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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

A Mormon Tabernacle Christmas

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-08-29

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; Whence is that goodly Fragrance; Masters in this hall; The first nowell; How far to Bethlehem?; Patapan; What shall we give to the bab...
Performers: Breault, Robert; Longhurst, John; Walker, Diana
Conductors: Jessop, Craig
Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Square

Telarc brings us a grand Christmas present with this stunning album featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square performing some of...continue...

A Mormon Tabernacle Christmas

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2006-08-29

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; Whence is that goodly Fragrance; Masters in this hall; The first nowell; How far to Bethlehem?; Patapan; What shall we give to the bab...
Performers: Breault, Robert; Longhurst, John; Walker, Diana
Conductors: Jessop, Craig
Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Square

Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols / Robert Shaw

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-08-29

Works: Traditional: God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Angels we have heard on high; How Unto Bethlehem?; Boar's Head Carol; O Tannenbaum; Masters in this hall; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Good Christian m...
Performers: Baughman, Wayne; Burrichter, Ronald; Carter, Donna; Cock, Christopher; Ledbetter, Victor; Murray, Katherine; Stalter, Tim; Timmerman, Frank
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

All of these carols are heard in delightful arrangements by Alic Parker and Robert Shaw. The arrangements date from the early 1950s and the popular...continue...

Christmastime / Swingle Singers

1 CD / Philips / 2003-10-14

Works: James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; Traditional: Il est né, le divin enfant; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; The first nowell; Go tell it on the mountain; Deck the hall; What child is this?; O Yule, F...
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Swingle Singers

Enjoy traditional season fair performed by the original Swingle Singers, this recording made in 1967 captures the magic of the newly formed group in their...continue...

Simply Christmas

2 CD / Decca / 2003-10-14

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Lowell Mason: Jo...
Performers: Barter, Robin; Blades, James; Briggs, David [Organ]; Cleobury, Stephen; Corkhill, David; Domingo, Placido; Finucane, Tom; Haynes, Simon; Hughes, Christopher; Keenlyside, Simon; Kendall, William; Lamb...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Willcocks, David, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Cleobury, Stephen; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Guadagno, Anton; Münchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Rudel, Julius; Davis, C...
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Clare College Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group members; Goldsborough Orchestra; Ki...

Piano Mix 1

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-04-29

Works: Erroll Garner: Misty; Duke Ellington: Don't Get Around Much Anymore; Claude-Michel Schönberg: Les Misérables; Helen Allen: Fond Memories; Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A mi...
Performers: Allen, Helen

Joy to the World / Valarie Alexandra Valois

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-04-08

Works: John Jacob Niles: I wonder as I wander; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; Infant holy, infant lowly; 'Twas in the moon of winter time; Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle; Of the Father's love begotten; ...
Performers: Valois, Valarie Alexandra

Angels We Have Heard on High

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2002-11-19

Works: Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; Lullay I saw; O come, O come Emmanuel; What child is this?; The first nowell; George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark!...
Performers: Camille, Sharen

The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Magnificat in D major, BWV 243; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Felix Mend...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Blegen, Judith; Carolan, Lucy; Deutsch, Helmut; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen; Finucane, Tom; Hadda, Natanja; Horne, Marilyn; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Kirkby, Emma; Lagoya, Alexa...
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Mercurio, Steven; Rilling, Helmuth; Ottley, Jerold; Condie, Richard P.; ; Radu, Valentin; Parrott, Andrew; Bernstein, Leonard; Zukerman, Pinchas; Bernius, Frieder; Newman, Anthony; M...
Ensemble: Ama Deus Ensemble; Ambrosian Singers; American Boychoir; Canadian Brass; Chestnut Brass Company; Choral Guild of Atlanta Brass Ensemble; Christmas Concert Choir; Cleveland Orchestra Brass Ensemble; C...

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
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chicago Brass Quintet

Christmas at Last

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2001-09-11

Works: Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Malcolm Bruno: Noëls Québécois (3); Traditional: A Virgin most pure; O come, O come Emmanuel; The first nowell; Angels from the realms of glory; U...
Performers: Bier, Ken; Bier, Leslie

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...

A Guitar for Christmas / Liona Boyd

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2000-06-20

Works: Eric Robertson: Christmas Overture; Yuletide Garland; Spanish Carol; A Parade of Toy Soldiers; Prelude on the Huron Carol; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer Boy...
Performers: Boyd, Liona
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble

Here is Liona Boyd's most popular CD ever (double Platinum in Canada!) featuring orchestrated versions of beloved Christmas carols from Silent Night to Deck the...continue...

Christmas with the Master Chorale of Washington / McCullough

1 CD / Albany Records / 1999-11-09

Works: Jonathan Willcocks: Magnificat; John Rutter: There is a flower; William Mathias: Sir Christèmas; Donald McCullough: Let all mortal flesh keep silent; Hodie Christus natus est; Traditional: Angel...
Performers: Dawn Kasprow; Metropolitan Memorial Handbell Ensemble; Mitts, J. Thomas; Powell, Angela; Washington, Master Chorale of
Conductors: ; McCullough, Donald
Ensemble: Master Chorale Brass & Percussion Ensemble; Master Chorale of Washington

This selection is a High Definition Compatible Digital (HDCD) recording....continue...

A Festival of Carols / Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-10-01

Works: Traditional: In dulci jubilo; Patapan; O come, O come Emmanuel; Go tell it on the mountain; O Sanctissimus; Fum, fum, fum; March of the Kings; My dancing day; What child is this?; Un flambeau, Jeanne...
Performers: Arnold, Robert; Chernet, Al
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale; Robert Shaw 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

Chip Davis' Renaissance Holiday / Roth, Berkey, Layton

1 CD / American Gramophone / 1998-10-06

Works: Thoinot Arbeau: Orchésographie; Traditional: What child is this?; Patapan; I saw three ships; Good King Wenceslas; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry ...
Performers: Berkey, Jackson; Layton, Roxanne; Roth, Arnie
Conductors: Roth, Arnie; ; Davis, Chip
Ensemble: Asbury Brass Quintet; Chicago Chamber Musicians Brass Quintet; London Symphony Orchestra members; Musica Anima; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

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...

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

O Holy Night - Christmas Favorites / Galway, Stoltzman, etc

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-23

Works: James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy; Deck the hall; A child is born in Bethlehem; What child is this?; David Overton: Fantasia on "I saw three ships"; Louis-Claude Daquin...
Performers: Birch, John; Douglas, Bill; Galway, James; Grady, John; Hirt, Al; Mitchell, Emily; Petri, Michala; Stoltzman, Richard; Wall, Jeremy
Conductors: ; Galway, James; Neary, Martin; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Guildhall String Ensemble; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sleighride! - Classic Christmas Favorites

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-22

Works: Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival; Sleigh Ride; Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Traditional: God rest ye merry, gentlemen; The Holly and the Ivy; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Car...
Performers: De Lancie, John; Domingo, Placido; Grady, John; Hirt, Al; Sonnleitner, Johannes
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur; Ormandy, Eugene; Shaw, Robert; Froschauer, Helmuth; ; Kapp, Richard
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus; Philharmonia Virtuosi; Robert Shaw Chorale; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Symphony 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...

The Ultimate Christmas Album / Pavarotti, Te Kanawa, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1995-10-17

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas; Good King Wenceslas; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Deck the hall; I saw three ships; The firs...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Blades, James; Clark, Patricia; Corkhill, David; Kendall, William; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pearson, Leslie [keyboard]; Price, Leontyne; Scott, John [Organ]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kan...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Davis, Carl; Willcocks, David, Sir; Guest, George; Squibb, David
Ensemble: Ambrosian Chorus; Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Festival Brass Ensemble; London Voices; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; New Philh...

Christmas Favorites / Rachel van Voorhees

1 CD / Centaur / 1994-11-01

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Traditional: What child is this?; The first nowell; Carol of the Bells; God rest ye merry, gen...
Performers: Van Voorhees, Rachel

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

Christmas on Guitar

1 CD / Centaur / 1991-09-01

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang...
Performers: De Chiaro, Giovanni

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 Christmas Celebration / Kathleen Battle, Leonard Slatkin

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1986-10-01

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Traditional: Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle; Fum, fum, fum; I saw three ships; The first nowell; Th...
Performers: Allen, Barbara; Allen, Nancy; Battle, Kathleen; Mims, George; Wolinsky, Robert
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Harlem Boys Choir; New York Choral Artists; Orchestra of St. Luke's

The beloved soprano Kathleen Battle lends her angelic voice to these traditional holiday favorites with gentle ease, and the lush, often symphonic arrangements support her...continue...

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...

Christmas with Solid Brass

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1984-12-15

Works: Traditional: In dulci jubilo; What child is this?; The first nowell; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Deck the hall; Song of the Birds; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Anton&i...
Performers: Browner, Barry; Caswell, Jeffrey; Della Peruti, Carl; DiSavino, Elizabeth; Eddy, Hugh; Haislip, Douglas; Muller, Hans [Trombone]; Olsen, Charles; Sampson, David; Turner, Kyle; Wilcox, Adrienne
Conductors:
Ensemble: Solid Brass

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