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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...

The Top 20 Christmas Carols

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-12-07

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; John ...
Performers: Blades, James; Bradley, Jonathan; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Drury, David; Kenny, Yvonne; Lang, Genevieve; McMahon, Paul; Miller, David [Piano]; Riley, Catherin...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Sexton, Timothy; Willcocks, David; Leighton-Jones, Michael; Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett; Stanhope, David; Guest, George; Dyer, Paul

Christmas with the London Brass

1 CD / Teldec / 2010-10-26

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Michael Praetorius: Musae Sioniae; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emman...
Performers: London Brass
Conductors: Harvey, Roger

Recording information: St. Barnabas Church, Woodside Park (04/1990).

Thanks to its lush arrangements and warm spirit, Christmas with the London Brass is an ideal holiday album for fans of symph...continue...

Christmas from York

1 CD / Regent Records / 2010-10-12

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); The Holly and the Ivy (English); The Lord at first did Adam make; The Angel...
Performers: Colson, Ian; Croyle, John; Marshall, Billy [Vocals]; O'Gorman, Christopher; Whiteley, John Scott [Organ]

A selection of carols that might be heard if you were among the 4,000 people who attend the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in...continue...
Recording information: York Minister (02/05/2009-02/13/2009)....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...

The John Rutter Christmas Album / The Cambridge Singers

1 CD / Collegium / 2007-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Sans Day Carol; I Wonder As I Wander (American); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Deck the Halls...
Performers: Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Holton, Ruth; Rutter, John; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia

"Over the years John Rutter's Christmas recordings with his outstanding Cambridge Singers have become essential components of holiday tradition for choral music fans around the...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London, England (04/1985-06/2002); The Great hall Of University College School, London, En (04/1985-06/2002)....continue...

The Gifts of Christmas / Heidi Grant Murphy, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Long Ago in Bethlehem (Moravian); Little Jesus Sweetly Sleep; The Two Shepherd Boys; Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming) (Alte...
Performers: Clark, Richard Auldon; Murphy, Heidi Grant; Murphy, Kevin

What Good News The Angels Bring! - An Old Salem Christmas

1 CD / Raven Records / 2006-12-01

Works: Anonymous: What Good news, for choir & 2 clarinets; Theodor Liley Clemens: All Silent Was the Night, hymn for chorus; Karl Gottfried Löwe: O Most Gracious, Welcome Child, for choir; James Boerin...
Performers: Andrews, Kolin; Bates, Allison; Beattie, Barbara C.; Campbell, Sarah; Carden, Savannah; Carpenter, W. Scott; Dangerfield, Laura; Grant, Lucas; McDuff, Brianna; Workman, Charity
Conductors: Bates, James

Christmas in Old Salem is filled with rich and unique traditions. Visitors to town during the holiday season find their senses aroused by the scents...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...

Candlelight Carols: Jul med Alimanna Sangen

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-10-01

Works: Gunnar Wennerberg: Psalm 24 "Gören portarna höga" ("Make High the Gates"), hymn; Ivar Widéen: Gläs över sjö och strand; Hugo Alfvén: Work(s); Jean Sibelius: We Ask ...

KDFC - A Classical Christmas 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-09

Works: J. Scott Irvine: A Hannaford Christmas Flourish; Christmas Traditional: Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella ("Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle"); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Sans Day Carol; No&...
Performers: Bodnar, Nina; Burdick, Owen; Delmoni, Arturo [Violin]; Fenstermaker, John; Howard, Leslie; Lipkina, Natasha; Nishizaki, Takako; Rosen, Nathaniel; Shapiro, Marc [Piano]
Conductors: ; George, Vance; Bartle, Jean Ashworth; Krcek, Jaroslav; Lenárd, Ondrej; Antal, Mátyás; Breiner, Peter; Baker, Martin; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Edison, Noel; Burdick, Owen
Ensemble: ; Aureole Trio; Baltimore Consort; Capella Istropolitana; Elora Festival Singers; Hannaford Street Silver Band; Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; San Francisco S...

Our Dancing Day / The Memphis Boy Choir & Chamber Choir

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2004-09-01

Works: Michael Praetorius: Psallite unigenito; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Edgar Pettman: A Carol of Adoration, for chorus; John Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Benjamin Britten:...
Performers: Austin, Libby; Compton, William; Guest, George; Happ, Alexander; Kreitner, Mona; Krieger, William; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Lensch, Kristin; Memphis Boychoir; Nelson, Randall; Peyronnin, Addie; Simmons, ...
Conductors: Ayer, John
Ensemble: ; Memphis Brass Ensemble

Personnel: Kristin Lensch (soprano, organ); Mona Kreitner, Addie Peyronnin, Libby Austin, Deborah Smith, Betty Page (soprano); William Compton, James Peebles, Adrian Killebrew, James Brinson, Gannon W...continue...

A Feast of Christmas Carols / Lancelot, Nicholas, et al

4 CD / Priory / 2002-12-01

Works: Christopher Steel: People, look east; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Johann Sebastian Bach: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her, BWV 700; In dulci jubilo; Traditional: Nowell; God rest ye merry,...
Performers: Layton, Stephen; Taylor, Neil; Whiteley, John Scott; Wright, Keith
Conductors: Lancelot, James; Moore, Philip; Nicholas, Michael [Cond.]; Wright, Peter
Ensemble: Durham Cathedral Choir; Norwich Cathedral Choir; Southwark Cathedral Choir; York Minster Choir

John Rutter Collection / Rutter, Cambridge Singers and London Sinfonia

1 CD / Decca / 2002-11-12

Works: John Rutter: For the Beauty of the Earth, for chorus & orchestra; Requiem; All Things Bright and Beautiful for chorus & orchestra; Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Lord bless you and keep you; Open Thou Mine E...
Performers: Ashton, Caroline; Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia; Forbes, Patricia; Orton, Stephen
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia

Personnel: Caroline Ashton (soprano).

Recording information: Great Hall of University College School, London, Englan; Henry Wood Hall, London, England; Seldon Hall, Elstree, Hertfordshire, Engl...continue...

Along the Road to Bethlehem

1 CD / CBC Records / 2001-06-25

Works: John Rutter: Star Carol; Jesus Christ, for chorus & orchestra; Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings; Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Joseph, lieber Jose...
Performers: Dorsey, Richard; Henderson, Ruth Watson; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Katie Wylde; Kent, David; Toronto Children's Chorus

Personnel: Chelsey Schill (soprano); Ben Heppner (tenor); Judy Loman (harp); Wendy Rose, Jacques Israelievitch, Marc-Andre Savoie, My Hyon Kim, Miho Hashizume, Carol Fujino, Paul Meyer (violin); Chri...continue...

Christmas with the Spivey Hall Children's Choir

1 CD / Aca Digital / 2000-09-01

Works: John Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Donkey Carol; Angels' Carol; Pauline Delmonte: Stars Are for Those Who Lift Their Eyes, Christmas carol; Harri Wessman: Vesi väsyy lumen alle (Water under sno...
Performers: Farmer, Katherine; Mason, Judy Kerlin; Murphy, Elizabeth; Rigel, Nella; Spivey Hall Children's Choir
Conductors: Shaw, Martha
Ensemble: Spivey Hall Children's Choir

Personnel: Monique Smith, Emily Wilson, Sherri Griffin (vocals); Nella Rigell (harp); Elizabeth Murphy (cello).

Recording information: Spivey Hall (12/21/1998/12/23/1998)....continue...

Silent Night - 25 Carols of Peace and Tranquility

1 CD / Decca / 1999-10-19

Works: Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Harold Edwin Darke: In the bleak mid-winter; Traditional: Child in the Manger; Cradle Song; Born on earth the Divine Christ child; Suo Gan; In dulci jubilo; The infa...
Performers: Atkinson, Lynton; Bowen, John; Briggs, David; Briggs, David [Organ]; Choir of St. John's Church, Elora; Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Cambridge; Cleobury, Stephen; Haynes, Simon; Hitch, Mary; Hugh...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Rutter, John; Guest, George; Willcocks, David; Willcocks, David, Sir; Hill, David
Ensemble: ; Clare College Choir; Clare College Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge; Winchester Cathedral Choir

"Silent Night" is a collection of 25 peaceful and tranquil Christmas Carols. This is the perfect music to be played after a holiday dinner or...continue...
Silent Night: 25 Carols of Peace & Tranquility delivers just what the title promises: a relaxing collection of traditional holiday songs like "Away in a Manger," "Rocking," and "In Dulci Jubilo," perf...continue...

Ave Maris Stella / Kristina Stobaeus, Torsten Holmberg

1 CD / Swedish Society Discofil / 1998-10-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Ave maris stella, EG 150; John Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Anonymous: Nesem Vam noviny, Bohemian Christmas Song; Gaude Maria virgo; Ballade de Jesus-Christ; Bred dina vida vingar (Sp...

James Galway's Christmas Carol / Royal Philharmonic

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Sheep may safely graze (after Bach's The Hunt Cantata, BWV 208); Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Franz Xa...
Performers: Birch, John; Galway, James
Conductors: Galway, James; Griffiths, Barry
Ensemble: BBC Singers; Canterbury Children's Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Gaudete / Härlig är Jorden

1 CD / Proprius / 1993-05-19

Works: Christmas Traditional: Work(s); Låt oss fröjdas (Let Us Rejoice), carol (Swedish); Ordet är nu vordet kött (The Word Is Now Made Flesh), carol (Swedish); Gladelig vi nu sjüng...
Performers: Bergstrom, Ulf; Hagegard, Hakan; Haggmarl, Anita; Langebo, Karin; Ohrwall, Anders; Olsson, Ingrid; Petersen, Alf; Rondin, Mats; Ronneback, Tore; Sandstrom, Yngve; Tornros, Anita

Candelight Carols / Jones, Choir of Trinity Church Boston

1 CD / Decca / 1990-10-16

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; John Rutter: Candlelight Carol; Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; The first nowell; What is this lovely fragrance?; King Jesus hath a garden; ...
Performers: DiPerna, Gary; Frederick Aldrich [French Horn]; Matthew Sonneborn; Michael Zion; Nomura, Christopher; Nomura, Christopheren; Oakes, Dana; Offenlock, Gary; Ranck, John; Raymond, Gloria; Ross Wood; Rut...
Conductors: Jones, Brian
Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble; Trinity Church Choir, Boston

Candlelight Carols features the Trinity Church Choir performing a variety of holiday favorites. Featured performances include "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Candlelight Carol," "Carol of the Bells," and "...continue...