Redner, Lewis

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, André; Skota, Kimmy [Vocals]
Conductors: Rieu, André

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...

I Wonder as I Wander / Rutter, Vaughn Williams, Chilcott, Nixon, Howells, Jones, Mendelssohn, Preston, Cooman / Brian Jones, The Copley Singers / Christian Lane, organ and piano

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2012-11-13

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Carl Rütti: I Wonder as I Wander, for choir & organ; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film ...
Performers: Jones, Brian; Lane, Christian [Organ]; Malkus, Sean [Tenor Vocal]; McCullough, Graeme; Moyer, Sarah [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Jones, Brian
Ensemble: ; The Copley Singers

"I wander as I wander" was recorded at Harvard Memorial Church with the Copley Singers, a professional choir under the direction of Brian Jones (who...continue...
Recording information: Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2012-06-11_2012-06-12&2012-)....continue...

Christmas From Saint Louis / Saint Louis Chamber Chorus

1 CD / Regent Records / 2012-09-11

Works: Virgil Thomson: Scenes from the Holy Infancy According to Saint Matthew, for tenor, baritone, bass & chorus; O My Deir Hert, carol for chorus; Richard Storrs Willis: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; Pa...
Performers: Brader, Jonathan; Chapman, Mary; Garrett, Jon; Grames, Charles; Harkey, James; Hewitt, Jay Thomas; Reeves, Brian [Choir Director]; Ruggles, Nathan
Conductors: Barnes, Philip
Ensemble: ; Saint Louis Chamber Chorus

Recording information: Our Lady of Sorrows Church, St. Louis, MO (02/20/2011-02/23/2011)....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

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...

Spirit of the Season / London Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Immergent / 2008-10-14

Works: Christmas Traditional: Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians Now Rejoice"); O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella ("Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle...
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

You'll get in a holiday mood with great tracks such as O Christmas Tree, O Little Town of Bethlehem, We Three Kings, Fum Fum Fum,...continue...

Christmas Memories

1 CD / Immergent / 2008-10-14

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem; Richard Storrs Willis: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Christmas Trad...
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra; Nashville Childrens Chorus

11 tracks to inspire holiday nostalgia including O Come All Ye Faithful, Silent Night, We Wish You a Merry Christmas and others....continue...

Home for the Holidays / London Philharmonic Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Immergent / 2008-10-14

Works: Christmas Traditional: Wassail Song ("Here We Come a-Wassailing"), carol (a.k.a. "Here We Come a-Caroling"); While by my sheep (Christmas Hymn); Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer Boy "Carol of t...
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Victorian Christmas for Brass

1 CD / Orfeo / 2006-11-21

Works: Recorded Sound: Bells of St. Andrew's Church - Christmas Bells at Sea; Arthur Sullivan: Hearken unto me, anthem for chorus & organ; It came upon the midnight clear, for chorus (NOT a setting of "Noel...
Performers: Backes, Constanze
Conductors:
Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres

Noël - 25 Hymns of Christmas / William Neil

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-08-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Johann Schop: Brich ...
Performers: Neil, William [Organ]

Even though the Christmas season is still a ways off, here is an outstanding disc to consider getting on hand a bit early! These works...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...

In Heavenly Peace

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-08-31

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und...
Performers: Niedt, Douglas

Personnel: Douglas Niedt (guitar).

Recording information: Niedt Records, Studio B....continue...

A Classical Guitar Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2002-12-17

Works: Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Angels We Have Heard on High; The First Nowell (English); We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English); Wassail Song...
Performers: Hammer, Charles

The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Magnificat in D major, BWV 243; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Felix Mend...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Blegen, Judith; Carolan, Lucy; Deutsch, Helmut; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen; Finucane, Tom; Hadda, Natanja; Horne, Marilyn; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Kirkby, Emma; Lagoya, Alexa...
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Mercurio, Steven; Rilling, Helmuth; Ottley, Jerold; Condie, Richard P.; ; Radu, Valentin; Parrott, Andrew; Bernstein, Leonard; Zukerman, Pinchas; Bernius, Frieder; Newman, Anthony; M...
Ensemble: Ama Deus Ensemble; Ambrosian Singers; American Boychoir; Canadian Brass; Chestnut Brass Company; Choral Guild of Atlanta Brass Ensemble; Christmas Concert Choir; Cleveland Orchestra Brass Ensemble; C...

Favourite Hymns / Nicholas, Abbey School Choir

1 CD / Guild / 2001-07-31

Works: Hubert Parry: Jerusalem; Dear Lord and Father of Mankind; Francis Stanfield: Sweet Sacrament Divine; Daniel L. Schutte: I, the Lord of sea and sky (Here I am, Lord), hymn; Richard Runciman Terry: Har...
Performers: Tewkesbury Abbey School Choir

Personnel: Stuart Jones (treble).

Recording information: Tewkesbury Abbey (03/13/2001-03/15/2001)....continue...

A New Century Christmas - New Century Saxophone Quartet

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2000-11-01

Works: Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); What Child Is This? (Greens...
Conductors:
Ensemble: New Century Saxophone Quartet

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 Festival of Carols / Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-10-01

Works: Traditional: In dulci jubilo; Patapan; O come, O come Emmanuel; Go tell it on the mountain; O Sanctissimus; Fum, fum, fum; March of the Kings; My dancing day; What child is this?; Un flambeau, Jeanne...
Performers: Arnold, Robert; Chernet, Al
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale; Robert Shaw Orchestra

Dream Season - The Christmas Harp / Yolanda Kondonassis

1 CD / Telarc / 1997-09-23

Works: Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); The First Nowell (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); O Sleep, My Pretty Baby, carol (...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Konje, Jurij; Konje, Yuri

"With 'Dream Season,' I set out to assemble a collection of carols that would capture some of the tranquillity, warmth, innocence, and optimism that make...continue...
Personnel: Yolanda Kondonassis (harp); Jurij Konje (percussion).

Recording information: Lenna Hall, Chautauqua, NY (03/24/1997-03/28/1997).

Dream Season: The Christmas Harp is an enchan...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...

Leonard Bernstein - The Joy of Christmas

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-09-16

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Twelfth Night Song (traditional Russian); The Twelve Days of Christmas; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); La...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Bernstein leads the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in this entertaining, sophisticated and merry collection. Tracks include "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "O Little To...continue...

The Sounds of Christmas on Guitar / Giovanni De Chiaro

1 CD / Centaur / 1995-08-25

Works: Traditional: Carol of the Bells; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Jule Styne: Let It Snow!; John Newton: Amazing grace; Mel Tormé: The Chris...
Performers: De Chiaro, Giovanni

A Little Christmas Music / King's Singers, Te Kanawa

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1989-11-25

Works: Traditional: Here we come a-wassailing; We wish you a merry Christmas; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Boar's Head Carol; Gaudete, Christus est natu...
Performers: Fullbrook, Charles; Hickox, Richard; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Brass Quintet; City of London Sinfonia; King's Singers

A Christmas Celebration / Kathleen Battle, Leonard Slatkin

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1986-10-01

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Traditional: Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle; Fum, fum, fum; I saw three ships; The first nowell; Th...
Performers: Allen, Barbara; Allen, Nancy; Battle, Kathleen; Mims, George; Wolinsky, Robert
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Harlem Boys Choir; New York Choral Artists; Orchestra of St. Luke's

The beloved soprano Kathleen Battle lends her angelic voice to these traditional holiday favorites with gentle ease, and the lush, often symphonic arrangements support her...continue...

A Festival of Carols in Brass / Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1986-09-29

Works: Traditional: Deck the hall; Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle; The first nowell; Angels we have heard on high; O sanctissima "Sicilian Mariners"; O Tannenbaum; O come, O come Emmanuel; Good King Wence...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

This may be one of the most played Christmas albums in the malls and stores accross American during the holiday season. You've probably heard selections...continue...