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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...

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...

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...

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 Vespers

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-02-24

Works: Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Claude Debuss...
Performers: Gittinger, Jason
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Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet

This generous holiday release (it clocks in at close to an hour) from the Motor City Brass Quintet features concise yet airy instrumental arrangements of several seasonal favorites, both sacred and se...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...