2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s digital recording
Other Title:
Downton Abbey (Television program)
Notes:
Christmas music from the television series Disc 1 contains 23 selections ; disc 2 contains 22 selections Various performers Sung in English, Latin, and French
Contents:
The Downton Christmas suite, pt. 1 (the Budapest City Orchestra and the Budapest Choral Voices) O holy night (Julian Ovenden) It came upon a midnight clear (Elizabeth McGovern) The first Noel (Julian Ovenden & Elizabeth McGovern) The Sussex carol (Julian Ovenden) 12 days of Christmas (Julian Ovenden & Katie Marshall) Silent night (Julian Ovenden) We wish you a merry Christmas (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa) In the bleak midwinter (Choir of King's College, Cambridge) O little town of Bethlehem (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa) Once in royal David's city ; Hark! The herald angels sing ; Oh come, all ye faithful (Choir of King's College, Cambridge) Messe de minuit pour Noël. Kyrie / Charpentier (William Christie) Ding dong! Merrily on high (Choir of King's College, Cambridge) Good King Wenceslas (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa) While shepherds watched ; Away in a manger ; In dulci Jubilo (Choir of King's College, Cambridge) Panis angelicus (Libera) Christmas concerto. 1st movement / Vivaldi (il Giardino armonico) Dance of the sugar plum fairy : from The nutcracker suite (Alexander Lazarev) Twas the night before Christmas (Jim Carter) The Downton Christmas suite, pt. 2 (the Budapest City Orchestra and the Budapest Choral Voices) Joy to the world (Joël Cohen) God rest you merry, gentlemen ; Angels, from the realms of glory (Choir of King's College, Cambridge) Hallelujah chorus : from Handel's Messiah (Nikolaus Harnoncourt) The holly and the ivy (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa) Go, tell it on the mountain (Thomas Hampson) March from The nutcracker suite (Alexander Lazarev) Tannenbaum ; I saw three ships (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa) When Christ was born of Mary free (Carleton Etherington & Benjamin Nicholas) Adam lay ybounden ; The first Nowell (Choir of King's College, Cambridge) We three kings of Orient are (Andrew Parrot, Taverner Choir & Taverner Consort) O come, o come, Emmanuel (Choir of King's College, Cambridge) I sing the birth (Ralph Allwood, Rodolfus Choir & Sam Jenkins) Noëls sur les instruments (William Christie) Nouvelles, nouvelles ; Chantons Noël, menons joyeuse vie (Joël Cohen) The three kings (Choir of King's College, Cambridge) O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Nikolaus Harnoncourt) [Christmas concerto]. 3rd movement / Corelli (Claudio Scimone)
