The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time (2-CD)
by Various Artists
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CD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Released: October 1, 2002
- Originally Released: 2002
- Label: Sony
Tracks on Disc 1:
- 1.I Wonder As I Wander - Promise of Ages / Taverner Consort
- 2.Villancico de Navidad, for guitar
- 3.O Little Town of Bethlehem - Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Marilyn Horne
- 4.H„nsel und Gretel, opera: Children's Prayer - NYPO/Bernstein
- 5.Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming), for chorus - James H. Litton / The American Boychoir / Robert DeCormier / Christmas Concert Chorus / Frederica Von Stade
- 6.Coventry Carol (2): "Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child" - Eileen Farrell / Luther Henderson & His Orchestra
- 7.Wexford Carol, The ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish) - Promise of Ages / Taverner Consort
- 8.Cradle ("Watt's") Hymn - Michael Less / Choir of Westminster Abbey / Emma Kirkby / Tom Raskin
- 9.Concerto Grosso in G minor ("Christmas Concerto"), Op. 6/8: Pastoral Ad Libitum - Largo - Philharmonia Virtuosi
- 10.O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German) - Rita Ford
- 11.It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Eileen Farrell / Luther Henderson & His Orchestra
- 12.Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4), Op. 8/4, RV 297: Largo - Zukerman / Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
- 13.Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6) - (Latin)
- 14.Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Pie Jesu - Philharmonia Orchestra / Andrew Davis / Ambrosian Singers / Lucia Popp (Latin)
- 15.Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7): Ich Steh' an deiner Krippen hier (I stand here by Thy crib) (Choral) - Stuttgart Bach Collegium / G„chinger Kantorei Stuttgart (German)
- 16.Lullay my liking, for soprano & chorus, Op. 34/2, H. 129 - New York Brass and Percussion Ensemble / Texas Boys Choir / Gregg Smith
- 17.What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
- 18.O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, emmanuel), carol - Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra / Temple University Concert Choir
- 19.Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night) - Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Philadelphia Brass
- 20.Wiegenlied ("Guten Abend, gut Nacht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 49/4 - (German)
Tracks on Disc 2:
- 1.Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus - Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- 2.Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival) - Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra / Temple University Concert Choir
- 3.Cantique de No‰l for voice & orchestra "O Holy Night" - Gumpoldskirchner Kinderchor / Pl cido Domingo / Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Steven Mercurio / Luciano Pavarotti (French)
- 4.Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy
- 5.Little Drummer Boy, The (Carol of the Drum), carol - Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Columbia Brass and Percussion Ensemble
- 6.Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206: Deus in adjutorium - Canadian Brass
- 7.Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Laudemus te - Jean-Claude Malgoire / La Grande ?curie et la Chambre du Roy / La Chambre du Roy (Latin)
- 8.German dance for orchestra in C major ("Die Schlittenfahrt"), K. 605/3 - NYPO/Bernstein
- 9.Deck the Halls (Welsh) - Philadelphia Brass
- 10.Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival) - Taverner Consort
- 11.G,su Bambino - Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Marilyn Horne (Italian)
- 12.O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis) - Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Philadelphia Brass
- 13.First Nowell, The (English) - Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
- 14.Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French) - Chestnut Brass Company / Choral Guild of Atlanta / Anthony Newman
- 15.Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 1. March - Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
- 16.Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): 1. Allegro (Exsultate) - Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra / Judith Blegen (Latin)
- 17.Sacrae Symphoniae: No. 2: Canzon septimi toni, for 8 parts - Cleveland Brass Ensemble / Philadelphia Brass
- 18.Die Geburt unsers Herren Jesu Christi, for chorus, instruments & continuo, SWV 435: Die Menge der Engel - Kammerchor Stuttgart / Barockorchester Stuttgart / Musica Ficta / K"hn (German)
- 19.Joy to the World (theme by Handel) - Philadelphia Brass
- 20.Once in Royal David's City - Chestnut Brass Company
- 21.O du fr"hliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit, carol (tune "O Sanctissima") - Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
- 22.Angels We Have Heard on High - Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Marilyn Horne
- 23.Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14): Magnificat - (Latin)
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