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Colonial Christmas

1 CD / Gourd Music / 2011-10-11

Works: John Playford: The Merry Wassail; Drive the cold winter away, dance (from The English Dancing Master); New Year's Eve; Cold and Raw; Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Christ...
Performers: Autumn, Jesse; Burman-Hall, Linda; Evans, Robert [Fiddle]; Grosjean, Deby Benton; Johannesson, Lars; Petrie, Robin; Phillips, Barry [Cello]; Phillips, Shelley; Stiner, Christa; Summers, Sarah-Jane

This recording is a collection of instrumental carols and dances from colonial America. Barry Phillips, cellist is joined by musicians performing a variety of music...continue...
Recording information: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA....continue...

Best 100 Carols

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); O...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Charlesworth, Stephen; Chilcott, Bob; Clarvis, Paul;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Rutter, John; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Tunick, Jonathan; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hughes, O...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

2007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time...continue...

Christmas Carols / Andrew Parrott, The Taverner Consort

4 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: William Billings: Methinks I See a Heavenly Host; A Virgin Unspotted; John Foster: While shepherds watched their flocks by night (A 2nd Collection of Sacred Music. York, ca. 1820); Joan Cererols: Mar...
Performers: Ardagh-Walter, Patrick; Blackadder, David; Bonner, Tessa; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Carolan, Lucy; Carroll, Paul; Charlesworth, Stephen; Consort, Taverner; Cooper, Peter [violin]; Daniels, C...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players