40 Most Beautiful Christmas Classics

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Album Summary

Performers

• Michael George (Bass Baritone)
• Sumi Jo (Soprano)
• Dawn Upshaw (Voice)
• Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Barbara Ochs (Alto)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Gottfried Bach (Fortepiano)
• Jouko Harjanne (Trumpet)
• Marjana Lipovsek (Alto)
• José Carreras (Tenor)

Conductors

• Cohen, Joel [Early Music]
• Gardiner, John Eliot
• Glahe, Will
• Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
• Higginbottom, Edward
• Lazarev, Alexander
• Schneider, Michael
• Scimone, Claudio
• Stapleton, Robin
• Sutej, Vjekoslav
• Werner, Fritz
• Wolff, Hugh

Ensembles

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• Concentus Musicus Wien
• I Solisti Veneti
• Il Giardino Armonico
• London Brass
• Will Glahe Soloists

Composers

• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• Katherine K. Davis (1892 - 1981)
• Thomas Bold (1952 - )
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)
• Christopher Tye (1505 - 1572)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
• Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704)
• Christmas Traditional
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Marjana Lipovsek , Plácido Domingo, José Carreras , Michael George, Thomas Hampson, Sumi Jo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dawn Upshaw (vocals); Jouko Harjanne (trumpet); Gottfried Bach (fortepiano).

Includes brass christmas medley: festive cheer / sleigh rid by various composers.

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Works Details

Traditional, Christmas : O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol

• Performer: Michael George (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Robin Stapleton
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: 12th Century

Traditional, Christmas : Gabriel's Message (Basque)

• Conductor: Edward Higginbottom
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1582

Traditional, Christmas : In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones)

• Conductor: Edward Higginbottom
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1400

Gauntlett, Henry John : Once in Royal David's City, carol

• Conductor: Edward Higginbottom
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1850

Traditional, Christmas : I Wonder As I Wander (American)

• Performer: Sumi Jo (Soprano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Written: by 1933

Traditional, Christmas : This is the truth sent from above (English)

• Performer: Dawn Upshaw (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.

Traditional, Christmas : Coventry Carol (2) :: "Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child"

• Performer: Dawn Upshaw (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1498

Berlin, Irving : Holiday Inn

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Hugh Wolff
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in E major, RV 270 "Il Riposo-Per il Natale"

• Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1742

Berlioz, Hector : L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25

• Conductor: John Gardiner
• Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 10/1850-07/1854

Bizet, Georges : Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra)

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Vjekoslav Sutej
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1872

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performers: Barbara Ochs (Alto); Sumi Jo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michael Schneider
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Praetorious, Michael : Musae Sioniae

• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1600

Holst, Gustav : In the bleak mid-winter

• Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1904-1905

Traditional, Christmas : The Holly and the Ivy (English)

• Performers: Michael George (Bass Baritone); Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robin Stapleton
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1710

Davis, Katherine K. : The Little Drummer Boy "Carol of the Drum"

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Hugh Wolff
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1958

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Hugh Wolff
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1852

Bach, Johann Sebastian : O Jesulein süss, O Jesulein mild, BWV 493

• Conductor: Edward Higginbottom
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1736

Bold, Thomas : A Lullaby (to the tune of Kirkpatick's Away in a Manger)

• Performer: Dawn Upshaw (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Corelli, Arcangelo : Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6 :: 3rd movement

• Conductor: Claudio Scimone
• Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Panis angelicus

• Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
• Conductor: Vjekoslav Sutej
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1872

Wade, John Francis : O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)

• Conductor: Edward Higginbottom
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751

Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")

• Performers: Gottfried Bach (Fortepiano); Sumi Jo (Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

Traditional, Christmas : Noël nouvelet, carol (French)

• Performer: Dawn Upshaw (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 16th Century

Traditional, Christmas : The Huron Indian Carol ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime"), carol (Quebecois)

• Performer: Dawn Upshaw (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas

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

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Hugh Wolff
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1588

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 :: Jauchzet, frohlocket

• Conductor: Fritz Werner
• Running Time: 8 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1734

Traditional, Christmas : O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German)

• Conductor: Will Glahe
• Ensemble: Will Glahe Soloists
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1820

Mendelssohn, Felix : Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"

• Conductor: Edward Higginbottom
• Notes: Composition written: 1840.
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1840

Tye, Christopher : While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Tune :: Winchester)

• Conductor: Edward Higginbottom
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 15th Century

Handel, George Frideric : Joy to the World (theme by Handel)

• Conductor: Joel Cohen
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1742

Traditional, Christmas : The First Nowell (English)

• Ensemble: London Brass
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1823

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 9 :: Kyrie

• Conductor: Joel Cohen
• Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: ?1694

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: March

• Conductor: Alexander Lazarev
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: The Dance of the sugar-plum fairy

• Conductor: Alexander Lazarev
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1892

Traditional, Christmas : O Little Town of Bethlehem

• Performer: Jouko Harjanne (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Robin Stapleton
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1868

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Behold a virgin shall conceive...

• Performer: Marjana Lipovsek (Alto)
• Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
• Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Oh thou that tellest good tidings

• Performer: Marjana Lipovsek (Alto)
• Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
• Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien
• Running Time: 6 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Hallelujah Chorus

• Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
• Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741