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40 Most Beautiful Christmas Classics
Traditional: O come, O come Emmanuel
Traditional: This is the truth sent from above (arr Vaughan Williams)
Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy
Traditional: I wonder as I wander (arr A .Carter)
Traditional: Coventry Carol (arr Rathbone)
Traditional: The first Nowell (arr R Harvey)
Traditional: O Tannenbaum (Trad German)
Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr Pasatieri)
Traditional: Noel Nouvelet (French arr Humphries/Jennings/Oltman)
Traditional: The angel Gabriel (Basque Carol arr E Pettman)
Traditional: In dulci jubilo (14th German arr R.L.Pearsall)
Traditional: O Little town of Bethlehem (arr D Cullen)
Gauntlett: Once in Royal David’s City
Berlin: White Christmas
Vivaldi: Concerto per il Natale RV 270: 1st movement
Berlioz: The Shepherds’ Farewell
Bizet: Agnus Dei
Gruber: Stille Nacht
Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Holst: In the bleak mid-winter
Davis/Onorati/Simeone: The little Drummer Boy
J S Bach: Ave Maria (arr. Gounod)
J S Bach: Christmas Oratorio - Jauchzet, Frohlocket
Schemelli: O Jesulein suss (arr J.S.Bach)
Bold/Kirkpatrick: A Lullaby/Away in a Manger
Corelli: Christmas Concerto op.6 no 8: 3rd movement
Franck: Panis angelicus
Wade: Adeste fideles (18th attrib J.F.Wade)
Adam: O Holy Night
Brebeuf: Huron Carol(arr Jennings)
Mendelssohn: Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Tye: While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Handel: Joy to the World (Handel arr Mason)
Handel: Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus
Handel: Messiah – Behold a virgin shall conceive…
Handel: Messiah – Oh thou that tellest good tidings
Charpentier: Messe de Minuit - Kyrie
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - March
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
Anonymous: Brass Medley (Festive Cheer/Sleigh Ride/Have yourself a Merry Xmas/Jingle Bells/We wish you a Merry Christmas)
Our Price: £12.68 (£11.03 ex VAT)
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Christmas
Artist(s): Choir of New College Oxford, Dawn Upshaw, Chanticleer, Thomas Hampson, Il Giardino Armonico, London Brass, Jose Carreras
Release Date: 29th October 2007
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Over 2 Hours of Christmas Favourites full of Joy, Peace and Goodwill for the Festive Season!
Featured artists include: Choir of New College Oxford; Dawn Upshaw; Chanticleer; Thomas Hampson; Il giardino Armonico, London Brass; Jose Carreras and more…
CD1 (74.20)
1 O come, O come Emmanuel (Trad)
2 The angel Gabriel (Basque Carol arr E Pettman)
3 In dulci jubilo (14th German arr R.L.Pearsall)
4 Once in Royal David’s City (Gauntlett)
5 I wonder as I wander (Folk carol arr A .Carter)
6 This is the truth sent from above (Trad arr Vaughan Williams)
7 Coventry Carol (Eng arr Rathbone)
8 White Christmas (Berlin)
9 Concerto per il Natale RV 270: 1st movement (Vivaldi)
10 The Shepherds’ Farewell (Berlioz)
11 Agnus Dei (Bizet)
12 Stille Nacht (Gruber)
13 Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius)
14 In the bleak mid-winter (Holst)
15 The Holly and the Ivy (Trad)
16 The little Drummer Boy (Davis/Onorati/Simeone)
17 Ave Maria (Bach arr. Gounod)
18 O Jesulein suss (Schemelli arr J.S.Bach)
19 A Lullaby/Away in a Manger (Thomas Bold/WJ.Kirkpatrick)
20 Christmas Concerto op.6 no 8: 3rd movement (Corelli)
1 O come, O come Emmanuel (Trad)
2 The angel Gabriel (Basque Carol arr E Pettman)
3 In dulci jubilo (14th German arr R.L.Pearsall)
4 Once in Royal David’s City (Gauntlett)
5 I wonder as I wander (Folk carol arr A .Carter)
6 This is the truth sent from above (Trad arr Vaughan Williams)
7 Coventry Carol (Eng arr Rathbone)
8 White Christmas (Berlin)
9 Concerto per il Natale RV 270: 1st movement (Vivaldi)
10 The Shepherds’ Farewell (Berlioz)
11 Agnus Dei (Bizet)
12 Stille Nacht (Gruber)
13 Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius)
14 In the bleak mid-winter (Holst)
15 The Holly and the Ivy (Trad)
16 The little Drummer Boy (Davis/Onorati/Simeone)
17 Ave Maria (Bach arr. Gounod)
18 O Jesulein suss (Schemelli arr J.S.Bach)
19 A Lullaby/Away in a Manger (Thomas Bold/WJ.Kirkpatrick)
20 Christmas Concerto op.6 no 8: 3rd movement (Corelli)
CD2 (72.41)
1 Panis angelicus (Franck)
2 Adeste fideles (18th attrib J.F.Wade)
3 O Holy Night (Adam)
4 Noel Nouvelet (French arr Humphries/Jennings/Oltman)
5 Huron Carol (Huron/St Jean de Brebeuf arr Jennings)
6 Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Trad / Arr Pasatieri)
7 Jauchzet, Frohlocket (Bach - Christmas Oratorio)
8 O Tannenbaum (Trad German)
9 Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn)
10 While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Tye)
11 Joy to the World (Handel arr Mason)
12 The first Nowell (Trad English arr R Harvey)
13 Kyrie (Messe de Minuit –Charpentier)
14 March (The Nutcracker-Tchaikovsky)
15 Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker-Tchaikovsky)
16 O Little town of Bethlehem (Trad English arr D Cullen)
17 Behold a virgin shall conceive… (Messiah - Handel)
18 Oh thou that tellest good tidings (Messiah – Handel)
19 Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah – Handel)
20 Brass Medley (Festive Cheer/Sleigh Ride/Have yourself a Merry Xmas/Jingle Bells/We wish you a Merry Christmas)
1 Panis angelicus (Franck)
2 Adeste fideles (18th attrib J.F.Wade)
3 O Holy Night (Adam)
4 Noel Nouvelet (French arr Humphries/Jennings/Oltman)
5 Huron Carol (Huron/St Jean de Brebeuf arr Jennings)
6 Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Trad / Arr Pasatieri)
7 Jauchzet, Frohlocket (Bach - Christmas Oratorio)
8 O Tannenbaum (Trad German)
9 Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn)
10 While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Tye)
11 Joy to the World (Handel arr Mason)
12 The first Nowell (Trad English arr R Harvey)
13 Kyrie (Messe de Minuit –Charpentier)
14 March (The Nutcracker-Tchaikovsky)
15 Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker-Tchaikovsky)
16 O Little town of Bethlehem (Trad English arr D Cullen)
17 Behold a virgin shall conceive… (Messiah - Handel)
18 Oh thou that tellest good tidings (Messiah – Handel)
19 Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah – Handel)
20 Brass Medley (Festive Cheer/Sleigh Ride/Have yourself a Merry Xmas/Jingle Bells/We wish you a Merry Christmas)
Composers on this disc include....
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Andrew Carter, Jonathan Rathbone, Roger Harvey, Thomas Pasatieri, Ian Humphries, Joseph Jennings, Matthew Oltman, Edgar Pettman, Robert Lucas Pearsall, David Cullen, Henry John Gauntlett, Irving Berlin, Antonio Vivaldi, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Franz Xaver Gruber, Michael Praetorius, Gustav Holst, Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone, Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Francois Gounod, Georg Christian Schemelli, Thomas Bold, William J Kirkpatrick, Arcangelo Corelli, Cesar Franck, John Francis Wade, Adolphe Adam, St Jean de Brebeuf, Joseph Jennings, Felix Mendelssohn, Christopher Tye, George Frideric Handel, Lowell Mason, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky









