Midday Music Monday 12/15/08

11 AM

• Traditional/improv.: Dona Nobis Pacem. Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile. Sony 24414 (Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace).
• Schumann: Fantasy in C major, Op. 17. Leif Ove Andsnes. EMI 56414.
• Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1919 version). Cincinnati Sym, Jarvi. Telarc 80587.

12 N

• Handel: Messiah, Part 1. Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of New College Oxford, Higginbottom. Naxos 8.570131.

1 PM

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• Borodin: Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor. Royal Stockholm Phil, Rozhdestvensky. Brilliant 93348.
• Bach: Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Orchestra in D minor: Adagio. Loeffler, Mai, Academy of Ancient Music Berlin. Harmonia Mundi 901876.
  
• Menotti: My Christmas (1987). Members of Nashville Sym Orch & Chorus, Mabry. Naxos 8.669019.
• Scott, R./Cohen, J. : Siberian Sleighride. Quartet San Francisco. ViolinJazz JCCD 105.
• Traditional/Scott, J.: Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Jingle Bells. Imani Winds. Koch 7748 (This Christmas with Imani Winds).