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WETA Classical
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K 452
Wednesday
Dec 11
Christoph Eschenbach (piano) | Rhineland Chamber Ensemble
Signum 06 (Mozart & Beethoven) -
Pablo de Sarasate
Concert Fantasy on Mozart's "The Magic Flute", Op. 54
Wednesday
Dec 11
Tianwa Yang (violin) | Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra | Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (conductor)
Naxos 572.275 (Sarasate: Music for Violin and Orchestra, Vol. 3) -
PBS News Hour
Wednesday
Dec 11
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Michael Praetorius
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming
Wednesday
Dec 11
Arturo Delmoni Quartet
Listen 50001 (A String Quartet Christmas) -
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Gant
Recorder Sonata, Op. 3 #7 in E-flat Major
Wednesday
Dec 11
Daniel Rothert (recorder) | Ketil Haugsand (harpsichord) | Vanessa Young (cello)
Naxos 572.023 (Gant: Recorder Sonatas) -
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony #9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
Wednesday
Dec 11
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | National Symphony Orchestra
NSO 0001 (Dvorak Symphony No. 9, Copland Billy the Kid; Noseda/NSO) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony #35 "Haffner"
Wednesday
Dec 11
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) | Prague Chamber Orchestra
Telarc 80203 (Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 32, 35 & 39) -
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64: I. Allegro molto appassionato
Wednesday
Dec 11
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Harding (conductor) | Ray Chen (violin)
Sony 798410 (Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos) -
Samuel Scheidt
In Dulci Jubilo
Wednesday
Dec 11
The Galliard Brass
ASV 527 (Carols for Brass) -
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony #1 in D Major, Op. 25 "Classical"
Wednesday
Dec 11
Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Scottish National Orchestra
Chandos 8400 (Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 & 4) -
Joseph Haydn
Horn Concerto #2 in D Major, Hob. VIId:4: I. Allegro moderato
Wednesday
Dec 11
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Iona Brown (conductor) | Hermann Baumann (horn)
Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition) -
Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman: Overture
Wednesday
Dec 11
Berlin Philharmonic | Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
Philips 426.271 (Wagner: Overtures & Preludes) -
Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
Violin Concerto in D Major (Benton 103/103A): I. Allegro
Wednesday
Dec 11
David Perry (violin) | Baltimore Chamber Orchestra | Markand Thakar (conductor)
Naxos 570.320 (Pleyel: Symphonies Concertantes) -
John Antes
Trio in D Minor, Op. 3 #2: III. Presto
Wednesday
Dec 11
The Vivaldi Project
MSR 1623 (Discovering the Classical String Trio, Vol. 3) -
Franz Schubert
Symphony #4 in C Minor, D 417 "Tragic": IV. Allegro
Wednesday
Dec 11
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 90.2154 (Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro
Wednesday
Dec 11
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Decca 478.2191 (Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte) -
George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Ev'ry valley
Wednesday
Dec 11
The Carillon Brass
Integra 920 (Carillon Christmas) -
Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto #2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: I. Allegro moderato
Wednesday
Dec 11
Sergei Istomin (cello) | Apollo Ensemble | David Rabinovich (conductor)
Passacaille 960 (Haydn: Cello Concertos) -
Antonín Dvořák
Scherzo Capriccioso
Wednesday
Dec 11
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) | Philadelphia Orchestra
EMI 49114 (Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From The New World") -
Traditional
Il est né, le divin enfant
Wednesday
Dec 11
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Americus 2011.060 (Tis the Season) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Wednesday
Dec 11
Sir Colin Davis (conductor) | Boston Symphony Orchestra
Philips 411.448 (Tchaikovsky: 1812, Romeo and Juliet, Dances) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto #12 in A Major, K 414
Wednesday
Dec 11
Howard Griffiths (conductor) | Fazil Say (piano) | Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Naïve 4992 (Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 12, 21 & 23) -
Georg Caspar Schurmann
Suite "Ludovicus Pius": Overture
Wednesday
Dec 11
Berlin Academy for Old Music
Harmonia Mundi 90.1852 (Ouvertüren für die Hamburger Oper) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker: Russian Dance
Wednesday
Dec 11
Stewart Goodyear (piano)
Steinway & Sons 30040 (The Nutcracker) -
Franz Schubert
Symphony #3
Wednesday
Dec 11
Vienna Philharmonic | Riccardo Muti (conductor)
EMI 49850 (Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5) -
Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata, RV 28 for Oboe and Basso continuo in G Minor {edit}
Wednesday
Dec 11
Burkhard Glaetzner (oboe) | Siegfried Pank (viola da gamba) | Achim Beyer (violone) | Christine Schornsheim (harpsichord)
Capriccio 10.143 (Vivaldi: The Oboe Sonatas) -
Carl Maria von Weber
Piano Concerto #1
Wednesday
Dec 11
Sir Colin Davis (conductor) | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Gerhard Oppitz (piano)
RCA 68219 (Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Konzertstuck) -
Traditional
A Christmas Medley
Wednesday
Dec 11
friends | Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
NSS Music 001 (Merry) -
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto
Wednesday
Dec 11
Itzhak Perlman (violin) | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra
EMI 47166 (Brahms: Violin Concerto) -
Franz Gruber
Silent Night
Wednesday
Dec 11
Marielle Nordmann (harp) | Alexandre Lagoya (guitar) | Simion Stanciu "Syrinx" (pan-pipe)
Erato 2292.45975 (Merry Christmas) -
Georg Philipp Telemann
Banquet Music, Part 2: Suite in D Major
Wednesday
Dec 11
Musica Amphion | Pieter-Jan Belder (conductor)
Brilliant Classics 92177 (Telemann: Tafelmusik) -
Camille Saint-Saëns
Carnival of the Animals
Wednesday
Dec 11
Nash Ensemble | Ian Brown (piano) | Susan Tomes (piano)
Virgin 90751 (Saint-Saëns: Trio Op. 18, Septet, Le Carnaval des animaux) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto, BWV 1054
Wednesday
Dec 11
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Murray Perahia (piano) | Murray Perahia (conductor)
Sony 89690 (Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7) -
Christopher Rouse
Karolju: Little March of the Three Kings
Wednesday
Dec 11
BBC Symphony Orchestra | David Zinman (conductor)
RCA 11561 (Karolju) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony #7 in A Major, Op. 92
Wednesday
Dec 11
Vienna Philharmonic | Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 423.364 (Beethoven: Symphnies Nos. 7 & 8) -
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite
Wednesday
Dec 11
Berlin Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 400.034 (Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusic - Prokofiev: Symphonie Classique - Grieg: Holberg Suite) -
Traditional
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Wednesday
Dec 11
Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia | Peter Breiner (conductor)
Naxos 550.670 (Christmas Goes Baroque, Vol. 2) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concertone for 2 Violins in C Major, K 190
Wednesday
Dec 11
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra | Julia Fischer (violin) | Jakov Kreizberg (conductor) | Gordon Nikolić (violin)
Pentatone 5186.453 (Mozart: The Violin Concertos) -
Dmitri Shostakovich
Festive Overture
Wednesday
Dec 11
Russian National Orchestra | Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
DG 439.892 (Russian Overtures) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite #2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
Wednesday
Dec 11
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Harmonia Mundi 90.2113-14 (Bach: Ouvertüren) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Suite
Wednesday
Dec 11
The Carillon Brass
Integra 920 (Carillon Christmas) -
Joseph Haydn
Symphony #96 in D Major
Wednesday
Dec 11
Adam Fischer (conductor) | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Brilliant Classics 93782 (Haydn Edition) -
Jule Styne
Let It Snow!
Wednesday
Dec 11
Giovanni De Chiaro (guitar)
Centaur 2262 (The Sounds of Christmas on Guitar) -
Mikhail Glinka
Ivan Susanin: Cracovienne
Wednesday
Dec 11
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor) | USSR Symphony Orchestra
Melodiya 10.00166 (Glinka: "Ivan Susanin" & "Ruslan and Ludmila") -
George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 #5 in D Major
Wednesday
Dec 11
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Iona Brown (conductor)
Philips 410.048 (Handel: 12 Concerti Grossi) -
Gabriel Fauré
Piano Quartet #1 in C Minor, Op. 15: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivo
Wednesday
Dec 11
Evgeny Kissin (piano) | Emerson String Quartet members
DG 483.6574 (The New York Concert) -
Carl Maria von Weber
Grand Duo Concertant for Clarinet and PIano in E-flat Major, Op. 48: I. Allegro
Wednesday
Dec 11
Yuja Wang (piano) | Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet)
DG 483.6069 (Blue Hour) -
Johann Baptist Cramer
Piano Concerto #6 in E-flat Major, Op. 51: I. Allegro spiritoso
Wednesday
Dec 11
Howard Shelley (conductor) | London Mozart Players | Howard Shelley (piano)
Hyperion 68302 (The Classical Piano Concerto: Johann Baptist Cramer) -
Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich
Carol of the Bells
Wednesday
Dec 11
Eaken Piano Trio
Naxos 554.714 (I'll Be Home for the Holidays) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto #24: I. Allegro
Wednesday
Dec 11
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Orli Shaham (piano) | David Robertson (conductor)
Canary Classics 18 (Mozart Piano Concertos 17 & 24) -
Frédéric Chopin
Variations, Op. 2 on "Là ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni
Wednesday
Dec 11
Jan Lisiecki (piano) | NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester | Krzysztof Urbański (conductor)
DG 479.6824 (Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra) -
James Brooks
Violin Concerto #1: III
Wednesday
Dec 11
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) | Parley of Instruments | Peter Holman (conductor)
Hyperion 66865 (English Classical Violin Concertos) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto, BWV 1065 for 4 Keyboards in A Minor
Wednesday
Dec 11
Christoph Eschenbach (piano) | Gerhard Oppitz (piano) | Justus Frantz (piano) | Helmut Schmidt (piano)
DG 415.655 (J. S. Bach: Klavierkonzerte) -
Florence Price
Violin Concerto #1 in D Major: III. Allegro
Wednesday
Dec 11
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra | Er-gene Kahng (violin) | Ryan Cockerham (conductor)
Albany 1706 (Florence Price Violin Concertos) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto #2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19: I. Allegro con brio
Wednesday
Dec 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) | Leif Ove Andsnes (conductor)
Sony 370548 (Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4) -
Louis Spohr
Quintet in C Minor, Op. 52: IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Wednesday
Dec 11
Les Vents Français
Warner Classics 52856 (Romantique) -
Traditional
Here We Come A-Wassaling
Wednesday
Dec 11
Canadian Brass
CBS 39740 (A Canadian Brass Christmas) -
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol
Wednesday
Dec 11
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Erich Kunzel (conductor)
Telarc 80657 (Russian Nights) -
Christian Cannabich
Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 3 #1: II. Allegro
Wednesday
Dec 11
The Vivaldi Project
MSR Classics 1621 (Discovering the Classical String Trio, Vol. 1) -
Léo Delibes
La Source: Suite #2
Wednesday
Dec 11
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra | Andrew Mogrelia (conductor)
Naxos 553.356-7 (Delibes: Coppélia, La Source) -
Antonio Rosetti
Flute Concerto in E-flat Major
Wednesday
Dec 11
Prague Chamber Orchestra | Bruno Meier (flute)
Naxos 570.593 (German Flute Concertos) -
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata #2 in A Major, Op. 100
Wednesday
Dec 11
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) | Lambert Orkis (piano)
DG 0014767 (Brahms: Violin Sonatas) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Wednesday
Dec 11
The Kanneh-Masons
Decca 485.1156 (Carnival of the Animals) -
Édouard Lalo
Cello Concerto
Wednesday
Dec 11
Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) | Han-Na Chang (cello) | Orchestra of the National Academy of St Cecilia
EMI 82390 (Romance) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet #12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127
Wednesday
Dec 11
Miró Quartet
Pentatone 5186.827 (Beethoven: Complete String Quartets) -
John Field
Nocturne #4 in A Major
Wednesday
Dec 11
Michael Landrum (piano)
Sono Luminus 92158 (Nocturnes) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade, K. 361 "Gran Partita"
Wednesday
Dec 11
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 423.061 (Mozart: Serenade K. 361 "Gran Partita) -
Lili Boulanger
D'un matin de printemps
Wednesday
Dec 11
Emile Naoumoff (piano) | Olivier Charlier (violin)
Marco Polo 223.636 (In Memorian Lili Boulanger) -
Antonín Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53
Wednesday
Dec 11
Rachel Barton Pine (violin) | Royal Scottish National Orchestra | Teddy Abrams (conductor)
Avie 2411 (Dvorak Khachaturian Violin Concertos) -
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Wednesday
Dec 11
London Symphony Orchestra | André Previn (conductor)
EMI 47001 (Debussy: Images pour orchestra) -
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tsar's Bride: Overture
Wednesday
Dec 11
Gerard Schwarz (conductor) | Seattle Symphony
Naxos 572.788 (Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnole) -
Modest Mussorgsky
Night on Bald Mountain (original)
Wednesday
Dec 11
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine | Theodore Kuchar (conductor)
Naxos 555.924 (Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky) -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony #5 in E Minor, Op. 64
Wednesday
Dec 11
Mariss Jansons (conductor) | Oslo Philharmonic
Chandos 8672-78 (Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies) -
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Aleko: Men's Dance
Wednesday
Dec 11
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) | BBC Philharmonic
Chandos 10583 (Aleko) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
Wednesday
Dec 11
Igor Levit (piano)
Sony 506096 (Igor Levit) -
Georg Philipp Telemann
Banquet Music, Part 3: Trio in D Major
Wednesday
Dec 11
Musica Antiqua of Cologne | Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
Archiv 427.619 (Telemann: Tafelmusik)
WETA VivaLaVoce
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Ernest Chausson
Le Roi Arthus (King Arthur)
Wednesday
Dec 11
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) -
Alessandro Scarlatti
Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme: Aria. "Caldo sangue"
Wednesday
Dec 11
Venice Baroque Orchestra | Andrea Marcon (conductor) | Patricia Petibon (soprano) [Ismaele]
DG 477. 8763 (Rosso) -
Georges Bizet
Les Pêcheurs de perles: Act III, Scene 2
Wednesday
Dec 11
Janine Micheau [Leïla] | Nicolai Gedda [Nadir] | Ernest Blanc [Zurga] | Jacques Mars [Nourabad] | Chours du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique | Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique | Pierre Dervaux (conductor)
EMI 69704 (Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles) -
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem: II. Dies Irae
Wednesday
Dec 11
Riccardo Muti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Chorus | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Barbara Frittoli (soprano) | Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) | Mario Zeffiri (tenor) | Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
CSO Resound 901.1006 (Verdi: Messa da Requiem) -
Claude Debussy
Trois chansons de Bilitis: #3. Le tombeau des naïades (The Tomb of the Naiads)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) | Peter Serkin (piano)
Harmonia Mundi 90.7500 (Recital at Ravinia) -
Robert Schumann
Sieben Lieder (7 Songs), Op. 104 (selections) after Kulmann
Wednesday
Dec 11
Christoph Eschenbach (piano) | Edith Mathis (soprano)
DG 477.8816 (Schumann: Lieder) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata, BWV 68. Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (God so loved the world)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Lisa Larsson (soprano) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Panajotis Iconomou (bass)
SDG 121 (Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 26) -
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca: Act III
Wednesday
Dec 11
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Mirella Freni (soprano) [Floria Tosca] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Mario Cavaradossi] | Samuel Ramey (bass) [Il barone Vitellio Scarpia] | Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) [Cesare Angelotti] | Anthony Lacuira [Spoletta] | Angelo Veccia [Un sagrestano] | Ralf Lukas [Sciarrone] | Bryan Secombe [Un carceriere] | Lee Tiernan [Un pastore] | Children's Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
DG 431.775 (Puccini: Tosca) -
Franz Liszt
Des Tages laute Stimmen [Ferdinand von Saar]
Wednesday
Dec 11
Daniel Barenboim (piano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection) -
Vincenzo Bellini
Mass in A Minor: Qui sedes
Wednesday
Dec 11
Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) | Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna | Michele Mariotti (conductor) | Luca Milani (clarinet) | Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Decca 0014875 (Panis angelicus) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis, Op. 123: I. Kyrie
Wednesday
Dec 11
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Robert Holl (bass) | Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano) | Tina Kiberg (soprano) | John Aler | Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
Erato 4509.91731 (Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Missa Longa in C Major, K 262
Wednesday
Dec 11
Barbara Werner (alto) | Jens Wollenschlager (organ) | Chamber Choir of Europe | Nicol Matt (conductor) | Christof Fischesser (bass) | Marietta Fischesser (soprano) | Benoit Haller (tenor) | Kammerorchester Mannheim
Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works) -
Gioachino Rossini
Guillaume Tell: Act II, Trio. Ses jours qu'ils ont osé proscrire (His life that they dared to outlaw)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Antonio Pappano (conductor) | Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Gerald Finley [Guillaume Tell] | John Osborn [Arnold] | Matthew Rose [Walter]
EMI 28826 (Rossini: William Tell) -
Antonio Vivaldi
Teuzzone: Act I
Wednesday
Dec 11
Paolo Lopez [Teuzzone] | Raffaella Milanesi [Zidiana] | Delphine Galou [Zelinda] | Roberta Mameli [Cino] | Furio Zanasi [Sivenio] | Antonio Giovannini [Egaro] | Makoto Sakurada [Troncone | Argonte] | Le Concert des Nations | Jordi Savall (conductor)
Naïve 30513 (Vivaldi: Teuzzone) -
Gabriel Fauré
La Chanson d'Ève (The Song of Eve): O mort, poussiere d'étoiles (O Death, dust of stars)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Hélène Lucas (piano) | Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)
Zigzag 90902 (Fauré: Le Jardin clos, La Chanson d'Ève, Mélodies) -
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Hippolyte et Aricie: Act II, Scenes 1-3
Wednesday
Dec 11
Marc Minkowski (conductor) | Les musiciens du Louvre | Véronique Gens [Aricie] | Jean-Paul Fouchécourt [Hippolyte] | Bernarda Fink (alto) [Phèdre] | Russell Smythe [Thésée] | Thérèse Feighan [Diane] | Annick Massis [L'Amour] | Laurent Naouri [Pluton/Neptune/Jupiter] | Florence Katz [Onone] | Jean-Lous Georgel [Mercure/Arcas] | Luc Coadou [Tisiphone] | Jean-Louis Meunier [Parque] | Jacques-François Loiseleur des Longchamps [Parque] | Jérôme Varnier [Parque] | Monique Simon [La Grande-Prêtresse] | Stephan Van Dyck [Un Suivant de l'Amour] | Kiyoko Okada [Une Prêtresse] | Meredith Hall [Une Chasseresse] | Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius [Nymphes de Diane, habitants de la forêt, suivants de l'Amour, prêtresses de Diane, divinités infernales, Trézéniens, matelots, chasseurs et chasseresses, bergers et bergères]
Archiv 445.853 (Rameau: Hippolyte et Arice) -
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi [Fortune, Empress of the World]
Wednesday
Dec 11
Bavarian Radio Chorus | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Harding (conductor)
DG 477.8778 (Orff: Carmina Burana) -
George Frideric Handel
Ariodante: Act III, Scenes 1-6
Wednesday
Dec 11
Il Complesso Barocco | Alan Curtis (conductor) | Joyce DiDonato [Ariodante] | Matthew Brook [King of Scotland] | Karina Gauvin [Ginevra] | Topi Lehtipuu [Lurcanio] | Marie-Nicole Lemieux [Polinesso] | Sabina Puértolas [Dalinda] | Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani [Odoardo]
Virgin 70844 (Handel: Ariodante) -
Francis Poulenc
Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne (Guillaume Apollinaire). Le Présent; Chanson; Hier (The Present; Song; Yesterday)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Holger Falk (baritone) | Alessandro Zuppardo (piano)
MDG 603.1658 (Poulenc: Mélodies sur poèmes de Apollinaire) -
Alessandro Scarlatti
Salve Regina
Wednesday
Dec 11
Nicholas McGegan (conductor) | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Dominique Labelle
Avie 0048 (Scarlatti: Il Vespero di Santa Cecilia) -
Giuseppe Verdi
Aroldo: Act I
Wednesday
Dec 11
Fabio Luisi (conductor) | Neil Shicoff [Aroldo] | Carol Vaness [Mina] | Anthony Michaels-Moore [Egberto] | Roberto Scandiuzzi [Briano] | Julian Gavin [Godvino] | Sergio Spina [Enrico] | Marina Comparato [Elena] | Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino [Knight-crusaders, ladies | gentlemen of Kent, squires, pages, heralds, huntsmen, Saxons, Scottish peasants] | Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works) -
Claude Debussy
Regret
Wednesday
Dec 11
Natalie Dessay (soprano) | Philippe Cassard (piano)
Virgin 750769 (Clair de Lune) -
Jules Massenet
Manon: Recitative and aria. Allons, il le faut!...Adieu, notre petite table (Come, I must do it...Farewell, little table)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Michele Mariotti (conductor) | Nino Machaidze (soprano) [Manon] | Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Bologna
Sony 41742 (Romantic Arias) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni: Act II, Scene 5 (finale)
Wednesday
Dec 11
The Schütz Choir of London | The London Classical Players | Roger Norrington (conductor) | Andreas Schmidt (baritone) [Don Giovanni] | Alastaire Miles [Commendatore/La Statua] | Amanda Halgrimson [Donna Anna] | Lynne Dawson (soprano) [Donna Elvira] | John Mark Ainsley (tenor) [Don Ottavio] | Gregory Yurisich [Leporello] | Nancy Argenta (soprano) [Zerlina] | Gerard Finley (bass) [Masetto]
EMI 54859 (Mozart: Don Giovanni) -
Gustav Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Riccardo Chailly (conductor) | Håkan Hagegård (baritone) | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Recorded live on May 3, 1995 at the Mahler Festival in Amsterdam
Mahler Feest (Mahler Feest) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Motet, BWV 227. Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, my joy)
Wednesday
Dec 11
The Monteverdi Choir | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SDG 716 (Bach: Motets) -
Franz Liszt
O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst [Ferdinand Freiligrath]
Wednesday
Dec 11
Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto) | Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis, Op. 123: III. Credo
Wednesday
Dec 11
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Robert Holl (bass) | Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano) | Tina Kiberg (soprano) | John Aler | Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
Erato 4509.91731 (Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123) -
Giovanni Paisiello
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act I
Wednesday
Dec 11
Hungarian State Orchestra | Adam Fischer (conductor) | Dénes Gulyás [Count Almaviva] | Krisztina Laki [Rosina] | József Gregor [Bartolo] | István Gáti (baritone) [Figaro] | Sándor Sólyom-Nagy [Don Basilio] | Csaba Réta [Laddie] | Miklós Mersei [Sprightly] | Gábor Vághelyi [Notary] | Attila Fülöp [Judge]
Hungaroton 12525-26 (Paisiello: il Barbiere di Siviglia) -
Patrick Mando
Like as the day
Wednesday
Dec 11
Andreas Scholl (countertenor) | Julian Behr (lute) | Concerto di Viole
Harmonia Mundi 290.8458.59 (The Voice, Vol 2) -
Gioachino Rossini
La Cenerentola: "Miei rampolli femminini"
Wednesday
Dec 11
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) | The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | James Levine (conductor)
DG 445.866 (Opera Arias) -
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot: Act III
Wednesday
Dec 11
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Wandsworth Boys' Choir | John Alldis Choir | Joan Sutherland [Turandot] | Luciano Pavarotti [Calaf] | Montserrat Caballé [Liù] | Nicolai Ghiaurov [Timur] | Peter Pears [L'Imperatore Altoum] | Tom Krause [Ping] | Pier Francesco Poli [Pang | Il Principe di Persia] | Piero de Palma [Pong] | Sabin Markov [Un Mandarino] | Zubin Mehta (conductor)
London 414.274 (Puccini: Turandot) -
Antonio Vivaldi
Farnace: Act I, Aria. Non trema senza stella (No qualing on a starless night)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Daniel Behle [Pompeo] | I Barocchisti | Diego Fasolis (conductor)
Virgin 70914 (Vivaldi: Farnace) -
Vincenzo Bellini
La Sonnambula: Act I, Scene 1
Wednesday
Dec 11
Evelino Pidò (conductor) | Chœurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon | Natalie Dessay [Armina] | Francesco Meli [Elvino] | Carlo Colombara [Il conte Rodolfo] | Sara Mingardo [Teresa] | Jaël Azzaretti [Lisa] | Paul Gay [Alessio] | Gordon Gietz [Un notaro]
Virgin 395138 (Bellini: La Sonnambula) -
Gabriel Fauré
La Chanson d'Ève (The Song of Eve): Crépuscule (Twilight)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Hélène Lucas (piano) | Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)
Zigzag 90902 (Fauré: Le Jardin clos, La Chanson d'Ève, Mélodies) -
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana: II. In taberna [In the Tavern]
Wednesday
Dec 11
Bavarian Radio Chorus | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Harding (conductor) | Hans-Werner Bunz (tenor) | Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
DG 477.8778 (Orff: Carmina Burana) -
Maurice Ravel
Shéhérazade
Wednesday
Dec 11
Susan Graham | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
Warner Classics 61938 (Chausson, Ravel & Debussy) -
Claudio Monteverdi
Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610 (Vespers of the the Blessed Virgin, 1610): Sonata sopra Santa Maria
Wednesday
Dec 11
Apollo's Fire | Apollo's Singers | Jeannette Sorrell (conductor)
Avie 2206 (Monteverdi: Vespers) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Missa Brevis in F Major, K 192
Wednesday
Dec 11
Anja Bittner (soprano) | Manfred Bittner (bass) | Jens Wollenschlager (organ) | Chamber Choir of Europe | Nicol Matt (conductor) | Gabriele Wunderer (alto) | Robert Morvaj (tenor) | Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, Mannheim
Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works) -
Josef Rheinberger
Mass in E-flat Major, Op. 109 (Cantus Missæ): Gloria
Wednesday
Dec 11
Gloriæ Dei Cantores | Elizabeth C. Patterson (conductor)
Gloriae Dei Cantores 121 (Gabriel: Motets) -
George Frideric Handel
Il pastor fido (The faithful shepherd): Act I
Wednesday
Dec 11
Lucy Crowe [Amarilli] | Anna Dennis [Mirtillo] | Katherine Manley [Eurilla] | Madeleine Shaw [Dorinda] | Clint van der Linde [Silvio] | Lisandro Abadie [Tirenio] | La Nuova Musica | David Bates (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 90.7585-86 (Handel: Il pastor fido) -
Hugo Wolf
Spanisches Liederbuch: Bedeckit mich mit Blumen (Cover me with flowers)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Birgid Steinberger (soprano) | Russell Ryan (piano)
Bridge 9378 (Wolf: The Spanish & Italian Songbooks) -
Francis Poulenc
Deux Poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire. Montparnasse; Hyde Park
Wednesday
Dec 11
Holger Falk (baritone) | Alessandro Zuppardo (piano)
MDG 603.1658 (Poulenc: Mélodies sur poèmes de Apollinaire) -
Gustav Mahler
Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Der Tambourg'sell (The drummer boy)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Thomas Hampson (baritone) | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
SFS Media 60036 (Mahler: Lieder) -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate, jubilate, K 165
Wednesday
Dec 11
Emma Kirkby (soprano) | Academy of Ancient Music | Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
L'Oiseau-Lyre 411.832 (Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11
Wednesday
Dec 11
Bas Ramselaar (bass/baritone) | Holland Boys Choir | Netherlands Bach Collegium | Marjon Strijk (soprano) | Sytse Buwalda (alto) | Knut Schoch (tenor) | Pieter Jan Leusink (conductor)
Brilliant Classics 93102 (Bach: Complete Works) -
Franz Liszt
Lasst mich ruhen [August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben]
Wednesday
Dec 11
Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto) | Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection) -
Jules Massenet
Hérodiade: Aria. "Ne me refuse pas" ("Do not refuse me")
Wednesday
Dec 11
Orchestre National de France | Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) [Hérodiade] | Fabien Gabel (conductor)
Naïve 5201 (Ne me refuse pas) -
Igor Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms: III "Alleluia"
Wednesday
Dec 11
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Decca 458.898 (Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms) -
Giovanni Paisiello
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act III
Wednesday
Dec 11
Hungarian State Orchestra | Adam Fischer (conductor) | Dénes Gulyás [Count Almaviva] | Krisztina Laki [Rosina] | József Gregor [Bartolo] | István Gáti (baritone) [Figaro] | Sándor Sólyom-Nagy [Don Basilio] | Csaba Réta [Laddie] | Miklós Mersei [Sprightly] | Gábor Vághelyi [Notary] | Attila Fülöp [Judge]
Hungaroton 12525-26 (Paisiello: il Barbiere di Siviglia) -
Antonio Vivaldi
Farnace: Act I, Aria. Da quel ferro ch'ha svenato (I learned to be cruel)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Mary Ellen Nesi [Berenice] | I Barocchisti | Diego Fasolis (conductor)
Virgin 70914 (Vivaldi: Farnace) -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Choral Fantasy (Fantasy in C Minor for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra), Op. 80
Wednesday
Dec 11
Maurizio Pollini (piano) | Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus | Vienna Philharmonic | Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 419.779 (Beethoven: Choral Fantasy) -
Giuseppe Verdi
I Lombardi alla prima crociata (The Lombards on the First Crusade): Act I. The Revenge
Wednesday
Dec 11
James Levine (conductor) | Richard Leech [Arvino] | Samuel Ramey [Pagano] | Patricia Racette [Viclinda] | June Anderson [Giselda] | Ildebrando D'Arcangelo [Pirro] | Anthony Dean Griffey [A Prior of Milan] | Yanni Yannissis [Acciano] | Luciano Pavarotti [Oronte] | Jane Shaulis [Sofia] | Metropolitan Opera Chorus [Nuns, priors, cut-throats, soldiers of the Folco Palace, ambassadors of the Persians, Medes, Damascenes | Chaldeans, crusading knights and warriors, pilgrims, Lombard women, women of the harem, virgins] | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works) -
Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang (Swansong), D 957: #13. Der Doppelgänger (The Double) [poem by Heinrich Heine]
Wednesday
Dec 11
Mark Padmore (tenor) | Paul Lewis (piano)
Harmonia Mundi 90.7520 (Schubert: Schwanengesang) -
Luigi Cherubini
Medea
Wednesday
Dec 11
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Tullio Serafin (conductor) | Maria Callas [Medea] | Renata Scotto (soprano) [Glauce] | Miriam Pirazzini [Neris] | Mirto Picchi [Giasone] | Giuseppe Modesti [Creonte] | Lidia Morimpietri [Prima ancella] | Elvira Galassi [Seconda ancella] | Alfredo Giacomotti [Capo delle guardie]
EMI 66435 (Cherubini: Medea) -
Gabriel Fauré
La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: #5. "J'ai presque peur, en vérité"
Wednesday
Dec 11
Ian Bostridge (tenor) | Julius Drake (piano) | Belcea Quartet | Leon Bosch (double bass)
EMI 57609 (Französische Lieder) -
George Frideric Handel
Partenope: Act II, Aria. "Barbaro Fato sì
Wednesday
Dec 11
Kurt Streit (tenor) [Emilio] | Early Opera Company | Christian Curnyn (conductor)
Chandos 0719 (Handel: Partenope) -
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot: Act I
Wednesday
Dec 11
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Wandsworth Boys' Choir | John Alldis Choir | Joan Sutherland [Turandot] | Luciano Pavarotti [Calaf] | Montserrat Caballé [Liù] | Nicolai Ghiaurov [Timur] | Peter Pears [L'Imperatore Altoum] | Tom Krause [Ping] | Pier Francesco Poli [Pang | Il Principe di Persia] | Piero de Palma [Pong] | Sabin Markov [Un Mandarino] | Zubin Mehta (conductor)
London 414.274 (Puccini: Turandot) -
Franz Liszt
Der du von dem Himmel bist [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]
Wednesday
Dec 11
Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto) | Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection) -
Antonín Dvořák
Stabat Mater, Op. 58
Wednesday
Dec 11
Neeme Järvi (conductor) | London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir | Janice Watson (soprano) | Dagmar Pecková (mezzo-soprano) | Peter Auty (tenor) | Peter Rose (bass)
LPO 0062 (Dvořák: Stabat Mater) -
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe, Op. 48: #5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen (I will plunge my soul)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Philippe Sly (bass/baritone) | Michael McMahon (piano)
Analekta 29836 (In Dreams) -
Camille Saint-Saëns
Samson et Dalila: Aria. "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" ("My heart opens to your voice")
Wednesday
Dec 11
Orchestre National de France | Fabien Gabel (conductor) | Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) [Dalila]
Naïve 5201 (Ne me refuse pas) -
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Gesù al Calvario
Wednesday
Dec 11
Matthew White (countertenor) | Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Jeanne Lamon (conductor)
Analekta 9813 (Scarlatti: Cain, overo Il primo omicidio) -
Johann Sebastian Bach
St. John Passion, BWV 245: Part I
Wednesday
Dec 11
Michael Chance (alto) | Nancy Argenta (soprano) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) [Evangelist] | Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | Stephen Varcoe (baritone) [Jesus] | Ruth Holton (soprano) | Neill Archer (tenor) | Rufus Müller (tenor)
Archiv 419.324 (Bach: St. John Passion) -
Amy Beach
Chanson d'amour (1898)
Wednesday
Dec 11
Emma Kirkby (soprano) | The Romantic Chamber Group of London
BIS 1245 (Beach: Chanson d'amour)