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Christmas Spectacular / John Wells & Nicholas Forbes, organ; APO Brass & Percussion; Indra Hughes, Musica Sacra

1 CD / Atoll / 2012-11-13

Works: John Rutter: Gloria; What sweeter music; Mary's Lullaby; Deck the hall, for chorus; Christmas Traditional: Noe! Noe!, carol (Provençal); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The Holly and the ...
Performers: Forbes, Nicholas; Hughes, Indra [Organ]; Musica Sacra [New Zealand]; Wells, John [classical organ]
Conductors: Hughes, Indra [Organ];
Ensemble: ; Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra Brass and Percussi

Recording information: Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand (07/2011/09/2011)....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...

On a Cold Winter's Day - Early Christmas music and carols from the British Isles / Quadriga Consort

1 CD / Carpe Diem / 2012-10-30

Works: Christmas Traditional: Wassail Song ("Here We Come a-Wassailing"), carol (a.k.a. "Here We Come a-Caroling"); The Huron Indian Carol ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime"), carol (Quebecois); Wie schon l...
Performers: Newerkla, Nikolaus
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quadriga Consort

As the cold and bleak winter days descend upon us, the Quadriga Consort presents long forgotten carols and age-old tunes of the festive season. With...continue...
Recording information: Gertrudskirche, Gars am Kamp, Austria (05/03/2012-05/06/2012)....continue...

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...

Benjamin Britten: Canticles III & IV; Heart of the Matter; A Birthday Hansel; Folksong arrangements / Nicholas Phan, tenor

1 CD / Avie Records / 2012-10-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Heart of the Matter, for tenor, narrator, horn & piano; Canticle III, Op. 55 "Still Falls the Rain"; A Birthday Hansel, song cycle for tenor & harp, Op. 92; Canticle V; Folksong...
Performers: Huang, Myra; Magen, Sivan; Montone, Jennifer; Phan, Nicholas

Nicholas Phan follows up last year's successful solo debut with Still Falls the Rain, focusing on works inspired by Britten's key collaborators including Dennis Brain,...continue...

Mantovani Christmas

2 CD / Lifestyles / 2012-08-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582); Deck the Halls (Welsh); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); The Holly and the Ivy (En...
Conductors: Mantovani

Winter: An Evocation / Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico

1 CD / Raven Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28; John Tavener: A Nativity Carol, for chorus; English Traditional: Down in Yon Forest, folk song; Andrew Ager: Winter - An Evocation, for chorus, harp & ...
Performers: DeVelder, Lynn Gorman; Hellbom, Rebecca; Thevenot, Maxine; Wilder, Meredith
Conductors: Thévenot, Maxine
Ensemble: Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico

The rich variety of the different experiences of winter is at the heart of this program, which celebrates winter from a variety of angles. Christmas...continue...
Recording information: 06/21/2011-06/23/2011....continue...

Sleigh Ride Over the Top!

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-11-22

Works: Lennie Neihaus: Deck the Halls, for brass ensemble & toy piano; Anonymous: Resonet in laudibus a 6; Christmas Traditional: Riu, riu, chiu!, carol (Spanish); O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); ...
Performers: Zubert, Mary

Recording information: 1st Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, MO (03/2011/06/2011); Our Lady of Lourdes (03/2011/06/2011)....continue...

Christmas with the Westminster Choir / Daniel Beckwith, organ

1 CD / Westminister Choir College / 2011-11-15

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Of the Father's heart begotten ...
Performers: Beckwith, Daniel; Gillis, Peter; Martin, Jeffrey; Tenore, Nancy
Conductors: Flummerfelt, Joseph
Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia

This is the re-issue of the 1979 recording Christmas with the Westminster Choir. It features some of the most-loved Christmas carols and songs performed by...continue...

Wolcum Yule / Anonymous 4, Andrew Lawrence-King

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: Awake and join the cheerful choir (English); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Balulalow ("I come from hevin to tell") (Sco...
Performers: Lawrence-King, Andrew
Conductors:
Ensemble: Anonymous 4

Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California (03/21/2003-03/25/2003)....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...

Caroling / US Air Force Singing Sergeants

1 CD / Altissimo / 2011-09-27

Works: Christmas Traditional: Fum, Fum, Fum (Catalan); O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); Wassail, O wassail all over the town!, carol ("The Somerset Wassail"); Ya viene la vieja, carol (Spanish); Th...
Performers: Bennett, Bradley S.; Dolan, Ryan P. [Vocals]; Maxwell, Kenneth G.; McPherson, Jonathan; Noriega, Nydia C.; Sabatino, Eric; Shrieves, Patrick J.; Wilson, Steve [Tenor vocals]
Conductors: Irish, Matthew J.; Williams, Angela B.
Ensemble: ; Libertas

Caroling is a tradition that goes back hundreds of years as a joyful part of the winter holiday season. Since the Eisenhower administration, the U.S....continue...
Recording information: Hylton Memorial Chapel, Woodbridge, VA (11/10/2002-11/15/2002)....continue...

The Christmas Story / Paul Hillier, Theater of Voices

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-09-13

Works: Gregorian Chant: Rorate caeli desuper, introit in mode 4 for the 4th Sunday in Advent; Puer natus est nobis, introit; Videntes stellam Magi, Magnificat antiphon; Herodes iratus, antiphon (Mode 1); Ch...
Conductors: Hillier, Paul

Inspired by the much-loved service of Nine Lessons and Carols given every Christmas Eve in England, this recording presents the Nativity story told through plainchant,...continue...
Recording information: Garnisons Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark (01/2011)....continue...

Christmas Carol Concert

1 CD / Rel Records / 2011-09-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The Holly and the Ivy (English); Child in a Mange...
Performers: Choir, Paisley Abbey

Recording information: Paisley Abbey, Glasgow, Scotland....continue...

Christmas From Winchester / Winchester Cathedral Choir, Simon Bell

1 CD / Regent Records / 2011-08-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); The Holly and the Ivy (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came (Birjina gaztettobat zegoen, B...
Performers: Bell, Simon [Organ]; De Silva, Andrew; Gallear, Simon; Halbert, Zoe; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Kendall, William; Picton-Turbervill, James; Springham, Anna-Lisa; Upfold, Jonathan
Conductors: Lumsden, Andrew
Ensemble: Winchester Cathedral Choir

This recording presents a selection from the wide range of music that is heard in services at Winchester Cathedral during the Christmas period....continue...
Recording information: Winchester Cathedral, London, England (05/26/2010-05/28/2010)....continue...

Traditional & Modern Carols / Higginbottom - New College Oxford Choir

1 CD / Regis Records / 2011-03-22

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; William Byrd: Gradualia, Volume 2; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); The Holly ...
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward

Keeping Christmas: Beloved Carols & the Christmas Story / Gloriae Dei Cantores

1 CD / Gloriae Dei Cantores / 2010-12-14

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Carol of the Star, for chorus; On Christmas Day in the Morn, for chorus; The Holly and the Ivy (English); Angels We Have Heard on High; Infant Holy,...
Performers: Extol Handbell Choir
Conductors: Patterson, Elizabeth C.
Ensemble: Gloriae Dei Cantores

The great mystery of Christmas is explored on 'Keeping Christmas', the latest release from Gloriae Dei Cantores. A beloved holiday tradition on Cape Cod, the...continue...
Recording information: Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, MA (08/2010)....continue...

Plum Pudding: Traditional carols for Christmas / Felicity Lott, soprano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Christmas Traditional: Wassail Song ("Here We Come a-Wassailing"), carol (a.k.a. "Here We Come a-Caroling"); I Sing of a Maiden, carol (English); Esta noche nace un Niño (Spanish); The Holly and...
Performers: Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Broadbent, Peter
Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

Dame Felicity Lott and the Joyful Company of Singers serve up rich Christmas fayre with 'Plum Pudding', well-spiced with favourite carols and readings by actor...continue...
Recording information: Champs Hill, West Sussex, England (11/30/2002)....continue...

Christmas In The Park / King's Singer; King's College Choir; Kathleen Battle, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Felix Bernard: Winter Wonderland; Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); The Gloucester Wassail Song ("Wassail! wassail all over the town!"), carol; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (F...
Performers: Baker, Chet [Trumpet/Vocals/Composer]; Battle, Kathleen; Case, John Carol; Jackson, Javon; Kenton, Stan; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Jaffee, Michael; Litton, James; Temirkanov, Yuri; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Choir of King's College Cambridge; Waverly Consort

During the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season we often lose track of the meaning of Christmas. Whether it is the excitement of the...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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Christmas Carols

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Alick Rowe: Adam lay y bounden, carol; Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; People, Look East! (Besa...
Performers: Brown, Tim Brown; Challenger, Stephen; Corder, Ian; Crowhurst, Jeremy; Edwards, George; Field, Sebastian; Gowland, Stephen; Gregory, Anthony; Hereford Cathedral Choir; Hickey, George; Holland, Jonath...
Conductors: Massey, Roy

One of the top English Cathedral choirs sing a varied program of many popular carols for Advent and Christmastide together with lesser known ones particular...continue...
Personnel: John Stafford, George Edwards, Sam Johnson, Robert Thomas, Jr. (vocals); Tim Fulford Brown (tenor); Huw Williams (organ).

Recording information: Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Hertfo...continue...

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...

Christmas Classical Guitar

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-10-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: Of the Father's Love Begotten; Angels We Have Heard on High; Coventry Carol (2); Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582); The Holly and the Ivy (English); English Traditiona...
Performers: Waldo, John [Guitar]

Carols from New College / Choir of New College, Oxford

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Adam lay ybounden, carol (English); Owt of your slepe aryse (15th c. English), carol; The Angel Gabriel From Heaven...
Performers: Moody, Howard

The University of Oxford's world famous choir performs a selection of famous and lesser-known carols....continue...

The The Holly and the Ivy

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

Works: Christmas Traditional: Christ Child Lullaby, carol (Hebrides); The Holly and the Ivy (English); The Huron Indian Carol ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime"), carol (Quebecois); Coventry Carol (2); O co...
Performers: Boylan, Turlach; Dover, Connie; Goodhart, Douglas; Higgins, Jim; Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, The; Werts, Kelly

Personnel: Kelly Werts (guitar); Debbie Clark (harp); Douglas Goodhart (hurdy-gurdy); Anne Marie Brown, Andrea Probus, Alex Shum, Mary Grant, Kayo Hasegawa, Jeannine Demarco, Ziva Patt Rappaport, Vlad...continue...

A Song of Christmas / Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

1 CD / Four Worlds Media / 2008-11-18

Works: Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer Boy "Carol of the Drum"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chréti...
Performers: Fire, Tami; Lukowicz, Tom

Four Winds Entertainment is proud to present the long awaited recording, A Song of Christmas, by America's premiere brass ensemble Pittsburgh Symphony Brass, led by...continue...
Personnel: Tami Fire (mezzo soprano).

Recording information: East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PA....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...

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...

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

Christmas Wishes / Auréole

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; El Cant dels ocells (Carol of the Birds), carol (Catalan); Coventry Carol (2); The Holly and the Ivy (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (Eng...
Performers: Aureole; Gilbert, Laura; Shames, Stacey

Personnel: Stacey Shames (harp); Mary Hammann (viola); Laura Gilbert (flute).

Recording information: SUNY Purchase College Performing Arts Center....continue...

Christmas Carols from York Minster / Francis Jackson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (adapted from Handel); Coventry Carol (2); Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582); The Holly and the Ivy (E...
Performers: York Minster Choir
Conductors: Jackson, Francis

Recording information: York Minister (1973/1976)....continue...

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)

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Peace

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-12-12

Works: Christmas Traditional: The Huron Indian Carol ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime"), carol (Quebecois); Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came (Birj...

Christmas in the Aire

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-12-05

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Messiah/Hallelujah Chorus; Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); Jolly Old St. Nicholas (American); The Holly and the Ivy (Englis...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers; Biggs, E. Power; Boston Pops; Elgart, Larry; Elgart, Les; Elgart, Les & Larry; Faith, Percy & His Orchestra; Fox, Virgil [Organ]; Hugo & Luigi Children's Chorus; Kaye, Sammy & His ...
Conductors: ; Kaye, Sammy; Smith, Gregg; Kostelanetz, André; Ormandy, Eugene; Melachrino, George; Liberace, George; Faith, Percy; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra; Boston Pops Orchestra; George Liberace Orchestra; George Melachrino Orchestra; Mitch Miller & His Orchestra; Mitch Miller & the Sing-Along Gang; New York Brass and...

Holiday Cheer

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-11-21

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Richard Storrs Willis: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; Joe Beal / Jim Boothe: Jingle Bell Rock; Jule Styne: Let It Snow!; Christmas Traditi...

Heavenly Peace

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-08-15

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Away in a Manger; Il est né, le divin enfant (French); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Christ Child Lullaby, ca...

Christmas at St. Paul's, Washington, D.C. / Joyce, Kadala, Smith

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2006-08-01

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Angelus ad virginem (English); The Holly and the Ivy (English); Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Joseph, lieber Jose...
Performers: Joyce, Thomas; Kadala, Lisa; Keyte, Hugh; Lindner, Wolfgang; Parrott, Andrew; Smith, Jeffrey
Conductors:
Ensemble: St Paul's Choristers

The Jessye Norman Collection - A Christmas Collection

2 CD / Philips / 2005-11-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Unto Us Is Born A Son (Puer nobis nascitur; Piae Cantiones, 1582); Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians N...
Performers: Cutler, Sara; Hancock, Gerre; Huff, Harry; Norman, Jessye; Smith, Timothy Edward
Conductors: DeCormier, Robert; Robertson, David
Ensemble: ; Empire Chamber Ensemble

Noël - Carols & Chants for Christmas / Anonymous 4

5 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2005-10-11

Works: Anonymous: Intonent hodie; Gaudens in Domino; Seint Nicholas was borne in the citee of Patras; Cantu miro summa laude; Whanne the bisshop of the citee of Myre deied; Nicholai Presulis, conductus; Cum...
Performers: Genensky, Marsha; Hellauer, Susan; Horner, Jacqueline; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Rose, Johanna

This deluxe boxed set includes four best-selling holiday albums from America's favorite classical vocal quartet, Anonymous 4. Available at a special low price, Nol is...continue...

O Holy Night / Marilyn Horne, Mormon Tabernacle Choir

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-10-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Christmas Traditional: Es ist ein R...
Performers: Asper, Frank W.; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Schreiner, Alexander
Conductors: Ottley, Jerold D.

Today's most beloved opera star delivers eternal performances of such Christmas classics as 'O Holy Night', 'Joy to the World', 'O Tannenbaum', 'The First Noel',...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...

Counterpoint Sings Noel

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-10-01

Works: Louis-Claude Daquin: Bon Joseph. écoutez-moi, for organ (Nouveau Livre des Noëls no 10); Christmas Traditional: Da droben vom Berge (Austrian); Dormi, dormi, o bel bambin (Sleep, O Sleep My...
Performers: Brooks, Eric K.; Campbell, Colleen Flynn; Chesnut-Tangerman, Melissa; Frostman, Amy; Grow, Roger; Hayes, Gregory; Hungerford, Claire; Kevra, Karen; Muratore, John; Murphy, Brett; Radtke, Linda; Toner...