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Alfred Deller
Christmas Carols & Motets [ Musical Concepts / 4 CD - released 17/Nov/2008 ] Musical Concepts is pleased to announce the third release in one of the most ambitious early music reissue projects of all time - Alfred Deller: The Complete Vanguard Recordings. The series brings together every recording made by Alfred Deller - as... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Verbum caro factum est - a Christmas Greeting Bach Collegium Japan Chorus / Masaaki Suzuki (direction), Masato Suzuki (organ) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2018 ] "The performances are typically classy, and punctuated by a selection of Daquin's 'Noels' for solo organ, played with peppery registrations by Suzuki" BBC Music |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Veni Emmanuel: Music for Advent The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Dec/2013 ] "Tavener's flair for drama is here; so are the influence of the Russian Orthodox liturgy and his gift for writing melodies and harmonies that are hard to shake off." (Times) |
TRADITIONAL
50 Favourite Christmas Carols Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger, Stephen Cleobury [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 3/Dec/2007 ] A collection of all the great carols performed by the world-famous King's college choir. |
TRADITIONAL
Carols from the Old and New Worlds Vol.3 Chamber Choir Ireland, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Oct/2014 ] On the third volume in harmonia mundi's series Carols from the Old and New Worlds, Paul Hillier and Chamber Choir Ireland celebrate the festive season with a wide-ranging mixture of new and traditional carols. Framed by the seven 'O' antiphons for... |
PALESTRINA / MacMILLAN / ALLEGRI
Joy to the World: An American Christmas Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers [ CORO / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] CORO is delighted to announce the first 'studio' recording with the Handel and Haydn Society. The disc, which is a co-production with WGBH and was recorded at their studios in Boston in January, will feature an eclectic selection of Christmas music... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata 63: Reconstruction of Bach's first Christmas Vespers in Leipzig Julia Doyle, Joanne Lunn, Clare Wilkinson, Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook / Dunedin Consort, John Butt [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] 'This is a beautifully paced, exhilaratingly executed performance' (Choral & Song Choice BBC Music Christmas 2015) |
MENOTTI
Amahl and the Night Visitors / My Christmas Kirsten Gunlogson (soprano) Ike Hawkersmith (treble) Todd Thomas (baritone) / Chicago Symphony Chorus / Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Alastair Willis [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "Naxos have done well to bring such a strong performance to the catalogue at budget price. It all adds up to a fine seasonal treat to be enjoyed with a cup of mulled wine and a mince pie." (MusicWeb Jan 2009) |
CHRISTMAS
Christmas With Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti, with Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & others [ Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2016 ] Pavarotti's most popular performances of Christmas classics. |
CANTATE DOMINO
Cantate Domino - A most euphonious selection of Christmas music! Marianne Mellnas (soprano) Alf Linder (organ) / Oscar's Motet Choir / Torsten Nilsson [ Proprius SACD / CD - released 1/Dec/2004 ] Cantate Domino, recorded by Bertil Alving 1976, is famous for it's incredible sound quality. The CD starts with Enrico Bossi's "Cantate Domino" for choir, organ, trumpets and trombones. A wonderful piece with a stunning organ introduction. Included... |
TRADITIONAL
Once As I Remember Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner [ Australian SBS Decca Eloquence / CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] 'Once As I Remember' is John Eliot Gardiner's recreation of the story of Christmas based on the Springhead Christmas Play. A nativity play made up of music, speech, dance and mime took place almost every Christmas in the Millroom at Springhead, home... |
HANDEL
Handel: Messiah Rachel Redmond (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter tenor) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Capella Reial de Catalunya, Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / 2 CD/DVD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] All the wonderfully diverse features of Baroque expression and vocal and instrumental declamation are present in Handel's Messiah. It is a sublime musical meditation which transcends simple narrative, going beyond the reality of Jesus to the mystery... |
BACH / CHARPENTIER / CORELLI
A Baroque Christmas (Limited Edition) René Jacobs, Ensemble 415, Sébastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD Box Set - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Ranging from unaffected simplicity to elaborate polyphony, the composers of the 17th and 18th centuries left us some of the most sublime pages of sacred music intended to tell the story of the Nativity. The extraordinary musical legacy produced as a... |
BRAHMS / BRUCH / BRUCKNER / POULENC / PRAETORIUS / etc
Christmas! Noël! Weihnachten! RIAS-Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Nov/2013 ] "The sound, from the Jesus-Christus Kirche in Berlin, is an ideal match of choir and venue. If you're looking for a Christmas program that honors the traditional yet is far from ordinary, don't miss this. Highly recommended." 10/10 ClassicsToday |
Various Artists
The Best Ever: Christmas [ Rhino / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2017 ] The Best Ever Christmas collection features 40 seasonal favourites in an amazing value package. It includes a selection of classic songs from huge artists such as Chris Rea, East 17, Frankie Valli and The Overtones. |
Various Artists
Christmas At Downton Abbey [ Warner Music UK / 2 CD - released 14/Nov/2014 ] A collection of festive hymns and classic carols, from the much loved, award-winning television series. The album is made up of 36 classic Christmas carols from the huge Warner Music classics archive including Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Good King... |
HEINRICH SCHUTZ
Schütz: The Christmas story & other works Yale Schola Cantorum / David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] Schütz's 'Christmas story' is an absolute delight from beginning to end, its charming tableaux of angels, shepherds and wise men completely belying the composer's old age and constrained circumstances. Here it's the jubilant climax to a programme of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songs of Joy & Peace (LP) Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, James Taylor, Dave Brubeck [ Music On Vinyl Classical / 2 LP - released 16/Nov/2015 ] Songs of Joy and Peace is a Christmas music album by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, originally released in 2008. The album features collaborations with many other artists, including vocalists Diana Krall & Alison Krauss, James Taylor, Dave Brubeck, Chris Botti... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Andreas Scholl, Barbara Schlick, Sandrine Piau, Mark Padmore, Nathan Berg / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
O Praise the Lord of Heaven: Music of rejoicing and reflection The Cambridge Singers & City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter [ Collegium / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] |
