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The Christmas Album / Libera boy choir

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; In...
Performers: Ashley, Charlotte; Coates, Sam; Collins, Luke; Crawley, Ben; De Menezes-Wood, Jakob; Fontannaz, Daniel; Geraghty, Steven; Ingles, Freddie; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; May, Elizabeth; McCarthy...
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert

The Arts Desk
The singing is generally great - you can detect a very slight rough edge to the boys' sound which is exactly as it...continue...
Recording information: The Music Place, London, England (05/2011-07/2011).

For an act famed for their angelic vocals and heart-warming celestial sound, it's a surprise that The Christmas Album ...continue...

Carey Blyton: The Folksong Arrangements

1 CD / Upbeat Records Import / 2011-11-08

Works: Carey Blyton: A Newfoundland Posy, for violin, clarinet & piano, Op. 72; Regional Canadian Folk Songs (6), for voice & piano, Op. 39; Canadian Carols (3), for voice, clarinet & piano, Op. 44; Welsh F...
Performers: Blyton, Carey; Campbell, David; Foster, Robert Ivan [Baritone Vocal]; Lee, Soo-Bee [Soprano Vocal]; Partridge, Tryphena; Randall, Anthony; Steward, Jonathan [Clarinet]; Terroni, Raphael; Truster, Joh...

Recording information: Porcupine Studios (08/12/1996-05/03/1997).

British composer Carey Blyton (1932-2002), a nephew of author Enid Blyton, wrote music for several television series, including...continue...

The Christmas Album / Libera boy choir [Deluxe Edition]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; In...
Performers: Ashley, Charlotte; Coates, Sam; Collins, Luke; Crawley, Ben; De Menezes-Wood, Jakob; Fontannaz, Daniel; Geraghty, Steven; Ingles, Freddie; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; May, Elizabeth; McCarthy...
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert

The Arts Desk
The singing is generally great - you can detect a very slight rough edge to the boys' sound which is exactly as it...continue...
Recording information: The Music Place, London, England (05/2011-07/2011).

For an act famed for their angelic vocals and heart-warming celestial sound, it's a surprise that The Christmas Album ...continue...

Ireland: Sextet, Clarinet Trio / Maggini Quartet, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: John Ireland: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in D major [fragment]; Fantasy Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E flat major; The Holy Boy; Sextet for Clarinet, Horn and String Quartet
Performers: Angel, David; Kaznowski, Michal; McAslan, Lorraine; Neary, Alice; Outram, Martin; Plane, Robert; Pyatt, David; Rahman, Sophia
Conductors:
Ensemble: Maggini Quartet

A composition pupil of Stanford and recognised as an outstanding talent by Parry, John Ireland was inspired as a student by the music of Beethoven,...continue...

The Gift of Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-12-11

Works: Michael Praetorius: Musae Sioniae; Christmas Traditional: Work(s); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Coventry Carol (2); Ave Maria, carol; In the Bleak Midwinter (Welsh); Freder...
Performers: Casale, Maria; Jansson, Pamela; Lin, ChiaHui; Stein-Ross, Nancy; Vinson, Robert; Vries, Doug de

Libera - Angel Voices

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-10-31

Works: Tagatsugu Muramtsu: Far Away; Robert Prizeman: Locus iste; Ave Maria; Going Home; Salva me; Libera; Always With You; We are the lost; I am the day; Recordare; Jean Sibelius: Be still my soul; Gustav ...
Performers: Anderson, John [Classical]; Dodd, Chris; Geraghty, Steven; Pears, Fiona; Prizeman, Robert; Tilley, Ian
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert
Ensemble: Libera

Libera's 'Angel Voices' collection includes the best of past tracks combined with some new tracks-the deeply moving "Going Home," employing the melody of Dvorak's Largo...continue...

Simply Christmas - Home for the Holidays

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-09-26

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); As I out rode this enderes night (The Coventry Shepherds' Carol) (16th century); I Wonder As I Wa...
Performers: Cafe; Douglas, Bill; Galway, James [Flute]; Gomez, Eddie [Bassist]; Mitchell, Emily; Petri, Michala; Samuels, Dave; Shinozaki, Ayako; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]; Wall, Jeremy
Conductors: ; Pople, Ross; Neary, Martin; Georgiadis, John
Ensemble: Canadian Brass; London Festival Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra

Includes work(s) by Christmas Traditional....continue...

Christmas at St. Paul's, Washington, D.C. / Joyce, Kadala, Smith

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2006-08-01

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Angelus ad virginem (English); The Holly and the Ivy (English); Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Joseph, lieber Jose...
Performers: Joyce, Thomas; Kadala, Lisa; Keyte, Hugh; Lindner, Wolfgang; Parrott, Andrew; Smith, Jeffrey
Conductors:
Ensemble: St Paul's Choristers

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 Adagios - Holiday Classics to Touch your Heart

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-10-08

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Traditional: O come, O come Emmanuel; Amazing Grace; On ...
Performers: Café; Cunningham, Johnny; De Lancie, John; Douglas, Bill; Douglas, Dave [Piano]; Dunning, Brian; Erquiaga, Steve; Galway, James; Gomez, Eddie [Bass]; Irvine, Maya; Krips, Alfred; Mitchell, Emi...
Conductors: ; Gould, Morton; Ormandy, Eugene; Galway, James; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Salter, Robert; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Guildhall String Ensemble; Morton Gould Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Nightnoise; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orche...

Intermezzo - Works of Martinu / Zukovsky, Bohemian Ensemble

1 CD / Summit Records / 1999-11-16

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Les Rondes, for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, 2 violins & piano, H. 200; Esquisses (3) on Modern Dances for piano, H. 160; Serenade no 3 for oboe, clarinet, 4 violins & cello, H...
Performers: Breidenthal, David; Cheng, Gloria; Chun, Ingrid; Entwistle, Erik; Folsom, Jerry; Omsky, Jakub Jerzy; Rothmuller, Daniel; Stevens, Thomas [Trumpet]; Taylor, Lyndon Johnston; Wang, Bing; Wang, T.K.; We...

O Holy Night - Christmas Favorites / Galway, Stoltzman, etc

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-23

Works: James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy; Deck the hall; A child is born in Bethlehem; What child is this?; David Overton: Fantasia on "I saw three ships"; Louis-Claude Daquin...
Performers: Birch, John; Douglas, Bill; Galway, James; Grady, John; Hirt, Al; Mitchell, Emily; Petri, Michala; Stoltzman, Richard; Wall, Jeremy
Conductors: ; Galway, James; Neary, Martin; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Guildhall String Ensemble; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Grace / Kathleen Battle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-03-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Joshua; Hugo Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind ("Sohn der Jungfrau"), song for voice & piano (Mörike Lieder); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Johann Seb...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; Arak, Alan; Baker, Timothy; Battle, Kathleen; Baumer, Bruce R.; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Bushman, Robin; Caplin, Martha; Carroll, David; Church, Sandra [Flute]; Curtis, Charles; D...
Conductors: Sadin, Robert