As has become a tradition on Extra Eclectic this time of year, we enjoy more modern classical sounds to compliment the cold, starry nights of winter on this episode. Olafur Arnalds’ For Now I Am Winter sets the tone, followed by atmospheric gems including Eric Whitacre’s Nox Aurumque, John Luther Adams’ In a Treeless Place, Only Snow, and Mary Lattimore’s The Quiet at Night. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
Playlist
For Now I Am Winter
Olafur Arnalds
Voces8
London/Decca 25736
Night Song
Wayne Barlow
Howard Hanson, conductor
Eastman Philharmonia
Mercury 434347
Nox Aurumque
Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre, conductor
Eric Whitacre Singers
London/Decca 14850
In a Treeless Place, Only Snow
John Luther Adams
American Contemporary Music Ensemble
Dorian 92211
The Quiet at Night
Mary Lattimore
Mary Lattimore, harp
Dream
John Cage
Sophia Subbayya Vastek, piano
Innova 974
Winter
Rebecca Dale
Angele Dubeau, conductor
La Pieta
Angele Dubeau, violin
Analekta 8754
Of a rose sing we
Dobrinka Tabakova
Christopher Gray, conductor
Truro Cathedral Choir
Joseph Wicks, organ
Regent 530
halfspent (lo, how a rose...)
Traditional
Miro Quartet
Pentatone 7495
Etude No. 2
Philip Glass
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
DG 4796918
Mitt hjerte alltid vanker (My heart doth always wander)
Traditional Scandinavian
Christian Badzura, conductor
Classical Sundays
Mari Samuelsen, violin
Cantus Arcticus
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Ondine 1041
Nox vitae: The Snow is Falling
Galina Grigorjeva
Mikk Uleoja, conductor
Estonian National Male Choir
Toccata 679
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