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Joy to the World (more info)
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Peter Marschik Donald Hunt Doug Fullington Joseph Flummerfelt Vance George
Daniel Beckwith, organ
Robert Stringer, treble
Raymond Johnston, organ
Harald Huemer, violin
Heinz Hromada, bass guitar
Marie Wolf, recorder
Michaela Kuchar, recorder
Edwin Sternberger, flute
Harald Ficke, trumpet
Alfred Staudigt, trumpet
Werner Schnner, horn
Andreas Pfeifer, trombone
Gerhard Preyer, violin
Helga Fischer-Kammerer, viola
Klaus Arbeiter, cello
Thomas Henkes, drums
Georg Stangelberger, organ


1.   Joy to the World - 1:35


Hark! the herald angels sing (more info)
Composed by: Nicholas White James Curnow Felix Mendelssohn
Conducted by: Peter Marschik Donald Hunt Jackson Francis Joseph Flummerfelt Donald Pearson Vance George Harald Elser Christopher Sparkhall
Douglas Major, organ
Daniel Beckwith, organ
Eric Plutz, organ
John Fenstermaker, organ


2.   Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - 3:03


Messiah, HWV 56 (more info)
Performed by: L'Arco Baroque Orchestra Washington National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Camerata Cassovia Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Collegium Musicum 90 London Philharmonic Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Trinity Church Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Scholars Baroque Ensemble Stuttgart Bach Collegium Studio orchestra Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, La RIAS Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Mostly Mozart Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra American Bach Soloists Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra Academy of London Berlin RIAS Sinfonietta
Composed by: George Frideric Handel James Taylor
Conducted by: Michael McCarthy Jorg Breiding Peter Marschik Jaroslav Krecek Malcolm Sargent Monica Huggett Marcus Creed William Lacey Adrian Boult Ivars Taurins Richard Hickox Jean-Claude Malgoire Owen Burdick Helmuth Rilling Thomas Beecham Gerard Schwarz Alexander Weimann Daniel Taylor Helmut Froschauer David Parry Valentin Radu Joseph Flummerfelt Jeffrey Thomas Sarah Tenant-Flowers
Nathalie Paulin, soprano
Kay Stiefermann, baritone
Frances Jellard, mezzo-soprano
William Sharp, baritone
Elizabeth Harwood, soprano
Arnold Grier, organ
Sara Macliver, soprano
Susan Lewis Kavinski, soprano
Yvette Smith, mezzo-soprano
David Bachmann, organ
Jeffrey Strauss, baritone
Eric Budzynski, harpsichord
Nathan Berg,
Kym Amps, soprano
Stephen Alltop, piano
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Matthew White, counter-tenor
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Philip Langridge, tenor
Christopher Robson, counter-tenor
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
Carolyn Sinclair,
John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone
Angus Davidson, counter-tenor
Ivan Sharpe,
Bruce Ford, tenor
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Helen Parker, soprano
David Price,
Brett Polegato, baritone
Siri Karoline Thornhill, soprano
Alexander Young,
Jan Kobow, tenor
William Hite, tenor
Maria Jette, soprano
Patrice Djerejian, contralto
Basil Lam, harpsichord
Bejun Mehta,
Hubert Eisdell, tenor
Arleen Auger, soprano
Thomas Quasthoff, bass
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Arianna Zukerman, soprano
Norma Procter, contralto
Steven Tharp, tenor
Michael Erxleben, violin
Max Emanuel Cencic, soprano
Charles Humphries, tenor
Robert Torday, bass-baritone
Martin Wolfel, alto
Rufus Muller, tenor
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor


3.   Recitative and Aria: Behold, a virgin shall conceive… O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto, Chorus) - 6:01
4.   For unto us a child is born (Chorus) - 4:09


Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9 (more info)
Performed by: City of London Sinfonia
Composed by: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Conducted by: Edward Higginbottom Kevin Mallon George Guest
Colin Ainsworth, tenor
Jane Archibald, soprano
Michele de Boer, soprano
Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano
Nancy Reynolds, alto
Anne L'Esperance, soprano
James McLennan, tenor
David Nortman, tenor
Estaban Cambre, bass
Giles Tomkins, bass-baritone
Alan Walker, treble
Alistair Flutter, treble
James Turnbull, alto
Ben Cooper, tenor
Andrew Rupp, bass
Robert Huw Morgan, organ
Recording date: 03 - 06 January 2003


5.   Messe de Minuit pour Noel, H. 9: Gloria - 4:36


Stille Nacht (Silent Night) (more info)
Performed by: Studio orchestra
Composed by: Noel Edison Franz Xaver Gruber
Conducted by: Georg Sump Peter Marschik Eckhard Weyand Martin Flamig Hans-Joachim Rotzsch Erwin Spreitzer Uwe Christian Harrer
Horst Westermann, trumpet
Victor Gerassimez, trumpet
Stephan Schmitz, trombone
Werner Kernspecht, trombone
Heinz Wilhelm Norden, violin
Martin Vollmer, viola
Juliane Meyer-Langenfeld, cello
Josef Pichler, flute
Norbert Kaatze, oboe
Judy Pliquet, bassoon
Ingo Kleppe, clarinet
Harald Huemer, violin
Heinz Hromada, bass guitar
Michael Bloss, organ
Marie Wolf, recorder
Michaela Kuchar, recorder
Edwin Sternberger, flute
Harald Ficke, trumpet
Alfred Staudigt, trumpet
Werner Schnner, horn
Andreas Pfeifer, trombone
Gerhard Preyer, violin
Helga Fischer-Kammerer, viola
Klaus Arbeiter, cello
Thomas Henkes, drums
Georg Stangelberger, organ


6.   Stille Nacht (Silent Night), GWV 145 - 3:13


O Jesulein suss, o Jesulein mild, BWV 493 (more info)
Performed by: Washington Choral Arts Society Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Peter Dijkstra Norman Scribner


7.   O Jesulein suss, BWV 493 - 3:10


The Angel Gabriel (arr. G. Rossiter) (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Grace Rossiter
Recording date: 7 - 8 April 2004


8.   The Angel Gabriel (arr. G. Rossiter) - 2:33


The First Nowell (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Traditional
Conducted by: Robert Shafer Andrew Sackett Donald Pearson Vance George
David Willcocks,
Eric Plutz, organ
Roger Wagner,
David Christensen, carillons
John Fenstermaker, organ
Recording date: 1 and 7 February 1994


9.   The First Nowell (arr. D. Willcocks) - 5:03


L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25 (more info)
Performed by: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra Lille National Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Thomas Beveridge Hector Berlioz William Neil
Conducted by: Ivor Bolton Robert Shafer Jean-Claude Casadesus Andrew Sackett Roger Norrington Christopher Sparkhall
Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano
Michel Piquemal, baritone
Mireille Delunsch, soprano
William Dazeley, baritone
Keith Rhodes, organ
Fernand Bernardi, bass
Michele Lagrange, soprano
Antoine Garcin, baritone
Etienne Vandier, tenor
Jean-Louis Serre, baritone
Jean-Luc Viala, narrator
Ed Lyon, tenor
David Wilson-Johnson, bass
Roger Wagner,
David Christensen, carillons
Christiane Oelze, soprano
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Mark Padmore, tenor
Bernhard Hartmann, baritone
Masashi Tsuji, tenor
Ralf Lukas, bass
Frank Bossert, tenor
Daniel Reuss, choirmaster
Donald S. Sutherland, organ


10.   L’enfance du Christ, Op. 25: The shepherds' farewell - 5:26


In the Bleak Mid-Winter (more info)
Performed by: Bach Society Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: John Rutter Harold Darke Noel Edison William Neil
Conducted by: Murray Forbes Somerville Jeffrey Skidmore Edward Higginbottom Edmund Walters Carl Hogset Christopher Sparkhall
Sara Jones, soprano
Susan Vaules Lin, soprano
Peter Doherty, tenor
Barbara Lynne Jamison, soprano
Stephen Sands, tenor
Christina Rossetti,
Jocelyn Bell, soprano
Magnus Staveland, tenor
Terje Winge, organ
Michael Bloss, organ
Christopher Watson, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone


11.   In the Bleak Midwinter - 5:02


4 Old English Carols, Op. 20b (more info)
Composed by: Gustav Holst
Conducted by: Grace Rossiter
John Evanson, piano
Recording date: 07 - 08 April 2004


12.   A Babe is Born - 2:22


Ding Dong Merrily on High (arr. D. Willcocks) (more info)
Composed by: Noel Edison Traditional
Conducted by: Brian Kay Donald Pearson
David Willcocks,
Simon Lindley, organ
Michael Bloss, organ


13.   Ding, Dong Merrily on High (arr. D. Willcocks) - 2:15


God rest ye merry, gentlemen (arr. D. Willcocks) (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Bill Ives Andrew Sackett
David Willcocks,


14.   God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. D. Willcocks) - 3:31


God is with us (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous John Rutter Noel Edison John Tavener
Conducted by: Brian Jones Christopher Robinson
Edward Moroney, organ
Michael Kleinschmidt, organ
Judy Saiki, harp
Richard Flanagan, percussion
Jean Munroe, percussion
Liza Wirtz, percussion
Jay Tuttle, baritone
Anthony Zoeller, baritone
Alan Weiss,
Michael Bloss, organ
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 11 - 13 July 2000


15.   God is with Us: Christmas Proclamation - 5:28


Sussex Carol (more info)
Performed by: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Jean Ashworth Bartle Grace Rossiter
Philip Langridge, tenor
Keith Rhodes, organ
Recording date: 7 - 8 April 2004


16.   Sussex Carol (arr. G. Rossiter) - 2:09


Here We Come a-Wassailing (arr. J. Ritter) (more info)
Performed by: Washington Choral Arts Society Orchestra
Composed by: John Rutter Traditional
Conducted by: Norman Scribner


17.   Here We Come a-Wassailing (arr. J. Rutter) - 3:58


The holly and the ivy (more info)
Composed by: Traditional H. Walford Davies
Conducted by: Elmer Iseler Edward Higginbottom Andrew Sackett Grace Rossiter Jackson Francis
John Evanson, piano


18.   The Holly and the Ivy (arr. J. Rutter) - 2:22


What Sweeter Music (more info)
Composed by: John Rutter Noel Edison
Conducted by: Brian Jones Linda Mack Robert Shafer Hilary Davan Wetton
Edward Moroney, organ
Michael Kleinschmidt, organ
Judy Saiki, harp
Richard Flanagan, percussion
Jean Munroe, percussion
Liza Wirtz, percussion
Mark Williams, organ
Rosalind Simpson, harp
Robert Herrick,
Alan Weiss,
Michael Bloss, organ
Paul Skevington, organ
Recording date: 14-15 July 2009


19.   What Sweeter Music - 5:05


O Come All Ye Faithful (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Donald Hunt Vance George Christopher Sparkhall
Robert Stringer, treble
David Willcocks,
Raymond Johnston, organ
John Fenstermaker, organ


20.   O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. D. Willcocks) - 3:52

The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter) (more info)
Performed by: Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum Stellenbosch Camerata Bournemouth Sinfonietta Concert Hall Chamber Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Camerata Salzburg Capella Istropolitana Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra Europa Galante Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Accademia Ziliniana Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra St. Petersburg Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Antonio Vivaldi
Conducted by: Wolfgang Mettler Igor Kipnis Henry Swoboda Fabio Biondi Pinchas Zukerman Jorg-Michael Schwarz Richard Edlinger Stephen Gunzenhauser Iona Brown Gerard Schwarz Constantine Orbelian Stanislav Gorkovenko
Francesca Vicari, violin
Jan Stanienda, violin
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Alexander Jablokov, violin
Anthony Newman,
Massimo Quarta, violin
Bela Banfalvi, violin
Elmar Oliveira, violin
Ronald Thomas, cello
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Elmar Oliveira, violin
Jindrich Pazdera, violin
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Louis Kaufman, violin
Edouard Nies-Berger, organ
Edith Weiss-Mann, harpsichord
Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord
Kyoko Tanino, violin
Daniel Rowland, violin
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Pavel Popov, violin


1.   I. Allegro non molto - 3:30
2.   II. Largo - 2:26


Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Camerata Cassovia Capella Istropolitana Stuttgart Bach Collegium Concerto Koln Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Geza Oberfrank Helmuth Rilling Pavel Baleff Ralf Otto


3.   Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part II: Sinfonia - 6:00


Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto" (more info)
Performed by: Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum Cantilena Cologne Chamber Orchestra New Dutch Academy Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Collegium Musicum 90 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Arcangelo Corelli
Conducted by: Karol Teutsch Jaroslav Krecek Simon Murphy Richard Edlinger Helmut Muller-Bruhl Iona Brown Bernard Labadie Adrian Shepherd Pavel Baleff Hans-Joachim Drechsler Jeffrey Thomas
Simon Standage, violin
Quido Holbling, violin
Anna Holbling, violin
John Constable, harpsichord
Ludovit Kanta, cello
Angus Anderson, violin
Adrian Davies, violin
Daniela Ruso, harpsichord
Yasushi Ideue, violin
Alexandra Bossak, violin
Jonathan Rees, violin
Lionel Handy, cello
Ian Watson, organ
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord


4.   Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto": VI. Pastorale ad libitum: Largo - 4:21


6 Schubler Chorales, BWV 645-650 (more info)
Performed by: Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach John Weaver
Conducted by: Thomas Dausgaard
J. Reilly Lewis, organ
Johnny van Hal, tenor
Jon Ketilsson, tenor
John Lundgren, baritone
Morten Suurballe, narrator
Julia Brown, organ
Tomoko Miyamoto, organ
Douglas Major, organ
Joan Lippincott, organ
Douglas Cleveland, organ
Erik Suter, organ
Anne Margrethe Dahl, soprano
Poul Elming, tenor
Susanne Resmark, mezzo-soprano
Gerhard Weinberger, organ
Piet Kee, organ
Bine Katrine Bryndorf, organ
Helene Gjerris, contralto
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
Todd Wilson, organ
Hannes Kastner, organ
Hansjurgen Scholze, organ
Camilla Nylund, soprano
Karel Paukert, organ
Sten Byriel, baritone
Jean Victor Arthur Guillou, organ
Michel Chapuis, organ
Martin Souter, piano
Stefan Horz, organ
Julia Shaw, harp
Nora Bumanis, harp


5.   Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 - 4:13


Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), Hob.XXI:3 (more info)
Performed by: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra Leipzig Chamber Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Bach Collegium
Composed by: Franz Joseph Haydn
Conducted by: Ivor Bolton Wolfgang Sawallisch Morten Schuldt-Jensen Roger Norrington Helmuth Rilling
Andreas Karasiak, tenor
Robert Gambill, tenor
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Stephan MacLeod, bass
Annegeer Stumphius, soprano
Alexander Stevenson, tenor
Wolfgang Schone, baritone
Alfred Muff, baritone
David Wilson-Johnson, bass
Miah Persson, soprano
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Christiane Oelze, soprano
Scot Weir, tenor
Peter Lika, bass


6.   The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3: Winter: Introduction: Die Einleitung schildert die dicken Nebel - 2:56


3 German Dances, K. 605 (more info)
Performed by: Symphony Nova Scotia Capella Istropolitana Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Richard Hayman Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Georg Tintner Johannes Wildner


7.   3 German Dances, K. 605: No. 3 in C major, "Die Schlittenfahrt" (Sleigh Ride) - 3:19


The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (more info)
Performed by: Fairfax Choral Society Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Berlin Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra of London London Festival Orchestra South German Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Douglas Mears Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Adrian Boult Klaus-Peter Hahn Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Andrew Mogrelia Roger Norrington Alberto Lizzio Alfred Scholz Peter Wohlert Don Jackson
Josef Bogacz, violin
Recording date: 17-20 August 1990


8.   The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Danse de la fee (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) - 1:53


The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonia
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Klaus-Peter Hahn Ondrej Lenard Andrew Mogrelia Constantine Orbelian Andrew Litton Don Jackson
Recording date: 18-23 March (CD 1) and 13-25 May (CDs 2-3)


9.   Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Waltz - 4:37


Christmas Eve (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Conducted by: Igor Golovschin Michail Jurowski
Recording date: February 1996


10.   Christmas Eve: Polonaise - 5:52


Les saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37b (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Olli Mustonen
Conducted by: Christoph Eschenbach
Olga Tverskaya, fortepiano
Antonin Kubalek, piano
Shura Cherkassky, piano
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano
Eva Sukova, piano
Mischa Levitzki, piano
Lydia Artymiw, piano
Luba Edlina, piano
Terence Judd, piano
Peter Nagy, piano
Ilona Prunyi, piano
Andre Laplante, piano
Ilya Rachkovsky, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Mark Ehrenfried, piano
Benjamin Moser, piano
Recording date: 9-11 September, 1987


11.   Les Saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37b: No. 12. December: Noel - 3:46


Weihnachtsbaum, S186/R71 (more info)
Composed by: Franz Liszt
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano
Rhondda Gillespie, piano
Recording date: 15-16 June 1995


12.   III. Allegro - 3:13


Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60 (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Lille National Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Richard Hayman Symphony Orchestra Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Jean-Claude Casadesus Stephen Gunzenhauser Andrew Mogrelia Neeme Jarvi


13.   Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60: IV. Troika - 3:03


Cinderella Suite No. 1, Op. 107 (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar Andrew Mogrelia Neeme Jarvi


14.   Cinderella Suite No. 1, Op. 107: VII. Cinderella's Waltz - 2:55


Sleigh Ride (more info)
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano
Recording date: 15-16 June 1995


15.   Sleigh Ride - 2:47

Reviews

Concerto VIII: Arcangelo Corelli (Nov 29, 2007)
Reviewer:Nia
Man, I played this song and it is so cool I would love my kids play this. I play the violin.