Peter Day on Christmas
Peter Day, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ business correspondent, presents his choice of music for the Christmas season. Peter's choice of music embraces festive music by Prokofiev, Gibbons and Bach but also casts an eye on darker themes through Shostakovich, Schubert and Preisner.
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Sir John Betjeman
Indoor Games Near Newbury
Performer: Sir John Betjeman.- Charisma records : CAS 1086.
- Charisma records.
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My Boy Billy
Performer: Clive Carey.- Columbia : DB335.
- Columbia.
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Coventry Carol
Performer: Alfred Deller.- VANGUARD : 08-9087 72.
- VANGUARD.
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Gerald Finzi
Eclogue OP 10
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- Naxos : 8.555766.
- Naxos.
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The Oak and the Ash
Performer: Desmond Dupré. Performer: Alfred Deller.- VANGUARD : 08-9087 72.
- VANGUARD.
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Orlando Gibbons
Cryes of London I and II
Ensemble: Fretwork. Ensemble: Red Byrd.- Virgin Classics.
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Peter Warlock
Bethlehem Down
Choir: Guildford Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Barry Rose.- EMI Classics : CDM 5 65101 2.
- EMI Classics.
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George Frideric Handel
Eight Great Suites 2
Performer: Lisa Smernova.- ECM new series : 2213.
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Joseph Haydn
Opus 76 number two quartet
Ensemble: The Hollywood String Quartet.- TESTAMENT : SBT 1085.
- TESTAMENT.
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Knut Nystedt
Immortal Bach
Choir: Holst Singers.- Hyperion : CDA66928.
- Hyperion.
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Frank Churchill
Some Day My Prince Will Come
Performer: Dick Hyman.- CONCORD JAZZ : CCD 4417.
- CONCORD JAZZ.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 1
Performer: Steven Isserlis.- Hyperion : CDA67541.
- Hyperion.
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Elizabeth Poston
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Ensemble: Kirkmount.- Naxos : DOR-93236.
- Naxos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio in E flat K563 Minuetto
Ensemble: Leopold String Trio.- Hyperion : CDA67246.
- Hyperion.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kije: Troika
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley. -
Zbigniew Preisner
Ten Easy Pieces: no 7 Farewell
Performer: Leszek Mozdzer.- EMI Classics : 7243 5 56971-2.
- EMI Classics.
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Elizabeth Poston
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey.- Deutsche Grammophon : G2 13590.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata K 8 in G Minor
Ensemble: Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet.- ClassCD : 489.
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Franz Schubert
Wintereise
Performer: Harry Plunket Greene. -
Dmitry Shostakovich
D flat major prelude No 15 Op 87
Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quartet.- MDG : 619 1185-2.
- MDG.
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O Tennenbaum
Performer: Carla Bley.- ECM Records ‎: 271 2413.
- ECM Records.
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William Walton
Make we Joy Now
Choir: Clerkes of Oxfenford.- ABY603.
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Bugge Wesseltoft
It's Snowing on My Piano
Performer: Bugge Wesseltoft. -
William Brooks
Vale dulcis amice
Ensemble: Trio Mediæval.- ECM new series : 2416.
- ECM new series.
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- Sat 20 Dec 2014 14:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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