Shaw, Geoffrey

The 50 Most Essential Christmas Masterpieces

3 CD / X5 Group / 2011-10-25

Works: Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis); George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel...
Performers: Doll, Susanne; Ponti, Michael; Verhey, Emmy
Conductors: Arp, Klaus; Francis, Alun; Shaw, Robert; ; Beissel, Heribert; Suzuki, Masaaki; Tcherkasov, Gennady; Parry, David
Ensemble: ; Bach Collegium Japan; Caffé Concerto Ensemble; Camerata Antonio Luco; Musica Antiqua New York

This album gives you the most beloved Christmas songs to lively up the holiday. There are many ways to celebrate the wonder of Christmas, &...continue...

Sing We Now of Christmas / Taylor Festival Choir, Eric Whitacre

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Work(s); In the Bleak Midwinter (Welsh); Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Covent...
Performers: Carroll, Liz; Conant, Susan; Doyle, John [Celtic]; Hightower, Mark; Ivory, Beth; Jobe, Richard; Khoma, Natalia; Lee, Benjamin; Mallon, Danny; Masie, Matt [Percussion]; Miller, Kori; Robertson, Kim; T...
Conductors: Taylor, Robert

The Taylor Festival Choir offers an annual Celtic Christmas presentation in Charleston, South Carolina and with this recording, brings it into the listener's living room....continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, South C (2010-06-17&2010-06-19&2010-)....continue...

Christmas Carols of Vaughan Williams / Cardiff Festival Choir

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-11-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Hereford Carol, for choir; While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night (unspecified tune); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Snow in the Street ("From far away we come to you"), carol ...
Performers: Court, Robert
Conductors: Hughes, Owain Arwel
Ensemble: Cardiff Festival Choir

One of the most famous choirs in the world for hymn singing join forces with Owain Arwel Hughes who's name is synonymous with large scale...continue...
Recording information: Cardiff University (06/1995/11/1995)....continue...

Alfred Deller - The Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 3 - Christmas Carols & Motets

4 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-10-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: Pat-a-Pan (Burgundian); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Coventry Carol (2); Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582); Hajej, nynej, Jezishku (Rocking Carol) (Czech); The First Nowe...
Performers: Deller, Alfred
Conductors:
Ensemble: Deller Consort

Alfred Deller set the standard for countertenors for many years. His voice was very light with a wonderful lyric quality. He was most effective in...continue...

Sweet Music of Christmas / Morrow, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-23

Works: Christmas Traditional: Il est né, le divin enfant (French); Of the Father's heart begotten (A Christmas Procession); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; I Wonder As I Wande...
Performers: Holt, Lisa Roane; Koch, Laura; Wiles, John; Young, Kaycee
Conductors: Morrow, James
Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers

The University of Texas Chamber Singers have been one of the premiere North American collegiate choral ensembles for nearly half a century, having been organized...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...

Christmas Goes Baroque Vol. 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1993-09-24

Works: Traditional Spiritual: Glorious Kingdom ("The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy"); Christmas Traditional: Away in a Manger; O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Angels We Have Heard on Hi...
Performers: Breiner, Peter
Conductors: Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

Recording information: Reformed Church, Budapest, Hungary (05/16/1993-05/19/1993)....continue...

Christmas Music / Sund, Orphei Drängar

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1991-11-01

Works: Georg Joseph Vogler: Hosanna zu Davids Sohn; Ruben Liljefors: När det lider mot jul; Gustaf Nordqvist: Jul, jul stralande jul; Traditional: Bereden väg för herran; Hodie Christus natus...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; Hogman, Christina; Mattei, Peter
Conductors: Sund, Robert
Ensemble: Orphei Drängar