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

WETA Classical

  • William Billings

    Methinks I see an Heav'nly Host

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Christmastide: Part 4

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Philips 420.180 (Christmastide)
  • Irving Berlin

    White Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Erato 2292.45975 (Merry Christmas)
  • Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich

    Carol of the Bells

    Monday
    Dec 23

    New York Choral Artists | Joseph Flummerfelt (conductor)

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

    Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Eaken Piano Trio

    Naxos 554.099 (Home for the Holidays)
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • How Far Is It To Bethlehem

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas)
  • Away in a Manger

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1630-31 (Weihnachts-Oratorium)
  • Riu, riu, chiu

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Smithsonian 040 (Sweet Was the Song)
  • Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Dale Warland Singers | Dale Warland (conductor) | Jeffrey Van (guitar)

    d'Note 1015 (Carols for Christmas)
  • Il est né, le divin enfant

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Apollo's Fire | Jeannette Sorrell (conductor)

    Eclectra 2041 (Noëls & Carols from the Olde World)
  • The Seven Joys of Mary

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Anonymous 4

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7325 (Wolcum Yule)
  • Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Sons of Orpheus (Orphei Drängar) | Bengt Forsberg (organ)

    BIS 533 (Christmas Music)
  • The Many Moods of Christmas: Part 2

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Robert Shaw (conductor) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

    Telarc 80087 (The Many Moods of Christmas)
  • Front Row Washington

    Monday
    Dec 23

    U.S. Army Band Chamber Players

    Private Recording
  • Franz Biebl

    Ave Maria

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Chanticleer

    Chanticleer Records 8803 (Our Heart's Joy)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio, Part 2: Sinfonia

    Monday
    Dec 23

    René Jacobs (conductor) | Berlin Academy for Old Music

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1630-31 (Weihnachts-Oratorium)
  • Franz Gruber

    Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Eclectra 2041 (Noëls & Carols from the Olde World)
  • Deck the Hall

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Washington Men's Camerata | Frank Albinder (conductor)

    Gothic 49128 (Sing We Noel)
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • The First Nowell

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

    John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers

    Collegium 512 (The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album)
  • Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Excerpts from Part II

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Martin Pearlman (conductor) | Boston Baroque

    Telarc 80348 (Handel: Messiah, Highlights)
  • PBS News Hour

    Monday
    Dec 23

  • Max Reger

    The Virgin's Slumber Song

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Sono Luminus 70003 (Holiday Harmonies, Songs of Christmas)
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin) and friends

    NSS Music 001 (Merry)
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Taverner Players | Andrew Parrott (conductor)

    EMI 49809 (The Carol Album)
  • A wassail, a wassail throughout all this town!

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Paul Hillier (conductor) | Theatre of Voices

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7079 (Carols from the Old & New Worlds)
  • I Saw Three Ships

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    MTC 1063 (Sing, Choirs of Angels!)
  • Angels We Have Heard on High

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Canadian Brass | John Grady (organ)

    RCA 4132 (Christmas with the Canadian Brass)
  • Deck the Hall

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia | Peter Breiner (conductor)

    Naxos 550.670 (Christmas Goes Baroque, Vol. 2)
  • Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • We Three Kings of Orient Are

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Collegium 512 (The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    DG 457.357 (The All-Star Christmas Album)
  • Still, Still, Still

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • The Coventry Carol (Lully, lullah, thou little tiny child)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Away in a Manger

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

    Berlin Classics 1037 (Bläsermusik zur Wiehnacht)
  • Joy to the World

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Christopher Rouse

    Karolju: French

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    RCA 11561 (Karolju)
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 23

    London Brass

    Teldec 2292.46443 (Christmas with London Brass)
  • Adolphe Adam

    Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Collegium 111 (Christmas wih the Cambridge Singers)
  • O Deuwch Ffyddionaid (O Come, All Ye Faithful)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • Mel Tormé

    The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Eaken Piano Trio

    Naxos 554.099 (Home for the Holidays)
  • The First Nowell

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas)
  • The Holly and the Ivy

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Canadian Brass

    RCA 4132 (Christmas with the Canadian Brass)
  • Angels We Have Heard on High

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Max von Egmond (bass) | Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Smithsonian 040 (Sweet Was the Song)
  • I Saw Three Ships

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker Suite

    Monday
    Dec 23

    London Cello Sound | Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Monday
    Dec 23

    John Rutter (conductor) | Cambridge Singers and Orchestra

    Collegium 503 (Christmas Star)
  • O du fröhliche! O du selige!

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • Noel Nouvelet

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Eclectra 2041 (Noëls & Carols from the Olde World)
  • We Three Kings of Orient Are

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Galliard Brass

    MusicMasters 67175 (Carols for Brass)
  • Once in Royal David's City

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • Gabriel's Message

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Hyperion 66668 (Adestes fideles)
  • Rejoice and Be Merry

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Gothic 49227 (Welcome All Wonders!)
  • In dulci jubilo (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Awake, and join the cheerful choir

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Anonymous 4

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7325 (Wolcum Yule)
  • La Marche des rois (The March of the Kings)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Sons of Orpheus (Orphei Drängar)

    BIS 533 (Christmas Music)
  • Christopher Rouse

    Karolju: Little March of the Three Kings

    Monday
    Dec 23

    BBC Symphony Orchestra | David Zinman (conductor)

    RCA 11561 (Karolju)
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • Johann Joseph Fux

    Plaudite, sonat tuba: Alleluia

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Decca 0014875 (Santo: Sacred Songs)
  • Veni,veni, Emanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Seraphic Fire | Patrick Dupré Quigley (conductor)

    Seraphic Fire Media 2011 (Silent Night)
  • Leroy Anderson

    A Christmas Festival Overture

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Chandos 8679 (Christmas Fantasy)
  • In the Bleak Mid-Winter

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Paul Hillier (conductor) | Theatre of Voices

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

    Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Canadian Brass | John Grady (organ)

    RCA 4132 (Christmas with the Canadian Brass)
  • Irving Berlin

    White Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

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

    Christmas Oratorio, Part 2: Sinfonia

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Sixteen | Harry Christophers (conductor)

    Collins Classics 70282 (Bach: Christmas Oratorio)
  • How Far Is It To Bethlehem

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Dale Warland Singers | Dale Warland (conductor) | Kathy Kienzle (harp) | Thomas Tempel (oboe)

    d'Note 1015 (Carols for Christmas)
  • O du fröhliche! O du selige!

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Taverner Choir | Taverner Players | Andrew Parrott (conductor)

    EMI 54902 (Carol Album 2)
  • The Holly and the Ivy

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Sunrise String Quartet

    Sunrise Records 101 (A Christmas Sunrise)
  • Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine

    Monday
    Dec 23

    New York Choral Artists | Joseph Flummerfelt (conductor)

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Argo 414.042 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • I Saw Three Ships

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Eclectra 2041 (Noëls & Carols from the Olde World)
  • Wassail! Wassail! All Over the Town

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Galliard Brass

    MusicMasters 67175 (Carols for Brass)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Excerpts from Part I

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Martin Pearlman (conductor) | Boston Baroque

    Telarc 80348 (Handel: Messiah, Highlights)
  • Still, Still, Still

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Ganol Gaeaf Noethlwm (In the Bleak Midwinter)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • O Come, All Ye Faithful; Joy to the World

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Canadian Brass | John Grady (organ)

    RCA 4132 (Christmas with the Canadian Brass)
  • God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • Away in a Manger

    Monday
    Dec 23

    John Rutter (conductor) | Cambridge Singers and Orchestra

    Collegium 503 (Christmas Star)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker: Overture

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Stewart Goodyear (piano)

    Steinway & Sons 30040 (The Nutcracker)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

    René Jacobs (conductor) | Berlin Academy for Old Music | RIAS Chamber Choir

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1630-31 (Weihnachts-Oratorium)
  • Masters in this Hall

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Max von Egmond (bass) | Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Smithsonian 040 (Sweet Was the Song)
  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • Michael Praetorius

    Jubilate Domino

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

    Berlin Classics 1037 (Bläsermusik zur Wiehnacht)
  • Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich

    Carol of the Bells

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas)
  • Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Monday
    Dec 23

    New York Choral Artists | Joseph Flummerfelt (conductor)

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Deck the Hall

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • Christmastide: Part 1

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Philips 420.180 (Christmastide)
  • O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Adolphe Adam

    Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    London Brass

    Teldec 2292.46443 (Christmas with London Brass)
  • Christopher Rouse

    Karolju: Czech

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    RCA 11561 (Karolju)
  • Here We Come A-wassailing

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Dale Warland Singers | Dale Warland (conductor)

    d'Note 1015 (Carols for Christmas)
  • Leroy Anderson

    Sleigh Ride

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Eaken Piano Trio

    Naxos 554.099 (Home for the Holidays)
  • God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

    Monday
    Dec 23

    John Rutter (conductor) | Cambridge Singers and Orchestra

    Collegium 503 (Christmas Star)
  • Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Canadian Brass

    CBS 39740 (A Canadian Brass Christmas)
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Seraphic Fire | Patrick Dupré Quigley (conductor)

    Seraphic Fire Media 2011 (Silent Night)
  • The Holly and the Ivy

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Argo 414.042 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • All Sons of Adam, Sing Nowell!

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Avie 2269 (Sacrum Mysterium)
  • Veni,veni, Emanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • Joy to the World

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Eugene Ormandy (conductor) | Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus

    RCA 6430 (Joy to the World)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Tochter Zion, freue dich

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

    Berlin Classics 1037 (Bläsermusik zur Wiehnacht)
  • The Many Moods of Christmas: Part 3

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Robert Shaw (conductor) | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

    Telarc 80087 (The Many Moods of Christmas)
  • Tawels Nos (Silent Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • Still, Still, Still

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    MTC 1063 (Sing, Choirs of Angels!)
  • Away in a Manger

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia | Peter Breiner (conductor)

    Naxos 550.670 (Christmas Goes Baroque, Vol. 2)
  • Masters in this Hall

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich

    Carol of the Bells

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Leonard Bernstein (conductor) | New York Philharmonic

    Sony 63303 (The Joy of Christmas with Leonard Bernstein)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio, Part 2: Aria. "Schlafe, mein Liebster, genieße der Ruh" (Sleep, my dearest, enjoy your rest)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    René Jacobs (conductor) | Berlin Academy for Old Music | Andreas Scholl (alto)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1630-31 (Weihnachts-Oratorium)
  • Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Bach Choir | David Hill (conductor) | The Wallace Collection | Choristers of Winchester Cathedral | Jane Watts (organ)

    Priory 768 (Noël!)
  • God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • Good King Wenceslas

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

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

    Nutcracker Suite

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Zubin Mehta (conductor) | Israel Philharmonic | Israel Philharmonic [ | ] Zubin Mehta (conductor)

    London 410.551 (Tchaikovsky: Suites from Swan Lake)
  • John Rutter

    Angel's Carol

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    MTC 1063 (Sing, Choirs of Angels!)
  • What Child Is This?

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Max von Egmond (bass) | Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Smithsonian 040 (Sweet Was the Song)
  • Franz Gruber

    Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Riu, riu, chiu

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Eclectra 2041 (Noëls & Carols from the Olde World)
  • I Saw Three Ships

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Sunrise String Quartet

    Sunrise Records 101 (A Christmas Sunrise)
  • Deck the Hall

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Collegium 121 (Christmas Day in the Morning)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Harmonia Mundi 90.1630-31 (Weihnachts-Oratorium)
  • In the Bleak Mid-Winter

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Hyperion 66668 (Adestes fideles)
  • Personent hodie

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Collegium 512 (The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album)
  • Angels We Have Heard on High

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia | Peter Breiner (conductor)

    Naxos 550.670 (Christmas Goes Baroque, Vol. 2)
  • César Franck

    Panis angelicus

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Decca 0014875 (Santo: Sacred Songs)
  • Still, Still, Still

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

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

    Jingle Bells

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Canadian Brass | John Grady (organ)

    RCA 4132 (Christmas with the Canadian Brass)
  • A Feast of Carols

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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 23

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

    Dotcom 2013 (Christmas with the Kyiv Chamber Choir)
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Dale Warland Singers | Dale Warland (conductor) | Kathy Kienzle (harp) | Richard Killmer (oboe)

    d'Note 1015 (Carols for Christmas)
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Sunrise String Quartet

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Paul Goodwin (conductor) | Southwest German Radio Orchestra, Kaiserslautern | Southwest German Radio Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart

    Hänssler 93114 (Four Centuries of Christmas Music)
  • Here We Come A-Wassaling

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Paul Hillier (conductor) | Theatre of Voices

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7079 (Carols from the Old & New Worlds)
  • Il est né, le divin enfant

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Apollo's Fire | Jeannette Sorrell (conductor)

    Eclectra 2041 (Noëls & Carols from the Olde World)
  • Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • Away in a Manger

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Argo 414.042 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • Joy to the World

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas)
  • The First Nowell

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich

    Carol of the Bells

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • Patapan (Willie Take Your Little Drum)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Seraphic Fire Media 14 (Candlelight Carols)
  • Deck the Hall

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Hyperion 66668 (Adestes fideles)
  • Johann Hermann Schein

    Vom Himmel Hoch

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Smithsonian 040 (Sweet Was the Song)
  • What Child Is This?

    Monday
    Dec 23

    John Rutter (conductor) | The Cambridge Singers

    Collegium 111 (Christmas wih the Cambridge Singers)
  • Felix Bernard

    Winter Wonderland

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Eaken Piano Trio

    Naxos 554.099 (Home for the Holidays)
  • Christmastide: Part 2

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Philips 420.180 (Christmastide)
  • Franz Gruber

    Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Sons of Orpheus (Orphei Drängar) | Christine Högman (soprano)

    BIS 533 (Christmas Music)
  • Max Reger

    The Virgin's Slumber Song

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Sono Luminus 70003 (Holiday Harmonies, Songs of Christmas)
  • Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Canadian Brass

    CBS 39740 (A Canadian Brass Christmas)
  • Adolphe Adam

    Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • Angels We Have Heard on High

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Galliard Brass

    MusicMasters 67175 (Carols for Brass)
  • Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (Lo, how a rose e'er blooming)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • Up! Good Christen Folk, and Listen

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Argo 414.042 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • The Seven Joys of Mary

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Avie 2269 (Sacrum Mysterium)
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • I Saw Three Ships

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • In dulci jubilo (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • Patapan (Willie Take Your Little Drum)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Here We Come A-Wassaling

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Canadian Brass

    CBS 39740 (A Canadian Brass Christmas)
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Eugene Ormandy (conductor) | Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus

    RCA 6430 (Joy to the World)
  • Leroy Anderson

    A Christmas Festival Overture

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Boston Pops | Arthur Fiedler (conductor)

    RCA 61685 (Pops Christmas Party)
  • Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich

    Carol of the Bells

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas)
  • Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Collegium 111 (Christmas wih the Cambridge Singers)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Chorus. "Hallelujah!"

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Martin Pearlman (conductor) | Boston Baroque

    Telarc 80348 (Handel: Messiah, Highlights)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Stewart Goodyear (piano)

    Steinway & Sons 30040 (The Nutcracker)
  • John Rutter

    What Sweeter Music

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Seraphic Fire Media 14 (Candlelight Carols)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • Deck the Hall

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia | Peter Breiner (conductor)

    Naxos 550.670 (Christmas Goes Baroque, Vol. 2)
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Galliard Brass

    ASV 527 (Carols for Brass)
  • The First Nowell

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas)
  • I Saw Three Ships

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Argo 414.042 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • The Holly and the Ivy

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • In dulci jubilo (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • Pietro Yon

    Gesu Bambino

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Kathleen Battle (soprano) | Christopher Parkening (guitar)

    Sony 62723 (Angels' Glory)
  • Adolphe Adam

    Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Decca 0014875 (Santo: Sacred Songs)
  • A Christmas Medley

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin) and friends

    NSS Music 001 (Merry)
  • Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (What is that lovely fragrance?)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Collegium 512 (The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album)
  • Landgraf Von Hessen Moritz

    Canzona for 2 Brass Choirs

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

    Berlin Classics 1037 (Bläsermusik zur Wiehnacht)
  • Once in Royal David's City

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Hyperion 66668 (Adestes fideles)
  • Riu, riu, chiu

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Smithsonian Chamber Players

    Smithsonian 040 (Sweet Was the Song)
  • Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Dale Warland Singers | Dale Warland (conductor) | Jeffrey Van (guitar)

    d'Note 1015 (Carols for Christmas)
  • Nowell, Nowell, Tydings Trew

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Avie 2269 (Sacrum Mysterium)
  • Leroy Anderson

    Sleigh Ride

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philadelphia Orchestra | Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

    RCA 6430 (Joy to the World)
  • Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich

    Carol of the Bells

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Galliard Brass

    MusicMasters 67175 (Carols for Brass)
  • Pa Fab Yw Hwn? (What Child Is This?)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • John Rutter

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    MTC 1063 (Sing, Choirs of Angels!)
  • Thomas Pasatieri

    Alleluia

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Empire Brass

    EMI 49097 (Joy to the World)
  • Fum, Fum, Fum

    Monday
    Dec 23

    New York Choral Artists | Joseph Flummerfelt (conductor)

    EMI 49908 (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • The Seven Joys of Mary

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Jos van Veldhoven (conductor) | Netherlands Bach Society

    Channel 20103 (Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248)
  • Adolphe Adam

    Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    London 421.103 (Price: Christmas Songs)
  • Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (Lo, how a rose e'er blooming)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • Sans Day Carol

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Collegium 121 (Christmas Day in the Morning)
  • In dulci jubilo (Good Christian Men, Rejoice)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Washington Men's Camerata | Frank Albinder (conductor)

    Gothic 49128 (Sing We Noel)
  • Christopher Rouse

    Karolju: Latin

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    RCA 11561 (Karolju)
  • Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    J. Reilly Lewis (conductor) | Cathedral Choral Society | The Classical Brass | R. Benjamin Dobey (organ)

    Centaur 2132 (The Joy of Christmas)
  • I Saw Three Ships

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | conductor) | James Galway (flute and conductor)

    RCA 61233 (Christmas Carol)
  • O Christmas Tree; We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Los Romeros

    DG 477.9365 (Christmas with Los Romeros)
  • In the Bleak Mid-Winter

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Paul Hillier (conductor) | Theatre of Voices

    Harmonia Mundi 90.7079 (Carols from the Old & New Worlds)
  • Mikola Dmitrovich Leontovich

    Carol of the Bells

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Sixteen | Harry Christophers (conductor)

    CORO 16188 (Carol of the Bells; The Sixteen)
  • Quittez, pasteurs

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Seraphic Fire Media 14 (Candlelight Carols)
  • Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

    Silver Bells

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Canadian Brass

    CBS 39740 (A Canadian Brass Christmas)
  • Franz Gruber

    Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • James Lord Pierpont

    Jingle Bells

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Sunrise String Quartet

    Sunrise Records 101 (A Christmas Sunrise)
  • Masters in this Hall

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas)
  • Good King Wenceslas

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

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

    Nutcracker Suite

    Monday
    Dec 23

    London Cello Sound | Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Musica Sacra | Richard Westenburg (conductor)

    DG 429.732 (Christmas Carols)
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    CBS 7033 (A Festival of Carols in Brass)
  • Away in a Manger

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • Michael Praetorius

    How Brightly Shines the Morning Star

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • Personent hodie

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Collegium 512 (The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album)
  • Deck the Hall; Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Rachel Van Vorhees (harp)

    Centaur 2209 (Christmas Favorites)
  • Valerius Otto

    Intrade

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble

    Berlin Classics 1037 (Bläsermusik zur Wiehnacht)
  • Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faifhful)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Bach Choir | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | John Scott (organ) | Sir David Willcocks (conductor)

    London 443.401 (The Magic of Christmas)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker: Russian Dance

    Monday
    Dec 23

    London Cello Sound | Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • A Feast of Carols

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Kodanja 2003 (A Feast of Carols)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 #1 in B-flat Major

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Jeanne Lamon (conductor) | Tafelmusik

    Sony 52553 (Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3)
  • A Maiden Most Gentle

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Hyperion 66668 (Adestes fideles)
  • Hodie Christus natus est (Christ is Born Today)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Galliard Brass

    ASV 527 (Carols for Brass)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Chorus. "Hallelujah!"

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Gabrieli Consort and Players | Paul McCreesh (conductor)

    Archiv 453.464 (Handel: Messiah)
  • Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Eaken Piano Trio

    Naxos 554.099 (Home for the Holidays)
  • John Rutter

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 0014914 (Carols & Christmas Songs)
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    Four Winds 3017 (A Christmas Concert for Brass)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio, Part 2: Sinfonia

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Philips 442.141 (Christmas with the Academy)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto #12 in A Major, K 414

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra | Leon Fleisher (piano) | Leon Fleisher (conductor)

    Sony 88697.43505 (Mozart: Piano Concertos)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony #5 "Reformation"

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Claudio Abbado (conductor) | London Symphony Orchestra

    DG 415.353 (Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies, Overtures)
  • Magnus Thomsen

    Sonata for 5 Trumpets based on "In dulci jubilo"

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Taverner Players | Andrew Parrott (conductor)

    EMI 54902 (Carol Album 2)
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony #1 "Spring"

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Daniel Barenboim (conductor) | Berlin State Symphony Orchestra

    Teldec 2564.61179 (Schumann: The Symphonies)
  • Franz Danzi

    Flute Concerto #4 D Major

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Orfeo 003.812 (Danzi: The 4 Flute Concertos)
  • Sergei Mihkailovich Lyapunov

    Fêtes de Noël (Svyatiki), Op. 41: #3. Chanteurs de Noël

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Jeffrey Biegel (piano)

    Steinway & Sons 30005 (A Steinway Christmas Album)
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite #3

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Australian Chamber Orchestra | Christopher Lyndon Gee (conductor)

    Omega 1007 (Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, The Birds)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio, Op. 97 in B-flat Major "Archduke"

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Itzhak Perlman (violin) | Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) | Lynn Harrell (cello)

    EMI 47455 (Beethoven: Piano Trios)
  • Michel Corrette

    Noel Allemande

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Aulos Ensemble

    Musical Heritage Society 51340 (A Baroque Christmas)
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Scherzo #2 B-flat Minor

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

    Virgin 90738 (Chopin: Sonata No. 2, etc.)
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony #2

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Riccardo Muti (conductor) | Philadelphia Orchestra

    Philips 422.334 (Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Academic Festival Overture)
  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum (Christmas Tree): The Shepherds at the Manger (In dulci jubilo)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Jeffrey Biegel (piano)

    Steinway & Sons 30005 (A Steinway Christmas Album)
  • 15th-century English Carols

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Folger Consort | Johanna Arnold (soprano)

    Bard 9106 (A Medieval Christmas)
  • Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Allison Hampton (celtic harp) | Linn Barnes (lute)

    Oak Leaf 2112 (Wassail)
  • Katherine K. Davis

    The Little Drummer Boy

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Teldec 73135 (Christmas with Thomas Hampson)
  • Kling, Glöckchen (Ring, Little Bells)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Peter Breiner (conductor) | CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Naxos 550.301 (Christmas Goes Baroque)
  • Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (What is that lovely fragrance?)

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Telarc 80552 (A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas)
  • We Three Kings of Orient Are

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Rachel Van Vorhees (harp)

    Centaur 2209 (Christmas Favorites)
  • Gabriel's Message

    Monday
    Dec 23

    New York Polyphony

    BIS 2099 (Sing Thee Nowell)
  • Franz Schubert

    Ave Maria, D 839

    Monday
    Dec 23

    London Cello Sound | Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

    Cala 55003 (A Cello Christmas)
  • What Child Is This?

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Naxos 573.421 (The Wonder of Christmas)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker Suite

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Zubin Mehta (conductor) | Israel Philharmonic | Israel Philharmonic [ | ] Zubin Mehta (conductor)

    London 410.551 (Tchaikovsky: Suites from Swan Lake)

WETA VivaLaVoce

  • George Frideric Handel

    Alcina

    Monday
    Dec 23

    William Christie (conductor) | Renée Fleming (soprano) [Alcina] | Susan Graham [Ruggiero] | Natalie Dessay (soprano) [Morgana] | Kathleen Kuhlmann [Bradamante] | Timothy Robsinson [Oronte] | Laurent Naouri [Melisso] | Juanita Lascarro [Oberto] | Les Arts Florissants

    Erato 8573.80233 (Handel: Alcina)
  • Francesco Cilea

    L'Arlesiana: Frederico's Lament. "E la solita storia del pastore"

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Staatskapelle Dresden | Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) | Marcello Viotti (conductor)

    Sony 92937 (The Tenor's Passion)
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Maometto Secondo: Act II, Scene 9

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philharmonia Orchestra | Margarita Zimmermann [Calbo] | Ernesto Palacio [Paolo Erisso] | Claudio Scimione (conductor)

    Philips 412.148 (Rossini: Maometto Secondo)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    I Due Foscari (The Two Foscars): Act III

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Lamberto Gardelli (conductor) | Piero Cappuccilli [The Doge of Venice] | José Carreras [Jacopo] | Katia Ricciarelli [Lucrezia] | Samuel Ramey [Loredano] | Vincenzo Bello [Barbarigo] | Elizabeth Connell [Pisana] | Franz Handlos [The Doge's Servant] | Mieczyslaw Antoniak [Officer of the Council of Ten] | ORF Chorus [Members of the Council of Ten and the Junta, maidservants of Lucrezia, Venetian ladies, crowd and masked men and women, the Messer Grande, two small sons of Jacopo Foscari, comandadori, prison wardens, gondoliers, sailors, pages of the Doge] | ORF Symphony Orchestra

    Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works)
  • John Sheppard

    Anthem. Christ rising again

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Stile Antico

    Harmonia Mundi 80.7509 (Sheppard: Media vita)
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

    Stabat mater [after 1690]

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Dorian 90913 (Passion and Lament)
  • Franz Schubert

    Duet. Cronnan, D 282

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) | Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) | Gerald Moore (piano)

    Brilliant Classics 94082 (Schubert: Vocal Duets, Trios & Quartets)
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation (Die Schöpfung): Part I

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Chorus | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Ruth Ziesak (soprano) [Gabriel] | Herbert Lippert (tenor) [Uriel] | René Pape (bass) [Raphael]

    London 443.445 (Haydn: The Creation)
  • Jules Massenet

    Cendrillon (Cinderella): Recitative and Aria. Allez, laissez-moi seul...Cœur sans amour, printemps sans roses! (Go, leave me alone...Heart without love, spring without roses!)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon | Kazushi Ono (conductor) | Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) [Le Prince Charmant]

    Virgin 41986 (Diva Divo)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Missa solemnis, Op. 123: V. Agnus Dei

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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

    Apollo et Hyacinthus: Act I

    Monday
    Dec 23

    John Dickie [Oebalus, King of Lacedemonia] | Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger [Melia] | Arno Raunig [Hyacinthus] | Ralf Popken [Apollo] | Axel Köhler [Zephyrus] | Leipzig Radio Chorus | Leipzig Radio Orchestra | Max Pommer (conductor)

    Brilliant Classics 94051 (Mozart: Complete Works)
  • Anonymous

    Carol. Nowell syng we bothe al and som

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Anonymous 4

    Harmonia Mundi 80.7453 (The Cherry Tree)
  • Gustav Mahler

    Das klagende Lied

    Monday
    Dec 23

    San Francisco Symphony Chorus | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) | Marina Shaguch (soprano) | Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) | Thomas Moser (tenor) | Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)

    SFS Media 60017 (Mahler: Das klagende Lied)
  • Claude Debussy

    Les Cloches (The bells)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Natalie Dessay (soprano) | Philippe Cassard (piano)

    Virgin 750769 (Clair de Lune)
  • Léo Delibes

    Lakmé: Bell Song. "Ah! Où va la jeune Indoue"

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Joan Sutherland (soprano) | Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor)

    London 414.450 (The Art of the Prima Donna)
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Paride ed Elena: Act II

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Gabrieli Consort and Players | Paul McCreesh (conductor) | Magdalena Kozená [Paride] | Susan Gritton (soprano) [Elena] | Carolyn Sampson [Amore] | Gillian Webster [Pallade]

    Archiv 477.5415 (Gluck: Paride ed Elena)
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen: Act II

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    Archiv 419.221 (Purcell: The Fairy Queen)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Ercole sul Termodonte (Hercules on the Thermodon): Act III, Aria. Non fia della vittoria (May victory not be clouded)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Europa Galante | Fabio Biondi (conductor) | Rolando Villazón [Ercole]

    Virgin 94545 (Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Rigoletto: Act I

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Vienna Philharmonic | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) | Plácido Domingo [Duke of Mantua] | Piero Cappuccelli [Rigoletto] | Ileana Cotrubas [Gilda] | Nicolai Ghiaurov [Sparfucile] | Elena Obraztsova [Maddalena] | Hanna Schwarz [Giovanna] | Kurt Moll [Count of Monterone] | Luigi de Corato [Marullo] | Walter Gullino [Borsa] | Dirk Sagemüller [Count of Ceprano] | Olive Fredricks [Countess of Ceprano] | Anton Scharinger [An usher] | Audrey Michael [A page of the Duchess] | VIenna State Opera Chorus [Courtiers | ladies, pages, halberdiers]

    Decca 478.4916 (Verdi: Complete Works)
  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: #12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen (On a radiant summer morning)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philippe Sly (bass/baritone) | Michael McMahon (piano)

    Analekta 29836 (In Dreams)
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Miserere: Aria. Et secundum multitudinem

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Berlin Academy for Old Music | Hans-Christoph Rademann (conductor) | Colin Balzer (tenor)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2098 (Bach: Missa da Requiem)
  • Kile Smith

    Vespers: Vater Unser

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Piffarro, The Renaissance Band | The Crossing

    Navona Records 5809 (Piffaro: Vespers)
  • Franz Schubert

    Trio. Birthday Cantata for the singer Johann Michael Vogl, D 666

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Peter Schreier (tenor) | Elly Ameling (soprano) | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) | Gerald Moore (piano)

    Brilliant Classics 94082 (Schubert: Vocal Duets, Trios & Quartets)
  • Hector Berlioz

    La Damnation de Faust: Marguerite's aria. "D'amor l'ardente flamme" (The burning flame of love)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano) | Filarmonica del Teatro Communale di Bologna | Yves Abel (conductor)

    DG 0017522 (Romantique)
  • Gioachino Rossini

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Elias (Elijah): Chorus. "Baal, erhöre uns!" (Baal, hear us!)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Das Neue Orchester | Chorus Musicus Köln | Christoph Spering (conductor)

    MDG 602.1656 (Mendelssohn: Elijah, Elias Op. 70)
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Hippolyte et Aricie: Act III

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni: Act I, Scene 3

    Monday
    Dec 23

    London Philharmonic Orchestra | Bernard Haitink (conductor) | The Glyndebourne Chorus | Carol Vaness [Donna Anna] | Thomas Allen (baritone) [Don Giovanni] | Keith Lewis [Don Ottavio] | Dimitri Kavrakos [Commendatore/La Statua] | Maria Ewing [Donna Elvira] | Richard Van Allan [Leporello] | John Rawnsley [Masetto] | Elizabeth Gale [Zerlina]

    EMI 47037 (Mozart: Don Giovanni)
  • Émile Vuillermoz

    Chansons populaires françaises et canadiennes

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Karina Gauvin (soprano) | Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

    ATMA Classique 2642 (Fete Galante)
  • Robert Schumann

    Minnespiel (Love's Game), Op. 101 (selections) from Rückert's "Liebesfrühling"

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 477.8816 (Schumann: Lieder)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Credo (Symbolum Nicenum)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Sixteen | Harry Christophers (conductor) | Catherine Dubosc (soprano) | James Bowman (counter-tenor) | Michael George (bass) | Orchestra of the Sixteen

    Collins Classics 70322 (Bach: Mass in B-Minor)
  • Josef Rheinberger

    Mass in F Major for Male Choir and Organ, Op. 190: Gloria

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Gloriæ Dei Cantores | Elizabeth C. Patterson (conductor) | David Chalmers (organ)

    Gloriae Dei Cantores 121 (Gabriel: Motets)
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen: Act I

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • Nikolai Medtner

    Wandrers Nachtlied (Wanderer's Night Song), Op. 6 #1

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Marlis Petersen (soprano) | Jendrik Springer (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2094 (Goethe-Lieder)
  • Luigi Cherubini

    Médée: Act II, scene 4, Néris's aria. "Ah! Nos peines seront communes" (Ah! We will share our sorrows)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset (conductor) | Véronique Gens (soprano)

    Virgin 16574 (Tragédiennes, Vol. 2)
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Psalm 149, Op. 79

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Prague Philharmonic Chorus | Vaclav Neumann (conductor)

    Supraphon 7230 (Dvořák: Te Deum)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Agrippina: Act II, Scenes 6-12

    Monday
    Dec 23

    René Jacobs (conductor) | Berlin Academy for Old Music | Alexandrina Pendatchanska [Agrippina] | Jennifer Rivera [Nerone] | Sunhae Im [Poppea] | Bejun Mehta [Ottone] | Marcos Fink [Claudio] | Neal Davies [Pallante] | Dominique Visse [Narciso] | Daniel Schmutzhard [Lesbo]

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2088-90 (Handel: Agrippina)
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48: III. Sanctus

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris | Orchestre de Paris | Paavo Järvi (conductor)

    Virgin 70921 (Fauré: Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48)
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Winterreise (The Winter Journey)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Werner Güra (tenor) | Christoph Berner (piano)

    Harmonia Mundi 90.2066 (Schubert: Die Winterreise)
  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48: #10. Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen (When I hear the little song)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Philippe Sly (bass/baritone) | Michael McMahon (piano)

    Analekta 29836 (In Dreams)
  • Franz Liszt

    Schwebe, schwebe, blaues Auge [Ludwig Uhland]

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection)
  • Hector Berlioz

    La Mort d'Ophélie

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) | Myung-Whun Chung (piano)

    London 452.667 (Chant d'amour)
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Evening Service in A

    Monday
    Dec 23

    James O'Donnell (conductor) | The Choir of Westminster Abbey | Peter Holder (organ)

    Hyperion 68259 (Bairstow, Harris, Stanford: Choral Music)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino: Act III, scena & Carlos' aria. "Morir! Tremenda cosa...Urna fatale del mio destino" (To die! A terrible thing!...Fateful draw of destiny...What if I could discover other proof?)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana | Plácido Domingo (baritone) | Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor) | Gianluca Buratto (bass)

    Sony 373312 (Verdi)
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Chants d'Auvergne: Series IV

    Monday
    Dec 23

    English Chamber Orchestra | Jeffrey Tate (conductor) | Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)

    Decca 475.6145 (Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne)
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Platée: Act I, scene 3, ariette badine. "Que ce séjour est agréable" ("How delightful is this place")

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Ryan Brown (conductor) | Opera Lafayette Orchestra | Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (haute-contre [high tenor])

    Naxos 557.993 (Rameau: Operatic Arias)
  • Thomas Tallis

    Missa Puer natus est nobis (Mass. Unto us a boy is born): Gloria

    Monday
    Dec 23

    The Cardinall's Musick | Andrew Carwood (conductor)

    Hyperion 68026 (Tallis: Missa Puer natus est nobis)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

    The Bells, Op. 35

    Monday
    Dec 23

    David Wilson-Johnson (bass) | Neeme Järvi (conductor) | Suzanne Murphy (soprano) | Keith Lewis (tenor) | Scottish National Chorus and Orchestra

    Chandos 8476 (Rachmaninov: The Bells, etc.)
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ariodante

    Monday
    Dec 23

    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)
  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhäuser: Song to the Evening Star. "Wie Todesahnung Dämmerung deckt die Lande . O du mein holder Abendstern"

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) | Berlin Philharmonic | Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    DG 471.348 (Wagner)
  • Franz Schubert

    Psalm 23. Gott ist mein Hirt

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Vinson Cole (tenor) | Dennis Keene (conductor) | Voices of Ascension Chorus | Patrick Stephens (piano)

    Delos 3138 (Mysteries Beyond: Songs and Chants in Praise of Mary)
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il trovatore: Act I

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) | Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Giorgio Zancanaro [Il Conte di Luna] | Rosalind Plowright [Leonora] | Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) [Azucena] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Manrico (Il trovatore)] | Evgeny Nesterenko [Ferrando] | Anna di Stasio (mezzo-soprano) [Ines] | Walter Gullino [Ruiz] | Alfredo Giacomotti [Un vecchio zingaro] | Aldo Verrecchia [Un messo] | Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia [Seguaci]

    DG 413.355 (Verdi: Il Trovatore)
  • Charles Gounod

    Roméo et Juliette: Juliet's Waltz Aria. Ah! Je veux vivre (Ah! I wish I could live)

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Joan Sutherland (soprano) | Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor)

    London 414.450 (The Art of the Prima Donna)
  • Hugo Wolf

    Mörike Lieder

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) | Imogen Cooper (piano)

    WH Live 0029 (Wolf Songs)
  • Stanislaw Moniuszko

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

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    Harmonia Mundi 90.6010 (Slavic Heroes)
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Dorilla in Tempe: Act II, Aria. "Vorrei da lacci sciogliere"

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Ensemble Baroque de Nice | Gilbert Bezzina (conductor) | John Elwes [Elmiro]

    Pierre Verany 94092 (Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe)
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana: I. Primo vere [Springtime]

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | John Shirley-Quirk (bass) | Brighton Festival Chorus | Antal Dorati (conductor)

    Decca 473.842 (Orff: Carmina Burana)
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation (Die Schöpfung): Part II

    Monday
    Dec 23

    Sir Georg Solti (conductor) | Chicago Symphony Chorus | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Ruth Ziesak (soprano) [Gabriel] | Herbert Lippert (tenor) [Uriel] | René Pape (bass) [Raphael]

    London 443.445 (Haydn: The Creation)
  • Franz Liszt

    Es rauschen die Winde [Ludwig Rellstab]

    Monday
    Dec 23

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

    DG 477.9525 (Liszt: The Collection)