Candlelight Carols: Music for Chorus and Harp - Seraphic Fire/Patrick Dupré Quigley; Jacqueline Kerrod, harp (Seraphic Fire Media 14)
This third installment of A Seraphic Fire Christmas evokes an angelic, wintry atmosphere within an intimate, candle-lit chapel. Seraphic Fire is regarded as one of the preeminent chamber ensembles in the United States. Four selections from Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols are at the heart of the program, along with traditional songs in unique arrangements and carols by John Rutter, Morten Lauridsen and Kirke Mechem. In 2012, two of the Florida-based ensemble’s recordings, Brahms: A German Requiem and A Seraphic Fire Christmas, were nominated for Grammy® awards.
Featured Wed 12/3, Fri 12/12, Tue 12/23
Masterpieces in Miniature - San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS Media 60)
Featured Mon 12/1, Wed 12/10, Fri 12/19, Tue 12/30
Carols for Quire from the Old and New Worlds, Vol. 3 - Quire Cleveland/Ross Duffin (Quire Cleveland 105)
Featured Tue 12/2, Thu 12/11, Mon 12/22
Dances for Piano & Orchestra by Pierné, Castro, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Weber, Gottschalk & Cadman - Joel Fan, piano; Northwest Sinfonietta/Christophe Chagnard (Reference 134)
Featured Thu 12/4, Mon 12/15, Wed 12/31
Meditation - Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano; Latvian Radio Choir; German Radio Philharmonic/Karel Mark Chicon (DeutGram 21327)
Featured Fri 12/5, Wed 12/17, Fri 12/26
Beethoven Symphonies 2 & 8 - Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria 721)
Featured Mon 12/8, Tue 12/16, Mon 12/29
The Wonder of Christmas - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison; Michael Bloss, organ (Naxos 573421)
Featured Tue 12/9, Thu 12/18