Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby – 12/30/05

Playlist:

• Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture
• Composer: George Friederich Handel
• Ensemble: Boston Baroque
• Conductor: Martin Pearlman
• Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80594 CD

• Toast pour le nouvel an ("Toast to the New Year")
• Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
• Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Choir
• Conductor: Eric Ericson
• Record co./Cat #: Clarion 901 CD

• Soirees Musicales Op 9 (on themes of Rossini)
• Composer: Benjamin Britten
• Ensemble: Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Okko Kamu
• Record co./Cat #: Ondine 825 CD

• Blue Danube Waltz Op 314
• Composer: Johann Strauss II
• Ensemble: Czechoslovak RSO
• Conductor: Johannes Wildner
• Record co./Cat #: Marco Polo 8223250 CD

• Wassail/The Old Yeare Now Away is Fled/Greensleeves
• Composer: Traditional
• Ensemble: Waverly Consort
• Conductor: Michael Jaffee
• Record co./Cat #: Virgin Classics 55193 CD

• Gold and Silver Waltz Op 79
• Composer: Franz Lehar
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
• Record co./Cat #: D.G. 463185 CD

• On The Town: Times Square 1944
• Composer: Leonard Bernstein
• Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Record co./Cat #: D.G. 445486 CD

• Rhapsody in Blue
• Composer: George Gershwin
• Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
• Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
• Record co./Cat #: RCA 68019 CD

• To all the good children a happy New Year
• Composer: Prudence Houston
• Ensemble: Pro Arte Singers
• Conductor: Paul Hillier
• Record co./Cat #: Harmonia Mundi (CD: "Traditional and Modern Carols") 3957233 CD

• Tales From Vienna Woods Op 325
• Composer: Johann Strauss II
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Record co./Cat #: Sony (CD: "Live from Vienna New Year's Day 1990") 45808 CD

• Champagne Galopp Op 8
• Composer: Johann Strauss
• Ensemble: Salon Orchestra of Cologne
• Record co./Cat #: RCA 69297 CD

• Don Giovanni: Finch'han dal vino ("the champagne aria")
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Ensemble: Vienna Haydn-Orchester
• Conductor: Istvan Kertesz
• Record co./Cat #: London 460651 CD

• Auld Lang Syne Variations: #1 & #3
• Composer: Franz Waxman
• Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica
• Conductor: Gidon Kremer
• Record co./Cat #: Nonesuch 79657 CD