Programs · Episode
Friday, December 20, 2024
Program: Classical Music with Myelita Melton
Aired: Friday, December 20, 2024 @ 1:00 pm
Hosted by Myelita Melton
Playlist
1 pm | |
| Emile Waldteufel · Well Loved, waltz, Op. 143 Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Alfred Walter Marco Polo 223443 "Emile Waldteufel, vol. 1" | |
| Traditional · Deck the Halls (arr. by Paul Libman) The Klezmonauts Satire Records 0175 "Oy to the World - A Klezmer Christmas" | |
| Traditional French · "Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella" Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Robert Shaw Telarc 80377 "Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reiai de Catalunya (The Royal Jordi Savall Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Benjamin Britten · Courtly Dances, from "Gloriana" Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Andre Previn Telarc 80126 "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Britten: Young Person's Guide" | |
| Franz Schubert · "Ave Maria" Luciano Pavarotti, tenor · National Philharmonic Orchestra Kurt Herbert Adler Decca 000530102 "Luciano Pavarotti: O Holy Night" | |
| Pietro Yon · "Gesu Bambino" Luciano Pavarotti, tenor · National Philharmonic Orchestra; Wandsworth Boys' Choir Kurt Herbert Adler Decca 000530102 "Luciano Pavarotti: O Holy Night" | |
| Traditional English · "Adeste Fideles" Luciano Pavarotti, tenor · National Philharmonic Orchestra; The London Voices Kurt Herbert Adler Decca 000530102 "Luciano Pavarotti: O Holy Night" | |
| Carl Maria von Weber · Invitation to the Dance (orch. by Berlioz) Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Deutsche Grammophon 413587 "Les Preludes; Die Moldau; Wilhelm Tell" | |
2 pm | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Symphony No. 25 in g, K. 183 English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate Warner Classics 8463824 "Mozart: Complete Symphonies" | |
| Traditional English · Good King Wenceslas Renaissonics WGBH "Carols for Dancing" | |
| John Rutter · "Angels' Carol" Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia John Rutter Collegium Records 111 "Christmas With the Cambridge Singers" | |
| John Rutter · "What Sweeter Music?" Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia John Rutter Collegium Records 111 "Christmas With the Cambridge Singers" | |
| Johann Friedrich Fasch · Trumpet Concerto in D Alison Balsom, trumpet · Academy of Ancient Music Pavlo Beznosiuk Warner Classics 592465 "Alison Balson - Jubilo" | |
| Morton Gould · Serenade of Carols New Philharmonia Orchestra Morton Gould RCA Victor 7931 "A Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould" | |
3 pm | |
| Gordon Lightfoot · "Song for a Winter's Night" (arr. by Justine Sasanfar & Michael Hanawalt) Justine Sasanfar, piano · Wichita State University Concert Chorale Michael Hanawalt Wichita State Univer ity n/a private recording | |
| Luigi Boccherini · Cello Concerto No. 5 in D, G.478 Yo-Yo Ma, baroque cello · The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ton Koopman Sony Classical 756136 "Simply Baroque" | |
| Samuel E. Goldfarb · "Funky Dreidl" (I had a Little Dreidl) (arr. by Robert Applebaum) Chicago a cappella Cedille 225 "Miracles of Miracles - Music for Hanukkah" | |
| Traditional German · O Tannenbaum Canadian Brass Steinway & Sons 30027 "Christmastime is Here" | |
| Gloria Shayne - Noel Regney · Do You Hear What I Hear? Carol Chase, piano (from Lake Wylie, SC) Carol Chase 066121 "Christmas with Carol Chase" | |
| Jean Sibelius · Karelia Overture Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste RCA 7765-2 "Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 - Karelia Suite" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Von Himmel hoch" (From heaven on high) Leontyne Price, soprano · Vienna Philharmonic; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreund Herbert von Karajan Decca 000338602 "Christmas with Leontyne Price" | |
| Felix Mendelssohn - Charles Wesley · "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" Leontyne Price, soprano; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde · Vienna Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Decca 000338602 "Christmas with Leontyne Price" | |
4 pm | |
| Darius Milhaud · Scaramouche, Op. 165c Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone · Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Sony Classical 89251 "Creation" | |
| Traditional · "Chanukah Candles" New Horizon Singers; Pacific Pops Orchestra Quicksilver Records 0121571902 "Joy of Chanukah" | |
| Traditional English · God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Pittsburgh Symphony Brass Four Winds 3017 "A Christmas Concert for Brass" | |
| Traditional English · The First Noel Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, violins; Katherine Murdock, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello · Delmoni String Quartet Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| George Frideric Handel · He Shall Feed His Flock, from "Messiah" Arturo Delmoni, Nina Bodnar, violins; Natasha Lipkina, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello · Delmoni String Quartet Listen 50001 "A String Quartet Christmas" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Piano Concerto in F, Hob.XVIII:3 (1st mvt.) Emanuel Ax, piano · Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Emanuel Ax Sony Classical 89853 "Haydn: Piano Concertos" | |
| Traditional English · O Come All Ye Faithful Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80226 "Christmas with the Pops" | |
| Traditional German · O Tannenbaum Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80226 "Christmas with the Pops" | |
| Traditional English · The First Noel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc 80226 "Christmas with the Pops" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Sinfonia in g, RV 156 Northwest Chamber Orchestra Alun Francis Ambassador 1010 "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons and Three Sinfonias" | |
5 pm | |
| Antonin Dvorak · Piano Concerto in g, Op. 33 (finale) Andras Schiff, piano · Vienna Philharmonic (live in Vienna, November 1986) Christoph von Dohnanyi Decca 414802 "Dvorak: Piano Concerto, etc." | |
| Louis Lewanowski · Eight Bright Candles John Eaken, violin; Nancy Baun, cello; Gloria Whitney, piano · Eaken Piano Trio Naxos 8.554714 "I'll Be Home for the Holidays" | |
| Traditional English · Coventry Carol Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Special Music 4577 "Joy to the World" | |
| Traditional English · God Rest, Ye Merry Gentlemen Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Special Music 4577 "Joy to the World" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonias 1 & 2, from Cantata BWV 35 "Spirit and Soul are in Tumult" E. Power Biggs, organ · Gewandhaus Orchestra Hans-Joachim Rotzsch Sony Classical 62829 "Bach: Sinfonias and Orchestral movements from Cantatas" | |
| Traditional Spiritual · "Rockin' Jerusalem" (arr. by John W. Work) The American Spiritual Ensemble Everett McCorvey The American Spiritu l En 8845012147 "The Spirit of the Holidays" | |
| Richard S. Willis · It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Chad Lawson, piano Hillset Records 8597070690 "Chad Lawson - A Solo Piano Christmas" | |
| Traditional English · "While Shepherds watched their flocks" (arr. by the Beggar Boys) Abigail Lennox, soprano · The Beggar Boys (recorded live 12/12/2010 St. Alban's Episcopal n/a "A Celtic Christmas Live with the Beggar Boys" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 (1st mvt.) Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim Warner Classics 0190295824 "Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies" | |