Hour One

Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco: Missa Octavo Tono
Florilegium; Arakaendar Bolivia Choir
Conductor: Ashley Solomon
Channel Classics 28009 “Bolivian Baroque Volume 3: Florilegium”

Francois Boieldieu: Harp Concerto in C
Nicanor Zabeleta, Harp; Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin
Conductor: Ernst Marzendorfer
Deutsche Grammophon 439693 “Great Works for Harp”

Anonymous 15th century Spanish: Que bonito Niño chiquito!; Angeles del zielo
The Rose Ensemble
Conductor: Jordan Sramek
Rose Ensemble “La Nochebuena: A Spanish Renaissance Christmas”

Traditional: Fum, fum, fum
Orfeo-Català
Conductor: Josep Vila
Columna Musica: “Nadales: Orfeó-Català”

Traditional: El Desembre Congelat
Orfeo-Català
Conductor: Josep Vila
Columna Musica: “Nadales: Orfeó-Català”

Jorge Liderman: Aires de Sefarad (Selections)
Beth Ilana Schneider, Violin; Matthew Gould, Guitar
Duo 46
Albany Records 829 “Jorge Liderman: Aires de Sefarad: Duo 46”

Hour Two

Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on Handel’s Hallelujah
Gabriela Montero, Piano
EMI Classics   00234   “Gabriela Montero: Baroque”

Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on Vivaldi’s Winter
Gabriela Montero, Piano
EMI Classics   00234   “Gabriela Montero: Baroque”

Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on Pachebel’s Canon
Gabriela Montero, Piano
EMI Classics   00234   “Gabriela Montero: Baroque”

Traditional: A la nanita nana
Robert DeCormier Singers & Ensemble
Conductor: Robert DeCormier
Arabesque   Z6684   “Children Go Where I Send Thee”

Traditional Basque: Gabriel’s Message
Mark Small, Robert Torres, Guitars; Barbara LaFitte, English Horn; Eugene Friesen, Cello; Siobhan Kelleher, Bass
Small-Torres Guitar Duo
Shadow Mountain   55882   “Winterlight II”

Traditional Catalan: El noi de la mare
Kathleen Battle, Soprano; Christopher Parkening, Guitar
Sony Classical   SK62723   “Angel’s Glory”

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Enrique Bátiz
ASV   673   “Musical Fun and Games”

Franz Gruber: Silent Night
José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Lucian Pavarotti, Tenors
Vienna Symphony
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Sony Classical   89131   “The Three Tenors Christmas”

José Feliciano: Feliz Navidad
José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Lucian Pavarotti, Tenors
Vienna Symphony
Conductor: Steven Mercurio
Sony Classical   89131   “The Three Tenors Christmas”