2 audio discs (101 min., 50 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording
Notes:
Compact disc Previously released material Various soloists, orchestras choruses and conductors Sung in English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Contents:
CD 1. O holy night = Minuit, chrétien / Adam, arr. Gamley (Luciano Pavarotti) Requiem. Pie Jesu / Fauré (Cecilia Bartoli) Messiah. Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion / Handel (Renée Fleming) Hark! the herald angels sing / Mendelssohn, arr. Meyer (Leontyne Price) Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht = Silent night / Gruber, arr. Schreck (Anne Sofie von Otter) Ave Maria / Bach, Gounod, arr. Maarse (José Carreras) Fünf lieder, op. 41. Wiegenlied / R. Strauss (Anna Netrebko) What child is this / Anon., arr. Gamley (Renata Tebaldi) Panis angelicus / Franck (Plácido Domingo) Salve Regina / Puccini, arr. Marin (Angela Gheorghiu) Joy to the world / Handel, arr. Gamley (Joan Sutherland) Messiah. How beautiful are the feet / Handel (Syliva McNair) First Nowell / trad., arr. Smith (Roberto Alagna) Goin' home / Dvořák, arr. Hazell (Bryn Terfel) Samson. Let the bright seraphim / Handel (Kiri Te Kanawa) CD 2. Serse. Ombra mai fu "Largo" / Handel (Rolando Villazón) Angels we have heard on high / Anon., arr. Mayer (Leontyne Price) Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339. Laudate Dominum / Mozart (Cecilia Bartoli) Gesù bambino / Yon, arr. Gamley (Luciano Pavarotti) Hänsel und Gretel. Abends will ich schlafen gehn / Humperdinck (Rénee Fleming & Susan Graham) Noël / Fauré, arr. Henryson (Anne Sofie von Otter) Otello. Ave Maria / Verdi (Anna Netrebko) O Tannenbaum / Anschutz, arr. Smith (Roberto Alagna) Good King Wenceslas / trad., arr. Gamley (Joan Sutherland & Patricia Clark) Agnus Dei / Bizet, arr. Maarse (José Carreras) Repentir "O divine Redeemer" / Gounod (Kiri Te Kanawa) Ave Maria / Schubert, arr. Gamley (Renata Tebaldi) Bist du bei mir / J.S. Bach, arr. Sadin (Plácido Domingo & Sissel) Amazing grace / Clayton, Carrell, arr. Hazell (Bryn Terfel) Adeste fideles = O come, all ye faithful / Wade, arr. Gamley, Hazell (Angela Gheorghiu)
