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)

Program #859 - 12/16/09

Rudolf Kelterborn
- Monologues 2, 3, and 4 for guitar
Vidovic (Musica Helvetica)

Gioacchino Rossini
- La Gita in gondola
- La Danza
Anderson/Gimenez/Walker (Nimbus)

Georg Philipp Telemann
- Trio 9 in B-flat for recorder, harpsichord and basso continuo
Aulos Ensemble (MusicMaster)

Johann Grabbe
- Ahi, misera mia vita
- Alma affitta, che fai
- O Donna troppa cruda
- E tu parti, ben mio
- Dolce spirito d'Amore
Consort of Musicke/Rooley (MDG)

Sergei Prokofiev
- Peter and the Wolf
Lee/Mehnuin/English String Orchestra (Nimbus)

Mikolaj Zielenski
- Offeratoria
Capella Bydgostiensis Pro Musica Antiqua/Galonski (Olympia)

Arnold Bax
- Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Thomson/London Philharmonic (Chandos)

Heino Eller
- Elegia for Harp and Strings
Pierce/Jarvi/Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)

Perotin
- Sederunt principes - Organum quadruplum
Musica Ficta/Holten (Naxos)

Eric Ball
- Journey into Freedom
John Foster Black Dyke Mills (Chandos)