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A Ceremony of Carols

12/05/12 9:00AM By Walter Parker

Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols was first performed 70 years ago today.  We'll listen to it conducted by Robert Shaw.

 

Playlist

9:02am

Sonata #4 in C, Op. 3/4

Composer Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville
Ensemble Musicians of the Louvre
Conductor Marc Minkowski
CD/Album Mondonville: 6 Sonates Op. 3
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 474550

9:14am

Ave Maria, for Double Choir

Composer Tomas Luis de Victoria
Ensemble The Tallis Scholars
Conductor Peter Phillips
CD/Album Christmas Carols and Motets
Record co./Cat # Gimell 10

9:21am

Symphony #38 "Prague" in D, K 504

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ensemble Orchestra Mozart
Conductor Claudio Abbado
CD/Album Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, 33, 35, 38, 41
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 4777598

10:01am

Concerto grosso per il Santissimo Natale in C, Op. 3/12 big concerto for the blessed Christmas

Composer Francesco Manfredini
Ensemble Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Herbert von Karajan
CD/Album Albinoni: Adagio, Pachelbel: Canon & gigue, Corelli:Manfredini, Vivaldi concerti
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 419046

10:13am

A Ceremony of Carols

Composer Benjamin Britten
Ensemble Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Conductor Robert Shaw
CD/Album A Robert Shaw Christmas - Angels on High
Record co./Cat # Telarc 80461

10:38am

Oboe Concerto in a

Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ensemble London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Bryden Thomson
Soloists David Theodore, oboe
CD/Album Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony
Record co./Cat # Chandos 8594

11:01am

Piano Trio #7 "Archduke" in Bb, Op. 97

Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Soloists Joseph Kalichstein, piano ; Jaime Laredo, violin ; Sharon Robinson, cello
CD/Album Beethoven: The Complete Cycle of Trios (Vol. 1)
Record co./Cat # Arabesque 6758

11:44am

Salve Puerule

Composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Ensemble Choir of Westminster Abbey
Conductor Simon Preston
CD/Album Christmas Carols
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 445572

11:49am

Resonet In Laudibus

Composer Michael Praetorius
Ensemble Choir of Westminster Abbey
Conductor Simon Preston
Soloists Christopher Herrick, organ
CD/Album Christmas Carols
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 445572

11:52am

The Apple Tree Carol

Composer Elizabeth Poston
Ensemble Choir of Westminster Abbey
Conductor Simon Preston
CD/Album Christmas Carols
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 445572

11:55am

Alleluja! Freuet euch ("Alleluja! Rejoice!")

Composer Andreas Hammerschmidt
Ensemble Choir of Westminster Abbey
Conductor Simon Preston
CD/Album Christmas Carols
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 445572

12:05pm

Flute Sonata in Eb, BWV 1031

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Soloists Robert Stallman, flute ; Edwin Swanborn, harpsichord
CD/Album Bach Sonatas - Stallman and Swanborn
Record co./Cat # Bogner's Cafe 105

12:17pm

Three Botticelli Pictures

Composer Ottorino Respighi
Ensemble Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
CD/Album Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances I & III etc.
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 437533

12:39pm

Piano Concerto #2 in F, Op. 102

Composer Dmitri Shostakovich
Ensemble I Musici de Montreal
Conductor Maxim Shostakovich
Soloists Dmitri Shostakovich Jr.,piano
CD/Album Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
Record co./Cat # Chandos 8443

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