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Musical Advent Calendar: Jubiläums-Edition - 24 Songs for Advent and Christmas

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-09-25

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Messias; Jill Nordin: Whisperin' Your Name, spiritual for chorus & piano; Astor Piazzolla: Enrico ...
Performers: Bockemuhl, Fionn; Bongard, Andreas; Comes, Barbara; Geiseler, Soren [Piano]; Hoffmann, Andreas; Knecht, Johannes; Liebfried, Caroline [Piano]; Saloniker, Stuttgarter; Settelmeyer, Matthias [Piano]; T...
Conductors: Schumacher, Jan; Schick, Berthold; Emling, Meinhard; Knecht, Johannes; Gilde, Hans de; Dücker, Martin; Kaltenbach, Anneliese; ; Crespo, Enrique; Haáler, Christoph; Kunz, Hanns-Friedrich; ...
Ensemble: ; Freiburger Spielleyt; Zither Group of the Trachtenkapelle Glottertal

For the past nine years, the Hanssler Classic/SWR co-production of the Musikalischer Advenskalender has been one of the most eagerly anticipated releases for the holiday...continue...

Christmas at the Collection

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-11-29

Works: Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride; Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Christian Elliott: We Need a Little Christmas / Let It Snow, medley for organ; Fred Bock: Fantasia on "On Christmas Night", for organ;...
Performers: Elliott, Christian

Recording information: Nethercutt Collection, Sylmar, CA....continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Christmas Celebration / Faith, Mantovani, Fiedler, etc.

1 CD / Guild / 2011-11-08

Works: James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; John Henry Hopkins, Jr.: We three kings; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582);...
Conductors: Vaughn, Billy; Faith, Percy; Melachrino, George; Morley, Angela; Fiedler, Arthur; Mantovani

Sound the Bells: A Holiday Celebration / US Army Field Band

1 CD / Altissimo / 2011-09-27

Works: John Williams: Sound the Bells!, fanfare for brass & percussion (or orchestra); English Traditional: Greensleeves, folk song; Randol Alan Bass: Gloria, for chorus; James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; Felix...

Combining the simple beauty of delicate bells, flutes, voices, and harps with trumpets, drums, and piano, this album creates a grand musical experience that demands...continue...
Recording information: Devers Hall, Fort George G. Meade, MD (2008)....continue...

Christmas In The Park / King's Singer; King's College Choir; Kathleen Battle, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Felix Bernard: Winter Wonderland; Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); The Gloucester Wassail Song ("Wassail! wassail all over the town!"), carol; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (F...
Performers: Baker, Chet [Trumpet/Vocals/Composer]; Battle, Kathleen; Case, John Carol; Jackson, Javon; Kenton, Stan; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Jaffee, Michael; Litton, James; Temirkanov, Yuri; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Choir of King's College Cambridge; Waverly Consort

During the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season we often lose track of the meaning of Christmas. Whether it is the excitement of the...continue...

A Festival of Christmas Carols

1 CD / Metro Music / 2010-10-05

Works: Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis); Fr...
Performers: Battiwalla, Darius; Doyle, John [Celtic]; Marshall, Richard

From the Salvation Army Band comes this "Festival of Christmas Carols" including such favorites as The Christmas Song, Jingle Bells, Have Yourself a Merry Little...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Winter Classics

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-01-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Henry Purcell: Fair...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bonney, Barbara; Cole, Natalie; George, Michael; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hampson, Thomas; Larmore, Jennifer; Linden, Joost van der; Lutz, David; Martineau,...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Koopman, Ton; Redel, Kurt; Masur, Kurt; Legrand, Michel; Pohjola, Erkki; Jennings, Joseph; Lazarev, Alexander; Serebrier, José; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Davis,...
Ensemble: ; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra; Concentus Musicus Wien; I Solisti Veneti; Les Arts Florissants; Munich Pro Arte Orchestra; New York Philharmonic...

The Wonder of Christmas / Mormon Tabernacle Choir, et al

1 CD / Mormon Tabernacle / 2008-09-30

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Christmas Traditional: Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (French); The First Nowell (English); Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella...
Performers: Bloom, Claire; Christiansen, Clay; Elliott, Richard [Organ]; Fleming, Renee; Lansbury, Angela; Longhurst, John; McDonald, Audra; Terfel, Bryn; Von Stade, Frederica; Waldron, Tom
Conductors: Jessop, Craig D.; Wilberg, Mack [Composer]; Cronkite, Walter
Ensemble: ; Bells on Temple Square; Orchestra at Temple Square

As part of their annual Christmas music tradition, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square perform a series of Christmas concerts in the...continue...

The Ultimate Classical Christmas / Ma, Domingo, Battle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-10-23

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); O du fröhliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit, carol (tune "O Sanctissima"); We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English); Jo...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bell, Joshua; Bolton, Michael; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Church, Charlotte [Vocals]; Domingo, Placido; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Huang, Ying; Koopman, Ton; Ma, Yo-Yo...
Conductors: Edwards, Sian; Sutej, Vjekoslav; Previn, Andre; ; Stern, Michael; Mercurio, Steven; Koopman, Ton; Ormandy, Eugene; Ottley, Jerold D.; Williams, John
Ensemble: ; Wynton Marsalis Septet

Includes work(s): medley: the christmas song / have yoursel by various composers....continue...

Christmas Choral Classics /Crouch End Festival Chorus, et al

1 CD / Silva America / 2007-10-09

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Eddie Pola: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year; Hugh Martin: Meet Me in St. Louis; Felix Bernard: Winter Wonderland; Lowell Mason: ...
Conductors: Bateman, Paul
Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Christmas Time Is Here

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: Kevin Norbury: Work(s); Steve Nelson: Frosty the Snowman; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis); Erik Leidzen: The Herald Angels, for b...
Performers: Gramercy Brass; Johnson, Rich; Morden, Max
Conductors: Lambert, John Henry; Morden, Max
Ensemble: Faith Bell Ringers

Full performer name: Gramercy Brass/John Henry Lambert.

Gramercy Brass includes: Max Morden (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, percussion); John Henry Lambert (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Brad Sir...continue...

Christmas Rhapsody - John Bayless

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; I'll be home for Christmas; O come, O come Emmanuel; The first nowell; Sweet little Jesus boy; Away in a manger; What chi...
Performers: Bayless, John

"I have often wondered why classical piano virtuosos have never recorded their own arrangements of Christmas carols. John Bayless has filled this void with an...continue...

A KDFC Classical Christmas 3

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Traditional: Gabriel's message; Sans Day Carol; In dulci jubilo; King Jesus hath a garden; Fum, fum, fum; The first nowell; Angels from the realms of glory; ...
Performers: Bakkila, Ted; Baun, Nancy; Bloss, Michael; Botto, Louis; Bower, Michael; Burdick, Owen; Eaken, John; Freeman, Kevin; Hosea, Fred; Johnston, Raymond; Keller, Mark; Larsen, Terry; Maund, Peter; Pö...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas; ; Burdick, Owen; Krcek, Jaroslav; Scribner, Norman; Edison, Noel; McMane, Susan; George, Vance; Hunt, Donald; Hayman, Richard; Botto, Louis; Sutherland, Gavin; Sackett, Andrew; Bre...
Ensemble: American Bach Soloists; Berkeley Chamber Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Chanticleer; Eaken Piano Trio; Elora Festival Singers; Philharmoni...

Simple Gifts

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-12-13

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, O...

A Christmas Angel

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-11-29

Works: Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; The First Nowell (English); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); John Francis Wade: O Come,...

Christmas with the University of Texas at Austin Trombone Choir

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2005-11-02

Works: Christmas Traditional: Wassail Song ("Here We Come a-Wassailing"), carol (a.k.a. "Here We Come a-Caroling"); Coventry Carol (2); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); What Child Is This? (Greensle...
Conductors:
Ensemble: University of Texas at Austin Trombone Choir

White Christmas

1 CD / Amerimusic Inc. / 2004-09-21

Works: Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); Jolly Old St. Nicholas (American); The Twelve Days of Christmas; We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English); O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); John...
Performers: Jimerson, Douglas; Noble, Paul Theo; Washington Men's Camerata; Washington Philharmonic Orchestra; Washington, Baby; Washington, Kenny; Washington, Larry; Washington, Maureen

Recording information: Harmony Hall, Ft. Washington, MD (2003)....continue...

Follow That Star / Peter Dijkstra, The Gents

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2003-11-01

Works: Peter Gritton: Follow That Star, for vocal ensemble; Christmas Traditional: Gaudete Christus est natus (Piae Cantiones 1582); Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming) (Alte geistlich...
Performers: Dijkstra, Peter; Gents, The; Minakov, Maksym; Minakov, Maxym
Conductors: Dijkstra, Peter
Ensemble: Marimba Quartet Carrefour; Rubens Quartet

This selection is a Hybrid Multichannel Super Audio CD. The Stereo Hybrid SACD program can be played on any standard compact disc player. The DSD Surround and Stereo programs require an SACD player fo...continue...

Christmas Favorites / Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-09-09

Works: John Frederic Coots: Santa Claus is comin' to town; Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Album pour enfants, Op. 39; Johnny Marks: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Felix Bernard: Win...
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops

In dulci jubilo - Holiday Music of the Notre Dame Glee Club

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2002-09-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); The Gloucester Wassail Song ("Wassail! wassail all over the town!"), carol; There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); Es ist ein Ros ents...
Performers: Dean, Brian

The Three Tenors Christmas / Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-10-31

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Vittoriano Benvenuti: Ave Maria, dol...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano; Three Tenors, The
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: Gumpoldskirch Boys Choir; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

This latest release by the "Three Tenors", Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti, is their first-ever Christmas release together. On December 17, at the United Center in...continue...
This recording is also available in Minidisc format.

The Three Tenors congregate once again to celebrate Christmas on this festive holiday collection. This is just standard Christmas fare as fa...continue...

A Classic Christmas For Your Family

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-07-01

Works: Unspecified: A Merry Christmas Sing-Along; Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride; Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67; Victor Herbert: Babes in Toyland; Ch...
Performers: CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Philharmonia Virtuosi; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic
Conductors: Hayman, Richard; Brion, Keith; Walter, Alfred; Breiner, Peter; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anthony

The Naxos label offers A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS FOR YOUR FAMILY, a varied program with selections culled from several holiday titles in their vast catalog.

Perennial favorites such as "Jingle Bells,...continue...

The Christmas Bells of San Sylmar / Tom Hazleton

1 CD / Klavier / 2000-01-01

Works: Irving Berlin: White Christmas; Traditional: Greensleeves; The first nowell; Still, still, still; Jay Livingston: Silver Bells; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Johnny M...
Performers: Hazleton, Thomas

A Christmas Festival with Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-10-01

Works: Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival; Sleigh Ride; Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Felix Bernard: Winter Wonderland; Leon Jessel: Parade der Zinnsoldaten, Op. 123; Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer ...
Performers: Hirt, Al; Krips, Alfred; Litwin, Leo
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Arthur Fiedler Chorus; Arthur Fiedler Orchestra; Boston Pops

Christmas Wonderland / Vänskä, Laulupuu Choir, Lahti SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-11-05

Works: Georg Joseph Vogler: Hosanna zu Davids Sohn; Jean Sibelius: Christmas Songs (5), Op. 1; Otto Kotilainen: The Sparrow's Christmas; Jarkko Kiiski: The Language of Christmas; Felix Bernard: Winter Wonde...
Performers: Heinonen, Ari; Hirvikangas, Jukka; Lidsle, Harri; Pietiläinen, Pauli
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Laulupuu Choir Lahti

Christmas by the Bay / George, San Francisco Symphony Chorus

1 CD / Delos / 1998-01-01

Works: Traditional: The first nowell; Deck the hall; O come, O come Emmanuel; Patapan; It's Christmas again; Wexford Carol; Quelle est cette odeur agréable?; Ya viene la vieja; We wish you a merry Ch...
Performers: Bogios, Chris; Fenstermaker, John; George, Vance; Herbert, David; Hornig, Tom; McCandless, Andrew; Okner, Dave; Rogino, Steven; Sebastian, Pamela; Shapiro, Marc; Solomon, Wayne; Steacy, Micheline; Va...
Conductors: George, Vance
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Chorus

A White Christmas with Grimethorpe

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-11-19

Works: Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; J. Fred Coots: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town; Felix Bernard: Winter Wonderland; Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride, arranged for band; Bob Geldof / Midge Ure: Do They Know It's C...

Silent Night- Greatest Hits of Christmas / Mormon Tabernacle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-09-11

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Henry Walford Davies: O little town of Bethlehem; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; O Tannenbaum; George Frederick Handel: Messiah, H...
Conductors: Ottley, Jerold
Ensemble: Columbia Brass Ensemble; Columbia Percussion Ensemble; Mormon Tabernacle Choir

A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert / Battle, Von Stade, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-09-11

Works: Christmas Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas; Work(s); Jester Hairston: Mary's boy child; Pietro Yon: Gesú bambino; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Richard Rodg...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; American Boychoir; Battle, Kathleen; Bennett, Errol "Crusher"; Ensemble; Marsalis, Wynton; Marsalis, Wynton Septet; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Sapo...
Conductors: DeCormier, Robert; Previn, Andre; Marsalis, Wynton
Ensemble: ; American Boychoir; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Wynton Marsalis Septet

Full of fun and humor, this live recording from Carnegie Hall on December 8, 1991 conveys a real sense of "the event". The moods are...continue...
Personnel: Kathleen Battle (soprano, soprano saxophone); Frederica Von Stade (mezzo soprano, soprano saxophone); Nancy Allen (harp); Herbert Harris , Herbert Herbie Harris (soprano saxophone, tenor s...continue...

The Ultimate Christmas Album / Pavarotti, Te Kanawa, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1995-10-17

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas; Good King Wenceslas; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Deck the hall; I saw three ships; The firs...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Blades, James; Clark, Patricia; Corkhill, David; Kendall, William; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pearson, Leslie [keyboard]; Price, Leontyne; Scott, John [Organ]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kan...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Davis, Carl; Willcocks, David, Sir; Guest, George; Squibb, David
Ensemble: Ambrosian Chorus; Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Festival Brass Ensemble; London Voices; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; New Philh...

Home For The Holidays - O Holy Night, White Christmas, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) /

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sheep may safely graze (after Bach's The Hunt Cantata, BWV 208); Felix Bernard: Winte...
Performers: Baun, Nancy; Eaken, John; Whitney, Gloria
Conductors:
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio