Program #892 - 12/22/10

Klaas de Vries
- Pianoconcerto, version for piano and small ensemble
Osiris Trio (NM Classics)

Marc Antoine Charpentier
- Un Oratorio de Noel: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416
Les Arts Florissants; William Christie, director (Harmonia Mundi)

George Enescu
- Legend for trumpet and piano
Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet; Roland Pontinen, piano (Philips)

Mona Lyn Reese
- Toboggan
Kiev Philharmonic; Robert Ian Winstin, conductor (ERM)

Emile Waldteufel
- Bonne Bouche, Polka, Op. 163
"Gulbenkian Orchestra; Michel Swierczewski, conductor (Nimbus)

Samuel Scheidt
- Canzon Super Cantionem Gallicam a 5
- Wie shon leuchtet der Morgenstern
Winchester Cathedral Choir; Martin Neary, director (EMI)

Ferdinand Ries
- Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 115
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor; Christopher Hinterhuber, piano (Naxos)

Howard Hanson
- Two Yuletide Pieces for Piano
Brian Preston, piano (Bay Cities)

Ronald J. Williams
- Sing Noel
Kiev Philharmonic; Robert Ian Winstin, conductor (ERM)

David Popper
- Once Upon More Beautiful Days
- Gavotte
- Mazurka
Janos Starker, cello; Shigeo Neriki, piano (Delos)

Heinrich Schutz
- Hodie Christus natus est, SWV 456
Winchester Cathedral Choir; Martin Neary, director (EMI)

David L. Post
15. "String Quartet No. 2" {DAVID L. POST} - Hawthorne String Quartet - Post: String Quartets [Naxos: 2010]

Robert Russell Bennett
- The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite IV
Robert Shaw Chorale; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw (RCA)

Kevin Oldham
- Silent Night, Op. 20
Pamela Williamson, solo; Lyra Pherigo, flute; Wesley Kelly, harp (Nimbus)

Program #860 - 12/23/09

Leroy Anderson
- Suite of Carols for String Orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra/Slatkin (Naxos)

Olivier Messiaen
- La Nativite
Thiry (Calliope)

Bela Bartok
Rumanian Christmas Carols
Ranki (Hungaroton)

Rutland Boughton
Bethelehem
The Holst Singers/City of London Sinfonia/Melville (Hyperion)

Rodney Russell Bennett
- The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite IV
Robert Shaw Chorale/RCA Symphony Orchestra/Shaw (BMG)

Kevin Oldham
- Silent Night, from Three Carols, Op. 20
Williamson/Pherego/Kelly (Nimbus)