The host of The Evening Program is here to steer your holiday shopping in the right direction. View Jim’s 2018 Favorite Things below.
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antal Dorati
Philips 442 562-2 (2 CDs) (M)
Handel: Messiah
Soloists, London Symphony Choir and Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Philips 420 865-2 (2 CDs) (M)
The Chanukkah Story
Western Wind Vocal Ensemble
Available at westernwind.org
Weiner: Five Divertimentos, Serenade
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Chandos 10959
Mirror in Mirror
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Avie 2386
Fanfares
Onyx Brass
Chandos 5221
Leonard Bernstein: An American in Paris
Orchestre National de France
Warner Classics 689544 (7 CDs) (M)
Bernstein: The 3 Symphonies
Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy, Sir Antonio Pappano
Warner Classics 66158 (3 CDs)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”
MusicAeterna, Theodor Currentzis
Sony 404352
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
BBC Symphony and Chorus, Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion 68254
Light Eternal – The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen
Chamber Choir of Europe, I Virtuosi Italiani, Nicol Matt
DG 483 5058
Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day
Soprano Carolyn Sampson, Tenor Ian Bostridge, Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Linn 578
The Passinge Mesures
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Hyperion 68249
Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Christian Tetzlaff, violin; Finnish Radio Symphony, Hannu Lintu
Ondine 1317
Mozart: Piano Concertos 25 & 27
Piotr Anderszewski, piano; Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Warner Classics 724221
Shostakovich: String Quartets 3 & 9
Goldmund Quartet
Berlin Classics 301068
Dvořák: Quintets, Op. 81 & 97
Pavel Haas Quartet, Boris Giltberg, piano
Supraphon 4195
Volodos Plays Brahms
Arcadi Volodos, piano
Sony 30192
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Marc-Andre Hamelin, Leif Ove Andsnes, pianos
Hyperion 68189
Secrets
Marianne Crebassa, soprano, Fazil Say, piano
Erato 76897
Berlioz: Les Troyens
Soloists, Strasbourg Philharmonic and Chorus, John Nelson
Warner Classics 57622 (4 CDs)
Alicia de Larrocha: Complete Decca Recordings
Alicia de Larrocha
Decca 483 4120 (41 CDs) (B)
Rafael Kubelik: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Rafael Kubelik
Deutsche Grammophon 4799959 (64 CDs) (B)
George Szell: The Complete Columbia Album Collection
George Szell
Sony 547185 (106 CDs) (B)
(M) = Medium-priced recording
(B) = Budget recording
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Jim Svejda
Although Jim Svejda is one of the most respected critical voices in the classical music field, he's also one of the most entertaining and popular program hosts on public radio. Since 1979, he has delighted Classical KUSC listeners with his witty, meticulously crafted essays on diverse composers, conductors and artists -- as well as his commentary on a wide range of other subjects that attract his musical fancy.
He is the host and producer of the syndicated radio series The Record Shelf, which is carried by public radio stations across the nation. Locally, it's broadcast Sunday evenings, from 10-11 PM.
His weeknight evening program may be heard on Classical KUSC from 7 PM to midnight, always commencing with his signature opening, the third movement of Martinu's Piano Quartet #1.
