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Sweet Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-12-20

Works: Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella ("Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle"); Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); Entre le boeuf et ...
Performers: Alstrom, Ed; Large, Wendy; Tarantiles, Andre
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Ensemble: DolciCanti

Recording information: Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ; The Barber Shop Studios, Lake Hopatcong, NJ....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...

Cantique de Noël - Beautiful Songs of Christmas / Michael Calmès, John Finney

1 CD / Centaur / 2009-11-01

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Christmas Traditional: This is the truth sent from above (English); Quelle est cette odeur agr&...
Performers: Calmès, Michael [Tenor Vocal]; DiPerna, Gary; Finney, John; Hudde, Hermann

With a voice praised as "beautiful" -; "thrilling" -; and "rich" -; tenor Michael CalmEs has achieved a distinguished record of performances in concerts, recitals,...continue...
Recording information: Blink Music Studios, Cambridge, MA (07/2008-08/2008)....continue...

My Dancing Day - Music for Christmas / Las Cantantes

1 CD / Raven Records / 2009-09-08

Works: Michael Praetorius: Psallite unigenito; Musae Sioniae; Jean Langlais: Ave mundi gloria; Frederick Frahm: St. Luke Service; Christmas Traditional: Balulalow ("I come from hevin to tell") (Scottish); A...
Performers: Cornelius, Jeffrey; DeVelder, Lynn Gorman; Giese, Claudia; Quinn, Iain

Las Cantantes, the women's choir at the University of New Mexico offers a program for Christmas that includes favorites as well as new works for...continue...

Christmas Time is Here / Alexander, Pacific Chorale

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: John Alexander: A Carol Fantasy, for choir; Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; The First Nowell (English); I Wonder As I Wander (American); Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet);...
Performers: Ball, Mindy; Bowers, Amy; Dicey, Russell; Ellis, Tony; Frear, Robert; Gamer, Jason; Greene, Fred; Loftus, Lori; McGrath, Kenneth; Perkins, Barry [Trumpet]; Popejoy, Keith; Slack, Robert; Squyres, Dan...
Conductors: Alexander, John

"Alexander and his singers triumphed with purity, focus, refinement, and artistry." -Los Angeles Times...continue...

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...

Roberto Alagna - Christmas Album

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-10-10

Works: Roberto Alagna: Gentil Pere Noël; John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English); Il est né, le divin enfant (Fr...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ballard, Russ; Barclay, John; Barker, Guy; Bryans, Ron; Bryans, Ronald; Burns, Hugh; Cole, B.J.; Davies, Peter; Ellington, Lance; Ferguson, Ross; Gomm, Nigel; Greaves, Connie; Gromme...
Conductors: Smith, Robin
Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora; London Oratory Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; New London Children's Choir; Smithills School Junior Choir

French born tenor Roberto Alagna made an immediate impact by the age of 25, when he had his debut as Alfredo in 'La Traviata' -...continue...

Family Carols / Willcocks, Bach Choir, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-05

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); The First Nowell (English); A Maiden Most Gentle (French); The Gloucester Wass...
Performers: Bates, Nigel; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Scott, John
Conductors: Willcocks, David
Ensemble: Fanfare Trumpeters; Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

The Bach Choir's Family Carols is a fairly standard choral Christmas album. There are no twists and turns in the arrangements, and the carols are all quite familiar. That's not a bad thing, however, i...continue...

Christmas Dreams / Liona Boyd

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2002-07-09

Works: Liona Boyd: Christmas Dreams; Song of Peace; A Canon for Christmas; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Traditional: God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesa...
Performers: Berman, Melvin; Boyd, Liona; Brandt, Kim; Dunstan, Darren; Fortin, Richard; Goodman, Erica; Leonard, Brian; Robertson, Eric; Sheard, Gord; Stewart, Douglas; Whittaker, Roger; Zamfir, Gheorghe
Conductors: Bartle, Jean Ashworth; Blyden-Taylor, Brainerd
Ensemble: Orpheus Boys' Choir; Toronto Children's Chorus

This is Liona Boyd's Gold CD of timeless Xmas favorites with special guests pan flutist Georges Zamfir and singer Roger Whittaker. Two choirs and delicate...continue...

Merry Christmas / Chicago Brass Quintet

1 CD / Centaur / 2001-11-27

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; What child is this?; When Christ Was Born; Christmas Bells; Welcome Sweet Christmas; O come, O come Emmanuel; We wish you a merry Chri...
Performers: Bauchens, Robert; Beacraft, Ross; Boehm, Bradley; Boen, Johnathan; Mattern, James; Nelson, Leon; Robl, James
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Ensemble: Chicago Brass Quintet

Home for Christmas / Anne Sofie von Otter, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-10-12

Works: Hugh Martin: Meet Me in St. Louis; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; William Mathias: Sweet Was The Song; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Traditional: Tomorro...
Performers: Agnas, Joakim; Agnas, Urban; Bengtson, Jan; Bylund, Jonas; Danielsson, Göran; Forsberg, Bengt; Forsberg, Ulf; Helander, Torbjörn; Henrikson, Leif; Henryson, Svante; Jansson, Bengan; Jansson...
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Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass

"Home for Christmas" is Anne Sofie von Otter's first holiday album. "Home for Christmas" is a rich selection of popular international Christmas songs, including a...continue...

Dream Season - The Christmas Harp / Yolanda Kondonassis

1 CD / Telarc / 1997-09-23

Works: Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); The First Nowell (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); O Sleep, My Pretty Baby, carol (...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Konje, Jurij; Konje, Yuri

"With 'Dream Season,' I set out to assemble a collection of carols that would capture some of the tranquillity, warmth, innocence, and optimism that make...continue...
Personnel: Yolanda Kondonassis (harp); Jurij Konje (percussion).

Recording information: Lenna Hall, Chautauqua, NY (03/24/1997-03/28/1997).

Dream Season: The Christmas Harp is an enchan...continue...

Christmas with Solid Brass

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1984-12-15

Works: Traditional: In dulci jubilo; What child is this?; The first nowell; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Deck the hall; Song of the Birds; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Anton&i...
Performers: Browner, Barry; Caswell, Jeffrey; Della Peruti, Carl; DiSavino, Elizabeth; Eddy, Hugh; Haislip, Douglas; Muller, Hans [Trombone]; Olsen, Charles; Sampson, David; Turner, Kyle; Wilcox, Adrienne
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Ensemble: Solid Brass