Hairston, Jester

December Lights

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-12-11

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American); Sleep Little Jesus (Slaap nu...
Performers: Louwerse, Mirusia; Maffioletti, Carla; Rieu, Andre; Skota, Kimmy [Vocals]
Conductors: Rieu, André

Waltzing at Christmas & New Year

3 CD / Delta (UK) / 2012-11-06

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; André Rieu: The First Nowell / Il est né, le divin enfant / Ding Dong! Merrily on High, medley for violin & salo; Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen / Gloria in exc...
Performers: Rieu, Andre
Conductors: Francek, Joseph; Neukamp, Norbert

Essential Carols - Over 2 hours of timeless Christmas favorites

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; The Holly and the Ivy (English); While...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Clarvis, Paul; Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kampen, Christopher van;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Rutter, John; Hughes, Owain Arwel; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Handford, Maurice

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Joy to the World / US Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants, Lowell E Graham

1 CD / Klavier / 2012-08-28

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Frank Weldon: Christmas in Killarney, song; Pietro Yon: Gesú bambino; Alfred Reed: Russian Christmas Music; Christmas Traditional: Christmas Medley; God Rest You ...
Performers: Adams, Aubrey; Adcock, William [Trumpet]; Colleran, Russell; Defranchi, Alexis; Farwig, David; James Cavanaugh / John Redmond / Nat Simon; Kadison, Erica M.; LaDuke, Lance; Maloy, Thomas; Nokes, Davi...
Conductors: Graham, Lowell E
Ensemble: United States Air Force Band; United States Air Force Singing Sergeants

Recording information: Hylton Memorial Chapel, Woodbridge, VA (11/17/1997-11/21/1997)....continue...

Home for Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-12-27

Works: Christmas Traditional: Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet); Who's that baby?; Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians Now Rejoice"); I Have Seen the Light, for chorus; Still, Still, ...
Performers: Story, Jonathan

Recording information: Arkansas Best PAC in Fort Smith, AR & Arends Arts Cente....continue...

Snowflakes: A Classical Christmas

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-11-03

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Leigh Harline: Pinocchio; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); God Rest You Merry, Gentl...
Performers: Baadsvik, Oystein
Conductors: Wigum, Torodd

Recording information: Trondheim, Norway (05/2011)....continue...

Awake the Dawn

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-10-25

Works: John Tebay: Psalm 87, for chorus & piano; David L. Brunner: Cloth of Glory, for chorus & piano; John Rutter: Be Thou My Vision for chorus, organ & orchestra; Charles Villiers Stanford: When Mary thro...
Performers: Clements, James; Jacobs, Sonya; Thoreson, Deborah; Wiram, Kristen; Yang, Guang

Recording information: Spivey Hall, Clayton State University (05/24/2011/05/26/2011)....continue...

Happy Birthday Jesus!

1 CD / Sacral Import / 2010-07-27

Works: John Leavitt: Dashing Through the Snow (A Jingle Bell Spectacular), for chorus, bells & piano; Christmas Traditional: Süsser die Glocken nie klingen, carol (Austrian); Leise rieselt der Schnee, ...
Performers: Ascher, Christian; Ascher, Cornelia; D'A Chor; PreiB, Thomas
Conductors: PreiB, Thomas

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...
Recording information: Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg (07/2006)....continue...

Psalms, Hymns, Spiritual Songs

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-09-22

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Cantate Domino; Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via; Gordon Jacob: Brother James's air; Hugo Distler: Praise the Lord with a New Song; Eric Nelson: Come Thou Fount of Ever...
Performers: Cleveland, Kathleen; Hoffman, Bob; Woodard, Lavert

Winter / Daniel Hughes, The Choral Project, et al

1 CD / Clarion / 2009-01-01

Works: Dominick Argento: The Masque of Angels, opera; Samuel Scheidt: Puer natus in Bethlehem; Christmas Traditional: Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella ("Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle"); Franz Biebl: Ave ...
Performers: Adams, Maly; Atwood, Jonathan; Boyer, Philip; Byron, Keith; Dahlberg, Robin; Dahlberk, Robin; Dowd, Rob; Harris, Juanita; Hughes, Marc; Hughes, Marc [Percussion]; Jogalekar, Prasad; Johnson, Galt; Jo...
Conductors: Hughes, Daniel; Turner, Barbara Day
Ensemble: Santa Fe Chamber Orchestra; Silicon Valley Gay Men's Chorus; The Choral Project

What a Mighty God: Spirituals and Gospels for Christmas

1 CD / Clarion / 2009-01-01

Works: Jack Halloran: Witness, for chorus; Brazeal W. Dennard: Hush, Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name, arr. for chorus; André Thomas: Death Is Gonna Lay His Cold Icy Hands on Me, arr. for chorus & pian...
Performers: Bohn, James; Bohn, James [bass]; Brunelle, Philip; Burger, Steve; Commodore, Robert; Four, Moore by; Johnson, Gordon; Johnson, Sigrid; Jorgensen, Michael [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Kemper, Charles; Link,...
Conductors: Johnson, Sigrid; Brunelle, Philip
Ensemble: Moore by Four; Plymouth Music Series Ensemble Singers; VocalEssence Ensemble

'What a Mighty God' brings VocalEssence together with the Moore For Four Vocal Jazz Ensemble for a stirring performance of spirituals and rousing gospel melodies,...continue...
Personnel: Philip Brunelle (piano); Connie Evingson, Yolande Bruce, Ginger Commodore, Steve Faison (vocals); Lisa Habeck, Barbara Nelson, Linda Zelig, Jane E. Anderson, Suzanne Henke, Yolanda Williams...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 in Vermont - Pinkham / Vermont Symphony Brass

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-11-01

Works: Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra); Jester Hairston: Mary's boy child; John Iveson: Christmas Crackers, for brass ensemble; Christmas Traditional: No Room in the Inn, carol (English);...
Performers: Brooks, Eric K.; Chesnut-Tangerman, Melissa; Emery, Mark; Grow, Roger; Neiweem, David; Sorg, Andreas

The Counterpoint Chorale and the Vermont Symphony Brass Quintet gave their first holiday concert in 2003 and, after countless requests, here is their first CD....continue...

The Christmas Spirit

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The Holly and the Ivy (English); Work(s); Good King Wen...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Blades, James; Bowen, John; Briggs, David; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; P...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Karajan, Herbert von; Rutter, John; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Jones, Philip; Guest, George; Davis, Carl; Willcocks, David; Munchinger, Karl; Boult, Adrian; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir of Cambridge

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

Deep River - A Program of American Music / Atlanta Singers

1 CD / ACA Digital / 2007-03-01

Works: Jean Berger: My Days are Like an Evening Shadow, for choir; Andrew Bleckner: As a Deer Longs for Flowing Streams (Psalm 42), for choir; Traditional Spiritual: There Is a Balm in Gilead, spiritual; Th...
Performers: Copeland, Rick; Lias, Margaret; Rawson, Jenny; Shaw, Kelly; Thompson, Virginia; Timmerman, Frank; Trainer, DeWayne; Weaver, Donna; Weaver, S. Todd
Conductors: Hinson, Wallace
Ensemble: Atlanta Singers

The Atlanta Singers are a professional vocal ensemble known for their innovative programming and engaging performance style. From their founding 29 years ago by conductor...continue...

A Christmas Nativity

1 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem; Christmas Traditional: I Wonder As I Wander (American); Away in a Manger; Il est né, le divin enfant (French); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Child...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Martineau, Malcolm; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scott, John; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Tebaldi, Renata; Terfel, Bryn; Thalben-Ball, George,...
Conductors: Westenburg, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Music], John Scott [Choral; Bonynge, Richard; Sanchez, Damian; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Rutter, John; Davis, Colin; Willcocks, David; Davis, Carl; Pinnock, Trev...
Ensemble: ; Bilbao Choral Society; Clare College Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; Musica Sacra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; The English Concert; Vienna Singverein

The Nativity, the enchanting and enduring story that tells of the birth of Jesus Christ, is perhaps the best known tale in the history of...continue...

Deep River - Burleigh, Dawson, Hairston, Work / Cantus

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-10-28

Works: Harry: Ezekiel Saw de Wheel; Heav'n, Heav'n; Were You There?; Jubilee Songs of the USA; My Lord, what a mornin'; Jester Hairston: Poor Man Lazarus; Great God A'mighty; In Dat Great Gittin' Up Mornin'...
Performers: Arreola, Brian; Chan, Kelvin; Dunbar, Alan; Erbes, Brad; Hanawalt, Michael; Jordan, Albert; Reinwald, Adam; Takach, Timothy; Zvanovec, Peter

The #1 Christmas Album / Domingo, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Lullaby; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditi...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; Barter, Robin; Blades, James; Briggs, David; Chester Cathedral Choir; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Cambridge; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Cond...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Guadagno, Anton; Munchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Rudel, Julius; Davis, Colin; ; Music], John Scott [Choral; Boskovsky, Willi; Maazel, ...
Ensemble: ; Members of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Personnel: Douglas Gamley (conch shell).

Recording information: 1958-1996....continue...

The All-Star Christmas Album / Battle, Brightman, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Jester Hairston: Mary's boy child; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald an...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Brightman, Sarah; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Carlene; Domingo, Placido; Forsberg, Bengt; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gardiner, John Eliot; Herrick, Christopher [Organ]; ...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Davis, Carl; Karajan, Herbert von; Ocejo, José Luis; Gardiner, John Eliot; Daniel, Paul; Maazel, Lorin; ; Minkowski, Marc; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Marin, Ion
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Singers; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; English Northern Philharmonia; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; London Sym...

Personnel: Ambrosian Singers (vocals); Paul Miles-Kingston (soprano, treble); Sarah Brightman, Kathleen Battle, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano); Bryn Terfel (baritone, b...continue...

Holiday Pops / Keith Lockhart, Boston Pops Orchestra

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-29

Works: Randol Alan Bass: Gloria, for chorus; Angela Morley: Christmas Waltzes, for orchestra; Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Christmas Tradition...
Performers: Boston Pops; Lockhart, Keith [Conductor]; Oswald, Mark; Palsdottir, Eiver; Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Conductors: Lockhart, Keith
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Performing Artists at Lincoln School; Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Personnel: John Wilkins (guitar); Ann Hobson Pilot (harp); Bonnie Bewick, Bo-Youp Hwang, Nancy Bracken, Gottfried Wilfinger, Kelly Barr, Brynn Albanese, Sheila Fiekowsky, Joseph McGauley, Amnon Levy, ...continue...

A Tenors Christmas / Domingo, Pavarotti and Carreras [1997]

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-09-16

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Johnny Marks: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O ...
Performers: Aznavour, Charles; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Domingo, Placido; Kiennast, E.; Kinderchor, Gumpoldskirchner; Pavarotti, Luciano; Three Tenors, The; Tucker, Richard [Ten...
Conductors: Sutej, Vjekoslav; Holdridge, Lee; Osterreicher, Richard; Shepard, Thomas Z.

Personnel: Dionne Warwick, Charles Aznavour (vocals); Plácido Domingo (tenor); José Carreras , Luciano Pavarotti (tenor saxophone).

Recording information: Alte Winterritschuleim Messe...continue...

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: Previn, Andre; DeCormier, Robert; 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...