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Christmas Carols Vol. 2 - beautiful German carols sung by leading concert and opera singers, choirs and children

1 CD / Carus / 2012-10-30

Works: Christmas Traditional: Joseph, lieber Joseph mein (Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine), carol (German); Zu Bethlehem geboren, carol (German); Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through...
Performers: Busch, Christine; Elsner, Leonhard; Elsner, Paulina; Friedrich, Lukas; Frisch, Vincent [Vocals]; Fritzsch, Thomas [Cello]; Gees, Michael; Grimm, Johannes; Henschel, Dietrich; Johannsen, Kay; Lielbard...
Conductors: Bernius, Frieder; Johannsen, Kay; Creed, Marcus; Biller, Georg Christoph; Alber, Michael; Schuck, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Ensemble 94; Kammerchor Stuttgart

Exclusive Collection of Christmas Carols Many renowned German-speaking singers - amongst others, Jonas Kaufmann, Angelika Kirchschlager and Christoph Prégardien - and ensembles have recorded th...continue...

Christmas with Los Romeros - Away in a Manger, Joy to the World, Ave Maria, Carol of the Bells, Silent Night, Little Drummer Boy et al.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joy to the World (theme by Handel); William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditio...
Performers: Romeros, Los
Conductors: Paris, Massimo

Recording information: Sala María Cristina, Málaga (04/2011-05/2011).

The Christmas album and the guitar ensemble are two of the most consistent sales drivers in classical music, and ...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...

Arianna Savall: Hirundo Maris / Petter Udland Johansen, Sveinung Lilleheier, Miquel Àngel Cordero and David Mayoral

1 CD / ECM / 2012-07-17

Works: Catalan Traditional: El Mestre, folk song; El mariner, folk song; Sephardic Traditional: Buenas noches, folk song; Ya salió de la mar la galana (She Came Out of the Sea), song (Salonica); Morena...
Performers: Cordero, Miquel Angel; Johansen, Petter Udland; Lilleheier, Sveinung; Mayoral, David; Savall, Arianna

Hirundo Maris is Latin for "sea swallow" and, like that bird's nomadic flight, harpist Arriana Savall's quintet - part early music ensemble, part folk group...continue...
Recording information: Propstei St. Gerold (01/2011).

Hirundo Maris is dedicated to the memory of Montserrat Figueras, the legendary advocate, researcher, and performer of Renaissance and Baroq...continue...

The Silver Sounds of Christmas

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

Works: Bill Holcombe: A Christmas Overture, for chorus & flute ensemble; Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Away in a Manger; What C...
Performers: Baldwin, Megan; Daley, Hope; Farzaneh, Roya; Hildreth, Tyler; Hillis, Aleesha; Hubert, Valerie; Jones, Isaac [Flute]; Keeling, Melissa; Kirkey, Adrienne; Lea, Judy; Little, Deanna; Little, Windell; M...
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Ensemble: Middle Tennessee State University Flute Choir

Recording information: First United Methodist Church, Lebanon, TN (11/06/2011)....continue...

A Christmas Feeling

1 CD / Clear Note / 2011-10-25

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Agustín Barrios-Mangoré: Villancico de Navidad, for guitar; Rex Willis: Cradlesong, for guitar; Eduardo Sainz de la Maza: Greensleeves, for guitar; Benjamin Verde...
Performers: Robinson, Stephen

In its earliest forms, Christmas music probably emanated from pre-Christian music to celebrate the winter solstice. For this collection, Stephen Robinson has unearthed a few...continue...

An Evening in the Village: The Music of Béla Bartók

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-10-04

Works: Béla Bartók: Hungarian Sketches, BB 103; Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98; Five-Tone Scale, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 3/78), Sz. 107/3/78, BB 105/78; Six Dances in Bulgarian R...
Performers: Drickey, Ryan; Flinner, Matt; Gordy, Grant; Martin, Ross [Guitar]; Schepps, Jake; Sollee, Ben

Recording information: 2010-04-??&2010-08-??&2010-.

Those browsing for a conventional program of Béla Bartók's music will receive little clue of what they're getting into from the ext...continue...

Happy Holidays! / The United States Navy Band

1 CD / Altissimo / 2011-09-27

Works: W. Scott Ragsdale: Holiday Opener (Happy Holiday / We Need a Little Christmas), medley for chorus & band; Christmas in the Islands, for voices, steel drums & band; Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride, arrang...
Performers: Arneson, Keith; Burlin, Philip M.; Bury, John; Carr, Kenneth H.; Dickson, Emily J.; Doubek, Theodore D.; Duff, Edward Daryl; Emrich, John H.; Fisher, John L.; Hernandez, Luis; Higginbotham, Shana; Hi...
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Cruisers (Miltary Band Vocal Ensemble); U.S. Navy Country Current

The selections on this recording were performed on the 2000 and 2001 Holiday Concerts broadcast across the nation and around the world via Direct to...continue...

Three Ravens / Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies / Folksongs by Alfred Deller with Desmond Dupré, lute

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-09-13

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; The Cuckoo; How Should I Your True Love Know?, folk song; Sweet Nightingale (Down in Those Valleys Below), folk song; The Oak and the Ash (North Coun...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond

Alfred Deller's two most famous LPs now remastered from the original master tapes and released onto one single disc. The master of the folksong tradition....continue...

Sing We Now of Christmas / Taylor Festival Choir, Eric Whitacre

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Work(s); In the Bleak Midwinter (Welsh); Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Covent...
Performers: Carroll, Liz; Conant, Susan; Doyle, John [Celtic]; Hightower, Mark; Ivory, Beth; Jobe, Richard; Khoma, Natalia; Lee, Benjamin; Mallon, Danny; Masie, Matt [Percussion]; Miller, Kori; Robertson, Kim; T...
Conductors: Taylor, Robert

The Taylor Festival Choir offers an annual Celtic Christmas presentation in Charleston, South Carolina and with this recording, brings it into the listener's living room....continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, South C (2010-06-17&2010-06-19&2010-)....continue...

Reflections

1 CD / La Ma de Guido / 2011-05-10

Works: Nicky Hind: Ripples, for guitar & live electronics; Reflections, for guitar; Crossings, for guitar & live electronics; George Winston: Carol of the Bells, for guitar; Night Sky, for guitar; Steve Rei...
Performers: Bieto, Jose Luis [Guitar]

Guitarist José Luís Bieito offers a collection of music on a compact disc, and the same music with images on a dvd. Most of the...continue...
Recording information: G.D.M. Studios, Vilanova i la Geltrú....continue...

Old Christmas Return'd

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Philippe Le Chancelier: Gabriel Fram Heven-King; Michael Praetorius: Work(s); Christmas Traditional: Seven Joys of Mary (English); Joseph, lieber Joseph mein (Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine), carol (Ger...
Performers: Bayley, Tim; Jeffrey, Robin; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors:
Ensemble: The York Waits

Recording information: Forde Abbey, Chard, Dorset, England (02/1992)....continue...

Aled's Christmas Gift / boy soprano

1 CD / Demon Tv / 2010-12-07

Works: Buddy Greene: Mary, Did You Know?, song; William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; John Goss: See Amid the Winter's Snow, for cho...
Performers: Aitken, Rob; Ashley, Charlotte; Beston, Simon; Brown, Zoe; Coates, Sam; Crawley, Ben; Flanaghan, Katie; Hale, Simon; Hughes, Emilia; Jones, Aled; Kelly, John; Lole, Simon; May, Elizabeth; Palliser, U...

Recording information: Coombehurst Studio, Kingston University, London; FX YourSpace Studios, London; Greendale Studios, London, England.

Responsible for one of the most iconic and enchanting C...continue...

Shout For Joy: Spiritual Christmas / Hendricks

1 CD / Arte Verum / 2010-11-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Mary Had a Baby; Quittez pasteurs (O come away ye shepherds) (French); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Coventry Carol (2); Ding Dong! M...
Performers: Bersgtrom, Mats; Gafvert, Bjorn; Hellstrom, Agneta; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Norberg, Ulf; Pettersson, Harald; Riedel, Georg [Double Bass]; Tenstam, Ulrika
Conductors:
Ensemble: Drottingholms Barockensemble

Fifteen years after EMI's Barbara Hendricks Sings Christmas - one of the soprano's best sellers - Barbara presents a Christmas album focused on sacred music....continue...
Recording information: Engelbrektskyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden (09/02/2010); Hjorthagens kyrka, Stockholm, Sweden (09/02/2010); Engelbrektskyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden (2010-09-01&2010-09-03_2010-); Hjortha...continue...

In The Moon Of Wintertime / Anthems & Carols for the Season of Joy

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-11-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); The Huron Indian Carol ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime"), carol (Quebecois); Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); What Child Is This? (Greensle...
Performers: Cleveland, Mark; Fendley, Sid; Madrick, Lydia; Parker, Eric [Tenor Vocal]; Ulffers, Peter; Ward, Daniel
Conductors: Badarak, Mary
Ensemble: Cantat

Recording information: Cathedral Church of St. John, Albuquerque, NM; Mountain Road Studios, Albuquerque, NM....continue...

A Very Merry Christmas [Opening Day]

1 CD / Opening Day Recordings / 2010-10-12

Works: Trey Mills: A Very Merry Christmas, song; Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; I Saw Three Ships, carol; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); B...
Performers: Beckwith, John; Bentley, Zoe; Dedrick, Christopher; Duligal, Gerry [Accordion]; Edwards, Darryl [Tenor Vocal]; Fallis, Mary Lou; Francis, Michael; Kelly, SeaN; Lindo, Lisa; Robertson, Eric; Robertson...
Conductors: ; Greer, John
Ensemble: ; Beckwith Ensemble; Don Gillis Jazz Quartet; Ensemble Vivant

The Holidays are here with a full length album featuring artists from Opening Day Records performing Christmas songs both familiar and new! Like holly and...continue...

Christmas / Sean Smith, guitar

1 CD / Thompkins Media / 2010-10-05

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582); O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); Deck the Halls (Welsh); Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer...
Performers: Smith, Sean [Guitar]

Accomplished Bay Area guitarist Sean Smith has released several albums under his own name, and has produced and contributed to the compilations Berkeley Guitar and...continue...
Recording information: Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA (05/2010/07/2010).

Sean Smith sets himself up for a clear challenge with a Christmas album -- it's not only one of the most crowded fie...continue...

About Christmas / Hendrick Soll, Synthesizer

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2010-09-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; Es kommt ein Schiff geladen, carol (German); Kommet, ihr Hirten, carol (Bohemian); Co...
Performers: Bandorf, Claus Dieter; De Deus, Fortunata Pereira; Eldridge, Peter; Hafner, Lutz; Meader, Darmon; Muller, Bruno [Guitar]; Porto, Sergio; Redhage, Jody; Reynaldo, Regis Molina; Soll, Hendrick; Vink, M...

Who would have thought that a CD of well-known and traditional Christmas carols could be so surprising and innovative? Berlin Voices, one of Germany's most...continue...

Middle Ages Music

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: Verbum patris humanatur (conduit); Guillaume de Machaut: Douce dame jolie, pour Dieu; Se je souspir parfondement, virelai for 2 voices; Comment qu'a moy lonteinne, virelai for ...
Performers: Player, Steve

All the Time is Christmastime

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-05-25

Works: Greg Shelley: All The Time Is Christmastime, song; Have A Little Fun This Christmas, song; Christmas To Me, song; Come This Christmas, song; What Child Is This?, prelude; Do You Remember This Christm...
Performers: Shelley, Greg

This CD is an audio picture of traditional American Christmas, painted with the detailed earthy guitar work and vocals for which the artist has long...continue...

Portrait

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-04-27

Works: Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence; Energy flow; Roland Dyens: Tango en Skai, for guitar; Eric Clapton: Tears in Heaven; Paulo Bellinati: Jongo for guitar; Charles C. Converse: What a Fri...
Performers: Muraji, Kaori

Mi Navidad / Andrea Bocelli

1 CD / Universal Music / 2009-11-23

Works: Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Christmas Traditional: Gloria in Excelsis Deo; What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); El abeto, carol (Spanish); Tu scendi dalle stelle (Italian); John Frederick Coots: Santa...
Performers: Blige, Mary J.; Blooding, Courtney; Bocelli, Andrea; Bonaviri, Daniele; Colaiuta, Vinnie; Cole, Natalie; Foster, David; Murphy, Maurice; Page, Richard; Parks, Dean

Spanish language version of his 2009 holiday album. 2009 holiday release, the first Christmas album from the superstar vocalist. Includes duets with Reba McEntire, Natalie...continue...

My Christmas

1 CD / Philips / 2009-11-03

Works: Irving Berlin: White Christmas; Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; The Lord's Prayer; What child is this; O Tannenbaum; Cantique de Noel; John Frederic Coots: Santa Claus is coming to town; M...
Performers: Blige, Mary J.; Blooding, Courtney; Bocelli, Andrea; Bonaviri, Daniele; Colaiuta, Vinnie; Cole, Natalie; Foster, David [Composer]; Jenkins, Katherine; McEntire, Reba; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Muppets...
Conductors: Wilberg, Mack

Millions will rejoice this holiday season with the much-anticipated release of Andrea Bocelli's 'My Christmas'. The first-ever live Christmas recording from Andrea is a heart-warming...continue...

Cantique de Noël - Beautiful Songs of Christmas / Michael Calmès, John Finney

1 CD / Centaur / 2009-11-01

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Christmas Traditional: This is the truth sent from above (English); Quelle est cette odeur agr&...
Performers: Calmès, Michael [Tenor Vocal]; DiPerna, Gary; Finney, John; Hudde, Hermann

With a voice praised as "beautiful" -; "thrilling" -; and "rich" -; tenor Michael CalmEs has achieved a distinguished record of performances in concerts, recitals,...continue...
Recording information: Blink Music Studios, Cambridge, MA (07/2008-08/2008)....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]

Merry - A Holiday Journey / Salerno-Sonnenberg, et al

1 CD / NSS Music / 2009-03-01

Works: John Frederic Coots: Santa Claus is comin' to town; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; Wassail Song; The Twelve Days of Christmas; Deck the hall; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Irving Berlin: Holida...
Performers: Amarante, Gustavo; Assad, Clarice; Assad, Odair; Assad, Sérgio; Blazer, Judith; Gartshore, Sarah; Kunzli, Mathias; Mase, Raymond; McDermott, Anne-Marie; Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja; Sherry, Fred
Conductors:
Ensemble: Clarice Assad Quartet

This bold, innovative recording of holiday favorites presents an inspired interpretation of the Christmas spirit as never before heard. Journey with renowned violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg...continue...

Ave Maria

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-12-02

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Panis Angelicus; Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through the Thorn); Los Peces en El Rio (The Fish in the River) (Spanish); ...
Performers: Donoso, Claudio; Gisella; Kellogg, Brendan; Osaki, Hector; Stratton, Juliet; Stravinsky, Povilas; Williams, Jason

Christmastide

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-11-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Ave Maria; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); César Franck: Panis angelicus; Max Reger: M...
Performers: Appleman, Abraham; Capalbo, Michele; Drake, Victoria; Fader, Oren; Heiss, David; Lionti, Vincent; Mason, Eric; Miller, Dan; Mortimore, Stephanie; Yajima, Mineko
Conductors: Contino, Fiora

A Boston Camerata Christmas / Joel Cohen

3 CD / Erato / 2008-11-18

Works: Anonymous, American: Watchman of Zion, hymn; Kingsbridge, hymn; Bozrah, hymn; A Christmas Hymn; The Heavenly Courtier, hymn; Slow Traveller, hymn; Benjamin Franklin White: Baptismal anthem; Christmas...
Performers: Atlan, Francoise; Azema, Anne; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Fleagle, John; Frederiksen, Joel; Fulton, Cheryl Ann; Hargis, Ellen; Hildebrand, Herman; Hite, William; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kale, Christophe...
Conductors: Cohen, Joel [Early Music];
Ensemble: Boston Camerata; Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble; Mediterranea Camerata

Alfred Deller Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 1 - Folk Songs and Ballads / Deller Consort

7 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-07-22

Works: Henry Purcell: Man is for the woman made, Z. 605/3; Sir Walter enjoying his damsel, catch for 3 voices, Z. 273; To thee and to a maid, catch for 3 voices, Z. 283; Fie, nay prithee, John, catch, ZD 10...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond; Sheppard, Honor
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Chamber Players

For the first time ever, the complete Vanguard recordings of the groundbreaking early music artist Alfred Deller will be made available in six deluxe boxed...continue...
Personnel: Alfred Deller & the Deller Consort (countertenor); Desmond Dupre (guitar, lute)....continue...

Silent Night, Holy Night - Carols / Schreier, et al

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: O du fröhliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit, carol (tune "O Sanctissima"); Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through the Thorn); Es ...
Performers: Berndt, Tobias; Buttner, Friedemann; Klingner, Christoph; Otto, Hans; Ritschel, Markus; Rost, Monika; Ryden, Susanne; Schreier, Peter; Sommer, Martin; Stockloáa, Erik; Uhle, Cornelius; Winkler...
Conductors: Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Stier, Gothart; Siedel, Annegret
Ensemble: Bell'Arte Salzburg; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipziger Thomanerchor

Just as Germany brought us the custom of the Christmas tree, Berlin Classics now brings us these unique Christmas collections. 'Silent Night. Holy Night' presents...continue...

Classical Kids - A Classical Kids Christmas

1 CD / Children's Group / 2007-10-09

Works: Susan Hammond: A Classical Kids Christmas, holiday pageant with Christmas carols, seasonal poetry & narration
Performers: Bella, Mary; Borys, Roman; Cambre, Esteban; Chaplin, Catherine; Colvin, Michael; Elliot, Kirk; Hammond, Susan; Hathaway, Victoria; Hopkins, Jamie; Patipatanakoon, Annalee; Shulman, Suzanne; Wiens, Ed
Conductors: Gay, Errol;
Ensemble: High Park Choirs of Toronto; Instrumental Ensemble

Celebrate Christmas with award-winning Classical Kids producer Susan Hammond (Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Mozart's Magic Fantasy) in this holiday collection the whole family will enjoy. Featuring...continue...
Personnel: Edith Wiens, Edward Wiens (vocals); Kirk Elliott (guitar, harp, percussion); Annalee Patipatanakoon (violin); Roman Borys (cello); Suzanne Shulmann (flute, piccolo); Susan Hammond (piano)....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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Noël: Autour d'une Guitare

1 CD / ATMA / 2006-11-01

Works: François-Auguste Gevaert: Le Sommeil de L'Enfant Jesus; Lee Holdridge: O Joyful Children; Christmas Traditional: Bel astre que j'adore (Beautiful Star that I Adore), carol (French); El Noi de la...
Performers: Antoun, Carla; Cassidy, Anne-Marie; Gagnon, Claude; Gagnon, Marc; Jacques, David [Classical Guitar]; Legendre-Bilodeau, Sarah; Trotier, Nicole

Christmas in Old Austria / Clemencic, Clemencic Consort

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Anonymous, Austrian: Psalmus instrumentaliter, for ensemble; Weyhnachtgsang no 1, hymn (Geistliche Nachtigall, Vienna, pub. 1648); Mittit ad Virginem, hymn (Geistliche Nachtigall, Vienna, pub. 1648);...
Performers: Clemencic, Rene; Kummer, Eberhard; Landauer, Bernhard; Pitzl, Pierre; Reithofer, Wolfgang
Conductors: Clemencic, René

The feast of Christmas in Old Austria was more colorful, more vivid, and for the most part more pious than it is today. Christmas matins...continue...

Angel Voices - Collection for Christmas / Western Wind

1 CD / Western Wind / 2006-04-01

Works: William Billings: Boston; Bethlehem; Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); The Cherry Tree Carol; If Anybody Ask You (Spiritual); Anonymous: I Believe This Is Jesus; Includemur n...
Performers: Arnold, Johanna; Bennett, Lawrence; De Ruitaer, Albert; Karpienia, Joseph; Lee, William Lyon; Levine, Elliot Z.; Rowe, Cheryl Bensman; Rowell, Mary L.; Western Wind; Zukof, William
Conductors:
Ensemble: Western Wind

An inspiring collection of medieval, renaissance, early American, and contemporary music celebrating the holiday - a treasury of familiar and rare holiday musical treats!...continue...
Personnel: Johanna Arnold (soprano); Lawrence Bennet, William Lyon Lee (tenor); William Zukof (countertenor); Albert De Ruiter (bass voice); Mary L. Rowell (violin).

Recording information: Rutg...continue...

Holiday Light

2 CD / Western Wind / 2006-04-01

Works: James F.: Holiday Light; Christmas Traditional: Angelus ad virginem (English); Angels We Have Heard on High; The Cherry Tree Carol; Lute Book Lullaby ("Sweet was the song the Virgin sung"); I Saw Thr...
Performers: Boerger, Kristina; Davis, Patricia; Downey, Roma; Eisenstein, Robert; Frizzell, Todd; Herreid, Grant; Levine, Elliot Z.; Morgan, Gayla; Slade, Richard; Western Wind

As heard on public radio! Here is a wonderful collection of Christmas music from the Middle Ages to the present, combined with reflections on the...continue...
Personnel: Richard Slade (tenor); William Zukof (countertenor); Kristina Boerger (guitar); Elliot Levine (banjo); Robert Eisenstein (vielle, fiddle); Grant Herreid (lute, vihuela); Patricia Davis (vio...continue...

Oikan ayns Bethlehem - Noëls / Hall, Bergeron, La Nef

1 CD / ATMA / 2005-11-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Oikan ayns Bethlehem, carol (Isle of Man); Duan Nollaig, carol (Scottish); Taladh Chriosta, carol (Isle of Barra); Ballulalow (Ane Sang of the Birth of Christ), carol (Scottish...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Hall, Meredith
Conductors:
Ensemble: La Nef

Long before the coming of Christianity, the Winter Solstice was celebrated by the Celts with fire rituals symbolizing the coming of light and hope in...continue...

Simply Christmas

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-10-11

Works: James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Angels We Have Heard on High; Il est né, le ...
Performers: Barber, Terrance; Chavez, Mike; Clark, Mark; Finch, Catrin; Gagan, Jon; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; LaGoya, Alexandre; Legrand, Michel; Liebert, Ottmar; Lyons, Gary [Engineer/Producer]...
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut

Personnel: Terrance L. Barber Jr. (countertenor); Alexandre Lagoya, Ottmar Liebert (guitar); Gary Lyons (slide guitar); Catrin Finch, Ayako Shinozaki (harp); Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute); Mike Middleto...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...

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"

A Christmas Carol / Bill Perry

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-11-23

Works: Bill Perry: Prelude; Resurrection; Soli Deo Gloria; For God Alone the Glory; Josylvia Winter; Angeli Musicanti; Music of the Angels; A Christmas Carol; Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Lowell Mason: Joy t...
Performers: Perry, Bill

Sueños de Amor / Heidi Grant Murphy, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 2004-10-19

Works: Diego Luzuriaga: El Mundo Da Vueltas, for voice & ensemble; En Poco Tiempo Naceras, for voice & ensemble; Christmas Traditional: El Cant dels ocells (Carol of the Birds), carol (Catalan); A la nanita...
Performers: Aureole; Goni, Antigoni; Murphy, Heidi Grant; Murphy, Kevin; Refusco, Mauro
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aureole Trio

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

Recording information: KAS Music and Sound, Astoria, NY (08/2002-09/2002)....continue...

A Touch of Class / Angel Romero

1 CD / Telarc / 2004-09-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Minuet in G major, BWV Anhung 116; Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano...
Performers: Romero, Angel; Romero, Lito

In Heavenly Peace

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-08-31

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und...
Performers: Niedt, Douglas

Personnel: Douglas Niedt (guitar).

Recording information: Niedt Records, Studio B....continue...

The #1 Wedding Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-05-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; John Stanley: Voluntaries (10) for Organ, book 2, Op. 6; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Trumpet Tune; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum in D major, H 146; Johann Sebas...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Augér, Arleen; Bilgram, Hedwig; Carreras, José; Cleobury, Stephen; Cochereau, Pierre; Delmotte, Roger; Domingo, Placido; Francescatti, Zino; Hurford, Pe...
Conductors: Howarth, Elgar; ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Münchinger, Karl; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Arndt, Günther; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Bernstein, Leonard; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Hogwood, Christopher; Mackerr...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Handel Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Mus...

Christmas Adagios - Holiday Classics to Touch your Heart

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-10-08

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Traditional: O come, O come Emmanuel; Amazing Grace; On ...
Performers: Café; Cunningham, Johnny; De Lancie, John; Douglas, Bill; Douglas, Dave [Piano]; Dunning, Brian; Erquiaga, Steve; Galway, James; Gomez, Eddie [Bass]; Irvine, Maya; Krips, Alfred; Mitchell, Emi...
Conductors: ; Gould, Morton; Ormandy, Eugene; Galway, James; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Salter, Robert; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Guildhall String Ensemble; Morton Gould Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Nightnoise; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orche...

Reflections

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2002-10-01

Works: Kevin Moynahan: Reflections; The Gift; Morning Light; Spanish Dreams; Old Friends; 21; Humming Song; Soul Circles; The Natural Air; Anonymous: Malagueña; Traditional: Greensleeves
Performers: Moynahan, Kevin

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...

Christmas Dreams / Liona Boyd

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2002-07-09

Works: Liona Boyd: Christmas Dreams; Song of Peace; A Canon for Christmas; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Traditional: God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesa...
Performers: Berman, Melvin; Boyd, Liona; Brandt, Kim; Dunstan, Darren; Fortin, Richard; Goodman, Erica; Leonard, Brian; Robertson, Eric; Sheard, Gord; Stewart, Douglas; Whittaker, Roger; Zamfir, Gheorghe
Conductors: Bartle, Jean Ashworth; Blyden-Taylor, Brainerd
Ensemble: Orpheus Boys' Choir; Toronto Children's Chorus

This is Liona Boyd's Gold CD of timeless Xmas favorites with special guests pan flutist Georges Zamfir and singer Roger Whittaker. Two choirs and delicate...continue...