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Rejoice! Christmas at The Sage Gateshead / Northern Sinfonia - Simon Halsey

1 CD / Avie Records / 2012-09-11

Works: Roderick Elms: Fanfare da Festa, for orchestra; Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; The First Nowell (English); O Little Town of Bethlehem; In dulci jubilo ...
Performers: Courtney, Scarlett [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Halsey, Simon
Ensemble: ; Northern Sinfonia

Recording information: Hall One, The Sage Gateshead (12/12/2009-12/13/2009)....continue...

Sweet Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-12-20

Works: Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella ("Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle"); Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); Entre le boeuf et ...
Performers: Alstrom, Ed; Large, Wendy; Tarantiles, Andre
Conductors:
Ensemble: DolciCanti

Recording information: Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ; The Barber Shop Studios, Lake Hopatcong, NJ....continue...

Merry Christmas: World Famous Carols / Bambini Di Praga

1 CD / Supraphon / 2011-11-03

Works: Anonymous, Czech: Cas radosti, veselosti (Time of Joy, Time of Good Cheer) (Tranovsky Hymnal 45); Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Svatou dobu jiz tu máme (Moravian);...
Performers: Bouskova, Jana; Celbova, Sarka; Havrankova, Veronika; Kalvachova, Katerina; Kovandova, Katerina; Palickova, Jitka; Puterova, Jana; Stedra, Irena; Svoboda, Jiri; Valkova, Julie; Vitova, Veronika
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Ensemble: Bambini Di Praga

On 28 June 2011 a significant chapter in the history of Czech music closed with the passing of a legend: after 38 years the Bambini...continue...
Recording information: Czech Radio Studio, Prague, Czech Republic (06/1998)....continue...

The Christmas Collection: Choral and Orchestral Classics

2 CD / EMI Distribution (USA) / 2011-10-04

Works: Christmas Traditional: Born Today, Christmas medley for chorus & orchestra; Rejoice, Christmas medley for chorus & orchestra; A Gift from God, Christmas medley for chorus & orchestra; Miraculous Nigh...

This two-disc set combines two earlier Christmas releases from Sparrow Records, 1990's The Majesty and Glory of Christmas, produced by Billy Ray Hearn and Tom Fettke, and 1998's The Beauty of Christma...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...

String Quartet Christmas

3 CD / Listen / 2010-09-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Angels From the Realms Of Glory; Deck the Halls (Welsh); An...
Performers: Bodnar, Nina; Delmoni, Arturo [Violin]; DePasquale, Ellen; Figueroa, Rafael; Lipkina, Natasha; Maddon, Danielle; Mitchell, Emily; Murdock, Katherine; Romanul, Alexander; Rosen, Nathaniel; Smith, Timo...

Love Came Down at Christmas

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Michael Praetorius: Musae Sioniae; Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings; C...
Performers: English, John [Australia]; Jackson, Oliver; Jones, Timothy; Kelly, Duncan; Oxenham, Martin; St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Williams, Huw [Organ]

Malcolm Archer`s own carol gives its title to this inspiring new collection from the wonderful acoustic of this world famous Cathedral. Included also is his...continue...
Personnel: Jon English (tenor); Timothy Jones (bass voice); Oliver Jackson (treble); Huw Williams (organ).

Recording information: St. Paul's Cathedral....continue...

Once were Christmas Angels - The Pure Sound of Boy Trebles

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy (English); Little Jesus Sweetly Sleep; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Quem pastores laudavere (Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410); O Little Town of Bethle...
Performers: Bowyer, Jeremy; Cooper, Ian [Mastering]; Criswell, Michael; Davey, Peter; Dutton, Paul; Elias, David; Harvey, Christopher; Ludford-Thomas, Daniel; Lyle, James; Mace, Michael; Pugh, Owen; Rees-William...

Something different & wonderfully enjoyable! The new Boy Trebles compilation awaited by collectors from the 25-year period covered by Abbey Label. It is much more...continue...

Piano Christmas / Original Compositions

2 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-04-06

Works: Richard Storrs Willis: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Angels We Have Heard on H...
Performers: Hendricks, Jim

Christmas in the Valleys

1 CD / Delta (UK) / 2009-10-13

Works: Christmas Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Deck the Halls (Welsh); Away in a Manger; The First Nowell (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Fren...
Performers: Reese, Arthur

2009 holiday collection of digitally remastered yuletide recordings. Christmas In The Valleys features 20 tracks including cuts from the Rhos Orpheus Male Choir, the Cwmbach...continue...

When God Is A Child

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-12-23

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Christmas Traditional: O Little Town of Bethlehem; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); The F...

Dancing Day

1 CD / Herald / 2008-10-13

Works: Spoken Word: The Office of Bishop John Grandisson for Christmas Eve; Robert Millington: There is no rose, for chorus & organ; Christmas Traditional: Joys Seven (Joshua Himes's Millennial Harp, 1842);...
Performers: Baker, Laura; Barnes, Freddy; de la Cour, Elmley; Morgan, Paul [Organ]; Oakley, Peter; Price, Jean; Turner, Felicity

Recording information: Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England (01/2002)....continue...

Serenity: Beautiful Choral Music [Box Set]

5 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-07-29

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Guillaume Dufay: Nuper rosarum flores, isorhythmi...
Performers: Black, Richard; Bone, Corin; Costa, Neal Peres da; Donnelly, Mark; Drury, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Everingham, Craig; Fraser, Anna; Greco, David; Harvey, Ray; Lang, Genevieve; Macliver, Sara; McMaho...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett; Stanhope, Paul
Ensemble: ; Sirius String Quartet

With reviews describing cantillation as 'heaven on a stick' and 'an elegant and highly responsive group of singers' you cannot go past this ultimate collection...continue...

A Very Madrigal Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-12-25

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Masters in This Hall; Coventry Carol (2); Away in a Manger; The Holly and the Ivy (English); O Little Town of Bethlehem; We Wish You a Merr...

40 Most Beautiful Christmas Classics

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Gabriel's Message (Basque); In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); I Wonder As I Wander (American); This is the truth sen...
Performers: Bach, Gottfried; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; George, Michael; Hampson, Thomas; Harjanne, Jouko; Jo, Sumi; Lipovsek, Marjana; Ochs, Barbara; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Upshaw, Dawn [So...
Conductors: Stapleton, Robin; Higginbottom, Edward; Wolff, Hugh; ; Gardiner, John Eliot; Sutej, Vjekoslav; Schneider, Michael; Scimone, Claudio; Werner, Fritz; Glahe, Will; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Lazarev, Al...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; I Solisti Veneti; Il Giardino Armonico; London Brass; Will Glahe Soloists

Personnel: Marjana Lipovsek , Plácido Domingo, José Carreras , Michael George, Thomas Hampson, Sumi Jo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dawn Upshaw (vocals); Jouko Harjanne (trumpet); Gottfried Bach (forte...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 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

The Carols Album / Huddersfield Choral Society, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-10-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: Gaudete, Christus est natus; Gabriel's Message (Basque); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Coventry Carol (2); Quelle es...
Performers: Battiwalla, Darius

The magnificent voices of the Huddersfield Choral Society celebrate the Christmas Season with heart-warming arrangements of our favorite carols. Undoubtedly the hardiest annual of the...continue...

The Christmas Collection

3 CD / Coro / 2007-09-04

Works: William Walton: Make we joy now in this Fest, carol arrangement for chorus (Christmas Carols no 1); Kenneth Leighton: Carols (3), Op. 25; Peter Racine Fricker: A Babe Is Born; Edmund Rubbra: The Virg...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Burrows, Peter; Carwood, Andrew; Clarke, Fiona; Crabtree, Libby; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Forbes, Patricia; Hodges, Christopher; Hoffnung, Benedict; Jeffrey...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen (Choir)

Gramophone Magazine
Performed with every virtue and every grace including fresh, firm tone, uncanny precision and the finest possible control of grades and shades of volume.
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Holly Eve

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-11-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); Quittez pasteurs (O come away ye shepherds) (French); Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); Love Came Down at Chr...
Performers: Barnes, Linn; Bloom, Steve; Cunliffe, Joseph; Hampton, Allison

Personnel: Linn Barnes (lute); Joseph Cunliffe (flute, bass flute, pennywhistle, alto recorder); Steve Bloom (frame drum, cymbals, dumbek, bells).

Recording information: Inner Ear Studios, Arli...continue...

A Christmas Choral Spectacular

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-10-18

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Coventry Carol (2); Deck the Halls (Welsh); O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); The infant King (Basque); O Little Town of Bethlehem;...
Performers: Atkinson, Lynton; Breiner, Peter; Burdett, Margaret; Prentice, Jonathan
Conductors: Breiner, Peter

This glorious collection of carols old and new brings a touch of glamour to the holiday season, with Peter Breiners lavish arrangements for choir and...continue...
Personnel: Lynton Atkinson (tenor).

Recording information: The Concert Hall, Lighthouse, Poole, England....continue...

Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge

2 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); King Jesus Hath A Garde...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David

Personnel: Hervey Alan (bass baritone); Andrew Creswell Davis , Simon Preston (organ)....continue...

Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (adapted from Handel); I Saw Three Ships, carol; ...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David

This release is a jam-packed long-playing double CD of the most popular Christmas songs of all-time from the critically acclaimed Kings College Choir of Cambridge....continue...

Carols from King's College

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Angels From the Realms Of Glory; O Little Town of Bethlehem; In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); The First Nowell (E...
Performers: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]

A Classic Christmas: The Ultimate Collection Of Christmas Classics & Carols

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); I Saw Three Ships, carol; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); The First Nowell (En...

A Traditional Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-12-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)...

Many Moods of Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-12-14

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Deck the Halls (Welsh); Coventry Carol (2); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Je...

Best Loved Christmas Carols / King's College Choir

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-10-05

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Angels From the Realms Of Glory; O Little Town of Bethlehem; In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); The First Nowell (En...
Performers: Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; Jones, George; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Thomas Armstrong [Composer/Conductor]; Trotter, Thomas; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Well...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir, Cambridge

This is the perfect set for the Christmas Season! It features the very best holiday music from the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, who have...continue...
Personnel: Tom Armstrong (descant); Francis Grier, John Wells (organ).

Recording information: King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (1964-1979)....continue...

The Spirit of Christmas / Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-08-03

Works: Christmas Traditional: Work(s); The First Nowell (English); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Can wassel (Wassail Song) ("Nadelek yu gyllys h...
Performers: Adams, Timothy; Fire, Tami; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass; Vosburgh, George; Webster, Richard

This splendid new release features wonderful Christmas favorites arranged in magnificent settings that capture the joy and good cheer of the holidays, played as only...continue...
Personnel: Tami Fire (mezzo soprano); Neal Bernstein, George Vosburgh (trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn); Asdrubal "Billy" Caballero (French horn); Peter Sullivan (tenor trombone, euphonium); Murr...continue...

Noël! - A Selection of Carols and Anthems / Hill, Johnston

1 CD / Priory / 2001-11-01

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Peter Warlock: Balulalow; William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Arthur Sullivan: Noel (or It came upon the midnight clear), hymn fo...
Performers: Bach Choir; Johnston, Robert; Watts, Jane [Organ]
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Bach Choir; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble); Winchester Cathedral Choir

Personnel: Robert Johnston (tenor); Roy Bilham, Robert Farley, John Wallace (trumpet); Simon Gunton, Michael Lloyd (trombone); Jane Watts (organ); Robert Ball (percussion).

Recording informa...continue...

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...

A Victorian Christmas

2 CD / Revels Records / 2000-10-17

Works: Spoken Word: Street Cries (A Victorian Christmas Revels); Christmas Traditional: Work(s); Come, Shepherds, Rise (16th C. Bohemian); O Little Town of Bethlehem; In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); W...
Performers: Abbey, Gail; Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble; Chamberlain, Margot; Children's Chorus; Coffin, David; Dellal, Pamela; Duncan, Donald; Emlen, Hannah; Guttry, Paul; Jaffe, Jamie; Jones, David; Kruska...
Conductors: Emlen, George
Ensemble: Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble; Children's Waits; Parlour Orchestra; Revels Chorus

Selections recorded at Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusets and at First Parish in Brookline, Massachusets, in June and July, 1999.

Personnel: John Langstaff (vocals, bariton...continue...

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day / Calabrese, et al

1 CD / ACA Digital / 1998-09-01

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming) (Alte geistliche ...
Performers: Albrecht, Timothy; Flynn, Jane; Rigel, Nella
Conductors: Calabrese, Alfred

Advent Carols from St. John's

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: Richard Lloyd: Drop down ye heavens; English Traditional: Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending; Spoken Word: The Message of Advent; First Lesson - Genesis 3; The Word of God; Second Lesson - Genesis 2...
Performers: Bols, Frederick; Bush, G. R., Reverend; Clements, William; Guest, George; Hinde, Robert; Macintosh, A. A.; Martin, James [Organ]; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge; Thomas Armstrong [Composer/Condu...
Conductors: Robinson, Christopher

"The performances are of a very high quality; the choir, conducted by Christopher Robinson, sings with unusual purity, warm blend, excellent diction, and expressive breadth...continue...
Includes work(s) by Gregorian Chant....continue...

Adeste Fidelis / O'Donnell, Westminster Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 1993-10-01

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Gabriel's Message (Basque); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Fre...
Performers: Choir of Westminster Abbey; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Simcock, Iain

'A model of its kind' (The Times)

'Celestial' (The San Francisco Examiner)

'An extremely well-sung traditional carol collection. The concert makes a great appeal by...continue...
Personnel: Emma Kirkby (soprano); Catherine King (mezzo soprano); Matthew Vine, Nicholas Keay, Clifford Lister, Andrew Carwood, John Bowen, Leigh Nixon, Tom Raskin (tenor); Andrew Wickens, Michael Lee...continue...