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An Ode to Joy

Hannah French offers listeners a chance to hear at greater length the recordings reviewed and discussed in yesterday’s Record Review, including the famous finale of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in this week's Building a Library recommended version.

1 hour, 59 minutes

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Christmas Day 2022 21:30

Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro Della Beata Vergine

    Choir: La Cetra Vocalensemble Basel. Conductor: Andrea Marcon. Orchestra: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel.
    • Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro Di Natale / Christmas Vespers.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Giovanni Antonio Guido

    Concerto Op.3 No.4 (L'Hyver)

    Performer: Dorothee Oberlinger. Ensemble: Ensemble 1700.
    • Pastorale.
    • Deutsche HM.
    • 11.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace On Earth

    Performer: Catrin Meek. Choir: Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • In the Stillness: A Merton Christmas.
    • Delphian.
    • 4.
  • Lennox Berkeley

    I Sing Of A Maiden

    Performer: Simon Hogan. Choir: Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • In the Stillness: A Merton Christmas.
    • Delphian.
    • 4.
  • Amy Beach

    The Hermit Thrush At Eve Op.92 No.1

    Performer: Finghin Collins.
    • The Bright Day Is Done.
    • Claves.
    • 6.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Seven Symphonic Scenes from Der Blaue Vogel

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Steffen Tast.
    • Der Blaue Vogel (The Blue Bird).
    • Capriccio.
    • 1.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Intonatione dell'undicesimo tono

    Performer: Giulio De Nardo.
    • Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro di Natale / Christmas Vespers.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Psalm 110: Confetibur tibi, Domine (Selva morale e spirituale, SV267)

    Choir: La Cetra Vocalensemble Basel. Orchestra: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro di Natale / Christmas Vespers.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.
  • William Walton

    String Quartet in A Minor

    Ensemble: Albion Quartet.
    • Walton: String Quartet in A Minor – Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F Majo.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125, 'Choral' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko. Singer: Marlis Petersen. Singer: Elisabeth Kulman. Singer: Benjamin Bruns. Singer: Kwangchul Youn.
    • Berlin Philharmoniker Recordings.

Broadcast

  • Christmas Day 2022 21:30