Since you are interested in Noëls à l'orgue: Organ Music for Christmas, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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Stille Nacht - German Christmas Carols RIAS Kammerchor / Uwe Gronostay [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "a very classy alternative to Carols from Kings." The Independent on Sunday |
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Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols Anonymous 4 (with Andrew Lawrence King, Irish harp, Baroque harp & psaltery) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "..if it's possible that there are listeners new to this group, here's an easy way to get to know its matchless sound and enduring, engaging personality." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
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Carols by Candlelight The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Bill Ives (with Martin Ford, organ) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "This choir is always a pleasure to hear, and in repertoire such as this you won't find more musically assured or more tonally concordant interpreters." (10/10 ClassicsToday Nov 2009) |
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Medieval Christmas: 10th to 16th-century secular & liturgical music for feast days The Orlando Consort [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] "As we've come to expect, the singing is first-rate--vibrant, impeccably tuned, and with a strong rhythmic vitality, supported by ideal sound. And although it will be the rare listener who recognizes any of these works, that actually is a good thing:... |
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Puer Natus Est: Tudor Music for Advent & Christmas Stile Antico [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "I can only urge you to acquire this exceptionally fine disc and let the radiance of the music and the performances illuminate your Christmas." Recording of the Month MusicWeb Dec 2010 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Christmas Story Theatre of Voices / Ars Nova Copenhagen / Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] Inspired by the much-loved service of 'Nine Lessons and Carols' given every Christmas Eve, this recording presents the Nativity story told through plainchant, motets, 17th Century dialogues and traditional folk carols. |