The Christmas Connection 3
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It’s been said that Christmas is a state of mind. And | that’s pretty much the approach composers take when writing holiday music—whether they quote traditional Christmas carols, or create a new work of their own.
In the next hour, a celebration of the season in instrumental and orchestral works, old and new.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Joy! [for A Christmas Overture, by Sanuel Coleridge-Taylor] |
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, John Morris Russell |
Fanfare Cincinnati
FC-021 |
Available as download only. My copy from PrestoMusic.com] |
| A Christmas Celebration [for A Christmas Overture, by Nigel Hess] |
Hallé Pops, Stephen Bell |
Hallé
CD HLL 7545 |
5065001341502 |
| Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols, On Christmas Night |
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox |
Chandos
CHAN 10385 |
095115138526 |
| Liszt - Christus [for The Christmas Oratorio] |
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling |
Brilliant Classics
99951 |
5028421999517 |
| The Guitarist [forVillancico de Navidad, by Agustin Barrios] |
John Williams |
Sony Classical 8884309294 |
88430929425 |
| Creston: Symphonies 1-3 [for “The Nativity,” from the Third Symphony] |
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar |
Naxos 8.559034 |
6336943903421 |
| Arnold: Film Music, Vol. 2 [for the Fantasy on Christmas Carols] |
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba |
Chandos
CHAN 9851 |
095115985120 |
| American Romantics I ([for Christmas Night's Dream, by Ludwig Bonvin] |
Gowanus Arts Ensemble, Reuben Blundell |
New Focus FCR 166 |
600116686626 |
| Ireland : Piano Music, Vol. 3 [for “The Holy Boy”] |
Mark Bebbington |
SOMM Records
SOMMCD 0115 |
0748871309920 |
| Kaprálová - Waving Farewell, Suite en Miniature, Piano Concerto [for Prélude de Noël] |
University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Kiesler |
Naxos 8.574144 |
747313414475 |
| Turina: Vol. 2 - Orchestral Music [for “Three Wise Men from the Orient” (“Los magos de Oriente”} |
Orchestra of the City of Granada, Juan de Udaeta |
Claves Records CD 50-9310 |
7619931931029
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