Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby – 12/25/06

Playlist:

• Messiah: Sinfonia / For Unto Us a Child is Born / Hallelujah chorus
• Composer: George Friederich Handel
• Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien
• Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
• Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 72039 CD

• Simple Gifts
• Composer: Aaron Copland
• Ensemble: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
• Record co./Cat #: Delos 3163 CD

• Wesendonck-Lieder: Der Engel ("The Angel")
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden
• Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
• Record co./Cat #: D.G. 439865 CD

• Siegfried Idyll
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
• Conductor: James Levine
• Record co./Cat #: D.G. 435883 CD

• Il est ne le divin enfant / Coventry Carol / Ding dong! Merrily on high / Gabriel from heven-king
• Composer: Traditional
• Ensemble: Taverner Players & Choir
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Record co./Cat #: EMI (CD: "The Carol Album") 49809 CD

• Christmas Carol Suite (including "What Child is This?" and "Hark the Herald Angels Sing!")
• Composer: Traditional
• Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
• Conductor: Robert Shaw
• Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80087 CD

• Samson: Let the Bright Seraphim
• Composer: George Friederich Handel
• Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's
• Conductor: John Nelson
• Record co./Cat #: Sony (CD: "Baroque Duets") 46672 CD

• Harp Concerto in Bb
• Composer: George Friederich Handel
• Ensemble: The Harp Consort
• Conductor: Andrew Lawrence-King (harp soloist & conductor)
• Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77366 CD

• Little Tree
• Composer: Steven Heitzig (1990 setting of the e.e. cummings poem)
• Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers
• Conductor: Dale Warland
• Record co./Cat #: ACC (CD: "December Stillness") 121 CD

• O Tannenbaum
• Composer: Traditional German
• Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
• Conductor: Erich Kunzel
• Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80226 CD

• The Holly and the Ivy
• Composer: Traditional
• Ensemble: Counterpoint
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Record co./Cat #: Albany (CD: "Counterpoint Sings Noel") 801 CD

• We Wish You A Merry Christmas
• Composer: Traditional
• Ensemble: Canadian Brass
• Record co./Cat #: Philips 426835 CD