Programs · Episode
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Program: The Early Shift with Ted Weiner
Aired: Sunday, December 22, 2024 @ 12:00 am
Hosted by Ted Weiner
Playlist
12 am | |
| Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck · "Hodie Christus natus est" (Today Christ is born) Regensburg Cathedral Choir Georg Ratzinger Dhm Deutsche Harmoni 77049-2 "Christmas Carols" | |
| Traditional English · "Adeste Fideles" (arr. by Carl Thiel) Regensburg Cathedral Choir Georg Ratzinger Dhm Deutsche Harmoni 77049-2 "Christmas Carols" | |
| Franz Gruber · "Silent Night" (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) Eberhard Kraus, organ · Regensburg Cathedral Choir Georg Ratzinger Dhm Deutsche Harmoni 77049-2 "Christmas Carols" | |
| Richard Wagner · Overture to Tannhauser Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Mariss Jansons EMI Classics 54583 "Wagner: Overtures & Orchestral Music" | |
| Leroy Anderson · A Christmas Festival BBC Concert Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Naxos 8559621 "Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride and other Holiday Favorites" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Preludes and Fugues Nos. 6-8, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67741 "J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier" | |
| Traditional English · "The Twelve Days of Christmas" New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt EMI 31540 "O Come, All ye Faithful" | |
| Traditional English · "The First Nowell" New York Choral Artists Joseph Flummerfelt EMI 31540 "O Come, All ye Faithful" | |
1 am | |
| Edvard Grieg · Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 New Philharmonia Orchestra Andrew Davis Sony Classical 53257 "Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites" | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams · Wassail Song (arr. Douglas Haislip) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Traditional · Suite of English Carols (Deck the Halls, Coventry, First Noel) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
| Johannes Brahms · 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 Markus Groh, piano Avie Records 2136 "Brahms: The Late Piano Pieces" | |
| Lowell Mason · "Joy to the world" The Cambridge Singers & Orchestra John Rutter Collegium Records 503 "The Christmas Star" | |
| Samuel Scheidt · "O Little One Sweet" (harmonized by J.S. Bach) Cambridge Singers John Rutter Collegium Records 503 "The Christmas Star" | |
| Traditional English · "We wish you a merry Christmas" Cambridge Singers & Orchestra John Rutter Collegium Records 503 "The Christmas Star" | |
| Gaetano Schiassi · Christmas Concerto in D Masques Olivier Fortin Analekta 9908 "Masques - Baroque Christmas" | |
2 am | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412 Hermann Baumann, horn · St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman Philips 412737 "Mozart Horn Concertos" | |
| Francois-Joseph Gossec · "Christmas Suite" Academy of Ancient Music & Chorus Christopher Hogwood Decca 410 179-2 "Christmas Concertos" | |
| Alexander Borodin · Symphony No. 2 in b Berlin Philharmonic Sir Simon Rattle EMI Classics 00273 "Mussorgsky - Borodin" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · "Exsultate, jubilate" K. 165 Danielle de Niese, soprano · Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Sir Charles Mackerras Decca 001327702 "Danielle de Niese: The Mozart Album" | |
3 am | |
| Frederic Chopin · Waltz in Ab, Op. 34, No. 1, "Valse brillante" Geza Anda, piano RCA Victrola 7744 "Chopin: Waltzes" | |
| Traditional English · What Child is This? Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Richard Hayman Naxos 8.990006 "Silent Night" | |
| Mykola Leontovych · Carol of the Bells Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Richard Hayman Naxos 8.990006 "Silent Night" | |
| Frederick Delius · Sleigh Ride (Winter Night) Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Richard Hayman Naxos 8.990006 "Silent Night" | |
| Edward Elgar · The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner Capriccio 10 501 "Edward Elgar Enigma Variations, The Wand of Youth" | |
| Traditional French · "Angels We Have Heard on High" Leontyne Price, soprano; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Decca 000338602 "Christmas with Leontyne Price" | |
| Traditional German · "O Tannenbaum" Leontyne Price, soprano; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Decca 000338602 "Christmas with Leontyne Price" | |
| Traditional English · "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" Leontyne Price, soprano; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Decca 000338602 "Christmas with Leontyne Price" | |
| Claude Debussy · Suite Bergamasque (orch. by Gustave Cloez & Andre Caplet) Lyon National Orchestra Jun Markl Naxos 8572583 "Debussy - Orchestral Works - 6" | |
4 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · Messiah, Part I choruses Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC); Chamber Orchestra (Live, C J. Don Coleman Hickory Choral Socie y "Hickory Choral Society 35th Season Christmas Concert 2012" | |
| John Field · Piano Concerto No. 2 in Ab (finale) John O'Conor, piano · Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Telarc 80370 "John Field: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3" | |
| Mel Torme - Robert Wells · The Christmas Song Boston Pops Orchestra Keith Lockhart BSO Classics 1305 "A Boston Pops Christmas - Live from Symphony Hall" | |
| Johnny Marks · Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (arr. by Richard Hayman) Boston Pops Orchestra Keith Lockhart BSO Classics 1305 "A Boston Pops Christmas - Live from Symphony Hall" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Divertimento in D for 2 Horns & String Quartet, Hob.II:22 Ab Koster, Javier Bonet-Manrique, natural horns · L'Archibudelli Sony Classical 68253 "Haydn: The Natural Horn" | |
5 am | |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson · A Carol Symphony The City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 8.557099 "Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony" | |
| John Jacob Niles · "I Wonder as I Wander" Kathleen Battle, soprano; Christopher Parkening, guitar Sony Classical 62723 "Angel's Glory" | |
| Traditional Polish · "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" Kathleen Battle, soprano; Christopher Parkening, guitar Sony Classical 62723 "Angel's Glory" | |
| Traditional Welsh lullaby · "Suo Gan" Kathleen Battle, soprano; Christopher Parkening, guitar Sony Classical 62723 "Angel's Glory" | |
| Ferdinand Ries · Variations on a Portuguese Hymn, Op. 152, No. 1 (actually the English carol, "Adeste Fideles") Uwe Grodd, flute; Matteo Napoli, piano Naxos 8572038 "Ferdinand Ries: Works for Flute & Piano" | |
| Johann Pachelbel · Canon Georgia Kelly, harp; Dusan Bogdanovic, guitar Global Pacific 79337 "Georgia Kelly - Winter Classics" | |
| Traditional French · O Come, O Come Emmanuel Jon Schmidt, piano; Steven Sharp Nelson, cello · The Piano Guys Portrait 374479 "The Piano Guys - A Family Christmas" | |
6 am | |
| Edmund Walters · "Little One Sleep" Jocelyn Bell, girl soprano (age 11) · Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1981) Edmund Walters Chandos 6672 "A Festival of Christmas" | |
| Hector Berlioz · "The Shepherds' Farewell" (from "L'enfance du Christ") Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Robert Shaw Telarc 80119 "Robert Shaw - Choral Masterpieces" | |
| Hugo Distler · "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" (Lo, how an ever-blooming rose) Dawn Upshaw, soprano · Chanticleer Joseph Jennings Teldec 85555 "Christmas with Chanticleer" | |
| Traditional French · Ding! Dong! Merrily on High (merged with Bach's Jesu, joy of man's desiring) Jeffrey Biegel, piano Steinway & Sons 30005 "A Steinway Christmas Album" | |
| Gustav Holst · In the Bleak Midwinter (merged with Liszt's Un Sospiro) Jeffrey Biegel, piano Steinway & Sons 30005 "A Steinway Christmas Album" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn · Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (in the style of Beethoven) Jeffrey Biegel, piano Steinway & Sons 30005 "A Steinway Christmas Album" | |
| David Overton · Fantasia on "In dulci jubilo" James Galway, flute · Munich Radio Orchestra John Georgiadis RCA Victor Red Seal 60736 "In Dulci Jubilo - Christmas with James Galway" | |
| Traditional · Carol of the Bells; We Three Kings John Eaken, violin; Nancy Baun, cello; Gloria Whitney, piano · Eaken Piano Trio Naxos 8554714 "Home for the Holidays" | |
| Traditional · "Chanukah Candles" New Horizon Singers; Pacific Pops Orchestra Quicksilver Records 0121571902 "Joy of Chanukah" | |
| Alfred Burt · "Caroling, Caroling" The Choral Project Daniel Hughes Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Traditional canon · "Merry Christmas to You All" The Choral Project Daniel Hughes Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Charles Ives · "A Christmas Carol" The Choral Project Daniel Hughes Clarion 941 "Yuletide" | |
| Traditional French · Il Est Ne; Masters in This Hall; Noel Nouvelet Kathryn Daniels, flute; Michael Daniels, cello; Linda Grieser, harp · Adagio Trio Adagio Trio 2 "Winter Gift" | |
| Traditional German · O Tannenbaum Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Carmen Dragon EMI Classics 66087 "The Music of Christmas" | |
| Jeff Tyzik · A Christmas Overture - Variations on Deck the Halls Brass Band of Battle Creek Richard Evans MSR 1425 "A Christmas Festival" | |