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24/12/2008

With Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Including Bach: Sonata in E flat. Sigurbjornsson: Emmanuel, to us this night. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker (excerpts). Ades: Fayrfax Carol.

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07:03

OFFENBACH
Les Contes d’Hoffmann (overture)
Orchestre de L’Opera National de Lyon
Kent Nagano (conductor)
ERATO 0630 14330-2 CD1 Tr 1

07:06

VIVALDI
Vedro con mio diletto (Giustino)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
Ensemble Matheus
Jean-Christophe Spinosi (director)
VIRGIN 363414-2 Tr 2

07:12

GRIEG
Carnival Scene, Op.19 No.3
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DG 459 671-2 Tr 24

07:19

BACH
Sonata in E-flat, BWV.1031
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
EMI 217443-2 CD2 Tr 5-7

07:32

ÞORKELL SIGURBJORNSSON
Emmanuel, to us this night
´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers
David Hill (director)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Recording

07:36

GLAZUNOV
Melodie Op. 20 No. 1
Han-Na Chang (cello)
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI 094638239024 Tr 1

07:44

SEBASTIAN AGUILERA DE HEREDIA
Tiento de batalla de 8 Tono
Les Sacqueboutiers
AMBROISIE AM 129 Tr 6

07:49

HANDEL
Ev’ry Valley Shall be Exalted (Messiah, Part 1)
Robert Tear (tenor)
Orchestra of the Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields
David Willcocks (director)
EMI CMS 763784-2 CD1 Tr 3

07:54

Glenn MILLER
Anvil Chorus 1 & 2
Glenn Miller Orchestra
BMG 74321 911012 CD1 Tr 7

08:03

BACH
‘Passepied I – II – I’ (Overture No.1 (Suite in C major) BWV.1066)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
BIS SACD 1431 CD1 Tr 12

08:07

GODOWSKY
Portrait – Joh. Str. (Walzermasken)
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67626 Tr 5

08:13

RAVEL, orch. GRAINGER
La Vallee des Cloches (Miroirs)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 556412-2 Tr 7

08:19

TRAD. CAROL
Here We Come A Wassailing/On The Cold Ground
Harper’s Hamper
Celia Harper (director)
UNITED 88003 Tr 7

08:22

TRAD. CAROL
Jacobstowe Wassail
Waterson:Carthy
The Devil’s Interval
TSCD562 Tr 13

08:25

HELLENDAAL
Pastorale (concerto in E-flat, Op.3 No.4)
The Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (director)
HELIOS CDH 55325 Tr 4

08:31

DVORAK
Scherzo (Terzetto in C major, Op.74B)
Prazak Quartet
PRD 250 110 Tr 7

08:36

TCHAIKOVSKY
Nutcracker Suite (extracts – ‘Divertissement’ from Act II)
London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
TELARC CD 80140 Tr 7-12

08:48

SCHUBERT
An die Musik, D.547
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano)
DG 437 225-2 CD1 Tr 1

08:51

SAINT-SAENS
Havanaise in E major, Op.83
Nicola Benedetti (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)
DG 987 057-7 Tr 4

09:03

GIBBONS
Ground: Peascod time, or, The hunt’s up, MB.30
Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano)
DXL 1126 CD1 Tr 22

09:10

ADES
Fayrfax Carol
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (director)
EMI 557610-2 Tr 3

09:14

STRAUSS
Horn Concerto No.1 in E major, Op.11
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
DECCA 476 2699 Tr 1-3

09:31

BEETHOVEN
Sonata No.24 in F-sharp major, Op.78
Andras Schiff (piano)
ECM 476 6187 Tr 6-7

09:43

PUCCINI
Preludio Sinfonico
Radio-Symphony-Orchester, Berlin
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 410 007-2 Tr 1

09:53

MOZART arr. Uri Caine
Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, K.364 (3rd movement)
Uri Caine Ensemble
W&W 910 130-2 Tr 6

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