A Christmas Night Classical and Traditional Favourites (LP)
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Christmas Night Classical and Traditional Favourites (LP)
Various Artists
[ Harmonia Mundi / LP ]
Release Date: Friday 2 December 2022
With selections ranging from Praetorius to Britten, plus all-time favourites by J.S. Bach (The Christmas Oratorio) and Handel (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.
Tracks:
1. RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs - Face A - 01 - JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: 1. Chor Jauchzet, frohlocket
2. RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann - Face A - 02 - Michael Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
3. RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann - Face A - 03 - Eusebius Mandyczewski: Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!
4. Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Tanya Houghton, Graham Ross - Face A - 04 - Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28 - 3. There is no rose
5. Christiane Karg, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Howard Arman, Gerold Huber - Face A - 05 - Charles Gounod: Chantez Noël CG 184a. Montez à Dieu, chants d'allégresse !
6. Les Arts Florissants, William Christie - Face B - 01 - George Frideric Handel: Messiah HWV 56: Hallelujah!
7. Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini, Jesper Christensen - Face B - 02 - Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 8 in G minor "fatto per la notte di Natale": Largo. Pastorale
8. Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier - Face B - 03 - Traditional: We wish you a merry Christmas
9. Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier - Face B - 04 - Gustav Holst: In the bleak midwinter
10. La Chapelle royale, Collegium Vocale, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe - Face B - 05 - Hector Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, op. 25: L'adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille
