Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki have sung of the wonders of Christmas a number of times, in Bach’s cantatas and Christmas Oratorio as well as in Handel’s Messiah. Here, instead, we hear the choir a cappella in a selection of classic Christmas carols. Masato Suzuki, son of the ensemble’s founder and director, has selected some of the best-loved songs of Christmas, such as Adeste fideles and Silent Night, as well as less familiar hymns, arranging them especially for these singers. A consummate organist, he also performs a number of Louis-Claude Daquin’s noëls variés – keyboard variations on Christmas songs which became a highly popular genre in 18th-century France.

Contents:
- Verbum caro factum est
- Let all mortal flesh keep silence
- Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier
- Silent Night
- In dulci jubilo
- The First Noel
- Hark! The herald angels sing
- Adeste fideles
- Three Carols (medley): Away in a manger / It came upon the midnight clear / Ding, don! Merrily on high
- O Jesulein süß! O Jesulein mild!
- Veni, veni, Emmanuel
- Louis-Claude Daquin: Noëls 1-3, 6, 8, 10 & 12 for organ solo