Letter V Classical Radio this week

In the first of two programs for the Christmas season, a sampler of compositions and carols from England, France, Germany, Spain and early America.

Dec. 14
10 a.m.-1 p.m. EST
1500-1800 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Michel Corrette: “Sinfonie de Noël” No. 3
La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen
(Brilliant Classics)

Michael Praetorius:
“Terpsichore” – selections
“Il dulci jubilo”
trad. English:
“Good Christian men rejoice”
Apollo’s Singers
Apollo’s Musettes
Apollo’s Fire/
Jeannette Sorrell
(Avie)

Dieterich Buxtehude:
Cantata, “Nun danket alle Gott,” BuxWV 79
Bettina Pahn, Miriam Meyer &
Johannette Zomer, sopranos
Bogna Bartosz, alto
Patrick van Goethem, countertenor
Jörg Dürmüller &
Andreas Karasiak, tenors
Klaus Mertens &
Donald Bentvelsen, basses
Amsterdam Baroque Choir
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/
Ton Koopman
(Challenge Classics)

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor,
Op. 6, No. 8 (“Christmas Concerto”)
Il Giardano Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
(Virgin Classics)

trad.: “Burst ye emerald gates”
William Billings: “Boston”
Daniel Read: “Sherburne”
John Jacob Niles:
“I wonder as I wander”
trad.: “Star in the East”
trad.: “Bonnie Doone”
trad.: “The Star of Bethlehem”
trad.: “Shepherds, Rejoice”
trad.: “Hallelujah”
trad.: “Adeste fidelis”
Anne Azéma, soprano
Daniel McCabe, baritone
Schola Cantorum of Boston
Chamber Choir of the Harvard-Radcliffe
Collegium Musicum
Boston Camerata/
Joel Cohen
(Erato)

Vaughan Williams: “Fantasia
on Christmas Carols”
Joseph Cullen, organ
City of London Sinfonia/
Richard Hickox
(Chandos)

Rodrigo: “Retablo de Navidad”
Raquel Lojendio, soprano
David Rubiera, baritone
Comunidad de Madrid Orchestra & Chorus/
José Ramón Encinar
(Naxos)

Poulenc: “Quatre motets
pour le temps de Noël”
Berlin Radio Choir/
Nicolas Fink
(Carus)

J.S. Bach: Magnificat
in E flat major, BWV 243a
Julia Doyle & Joanne Lunn, sopranos
Clare Wilkinson, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone
Dunedin Consort/John Butt
(Linn)

Michael Praetorius: “Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen”
Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner
(Philips)

Lowell Mason: “Joy to the World”
Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen
(Erato)