40 MOST BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS CLASSICS
CD1
1 O come, O come Emmanuel (Trad)
2 The angel Gabriel (Basque Carol arr E Pettman)
3 In dulci jubilo (14th German arr R.L.Pearsall)
4 Once in Royal David’s City (Gauntlett)
5 I wonder as I wander (Folk carol arr A .Carter)
6 This is the truth sent from above (Trad arr Vaughan Williams)
7 Coventry Carol (Eng arr Rathbone)
8 White Christmas (Berlin)
9 Concerto per il Natale RV 270: 1st movement (Vivaldi)
10 The Shepherds’ Farewell (Berlioz)
11 Agnus Dei (Bizet)
12 Stille Nacht (Gruber)
13 Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius)
14 In the bleak mid-winter (Holst)
15 The Holly and the Ivy (Trad)
16 The little Drummer Boy (Davis/Onorati/Simeone)
17 Ave Maria (Bach arr. Gounod)
18 O Jesulein suss (Schemelli arr J.S.Bach)
19 A Lullaby/Away in a Manger (Thomas Bold/WJ.Kirkpatrick)
20 Christmas Concerto Op. 6 No. 8: 3rd movement (Corelli)
(74.20)
CD2
1 Panis angelicus (Franck)
2 Adeste fideles (18th attrib J.F.Wade)
3 O Holy Night (Adam)
4 Noel Nouvelet (French arr Humphries/Jennings/Oltman)
5 Huron Carol (Huron/St Jean de Brebeuf arr Jennings)
6 Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Trad / Arr. Pasatieri)
7 Jauchzet, Frohlocket (Bach, Christmas Oratorio)
8 O Tannenbaum (Trad German)
9 Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn)
10 While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Tye)
11 Joy to the World (Handel arr. Mason)
12 The first Nowell (Trad English arr. R Harvey)
13 Kyrie (Messe de Minuit, Charpentier)
14 March (The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky)
15 Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker-Tchaikovsky)
16 O Little town of Bethlehem (Trad English arr. D Cullen)
17 Behold a virgin shall conceive… (Messiah, Handel)
18 Oh thou that tellest good tidings (Messiah, Handel)
19 Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah, Handel)
20 Brass Medley (Festive Cheer/Sleigh Ride/Have yourself a Merry Xmas/Jingle Bells/We wish you a Merry Christmas)
(72.41)
Dawn Upshaw
Chanticleer
Thomas Hampson
Jose Carreras
Il giardino Armonico, London Brass
Choir of New College Oxford
And more…
Over 2 hours of Christmas favourites full of joy, peace and goodwill for the festive season.
Warner Classics 2cds 25646973798