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In the World of the Spirits: Christmas Classics for Wind Band by Reed, Holst, Broughton

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Claude T. Smith: Symphonic Prelude on "Adeste Fideles", for band; Alfred Reed: Greensleeves; Russian Christmas Music; Gustav Holst: Christmas Day, for chorus & orchestra, H. 109; In the bleak mid-win...
Conductors: Stewart, Scott A.
Ensemble: ; Emory Symphonic Winds

The Emory Symphonic Winds, comprised of members of the Emory Wind Ensemble and the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, are American leaders in the commissioning of...continue...
Recording information: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emory University,....continue...

A Westminster Chistmas II / Traditional Carols for chorus, bell choir & organ

1 CD / Westminister Choir College / 2011-11-15

Works: Gerald Custer: Balulalow, carol for chorus; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella ("Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle"); Hills are Bare at Bethle...
Performers: Cowan, Ken
Conductors: Miller, Joe;
Ensemble: ; Westminster Concert Bell Choir

America's leading college devoted to choral and sacred music presents this 2nd recording of Christmas favorites for choir, organ and hand bells. The Westminster Concert...continue...
Recording information: Bristol Chapel at Westminister Choir College, Princeton (07/03/2008); Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, PA (07/03/2008); Bristol Chapel at Westminister Choir College, Pr...continue...

Noël - Christmas Edition Sampler

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Heinrich Schütz: Heute ist Christus der Herr geboren, SWV 439; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Pastorale sur la naissance de N.S. Jesus-Christ, H. 483; Arcangelo Corelli: C...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Mellon, Agnes [Soprano Vocal]; Roure, Yves; Saorgin, Rene
Conductors: Gronostay, Uwe; Jacobs, René; Christie, William; ; Herreweghe, Philippe; Hillier, Paul; Pérès, Marcel
Ensemble: ; Concerto Vocale; Ensemble 415; Ensemble Organum; La Chapelle Royale; Les Arts Florissants

Recording information: 1976-2002....continue...

Aled's Christmas Gift / boy soprano

1 CD / Demon Tv / 2010-12-07

Works: Buddy Greene: Mary, Did You Know?, song; William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; John Goss: See Amid the Winter's Snow, for cho...
Performers: Aitken, Rob; Ashley, Charlotte; Beston, Simon; Brown, Zoe; Coates, Sam; Crawley, Ben; Flanaghan, Katie; Hale, Simon; Hughes, Emilia; Jones, Aled; Kelly, John; Lole, Simon; May, Elizabeth; Palliser, U...

Recording information: Coombehurst Studio, Kingston University, London; FX YourSpace Studios, London; Greendale Studios, London, England.

Responsible for one of the most iconic and enchanting C...continue...

Christmas Around the World / West Edge String Quartet

1 CD / Centaur / 2010-11-05

Works: Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditional: The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); A Holly and Ivy Calypso; Dziasiaj w Betlejem (Rejo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: West Edge String Quartet

Just in time for the holidays, a disc of traditional Christmas music arranged for string quartet by violinist and composer Kermit Poling. The West Edge...continue...
Recording information: First Baptist Church, Shreveport, Louisiana (03/18/2010-03/20/2010)....continue...

String Quartet Christmas

3 CD / Listen / 2010-09-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Angels From the Realms Of Glory; Deck the Halls (Welsh); An...
Performers: Bodnar, Nina; Delmoni, Arturo [Violin]; DePasquale, Ellen; Figueroa, Rafael; Lipkina, Natasha; Maddon, Danielle; Mitchell, Emily; Murdock, Katherine; Romanul, Alexander; Rosen, Nathaniel; Smith, Timo...

Christmas with the Bands

2 CD / Spectrum Import / 2010-09-07

Works: James P. Carrell: Amazing Grace (Tune; William Henry Monk: Abide with me; Terry Brien: Yuletide Fanfare, for band; Christmas Traditional: Christmas Festival; Medley; Christmas Medley; We Wish You a M...
Conductors: Jones, Aled

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

1 CD / Mormon Tabernacle / 2010-09-07

Works: Mack Wilberg: Come, O Come, processional for chorus; Christmas Carols in the Air, for chorus & orchestra; Christmas Traditional: Il est né, le divin enfant (French); The Holly and the Ivy (Engli...
Performers: Cole, Natalie; Elliott, Richard [Organ]; Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Conductors: Deadrick, Gail

2010 holiday release. Each year, the Christmas concert presented by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square is seen by more than 85,000...continue...
Personnel: Andrew Unsworth, Clay Christiansen (organ).

Recording information: Conference Center, Salt Lake City, UT (12/10/2009-12/13/2009); The Conference Center, Salt Lake City, UT (12/10/200...continue...

Welcome Yule: An English Christmas Revels

1 CD / Revels Records / 2010-07-13

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Christmas Night, carol for chorus or voice & piano ("Sussex Carol"; Traditional English Carols No; Anonymous, English: English Te Deum; Christmas Traditional: All Hail to t...
Performers: Coffin, David; Gulley, Laura; Jaffe, Jamie; Monahan, Laurie [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Neumann, Mary; Rowe, Daniel; Torrey, David; Tosic, Daniela
Conductors:
Ensemble: Revels Early Music Band and Parlor Ensemble

This joyous new holiday CD highlights the best of Revels' most popular English-themed Christmas productions and features stunning music, songs and holiday carols from Medieval,...continue...
Recording information: Futura Productions, Roslindale, MA (03/2010)....continue...

Love Came Down at Christmas

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Michael Praetorius: Musae Sioniae; Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings; C...
Performers: English, John [Australia]; Jackson, Oliver; Jones, Timothy; Kelly, Duncan; Oxenham, Martin; St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Williams, Huw [Organ]

Malcolm Archer`s own carol gives its title to this inspiring new collection from the wonderful acoustic of this world famous Cathedral. Included also is his...continue...
Personnel: Jon English (tenor); Timothy Jones (bass voice); Oliver Jackson (treble); Huw Williams (organ).

Recording information: St. Paul's Cathedral....continue...

Christmas Spirit

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2009-12-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily ...
Performers: Groller, Richard; Mathiesen, Steven [Percussion]; Spear, Kevin [Percussion]; Vought, Michael

The Mainstreet Brass perform holiday classics and future favorites for brass quintet. Formed in 1986, Mainstreet Brass has performed for enthusiastic audiences at arts festivals,...continue...
Recording information: First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, PA (02/27/2009-03/01/2009)....continue...

Christmas Classical Guitar

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-10-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: Of the Father's Love Begotten; Angels We Have Heard on High; Coventry Carol (2); Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582); The Holly and the Ivy (English); English Traditiona...
Performers: Waldo, John [Guitar]

40 Most Beautiful Winter Classics

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-01-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Henry Purcell: Fair...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bonney, Barbara; Cole, Natalie; George, Michael; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hampson, Thomas; Larmore, Jennifer; Linden, Joost van der; Lutz, David; Martineau,...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Koopman, Ton; Redel, Kurt; Masur, Kurt; Legrand, Michel; Pohjola, Erkki; Jennings, Joseph; Lazarev, Alexander; Serebrier, José; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Davis,...
Ensemble: ; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra; Concentus Musicus Wien; I Solisti Veneti; Les Arts Florissants; Munich Pro Arte Orchestra; New York Philharmonic...

Noël - A Music Feast

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Johann Sebastian Bach: Wir danken dir, Gott, BWV 29; Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas; A Carol for All Seasons; Carol of the Bells; Il est né...
Performers: Butler, J. Melvin; Dahl, David; Lippincott, Joan; Nicodemus, Vernon; Strandberg, Linda
Conductors: Flummerfelt, Joseph; ; Sparks, Richard; Lippincott, Joan; Allured, Donald; Warland, Dale; Shafer, Robert; Hallock, Peter; Fullington, Doug; Ponten, Loren
Ensemble: ; Choral Arts; Choral Arts Northwest; Compline Choir; Dale Warland Singers; King's College Choral Scholars; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble; Princeton University Chapel Camerata;...

Fair with her firstborn - Carols and Polyphony for Christmas

1 CD / Loft Recordings / 2009-01-01

Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: Out of your sleep; John Sheppard: Verbum caro factum est; Ave Maris Stella for 6 voices; Reges Tharsis et insulae; Salvator Mundi Domine for 6 voices; Christmas Traditional: T...
Performers: Banks, Eric; Glusker, Ann; Pontén, Lisa Cardwell; Stutz, David

Hymns Through the Centuries Vol 2 / Cathedral Choral Society

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Recorded Sound: Church Bells; R. Osborne: Jesus, my all, to heaven has gone (tune North Port); Gary Davison: Our thanks we give for love and hope (tune Cathedral View); Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid...
Performers: Barham, Rachel; Nassor, Edward; Plutz, Eric; Shaffran, James; Sprague, John G.

The The Holly and the Ivy

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-12-23

Works: Christmas Traditional: Christ Child Lullaby, carol (Hebrides); The Holly and the Ivy (English); The Huron Indian Carol ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime"), carol (Quebecois); Coventry Carol (2); O co...
Performers: Boylan, Turlach; Dover, Connie; Goodhart, Douglas; Higgins, Jim; Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, The; Werts, Kelly

Personnel: Kelly Werts (guitar); Debbie Clark (harp); Douglas Goodhart (hurdy-gurdy); Anne Marie Brown, Andrea Probus, Alex Shum, Mary Grant, Kayo Hasegawa, Jeannine Demarco, Ziva Patt Rappaport, Vlad...continue...

In the Bleak Mid-Winter

1 CD / Swedish Society Discofil / 2007-11-14

Works: Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Angelus ad virginem (English); Anonymous, Swedish: Bereden väg för Herran (Prepare the Way for the Lord), hymn; Emmy...

40 Most Beautiful Christmas Classics

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Gabriel's Message (Basque); In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); I Wonder As I Wander (American); This is the truth sen...
Performers: Bach, Gottfried; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; George, Michael; Hampson, Thomas; Harjanne, Jouko; Jo, Sumi; Lipovsek, Marjana; Ochs, Barbara; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Upshaw, Dawn [So...
Conductors: Stapleton, Robin; Higginbottom, Edward; Wolff, Hugh; ; Gardiner, John Eliot; Sutej, Vjekoslav; Schneider, Michael; Scimone, Claudio; Werner, Fritz; Glahe, Will; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Lazarev, Al...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; I Solisti Veneti; Il Giardino Armonico; London Brass; Will Glahe Soloists

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

Christmas Time Is Here

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: Kevin Norbury: Work(s); Steve Nelson: Frosty the Snowman; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis); Erik Leidzen: The Herald Angels, for b...
Performers: Gramercy Brass; Johnson, Rich; Morden, Max
Conductors: Lambert, John Henry; Morden, Max
Ensemble: Faith Bell Ringers

Full performer name: Gramercy Brass/John Henry Lambert.

Gramercy Brass includes: Max Morden (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, percussion); John Henry Lambert (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Brad Sir...continue...

Holly Eve

1 CD / Oak Leaf / 2007-09-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); Quittez pasteurs (O come away ye shepherds) (French); Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); Love Came Down at Chr...
Performers: Barnes, Linn; Hampton, Allison

Personnel: Allison Hampton (celtic harp); Linn Barnes (steel guitar, lute, bass violin); Joseph Cunliffe (flute, bass flute, pennywhistle, alto recorder); Steve Bloom (frame drum, cymbals, daf, dumbek...continue...

Holly Eve

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-11-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); Quittez pasteurs (O come away ye shepherds) (French); Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); Love Came Down at Chr...
Performers: Barnes, Linn; Bloom, Steve; Cunliffe, Joseph; Hampton, Allison

Personnel: Linn Barnes (lute); Joseph Cunliffe (flute, bass flute, pennywhistle, alto recorder); Steve Bloom (frame drum, cymbals, dumbek, bells).

Recording information: Inner Ear Studios, Arli...continue...

Victorian Christmas for Brass

1 CD / Orfeo / 2006-11-21

Works: Recorded Sound: Bells of St. Andrew's Church - Christmas Bells at Sea; Arthur Sullivan: Hearken unto me, anthem for chorus & organ; It came upon the midnight clear, for chorus (NOT a setting of "Noel...
Performers: Backes, Constanze
Conductors:
Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres

The Twelve Days of Christmas / Crees, Rose, et al

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2006-11-03

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: Work(s); Christmas Traditional: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The Twelve Days of Christmas; Work(s); Peter Warlock: Balulalow; Bethleh...
Performers: Rose, Matthew
Conductors: Crees, Eric
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Brass Soloists; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

On this recording, a joyous pre-Christmas performance in the Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden has been captured on CD by Brass...continue...

Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols / Robert Shaw

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-08-29

Works: Traditional: God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Angels we have heard on high; How Unto Bethlehem?; Boar's Head Carol; O Tannenbaum; Masters in this hall; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Good Christian m...
Performers: Baughman, Wayne; Burrichter, Ronald; Carter, Donna; Cock, Christopher; Ledbetter, Victor; Murray, Katherine; Stalter, Tim; Timmerman, Frank
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

All of these carols are heard in delightful arrangements by Alic Parker and Robert Shaw. The arrangements date from the early 1950s and the popular...continue...

Holst: Orchestral Music / Pople, London Festival Orchestra

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Gustav Holst: St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118; Lyric Movement, for viola & chamber orchestra, H. 191; Brook Green Suite, for strings, H. 190; A Fugal Concerto, for flute, oboe & strin...
Performers: Beckett, Edward; Bolt, Rachel; Freyhan, Michael; Messiter, Malcolm
Conductors: Pople, Ross
Ensemble: London Festival Orchestra

English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) is universally loved for his popular orchestral suite 'The Planets', but much of his other estimable orchestral music is seldom...continue...

Noël - 25 Hymns of Christmas / William Neil

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-08-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Johann Schop: Brich ...
Performers: Neil, William [Organ]

Even though the Christmas season is still a ways off, here is an outstanding disc to consider getting on hand a bit early! These works...continue...

Composer's Collection - Gustav Holst / Corporon, North Texas

1 CD / GIA Publications / 2006-05-09

Works: Gustav Holst: Suite for Military Band no 1 in E flat major, Op. 28 no 1; In the bleak mid-winter; Fugue à la gigue, for orchestra (or band) in G major (transcribed from Bach's BWV577); Prelude...
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene

The GIA 'Composer's Collection' features some of the best works by the most esteemed wind band composers of all time. With stellar performances by the...continue...

The Jessye Norman Collection - A Christmas Collection

2 CD / Philips / 2005-11-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Unto Us Is Born A Son (Puer nobis nascitur; Piae Cantiones, 1582); Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians N...
Performers: Cutler, Sara; Hancock, Gerre; Huff, Harry; Norman, Jessye; Smith, Timothy Edward
Conductors: DeCormier, Robert; Robertson, David
Ensemble: ; Empire Chamber Ensemble

Christmas Cedar and Spruce / Joel Brown, Andrew Brown, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-09-01

Works: Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; Greensleeves; Jolly old Saint Nicolas; Good King Wenceslas; We wish you a merry Christmas; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und...
Performers: Bacchiocchi-Stewart, Kristin; Brown, Andrew [Strings]; Brown, Frank [Clarinet]; Brown, Jason [Bass]; Brown, Joel; Brubeck, Chris; D'Aloia, Chuck; Ruth, Peter "Madcat"

In Heavenly Peace

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-08-31

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und...
Performers: Niedt, Douglas

Personnel: Douglas Niedt (guitar).

Recording information: Niedt Records, Studio B....continue...

A Christmas Concert / Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

2 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-08-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Masters in Th...
Performers: Berntsen, Neal; Caballero, William; Crewe, Murray; Erickson, Sumner; Hamrick, Robert; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass; Sullivan, Peter; Vosburgh, George
Conductors: Vosburgh, George
Ensemble: Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

The Pittsburgh Symphony Brass, led by Grammy Award-winner George Vosburgh, possess a unique blend of virtuosity with brilliant sonority rarely achieved in brass music. The...continue...
Personnel: Neal Bernstein, George Vosburgh (trumpet, flugelhorn); Murray Crewe (bass trombone); Sumner Erickson (tuba).

Recording information: East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh.
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Shushan The Palace

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-05-04

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Jane Siberry: A Star Shall Rise Up Out of Jacob (after Mendelssohn)...
Performers: Benson, Sally; Dube, Martine; Friedman, Mark; Geggie, John; Hutchenreuther, David; Kiesewaiter, Peter; Kiesewalter, Tob; Kirwan, Jill; Lafrance, Manon; Lane, Christopher; Roe, Jim; Roseman, Leah; Sar...

Building on an international reputation as one of the great creators and innovators in contemporary popular music, legendary Canadian artist Jane Siberry goes a step...continue...
Personnel: Jane Siberry (vocals, keyboards); Mark Friedman , Martine Dubé (violin); Sally Benson (viola); Peter Kiesewalter (clarinet, keyboards); Jim "Eno" Roe (oboe); Chris Lane, Manon Lafrance...continue...

Christmas with Handbells / Reinsant, Columba Ringers

1 CD / Guild / 2002-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Work(s); Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Christmas Traditional: Of the Father's heart begotten (A Chris...
Conductors: Reinsant, Raymond F.
Ensemble: Columba Ringers

The #1 Christmas Album / Domingo, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Lullaby; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditi...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; Barter, Robin; Blades, James; Briggs, David; Chester Cathedral Choir; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Cambridge; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Cond...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Guadagno, Anton; Munchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Rudel, Julius; Davis, Colin; ; Music], John Scott [Choral; Boskovsky, Willi; Maazel, ...
Ensemble: ; Members of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Personnel: Douglas Gamley (conch shell).

Recording information: 1958-1996....continue...

Christ the Fair Glory / Hancock, St Thomas Choir

2 CD / Koch International / 2001-04-24

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Christ, the Fair Glory, hymn (harmonization of "Coelites plaudant"); English Hymnal; George Cooper: Psalm 99, for chorus & organ "Dominus regnavit"; David Willcocks: Psalm 148...
Performers: Hancock, Gerre

A New Century Christmas - New Century Saxophone Quartet

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2000-11-01

Works: Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); What Child Is This? (Greens...
Conductors:
Ensemble: New Century Saxophone Quartet

Music for the Christmas Season / Earl L. Miller

1 CD / Afka / 2000-09-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: March of the Magi Kings; Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians Now Rejoice"); Creator of the Stars At Night (Tune; Masters in This Hall; Nowell Sing We, carol (En...
Performers: Miller, Earl L.; V and Legacy

This selection is a collection of improvisations by organist Earl L. Miller on Christmas songs.

The organ used on this selection was constructed by the Andover Organ Company in Methuen, Massach...continue...

Ancient Noëls / Maggie Sansone and Ensemble Galilei

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 1998-07-11

Works: Alfonso el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa María; Traditional: The Gloucester Wassail Song; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; On Christmas Night "Sussex Carol"; O Bethlehem; Bethlehem's stall; A maiden...
Performers: Brooks, Jim; Diehl, Marcia; Harms, Ben; McCleod, Zan; Richards, Sue; Rideout, Bonnie; Sansone, Maggie; Surrick, Carolyn Anderson
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Galilei

Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms and haunting medieval hymns bring to life images of desert landscapes, stone monasteries and the origins of Christmas. Maggie Sansone on...continue...

Merry Christmas from Vienna

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 1997-09-09

Works: Christian Kolonovits: Fanfare (medley of tradtional tunes); John Jacob Niles: I Wonder As I Wander; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Max Reger: Mariä Wiegenlied; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Engelbert ...
Performers: Bolton, Michael; Domingo, Placido; Huang, Ying; Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Ying, Huang
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir; Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Mariah Carey (vocals).

Recording information: Austria Center, Vienna, Austria (12/16/1996).

Merry Christmas from Vienna is a thoroughly entertaining holiday album from Placido...continue...

A Christmas Celebration / Kay, Huddersfield Society, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-10-10

Works: Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on high; Deck the hall; O Tannenbaum; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Kumbaya; Joys Seven; The Holly and the Ivy; Tomorrow shall be my dancing d...
Performers: Lindley, Simon; McCann, Phillip
Conductors: Kay, Brian; McCann, Phillip
Ensemble: Huddersfield Choral Society; Sellers Engineering Band

A Time of Peace / Drinkell, Choir of Belfast Cathedral

1 CD / Guild / 1995-10-01

Works: Anonymous: Rorate caeli desuper; Exsurge Domine; Hodie Christus natus est; Traditional: O come, O come Emmanuel; Cherry Tree Carol; Masters in this hall; Orlando Gibbons: Psalm 142; Herbert Sumsion: ...
Performers: Barber, Ian; Drinkell, David; McGuire, Mark
Conductors: Drinkell, David
Ensemble: Belfast Cathedral Choir

Christmas Carols / Donald Hunt, Worcester Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1993-10-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Henry Walford Davies: O Little Town of Bethlehem, carol; Christmas Traditional: T...
Performers: Hunt, Donald [Choral Conductor]; Johnston, Raymond; Stringer, Robert; Worcester Cathedral Choir
Conductors: Hunt, Donald
Ensemble: Worcester Cathedral Choir

Personnel: Robert Stringer (treble); Raymond Johnston (organ).

Recording information: Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, England (09/22/1992/09/23/1992)....continue...