100 Christmas Masterworks

Label : DG

Format : Flac (image + cue)

Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

CD 1:

Praetorius: In dulci jubilo (Arr. Fritz Neumeyer)

Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey, Wolfgang Neininger, Robert Bodenröder, Hans Georg Renner, Dietmar Keller, Helmut Böcker, Wolfgang Stert, Fritz Neumeyer

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 Pt. 1 "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion"

Arleen Augér, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore in C Major, K. 339 5. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes

Rachel Harnisch, Kay Johannsen, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Schwedischer Rundfunkchor

Cornelius: Christmas Carols, Op.8: Die Könige

Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau

Bach JS: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Part One - For The First Day Of Christmas: No.8 Aria (Baß): "Großer Herr, o starker König"

Olaf Bär, Crispian Steele-Perkins, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Anon: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (Arrangement: Svante Henryson)

Anne Sofie von Otter, Stockholm Chamber Brass, Markus Leoson

Franck: Panis Angelicus

Plácido Domingo, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Marcello Viotti

Handel: Samson, HWV 57 Act 3: Air: "Let the bright Seraphim"

Sheila Armstrong, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter

Bach JS: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: Jesu bleibet meine freunde (Arr. Chris Hazell)

Renée Fleming, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs

Pérotin: "Beata viscera Mariae Virginis"

Cecilia Bartoli, Sistine Chapel Choir, Massimo Palombella

Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op.91, No.2

Jessye Norman, Daniel Barenboim, Wolfram Christ

Anon: O Jesulein süss (Arrangement: Annette Isserlis)

Anne Sofie von Otter, Ulf Forsberg, Ulrika Jansson, Torbjörn Helander, Ole Karlsson

Handel: Serse, HWV 40 Act 1: "Ombra mai fu"

Rolando Villazón, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 Pt. 1:  "Ev'ry Valley shall be exalted"

Howard Crook, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K.165: Alleluia

Barbara Bonney, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Holst: In The Bleak Midwinter - arranged by Mack Wilberg

Bryn Terfel, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Tecwyn Evans

Verdi: Otello Act 4: Ave Maria, piena di grazia

Anna Netrebko, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Bach JS: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Part One: No.4 Aria (Alto): " Bereite dich, Zion"

Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Robson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

CD 2: 

Gauntlett: Once In Royal David's City

St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, Nathaniel Morley, Simon Johnson, Andrew Carwood

Wade: O Come All Ye Faithful (Arr. David Willcocks)

St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, Simon Johnson, Andrew Carwood

Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Arr. David Willcocks)

Christopher Herrick, Simon Preston, The Choir Of Westminster Abbey

Holst: In The Bleak Midwinter 4:44

St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, Andrew Carwood

Anon: O Little Town Of Bethlehem

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Andrew Davis, David Willcocks

Anon: I Saw Three Ships (Arr.John Rutter)

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge, John Rutter

Michael Praetorius: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (Speierisches Gesangbuch, Köln, 1599)

Dresdner Kreuzchor, Matthias Jung

Trad: Still, weil's Kindlein schlafen will

Brass Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Anon: The first Nowell (Arr. David Willcocks)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Willcocks

Kodály: Adventi ének (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Anon: Up! Good Christen folk, and listen (Arr. G.R. Woodward)

The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston

Anon: Gaudete

St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, Andrew Carwood

Gruber: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Arr. Donald Fraser)

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Trad: Ther is no rose of swych vertu

Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh

Trad: The Holly and the Ivy (Arr. H. Walford Davies)

The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston

Anon: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (Arr. D. Willcocks)

The Bach Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, David Corkhill, John Scott, David Willcocks

Britten: A Shepherd's Carol

The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston

Kaminski: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Anon: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926))

Simon Preston, The Choir Of Westminster Abbey

Reger: 8 geistliche Gesänge, Op.138: Unser lieben Frauen Traum

Thomanerchor Leipzig, Georg Christoph Biller

Trad: Birjina gaztettobat zegoen (Basque)

Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh

Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston

Regerv8 geistliche Gesänge, Op.138: Nachtlied

Thomanerchor Leipzig, Georg Christoph Biller

CD 3:

Mouret: Sinfonies de Fanfare in D major (arr. Friedrich Held): Rondeau (1st movement of Suite No.1)

Hannes Läubin, Wolfgang Läubin, Bernhard Läubin, Norbert Schmitt, Simon Preston

Bach JS: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Part Two: No.10 Sinfonia

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, MC 6.8 "Fatto per la Notte di Natale"

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 Pt. 1: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

Bach JS: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: Air

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Charpentier: In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: Nuit

Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 "L'inverno"

Gidon Kremer, Leslie Pearson, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Gabrieli: Canzon noni toni a 12, C 183

Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh

Bach JS: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (Arr. Guillermo Figueroa)

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Charpentier: Noëls sur les instruments, H 531, 534

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Scheidt: Cantiones Sacre (1620): Nr. 15 - "In dulci jubilo"

Brass Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 4:

Bach JS: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Part One: No.1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket"

The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 Pt. 1: "For Unto Us A Child Is Born" 4:06

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert Choir

Praetorius: Polyhymnia Caduceatrix et Panegyrica: In dulci jubilo

Susan Hemington Jones, Tessa Bonner, Mark le Brocq, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral

Howells: A spotless Rose

Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh

Bruckner: Virga Jesse (Motet)

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Tavener: The Lamb

The Choir of the Temple Church, Stephen Layton

Judith Bingham: The Darkness Is No Darkness

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Schütz: Historia von der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435: Beschluss: Dank sagen wir alle Gott...

Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 Pt. 2: "Hallelujah"

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert Choir

Lassus: Resonet in Laudibus à 5

Alexander Blachly, Pomerium

Palestrina: Motet "Hodie Christus natus est"

Sistine Chapel Choir, Massimo Palombella

Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël: Quem vidistis pastores

Dresdner Kreuzchor, Matthias Jung

Tavener: God is with us (A Christmas Proclamation)

Andrew Rupp, The Choir of the Temple Church, The Holst Singers, Ian Le Grice, Stephen Layton

Bach JS: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: Chorus: "Magnificat"

Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Chor

Britten: Ceremony of Carols, Op.28: As dew in Aprille

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Rachel Masters, Stephen Cleobury

Bach JS: "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 62: Chorus "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" (Choir)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir

Praetorius: Communion motet: "Uns ist ein Kindlein heut geborn" - Musae Sioniae VI

Sarah Pendlebury, Hannelore Devaere, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort

Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin

Dresdner Kreuzchor

CD 5:

Irving Berlin: White Christmas (Orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett (+1988))

Bryn Terfel, Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Daniel

Anon: Il est né le divin enfant (Arrangement: Annette Isserlis)

Anne Sofie von Otter, Ulf Forsberg, Markus Leoson

Adam: O Holy Night

Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler

Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol - adapted by Chris Hazell

Bryn Terfel, Côrdydd, Sioned James, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Tecwyn Evans

Schubert: "Ellens Gesang III", D839 (Arr. Ion Marin)

Cheryl Studer, London Symphony Orchestra, Ion Marin

Felix Bernard: Winter Wonderland (Arr. David Cullen (1941-))

Kiri Te Kanawa, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis

Leontovych: Carol Of The Bells 1:26

St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, Andrew Carwood

Anon: Deck the hall with boughs of Holly (Arr. Douglas Gamley (1924-1998))

Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Trad: Joy to the World (arranged by Patrick Kerber)

Los Romeros

Hairston: Mary's Boy Child - arranged by David Cullen & Chris Hazell 3:32

Bryn Terfel, Côrdydd, Sioned James, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Tecwyn Evans

Hugh Martin: Have yourself a merry little Christmas (Arrangement: Svante Henryson)

Anne Sofie von Otter, Göran Danielsson, Mogens Rasmussen, Leif Henrickson, Markus Leoson

Gounod: Ave Maria, CG 89a: arr. from Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846 (Arr. Mischa Maisky)

Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a, TH.35

Berliner Philharmoniker, Mstislav Rostropovich