DCD 016 - Holiday Special, Part 2

This is the second of two special programs featuring music for the holidays. In this podcast, we look at two DTR releases, both featuring the Longwood Gardens organ. We also sample two selections from "Christmas by the Amber Sea," a collection of contemporary Latvian Christmas music.

I hope you enjoy these special programs. We'll return in January with our regular schedule of podcast releases. Best wishes of the season from everyone here at DCD Records.

- Ralph Graves
President, DCD Records


This program we play:

Variations on Adeste Fideles Michael Stairs, organ

Medley: Let It Snow; Up On the House-Top; Deck the Halls
Michael Stairs, organ
DTR

Sisask: Christmas Oratorio
New York Latvian Concert Choir; Latvian National Symphony Orchestra; Andrejs Jansons, conductor
NYLCC

O Holy Night
Davyd Booth, violin; Michael Stairs, organ
DTR

Lusens: Child of the Stars
New York Latvian Concert Choir; Latvian National Symphony Orchestra; Andrejs Jansons, conductor
NYLCC

DCD 015 - Holiday Special, Part 1

This is the first of two special programs featuring music for the holidays. In this podcast, we journey from England to Mexico to Latvia and finally land back home in America. All the selections come from releases available through DCD Records -- and if you listen carefully to the program, you might not hear the sound of reindeer, but you will hear about our special gift to you.

Christmas is my favorite season, and I really enjoyed putting this two-part program together. I hope these selections bring you pleasure.

- Ralph Graves
President, DCD Records

This program we play the following:

Rutter: What Sweeter Music
Good King Wensceslas
St. Clement’s Choir; Peter Richard Conte, music director ; Kenneth Cowan, organ
DTR

Garcia: Hermoso amor, Romance a 4
Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense
Sven Berger and Andreas Edlund, conductors
Musica Rediviva

Ritmane: Christ is Born / Kristus ir Dzimis
New York Latvian Concert Choir; National Opera Chamber Orchestra; Andrejs Jansons, conductor
NYLCC

The Holly and the Ivy
O Holy Night
Inner Voices
Laurel Records

DCD 014 - From the Renaissance to the 20th Century

This program we continue our general survey of the music carried at DCD Records, ranging from the renaissance to the modern age (hence the title of the podcast). In addition to a variety of works from different labels, we also present a selection from the best-selling album at DCDRecords.com for September, 2006.

- Ralph Graves
President, DCD Records

This program we play the following:

Chopin: Polonnaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 "Heroic"
Howard Karp, piano
UW-Madison

de Wert: Noli timere
Rutgers Collegium Musicum; Andrew Kirkman, conductor
DTR

Bloch: Scherzo Fantasque for Piano and Orchestra
Micah Yui, pianist; The London Symphony Orchestra; David Amos, conductor
Laurel Records

A selection from the DCD Top of the Charts for September, 2006