An iimaginatively-curated, generously-filled Christmas collection packed with every conceivable carol, tune, choral work, or song in timeless performancesfrom the greatest artists in the world.
5 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical audio file CD audio
Other Title:
One hundred Christmas masterworks
Notes:
Title from container Compact discs Various performers include: Cecilia Bartoli, Berliner Philharmoniker, Placido Domingo, Dresdner Kreuzchor, English Baroque Soloists, The English Concert, Gabrieli Consort, John Eliot Gardiner, Gidon Kremer, Paul McCreesh, The Montiverdi Choir, Anna Netrebko, Trevor Pinnock, St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Bryn Terfel, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Rolando Villazón, Anne Sofie von Otter, Fritz Wunderlich
Contents:
disc 1. Arias and songs: In dulci jubilo / Praetorius, arranged Neumeyer (2:39) Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion / Handel (4:49) Laudate Dominum / Mozart (4:30) Die Könige / Cornelius (2:38) Großer Herr, o starker König / Bach (4:22) Tomorrow shall be my dancing day / Anon. (1:49) Panis angelicus / Franck (3:41) Let the bright seraphim / Handel (3:14) Jesu bleibet meine Freude / Bach (2:45) Beata viscera Mariae Virginis / Pérotin (3:48) Geistliches Wiegenlied, opus 91, numbers 2 / Brahms (6:11) O Jesulein süß / Anon. (4:07) Ombra mai fù / Handel (2:42) Ev'ry valley shall be exalted / Handel (3:32) Alleluia / Mozart (2:33) In the bleak midwinter / Holst (4:04) Ave Maria / Verdi (4:53) Bereite dich, Zion / Bach (5:03) disc 2. Carols: Once in royal David's city (3:12) O come, all ye faithful (4:01) Hark! the herald angels sing (2:19) In the bleak midwinter (4:46) O little town of Bethlehem (3:01) I saw three ships (2:13) Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (4:12) Still, weil's Kindlein schlafen will (:50) The first Nowell (4:48) Adventi ének (Veni, Veni Emmanuel) (3:50) Up! good Chrsiten folk, and listen (1:17) Gaudete (1:42) Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (3:35) There is no rose of swych vertu (4:56) The holly and the ivy (3:29) God rest ye merry, gentlemen (2:53) A shepherd's carol (4:55) Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (2:04) Ding dong! merrily on high (1:57) Unser lieben Frauen Traum (2:12) Birjina gaztettobat zegoen (Gabriel's message) (2:31) Jesus Christ the apple tree (2:49) Nachtlied (2:48) disc 3. Instrumental music: Rondeau / Mouret (1:58) Sinfonia / Bach (5:23) Concerto gross in G minor, opus 6, numbers 8 / Corelli Pifa / Handel (1:11) Suite numbers 3 in D, BWV 1068 / Bach (4:48) Nuit. In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416 / Charpentier (4:40) Concerto for violin and strings in F minor, opus 8, numbers 4, RV 297 / Vivaldi Canzon noni toni a 12, C 183 / Gabrieli (3:26) Jesu, joy of man's desiring / Bach (3:23) Noëls sur les instruments, H 531, 534 / Charpentier In dulci jubilo / Scheidt (3:43) disc 4. Choral music: Jauchzet, frohlocket / Bach (7:40) ; For unto us a child is born / Handel (4:04) In dulci jubilo / Praetorius (5:23) A spotless rose / Howells (3:37) Virga Jesse / Bruckner (4:17) The lamb / Tavener (3:33) The darkness is no darkness / Bingham (4:29) Dank sagen wir alle Gott / Schü̈tz (2:05) Hallelujah / Handel (4:01) Resonet in Laudibus à 5 / De Lasus (4:15) Hodie Christus natus est / Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (3:23) Quem vidistis pastores / Poulenc (3:20) God is with us / Tavener (5:42) Magnificat / Bach (3:00) As dew in Aprille / Britten (1:07) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland / Bach(4:27) Uns ist ein Kindlein heut geborn / Praetorius (2:11) A hymn to the Virgin / Britten (2:39) disc 5. Popular tunes/The Nutcracker suite: White Christmas / Berlin (5:01) Il est né le divin enfant / Anon. (1:25) O holy night / Adam (4:14) Shepherd's pipe carol / Rutter (2:58) Ave Maria, D. 839 / Schubert (5:39) Winter wonderland / Bernard (3:51) Carol of the bells / Leontovych (1:28) Deck the hall with boughs of holly / Anon. (1:22) Joy to the world / Trad. (2:30) Mary's boy child / Hairston (3:34) Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Martin and Blane (3:14) Ave Maria / Bach (5:28) Nutcracker suite, opus 71a / Tchaikovsky
