Works on This Recording
1.
Joy to the World by Lowell Mason
Performer:
Robert Stringer (Treble),
Raymond Johnston (Organ)
Conductor:
Donald Hunt
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Worcester Cathedral Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 19th Century; USA
Date of Recording: 09/1992
Venue: Worcester Cathedral, England
Length: 1 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: English
2.
Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing" by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Robert Stringer (Treble),
Raymond Johnston (Organ)
Conductor:
Donald Hunt
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Worcester Cathedral Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Germany
Date of Recording: 09/1992
Venue: Worcester Cathedral, England
Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Sir David Willcocks.
3.
Messiah, HWV 56: Behold a Virgin shall conceive by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Angus Davidson (Countertenor)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England
Length: 6 Minutes 1 Secs.
Language: English
5.
Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9: Gloria by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Conductor:
Kevin Mallon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Aradia Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: circa ?1690; France
Length: 4 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: Latin
6.
Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber
Performer:
Michael Bloss (Organ)
Conductor:
Noel Edison
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elora Festival Singers
Period: Classical
Written: 1818; Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: English
7.
O Jesulein süss, O Jesulein mild, BWV 493 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Norman Scribner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Washington Choral Arts Society
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1736; Leipzig, Germany
Date of Recording: 06/1999
Venue: St. Luke Catholic Church, McLean, VA
Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs.
Language: German
8.
The Angel Gabriel by Traditional
Conductor:
Grace Rossiter
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Finchley Children's Music Group
Written: Basque Provinces, Sp
Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Grace Rossiter.
9.
The first nowell by Traditional
Conductor:
Andrew Sackett
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tewkesbury Abbey School Choir
Written: England
Length: 5 Minutes 3 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Sir David Willcocks.
11.
In the bleak mid-winter by Harold Edwin Darke
Performer:
Michael Bloss (Organ)
Conductor:
Noel Edison
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elora Festival Singers
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911; England
Length: 5 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: English
13.
Ding Dong! Merrily on high by Traditional
Performer:
Michael Bloss (Organ)
Conductor:
Noel Edison
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elora Festival Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; France
Length: 2 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Sir David Willcocks.
This selection is based on the tune "Branle l'officiel" from Thoinot
Arbeau's "Orchésographie".
14.
God rest ye merry, gentlemen by Traditional
Conductor:
Andrew Sackett
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tewkesbury Abbey School Choir
Written: England
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Sir David Willcocks.
15.
God is with us by John Tavener
Performer:
Jonathan Bungard (Tenor),
Robert Houssart (Organ)
Conductor:
Christopher Robinson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge St. John's College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1987; England
Date of Recording: 07/2000
Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge
Length: 5 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: English
16.
On Christmas Night "Sussex Carol" by Traditional
Performer:
Philip Langridge (Tenor)
Conductor:
Grace Rossiter
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Finchley Children's Music Group
Written: England
Length: 2 Minutes 9 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: Grace Rossiter.
17.
Here we come a-wassailing by Traditional
Conductor:
Norman Scribner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Washington Choral Arts Society,
Washington Choral Arts Society Orchestra
Written: England
Date of Recording: 06/1999
Venue: St. Luke Catholic Church, McLean, VA
Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: John Rutter.
18.
The Holly and the Ivy by Traditional
Performer:
John Evanson (Piano)
Conductor:
Grace Rossiter
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Finchley Children's Music Group
Written: England
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: John Rutter.
19.
What Sweeter Music by John Rutter
Performer:
Michael Bloss (Organ)
Conductor:
Noel Edison
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elora Festival Singers
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1987; England
Length: 5 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: English
20.
Adeste fideles "O come, all ye faithful" by John Francis Wade
Performer:
Raymond Johnston (Organ)
Conductor:
Donald Hunt
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Classical
Written: by 1782; England
Length: 3 Minutes 52 Secs.
Language: English
21.
Concerto for Violin in F minor, Op. 8 no 4/RV 297 "L'inverno" by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Takako Nishizaki (Violin)
Conductor:
Stephen Gunzenhauser
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Capella Istropolitana
Period: Baroque
Written: 1725; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 07/1987
Venue: Slovak Philharmonic Hall, Bratislava
Length: 9 Minutes 9 Secs.
22.
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: no 10, Sinfonia in G major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
József Mukk (Tenor),
János Tóth (Bass),
Ingrid Kertesi (Soprano),
Judit Németh (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Géza Oberfrank
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Failoni Chamber Orchestra,
Hungarian Radio Chamber Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: 1734-1735; Leipzig, Germany
Length: 6 Minutes 0 Secs.
25.
The Seasons, H 21 no 3: Winter - Introduction by Franz Joseph Haydn
Conductor:
Morten Schuldt-Jensen
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Leipzig Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: Vienna, Austria
Venue: Great Hall, Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs.
Notes: Great Hall, Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany (07/07/2004 - 07/10/2004)
Composition written: Vienna, Austria (1799 - 1801).
28.
Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: no 7, Act 1 - Valse by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Ondrej Lenárd
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888-1889; Russia
Length: 4 Minutes 37 Secs.
29.
Christmas Eve: Suite - Polonaise by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Igor Golovchin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903; Russia
Length: 5 Minutes 52 Secs.
30.
Les saisons, Op. 37b: no 12, Décembre "Noël" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Date of Recording: 06/1995
Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California
Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: Russia (1875 - 1876).
31.
Weihnachtsbaum for Piano, S 186: no 4, Adeste fideles by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: Rome, Italy
Date of Recording: 06/1995
Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California
Length: 4 Minutes 6 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: Rome, Italy (1874 - 1876).
32.
Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: Troika by Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor:
Richard Hayman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Richard Hayman Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; Paris, France
Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs.
34.
Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson
Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1948; USA
Date of Recording: 06/1995
Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California
Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs.
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