Sounds of the season, part 2

CDc 4522
Karel Paukert plays the Hradetzky organ at St. Christopher’s by-the-River
Cleveland-based organist plays Advent and Christmas works

CDc 4582
A Roman Christmas: Italian concertos and cantatas.
Music of Stradella, Marcello, Scarlatti, Albinoni, and Corelli
Maya Boog, soprano; Jürgen Schuster, trumpet; Stefan Schilli, oboe; Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Helmut Müller-Brühl, conductor

CDc 5365
Gian-Carlo Menotti, Amahl and the night visitors.
A Christmas opera, written for NBC Television
Lorna Haywood (Mother); John Dobson (Kaspar); Donald Maxwell (Melchior); Curtis Watson (Balthazar); Christopher Painter (Page); James Rainbird (Amahl); Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; David Syrus, conductor

CDc 1393
Benjamin Britten, The choral works, vol. III.
Includes A Ceremony of Carols
The Sixteen; Harry Christophers, conductor; Margaret Phillips, organ; Sioned Williams, harp; Stephen Westrop, piano

CDc 1901
Daniel Pinkham, Christmas cantata, Advent cantata, and other works.
Boston Cecilia, Donald Teeters, conductor; James David Christie, organ; William Buonocore, mandolin; John Curtis, guitar; Carol Baum, harp; Barbara Bruns, piano; Lenox Brass; Ariel Wind Quintet; Boston Composers String Quartet

CDc 528
Francis Poulenc, Mass in G major; Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence, & Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise.
Donna Carter, soprano; Christopher Cock, tenor; Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert Shaw, conductor

CDc 1440
George Crumb, A little suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979
Lambert Orkis, piano

Sounds of the season

Our final thematic lists for this semester will feature the variety of music associated with the advent season. Take a break from exams and juries to listen to…

CDc 9256
Noëls & Carols from the Olde World
Sandra Simon, soprano; Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, on period instruments; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

CDc 10,237
O magnum mysterium
Motets by Palestrina, Victoria, Byrd, Scarlatti, White, Lauridsen, and Poulenc
Tiffany Consort; Nicholas White, conductor

CDc 9004
Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtskantaten, BWV 122, 110 & 57 (Christmas Oratorio)
Vasilika Jezovsek, soprano; Sarah Connolly, alto; Mark Padmore, tenor; Peter Kooy, bass; Collegium Vocale; Philippe Herreweghe, director

CDc 9016
Plum Pudding
Traditional and modern Christmas carols chiefly from Britain and Spain, interspersed with literary readings appropriate to the season
Felicity Lott, soprano; Gabriel Woolf, narrator; Joyful Company of Singers; Peter Broadbent, director

CDc 8062
Richard Toensing, Fantasia (of angels and shepherds).
Carol Ou, violoncello; John Kinzie, Scott Higgins, percussion

CDc 5451
A Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas
John Longhurst, Tabernacle organist; Diana Walker, soprano; Robert Breault, tenor; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Square; Craig Jessop, conductor

CDc 4332
Ralph Vaughn Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Hodie.
Elizabeth Gale, mezzo-soprano; Robert Tear, tenor; Stephen Roberts, baritone; London Symphony Chorus; Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral; London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor

Need music for the holiday?

It’s time for those holiday gigs. The library has a strong collection of Christmas music. Check out our Christmas music guide to find vocal, organ, chamber and related arrangements for the season.