Christmas Through the Ages

Tracks:

1 Cranbrook 'While shepherds watched their flocks by night' [3'40] Thomas Clark (1775-1859)
Psalmody, The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)

Die Weihnachtshistorien 'The Christmas story', SWV435 Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
2 No 07: Lasset uns nun gehen Bethlehem und die Geschichte sehen (Shepherds) [1'25]
James Bowman (countertenor), Jonathan Kenny (countertenor), Mark Padmore (tenor), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

3 Procedenti puero [1'44] Anonymous - Medieval, arr. Stevie Wishart (b?)
Sinfonye, Stevie Wishart (conductor)

4 Riu, riu chiu [2'17] Anonymous - traditional
Christopher Hodges (bass), The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor), Robin Barda (tambourine)

5 La luz de vuestros ojos [2'11] Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
A Capella Portuguesa, Owen Rees (conductor)

Festive Suite in A major Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
6 Movement 4: Gavotte [3'54]
Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle, Alun Francis (conductor)

7 In the bleak mid-winter [4'55] Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Aaron Webber (treble), Matthew Vine (tenor), Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor), Iain Simcock (organ)

8 Salvator noster [4'17] Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)
The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
A boy was born, Op 3 Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

9 Variation 5: In the bleak mid-winter / Lully, Lulley, lully, lulley [4'58]
Corydon Singers, Westminster Cathedral Choristers, Matthew Best (conductor)

Three Carols, Op 25 Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
10 No 2: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child [3'13]
Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)

11 Carol of the Children [3'12] John Rutter (b1945)
Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor)

A Ceremony of Carols, Op 28 Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
12 No 03: There is no rose [2'29]
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Sioned Williams (harp), David Hill (conductor)

Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
13 No 1: O magnum mysterium [3'19]
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)

14 Omnes de Saba [3'17] Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)

Concerto Grosso in G minor 'fatto per la notte di natale' 'Christmas Concerto', Op 6 No 8 Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
15 Movement 2: Allegro [2'15]
The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (conductor)

16 Mendelssohn 'Hark! the herald angels sing' [3'05] Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), arr. Philip Ledger (b1937)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor), Iain Simcock (organ)

L'Enfance du Christ Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
17 Part 2 'La Fuite en Égypte' No 2: L'Adieu des Bergers à la Sainte Famille (Les Bergers) 'Il s'en va loin de la terre' [4'46]
Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best (conductor)

Weihnachtslieder, Op 8 Peter Cornelius (1824-1874), arr. Stephen Layton (b?)
18 No 3: Die Könige [2'50]
Robert Rice (baritone), Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)

19 O come, O come, Emmanuel [3'55] Anonymous - Renaissance, arr. Andrew Carter (b1939)
St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor), Andrew Lucas (organ)

Nouveau livre de noëls Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)
20 No 01: Noël sur les jeux d'Anches sans tremblant [2'34]
Christopher Herrick (organ)

21 Hodie nobis de caelo [2'14] Dom Pedro de Cristo (c1550-1618)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)

22 Quem pastores laudavere [6'24] Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, The Parley of Instruments, David Hill (conductor)

23 God is with us [5'14] John Tavener (b1944)
St George's Chapel Choir Windsor, Christopher Robinson (conductor), Roger Judd (organ)