Christmas Classics

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Annotation

Promotional CD given away with the Sunday Express UK newspaper.

Annotation last modified on 2012-06-14 11:39 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Hallelujah Chorus from ‘The Messiah’
choir vocals:
Stockholms kammarkör (Stockholm Chamber Choir) (in 1982-11)
vocals and performer:
Concentus Musicus Wien
orchestra:
Concentus Musicus Wien (in 1982-11)
conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) (in 1982-11)
chorus master:
Eric Ericson (in 1982-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
TELDEC Classics International GmbH (in 1983)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah” (in 1982-11)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
Georg Friedrich Händel3:40
2In dulci jubilo
vocals:
Chanticleer
[traditional]3:44
3There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
[traditional]3:53
4Concerto Grosso in C major, op. 3 no. 12: Largo
instruments:
Il Giardino Armonico (Italian baroque ensemble)
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini3:23
5Silent Night
solo soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
vocals:
Coventry Cathedral Choir and Lichfield Cathedral Choir
orchestra:
BBC Philharmonic
conductor:
Robin Stapleton (conductor)
Josef Mohr / Franz Xaver Gruber3:11
6Ave Maria
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Anton Bruckner3:46
7Gloria sie dir gesungen (Glory Is Sung Unto You)
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
Johann Sebastian Bach4:38
8The Shepherds’ Farewell from L'enfance du Christ, op. 25
solo soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
vocals:
Coventry Cathedral Choir and Lichfield Cathedral Choir
orchestra:
BBC Philharmonic
conductor:
Robin Stapleton (conductor)
recording of:
L’Enfance du Christ, op. 25: Deuxième Partie: La Fuite en Egypte: No. 8. Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (“The Shepherds' Farewell”)
lyricist and composer:
Hector Berlioz (composer)
part of:
L'Enfance du Christ: Deuxième Partie: “La Fuite en Égypte”
Hector Berlioz4:39
9Concerto Grosso in G minor, op. 6 no. 8: Allegro
instruments:
Il Giardino Armonico (Italian baroque ensemble)
Arcangelo Corelli2:17
10Adeste fideles
baritone vocals:
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
orchestra:
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
[traditional]2:15

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copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Warner Classics (in 2003)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1442117 [info]