Contents:
Disc 1:
Hark! The herald angels sing
The first Nowell
While shepherds watched
I saw three ships
Ding dong! Merrily on high
King Jesus hath a garden
In dulci jubilo (Simon Preston, organ)
Unto us is born a Son
Adeste fideles (O come, all ye faithful) (Simon Preston, organ)
Away in a manger (Simon Preston, organ)
O little town of Bethlehem (Andrew Davis, organ)
The holly and the ivy
God rest ye merry, gentelmen
See amid the Winter's snow
Past three o'clock
Disc 2:
Once in royal David's City
Sussex carol (On Christmas night)
Rocking carol (Little Jesu, sweetly sleep)
Rejoice and be merry
The cherry tree carol (Joseph was an old man)
The three kings
As with gladness men of old
Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (A great and mighty wonder)
The infant king (Old Basque)
Balulalow
Legend (The crown of roses), Op. 54, No. 5
Christ was born on Christmas Day
Blessed by that Maid Mary
The lute-book lullaby ("Sweet was the song the Virgin sang")
Myn lyking
Personent hodie
In the bleak midwinter
Coventry carol
Shepherds in the field abiding
Torches
Fantasia on Christmas carols / Vaughan Williams (with London Symphony Orchestra)
Disc 3:
Up! good christen folk and listen
Gabriel's message (Basque carol)
Donkey carol
Wexford carol
Cradle song
Child in a manger
Mary's lullaby
Quelle est cette odeur agréable?
The noble stem of Jesse
Jesus Christ the apple tree
Wassail song (The Choir and Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge, John Rutter)
Star carol (The Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Chorus)
This endris night
Entre le bœuf et l'âne gris
The cradle
El rorro
Once as I remember
Entry of the kings (The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner)
Disc 4:
Welcome yule!-- Deck the hall with boughs of holly (Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey)
Salutation carol (Hazel Holt [and others])
The first Christmas
The boar's head carol (Elizabethan Singers [and others])-- Wolcom Yule!
There is no rose (The Choir of Kings College, Cambridge)
The holy boy (Stephen Ryde-Weller [and others])
Bethlehem down
Lullaby my Jesus / Choir of Winchester Catherdral, David Hill
A spotless rose: Carol, 4vv (1919) (Donald Sweeney, bass)
Sing lullaby (Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill)
In terra pax. A frosty Christmas Eve ; And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them (Libby Crabtree [and others])
Good King Wenceslas (Barbara Elsy [and others])
The old year now is fled (Elizabethan Singers, Simon Preston, Louis Halsey)
Disc 5:
Joy to the world (Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge)
O holy night (Minuit, chrétien) (Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler)
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent night) (The Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks)
Jingle bells (incorporating Deck the halls) (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble)
White Christmas (Kiri Te Kanawa [and others])
Marche des rois (Wiener Sängerknaben [and others])
It came upon a midnight clear (Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge)
Gesù bambino (Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler)
Carol of the bells (Canadian Brass [and others])
Winter wonderland (Kiri Te Kanawa [and others])
Do you hear what I hear? (Anthony Way, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, English Chamber Orchestra)
We three kings of Orient are (Canadian Brass [and others])
Mille cherubini in coro (Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler)
Still, still, still (Wiener Sängerknaben [and others])
The twelve days of Christmas (Joan Sutherland [and others])
Sleigh ride (Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra, Frederick Fennell)
Have yourself a merry little Christmas (Kiri Te Kanawa, Philharmoniaa Orchestra, Carl Davis)
Disc 6:
Christmas oratorio, BWV 248. Jauchzet frohlocket ; Sinfonia ; Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh / J.S. Bach (Helen Watts, Lübecker Kantorei, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger)
Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6, no. 8 "fatto per la notte di Natale". III Adagio, allegro, adagio / Corelli (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner)
L'enfance du Christ, op. 25, partie 2: La fuite en Egypte: Il s'en va loin de la terre ; Le repos de la Sainte Famille: Les pèlerins étant venus / Berlioz (Academy of St. Martin the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner)
Messiah, HWV 56. Behold, a virgin shall conceive ... o thou that tellest good tidings ; For unto us a Child is born ; Pifa (Pastoral symphony) ; There were shepherds ... And lo, the angel of the Lord ... And the angel said unto them ... And suddenly ; Glory to God in the highest ; Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion ; Hallelujah! / Handel (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Chorus, Neville Marriner, Elly Ameling, Anna Reynolds)
