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Johann Sebastian Bach

Christmas Oratorio BWV.248; Recit: Was will der Holle Schrecken nun

Singer: Monika Frimmer. Singer: Yoshikazu Mera. Singer: Gerd Türk. Singer: Peter Kooij. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.

• BIS.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Christmas Oratorio BWV.248; Cantata 6; Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen (Chorus)

Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.

• BIS.

Felix Mendelssohn

Octet in E flat major Op.20 (3rd mvt)

Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.

• Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Nash Ensemble.
• Wigmore Hall Live.
• 6.

Trad.

Wassail song (No 5 from Five English Folksongs)

Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.

• The Sprig of Thyme traditional songs.
• Collegium.

Trad.

The Wassail Song / All through the Night

Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.

• Songs Of Joy & Peace.
• Sony Classical.
• 6.

Antonín Dvořák

Serenade for Strings in E major, Op 22 (1st mvt)

Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.

• Rafael Kubelik: Rare Recordings 1963 - 1974.
• Deutsche Grammophon.
• 9.

Lili Boulanger

Vieille prière bouddhique

Singer: Julian Podger. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.

• Deutsche Grammophon.

Edvard Grieg

Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 (3rd mvt)

Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.

• Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos: Andsnes, Jansons.
• EMI Classics.
• 3.

James B. Wilson

Who has seen the wind?

Choir: The Bach Choir. Orchestra: Faust Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Philip Scriven.

• Stone Records.

Ruth Gipps

Horn Concerto Op.58 (2nd mvt)

Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.

• Willow Hayne Records.

Wu Tong

Rain Falling from the Roof

Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.

• Songs of Comfort and Hope.
• Sony.

George Frideric Handel

Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No 1, HWV258)

Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.

• Handel Coronation Anthems.
• Warner Classics.

Charles Villiers Stanford

3 Intermezzi Op. 13 for clarinet and piano - No. 1 Andante espressivo

Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Daniel King Smith.

Anton Bruckner

Quadrille

Orchestrator: Wolfgang Dörner. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.

• SONY CLASSICAL.

Joseph Haydn

Piano Sonata in C major H.16.1

Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.

• CHANDOS.

Richard M. Sherman

Sister Suffragette (Mary Poppins)

Composer: Robert B. Sherman. Singer: Glynis Johns.

• Mary Poppins.
• Walt Disney Records.
• 2.

Sergey Rachmaninov

Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.

• Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer.
• Channel Classics.
• 2.

Thomas Adès

Berceuse from "The Exterminating Angel"

Performer: Kirill Gerstein.

• Thomas Adès: In Seven Days.
• Myrios Classics.
• 5.

Muriel Herbert

Loveliest of trees

Singer: James Gilchrist. Performer: David Owen Norris.

• LINN.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Trio No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 No. 2: II. Allegretto

Ensemble: Oliver Schnyder Trio.

• Beethoven: The Piano Trios.
• Sony Classical.
• 2.