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Christmas From Truro / Robert Sharpe, Truro Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Regent Records / 2009-09-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Anonymous: Coventry Carol; O come all ye faithful; Traditional: Ding dong! merrily on high; The First Nowell; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; The Ang...
Performers: Allen, Edward; Armstrong, Thomas; Gray, Christopher [Organ]; Hawker, Nicholas; Morton, Nicholas

This new collection of classics is an anthology of well-known Christmas favorites as might be heard in the Christmas liturgies in Truro Cathedral each year....continue...

NOEL! - Voices of Christmas / Alagna, Dessay, Te Kanawa, Hampson, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Traditional: Petit Papa Noël; O Tannenbaum; Campana sobre campana; Il est né, le divin enfant; D'où viens-tu, bergère?; The Twelve Days of Christmas; Les anges dans nos camp...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; André, Maurice [trumpet]; Dessay, Natalie; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara; Petibon, Patricia; Philogene, Ruby; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Villazón, Rolando
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kings College Choir; Ladies' Quartet; Les Petits Chanteurs De Vienne; The Sixteen

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

Christmas Choral Classics /Crouch End Festival Chorus, et al

1 CD / Silva America / 2007-10-09

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Eddie Pola: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year; Hugh Martin: Meet Me in St. Louis; Felix Bernard: Winter Wonderland; Lowell Mason: ...
Conductors: Bateman, Paul
Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Christmas Cedar and Spruce / Joel Brown, Andrew Brown, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-09-01

Works: Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; Greensleeves; Jolly old Saint Nicolas; Good King Wenceslas; We wish you a merry Christmas; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und...
Performers: Bacchiocchi-Stewart, Kristin; Brown, Andrew [Strings]; Brown, Frank [Clarinet]; Brown, Jason [Bass]; Brown, Joel; Brubeck, Chris; D'Aloia, Chuck; Ruth, Peter "Madcat"

Quintessence Goes Christmas / Quintessence Saxophone Quartet

1 CD / CPO / 2003-10-01

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Op. 71; George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Uli Lettermann: Groove All Ye Faithful; Christmas in Hollywood; Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat un...
Conductors: Corp, Ronald;
Ensemble: New London Children's Choir; Quintessence Saxophone Quintet

After their highly acclaimed Bach and Beethoven adaptations in the trademark Quintessence sound of Uli Lettermann's arrangements, it as high time for a quintessential Christmas...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

Merry Christmas / Chicago Brass Quintet

1 CD / Centaur / 2001-11-27

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; What child is this?; When Christ Was Born; Christmas Bells; Welcome Sweet Christmas; O come, O come Emmanuel; We wish you a merry Chri...
Performers: Bauchens, Robert; Beacraft, Ross; Boehm, Bradley; Boen, Johnathan; Mattern, James; Nelson, Leon; Robl, James
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Ensemble: Chicago Brass Quintet

The Most Fabulous Classical Christmas Album Ever!

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-09-26

Works: Traditional: The Angel Choir and the Trumpeter; Carol of the Bells; Fantasia on "I saw three ships"; Good King Wenceslas; O Tannenbaum; The Holly and the Ivy; We wish you a merry Christmas; What chil...
Performers: Arnold, Robert; Conant, Robert; Domingo, Placido; Ellis, Osian; Franchi, Sergio; Galway, James; Grady, John; Krips, Alfred; Lanza, Mario; Mitchell, Emily; Price, Leontyne; Valente, Benita
Conductors: ; Froschauer, Helmuth; Fiedler, Arthur; Gold, Marty; Galway, James; Gould, Morton; Callinicos, Constantin; Ormandy, Eugene; Korn, Michael; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Gillesberger, Hans
Ensemble: ; Alexander (New Age); Arthur Fiedler Chorus; Arthur Fiedler Orchestra; Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia; Henri Rene & His Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philadelphi...

This selection contains both AAD and DDD recordings.

Christmastime is a season made for familiar traditions: food, decorations, and music. This collection of seasonal favorites is an anthology ...continue...

Dallas Christmas Gala / Litton, Davidson, Dallas SO & Chorus

1 CD / Delos / 2000-01-01

Works: John Williams: Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas; Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride; Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Anonymous: Seasonal Sounds; Personent hodie; Bellsong fantasy; Alfred S. Burt: Caroling, caro...
Performers: Davidson, Blake; Gomez, Teresa Maria
Conductors: Litton, Andrew; Davidson, David R.
Ensemble: Dallas Handbell Ensemble; Dallas Symphony Chorus; Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Joy to the World / Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chorus

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-10-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer Boy "Carol of the Drum"; Traditional: We wish you a merr...
Performers: De Lancie, John
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus

Karita's Christmas

1 CD / Ondine / 1998-10-30

Works: Leevi Madetoja: Cast off thy everyday cares; Jean Sibelius: Christmas Songs (5), Op. 1; Armas Maasalo: Christmas Bells; Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; Beauty around us; We wish you a merr...
Performers: Mattila, Karita
Conductors: Pekkanen, Pertti
Ensemble: Cathedralis Aboensis Chorus; Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Superstar Finnish soprano Karita Mattila is one of the opera world's leading sopranos. Karita has selected her favorite Christmas music for this special release from...continue...

Magic of Christmas / Rutter, Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir

1 CD / CBC Records / 1998-10-20

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Boris Ord: Adam lay ybounden; Michael Praetorious: Musae Sioniae; Traditional: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Gabriel's message; Still, still, still; I saw a mai...
Performers: Braun, Russell; Gardiner, James; Laughton, Stuart; Loman, Judy; Moroney, Edward; Samuel Stevens, Marion
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Hannaford Street Silver Band; Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir

"A winner on all counts. The repertoire is gloriously evocative of what the Christmas season is supposed to be about...The choir is terrific, led by...continue...

Christmas by the Bay / George, San Francisco Symphony Chorus

1 CD / Delos / 1998-01-01

Works: Traditional: The first nowell; Deck the hall; O come, O come Emmanuel; Patapan; It's Christmas again; Wexford Carol; Quelle est cette odeur agréable?; Ya viene la vieja; We wish you a merry Ch...
Performers: Bogios, Chris; Fenstermaker, John; George, Vance; Herbert, David; Hornig, Tom; McCandless, Andrew; Okner, Dave; Rogino, Steven; Sebastian, Pamela; Shapiro, Marc; Solomon, Wayne; Steacy, Micheline; Va...
Conductors: George, Vance
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Chorus

A Christmas Experiment / The Canadian Brass, Beaupré, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-10-14

Works: Johnny Marks: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Steve Nelson: Frosty the Snowman; Michael Praetorious: Musae Sioniae; Christopher Dedrick: Sweet Songs of Christmas; Sleigh bells; The Angel Choir and th...
Performers: Crow, Maggie; Daellenbach, Christian; Grossman, Lorne; Irvine, Maya; McKay, Blair; Schalin, Douglas; Szczesniak, Tom
Conductors: Tremills, Mary Lou; ; Beaupré, Linda
Ensemble: Bach Children's Chorus; Canadian Brass; Canadian Brass Singers; Georgian Bay Children's Choir

A Composer's Christmas / Jeffrey Reid Baker

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 1997-10-01

Works: Traditional: God rest ye merry, gentlemen; We wish you a merry Christmas; Angels we have heard on high; The Twelve Days of Christmas; Deck the hall; Good Christian men, rejoice; What child is this?; ...
Performers: Baker, Jeffrey Reid

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

Carol / James Litton, American Boychoir

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 1996-10-29

Works: Traditional: Carol of the Bells; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Deck the hall; What child is this?; We wish you a merry Christmas; Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Donald Frase...
Performers: Cramer, David [flute]; Della Penna, Frank; Gigliotti, Mark; Hood, John; Rosenblatt, Louis; Simpson, Barbara; Stokking, William; Wetherhill, David
Conductors: Litton, James
Ensemble: Albemarle Consort of Voices; American Boychoir; Orchestra

The American Boychoir tackles seasonal classics including "Joy to the World," "Deck the Halls," "Away in a Manger" and "O Come, All Ye Faithful" on Carol, a collection recommended to aficionados of ch...continue...

Millar Brass Ensemble - Christmas Album

1 CD / Koss Classics / 1994-03-01

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Traditional: What child is this?; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Angels we have heard on high; We wish you a merry Christmas; Henry W...
Conductors: Briney, Bruce
Ensemble: Millar Brass Ensemble

Music For All Occasions

1 CD / RCA Records / 1993-01-12

Works: Mildred J Hill: Happy Birthday to You; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture; Anonymous: Crowley's Reel; Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Richard Rodgers: Victor...
Performers: Galway, James; Krips, Alfred
Conductors: Fraser, Donald; Ormandy, Eugene; ; Fiedler, Arthur; Bennett, Robert Russell; Shaw, Robert; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Galway, James
Ensemble: BBC Singers; Boston Pops; Canterbury Children's Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale; Royal Ph...

The Christmas Album / Canadian Brass

1 CD / Philips / 1990-10-16

Works: Ward Swingle: A Visit from St Nicholas; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; The first nowell; Angels from the realms of glory; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; D'où viens-tu...
Performers: Adams, Lydia; Davis, Aaron
Conductors:
Ensemble: Canadian Brass; Iseler Singers

A Little Christmas Music / King's Singers, Te Kanawa

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1989-11-25

Works: Traditional: Here we come a-wassailing; We wish you a merry Christmas; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Boar's Head Carol; Gaudete, Christus est natu...
Performers: Fullbrook, Charles; Hickox, Richard; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Brass Quintet; City of London Sinfonia; King's Singers

A Festival of Carols in Brass / Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1986-09-29

Works: Traditional: Deck the hall; Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle; The first nowell; Angels we have heard on high; O sanctissima "Sicilian Mariners"; O Tannenbaum; O come, O come Emmanuel; Good King Wence...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

This may be one of the most played Christmas albums in the malls and stores accross American during the holiday season. You've probably heard selections...continue...

Merry Christmas / Walter, CSSR State Philharmonic, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) /

Works: Traditional: The first nowell; Good King Wenceslas; What child is this?; O Tannenbaum; Jauchzet, ihr Himmel; Jolly old Saint Nicolas; While shepherds watched their flocks by night; God rest ye merry,...
Performers: CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Rübsam, Wolfgang
Conductors: Walter, Alfred
Ensemble: ; German Boys' Choir; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice