A baroque Christmas, featuring Corelli, Bach and Vivaldi – plus the most prolific of all composers, anon., and the tree-trimming music of choice at my house.
7-9 p.m. EST
0000-0200 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org
Michel Corrette: “Noël Symphony” No. 6 in A major
La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen
(Brilliant Classics)
Vivaldi: Gloria
Kaia Urb & Vilve Hepner, sopranos
Anna Zander, alto
Mati Turi, tenor
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Talinn Chamber Orchestra/Tõnu Kaljuste
(Carus)
Thomas Adams: “Variations on ‘Adeste fidelis’ ”
Samuel Wesley: Rondo on ‘God rest you merry, gentlemen’ ”
The Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman
(Hyperion)
anon.: “ ‘Greensleeves’ on a Ground”
(Jordi Savall arrangement)
Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall
(AliaVox)
Corelli: Concerto grosso in D minor, Op. 6, No. 8 (“Christmas Concerto”)
Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman
(Hyperion)
J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D major, BWV 243
Barbara Schlick & Agnes Mellon, sopranos
Gerard Lesne, tenor
Peter Kooy, bass
Collegium Vocale Gent
La Chapelle Royale/Philippe Herreweghe
(Harmonia Mundi)
Michael Praetorius: “Terpsichore” (selections)
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra/Skip Sempé
(Paradizo)