Angels - Christmas with the Great Sopranos / Bonney, Fleming, Te Kanawa, Price, Sutherland, Tebaldi, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Valda Aveling (Harpsichord)
• Patricia Clark (Soprano)
• Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• George Thalben-Ball (Organ)
• Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Barbara Bonney (Soprano)
• Sylvia McNair (Soprano)
• Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet)
• Renée Fleming (Soprano)

Conductors

• Bonynge, Richard
• Delfs, Andreas
• Dutoit, Charles
• Gardiner, John Eliot
• Guadagno, Anton
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Marin, Ion
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Pinnock, Trevor
• Rose, Barry
• Sinopoli, Giuseppe

Ensembles

• Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• English Baroque Soloists
• English Concert Choir
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Philharmonia Orchestra
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
• Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Richard Storrs Willis (1819 - 1900)
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Christmas Traditional
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)

Notes & Reviews:

Celebrate Christmas with some of the most beautiful melodies written for the holidays, sung by the most gorgeous voices. With opera stars both past and present, from Leontyne Price and Joan Sutherland to Renee Fleming and Angela Gheorghiu, this generously filled CD includes everyone's favorite songs, including "O Holy Night," "Silent Night," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" and much more.

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Works Details

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

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Performer: Renée Fleming (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andreas Delfs
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem, Op. 48 :: Pie Jesu

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1887-1900

Traditional, Christmas : Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582)

• Performers: Valda Aveling (Harpsichord); Patricia Clark (Soprano); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1582

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performers: George Thalben-Ball (Organ); Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49 :: Wiegenlied, Op. 49/4

• Performer: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• Conductor: Ion Marin
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1868

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Ave Maria, piena di grazia

• Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Laudate Dominum :: Laudate Dominum

• Performer: Barbara Bonney (Soprano)
• Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
• Ensemble: English Concert Choir
• Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1780

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: I know that my Redeemer liveth

• Performer: Sylvia McNair (Soprano)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

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

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1840.
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1840

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) :: Jesus bleibet meine Freude

• Performer: Renée Fleming (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andreas Delfs
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Handel, George Frideric : Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 :: Let the bright seraphim

• Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano); Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Barry Rose
• Ensemble: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
• Notes: Composition written: 1741.
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Willis, Richard Storrs : It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

• Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1850

Mascagni, Pietro : Ave Maria, for voice & orchestra

• Performer: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• Conductor: Ion Marin
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

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

• Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Conductor: Anton Guadagno
• Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a) :: Alleluia

• Performer: Sylvia McNair (Soprano)
• Conductor: John Gardiner
• Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1773