Merry Christmas: World Famous Carols / Bambini Di Praga

On 28 June 2011 a significant chapter in the history of Czech music closed with the passing of a legend: after 38 years the Bambini di Praga choir gave their final concert and bade farewell to their audience. For music lovers, Bambini di Praga will forever be cherished as a first-rate children's choir who brought fame to Czech choral art throughout the world (Paris, Berlin, Rome, Helsinki, Leipzig, Tokyo, New York, Osaka, Hong Kong, Jerusalem, Monte Carlo, Abu Dhabi, Boston, Johannesburg, Oslo... ).

And it was the most beautiful Christmas carols from Bohemia and Moravia, as well as other nations in Europe and America, that earned the choir their greatest acclaim and also brought the poetics of the Birth of Our Lord beyond the borders of the Christian world.

This recording of simply and sensitively arranged carols, illuminated by ringing voices, is destined to remain one of the artistic apices in the choir's history. Yet above all it encapsulates the irresistible magic of Christmas Mystery and Joy.

And who better than children to sing of the new-born infant and bring festive tidings of the Lord's boundless love for us?

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Recording information: Czech Radio Studio, Prague, Czech Republic (06/1998).

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Anonymous, Czech : Cas radosti, veselosti (Time of Joy, Time of Good Cheer) (Tranovsky Hymnal 45)

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Traditional, Christmas : Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)

Performers: Jana Bouskova (Harp); Jirí Svoboda (Percussion)
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Period Time: Medieval
Form: Christmas
Written: circa 1588

Traditional, Christmas : Svatou dobu jiz tu máme (Moravian)

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Form: Christmas

Willis, Richard Storrs : It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Christmas
Written: 1850

Traditional, Christmas : Przybiezeli do Beteljem, carol (Polish)

Traditional, Christmas : O du fröhliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit, carol (tune "O Sanctissima")

Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Christmas
Written: by 1792

Traditional, Christmas : Una pandereta (Spanish)

Performer: Jirí Svoboda (Percussion)
Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
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Handel, George Frideric : Joy to the World (theme by Handel)

Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Christmas
Written: 1742

Traditional, Christmas : Heiligste Nacht

Performers: Jana Bouskova (Harp); Jirí Svoboda (Percussion)
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Traditional, Christmas : Ejhle, chasa nasa (Moravian)

Running Time: 1 min. 11 sec.
Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Dlaczego dzisiaj wsród nocy dnieje (Polish)

Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Les anges dans nos campagnes (French), carol (AKA Angels We Have Heard On High)

Performers: Sarka Celbova (Voice); Jana Puterova (Voice); Irena Stedra (Voice)
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Christmas
Written: circa 1840

Traditional, Christmas : God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)

Performers: Veronika Vitova (Voice); Jitka Palickova (Voice)
Running Time: 1 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
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Traditional, Christmas : Zezulka z lesa vylítla (Bohemia)

Performers: Jirí Svoboda (Percussion); Sarka Celbova (Recorder); Jana Bouskova (Harp)
Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones)

Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Medieval
Form: Christmas
Written: circa 1400

Traditional, Christmas : Tryumfy Króla Niebieskiego (Triumph of the King of Heaven) (Polish)

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Traditional, Christmas : O Little Town of Bethlehem

Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
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Written: 1868

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Performers: Jana Bouskova (Harp); Jirí Svoboda (Percussion)
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Mendelssohn, Felix : Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"

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Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Christmas
Written: 1840

Traditional, Christmas : Hopsa, pacholátka (Bohemia)

Performers: Julie Valkova (Voice); Veronika Havrankova (Voice)
Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
Form: Christmas

Kirkpatrick, William J. : Away in a manger :: Cradle Song) (New English Hymnal 22)

Performer: Katerina Kalvachova (Voice)
Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1885

Traditional, Christmas : Bóg sie rodzi (God is born) (Polish)

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Traditional, Christmas : Noël nouvelet, carol (French)

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Anonymous : Slyste slyste pastuskove, Bohemian Christmas Song

Performers: Jirí Svoboda (Percussion); Jana Bouskova (Harp)
Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Süsser die Glocken nie klingen, carol (Austrian)

Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.

Traditional, Christmas : Nesem vám noviny (Bringing the Good News to You) (Czech)

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Traditional, Christmas : Dnes pojusce (Ukrainian)

Performers: Jirí Svoboda (Percussion); Sarka Celbova (Voice); Irena Stedra (Voice)
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Form: Christmas

Anonymous, Czech : Cas radosti, veselosti (Time of Joy, Time of Good Cheer) (Tranovsky Hymnal 45)

Performers: Katerina Kalvachova (Voice); Katerina Kovandova (Voice); Sarka Celbova (Voice); Veronika Vitova (Voice)

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