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Music Mosaic, Vol. 1

1 CD / Hampton Roads Chamber Players / 2009-12-01

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Winter, Op. 8 No. 4; Ennio Morri...
Performers: Aguirre, Jorge; Amoruso, Livia [Violin]; Bernal, Sara [Viola]; Chambers, Jamie [Viola]; Ciliotta, Giulia [Cello]; Egoavil, Lupita [Violin]; Frescino, Jeanette [Cello]; Garcia, Karla [Violin]; Halyo, ...
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Recording information: Larchmont Methodist Church, Norfolk; Santo Domingo....continue...

O Come Let Us Adore Him

1 CD / Gert Kumi (Violin) / 2009-12-01

Works: Thomas Helmore: O come, O come, Emmanuel (tune Veni Emmanuel) (New English Hymnal No. 11); Richard Storrs Willis: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem; Felix Mendel...
Performers: Ali, Abel [Trumpet]; Baldwin, Mark; Barbu, Simona [Cello]; Bechtel, Amanda [Flute]; Bechtel, Candy [Horn]; Bechtel, Donna [Horn]; Bechtel, Fred [Trumpet]; Bechtel, Hope [Trombone]; Benjamin, Rebecca ...

Dreamings

1 CD / ABC Classics (Premiere) / 2008-01-29

Works: Lyn Williams: Festive Alleluia, for chorus; Lilly Pilly Leonardo, for chorus; Elena Kats-Chernin: Deep Sea Dreaming, for chorus & piano; Butterflying, version for chorus & piano; Daniel Walker: The W...
Performers: Betts-Dean, Charlotte; Bibeau, Maxime; Cumming, Lorna; Curtin, Rosemary; Forsyth, Nicole; Goto, Aiko; Kenny, Clare; Littlemore, Jemima; Lush, Madeleine; Maer, Sally; McGuire, Marshall; McPherson, Jen...
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Chilcott: Man I Sing, etc / Chilcott, BBC Singers, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-09-01

Works: Bob Chilcott: The Making of the Drum, cantata for chorus & percussion; My Prayer, for 2 sopranos & double chorus; Advent Antiphons for chorus; The Shepherd's Carol, for chorus; And Every Stone Shall ...
Performers: Foulkes, Carolyn; Haslam, Micaela; Johnston, Robert; Murgatroyd, Andrew; Poole, Elizabeth; Porter, Kim; Rebello, Simone; Robinson, Olivia; Silverthorne, Paul
Ensemble: BBC Singers

"All the music on this CD is accessible, concise and says something worthwhile... The choir is renowned as an expert ensemble and here they sing...continue...

King's Singers Christmas

1 CD / Signum UK / 2003-10-16

Works: Traditional: O come, O come Emmanuel; This is the truth sent from above; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Lullay my liking; Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging; What a miracle; No&eu...
Performers: Ashby, Claire; Chase, Roger; Crayford, Marcia; Hunter, Joel; Jackman, Bill; Jackson, Sally [violin]; Kanga, Skaila; Lovenest, Gary; Ogden, David; Van Kampen, Christopher; Worsey, Chris
Ensemble: King's Singers

"For sheer vocal beauty, you can't beat the performances of Rutter's There is a flower and Stille Nacht, Lawson's Away in a manger, Praetorius' Es...continue...

Fantasy - Bax, Bridge, Vaughan-Williams, Britten, Grainger

1 CD / Centaur / 2002-08-29

Works: Arnold Bax: Fantasy Sonata; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Romance for Viola and Piano; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Studies (6) in English Folksong; Elizabethan Songs (3); Percy Grainger: Sussex Mummers' Chri...
Performers: Lederer, Doris; Mollenhauer, Jude

Christmas Now is Drawing Near / Sneak's Noyse

1 CD / Saydisc / 2001-11-27

Works: Traditional: Christmas is now drawing near at hand; We've been awhile a-wandering; The Waits; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Good people all, this Christmastime; Sweet was the...
Performers: Attfield, Ray; Barlow, Jeremy; Brain, Michael; Jeffrey, Robin; Laycock, Tim; Skeaping, Lucie; Skeaping, Roderick
Ensemble: Sneak's Noyse

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...
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...

Joyful Tidings

1 CD / Valmark / 1997-10-01

Works: Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; Here we come a-wassailing; While shepherds watched their flocks by night; The Gloucester Wassail Song; He is born; I saw three ships; On Christmas Night "Su...
Performers: Chapple, Janet; Danis, Ann; Davis, Mark; Gully, Laura; Hawkes, Catherine; Mair, Marilyn
Ensemble: Mair-Davis Duo

Grace / Kathleen Battle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-03-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56; Joshua, oratorio, HWV 64; Hugo Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind ("Sohn der Jungfrau"), song for voice & piano (Mörike Lieder); Wolfgang Amadeus Moz...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; Arak, Alan; Baker, Timothy; Battle, Kathleen; Baumer, Bruce R.; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Bushman, Robin; Caplin, Martha; Carroll, David; Church, Sandra; Curtis, Charles; Danielson...
Ensemble: ; American Boychoir