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Christmas Fantasies / Valerie Milot, harp; Antione Bareil, violin

1 CD / Analekta / 2012-11-27

Works: Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem; English Traditional: Greensleeves, folk song; Scarborough Fair; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Antoine Bareil: Trois jours avant Noël, for violin & harp; E...
Performers: Bareil, Antoine; Milot, Valerie [Harp]

Recording information: Église St-Augustin, Saint-Augustin de Mirabel, Québec, (10/2010/04/2011)....continue...

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...

Sing We Now of Christmas / Taylor Festival Choir, Eric Whitacre

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Work(s); In the Bleak Midwinter (Welsh); Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Covent...
Performers: Carroll, Liz; Conant, Susan; Doyle, John [Celtic]; Hightower, Mark; Ivory, Beth; Jobe, Richard; Khoma, Natalia; Lee, Benjamin; Mallon, Danny; Masie, Matt [Percussion]; Miller, Kori; Robertson, Kim; T...
Conductors: Taylor, Robert

The Taylor Festival Choir offers an annual Celtic Christmas presentation in Charleston, South Carolina and with this recording, brings it into the listener's living room....continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, South C (2010-06-17&2010-06-19&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...

Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, etc / Rachlin, Jansen, et al

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2008-02-12

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Dmitry Shostakovich: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 8; Pieces (5) for 2 violins & piano (arranged from theater music by Atovmyan); Quintet for piano & strin...
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Jansen, Janine; Maisky, Mischa; Rachlin, Julian

Late in 2006, an all-star line-up of friends who love playing chamber music together joined to celebrate the Dmitri Shostakovich centenary in style at Vienna’s...continue...

Folkjul: A Swediah Folk Christmas

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-11-01

Works: Gunnar Idenstam: Introduction on an Organ Improvisation; Anonymous, Swedish: Bereden väg för Herran (Prepare the Way for the Lord), hymn; Christmas Traditional: Se, ett barn är fö...
Performers: Hardelin, Emma; Idenstam, Gunnar; Karlsson, Sofia; Rydberg, Lisa
Conductors: Graden, Gary

Personnel: Gunnar Idenstam (organ); Sofia Karlsson (vocals, tin whistle); Emma Härdelin (vocals); Lisa Rydberg (violin).

Recording information: Oscarskyrkan (The Oscar Church), Stockholm, ...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Abbado, Fleming, Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-01-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Braunstein, Guy; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Claudio Abbado reunites with the Berlin Philharmonic to present Mahler's Symphony No. 4 and Berg's Seen Early Songs, featuring 'America's Most Beautiful Voice', soprano Renee...continue...

La Mer jolie - Chants d'Acadie / Suzie LeBlanc

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-08-01

Works: Traditional: Le long de la mer jolie; Reels Côté-Benoît-LeBlanc; Avec un avocat; Bransle de Poitou; Valses Benoît; Jolis Bois; La belle se promène; Medley Guinchard; Le mari ...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Chartrand, Pierre; Greenberg, David; LeBlanc, Suzie; MacMillan, Betsy; McGuiness, David; Norman, Chris

Music for a Great Garden - Byrd, Mozart, et al / Stowe, Souter, et al

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2004-01-01

Works: William Byrd: All in a garden green, MB 56; Will you walk the woods so wylde; Robert Johnson: Where the bee sucks; English Traditional: The Rowan Tree; Greensleeves, folk song; Hildegard von Bingen: ...
Performers: Bennett, Elinor; Hill, Sarah; Stowe, Sara

Garden themes from our musical heritage. An album of fragrant songs and instrumental pieces from centuries of musical tradition. Titles include 'Greensleeves', 'Where the Bee...continue...

Muzyka Polska (Polish Music)

1 CD / Dux (Poland) / 2002-09-24

Works: Anonymous, Polish: Symphonia da Nativitate (18th century); Feliks Janiewicz: Divertimento concertante, for violin & string orchestra (trans. Slowinski from Trio in B flat major); Prince Maciej Radziw...
Performers: Stanienda, Jan
Conductors: Stanienda, Jan

Vejvanovsky: Vesperae Sancti Venceslai

1 CD / Supraphon Import / 2002-07-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Work(s); Qui sequitur me, antiphon; Qui mihi ministrat, antiphon; Si quis mihi ministraverit, antiphon; Volo, Pater, antiphon; Beatus vir qui suffert, lectio (James 1; Deus tuorum mi...
Performers: Brezina, Jaroslav; Pospisil, Michael
Conductors: Stryncl, Marek
Ensemble: ; Musica Florea

Mahler: Symphony no 3 / Abbado, Larsson, Berlin PO

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-06-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Gansch, Hans; Yasunaga, Toru
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus; London Symphony Chorus

From the concert review of Mahler's 3rd Symphony, Royal Festival Hall, London, 10/11/1999. "The three greatest Mahler performances I have heard in the concert hall...continue...

Catholic Latin Classics / Richard Proulx, Cathedral Singers

1 CD / GIA Publications / 2000-10-17

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Anthony Werner: O Salutaris Hostia, for chorus; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Samuel Webbe: Tantum Ergo; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Anonymous: O Sanctissima; Jubila...
Performers: Cathedral Singers, The; Eskola, John; Hartman, Stephen; McDermott, Lorelei; Trier, Collins; Yang, Thomas; Yeo, Richard

A Thousand Ages - A Celebration of Hope / St. Olaf Cantorei

1 CD / GIA Publications / 2000-05-16

Works: Sir William McKie: We wait for Thy loving kindness; Alexander Gondo: Come, all you people; Anonymous: Lobe den herren, der alles so herrlich regieret; All creatures of our God and King; O come, O com...
Performers: Cross, Travis; Evers, Timothy; Ferguson, John; Gray, Charles; Kambs, Benjamin; Sasanfar, Justine
Conductors: Sorkin, David; Ferguson, John; Ogren, Jayce; Spencer, Kylee; Branton, Sarah
Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble; Saint Olaf Cantorei

Patchwork / Hesperus

1 CD / Koch International / 2000-01-25

Works: Anonymous: Llibre Vermell de Montserrat; Traditional: Morning Blues; Ballad of Little Sadie; Alta Trinita; Railroadin' Through the Rocky Mountains; Drunkard's Lament; Hobokentanz; The Devil and the F...
Performers: Chancey, Tina; Hutton, Bruce; Reiss, Scott
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hesperus Ensemble

The Promise of Ages - A Christmas Collection / Parrott

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-10-20

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: Nos galan (New Year's Eve), carol (Welsh); Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu, carol (English); Ther Is No Ros' (Engli...
Performers: Balding, Caroline; Carolan, Lucy [Harpsichord]; Consort, Taverner; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Lyons, William; MacNamara, Amanda
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Consort

Andrew Parrott and the Taverner Consort and Choir collaborated on this eclectic collection of Christmastime music. Songs include "Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu," "O Magnum Mysterium," "Hark! The Hera...continue...

The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever!

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1996-04-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; John Williams: Schindler's List; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Domingo, Placido; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Erdbeer, Johannes; Galway, James [Flute]; Garr...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Karajan, Herbert von; Sutherland, Iain; Muti, Riccardo; Previn, Andre; Sanderling, Kurt; Tennstedt, Klaus; Myers, Stanley; Cu, Ismael Fernandez de la; ...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra (Chamber orchestra); King's Colle...

This set includes both ADD and DDD recordings....continue...

King's Court and Celtic Fair / Empire Brass Quintet

1 CD / Telarc / 1996-03-26

Works: Tylman Susato: Calum and the Princess Jig; Het derde musyck boexken...alderhande danserye; Anonymous: Saltarello; Cumulous Sanctus; William Byrd: The March before the Battle, or The Earl of Oxford's ...
Performers: Bell, Gordon; Brown, Joel; Burgess, Scott; Curnow, Jeffrey; Fitzgerald, Alannah; Lindsay, Donald F.; Sauer, John; Shapiro, Jared; Tiven, Rick; Wortman, Kurt
Conductors:
Ensemble: Empire Brass