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.

 

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