | Tecwyn Evans (conductor) | Catrin Finch (harp)

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio, Part 3. Duet. "Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen" (Lord, thy compassion, thy mercy)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    René Jacobs (conductor) | Berlin Academy for Old Music | Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) | Klaus Häger (bass)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1630-31 (Weihnachts-Oratorium)
  • Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

    Silver Bells

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Eaken Piano Trio

    Naxos 554.099 (Home for the Holidays)
  • Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) | Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna | Nicoletta Mezzini (organ) | Michele Mariotti (conductor) | Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

    Decca 0014875 (Santo: Sacred Songs)
  • O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker Suite

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Leonard Bernstein (conductor) | New York Philharmonic

    Sony 63303 (The Joy of Christmas with Leonard Bernstein)
  • Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Monday
    Dec 22

    John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers

    Collegium 106 (Christmas Night)
  • Johann Crüger

    Wie soll ich dich empfangen

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

    Berlin Classics 1037 (Bläsermusik zur Wiehnacht)
  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Britten Sinfonia | Daniel Hyde (conductor) | David Briggs (organ) | Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

    Argo 414.042 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sons of Orpheus (Orphei Drängar)

    BIS 533 (Christmas Music)
  • James Lord Pierpont

    Jingle Bells

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sunrise String Quartet

    Sunrise Records 101 (A Christmas Sunrise)
  • Here We Come A-wassailing

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Dale Warland Singers | Dale Warland (conductor)

    d'Note 1015 (Carols for Christmas)
  • Once in Royal David's City

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Elora Festival Singers | Noel Edison (conductor) | Michael Bloss (organ)

    Naxos 573.421 (The Wonder of Christmas)
  • Adolphe Adam

    Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Herbert von Karajan (conductor) | Vienna Philharmonic | Leontyne Price (soprano)

    London 421.103 (Price: Christmas Songs)
  • Michael Praetorius

    He is Born Emmanuel

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • Deck the Halls in 7/8

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Children's Chorus of Washington | Margaret Nomura Clark (artistic director)

    Private Recording
  • In dulci jubilo (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    New York Choral Artists | Joseph Flummerfelt (conductor) | Brass Ensemble

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Michael Praetorius

    How Brightly Shines the Morning Star

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Craig Jessop (conductor) | Orchestra at Temple Square

    MTC 1063 (Sing, Choirs of Angels!)
  • The Holly and the Ivy

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • O du fröhliche! O du selige!

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Thomas Hampson (baritone) | St. Paul Chamber Orchestra | Hugh Wolff (conductor)

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • Leroy Anderson

    Sleigh Ride

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Eaken Piano Trio

    Naxos 554.099 (Home for the Holidays)
  • The Many Moods of Christmas: Part 4

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Robert Shaw (conductor) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

    Telarc 80087 (The Many Moods of Christmas)
  • Samuel Scheidt

    O Jesulein zart

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Bryn Terfel (baritone) | Côrdydd | Tecwyn Evans (conductor)

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • Franz Gruber

    Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    City of London Sinfonia | John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers

    Collegium 111 (Christmas wih the Cambridge Singers)
  • O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Los Romeros

    DG 477.9365 (Christmas with Los Romeros)
  • Gabriel's Message

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Choir of Westminster Cathedral | James O'Donnell (conductor)

    Hyperion 66668 (Adestes fideles)
  • Uns ist geborn ein Kindelein

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

    Berlin Classics 1037 (Bläsermusik zur Wiehnacht)
  • The First Nowell

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Britten Sinfonia | Daniel Hyde (conductor) | David Briggs (organ) | Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

    Argo 414.042 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Christopher Rouse

    Karolju: French

    Monday
    Dec 22

    BBC Symphony Orchestra | Philharmonia Chorus | David Zinman (conductor)

    RCA 11561 (Karolju)
  • Angels We Have Heard on High

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • Rejoice and Be Merry

    Monday
    Dec 22

    J. Reilly Lewis (conductor) | Cathedral Choral Society | Eric Plutz (organ) | Washington Symphonic Brass

    Gothic 49227 (Welcome All Wonders!)
  • Reena Esmail

    A Winter Breviary: 1. We Look for You

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Washington Master Chorale | Thomas Colohan (artistic director)

    Private Recording
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • Deck the Hall

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • Away in a Manger

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Craig Jessop (conductor) | Orchestra at Temple Square

    MTC 1063 (Sing, Choirs of Angels!)
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Galliard Brass

    ASV 527 (Carols for Brass)
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 22

    New York Choral Artists | Joseph Flummerfelt (conductor)

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Christmastide: Part 1

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Jessye Norman (soprano) | New York Choral Society | American Boychoir | Robert DeCormier (conductor) | Empire Chamber Ensemble

    Philips 420.180 (Christmastide)
  • Pietro Yon

    Gesu Bambino

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Kathleen Battle (soprano) | Christopher Parkening (guitar)

    Sony 62723 (Angels' Glory)
  • Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Tawels Nos (Silent Night)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera | Bryn Terfel (baritone) | Tecwyn Evans (conductor) | Catrin Finch (harp)

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • Once As I Remember

    Monday
    Dec 22

    John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers

    Collegium 106 (Christmas Night)
  • Joy to the World

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Los Romeros

    DG 477.9365 (Christmas with Los Romeros)
  • The Holly and the Ivy

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Choir of Westminster Cathedral | James O'Donnell (conductor)

    Hyperion 66668 (Adestes fideles)
  • O du fröhliche! O du selige!

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Taverner Choir | Taverner Players | Andrew Parrott (conductor)

    EMI 54902 (Carol Album 2)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker: Russian Dance

    Monday
    Dec 22

    London Cello Sound | Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio, Part 1: Chorus. "Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage" (Rejoice, exult! arise, glorify the day)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Washington Bach Consort | Dana Marsh (conductor)

    Private Recording
  • Franz Biebl

    Ave Maria

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sons of Orpheus (Orphei Drängar) | Peter Mattei (baritone)

    BIS 533 (Christmas Music)
  • Michael Praetorius

    Jubilate Domino

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

    Berlin Classics 1037 (Bläsermusik zur Wiehnacht)
  • Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Monday
    Dec 22

    City of London Sinfonia | John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers

    Collegium 512 (The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album)
  • We Three Kings of Orient Are

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Galliard Brass

    MusicMasters 67175 (Carols for Brass)
  • A Feast of Carols

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Tallis Chamber Choir | National Symphony Orchestra of London | Randol Alan Bass (conductor)

    Kodanja 2003 (A Feast of Carols)
  • What Child Is This?

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Max von Egmond (bass) | Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Smithsonian 040 (Sweet Was the Song)
  • Away in a Manger

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Britten Sinfonia | Daniel Hyde (conductor) | Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

    Argo 414.042 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • John Rutter

    What Sweeter Music

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Seraphic Fire | Patrick Dupré Quigley (conductor) | Jacqueline Kerrod (harp)

    Seraphic Fire Media 14 (Candlelight Carols)
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 22

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine | Kiev Chamber Choir | Volodymyr Sirenko (conductor)

    Dotcom 2013 (Christmas with the Kyiv Chamber Choir)
  • Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich

    Carol of the Bells

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • Here We Come A-Wassaling

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Choral Arts Society of Washington | Norman Scribner (conductor) | Chamber Orchestra

    Choral Arts 10108 (There Shall a Star, Choral Jewels for Christmas)
  • Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (Lo, how a rose e'er blooming)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Monteverdi Choir | Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    Philips 462.050 (Once as I Remember)
  • Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • Jeff Tyzik

    Holiday Moods Suite

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Annapolis Chorale | J. Ernest Green (artistic director)

    Private Recording
  • Masters in this Hall

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Craig Jessop (conductor) | Orchestra at Temple Square

    Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas)
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin) and friends

    NSS Music 001 (Merry)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Excerpts from Part I

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Martin Pearlman (conductor) | Boston Baroque

    Telarc 80348 (Handel: Messiah, Highlights)
  • Away in a Manger

    Monday
    Dec 22

    London Cello Sound | The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge | Geoffrey Simon (conductor) | Helen Swift (soprano)

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • A la nanita nana

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sons of Orpheus (Orphei Drängar)

    BIS 533 (Christmas Music)
  • George Frideric Handel

    March from "Joshua"

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

    Berlin Classics 1037 (Bläsermusik zur Wiehnacht)
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sunrise String Quartet

    Sunrise Records 101 (A Christmas Sunrise)
  • In dulci jubilo (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers

    Collegium 512 (The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album)
  • Irving Berlin

    White Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Thomas Hampson (baritone) | St. Paul Chamber Orchestra | Hugh Wolff (conductor)

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • Wassail! Wassail! All Over the Town

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Galliard Brass

    MusicMasters 67175 (Carols for Brass)
  • Personent hodie

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Academy and Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields | Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

    Philips 442.141 (Christmas with the Academy)
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Nunc Dimittis in C

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Choir of The Church of the Epiphany | Jinsun Cho (conductor) | Monica Berney (organ) | Forrest Sonntag (trumpet) | Michael Barranco (timpani)

    Private Recording
  • In the Bleak Midwinter

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • I Saw Three Ships

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sunrise String Quartet

    Sunrise Records 101 (A Christmas Sunrise)
  • Trilogy for Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine | Robert Grogan (organ) | Leo Nestor (conductor)

    VQR 2021 (A Child is Born, Christmas at the National Shrine)
  • Angels We Have Heard on High

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Julian Wachner (conductor) | The Washington Chorus | National Capital Brass and Percussion

    Dorian 92117 (Christmas with The Washington Chorus)
  • César Franck

    Panis angelicus

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) | Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna | Nicoletta Mezzini (organ) | Michele Mariotti (conductor)

    Decca 0014875 (Santo: Sacred Songs)
  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

    Monday
    Dec 22

    New York Choral Artists | Douglas Major (organ) | Joseph Flummerfelt (conductor) | Brass Ensemble

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • A Christmas Medley

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin) and friends

    NSS Music 001 (Merry)
  • Fum, Fum, Fum

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Craig Jessop (conductor) | Orchestra at Temple Square

    MTC 1063 (Sing, Choirs of Angels!)
  • Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Apollo's Fire | Apollo's Singers | Jeannette Sorrell (conductor) | Ensemble La Nef | Meredith Hall (soprano)

    Avie 2269 (Sacrum Mysterium)
  • La Marche des rois (The March of the Kings)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sons of Orpheus (Orphei Drängar)

    BIS 533 (Christmas Music)
  • Away in a Manger

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Franz Gruber

    Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • Pa Fab Yw Hwn? (What Child Is This?)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera | Bryn Terfel (baritone) | Tecwyn Evans (conductor) | Catrin Finch (harp)

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • Felix Bernard

    Winter Wonderland

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Eaken Piano Trio

    Naxos 554.099 (Home for the Holidays)
  • In dulci jubilo (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

    Berlin Classics 1037 (Bläsermusik zur Wiehnacht)
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 22

    London Cello Sound | The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge | Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Children's Chorus of Washington | Margaret Nomura Clark (artistic director)

    Private Recording
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 22

    John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers

    Collegium 111 (Christmas wih the Cambridge Singers)
  • Rejoice and Be Merry

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Galliard Brass

    ASV 527 (Carols for Brass)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio, Part 5. Chorus. "Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen" (Let thy glory be sung, God)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Jos van Veldhoven (conductor) | Netherlands Bach Society

    Channel 20103 (Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248)
  • A Maiden Most Gentle

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Choir of Westminster Cathedral | James O'Donnell (conductor) | Iain Simcock (organ)

    Hyperion 66668 (Adestes fideles)
  • Adolphe Adam

    Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Thomas Hampson (baritone) | St. Paul Chamber Orchestra | Hugh Wolff (conductor)

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • Good King Wenceslas

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • The Many Moods of Christmas: Part 3

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Robert Shaw (conductor) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

    Telarc 80087 (The Many Moods of Christmas)
  • Veni,veni, Emanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    New York Choral Artists | Joseph Flummerfelt (conductor)

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Leonard Bernstein (conductor) | New York Philharmonic

    Sony 63303 (The Joy of Christmas with Leonard Bernstein)
  • Mel Tormé

    The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Canadian Brass

    CBS 39740 (A Canadian Brass Christmas)
  • Patapan (Willie Take Your Little Drum)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Seraphic Fire | Patrick Dupré Quigley (conductor) | Jacqueline Kerrod (harp)

    Seraphic Fire Media 14 (Candlelight Carols)
  • Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich

    Carol of the Bells

    Monday
    Dec 22

    CORO 16188 (Carol of the Bells; The Sixteen)
  • I Orwedd Mewn Preseb (Away in a Manger)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera | Bryn Terfel (baritone) | Tecwyn Evans (conductor) | Nidus Children's Choir

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • William Billings

    Methinks I see an Heav'nly Host

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Irving Berlin

    White Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Eaken Piano Trio

    Naxos 554.099 (Home for the Holidays)
  • Sarah Quartel

    A Winter Day: 4th movement

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Capitol Hill Chorale | John Moran (cello) | Raymond Rinaldo (piano) | Frederick A. Binkholder (conductor)

    Private Recording
  • Deck the Hall

    Monday
    Dec 22

    City of London Sinfonia | John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers

    Collegium 121 (Christmas Day in the Morning)
  • Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia | Peter Breiner (conductor)

    Naxos 550.670 (Christmas Goes Baroque, Vol. 2)
  • Here We Come A-Wassaling

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Canadian Brass

    CBS 39740 (A Canadian Brass Christmas)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker Suite

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Zubin Mehta (conductor) | Israel Philharmonic

    London 410.551 (Tchaikovsky: Suites from Swan Lake)
  • James Lord Pierpont

    Jingle Bells

    Monday
    Dec 22

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine | Kiev Chamber Choir | Volodymyr Sirenko (conductor)

    Dotcom 2013 (Christmas with the Kyiv Chamber Choir)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Air & Chorus. Why do the nations so furiously rage together?; Let us break their bonds asunder

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Matthew Robertson (conductor) | The Thirteen Choir and Orchestra | Steven Eddy (baritone)

    Private Recording, 2024
  • God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

    Monday
    Dec 22

    London Cello Sound | The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge | Geoffrey Simon (conductor) | Helen Swift (soprano) | Chris DIxon (bass) | Gabriella Dall'Olio (harp) | Rachel Gledhill (percussion)

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (What is that lovely fragrance?)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Craig Jessop (conductor) | Orchestra at Temple Square

    Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas)
  • Christopher Rouse

    Karolju: Latin

    Monday
    Dec 22

    BBC Symphony Orchestra | Philharmonia Chorus | David Zinman (conductor)

    RCA 11561 (Karolju)
  • Awake, and join the cheerful choir

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Anonymous 4

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7325 (Wolcum Yule)
  • In dulci jubilo

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Washington Master Chorale | Thomas Colohan (artistic director)

    Private Recording
  • Cwsg, Cwsg, Cwsg (Still, still, still)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera | Bryn Terfel (baritone) | Tecwyn Evans (conductor)

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • James Lord Pierpont

    Jingle Bells

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Marielle Nordmann (harp) | Alexandre Lagoya (guitar) | Simion Stanciu "Syrinx" (pan-pipe)

    Erato 2292.45975 (Merry Christmas)
  • Fum, Fum, Fum

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Telarc 80377 (Songs of Angels)
  • A Feast of Carols

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Tallis Chamber Choir | National Symphony Orchestra of London | Randol Alan Bass (conductor)

    Kodanja 2003 (A Feast of Carols)
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Seraphic Fire | Patrick Dupré Quigley (conductor)

    Seraphic Fire Media 2011 (Silent Night)
  • Franz Gruber

    Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Thomas Hampson (baritone) | St. Paul Chamber Orchestra | Hugh Wolff (conductor)

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • Franz Schubert

    Ave Maria, D 839

    Monday
    Dec 22

    London Cello Sound | Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • Deck the Hall

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Joy to the World

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Craig Jessop (conductor) | Orchestra at Temple Square | John Longhurst (organ)

    Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker: March

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Stewart Goodyear (piano)

    Steinway & Sons 30040 (The Nutcracker)
  • Adolphe Adam

    Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Choral Arts Society of Washington | Norman Scribner (conductor) | Chamber Orchestra | J. Reilly Lewis (organ)

    Choral Arts 10102 (Christmas with The Choral Arts Society of Washington)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Chorus. "For unto us a Child is born"

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Martin Pearlman (conductor) | Boston Baroque

    Telarc 80348 (Handel: Messiah, Highlights)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Washington Saxophone Quartet

    Americus 2011.060 (Tis the Season)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trio Sonata #1 in E-flat Major, BWV 525

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Heinz Holliger (oboe) | Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord) | Thomas Demenga (cello)

    Philips 422.328 (Bach: The Trio Sonatas)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns

    Cello Concerto #1

    Monday
    Dec 22

    London Symphony Orchestra | Han-Na Chang (cello) | Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)

    EMI 56126 (Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Fauré & Bruch)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata, K. 533

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

    Philips 412.122 (Mozart: 2 Sonatas K.533/494 & K.545, Rondo K.511)
  • All my heart this night rejoices

    Monday
    Dec 22

    John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers

    Collegium 503 (Christmas Star)
  • Maurice Ravel

    Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Rotterdam Philharmonic | Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor)

    EMI 66342 (Ravel: Ballet and Dance Music)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto #1 in C Major, Op. 15

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Jan Lisiecki (piano) | Jan Lisiecki (conductor)

    DG 483.7637 (Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos)
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Peter Breiner (conductor) | CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Naxos 550.301 (Christmas Goes Baroque)
  • Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Caucasian Sketches Suite #2 "Iveria", Op. 42

    Monday
    Dec 22

    National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine | Arthur Fagen (conductor)

    Naxos 553.405 (Ippolitov-Ivanov Orchestral Works)
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Violin Concerto #1 in D Major, Op. 6

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) | New York Philharmonic | Gil Shaham (violin)

    DG 429.786 (Paganini & Saint-Saëns: Violin Concertos)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Chorus. "For unto us a Child is born"

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Sixteen | Harry Christophers (conductor)

    Coro 16062 (Handel: Messiah)
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio #27 C Major

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

    Dorian 90164 (Haydn Piano Trios)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony #8 in G Major, Op. 88

    Monday
    Dec 22

    London Symphony Orchestra | István Kertész (conductor)

    Decca 475.7517 (Dvořák: Symphonies 8 & 9 "From The New World")
  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Choir of Westminster Cathedral | James O'Donnell (conductor) | Iain Simcock (organ)

    Hyperion 66668 (Adestes fideles)
  • Franz Danzi

    Flute Concerto #2 D Minor

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Munich Chamber Orchestra | Andras Adorjan (flute) | Hans Stadlmair (conductor)

    Orfeo 003.812 (Danzi: The 4 Flute Concertos)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Alan Loveday (violin)

    Decca 0006627 (Vivaldi: The Four Seasons)
  • A wassail, a wassail throughout all this town!

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Paul Hillier (conductor) | Theatre of Voices

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7079 (Carols from the Old & New Worlds)
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony #3 in D Major, D 200

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2154 (Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns

    Piano Concerto #4

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Michel Plasson (conductor) | Philippe Entremont (piano) | Toulouse Orchestra

    CBS 45624 (Saint-Saëns: The 5 Piano Concertos)
  • Angels from the Realms of Glory; Away in a Manger; O Christmas Tree; Deck the Hall

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Canadian Brass

    RCA 4132 (Christmas with the Canadian Brass)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 12. Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Weeping, wailing, fretting, fearing)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Mark Padmore (tenor) | William Towers (alto) | Julian Clarkson (bass)

    SDG 107 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 24)
  • Franz Liszt

    Des Tages laute Stimmen [Ferdinand von Saar]

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Daniel Barenboim (piano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)

    DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection)
  • Ernest Chausson

    Le Roi Arthus (King Arthur): Act III

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Teresa Zylis-Gara [Guenièvre] | Gino Quilico (baritone) [Arthus] | Gösta Winbergh (tenor) [Lancelot] | Annick Massis [Mordred] | Gérard Friedmann [Lyonnel] | François Loup [Allan] | Gilles Cachemaille (bass) [Merlin] | Thierry Dran [Un Laboureur] | Renè Schirrer [Un Chevalier] | Alexandre Laitter [Un Ecuyer] | Michel Focquenoy [Soldat] | Francis Dudziak [Soldat] | Renè Schirrer [Soldat] | Chours de Radio France [Soldat] | Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique [Chevaliers, Ecuyers, Pages, Bardes, Femmes de la suite de Guenièvre] | Armin Jordan (conductor)

    Erato 88213 (Chausson: Le Roi Arthus)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Iolanta: Robert's aria. "Kto mozhet stavnitsa s Matil'da mojej" (Who can compare with my Mathilde)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) | Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.6010 (Slavic Heroes)
  • Nicola Porpora

    Cantata #9. Recitative and aria. "Tomerò fra le gregge...Silvio amante disperato" (I shall return to my flock...Silvio, desperate lover)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Iestyn Davies (countertenor) | Arcangelo | Jonathan Cohen (conductor)

    Hyperion 67894 (Porpora: Cantatas for Alto)
  • Salamone Rossi

    Settings from "Hashirim asher lish'lomo" ("The Songs of Solomon")

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Bach Sinfonia | Sinfonia Voci | Daniel Abraham (conductor)

    Dorian 90913 (Passion and Lament)
  • Lodovico Grossi da Viadana

    Psalm 109. Dixit Dominus (The Lord said)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    I Fagiolini | Robert Hollingworth (conductor)

    Decca 0016794 (1612 Italian Vespers)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rodelinda: Act I, Scenes 6-8

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sophie Danemann [Rodelinda] | Daniel Taylor [Bertarido] | Adrian Thompson [Grimoaldo] | Catherine Robbin [Eduige] | Robin Blaze [Unulfo] | Christopher Purves [Garibaldo] | Raglan Baroque Players | Nicholas Kraemer

    Virgin 45277 (Handel: Rodelinda)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): Act II, Scene 1, Countess Almaviva's cavatina. "Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro" (Grant, love, that relief)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Simone Kermes (soprano) [Countess Almaviva] | MusicAeterna | Teodor Currentzis (conductor)

    Sony 370926 (Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro)
  • Claude Debussy

    Chansons de Bilitis

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Dawn Upshaw (soprano) | Gilbert Kallish (piano)

    Nonesuch 79812 (Voices of Light)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Ein deutsches Requiem: III. Herr, lehre doch mich (Lord, teach me)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Tom Krause | Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus | Vienna Philharmonic | Bernard Haitink (conductor)

    Philips 411.436 (Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida: Act IV

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Claudio Abbado (conductor) | Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Ruggero Raimondi (baritone) [King of Egypt] | Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano) [Amneris] | Katia Ricciarelli (soprano) [Aida] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Radamès] | Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Ramfis] | Leo Nucci (baritone) [Amonasro] | Piero de Palma (tenor) [Messenger]

    DG 410.092 (Verdi: Aida)
  • Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Halka: Janusz's aria. "Pwena, jak wiatr wzdycha" (As sure as the wind sighs)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) | Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.6010 (Slavic Heroes)
  • Hector Berlioz

    Herminie: #3. Air. Allegro impetuoso vivace

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Véronique Gens (soprano) | Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire | John Axelrod (conductor)

    Ondine 1200 (Berlioz & Ravel)
  • Robert Schumann

    Drei Gesänge (3 Airs), Op. 83

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Christoph Eschenbach (piano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) | Edith Mathis (soprano)

    DG 477.8816 (Schumann: Lieder)
  • Franz Schubert

    Das Lied im Grünen, D 917 (Song of the Countryside)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Eric Schneider (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2004-05 (Schubert: An mein Herz)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola: Act I Finale. "Conciossiacosacché.Zitto, zitto.Parlar, pensar, vorrei"

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Francisco Araiza [Don Ramiro] | Simone Alaimo [Dandini] | Ruggero Raimondi (baritone) [Don Magnifico] | Carol Malone [Clorinda] | Felicity Palmer (soprano) [Tisbe] | John Del Carlo [Alidoro] | Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Cenerentola (Angiolina)]

    Philips 420.468 (Rossini: La Cenerentola)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Three Male Choruses with Piano, B 76, Op. 43: I. Grief

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Cantus | Timothy Cheek (piano) | Sonja Kaye Thompson (piano)

    Cantus 1213 (Song of a Czech)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 199. Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (My heart swims in blood)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) | The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music | Craig Smith (conductor)

    Nonesuch 79692 (Bach: Cantatas, BWV 82 and 199)
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    La fille du régiment: Act II

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Richard Bonynge (conductor) | Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Marie] | Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Tonio] | Monica Sinclair [La marquise de Berkenfield] | Jules Bruyère [Hortensius] | Spiro Malas [Sulpice] | Eric Garrett [Le caporal] | Edith Coates [La duchesse de Crakentorp] | Alan Jones [Un paysan] | Omar Gorde [Un notaire]

    London 414.520 (Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment)
  • Carl Nielsen

    Fire sange fra Ludvig Holsteins skuespil 'Tove' (Four Songs from Ludvig Holstein's play 'Tove'): Vi sletternes sønner har drømme i sind (We, sons of the plains carry dreams in our minds)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Ars Nova Copenhagen | Michael Bojesen (conductor)

    Dacapo 220.569 (Carl Nielsen: Songs for choir)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro: Act IV, Finale

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Rodney Gilfry [Count Almaviva] | Hillevi Martinpelto [Countess Almaviva] | Alison Hagley [Susanna] | Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) [Figaro] | Pamela Helen Stephen [Cherubino] | Susan McCulloch [Marcellina] | Carlos Feller [Bartolo] | Francis Egerton [Basilio] | Francis Egerton [Don Curzio] | Julian Clarkson [Antonio] | Constanze Backes [Barbarina] | Lucinda Houghton [Contadina] | Sarah Connolly [Contadina]

    Archiv 439.871 (Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro)
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Naïs (Opéra pour la paix [pastorale héroïque]): Act I

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Nicholas McGegan (conductor) | English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra | Ian Caley (tenor) [Neptun] | Linda Russell (soprano) [Naïs] | Ian Caddy (baritone) [Télénus] | John Tomlinson (bass) [Pluton] | Richard Jackson (baritone) [Tirésie] | Jennifer Smith (soprano) [Premère Bergère (First Shepherdess)] | English Bach Festival Singers [Titans et Géants (Titans | Giants) | Dieux du Ciel (gods and goddesses) | Peuples de la terre (people of the earth) | Divinités de la Mer (sea divinities) | Brian Parson (haute-contre) [Astérion] | Antony Ransome (baritone) [Palémon] | Ann Mackay (soprano) [Deuxième Bergère (Second Shepherdess)] | Bergers, Bergères, Pastres (Shepherds, shepherdesses, huntsmen)]

    Erato 636487 (The Opera Collection, Rameau)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Ottone in villa: Act II, Tullia's aria. "Due tiranni ho nel mio core" (Two tyrants have I in my heart)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Il Giardino Armonico | Giovanni Antonini (conductor) | Roberta Invernizzi [Tullia]

    Naïve 30493 (Vivaldi: Ottone in villa)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Cantata, HWV 96. Clori, Tirsi, e Fileno: Aria. Va col canto lusingando (With his flattering singing)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan (harpsichord | Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7471-72 (A Tribute)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Un giorno di regno: "Pietoso al lungo pianto alfin m'arride amore.Deh! lasciate a un'alma amante"

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Carlo Rizzi (conductor) | Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) | Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

    Decca 0003136 (Great Tenor Arias)
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Ezio: Act III

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Il Complesso Barocco | Alan Curtis (conductor) | Max Emanuel Cencic [Emperor Valentiniano III] | Ann Hallenberg [Fulvia] | Sonia Prina [Ezio] | Mayuko Karasawa [Onoria] | Topi Lehtipuu [Massimo] | Julian Prégardien [Varo]

    Virgin 70929 (Ezio)
  • Antonio Lotti

    Crucifixus a 10

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Les Arts Florissants | Paul Agnew (conductor)

    Virgin 70907 (Lamentazione)
  • Richard Wagner

    Götterdämmerung: Prologue and Act I

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Vienna Philharmonic | Vienna State Opera Chorus | Birgit Nilsson (soprano) [Brünnhilde] | Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) [Siegfried] | Gustav Neidlinger [Alberich] | Gottlieb Frick (bass) [Hagen] | Claire Watson [Gutrune] | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau [Gunther] | Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) [Waltraute] | Lucia Popp [Woglinde] | Della Jones [Wellgunde] | Maureen Guy [Flosshilde] | Helen Watts (alto) [Erste Norn] | Grace Hoffman [Zweite Norn] | Anita Välkki [Dritte Norn]

    London 414.115 (Wagner: Götterdämmerung)
  • Robert Schumann

    Liederkreis, Op. 39: In der Fremde (In a Foreign Land)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) | Daniel Blumenthal (piano)

    Naïve 5159 (Schumann)
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal: Act II, Dom Sébastien's aria. "Seul sur la terre...Ange céleste" (Alone on earth...Angel of heaven)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon | Piotr Beczala (tenor) | Alain Altinoglu (conductor)

    DG 479.4101 (The French Collection)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Missa solemnis, Op. 123: III. Credo

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) | Marjana Lipovsek (alto) | Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) | Eva Mei (soprano) | Robert Holl (bass) | Arnold Schoenberg Choir | Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Teldec 9031.74884 (Beethoven: Missa Solemnis)
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Tsar's Bride: Act III

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Gennady Bezzubenkov [Vasily Stepanovich Sobakin] | Marina Shaguch [Marfa] | Dmitri Hvorostovsky [Grigory Grigoryevich Gryaznoy] | Sergei Alexashkin [Grigory Lukyanovich Malyuta-Skuratov] | Evgeny Akimov [Ivan Sergeyevich Lykov] | Olga Borodina [Lyubasha] | Nikolai Gassiev [Yelisey Bomelius] | Irina Loskutova [Domna Ivanovna Saburova] | Olga Markova-Mikhailenko [Dunyasha] | Lyubov Sokolova [Petrovna] | Yuri Shkliar [Stoker] | Lyudmila Kasjanenko [Serving Girl] | Viktor Vikhrov [Lad] | Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, St. Petersburg | Valery Gergiev (conductor) | Valery Gergiev

    Philips 462.618 (Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ariodante: Act III, Scene 3, Polinesso's aria. "Dover, giustizia, amor" (Duty, justice, love)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Nathalie Stutzmann (alto) | Orfeo 55 | Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor)

    Erato 623.177 (Heroes from the Shadows)
  • Thomas Tallis

    Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Tallis Scholars | Peter Phillips (director)

    Gimell 007 (Tallis: The Complete English Anthems)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Ein deutsches Requiem: VI. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt (For here we have no lasting place)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Philharmonia Orchestra | Philharmonia Chorus | Otto Klemperer

    EMI 56218 (Brahms: A German Requiem)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem, K. 626

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Harry van der Kamp (bass) | Tölzer Knabenchor | Tafelmusik | Bruno Weil (conductor) | Marina Ulewicz (soprano) | Barbara Hölzl (mezzo-soprano) | Jörg Hering (tenor)

    Sony 60764 (Mozart: Requiem, K. 626)
  • Charles Gounod

    Roméo et Juliette

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Michel Plasson (conductor) | Roberto Alagna (tenor) [Roméo] | Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) [Juliette] | José van Dam (baritone) [Frère Laurent] | Marie-Ange Todorovitch [Stéphano] | Simon Keenlyside (baritone) [Mercutio] | Alain Fondary [Capulet] | Claire Larcher [Gertrude] | Daniel Galvez Vallejo [Tybalt] | Guy Flechter [Benvolio] | Didier Henry [Pâris] | Till Fecnher [Grégorio] | Alain Vernhes [Le Duc] | Christophe Fel [Frère Jean] | Anne Constantin [Manuela] | Doris Lamprecht [Pepita] | Yann Beuron [Angelo] | Chœur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

    EMI 56123 (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata, BWV 51. Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! (Praise unto God in all lands!)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Malin Hartelius (soprano)

    SDG 104 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 8)
  • Charles Gounod

    Roméo et Juliette: Act III

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Michel Plasson (conductor) | Roberto Alagna (tenor) [Roméo] | Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) [Juliette] | José van Dam (baritone) [Frère Laurent] | Marie-Ange Todorovitch [Stéphano] | Simon Keenlyside (baritone) [Mercutio] | Alain Fondary [Capulet] | Claire Larcher [Gertrude] | Daniel Galvez Vallejo [Tybalt] | Guy Flechter [Benvolio] | Didier Henry [Pâris] | Till Fecnher [Grégorio] | Alain Vernhes [Le Duc] | Christophe Fel [Frère Jean] | Anne Constantin [Manuela] | Doris Lamprecht [Pepita] | Yann Beuron [Angelo] | Chœur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

    EMI 56123 (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette)
  • Amy Beach

    Three Shakespeare Songs, Op. 37

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Emma Kirkby (soprano) | James Lisney (piano)

    BIS 1245 (Beach: Chanson d'amour)
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen: Act I

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Berlin Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor) | Agnes Baltsa [Carmen] | José Carreras [Don José] | José van Dam [Escamillo] | Katia Ricciarelli [Micaëla] | Christine Barbaux [Frasquita] | Jane Berbié [Marcellina] | Alexander Malta [Zuniga] | Mikael Melbye [Moralès] | Gino Quilico [Le Dancaïr] | Heinz Zednik [Le Remendado] | Michel Marinpouille [Andrès] | Chœur de l'Opéra de Paris

    DG 410.088 (Bizet: Carmen)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Yevgeniy Onegin (Eugene Onegin): Onegin's aria. "Uzhel' ta samaya Tatyana" (Can it be the same Tatyana?)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) | Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.6010 (Slavic Heroes)
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Maria Stuarda: Act III, Nos. 16-17, Hymn of the dead woman & Prayer of the Scots. "Vedeste? Vedemmo. Oh truce apparato!"."Anna! Qui più sommessi"

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Giuseppe Patanè (conductor) | Bavarian Radio Chorus | Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Edita Gruberova [Maria Stuarda, Regina di Scozia] | Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano) [Anna Kennedy]

    Philips 426.233 (Donizetti: Maria Stuarda)
  • Benjamin Britten

    Spring Symphony, Op. 44

    Monday
    Dec 22

    John Mark Ainsley (tenor) | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Catherine Robbin (alto) | Monteverdi Choir | Alison Hagley (soprano) | Boy and Girl Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral

    DG 453.433 (Britten: Spring Symphony)
  • Franz Schubert

    Schwanengesang, D 957: #3. Frühlingssehnsucht

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Alfred Brendel (piano)

    Decca 475.6011 (Beethoven & Schubert)

WETA Virtuoso

  • Richard Strauss

    Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Vienna Philharmonic | Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor)

    London 430.508 (Richard Strauss)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Prelude, Op. 3 #2 in C-Sharp Minor

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sergei Rachmaninoff (piano, as recreated by Zenph Studios)

    RCA 748.971 (Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff)
  • Louise Farrenc

    Violin Sonata #2 in A Major, Op. 39

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Daniele Orlando (violin) | Linda Di Carlo (piano)

    Brilliant Classics 95922 (Farrenc: Music for Violin & Piano)
  • Leoš Janáček

    Glagolitic Mass

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Charles Dutoit (conductor) | Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) | Thomas Trotter (organ) | Natalia Troitskaya (soprano) | Eva Randova (mezzo-soprano) | Kaludi Kaludov (tenor) | Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

    London 436.211 (Leos Janacek)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita #5 in G Major, BWV 829

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sir András Schiff (piano)

    London 411.732 (Bach: 6 Partitas BWV 825-830)
  • Howard Hanson

    Symphony #2 "Romantic"

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Leonard Slatkin (conductor) | St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

    EMI 47850 (Hanson: Symphony No. 2 - Barber: Violin Concerto)
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Scherzo. Allegro con brio

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Hyperion 67381-2 (Vaugh Williams: The Early Chamber Music)
  • Carl Reinecke

    Symphony #3 in G Minor, Op. 227

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Munich Radio Orchestra | Henry Raudales (conductor)

    CPO 555.114 (Carl Reinecke: Orchestral Works Vol. 1)
  • Leoš Janáček

    String Quartet #2 "Intimate Letters"

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Hagen Quartet

    DG 427.669 (Janacek: String Quartets)
  • Renaissance

    Dances by Caroubel (Tk. 25-28)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Ulsamer Collegium

    Archiv 415.294 (Renaissance and Early Baroque Dance Music)
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra Broadcast

    Monday
    Dec 22

  • Richard Strauss

    An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Bernard Haitink (conductor) | Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

    Philips 416.156 (Richard Strauss)
  • Charles Ives

    A Concord Symphony: The Alcotts

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

    SFS Media 60 (Masterpieces in Miniature)
  • Dora Pejačević

    Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 26

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Oliver Triendl (piano) | Andrej Bielow (violin)

    CPO 777.420 (Dora Pejacevic: Violin Sonatas)
  • Sergei Prokofiev

    Semyon Kotko: Suite from the Opera, Op. 81 bis

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Scottish National Orchestra

    Chandos 8803 (Prokofiev)
  • Eduard Schütt

    Canzonetta, Op. 28 #2

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Jeffrey Biegel (piano)

    Steinway & Sons 30017 (Grand Romance)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata, K. 376

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Arthur Grumiaux (violin) | Clara Haskil (piano)

    Philips 412.253 (Mozart: 4 Sonatas for Piano and Violin, K.301, 304, 376 & 378)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Berlin Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor) | Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) | Antonio Meneses (cello)

    DG 410.603 (Brahms: Double Concerto, Tragic Overture)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka, Op. 59 #1 in A Minor

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Maria João Pires (piano)

    DG 477.7483 (Frederic Chopin)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet #1 in E-flat Major, Op. 12

    Monday
    Dec 22

    DG 415.883 (Mendelssohn: The String Quartets)
  • Béla Bartók

    Violin Concerto #2, Sz 112

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Pierre Boulez (conductor) | Gil Shaham (violin)

    DG 459.639 (BARTOK: Violin Concerto No. 2)
  • Harold Shapero

    Nine-Minute Overture

    Monday
    Dec 22

    André Previn (conductor) | Los Angeles Philharmonic

    New World 373
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony #9 "From the New World"

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Vienna Philharmonic | Seiji Ozawa (conductor)

    Philips 432.996 (Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, In der Natur)
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No. 5

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

    Decca 470.290 (The magic of Satie)
  • Louis Spohr

    Violin Concerto #11

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Christian Froehlich (conductor) | Ulf Hoelscher (violin)

    CPO 999.196 (Spohr: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 11)
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet, Op. 76 #1 in G Major

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Buchberger Quartet

    Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition)
  • Franz Liszt

    Transcendental Etude #5 in B-flat Major "Feux follets" (Will o' the wisps)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Claudio Arrau (piano)

    Philips 416.458 (Liszt: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante)
  • Leoš Janáček

    Capriccio

    Monday
    Dec 22

    András Schiff (piano) | Musiktage Mondsee

    London 440.312 (Janacek)
  • Richard Strauss

    Metamorphosen (arranged for string septet by Rudolf Leopold)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Renaud Capuçon (violin) | Gérard Caussé (viola) | Alois Posch (double bass) | Julia Hagen (cello) | Christoph Koncz (violin) | Veronika Hagen (viola) | Clemens Hagen (cello)

    DG 4867082 (Richard Strauss: Renaud Capucon)
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Méditation in D Major, Op. 32

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Russian National Orchestra | José Serebrier (conductor) | Rachel Barton Pine (violin)

    Warner Classics 4679465 (Glazunov: Complete Concertos)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata #10 in G Major, Op. 14 #2

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

    Bridge 9207 (Beethoven: Sonatas, Vol. 3)
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet #15

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Quatuor Sine Nomine

    Erato 2292.45484 (Schubert: String Quartets D 94 & 887)
  • Amy Beach

    From Grandmother's Garden, Op. 97: #3. Mignonette

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Joanne Polk (piano)

    Arabesque 6721 (Fire-flies)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite #2 in D Minor, BWV 1008

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Anner Bylsma (cello)

    Sony 48047 (Bach: Suites for Violoncello Solo)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Sir Colin Davis (conductor) | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    RCA 60382 (Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Haydn Variations)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Impromptu #1 in A-flat Major, Op. 29

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Bella Davidovich (piano)

    Philips 411.427 (Chopin: Ballades, Impromputs)
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    The "Lost" Vespers (arr. Matthew Robertson)

    Monday
    Dec 22

    The Thirteen | Matthew Robertson (conductor)

    Acis 54148 (Monteverdi: The "Lost" Vespers)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words, Op. 85 #1 in F Major

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Daniel Barenboim (piano)

    DG 423.931 (Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words)
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Verklärte Nacht

    Monday
    Dec 22

    English Chamber Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)

    London 410.111 (Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll)
  • Sergei Prokofiev

    Violin Sonata #2 in D Major, Op. 94a

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Gidon Kremer (violin) | Martha Argerich (piano)

    DG 431.803 (Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas, 5 Melodies)
  • Adolph Martin Foerster

    On the Sea

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Malcolm Frager (piano)

    New World 80206 (Edward MacDowell & Company)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet for Piano and Winds

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Alfred Brendel (piano) | Heinz Holliger (oboe) | Eduard Brunner (clarinet) | Hermann Baumann (horn) | Klaus Thunemann (bassoon)

    Philips 420.182 (Mozart & Beethoven: Quintets)
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony #1

    Monday
    Dec 22

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Yoel Levi (conductor)

    Telarc 80246 (Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & No. 5)