Torme, Mel

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

Petit Noel / Alain Lefevre, Quatuor Philippe Dunnigan

1 CD / Analekta / 2012-11-27

Works: Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Norbert Glanzberg: Noel c'est l'amour, carol; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis); Mykola Leont...
Performers: Bock, Marieve; Dunnigan, Philippe; Lefevre; Misbakhova, Elvira; Prevost, Christian [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Philippe Dunnigan

Recording information: Saint-Benoît de Mirabel Church (09/2011)....continue...

Let It Snow

1 CD / / 2011-11-29

Works: Barbara Mandrell: It Must Have Been the Mistletoe; Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer Boy "Carol of the Drum"; Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); El Cant dels ocells (Caro...
Performers: Poduska, Heather; Purcell, Elaine

Christmas at the Collection

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-11-29

Works: Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride; Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Christian Elliott: We Need a Little Christmas / Let It Snow, medley for organ; Fred Bock: Fantasia on "On Christmas Night", for organ;...
Performers: Elliott, Christian

Recording information: Nethercutt Collection, Sylmar, CA....continue...

Holidays On The Harp

1 CD / Harp Music To Go / 2011-11-22

Works: Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Angels We Have Heard on High...
Performers: Benjamin, Annie; Miller, Merry [Harp]

Colors Of Christmas / John Rutter - The Bach Choir

1 CD / Decca / 2011-10-24

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Ríu, ríu, chíu; I Wonder As I Wander (American); Gabriel's Message (Basque); Deck the Halls (Welsh); John Rutter: The Colour...
Performers: Birch, John; Blane, Ralph; Webb, Huw
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Colours of Christmas is a collection of the greatest Christmas carols by the composer/conductor whose music has, for many, been so associated with Christmas....continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London / Royal Albert Hall, London (01/2011/04/2011)....continue...

Sound the Bells: A Holiday Celebration / US Army Field Band

1 CD / Altissimo / 2011-09-27

Works: John Williams: Sound the Bells!, fanfare for brass & percussion (or orchestra); English Traditional: Greensleeves, folk song; Randol Alan Bass: Gloria, for chorus; James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; Felix...

Combining the simple beauty of delicate bells, flutes, voices, and harps with trumpets, drums, and piano, this album creates a grand musical experience that demands...continue...
Recording information: Devers Hall, Fort George G. Meade, MD (2008)....continue...

Steinway Christmas Album

1 CD / Steinway & Sons / 2011-09-27

Works: Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride; Percy Grainger: The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol, folk song for piano (BFMS 2); Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); In the Bleak Midwinter (Wel...
Performers: Biegel, Jeffrey

A Steinway Christmas Album - Piano Music for the Season with pianist Jeffrey Biegel might just make the ultimate coffee table, music gift for the...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of The Performing Arts Center, Purchase Co (05/03/2011-05/04/2011).

This modest disc of Christmas music from Steinway is meant to be purchased physically, al...continue...

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...

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

1 CD / Mormon Tabernacle / 2010-09-07

Works: Mack Wilberg: Come, O Come, processional for chorus; Christmas Carols in the Air, for chorus & orchestra; Christmas Traditional: Il est né, le divin enfant (French); The Holly and the Ivy (Engli...
Performers: Cole, Natalie; Elliott, Richard [Organ]; Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Conductors: Deadrick, Gail

2010 holiday release. Each year, the Christmas concert presented by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square is seen by more than 85,000...continue...
Personnel: Andrew Unsworth, Clay Christiansen (organ).

Recording information: Conference Center, Salt Lake City, UT (12/10/2009-12/13/2009); The Conference Center, Salt Lake City, UT (12/10/200...continue...

Mi Navidad / Andrea Bocelli

1 CD / Universal Music / 2009-11-23

Works: Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Christmas Traditional: Gloria in Excelsis Deo; What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); El abeto, carol (Spanish); Tu scendi dalle stelle (Italian); John Frederick Coots: Santa...
Performers: Blige, Mary J.; Blooding, Courtney; Bocelli, Andrea; Bonaviri, Daniele; Colaiuta, Vinnie; Cole, Natalie; Foster, David; Murphy, Maurice; Page, Richard; Parks, Dean

Spanish language version of his 2009 holiday album. 2009 holiday release, the first Christmas album from the superstar vocalist. Includes duets with Reba McEntire, Natalie...continue...

Christmas Songs

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2009-11-06

Works: Moraeus / Bäckman: Koppången; Carl Nielsen: Hymns and Sacred Songs, FS 83; Gustaf Nordqvist: Jul, jul stralande jul; Selim Palmgren: Hosiannah!, carol for chorus; Ingvar Lidholm: Madonnas v...
Performers: Winland, Ida Falk
Conductors:
Ensemble: Linné Brass Quintet

Formed in 1853, the choir Orphei DrAngar (OD) has constantly striven to discover and develop new directions for the male-voice choir, while not neglecting its...continue...
Recording information: Uppsala University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden (02/2009)....continue...

My Christmas

1 CD / Philips / 2009-11-03

Works: Irving Berlin: White Christmas; Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; The Lord's Prayer; What child is this; O Tannenbaum; Cantique de Noel; John Frederic Coots: Santa Claus is coming to town; M...
Performers: Blige, Mary J.; Blooding, Courtney; Bocelli, Andrea; Bonaviri, Daniele; Colaiuta, Vinnie; Cole, Natalie; Foster, David [Composer]; Jenkins, Katherine; McEntire, Reba; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Muppets...
Conductors: Wilberg, Mack

Millions will rejoice this holiday season with the much-anticipated release of Andrea Bocelli's 'My Christmas'. The first-ever live Christmas recording from Andrea is a heart-warming...continue...

Christmas at Spivey Hall / Elizabeth & Raymond Chenault

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride, popular song (with lyrics by Mitchell Parrish); Charles Callahan: Christmas Fantasy, for organ; Paul Lindsley Thomas: Preludes (2) on Christmas Carols, for organ; Philip ...
Performers: Chenault, Elizabeth; Chenault, Raymond

Personnel: Elizabeth & Raymond Chenault (organ); Raymond Chenault (organ)....continue...

Christmas with the Choral Scholars of King's College

1 CD / Quilisma (Loft) / 2009-01-01

Works: Jacobus Handl: Ante luciferum genitus; William Byrd: Gradualia, Volume 2; Ecce advenit Dominator Dominus, motet for 4 voices (SATB); Gregorian Chant: Puer natus in Bethlehem; Christmas Traditional: C...
Performers: Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge

Personnel: Adrienne Kelly, Andrew Kennedy (tenor).

Recording information: Chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge, England (01/18/1998-01/20/1998)....continue...

Noël nouvelet - Mendelssohn, Rutter, Leighton, Lauridsen, Hakim, etc / Backhouse, Filsell, Vasari Singers

1 CD / Guild / 2008-10-14

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Anthems (6), Op. 79; Michael Head: The Little Road to Bethlehem; Bob Chilcott: Shepherd's Carol; Christmas Traditional: Quem pastores laudavere (Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410); Ding ...
Performers: Balzan, Nicola; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; McWilliams, Fiona; Stansfield, Jess; Wood, Matthew
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy
Ensemble: Vasari Singers

The title of this recording translates as new, novel or novelty, so we have a Christmas disc that is traditional but with a fresh, modern...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

Christmas Rhapsody - John Bayless

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; I'll be home for Christmas; O come, O come Emmanuel; The first nowell; Sweet little Jesus boy; Away in a manger; What chi...
Performers: Bayless, John

"I have often wondered why classical piano virtuosos have never recorded their own arrangements of Christmas carols. John Bayless has filled this void with an...continue...

Christmas Star - Carols for the Christmas Season / Rutter

1 CD / Collegium / 2007-10-09

Works: Traditional: Good Christian men, rejoice; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; How great our joy; Angels we have heard on high; Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; What child is th...
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Cambridge Singers; Cambridge Symphony Orchestra

Noël: Autour d'une Guitare

1 CD / ATMA / 2006-11-01

Works: François-Auguste Gevaert: Le Sommeil de L'Enfant Jesus; Lee Holdridge: O Joyful Children; Christmas Traditional: Bel astre que j'adore (Beautiful Star that I Adore), carol (French); El Noi de la...
Performers: Antoun, Carla; Cassidy, Anne-Marie; Gagnon, Claude; Gagnon, Marc; Jacques, David [Classical Guitar]; Legendre-Bilodeau, Sarah; Trotier, Nicole

Unspeakable Joy: The Gift of Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-08-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); The First Nowell (English); Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Leo Sowerby: The Snow Lay on the Ground, H. 309; ...

Noel Patrie: The Christmas Album, Vol. 1

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-12-20

Works: Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Jay Livingston: Silver Bells (for the film The Lemon Drop Kid); Walter Kent: I'll Be Home for Christmas; Katheri...

A Christmas Angel

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-11-29

Works: Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; The First Nowell (English); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); John Francis Wade: O Come,...

Christmas Bells are Swingin'! / Boston Brass, et al

1 CD / Summit Records / 2005-09-13

Works: Traditional: Carol of the Bells; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; Greensleeves; Hugh Martin: Meet Me in St. Louis; Stev...
Conductors: Laverty, John M.
Ensemble: Boston Brass; Syracuse University Wind Ensemble

Boston Brass's first offering of holiday cheer features the signature sound of the group performing holiday selections from around the world....continue...

Follow That Star / Peter Dijkstra, The Gents

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2003-11-01

Works: Peter Gritton: Follow That Star, for vocal ensemble; Christmas Traditional: Gaudete Christus est natus (Piae Cantiones 1582); Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming) (Alte geistlich...
Performers: Dijkstra, Peter; Gents, The; Minakov, Maksym; Minakov, Maxym
Conductors: Dijkstra, Peter
Ensemble: Marimba Quartet Carrefour; Rubens Quartet

This selection is a Hybrid Multichannel Super Audio CD. The Stereo Hybrid SACD program can be played on any standard compact disc player. The DSD Surround and Stereo programs require an SACD player fo...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

Christmas Lights: A New Strand

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2002-12-03

Works: Jule Styne: Let It Snow!; Anonymous: Rocking; Christmas Traditional: Lulajze Jezuniu (Sleep, Little Jesus) (Polish); Away in a Manger; Echo Carol (While By My Sheep), carol (English); Lullaby, My Lit...
Performers: Players, Oakwood Chamber

Christmas Adagios - Holiday Classics to Touch your Heart

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-10-08

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Traditional: O come, O come Emmanuel; Amazing Grace; On ...
Performers: Café; Cunningham, Johnny; De Lancie, John; Douglas, Bill; Douglas, Dave [Piano]; Dunning, Brian; Erquiaga, Steve; Galway, James; Gomez, Eddie [Bass]; Irvine, Maya; Krips, Alfred; Mitchell, Emi...
Conductors: ; Gould, Morton; Ormandy, Eugene; Galway, James; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Salter, Robert; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Guildhall String Ensemble; Morton Gould Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Nightnoise; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orche...

In dulci jubilo - Holiday Music of the Notre Dame Glee Club

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2002-09-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); The Gloucester Wassail Song ("Wassail! wassail all over the town!"), carol; There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); Es ist ein Ros ents...
Performers: Dean, Brian

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

Home for Christmas / Anne Sofie von Otter, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-10-12

Works: Hugh Martin: Meet Me in St. Louis; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; William Mathias: Sweet Was The Song; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Traditional: Tomorro...
Performers: Agnas, Joakim; Agnas, Urban; Bengtson, Jan; Bylund, Jonas; Danielsson, Göran; Forsberg, Bengt; Forsberg, Ulf; Helander, Torbjörn; Henrikson, Leif; Henryson, Svante; Jansson, Bengan; Jansson...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass

"Home for Christmas" is Anne Sofie von Otter's first holiday album. "Home for Christmas" is a rich selection of popular international Christmas songs, including a...continue...

Christmas at the Movies / Michael Chertock

1 CD / Telarc / 1998-09-22

Works: Hugh Martin: Meet Me in St. Louis; Howard Blake: The Snowman; Johnny Marks: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; What child is this?; He is born; Come, thou long expected ...
Performers: Chertock, Michael

Here's a sleeper that could easily be overlooked. All of the music here, performed by a solo pianist, is drawn from the big (or in...continue...

Christmas with Chicago Chamber Brass

1 CD / Crystal Records / 1998-01-02

Works: Henry Purcell: Work(s); George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Christmas Traditional: Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones...
Performers: Cummings, William; Frazier, Richard; Gamble, Steven; Johnson, Paul; Nielsen, Diana; Parriott, Thomas G.; Praetorious, Michael; Stainer, John; Sykora, Bryan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chicago Chamber Brass

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

Home For The Holidays - O Holy Night, White Christmas, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) /

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sheep may safely graze (after Bach's The Hunt Cantata, BWV 208); Felix Bernard: Winte...
Performers: Baun, Nancy; Eaken, John; Whitney, Gloria
Conductors:
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio