Sunday, January 20, 2013

7:00 a.m.

Johannes Brahms: Requiem (movements 1-6 / 56:35)
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano
Thomas Quasthoff, baritone
Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin Radio Chorus
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
“Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem”
EMI Classics 3 65393 2

8:00 a.m.

Johannes Brahms: Requiem continued (movement 7 / 10:31)

Michael Praetorius: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (7:49)
Musica Fiata
La Capella Ducale
Roland Wilson, conductor
“Polyhymnia Caduceatrix & Panegyrica”
Sony Classical Vivarte Series 62929

Thomas Weelkes: When David heard (4:39)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“England, my England”
EMI Classics 2 28944

Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from St. John Passion, 1725 version (31:58)
Smithsonian Chamber Players and Chorus
James Weaver, baritone
Jeffrey Thomas, tenor
Kenneth Slowik, conductor
“St. John Passion”
Smithsonian Collection of Recordings

Sunday, January 13, 2013

7:00 a.m.

Henry Purcell: O sing unto the Lord a New Song (13:20)
James Bowman, countertenor
Charles Daniels, tenor
Robert Evans, bass
Nicolas Witcomb, treble
Michael George, bass
Jerome Finnis, treble
The King's Consort
New College Choir Oxford
Robert King, conductor
“Purcell: The Complete Anthems and Services Vol. 1”
Hyperion CDA66585

Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 (36:13)
Catherine Bott, soprano
Gilles Cachemaille, baritone
Monteverdi Choir
Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Fauré: Requiem”
Philips 438 149-2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Te Deum Laudamus, K. 141 (6:54)
Tolzer Boys Choir
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, conductor
“Mozart: Missa Longa”
Sony Classical 46493

8:00 a.m.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 (3:11)
Tolzer Boys Choir
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, conductor
“Mozart: Missa Longa”
Sony Classical 46493

Herbert Howells: Office of Holy Communion “Collegium Regale” (16:47)
St. John's College Choir
Cambridge Iain Farrington, organist
Christopher Robinson, conductor
“Howells : Requiem, Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing”
Naxos NXS 8554659

John Sheppard: Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria (14:13)
Stile Antico
“Media vita”
Harmonia Mundi USA HMU 807509

Franz Schubert: Mass In G, D 167 (21:38)
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Brigitte Poschner, alto
Jorge Pita, tenor
Andreas Schmidt, baritone
Chamber Orchestra Of Europe
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Claudio Abbado, conductor
“Schubert: Messe G-Dur”
Deutsche Grammophon 4354862

Sunday, January 6, 2013

7:00 a.m.

George Frideric Handel: Gloria (16:33)
Gillian Ross, soprano
English Baroque Soloists
John Elliot Gardiner, conductor
“Vivaldi: Gloria; Handel: Dixit Dominus”
Philips PHI 4625972

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio Part IV (22:35)
Dorthea Röschmann, soprano
Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Werner Güra, tenor
Klaus Häger, bass
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
RIAS-Kammerchor
René Jacobs, conductor
“J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium”
Harmonia Mundi 901630/31

Claudio Monteverdi: Messa a 4 da capella (15:57)
Cantus Cölln
Conrad Junghänel, conductor
“Selve morale e spirituale”
Harmonia Mundi 901718

8:00 a.m.

Franz Schubert: Mass No. 4 in E-flat Major, D. 950 (56:56)
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
“Schubert Masses”
EMI Classics 815192B

Sunday, December 30, 2012

7:00 a.m.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, Nun Sei Gepreiset, BWV 41 (27:57)
Jan Kobow
Yukari Nonoshita
Robin Blaze
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki
“Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 33 - BWV 41, 92, 130”
BIS 1541

Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna (26:33)
Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor
“Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna”
Hyperion 67449

8:00 a.m.

Herbert Howells: Requiem (18:11)
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
“Cathedral Classics”
American Choral Catalog 120

Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, Part I (38:24)
Heather Harper, soprano
Robert Tear, tenor
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks, conductor
“Haydn: The Creation & Missa in tempore belli”
EMI Classics For Pleasure 75929

Sunday, December 23, 2012

7:00 a.m.

John Rutter: Cantate Domino (5:10)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“Rutter: Requiem”
EMI 56605

Traditional (arr. Rutter): O Come, O come, Immanuel (3:36)
Choir of Clare College
Cambridge Clare College Orchestra
John Rutter, conductor
“Rutter: Carols from Clare”
EMI 699502

Traditional (arr. Rutter): Away in a Manger (2:28)
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
“A Christmas Present From Polyphony”
Hyperion HYP NOEL2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Neugeborne Kindelein, cantata 122 (13:33)
Yukari Nonoshita, soprano
Timothy Kenworthy-Brown, countertenor
Makoto Sakurada, tenor
Peter Kooy, bass
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
“Bach: Cantatas Volume 26”
BIS 1401

English Traditional: Blessed be that maid Mary; arr. David Willcocks (2:59)
Old German tune: In dulci jubilo; arr. R. L. Pearsall (3:23)
Hungarian Traditional tune: A Christmas Carol; arr. Zoltan Kodaly (2:45)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Blessed Son of God (2:41)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: No sad thought his soul affright (2:21)
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: While the shepherds were watching (3:12)
John Rutter: What Sweeter Music (4:13)
Harold Darke: In the bleak mid-winter (4:37)
American Bach Soloists / American Bach Choir
John Karl Hirten, organist
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
“What Sweeter Music”
americanbach.org/recordings

John Sheppard: Verbum caro factus (9:17)
Stile Antico
“Puer natus est – Tudor Music for Advent and Christmas”
Harmonia Mundi 807517

8:00 a.m.

David Conte: Silent Night (3:18)
San Francisco Choral Artists
Magen Solomon, conductor
“So Gracious Is The Time”
San Francisco Choral Artists 0595-2

Eric Whitacre: The Chelsea Carol (7:19)
Guillaume Dufay: Ave maris stella (6:48)
Eric Whatacre Singers
“The Chelsea Carol”
itunes

George Malcolm: Missa ad praesepe (8:54)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Matthew Martin, organ
Martin Baker, conductor
“From the Vaults of Westminster Cathedral”
Hyperion CDA67707

Michael Praetorius: Magnificat super Angelus ad Pastores (14:17)
San Francisco Bach Choir
David Babbit, conductor
“Christmas Music of Michael Praetorius”
sfbach.org

Dietrich Buxtehude: In dulci jubilo (6:49)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman, conductor
“Buxtehude – Opera Omnia V”
Challenge Classics CHL 72244

“O Come All Ye Faithful” (4:48)
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Ian Hare, organist
Sir David Willcocks, conductor
“Classic Christmas Carols”
EMI Classics 5099951508654

Sunday December 16, 2012

7:00 a.m.

George Frideric Handel: excerpts from Part I of Solomon (31:00)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Carolyn Watkinson, alto
Nancy Argenta, soprano
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Joan Rodgers, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Varcoe, bass
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
English Baroque Soloists,
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Handel: Solomon”
Philips 000667002

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio Part II (27:49)
Lisa Larsson, soprano
Elisabeth Magnus-Harnoncourt, alto
Christoph Prégardien, tenor
Klaus Mertens, bass
Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orchestra
Ton Koopman, conductor
“Bach: Christmas Oratorio”
Erato (USA) PID 679262

8:00 a.m.

George Frideric Handel: Messiah - Part One (49:20)
Hallelujah! (3:33)
Arianna Zukerman, soprano
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Steven Tharp, tenor
William Sharp, baritone
American Bach Soloists
American Bach Choir
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
“Handel: Messiah 1741 autograph score version”
Delos International DE-3360

Sunday, December 9, 2012

7:00 a.m.

William Byrd: Hodie Christus natus est (2:16)
The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood, conductor
“The Byrd Edition 2”
(out of print)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est (2:15)
The Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Images of Christ”
Collegium Records COL 124

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa “Hodie Christus natus est” (21:06)
Gabrieli Players & Consort
Paul McCreesh, conductor
“Christmas Mass in Rome”
Deutsche Grammophone DGG B000992809

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noël “Midnight Mass” (28:52)
Aradia Baroque Ensemble
Kevin Mallon, conductor
“Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noël”
Naxos (USA) NXS 8557229

8:00 a.m.

Dietrich Buxtehude: Das neugeborne Kindelein (7:05)
Ricercar Consort
Deutsche Barock Kantaten (II)
Ricercar
RIC 041016

Polish Carol: Infant holy, infant lowly; arr. David Willcocks (2:10)
English Traditional: Sussex Carol; arr. David Willcocks (1:59)
Boris Ord: Adam lay ybounden (1:39)
Benjamin Britten: A Boy was born in Bethlehem (2:21)
William Walton: All this Time (1:49) William Walton: What Cheer? (1:20)
American Bach Soloists
American Bach Choir
John Karl Hirten, organist
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
“What Sweeter Music”
americanbach.org/recordings

Choruses from George Frideric Handel: Judas Maccabeus (31:34)
New College Choir
Oxford The King's Consort
Robert King, conductor
“Handel: Judas Maccabeus”
Hyperion 66641/2

Michael Praetorius: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (4:02)
Engelbert Humperdinck: Abendsegen (Evening Prayer) from Hansel und Gretel (3:40)
Frederica von Stade
Kathleen Battle
André Previn & Orchestra of St. Luke's
“A Carnegie Hall Christmas”
Sony Classical / CAMI Video / Kultur Video

Sunday, December 2, 2012

7:00 a.m.

Francis Poulenc: Four Motets for Christmas (11:09)
“Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel”
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, conductor
“Stairway to Heaven”
Sony Classical PID 858236

Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 (22:22)
Osian Ellis, harp
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks, conductor
“Great Artists of the Century”
EMI Classics EMI 62797

Bob Chilcott: Canticles of Light (17:26)
Nordic Chamber Choir
Chamber Choir of Europe
Nicol Matt, conductor
“Bob Chilcott: Choral works”
Bayer Records BR 100 342

Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium (6:13)
American Bach Soloists / American Bach Choir
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
“What Sweeter Music”
americanbach.org/recordings

8:00 a.m.

Dietrich Buxtehude: Jubilate Deo, BuxWV 64 (9:52)
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Ensemble of Early Music
“Lamento”
ATMA Classique ATMA 22261

Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat in G Minor (14:01)
Academy of Ancient Music
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“Vivaldi: Gloria”
EMI Classics 572652B

Hector Berlioz: The Shepherds’ Farewell from L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 (3:25)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, conductor
“Choral Moods”
Conifer Classics 51308

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols (12:20)
John Barrow, baritone
Choir of Guildford Cathedral
Barry Rose, conductor
“Vaughan Williams: Hodie”
EMI Classics 5 67427 2

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: In Nativitatem, H. 414 (15:07)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, conductor
“Charpentier: Pastorale – In Nativitatem”
Harmonia Mundi France HMC-1082

Sunday, November 25, 2012

7:00 a.m.

Morten Lauridsen: Ubi caritas (7:02)
Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor
“Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna”
Hyperion 67449

Eric Whitacre: Three Songs of Praise (12:40)
I Will Wade Out
Hope, Faith, Life, Love
I Thank You God For Most This Amazing Day
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
“Cloudburst”
Hyperion 67543

Robert Lowry: Beautiful River, arr. William Hawley (3:03)
We Gather Together, arr. Stephen Paulus (3:38)
The Road Home, arr. Stephen Paulus (3:24)
Deep River, arr. Norman Luboff (3:18)
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor “Harvest Home”
Gothic Records 49243

Gerald Finzi: Three Anthems, Op. 27 (15:34)
My Lovely One
God is Gone Up
Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast
Finzi Singers
Harry Bicket, organ
Paul Spicer, conductor
“Finzi: Choral Works”
Chandos Records CHA 8936

Herbert Howells: Three Carols (9:58)
Here is the little door *
A spotless rose *
Sing lullaby **
* Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge
Christopher Robinson, conductor
“Fear and Rejoice, O People”
Nimbus NIM 5589

** Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor
“A Christmas Present from Polyphony”
Hyperion HYP NOEL2

8:00 a.m.

Samuel Barber: God’s Grandeur (6:30)
Joyful Company of Singers
Peter Broadbent, conductor
“Barber & Schumann Choral Music”
ASV CD DCA 939

Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach: Danket dem Herrn (32:49)
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Barockorchester Stuttgart
Frieder Bernius, conductor
“Bach: Osteroratorium & Danket dem Herrn / Heilig Carus 83.212

John Rutter: Come down, o Love Divine (6:27)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Rutter: Mass of the Children”
Collegium COL 129

John Rutter: Hymn to the Creator of Light (7:37)
Choir Of King's College
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“Rutter: Requiem”
EMI Classics 566052B

Sunday, November 18, 2012

7:00 a.m.

Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa in tempore belli (35:11)
Tafelmusik
Tölzer Knabenchor
nn Monoyios, soprano
Monica Groop, alto
Jörg Hering, tenor
Harry van der Kamp, bass
Bruno Weil, conductor
“Haydn: Paukenmesse”
Sony SK 68255

Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem “German Requiem” (28:40)
Movements I-III (arranged for voices and piano 4 hands by the composer)
Seraphic Fire
Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor
Paul Max Tipton, baritone
Scott Allen Jarrett & Justin Blackwell, pianists
“Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45”
Seraphic Fire Media

8:00 a.m.

Johann Kuhnau: Wie schön leuchtet die Morgenstern (13:39)
King’s Consort
Robert King, conductor
Charles Daniels, tenor
Deborah York, soprano
“Kuhnau: Sacred Music”
Hyperion 67059

Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem “German Requiem” (37:16) Movements IV-VII
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Bernhard Haitink, conductor
Gundula Janowitz, soprano
Tom Krause, baritone
“Ein deutsches Requiem”
Philips 411 436-2