Christmas > Post-Romantic Period

Carols from Kings / Stephen Cleobury, King's College Choir

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Rejoice and Be Merry; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); King Jesus Hath A Garden (Dutch); Infant Holy, Infant Lowly ...
Performers: Goode, David; Knight, Alexander; Todd, Nicholas
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, is one of the world's most beloved choral groups. Each Christmas Eve millions across the globe tune in to...continue...
Recording information: La Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France (08/02/1994-08/03/1994)....continue...

Christmas at King's College, Cambridge

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-10-16

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Robert Lucas Pearsall: In Dulci Jubilo for soloists & chorus; Christmas Traditional: Blessed Be That Maid Marie (English); God Rest You Me...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir Cambridge

Recording information: King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England....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...

Christmas Choirs

2 CD / Lifestyles / 2012-08-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: On the 25th of December; Pat-a-Pan (Burgundian); Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (W zlobie lezy); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Whence comes this rush of wi...

Christmas Masterpieces and Familiar Carols by Bach, Mendelssohn, Handel and Berlioz

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

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio; Felix Mendelssohn: Christus; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Christmas Traditional: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); The Boar's Head Carol; While ...
Performers: Beckwith, Daniel; Gray, Anne Ackley
Conductors: Flummerfelt, Joseph
Ensemble: Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia

Christmas Masterpieces and Familiar Carols has enjoyed steady sales for over 30 years. It features one of America's greatest choirs. The New York Times has...continue...

On Christmas Night / works by Rutter, Burton, Mathias, Darke and Poston

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-10-25

Works: John Rutter: What sweeter music; Christmas Traditional: Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); ...
Performers: Challenger, John [Organ]; Clapham, Geoffrey; Gregory, Julian; James, Freddie [Organist]; Leslie, Huw; Macdonald, Basil; Neill, Henry
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew
Ensemble: St John's College Choir cambridge

A joyous celebration of music for the festive season! This disc was recorded in the College Chapel in full surround-sound, and recreates to a spectacular...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (01/14/2011-01/16/2011)....continue...

Colonial Christmas

1 CD / Gourd Music / 2011-10-11

Works: John Playford: The Merry Wassail; Drive the cold winter away, dance (from The English Dancing Master); New Year's Eve; Cold and Raw; Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Christ...
Performers: Autumn, Jesse; Burman-Hall, Linda; Evans, Robert [Fiddle]; Grosjean, Deby Benton; Johannesson, Lars; Petrie, Robin; Phillips, Barry [Cello]; Phillips, Shelley; Stiner, Christa; Summers, Sarah-Jane

This recording is a collection of instrumental carols and dances from colonial America. Barry Phillips, cellist is joined by musicians performing a variety of music...continue...
Recording information: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA....continue...

Choral Music of David Willcocks

1 CD / Priory / 2011-09-13

Works: David Willcocks: Ceremony of Psalms, for chorus; Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, for chorus & organ; Sing!, for chorus (after the toccata from Widor's Organ Symphony no 5); English Traditional: The Las...
Performers: Chambers, Simon; Kanagasooriam, Jonathan; Sandy, Matthew; Stevens, Peter; Watts, Jane [Organ]
Conductors: Willcocks, David
Ensemble: ; Royal College Of Music Brass Ensemble

David Willcocks' eight decade-long career has included posts in many of the finest musical establishments in the United Kingdom. Born in 1919, Willcocks served in...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of King's College, Cambridge (2010-01-19_2010-01-20&2010-)....continue...

The British Composers Guide to Britain

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Eric Coates: Knightsbridge March; London Suite; Edward Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town), concert overture, Op. 40; Severn Suite, Op. 87; Caractacus, Op. 35; Percy Grainger: Handel in the Strand; Bri...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bayl, Benjamin; Bell, David [Organ]; Benson, Garth; Bostridge, Ian; Brannigan, Owen; Bullard, Thomas; Harvey, Frederi...
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Barbirolli, John; del Mar, Norman; Ord, Boris; Previn, Andre; Layton, Stephen; Cleobury, Stephen; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bishop, Christopher; Irving, Rober...
Ensemble: ; London Music Group; Polyphony (Vocal Ensemble)

This bright and breezy guide takes us in 50 stops from London, round Essex and East Anglia, up to Scotland, then - via Wales and...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...

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...

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...

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...

Christmas with the London Brass

1 CD / Teldec / 2010-10-26

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Michael Praetorius: Musae Sioniae; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emman...
Performers: London Brass
Conductors: Harvey, Roger

Recording information: St. Barnabas Church, Woodside Park (04/1990).

Thanks to its lush arrangements and warm spirit, Christmas with the London Brass is an ideal holiday album for fans of symph...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 at Salisbury Cathedral

1 CD / Priory / 2010-09-14

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Away in a Manger; Il est né, le divin enfant (French); O Jesulein süá, o Jesulein mild (O Little One S...
Performers: Cook, Daniel; Foster, Freddie; Hetherington, Hugh
Conductors: Halls, David

The choristers of Salisbury Cathedral maintain an unbroken tradition of church music that stretches back for more than 700 years. This recording is similar to...continue...
Recording information: Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England (01/27/2009-01/29/2009)....continue...

Joy In The Morning

1 CD / Orchid Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Alec Roth: Unborn; The Traveller; Christmas Traditional: The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Trois Noëls; Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); ...
Performers: Boden, Samuel; Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Fletcher, Andrew; Gaunt, William; Jones, Sara; Skidmore, Greg; Vango, Susannah; Vocal], Amy Wood [Sorprano; Watson, Christopher
Conductors: Skidmore, Jeffrey

For their second release on Orchid Classics, Ex Cathedra present a brand new recording of Christmas repertoire based upon their highly successful "Christmas by Candlelight"...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Birmingham, England (07/10/2009-07/11/2009)....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...

Love Came Down at Christmas

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Michael Praetorius: Musae Sioniae; Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings; C...
Performers: English, John [Australia]; Jackson, Oliver; Jones, Timothy; Kelly, Duncan; Oxenham, Martin; St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Williams, Huw [Organ]

Malcolm Archer`s own carol gives its title to this inspiring new collection from the wonderful acoustic of this world famous Cathedral. Included also is his...continue...
Personnel: Jon English (tenor); Timothy Jones (bass voice); Oliver Jackson (treble); Huw Williams (organ).

Recording information: St. Paul's Cathedral....continue...

Festival Of Nine Lessons / King's College Choir

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-12-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Spoken Word: Bidding Prayer - The Lord's Prayer - Blessing; First Lesson - Genesis 3; Second Lesson - Genesis 22; Third Lesson - Isaiah 9; Fou...
Performers: Bagnall, Chris [spoken word]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Harrison, Ross [spoken word]; Lloyd-Morgan, Richard; Musallam, Basim [spoken word]; Richardson, Ashley; Robinson, Joel; Robinson, Ni...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen

This new, live, complete recording of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from Christmas Eve 2008 includes traditional hymns, modern carols, old favorites and...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of King's College, Cambridge (12/24/2008)....continue...

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...

I Saw Three Ships / Nethsingha, Gloucester Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Jean Mouton: Nesciens Mater Virgo Virum, for 8 voices; Sergey Rachmaninov: Ave Maria; Paul Manz: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come; Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Tryste Noel, for cho...
Performers: Atherton, James; Burton, Russell; Field, Sebastian; Houssart, Robert; Keeling, Lawrence; Skidmore, Greg; Walshe, Ciaran

Sunday Times
Under Nethsingha's directions, Gloucester Cathedral Choir sing with confidence and refinement
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Christmas Vespers

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-02-24

Works: Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Claude Debuss...
Performers: Gittinger, Jason
Conductors:
Ensemble: Motor City Brass Quintet

This generous holiday release (it clocks in at close to an hour) from the Motor City Brass Quintet features concise yet airy instrumental arrangements of several seasonal favorites, both sacred and se...continue...

Joyous Day! / Barlow Bradford, Utah Chamber Artists

1 CD / Clarion / 2009-01-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (W zlobie lezy); Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); I Wonder ...
Conductors: Bradford, Barlow
Ensemble: Utah Chamber Artists

This disc is sure to delight those who love the sounds of Christmas and are looking for artful arrangements that enhance the familiar with innovative...continue...

Make We Joy - Music for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany

1 CD / Quilisma (Loft) / 2009-01-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Of the Father's heart begotten (A Christmas Procession); This is the truth sent from above (English); Work(s); Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Sussex Carol ("On Christmas N...
Performers: Arthur, Malcolm; Carey, Colm; Cooper, Julie; Phillips, Tom [Zamir Chorale]; Poole, Elizabeth; Preston-Dunlop, Emma; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor

Rejoice and Be Merry! / Jessup, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, King's Singers, et al

1 CD / Mormon Tabernacle / 2008-09-30

Works: Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Carol For The King (French, 15th c.); The First Nowell (English); Deck the Halls (Welsh); El niño querido (The Beloved Child) (Spanish...
Performers: Bradford, Daron; Elliott, Richard [Organ]; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Square, Bells on Temple
Conductors: Waldron, Thomas

Following the success of their #1 Billboard and Grammy-nominated album Spirit of the Season, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir presents Rejoice and Be Merry!, the next...continue...

Colours Of Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-11-13

Works: Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (W zlobie lezy); Coventry Carol (2); Past Three O'clock, carol (English); We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English)...

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 Time Is Here

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: Kevin Norbury: Work(s); Steve Nelson: Frosty the Snowman; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis); Erik Leidzen: The Herald Angels, for b...
Performers: Gramercy Brass; Johnson, Rich; Morden, Max
Conductors: Lambert, John Henry; Morden, Max
Ensemble: Faith Bell Ringers

Full performer name: Gramercy Brass/John Henry Lambert.

Gramercy Brass includes: Max Morden (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, percussion); John Henry Lambert (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Brad Sir...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)

Gramophone Magazine
Performed with every virtue and every grace including fresh, firm tone, uncanny precision and the finest possible control of grades and shades of volume.
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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 Choirs [Allegro]

1 CD / Lifestyles / 2006-09-12

Works: Christmas Traditional: Carol-Noel; I Saw Three Ships, carol; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (W zlobie lezy); Gabriel's Message (Basque); Jesous Ahatonhia (Jesus He Is Born), carol (Canadian); A la nanita ...
Performers: Various Artists

Gabriel's Message: Christmas Carols for Flute & Harp

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-11-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Il est né, le divin enfant (French); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Wassail Song ("Here We Come a-Wassailing"...
Performers: Chatterton, Linda; Christopher, Nikki

Christmas on Fifth Avenue / Choir of St. Thomas Church, NYC

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2005-11-01

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Quelle est cette odeur a...
Performers: Bruns, Jeremy S.; Bynum, Woodrow Bynum; Carder, Gregg M.; Fletcher, Nathan; Fletcher, Zachary; Jarrett, Richard; Register, Brian; Streetman, Curtis
Conductors: Music], John Scott [Choral

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...

Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (adapted from Handel); I Saw Three Ships, carol; ...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David

This release is a jam-packed long-playing double CD of the most popular Christmas songs of all-time from the critically acclaimed Kings College Choir of Cambridge....continue...

Carols from King's College

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Angels From the Realms Of Glory; O Little Town of Bethlehem; In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); The First Nowell (E...
Performers: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]

A Traditional Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-12-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)...

Best Loved Christmas Carols / King's College Choir

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-10-05

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Angels From the Realms Of Glory; O Little Town of Bethlehem; In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); The First Nowell (En...
Performers: Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; Jones, George; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Thomas Armstrong [Composer/Conductor]; Trotter, Thomas; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Well...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir, Cambridge

This is the perfect set for the Christmas Season! It features the very best holiday music from the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, who have...continue...
Personnel: Tom Armstrong (descant); Francis Grier, John Wells (organ).

Recording information: King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (1964-1979)....continue...

Family Carols / Willcocks, Bach Choir, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-05

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); The First Nowell (English); A Maiden Most Gentle (French); The Gloucester Wass...
Performers: Bates, Nigel; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Scott, John
Conductors: Willcocks, David
Ensemble: Fanfare Trumpeters; Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

The Bach Choir's Family Carols is a fairly standard choral Christmas album. There are no twists and turns in the arrangements, and the carols are all quite familiar. That's not a bad thing, however, i...continue...

What Sweeter Music / Barbieri

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2004-10-01

Works: William Walton: Christmas Carols (4) for chorus; John Rutter: What sweeter music; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Boris Ord: Adam lay ybounden; Andrew Carter: Mary's Magnific...
Performers: Barbieri, Edward; Consortium; Dobell, Mark; Downs, Melanie; Price, Gareth; Price, Ray; Semmens, Richard; Swift, Helen
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Ensemble: Consortium

Recording information: Saint Alban the Martyr, Holborn, London, England (05/02/1998-05/03/1998)....continue...

Catholic Christmas Classics / The Cathedral Singers

1 CD / GIA Publications / 2004-09-07

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; James R. Murray: Away in a Manger; Christmas Traditional: Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American); Angels We Have Heard on ...
Performers: Combs, William; Long, Larry [Organ]; Lovett, Cary; McDermott, Lorelei; Tanis, John; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Proulx, Richard
Ensemble: Metropolis Chamber Players

Features classic, well-known religious Christmas songs and hymns, all beautifully performed by The Cathedral Singers, a professional recording group from Chicago....continue...

A Christmas Concert / Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

2 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-08-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Masters in Th...
Performers: Berntsen, Neal; Caballero, William; Crewe, Murray; Erickson, Sumner; Hamrick, Robert; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass; Sullivan, Peter; Vosburgh, George
Conductors: Vosburgh, George
Ensemble: Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

The Pittsburgh Symphony Brass, led by Grammy Award-winner George Vosburgh, possess a unique blend of virtuosity with brilliant sonority rarely achieved in brass music. The...continue...
Personnel: Neal Bernstein, George Vosburgh (trumpet, flugelhorn); Murray Crewe (bass trombone); Sumner Erickson (tuba).

Recording information: East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh.
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Music for a Christmas Feast - Seasonal Classics for Christmas Dining

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2003-08-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); O Little One Sweet; Gabriel fram evene king sewnt (Angelus ad Virginem); Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians Now Rejoice"...

Seasonal classics for Christmas dining. A programme of joyful Christmas music, perfect as a background to a Christmas meal or family get together. Old favourites...continue...

Along the Road to Bethlehem

1 CD / CBC Records / 2001-06-25

Works: John Rutter: Star Carol; Jesus Christ, for chorus & orchestra; Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings; Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Joseph, lieber Jose...
Performers: Dorsey, Richard; Henderson, Ruth Watson; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Katie Wylde; Kent, David; Toronto Children's Chorus

Personnel: Chelsey Schill (soprano); Ben Heppner (tenor); Judy Loman (harp); Wendy Rose, Jacques Israelievitch, Marc-Andre Savoie, My Hyon Kim, Miho Hashizume, Carol Fujino, Paul Meyer (violin); Chri...continue...