The host of The Evening Program is here to steer your holiday shopping in the right direction. View Jim’s 2019 Favorite Things below.
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antal Dorati
Philips 442562 (2 CDs) (M)
Handel: Messiah
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Philips 4383562 (2 CDs) (M)
The Chanukkah Story
Western Wind
Available at www.westernwind.org
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1; En Saga
Gothenburg Symphony, Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Alpha 440
Bernstein: Symphonies
Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano
Warner Classics 56618 (3 CDs)
Beethoven: Piano Concertos
Jan Lisiecki, piano; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Deutsche Grammophon 4837637 (3 CDs)
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas
Igor Levit, piano
Sony 843182 (9 CDs)
Beethoven: Symphonies
Vienna Philharmonic, Andris Nelsons
Deutsche Grammophon 4837071 (5 CDs)
Rued Langgaard: Symphonies
Vienna Philharmonic, Sakari Oramo
Dacapo 6.220653
Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos
Bertrand Chamayou, piano; National Orchestra of France, Emmanuel Krivine
Warner Classics 563426
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrich Mortensen
CPO 5551582 (2 CDs)
Vikingur Olafsson
Deutsche Grammophon 483 5022
The Berlin Recital
Yuja Wang, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 483 6280
Debussy: Late Works
Various artists
Harmonia Mundi 902303
Franck, Vierne: Violin Sonatas
Alina Ibragimova, violin; Cédric Tiberghien, piano
Hyperion 68204
Shostakovich: String Quartets
Goldmund Quartet
Berlin Classics 301068
Finzi: Choral Music
Choir of Trinity College, Stephen Layton
Hyperion 68222
Cardoso: Requiem, Lamentations, Magnificat
Cupertinos, Luis Toscano
Hyperion 68252
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
BBC Symphony and Chorus, Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion 68245
Schumann: Songs
Christian Gerhaher, baritone; Gerold Huber, piano
Sony 889192
Wagner, Strauss: Arias and Songs
Lisa Davidsen, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Decca B003030802
Halévy: La Reine de Chypre
Paris Chamber Orchestra, Hervé Niquet
Editions Singulares 1032 (2 CDs)
Esa-Pekka Salonen: The Complete Sony Recordings
Sony 471852 (71 CDs)
Bruno Walter: The Columbia Album Collection
Sony 5923242 (77 CDs)
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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.
