Christmas Masterpieces and Familiar Carols by Bach, Mendelssohn, Handel and Berlioz

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Audio Samples

Album Summary

Performers

• Anne Gray
• Daniel Beckwith (Organ)

Conductor

• Flummerfelt, Joseph

Ensemble

• Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia

Composers

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Christmas Traditional
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Henry Walford Davies (1869 - 1941)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Richard Storrs Willis (1819 - 1900)

Notes & Reviews:

Christmas Masterpieces and Familiar Carols has enjoyed steady sales for over 30 years. It features one of America's greatest choirs. The New York Times has applauded the ensemble for its "full-bodied, incisive singing". The ensemble is also the chorus-in-residence at the Spoleto Festival, USA.

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Works Details

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio :: Chorus

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 8 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1734

Mendelssohn, Felix : Christus :: Recit

• Performer: Anne Gray
• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1847

Mendelssohn, Felix : Christus :: Chorus

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1847

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: Recit

• Performer: Anne Gray
• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: Chorus

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: Chorus

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

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

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : The Boar's Head Carol

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 1 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 16th Century

Traditional, Christmas : While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (adapted from Handel)

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1728

Traditional, Christmas : How Far to Bethlehem?, carol

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Davies, Henry Walford : O Little Town of Bethlehem, carol

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1920

Traditional, Christmas : Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night")

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post-Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1892

Traditional, Christmas : Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (American)

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians Now Rejoice")

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 1 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1853

Willis, Richard Storrs : It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

• Performer: Daniel Beckwith (Organ)
• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1850

Traditional, Christmas : Now Is Born the Divine Christ Child, carol

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.

Berlioz, Hector : L'Enfance du Christ :: Shepherds' Farewell

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 10/1850-07/1854

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

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1582

Traditional, Christmas : Song of the Crib (German)

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Written: 14th Century

Traditional, Christmas : Wassail Song ("Here We Come a-Wassailing"), carol (a.k.a. "Here We Come a-Caroling")

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 1 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1850

Traditional, Christmas : We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English)

• Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
• Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia
• Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 15th Century