Celebration of Christmas

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Messiah: Sinfonia (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek
Recording date: January-March 1989 and June-July 1991
Produced by: Kopernicky, Karol


1.   Messiah: Sinfonia - 3:07


Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 8, No. 6 (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Giuseppe Torelli
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek
Recording date: January-March 1989 and June-July 1991
Produced by: Kopernicky, Karol


2.   Grave. Vivace - 2:17
3.   Largo - 2:30
4.   Vivace - 1:38


Violin Sonata No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017: Siciliana (arr J. Krchek) (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek
Recording date: January-March 1989 and June-July 1991
Produced by: Kopernicky, Karol


5.   Violin Sonata No. 4, BWV 1017: Siciliana - 3:05


Concerto Grosso in C major, Op. 3, No. 12 (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Francesco Onofrio Manfredini
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek
Recording date: January-March 1989 and June-July 1991
Produced by: Kopernicky, Karol


6.   Largo - 4:34
7.   Largo - 1:59
8.   Allegro - 2:33


Flautino Concerto in C major, RV 443 (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Antonio Vivaldi
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek
Jiri Stivin, recorder
Recording date: January-March 1989 and June-July 1991
Produced by: Kopernicky, Karol


9.   Largo - 4:10


Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto" (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Arcangelo Corelli
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek
Recording date: January-March 1989 and June-July 1991
Produced by: Kopernicky, Karol


10.   Vivace-Grave - 1:17
11.   Allegro - 2:02
12.   Adagio-Allegro-Adagio - 3:34
13.   Vivace - 1:12
14.   Allegro - 2:05
15.   Pastorale ad libitum: Largo - 4:19


Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek
Recording date: January-March 1989 and June-July 1991
Produced by: Kopernicky, Karol


16.   Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 - 5:22


Concerto Grosso in F minor, Op. 1, No. 8 (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Pietro Antonio Locatelli
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek
Recording date: January-March 1989 and June-July 1991
Produced by: Kopernicky, Karol


17.   Largo-Grave-Vivace - 3:15
18.   Grave - 1:49
19.   Largo andante - 3:33
20.   Andante - 1:46
21.   Pastorale - 4:05


Flute Concerto in F major, RV 433, "La Tempesta di Mare" (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Antonio Vivaldi
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek
Recording date: January-March 1989 and June-July 1991
Produced by: Kopernicky, Karol


22.   Allegro - 2:46
23.   Largo - 3:04
24.   Presto - 1:46


Suite No. 5 in G minor, BWV 1070: Capriccio (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek
Recording date: January-March 1989 and June-July 1991
Produced by: Kopernicky, Karol


25.   Suite No. 5, BWV 1070: Capriccio - 4:01

Little Drummer Boy (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


1.   Little Drummer Boy - 1:13


Silent Night (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


2.   Silent Night - 3:38


We Wish You a Merry Christmas (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


3.   We Wish You a Merry Christmas - 3:28


Jingle Bells (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


4.   Jingle Bells - 4:36


Kommet, ihr Hirten (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


5.   Kommet, ihr Hirten - 3:58


Alle Jahre wieder (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


6.   Alle Jahre wieder - 3:02


God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


7.   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - 7:00


Kling, Glöckchen (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


8.   Kling, Glöckchen - 4:39


The First Noel (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


9.   The First Noel - 3:11


O du fröhliche (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


10.   O du fröhliche - 4:38


Jolly Old St. Nicholas (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


11.   Jolly Old St. Nicholas - 2:57


Adeste fideles (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


12.   Adeste fideles - 3:02


O Tannenbaum (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


13.   O Tannenbaum - 4:24


Good King Wenceslas (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


14.   Good King Wenceslas - 3:35


Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Michael Praetorius
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


15.   Est ist ein Ros entsprungen - 2:51


Get Up, Shepherds (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


16.   Get Up, Shepherds - 6:06


Little Drummer Boy (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner


17.   Little Drummer Boy - 1:12

The Messiah (Choruses) (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek


1.   Overture - 3:06
2.   And the Glory of the Lord - 2:56
3.   And He Shall Purify - 2:38
4.   For Unto Us a Child is Born - 4:03
5.   Pastoral Symphony - 3:08
6.   Glory to God in the Highest - 1:58
7.   His Yoke is Easy - 2:23
8.   Behold the Lamb of God - 3:28
9.   Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs - 2:24
10.   And with His Stripes we are Healed - 1:46
11.   All we Like Sheep Have Gone Astray - 3:53
12.   He Trusted in God - 2:29
13.   Lift Up Your Heads O Ye Gates - 3:01
14.   Let All the Angels of God Worship Him - 1:32
15.   The Lord Gave the Word - 1:13
16.   Their Sound is Gone Out - 1:29
17.   Let us Break their Bonds Asunder - 1:53
18.   Hallelujah - 3:48
19.   Since By Man Came Death - 2:12
20.   But Thanks Be to God - 2:01
21.   Worthy is the Lamb that was Slain - 3:36
22.   Amen - 3:30

Annees de pelerinage, 1st year, Switzerland, S160/R10 (more info)
Composed by: Franz Liszt
Jeno Jando, piano
Recording date: 26-27 June and 2-3 July, 1991
Produced by: Toth, Ibolya


1.   La chapelle de Guillaume Tell (The Chapel of William Tell) - 6:38
2.   Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake of Wallenstadt) - 2:48
3.   Pastorale (Pastoral) - 1:42
4.   Au bord d'une source (Beside a Spring) - 3:50
5.   Orage (Storm) - 4:23
6.   Vall‚e d'Obermann (Valley of Obermann) - 14:36
7.   Eclogue (Eclogue) - 3:47
8.   Le mal du pays (Homesickness) - 6:08
9.   Les cloches de Geneve (The Bells of Geneva) - 6:22

Annees de pelerinage, 2nd year, Italy, S161/R10b (more info)
Composed by: Franz Liszt
Jeno Jando, piano
Recording date: 26-27 June and 2-3 July 1991
Produced by: Toth, Ibolya


1.   Sposalizio (Marriage of the Virgin) - 8:21
2.   Il pensieroso (The Thinker) - 5:04
3.   Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Canzonetta of Salvador Rosa) - 2:40
4.   Sonetto 47 del Petrarca (Sonnet 47 of Petrarch) - 5:28
5.   Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Sonnet 104 of Petrarch) - 6:17
6.   Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Sonnet 123 of Petrarch) - 6:44
7.   Apres une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi una sonata (After Reading Dante) - 15:41


Annees de pelerinage, 2nd year, Italy supplement, S162/R10: Venezia e Napoli (more info)
Composed by: Franz Liszt
Jeno Jando, piano
Recording date: 4-10 July 1991
Produced by: Toth, Ibolya


8.   Gondoliera (Gondolier's Song) - 4:20
9.   Canzone (Song) - 3:04
10.   Tarantella - 8:48

Annees de pelerinage, 3rd year, S163/R10 (more info)
Composed by: Franz Liszt
Jeno Jando, piano
Recording date: 6-10 September 1991
Produced by: Toth, Ibolya


1.   Angelus! Priere aux anges gardiens (Angelus. Prayer to the Guardian Angels) - 7:05
2.   Aux cypres de la Villa d'Este I (To the Cypresses of the Villa d'Este I: Threnody) - 6:23
3.   Aux cypres de la Villa d'Este II (To the Cypresses of the Villa d'Este II: Threnody) - 9:26
4.   Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este (The Fountains of the Villa d'Este) - 7:29
5.   Sunt lacrymae rerum (en mode hongrois) (There are Tears for Things - 7:19
6.   March funebre (Funeral March) - 5:43
7.   Sursum corda (Lift up Your Hearts) - 2:50

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