- Additional Authors
- Universal Classics (Firm), publisher.
- Description
- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Streaming audio.
- Language (note)
- Sung in English, Latin, German and French.
- Contents
- Joy to the world / Handel (Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Ambrosian Singers ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) -- Ding dong! Merrily on high (David Briggs, organ ; King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor) -- Sleigh ride / Anderson (Eastman-Rochester Pops ; Frederick Fennell, conductor) -- Stille Nacht = Silent night / Gruber (Bach Choir ; Sir David Willcocks, conductor) -- While shepards watched their flocks by night (Stephen Cleobury, organ ; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge ; George Guest, conductor) -- The twelve days of Christmas (Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Ambrosian Singers ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) -- Messiah HWV 56. For unto us a child is born (Chicago Symphony Chorus ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor) ; Pastoral symphony "Pifa" (Academy of Ancient Music ; Christopher Hogwood, conductor) / Handel -- Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria" / Schubert (Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; New Philharmonic Orchestra, London ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor) -- Messiah, HWV 56. Hallelujah! / Handel (Chicago Symphony Chorus ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor) -- Lieutenant Kij, Suite, Op. 60. Troika / Prokofiev (Montreal Symphony Orchestra ; Charles Dutoit, conductor) -- Winter wonderland / Bernard (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; London Voices ; Carl Davis, conductor) -- Panis angelicus / Franck (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; St. Paul's Cathedral Choir ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Barry Rose, conductor) -- Christmas oratorio, BWV 248. No 10 Sinfonia in G major / Bach (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor) -- Away in a manger / Kirkpatrick (Mark Tinkler, treble ; Stephen Cleobury, organ ; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge ; George Guest, conductor) -- In the bleak midwinter / Darke (Rosemary Joshua, soprano ; Ian Bostridge, tenor ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor) -- O little town of Bethlehem / Redner (Andrew Davis, organ ; King's College Boys' Choir, Cambridge ; Sir David Willcocks, conductor) -- The first Nowell (King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Sir David Willcocks, conductor).
- Three german dances, K.605. No.3 in C, Trio "Die Schlittenfahrt" / Mozart (Wiener Mozart-Ensemble) -- Deck the halls with boughs of holly (Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Ambrosian Singers ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Martin (Kiri Te Kanawa, sorpano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Carl Davis, conductor) -- Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas." Pastorale / Corelli (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor) -- O holy night / Adam (Leontyne Price, soprano ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- In dulci jubilo (Simon Preston, organ ; King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Sir David Willcocks, conductor) -- Christmas oratorio, BWV 248. Schlafe, mein Liebster (excerpt) (Marilyn Horne, soprano ; Vienna Cantata Orchestra ; Henry Lewis, conductor) -- Do you hear what I hear? / Shayne (Anthony Way, boy sorpano ; English Chamber Orchestra ; St. Paul's Cathedral Choir ; John Scott, conductor) -- The nutcracker, op. 71. No. 9 Scene and Waltz of the snowflakes / Tchaikovsky (Finchley Children's Music Group ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) -- Ave Maria : arr. from Bach's Prelude No. 1 BWV 846 (Leontyne Price, soprano ; Wiener Philharmonker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- L'enfance du Christ, op. 25. Il s'en va loin de la terre (Shepherds' Farewell) / Berlioz (Goldsbrough Orchestra ; St. Anthony Singers ; Sir Colin Davis, conductor) -- Wiegenlied, op. 49 no. 4 / Brahms (Renata Tebaldi, soprano ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Anton Guadagno, conductor) -- The crown of roses : op. 54, no. 5 / Tchaikovsky (Choir of Clare College, Cambridge ; John Rutter, conductor) -- The nutcracker : op. 71. No. 1 The Christmas tree (New Philharmonic Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) -- See amid the winter's snow / Goss (King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Sir David Willcocks, conductor) -- Hark! The herald angels sing / Mendelssohn (Anthony Way, boy soprano ; English Chamber Orchestra ; St. Paul's Cathedral Choir ; John Scott, conductor) -- White Christmas / Berlin (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; London Voices ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Carl Davis, conductor).
- LCCN
- GBF076540201
- GBF078400200
- NLA505600379
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- OCLC
- 994155156
- Title
Essential Christmas : 35 seasonal favourites.
- Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : Universal Classics, [2002]
- Type of Content
performed music
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Performer
Various soloists, choirs, orchestras and conductors.
- Language
Sung in English, Latin, German and French.
- Source of description
Hard copy version record.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Universal Classics (Firm), publisher.
- Other Form:
Source record: Essential Christmas. Germany : Decca, 2002 (OCoLC)276619104
- Other Standard Identifier
GBF076540201
GBF078400200
NLA505600379
GBF078040513
GBF077440708
GBF076540207
GBF078430408
GBF078210140
GBF077630605
GBF078430424
GBF079010404
GBF078540902
NLA508325107
NLA509315205
GBF077440711
NLA509315204
GBF076410690
GBF076110730
GBF076610460
GBF076540214
GBF078540903
GBF077341128
GBF076140411
GBF075810810
GBF076711670
GBF079641720
GBF077440810
GBF076140412
GBF076041108
GBF077110830
GBF077941216
GBF077440802
GBF076240408
GBF079641721
GBF078540901
- Publisher No.
00028947334521 Universal Classics
- Branch Call Number
eNYPL Music