The parody of Jacques Offenbach takes center stage on the 12/9 broadcast.
12/2 Beethoven: Twelve Variations for piano and violin from The Marriage of Figaro, Archduke Trio Tchaikovsky: Trio Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Alexander Sitkovetsky, v; Isang Enders, c; Wu Qian, p; Dinorah Varsi, p; Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Michael Hofstetter, cond)
12/9 Offenbach: Grand Concerto, Military, Selections from Orpheus in the Underworld, The Rhine Nixies, Tales of Hoffmann, The Beautiful Helen, and La Haine, Selections from The Grand Dutchess of Gerolstein (Bruno Philippe, c; Raphaela Gromes, c; Julian Riem, p; Youth Orchestra of North Rhine-Westphalia; Sebastian Tewinkel, cond; Olga Pudova, s; Julien Behr, t; West German Radio Orchestra; Enrico Delamboye, cond; Jennifer Larmore, ms ; Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne; Francois-Xavier Roth, cond)
12/16 Mozart: Symphony No. 25 Hummel: Potpourri for viola and orchestra Schubert: Symphony No. 5 (Nils Mönkemeyer, vla; La Stagione Frankfurt; Michael Schneider, cond)
12/23 J.S. Bach: Organ Fantasy, Orchestral Suite, Cantata 110 Charpentier: Te Deum J.S. Bach: Fugue for two harpsichords Froberger: Toccata (Gesine Adler, s; Cornelia Samuelis, s; Elvira Bill, a; Patrick Grahl, t; Tobias Berndt, b; Choir of St. Thomas' Leipzig; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Andreas Staier and Ton Koopman, hc; Gotthold Schwarz, cond)
12/30 Verdi: Selections from Macbeth, La Forza del Destino, La Traviata, Falstaff and Rigoletto Donizetti: Selections from L’Elisir d’Amore and Don Pasquale Rossini: Angelina's aria from L’Italiana in Algeri Puccini: Selections from La Bohème and Tosca Beethoven: Selections from Fidelio, Chorus from Symphony No. 9 Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila Handel: Caesar’s aria from Giulio Cesare Shostakovich: Jazz-Suite No. 2 Giménez: Elena’s polonaise from El Barbero de Sevilla Massenet: Why do you awaken me from Werther (Alexander Roslavets, bs; Veronika Dzhioeva, s; Airam Hernandez, t; Lilly Jorstad, ms; Nils Wanderer, ct; Ruth Iniesta, s; Olena Tokar, s; Mattia Olivieri, bar; Andrei Danilov, t; Bonn Opera Chorus; Beethoven Orchestra Bonn; Dirk Kaftan, cond)
