American Boychoir

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...

M. Haydn: Mass & Vespers / The American Boychoir

1 CD / Linn Records / 2001-03-06

Works: Gregorian Chant: Ex ore infantium, introit; Deus, cuius hodierna die praeconium Innocentes Martyres; In illo tempore; Preface; Pater noster; Ite missa est, dismissal; Deus in adjutorium 7. T. /GR 315...
Conductors: Litton, James
Ensemble: American Boychoir; New York Collegium members

This is a partial reconstruction of a Mass and Vespers, with instrumental interludes by W.A. Mozart, as may have been sung in Salzburg during the...continue...

John Williams - Greatest Hits 1969-1999

2 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-11-02

Works: John Williams: Star Wars; E T; Superman; Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; Sugarland Express; Jaws; Olympic Fanfare and Theme; Return of the Jedi; The Reivers; The Empire Strikes Back; Indiana Jo...
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo; Morgan, Tommy; Morrison, Timothy; Parkening, Christopher; Parks, Dean; Perlman, Itzhak; Thielemans, Toots
Conductors: Williams, John [Composer]
Ensemble: American Boychoir; Boston Pops; Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Skywalker Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus

A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert / Battle, Von Stade, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-09-11

Works: Christmas Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas; Work(s); Jester Hairston: Mary's boy child; Pietro Yon: Gesú bambino; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Richard Rodg...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; American Boychoir; Battle, Kathleen; Bennett, Errol "Crusher"; Ensemble; Marsalis, Wynton; Marsalis, Wynton Septet; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Sapo...
Conductors: DeCormier, Robert; Previn, Andre; Marsalis, Wynton
Ensemble: ; American Boychoir; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Wynton Marsalis Septet

Full of fun and humor, this live recording from Carnegie Hall on December 8, 1991 conveys a real sense of "the event". The moods are...continue...
Personnel: Kathleen Battle (soprano, soprano saxophone); Frederica Von Stade (mezzo soprano, soprano saxophone); Nancy Allen (harp); Herbert Harris , Herbert Herbie Harris (soprano saxophone, tenor s...continue...

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...

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker

1 CD / Nonesuch / 1993-11-16

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Op. 71
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: American Boychoir; New York City Ballet Orchestra

Jessye Norman - Christmastide. Songs by Handel, Christmas Traditional, Mendelssohn, Adam

1 CD / Philips / 1987-10-12

Performers: Norman, Jessye
Conductors: DeCormier, Robert
Ensemble: American Boychoir; Empire Chamber Ensemble; New York Choral Society