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If you normally buy a record for Christmas, then I should think it’s pretty safe to say here is the one for this year. If you wouldn’t normally dream of buying a record for Christmas, well, you’ll just have to make an exception. 
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Once As I Remember... / Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Et Al
Release Date: 10/20/1998 Label: Philips Catalog: 462050 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Anonymous, John Tavener, William Byrd, Thomas Weelkes, Robert Armstrong, Traditional, John Gardner, Johann Walter, Richard Dering, Michael Praetorius, Heinrich Schütz, Herbert Howells, Lajos Bárdos, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Giovanni Bassano, Giovanni Palestrina, Robert Cowper Performer: Katharine Fuge, John Anderson, Ian Watson, Robert Goodhew, Adam Woolf, Jeremy West, Michael Harrison, Susan Addison, Abigail Newman, Rachel Beckett, Noel Mann, Michael McCarthy, Julian Podger, Sara Mingardo, Nicola Jenkin, Elinor Carter Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Orchestra/Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir |
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Some of the early Christmas recordings by Canadian Brass have endured as treasured annual favorites for households around the world. Here, in a new recording made exclusively for ArkivMusic, are all of the original arrangements from those discs, plus some arrangements that never made it to disc. "The Brass" sound better than ever.
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Christmas Tradition / Canadian Brass
Release Date: 10/02/2007 Label: Opening Day Catalog: 7345 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: George Frideric Handel, Mel Torme, Jay Livingston, Hugh Martin, Traditional, Henry Thomas Smart, John Jacob Niles, Franz Xaver Gruber, Richard Storrs Willis, Henry Walford Davies, Adolphe-Charles Adam, Felix Mendelssohn, John Francis Wade, James S. Pierpont Performer: Eric Robertson Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass |
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These carols from France reach back to the 15th century, often pairing secular text with liturgical melody and reflecting a living faith born of a people's deep love of the poetry and the beauty gazed upon in nature.
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Chantons Noël - Let's Sing Of Christmas
Release Date: 05/07/1992 Label: Erato Catalog: 45641 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: John Francis Wade, Michael Praetorius, Traditional, Noël de Debousset, Nicolas Martin, Anonymous, Cristóbal de Morales Performer: François Delor, Albert Demmiere Conductor: Andre Corboz Orchestra/Ensemble: Maitrise Saint-Pierre Aux Liens de Bulle |
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The Salon Orchestra brings Christmas to the Palm Court with these elegant instrumental selections.
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Weihnachtssalon - Christmas Salon Music / Salonorchester Köln
Release Date: 09/17/1990 Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 49819 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber, Engelbert Humperdinck, George Frideric Handel, Traditional, Clemens Schmalstich, Charles Gounod, Max Rhode, Jonny Heykens, Wilhelm Lindemann Orchestra/Ensemble: Salon Orchestra of Cologne |
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Master organist Marie-Claire Alain plays a selection of French Baroque and Classical pieces written for the instrument to celebrate Christmas.
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Carols For Organ - Daquin, Et Al / Marie-Claire Alain
Release Date: 08/12/1991 Label: Erato Catalog: 45455 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Claude-Béninge Balbastre, Louis-Claude Daquin, Jean-François Dandrieu, Pierre Dandrieu, Nicolas-Antoine Lebčgue Performer: Marie-Claire Alain |
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Another nostalgic treasure for the holidays -- Carmen Dragon's classic recording of his own arrangements performed by the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra and recorded at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios in 1957.
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The Music Of Christmas / Carmen Dragon, Hollywood Bowl
Release Date: 10/22/1996 Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 66087 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber, Traditional, Adolphe-Charles Adam, John Francis Wade, Lowell Mason, Richard Storrs Willis, Henry Walford Davies, Felix Mendelssohn, William J. Kirkpatrick Conductor: Carmen Dragon Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra |
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This may be the ideal background CD for Christmas Day. The instrumentalists are top flight, with tasteful arrangements. Warmly recommended.
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Rejoice! - A String Quartet Christmas / Delmoni, Rosen Et Al
Release Date: 08/24/1995 Label: John Marks Records Catalog: 12 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Traditional, Michael Praetorius, Antony Hopkins, William J. Kirkpatrick, Franz Xaver Gruber, Lewis H. Redner, Richard Storrs Willis, John Francis Wade, Lowell Mason Performer: Alexander Romanul, Arturo Delmoni, Katherine Murdock, Nathaniel Rosen |
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One of our all-time favorites at ArkivMusic. A string quartet playing one of the classiest Christmas collections ever.
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Rejoice! Vol 2 - A String Quartet Christmas / Delmoni, Et Al
Release Date: 10/14/1997 Label: John Marks Records Catalog: 18 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Traditional, Samuel Scheidt, John Ness Beck, Heinrich Isaac, Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert, Henry John Gauntlett, Gustav Holst, Hector Berlioz, Charles Gounod Performer: Nathaniel Rosen, Arturo Delmoni, Nina Bodnar, Natasha Lipkina, Emily Mitchell |
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Volume 3 in this series of exquisite Christmas chamber music.
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Rejoice! Vol 3 - A String Quartet Christmas / Delmoni, Et Al
Release Date: 10/06/1998 Label: John Marks Records Catalog: 20 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Paul-Henri Büsser, Traditional, Marcel Tournier, John Rutter, Gilbert M. Martin, Alessandro Marcello, Anonymous Performer: Arturo Delmoni, Emily Mitchell, Timothy Smith, Rafael Figueroa, Danielle Maddon, Ellen DePasquale |
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Here is Paul McCreesh's reconstruction of the First Mass of Christmas in Venice's St. Mark's church "around 1600", bringing to life the pomp and ceremony of a huge celebratory occasion.
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A Venetian Christmas / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players
Release Date: 09/03/2001 Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) Catalog: 471333 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli, Anonymous, Cypriano de Rore, Timothy Roberts Performer: Timothy Roberts, Charles Pott, Robert Evans, Charles Humphries, Rodrigo Del Pozo Conductor: Paul McCreesh Orchestra/Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players |
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There was a time when the holiday season didn't seem quite so loud, the holidays were as soothing and calm as a winter landscape after a snowfall. On this recording, harpist Ayako Shinozaki takes us back to the holiday season we wish we could remember, a time of almost contemplative intimacy.
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Silent Night - Christmas Harp Music / Ayako Shinozaki
Release Date: 09/1998 Label: Sony Catalog: 62677 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Lowell Mason, Traditional, John Frederic Coots, Arcangelo Corelli, Franz Schubert, Richard Storrs Willis, Johnny Marks, Hiroshi Aoshima, Johann Sebastian Bach, Adolphe-Charles Adam, Francesco Manfredini, Franz Xaver Gruber, Irving Berlin, Gene Autry Performer: Kazuko Shinozaki, Ayako Shinozaki |
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From the first note, the listener is transported, like the stars, to the heavens. We are hearing angelic voices, one might well exclaim upon hearing this Christmas anthology.
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Creator Of The Stars - Christmas Music From Earlier Times / Pomerium
Release Date: 10/14/1997 Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) Catalog: 449819 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Anonymous, Michael Praetorius, Christian Erbach, Orlando de Lassus, Josquin Des Préz, Guillaume Dufay, William Byrd, William Horwood, Robert Ramsey, Cypriano de Rore, Johannes Ockeghem Conductor: Alexander Blachly Orchestra/Ensemble: Pomerium Musices |
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Fans of John Rutter will certainly rejoice and be merry with the release of this, "the first all-new Christmas recording from John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers for 20 years."
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A Christmas Festival / Rutter, RPO, Cambridge Singers
Release Date: 10/14/2008 Label: Collegium Records Catalog: 133 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Hugh Martin, Felix Mendelssohn, John Rutter, Traditional, Frederick Delius, Jester Hairston, John David, Nigel Hess, John Jacob Niles, Robert Chilcott, Anonymous, John Francis Wade Performer: John Anderson, Melanie Marshall, Clara Sanabras, Andrew Williams, Andrew Williams Conductor: John Rutter Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge Singers, Farnham Youth Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
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A unique piano disc of classical favorites ingeniously arranged as holiday carols.
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Classical Carols / Jeffrey Biegel
Release Date: 10/23/2007 Label: Koch International Classics Catalog: 7737 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Carolyne Taylor, Carolyne Tayler, Carolyn Taylor Performer: Jeffrey Biegel |
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This contemplative and joyful collection of Christmas music spans several centuries and gives a wonderfully fresh look at the Christmas story, as if the words were being spoken by someone who was actually present at those miraculous events.
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Ther Is No Rose - Renaissance Music For Christmas / Virelai
Release Date: 09/10/2002 Label: Virgin Classics Veritas Catalog: 45286 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Francisc Guerrero, Michael Praetorius, Anonymous, Thomas Ravenscroft, Traditional, Guillaume Dufay, Hildegard of Bingen, Arnolt Schlick, Paul Hofhaimer, Caspar Othmayr Performer: Sarah Cunningham, William Lyons, Susanna Pell, Catherine King, Jacob Heringman Orchestra/Ensemble: Virelai |
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| From the first few seconds of this new recording from Brian Jones and his Trinity Choir, you know it's Christmas. The flute and bell sounds, the dancing rhythm from the organ, the prodigiously joyful voices, and the catchy, unmistakably Rutter-esque melody combine to set off the sparks that promise a bright, happy, thoughtfully and lovingly compiled program. | |||||||||||||
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A Choral Christmas / Jones, Trinity Choir Of Boston
Release Date: 09/04/2001 Label: Dorian Recordings Catalog: 93240 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: John Tavener, Henry Walford Davies, Michael Head, Traditional, Francis Poulenc, Peter Taylor, Carl Schalk, Robert Chilcott, Elisabeth Poston, John Gardner, John Rutter Performer: Michael Kleinschmidt, Liza Wirtz, Richard Flanagan, Alan Weiss, Jean Munroe, Judy Saiki, Anthony Zoeller, Dana Whiteside, Krista River, Libbie Landles-Dowling, Jay Tuttle, Douglas Lee, Jacqueline Zander-Wall, Carl Johnson Conductor: Brian Jones Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Trinity Church Choir |
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You can't listen to pieces such as Sleigh Ride or Bugler's Holiday without a smile and feeling just a bit lighter of spirit. Leonard Slatkin is an unqualified expert in this repertoire, and he leads his British orchestra with consummately entertaining style, all of it most favorably recorded.
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Anderson: Sleigh Ride And Other Holiday Favorites / Slatkin, BBC
Release Date: 10/28/2008 Label: Naxos Catalog: 8559621 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Leroy Anderson Conductor: Leonard Slatkin Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra |
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| Originally released 20 years ago, and now available again through ArkivMusic, this immensely popular recording reimagines some of the popular songs of Christmas as if they had been written by Mozart or Beethoven or Debussy. | |||||||||||||
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What If Mozart Wrote "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Release Date: 08/1989 Label: Rca Catalog: 60246 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Irving Berlin, Mel Torme, Hugh Martin, Katherine K. Davis, Johnny Marks, Jerry Herman, Felix Bernard, Jule Styne, Steve Nelson, Gloria Shayne Orchestra/Ensemble: Hampton String Quartet |
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Arcangelo Corelli’s Christmas Concerto is among his most famous — not only by virtue of its festive Christmas spirit, but because it constitutes one of the most impressive and accomplished examples of the Concerto grosso. Manfredini's late Baroque composition for the Christmas mass foreshadows a future gallantry and sensitivity of expression without sacrificing the sweetness and pleasance of the sound.
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A Baroque Christmas / Collegium Aureum
Release Date: 09/14/1993 Label: Rca Victor Gold Seal Catalog: 61882 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Arcangelo Corelli, Johann Christoph Pez, Giuseppe Tartini, Francesco Manfredini Orchestra/Ensemble: Collegium Aureum |
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Koopman’s sincerity, enthusiasm and energy make this Christmas Oratorio a top choice. Bach wrote these six cantatas, a continuous narrative of the nativity, for performance in Leipzig from Christmas to Epiphany 1734-5.
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Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque
Release Date: 10/01/1996 Label: Erato Catalog: 14635 Number of Discs: 2 Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Performer: Klaus Mertens, Elisabeth von Magnus, Christoph Prégardien, Lisa Larsson Conductor: Ton Koopman Orchestra/Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Amsterdam Baroque Choir |
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| This is a work that must be delivered with grace and love, and this performance offers both. The recording is clear and intimate. This is a stunner and highly recommended. For all of Berlioz's fondness for bombast and grandeur, this piece is undemonstrative, reflective, and subtle. | |||||||||||||
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Berlioz: L'enfance Du Christ / Davis, Beuron, Et Al
Release Date: 09/11/2007 Label: Lso Live Catalog: 606 Number of Discs: 2 Composer: Hector Berlioz Performer: Karen Cargill, William Dazeley, Yann Beuron, Matthew [Bass Voice] Rose, Peter [bass voice] Rose Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Tenebrae |
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Here is the legendary Virgil Fox performing in his inimitable style on the great Aeolian-Skinner organ of Riverside Church in New York City. An album first released in the early 1960's, it is once again available, exclusively through ArkivMusic.
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A Virgil Fox Christmas
Release Date: 10/22/1996 Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 66088 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frideric Handel, Traditional, Pietro Yon, Louis-Claude Daquin, John Francis Wade, Anonymous, Richard Storrs Willis, Charles Gounod, Lowell Mason, Henry Walford Davies, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn Performer: Virgil Fox |
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A most illuminating issue. This programme casts its chronological net very wide, from Josquin to Frescobaldi, performing each work as seventeenth-century Romans are thought to have done.
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Christmas Mass in Rome - Palestrina, Josquin / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort
Release Date: 10/12/1993 Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) Catalog: 437833 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Giovanni Palestrina, Josquin Des Préz, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Giovanni F. Anerio, Domenico Mazzocchi, Giacomo Carissimi, Anonymous Performer: Timothy Roberts, Jeremy West, Paula Chateauneuf, Hannelore Devaere, Rachel Podger, Angus Smith, Sarah Pendlebury, Susan Hemington Jones, Christopher Purves, Robert Horn Conductor: Paul McCreesh Orchestra/Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players |
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Medieval Christmas / Pro Cantione Antiqua
Release Date: 10/09/2007 Label: Musical Concepts Catalog: 1004 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Anonymous, Traditional, Pérotin Conductor: Mark Brown Orchestra/Ensemble: Pro Cantione Antiqua |
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Christmas Vespers in 17th-century Dresden would have been a musically elaborate culmination to a day already full of celebration and church-going. The effect of the whole is marvelous -- Schütz' music is unparalleled and McCreesh and company give it an immensely successful presentation.
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Schütz: Christmas Vespers / Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort
Release Date: 08/13/1999 Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) Catalog: 463046 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Anonymous, Heinrich Schütz, Samuel Scheidt, Martin Luther Performer: Kristian Olesen, Jan Waterfield, James Johnstone, Timothy Roberts, Linda Perillo, Richard Savage, Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Sarah Pendlebury, Robert Horn, Angus Smith, Charles Pott, Simon Grant, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Andrew Carwood, Tom Phillips, Robert Rice, Susan Hemington Jones, Neal [Bass Baritone] Davies, Roderick Williams, Robert Harre-Jones, Stephan Olesen Conductor: Paul McCreesh Orchestra/Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, Roskilde Cathedral Boys' Choir, Roskilde Cathedral Choir |
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Noël - Carols & Chants For Christmas / Anonymous 4
Release Date: 10/11/2005 Label: Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 2907411 Number of Discs: 4 Composer: Anonymous, John Tavener, Benjamin Britten, Traditional, King VIII Henry, Geoffrey Burgon, Peter Maxwell Davies, Richard Rodney Bennett, Saint Godric Performer: Johanna Rose, Susan Hellauer, Marsha Genensky, Ruth Cunningham, Jacqueline Horner, Andrew Lawrence-King, Maria Rose Orchestra/Ensemble: Anonymous 4 |
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| The joy we feel in anticipating the sun’s return after the winter solstice is greatly magnified by the spiritual light that comes with Christmas. This recording, Christmas Joy in Latvia, is a collection of new musical works to enrich the season’s array of colors. | |||||||||||||
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Christmas Joy In Latvia - Salaks, Praullins, Skulte, Etc / Jansons, New Chamber Orchstra, Et Al
Release Date: 10/14/2008 Label: Albany Records Catalog: 1040 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Rihards Dubra, Pauls Dambis, Juris Karlsons, Bruno Skulte, Ugis Praullns, Vilnis Salaks Conductor: Andrejs Jansons Orchestra/Ensemble: New Chamber Orchestra, Latvian State Choir |
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The universality of Christmas and the special place it holds in people's hearts are apparent in the wealth of folk and popular song it has inspired, with each age adding to the tradition. Christmas carols hold a two-fold interest: both as a celebration of the season, and also as a musical revelation when performed by a group like Alfred Deller and the Deller Consort.
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Alfred Deller: The Complete Vanguard Recordings - Christmas Carols & Motets / 4-disc Set
Release Date: 10/14/2008 Label: Musical Concepts Catalog: 192 Number of Discs: 4 Composer: Leonel Power, Ludwig Senfl, Thomas Stoltzer, Heinrich Isaac, Anonymous, John Dunstable, Saint Godric, Johannes Ciconia, Byttering, Giovanni Palestrina, Pedro de Escobar, Jan of Jenstejn, Giacomo Fogliano, Guillelmus Monachus, Richard Pygott, Traditional, Richard Smert, King V Henry, Geoffrey Shaw, Johann Georg Ebeling, John Francis Wade, Michael Praetorius, Lowell Mason, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver Gruber, Henry John Gauntlett, Richard Storrs Willis, Hopkins, John Henry, Jr. Performer: Mark Deller, Honor Sheppard, Robert Tear, Alfred Deller, Maurice Bevan, Desmond Dupré, Eileen Poulter, Wilfred Brown, Mary Thomas, Gerald English, April Cantelo, Stanley Taylor Conductor: René Clemencic, Alfred Deller Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Musica Antiqua, Deller Consort |
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These are wonderfully joyous pieces. Louis Devos has produced a most attractive chamber-size interpretation, using period instruments and a modest team of singers, with an emphasis on light, airy textures and brisk tempos.
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Schütz: Christmas Music / Devos, Musica Polyphonica
Release Date: Label: Erato Catalog: 88155 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Heinrich Schütz Performer: Kurt Widmer, Bernadette Degelin, Dirk van Croonenborgh Conductor: Louis Devos Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica Polyphonica, Schola Cantorum Brussels |
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| This double-set contains the complete contents of three classic Holiday albums from the Robert Shaw chorale: Christmas Hymns & Carols, Volume I ("Living Stereo" LSC-2139) [1957] Christmas Hyns & Carols, Volume II ("Orthophonic" LM-1711) [1952] Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; Festival Te Deum; Rejoice in the Lamb ("Dynagroove" 2759) [1963] | |||||||||||||
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Christmas With The Robert Shaw Chorale
Release Date: Label: Rca Catalog: 1217 Number of Discs: 2 Composer: Traditional, Tomás Luis de Victoria, William Billings, Guillaume Costeley, Benjamin Britten, Hopkins, John Henry, Jr., John Jacob Niles, Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Storrs Willis, Lowell Mason, Franz Xaver Gruber, William J. Kirkpatrick, Henry Walford Davies, John Francis Wade, Johann Sebastian Bach Performer: Jon Humphrey, Florence Kopleff, Rodney Hansen, Sara Mae Endich, Raymond Murcell, Laura Newell Conductor: Robert Shaw Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale |
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A prime example of the classic holiday choral sound perfected by Willcocks and King's.
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Christmas Music From King's / Willcocks, King's College Choir
Release Date: 09/04/2001 Label: Emi Classics Special Import Catalog: 66244 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Traditional, Stanley Taylor, Johann Eccard, Thomas Weelkes, William Byrd, Giovanni Palestrina, Lennox Berkeley, Dame Elizabeth Maconchy, Peter Warlock, Imogen Holst, Martin Peerson, Elisabeth Poston, Thomas Campion, Orlando Gibbons, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Anonymous Performer: Sir Andrew Davis, Christopher Van Kampen, Douglas Whittaker, Robert Spencer Conductor: Sir David Willcocks Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir |
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Christmas With Robert Shaw / Atlanta SO And Chorus
Release Date: 10/14/2008 Label: Musical Concepts Catalog: 1051 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Francis Wade, Hector Berlioz, Traditional, Georges Bizet, Johannes Brahms, Michael Praetorius, Antonio Vivaldi Conductor: Robert Shaw Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Chorus |
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| Best Carols 100 is the perfect Christmas release - 6 CDs of the most famous carols! Among the vocal groups found on this release are the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, the Taverner Choir, the Bach Choir and the Wiener Sängerknaben. | |||||||||||||
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Best Carols 100
Release Date: 11/06/2007 Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 10371 Number of Discs: 6 Composer: Traditional, Thomas Weelkes, Anonymous, Thomas Ravenscroft, Peter Warlock, John Francis Wade, Hector Berlioz, Broadhurst,, Samuel Scheidt, John Goss, Conrad Kocher, Hopkins, John Henry, Jr., Harold Edwin Darke, Engelbert Humperdinck, Adolphe-Charles Adam, George Frideric Handel, Max Reger, Lowell Mason, Katherine K. Davis, Michael Praetorius, Thomas Tallis, Lucas Osiander, William Billings, Francisco de Vidales, John Rutter, Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Storrs Willis, Franz Xaver Gruber, Henry John Gauntlett, Herbert Howells, Patrick Hadley, Henry Walford Davies Performer: Thomas Hampson, Roberto Alagna, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hermann Prey, Barbara Hendricks, Jeremy Blandford, Francis Grier Conductor: Sir David Willcocks, Owain Arwel Hughes, Sir Charles Mackerras, Jonathan Tunick, Eric Ericson, Richard Hickox, John Rutter, Andrew Parrott, Sir Philip Ledger Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir, Hallé Orchestra Chorus, Bach Choir, Huddersfield Choral Society, Les Petits Chanteurs ŕ la Croix de Bois, Abbey Road Ensemble, London Voices, Vienna Boys' Choir, Adolf Frederik Childrens Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, King's Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Clare College Orchestra, Clare College Choir, Taverner Choir, Taverner Consort |
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| The incomparable flutist James Galway celebrates Christmas in Bavaria. Newly reissued by ArkivMusic and originally released in 1991, this wonderful release features the Munich Radio Orchestra with the Regenburger Domspatzen. | |||||||||||||
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In Dulci Jubilo - Christmas With James Galway
Release Date: 08/13/1991 Label: Rca Victor Red Seal Catalog: 60736 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Xaver Gruber, Traditional, Johann Pachelbel, Charles Gounod, John Francis Wade, Felix Mendelssohn, Tomaso Albinoni, George Frideric Handel, Michael Praetorius Performer: James Galway Conductor: John Georgiadis Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Regensburg Cathedral Boys Choir |
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| The Musical Christmas Tree from Morton Gould is an orchestral holiday classic. Featuring Holiday standards, this unique release includes many of Morton Gould's own arrangements as well as original compositions written for the holidays, including "Winter" from the Burchfield Gallery and "Skiers Waltz" from the Cinerama Holiday Suite. | |||||||||||||
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Musical Christmas Tree - Morton Gould
Release Date: Label: Rca Victor Red Seal Catalog: 7931 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber, Traditional, Katherine K. Davis, Morton Gould, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Francis Wade, James S. Pierpont Conductor: Morton Gould Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra, Morton Gould Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
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Here is The King's Singers' original release from 1973, Deck the Hall - Songs for Christmas. The King's Singers are nothing if not various. On this record of Christmas music, they present a collection which, in many ways, reflects their entire output, containing as it does a wide variety of styles.
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Deck The Hall - Songs For Christmas / The King's Singers
Release Date: 10/1991 Label: Emi Classics Catalog: 64133 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Mateo Flecha, William Byrd, Traditional, Peter Sculthorpe, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Francisc Guerrero, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Richard Pygott, Anonymous Performer: Anthony Holt, Alastair Thompson, Alastair Hume, Nigel Perrin, Simon Carrington, Brian Kay Orchestra/Ensemble: King's Singers |
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A very merry holiday collection featuring the nonpareil recorder of Michala Petri.
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Noel! Noel! Noel! Christmas With Michala Petri
Release Date: 08/1989 Label: Rca Catalog: 60060 Number of Discs: 1 Composer: Traditional, Arcangelo Corel | ||||||||||