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Holiday Classics / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Naxos

Holiday Classics / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra

$19.99

Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Schwartz
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 16, 2010
Catalog #
8572673
UPC
747313267378

About

Seattle Symphony’s first holiday album embraces works composed specifically for Christmas as well as other pieces that convey a universal message of peace, love and hope—the essence of humanity’s highest aspirations. Music Director Gerard Schwarz asked two composers, the Symphony’s Composer in Residence Samuel Jones and Seattle Symphony Principal Oboe Ben Hausmann, to “make the music their own” by scoring several of the pieces to retain the unaffected simplicity of these well-known Christmas and concert works. Schwarz joined them in this task, arranging or editing several of the pieces, with the resulting works celebrating the remarkable artistry of the musicians of the Orchestra. In these new settings, recorded entirely in Benaroya Hall, the music emerges with honest, untarnished beauty.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 I. Miniature Overture 03:12
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Miniature Overture
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  2. 2 Silent Night 06:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    Silent Night
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    Franz Xaver Gruber
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  3. 3 III. Allegro 02:36
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  4. 4 Variations on Greensleeves 04:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variations on Greensleeves
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Gerard Schwarz
    Performer
    Maria Larionoff
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  5. 5 II. March 02:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. March
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  6. 6 No. 1, Canon 05:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 1, Canon
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Johann Pachelbel
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  7. 7 O Little Town of Bethlehem 03:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    O Little Town of Bethlehem
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Lewis H. Redner
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  8. 8 VIII. Bourée. Presto 02:12
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Bourée. Presto
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  9. 9 III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 01:45
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  10. 10 IV. Russian Dance "Trepak" 01:07
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Russian Dance "Trepak"
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  11. 11 VI. Air. Presto 03:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    VI. Air. Presto
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  12. 12 Gesù bambino 05:21
    Track
    12
    Title
    Gesù bambino
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Pietro Alessandro Yon
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  13. 13 IX. Hornpipe 02:32
    Track
    13
    Title
    IX. Hornpipe
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  14. 14 Coventry Carol 04:28
    Track
    14
    Title
    Coventry Carol
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  15. 15 VIII. Waltz of the Flowers 07:21
    Track
    15
    Title
    VIII. Waltz of the Flowers
    Duration
    07:21
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  16. 16 We Three Kings of Orient Are / We Wish You a Merry Christmas 04:52
    Track
    16
    Title
    We Three Kings of Orient Are / We Wish You a Merry Christmas
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    John Henry Hopkins Jr., Traditional
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz