Classical Holiday Music on 180g Vinyl LP!
With selections ranging from Britten to all-time favorites such as J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Handel's Messiah, this album brings together some of the most beautiful and justly famous musical settings of the Nativity story. Festive or intimate, exuberant or elegiac, these highlights from iconic recordings in harmonia mundi's voluminous catalogue are an ideal sampling of the Christmas magic across epochs and styles.
Features
- 180g Vinyl
- Gatefold Jacket
- Printed in France
Musicians
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin | |
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Rene Jacobs | |
RIAS Kammerchor Berlin | |
Hans-Christoph Rademann | |
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge | |
Tanya Houghton | |
Graham Ross | |
Christiane Karg | |
Gerold Huber | |
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks | |
Howard Arman | |
Les Arts Florissants | |
William Christie | |
Ensemble 415 | |
Chiara Banchini | |
Jesper Christensen | |
Ars Nova Copenhagen | |
Theatre of Voices | |
Paul Hillier | |
La Chapelle royale | |
Collegium Vocale | |
Orchestre des Champs-Elysees | |
Philippe Herreweghe |
Selections
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Side A:
- Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: 1. Chor Jauchzet, frohlocket
- Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
- Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28 (1942, rev. 1943): There is no rose - Version for mixed choir and harp arranged by Julius Harrison
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
- Chantez Noël CG 184a (avec choeur), Montez à Dieu, chants d'allégresse !
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Side B:
- Messiah HWV 56: Hallelujah!
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
- Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 8 in G minor "fatto per la notte di Natale": Largo. Pastorale
- We wish you a merry Christmas (Traditional)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
- In the bleak midwinter
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
- L'Enfance du Christ, op. 25: L'adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille