111 Classics for Christmas (Deutsche Grammophon Audio CDs)
111 Classics for Christmas (Deutsche Grammophon Audio CDs)
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With 111 tracks, there’s something for every Christmas wish: traditional Christmas carols in English, German and French, a musical range from Gregorian Chant to Benjamin Britten, great artists such as Roberto Alagna, Plácido Domingo, John Eliot Gardiner, Jascha Heifetz, King’s College Choir Cambridge, Kiri Te Kanawa, Magdalena Kožená, Mischa Maisky, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price, Karl Richter, Bryn Terfel, The Trapp Family Singers, Fritz Wunderlich and many more.
CD 1 01 / 1-01 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: 1. Jauchzet, frohlocket! 8:20 Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger 02 / 1-02 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: 4. Bereite dich, Zion 6:01 Christa Ludwig, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter 03 / 1-03 H. J. Gauntlett Once in Royal David’s City 4:28 Barter / Briggs / Choir of King’s College Cambridge / Cleobury 04 / 1-04 Trad. Il est né, le divin enfant 1:25 Von Otter / Forsberg / Leoson 05 / 1-05 Trad. O Tannenbaum 1:36 Wiener Sängerknaben / Harrer 06 / 1-07 Leroy Anderson (1908 – 1975) Sleighride 2:55 Boston Pops / Arthur Fiedler 07 / 1-07 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869) Der Hirten Lied am Krippelein, op. 22 H.1 Nr.3: Schlaf wohl, du Himmelsknabe 2:51 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus 08 / 1-07 Anonymous, arr. David Willcocks The first Nowell 4:48 The Choir of King’s College Choir, Cambridge, David Willcocks 09 / 1-08 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), arr. David Willcocks Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 2:21 The Choir of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston, Christopher Herrick 10 / 1-10 Leroy Anderson Santa Claus is Coming to Town 2:37 Boston Pops Orchestra / Arthur Fiedler 11 / 1-11 W. J. Kirkpatrick Away in a manger 3:36 Bryn Terfel 12 / 1-12 Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713) Christmas Concerto, op. 6 no. 8: 6. Pastorale: Largo 4:09 The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock 13 / 1-13 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874) 6 Weihnachtslieder op. 8: 1. Christbaum 1:52 Irmgard Seefried, soprano / Erik Werba, piano 14 / 1-14 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874) 6 Weihnachtslieder op. 8: 3. Die Könige 2:36 Irmgard Seefried, soprano / Erik Werba, piano 15 / 1-15 Trad. Joy to the World 2:30 Los Romeros 16 / 1-16 Leonhard Schröter († 1601) Hört zu und seid getrost sehr 3:04 Knabenchor Hannover, Instrumentalensemble der ARCHIV Produktion, Heinz Hennig 17 / 1-17 Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Concerto for 2 Trumpets, Strings and Continuo RV537: 3. Allegro 3:18 Hannes Läubin, Wolfgang Läubin, Simon Preston, English Chamber Orchestra 18 / 1-18 Leonhard Schröter († 1601) Freut euch, ihr lieben Christen 1:52 Knabenchor Hannover, Instrumentalensemble der ARCHIV Produktion, Heinz Hennig 19 / 1-19 George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 6 HWV 324: 3. Musette (Larghetto) 5‘37 The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock 20 / 1-20 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1759) Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: 8. Großer Herr und starker König 4:24 Olaf Bär, Crispian Steele-Perkins, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner 21 / 1-21 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1759) Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: 9. Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein 1:09 The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner 22 / 1-22 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1759) Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: 10. Sinfonia 5:18 English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner CD 2 23 / 2-01 Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863) Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht 2:53 Bläserensemble der Berliner Philharmoniker 24 / 2-02 Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621) In dulci jubilo 5:23 Susan Hemington Jones, Tessa Bonner, Mark le Brocq, Gabrieli Consort, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Paul McCreesh 25 / 2-03 John Francis Wade (1711 – 1786), arr. Douglas Hamley, Chris Hazell Adeste, fideles 3:44 Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian National Choir "Madrigal-Marin Constantin", London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin 26 / 2-04 Anonymous Kommet, ihr Hirten 1:07 Bläserensemble der Berliner Philharmoniker 27 / 2-05 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Magnificat BWV 243: 1. Magnificat 3:04 Münchener Bach-Chor und Orchester, Karl Richter 28 / 2-06 Giuseppe Sammartini (1695 – 1750) Concerto grosso op 5 no. 6: Pastorale in G major 4:11 The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock 29 / 2-07 Anonymous (Kölner Gesangbuch von 1625), arr. Fritz Neumeyer Vom Himmel hoch, o Englein, kommt 2:09 Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey, Instrumentalsolisten, Ensemble 30 / 2-08 Anonymous O Freude über Freude 2:23 Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey, Instrumentalsolisten, Ensemble 31 / 2-09 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1740) Magnificat BWV 243: Freut euch und jubiliert 1:21 Thomanerchor Leipzig, Christoph Biller 32 / 2-10 Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704) Noëls sur les instruments, H 531, 534 4. Où s’en vont ces gais bergers? 1:29 The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock 33 / 2-11 Adolphe Charles Adam (1803 – 1856), arr. Robin Smith Cantique de Noël: Minuit, chrétiens! 4:29 Roberto Alagna, New London Children’s Choir, The Choir of St John’s, The London Oratory School Choir, Smithills School Junior Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Robin Smith 34 / 2-12 Anonymous, arr. Franz-Josef Breuer D’où viens-tu, bergère? 1:50 Maria Stader, Instrumentalensemble 35 / 2-13 Anonymous, arr. Franz-Josef Breuer Freu dich, Erd’ und Sternenzelt 1:47 Maria Stader, Instrumentalensemble 36 / 2-14 Franz Schubert (1797 – 1818), arr. Johannes Palaschko Ave Maria 5:36 Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov 37 / 2-15 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), arr. Annette Isserlis Mariä Wiegenlied op. 76/52 2:09 Anne Sofie von Otter, Knut Sönstevold, Torbjörn Helander 38 / 2-16 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), arr: Svante Henryson Noël 2:35 Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengan Jansson, Markus Leoson, Svante Henryson 39 / 2-17 Samuel Scheidt (1587 – 1654), arr. Chris Hazell O Jesulein zart 2:55 Bryn Terfel, Côrdydd Chorus, Sioned James, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Tecwyn Evans 40 / 2-18 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594) Hodie Christus natus est 2:44 Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger 41 / 2-19 Andreas Crappius (1542 – 1623) Nun ist es Zeit zu singen hell 2:22 Eppendorfer Knabenchor / Zabel / Städtischer Chor Hamburg / Spielgemainschft der Archiv Produktion / Adolf Detel 42 / 2-20 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), arr. Martin Doepke Tochter Zion, freue dich! 2:34 Augsburger Domsingknaben, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Reinhard Kammler, Jia Lim 43 / 2-21 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759) Messiah HWV 56 O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion 4:47 Bernarda Fink, Gabrieli Players, Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh, CD 3 44 / 3-01 A Christmas Festival 9:40 Arr. Leroy Anderson Joy to the World / Deck the Halls / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Good King Wenceslas / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / The First Noel / Silent Night / Jingle Bells / O Come, All Ye Faithful Boston Pops Orchestra / Arthur Fiedler 45 / 3-02 Michael Praetorius (1571 – 1621) Es ist ein Ros entsprungen 1:46 Augsburger Domsingknaben, Reinhard Kammler 46 / 3-03 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759) Messiah: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind … He Shall Feed His Flock 7:08 Helen Donath, Anna Reynolds, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Richter 47 / 3-04 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759) Messiah: For Unto Us a Child Is Born 4:14 The John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Richter 48 / 3-05 Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713) Concerto grosso g-moll op. 6 Nr. 8 "fatto per la notte di Natale" 5. Allegro 2:05 The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock 49 / 3-06 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Cantata BWV 122 „Ich freue mich in dir“ 1. Ich freue mich in dir (Cantata BWV 122) 4:14 The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner 50 / 3-07 Giovanni Gabrieli (1554 - 1612) Benedixisti, Domine 1:57 Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger 51 / 3-08 Traditional, arr. Fritz Neumeyer Was soll das bedeuten 2:02 Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey, Instrumentalsolisten, Ensemble 52 / 3-09 Anonymous, arr. Fritz Neumeyer Maria durch ein Dornwald ging 1:46 Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey, Instrumentalsolisten, Ensemble 53 / 3-10 Johannes Eccard (1553 - 1611) Übers Gebirg Maria geht 2:50 Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger 54 / 3-11 Tomás Luis de Victoria Quem vidistis, pastores 3:40 Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh 55 / 3-12 Samuel Scheidt (1587 - 1654) Görlitzer Tabulaturbuch 1650 Organ prelude: “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern“ 1:35 Timothy Roberts, organ 56 / 3-13 Anon. Resonet in laudibus 1:18 Pomerium / Alexander Blachly 57 / 3-14 Anthony Holborne (1545 - 1602) Noel’s Galliard 1:02 Ulsamer Collegium, Josef Ulsamer 58 / 3-15 Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) Fürchtet euch nicht! 3:00 Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh 59 / 3-16 Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel … Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe! 0:15 + 2:01 Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh 60 / 3-17 Traditional, arr. Bert Poulheim Auf dem Berge, da wehet der Wind 2:15 Posaunenquintett Berlin 61 / 3-18 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 No. 64 Choral: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen 3:18 The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner 62 / 3-19 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), arr. Peter Hurford Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring) 3:14 Peter Hurford, organ 63 / 3-20 Gregorian Chant Proprium Primae Missae in Nativitate Alleluia: Dominus dixit 2:50 Choralschola des Klosters Maria Einsiedeln, Pater Roman Bannwart 64 / 3-21 George Friderich Handel Messiah HWV 56: Hallelujah 3:59 Choir of the English Concert / The English Concert / Pinnock CD 4 65 / 4-01 Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989), arr. Jascha Heifetz White Christmas 3:23 Jascha Heifetz, violin / Salvatore Camarata and his Orchestra 66 / 4-02 Jester Hairston (1901 - 2000), arr. David Cullen Mary’s Boy Child 3:53 Kiri Te Kanawa, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis 67 / 4-03 Anonymous, arr. David Willcocks God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 3:29 The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Willcocks 68 / 4-04 Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695 - 1764) Concerto grosso f-moll op. 1 Nr. 8 "fatto per la notte di Natale" 7. Pastorale – Largo andante 3:06 Pina Carmirelli, Pasquale Pellegrino, Luciano Vicari, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, I Musici, Maria Teresa Garatti 69 / 4-05 Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828), arr. Chris Hazell Mille cherubini in coro 3:45 Angela Gheorghiu , Rumänischer Nationalchor „Madrigal-Marin Constantin“, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin 70 / 4-06 César Franck (1822 - 1890) Panis Angelicus 3:41 Plácido Domingo, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Marcello Viotti 71 / 4-07 Traditional Ding! Dong! Merrily on High 2:00 Choir of Westminster Abbey / Preston 72 / 4-08 Anonymous, arr. Douglas Gamley The Twelve Days of Christmas 3:10 Joan Sutherland, The Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge 73 / 4-09 Katherine K. Davis (1892 - 1980) / Henry V. Onorati / Harry Simeone, arr. John McCarthy / Philip Lawson The Little Drummer Boy 3:11 Albrecht Mayer, The King’s Singers 74 / 4-10 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759) Messiah: Pifa 1:11 The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock 75 / 4-11 Anonymous, arr. Anne Sofie von Otter, Svante Henryson Santa Lucia 3:42 Anne Sofie von Otter, Svante Henryson, Markus Leoson 76 / 4-12 J. J. Ryba Rozmily Slavicku 4:29 Kozena / Capella Regia Musicale / Hugo 77 / 4-13 Hugh Martin (* 1914), Ralph Blane (1914 - 1995), arr. David Cullen Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 3:47 Kiri Te Kanawa, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis 78 / 4-14 Jule Styne (1905 - 1994), arr. Alexander l‘Estrange Let It Snow 4:47 Albrecht Mayer, The King’s Singers 79 / 4-15 Traditional, arr. Douglas Gamley Good King Wenceslas 2:58 Joan Sutherland, Valda Aveling, Patricia Clarke, The Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge 80 / 4-16 Leroy Anderson Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 2:15 Boston Pops Orchestra / Arthur Fiedler 81 / 4-17 Traditional, arr. Robin Smith O! Ce veste minunata! 2:51 Roberto Alagna, Robin Smith, London Symphony Orchestra, New London Children’s Choir, The Choir of St John’s, The London Oratory School Choir, Smithills School Junior Choir 82 / 4-18 Anonymous, arr. Robert MacGimsey Sweet Little Jesus Boy 3:03 Leontyne Price / Herbert von Karajan 83 / 4-19 Ariel Ramírez (* 1921), rev. Damián Sanchez Navidad Nuestra: 4. Los pastores (chaya riojana) 2:33 José Carreras, Coral Salvé de Laredo, Sociedad Coral de Bilbao, Damián Sanchez 84 / 4-20 Anonymous Es wird schon glei dumpa 3:26 Trapp Family Singers 85 / 4-21 Anonymous, arr. Georg Ratzinger O du fröhliche 2:23 Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger 86 / 4-22 Traditional, arr. Dmitri Stepanovich Bortnyansky (1751 - 1825) Weihnachtshymne und Hymne an die Jungfrau Maria 4:40 Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff CD 5 87 / 5-01 Eduard Ebel (1839 - 1909), arr. Franz-Josef Breuer Leise rieselt der Schnee 2:32 Hellmut Wormsbächer, Vera Schink Frauenchor und Jugendchor 88 / 5-02 Traditional, arr. Mack Wilberg Still, still, still 4:26 Bryn Terfel, Côrdydd, Sioned James, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Tecwyn Evans 89 / 5-03 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Nutcracker Suite op.71a: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy 2:01 Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner 90 / 5-04 John Henry Hopkins (1820 - 1891), arr. Friedrich Meyer We Three Kings of Orient are 2:58 Leontyne Price, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wiener Großstadtkinderchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan 91 / 5-05 Traditional, arr. Henry Walford Davies The Holly and the Ivy 3:27 The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Willcocks 92 / 5-06 Richard Storrs Willis (1819 - 1900), arr. Douglas Gamley It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 2:47 Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge 93 / 5-07 Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967) Adventi Ének (Veni, veni Emmanuel) 3:50 Dresdner Kreuzchor, Matthias Jung 94 / 5-08 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Musical Sleighride K. 605 no. 3 2:49 Boston Pops Orchestra / Arthur Fiedler 95 / 5-09 Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) A Hymn to the Virgin 2:39 Dresdner Kreuzchor, Matthias Jung 96 / 5-10 Josquin Desprez Praeter rerum seriem 6:57 Gabrieli Consort / McCreesh 97 / 5-11 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Nutcracker Suite op.71a: Dance of the Mirlitons (Reed-pipes) 2:35 Berliner Philharmoniker, Mstislav Rostropovitch 98 / 5-12 Pietro Alessandro Yon (1886 - 1943), arr. Douglas Gamley Gesù Bambino 4:30 Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler 99 / 5-13 Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), arr. Chris Hazell Ave Maria 3:15 Renée Fleming, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs 100 / 5-14 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) In dir ist Freude BWV 615 2:50 Helmut Walcha 101 / 5-15 Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) Virga Jesse 4:17 Dresdner Kreuzchor, Matthias Jung 102 / 5-16 Josef Rheinberger (1839 - 1901) Advent-Motette op. 176 Nr. 3 Ex Sion 2:49 Dresdner Kreuzchor, Matthias Jung 103 / 5-17 Traditional O Christmas Tree / We Wish You a Merry Christmas 2:21 Los Romeros 104 / 5-18 Gottfried Rüdiger (1886 - 1946) Still, o Himmel 2:04 Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger 105 / 5-19 Traditional, arr. Otto Jochum Macht hoch die Tür 1:48 Augsburger Domsingknaben, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Reinhard Kammler, Jia Lim 106 / 5-20 Traditional Hirten, wachet auf! 1:17 Trapp Family Singers 107 / 5-21 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier 1:08 Augsburger Domsingknaben, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, Reinhard Kammler, Jia Lim 108 / 5-22 Leonhard Schröter († 1601) Lobt Gott, ihr Christen allegleich 2:32 Knabenchor Hannover, Heinz Hennig, Instrumentalensemble der Archiv Produktion 109 / 5-23 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Vesperae solennes de confessore C-dur KV 339 Laudate Dominum omnes gentes 4:56 Barbara Bonney, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock 110 / 5-24 Percy Grainger Blithe Bells 3:59 Bengt Forsberg, piano 111 / 5-25 J. L. Pierpoint Jingle Bells 2:56 Alagna / London Symphony Orchestra / Choruses / Robin Smith
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