The Very Best of Christmas - CD

CD - 1

George Frideric Handel

 

1. Joy to the World

00:01:35

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

 

2. Festgesang, MWV D4, "Gutenberg-Kantate": No. 2. (adap. W.H. Cummings as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing)

00:03:03

George Frideric Handel

Messiah, HWV 56 (1741)

 

3. Recitative and Aria: Behold, a virgin shall conceive… O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto, Chorus)

00:06:01

 

4. For unto us a child is born (Chorus)

00:04:09

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Messe de minuit pour Noel, H. 9

 

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

00:04:36

Franz Xaver Gruber

Stille Nacht (1818)

 

6. Stille Nacht (Silent Night), GWV 145

00:03:13

Johann Sebastian Bach

O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild, BWV 493

 

7. O Jesulein suss, BWV 493

00:03:10

 

8. The Angel Gabriel (arr. G. Rossiter)

00:02:33

Geleneksel

The First Nowell (arr. D. Willcocks for choir)

 

9. The First Nowell (arr. D. Willcocks)

00:05:03

Geleneksel

Hector Berlioz

L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, Pt. II, "La fuite en Égypte" (1854)

 

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

00:05:26

Harold Darke

In the Bleak Mid-Winter (1911)

 

11. In the Bleak Midwinter

00:05:02

Gustav Holst

4 Old English Carols, Op. 20b (1907)

 

12. A Babe is Born

00:02:22

Ding Dong Merrily on High

 

13. Ding, Dong Merrily on High (arr. D. Willcocks)

00:02:15

Geleneksel

 

14. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. D. Willcocks)

00:03:31

Geleneksel

John Tavener

God is with us (1987)

 

15. God is with Us: Christmas Proclamation

00:05:28

Sussex Carol

 

16. Sussex Carol (arr. G. Rossiter)

00:02:09

Geleneksel

 

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

00:03:58

Geleneksel

The holly and the ivy (arr. H.W. Davies)

 

18. The Holly and the Ivy (arr. J. Rutter)

00:02:22

Geleneksel

John Rutter

 

19. What Sweeter Music

00:05:05

O Come All Ye Faithful (arr. D. Willcocks)

 

20. O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. D. Willcocks)

00:03:52

Geleneksel

CD - 2

Antonio Vivaldi

The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter)

 

1. I. Allegro non molto

00:03:30

 

2. II. Largo

00:02:26

 

3. III. Allegro

00:03:13

Johann Sebastian Bach

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (1735)

 

4. Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part II: Sinfonia

00:06:00

Arcangelo Corelli

Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto" (1712)

 

5. Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto": VI. Pastorale ad libitum: Largo

00:04:21

Johann Sebastian Bach

6 Schubler Chorales, BWV 645-650 (1749)

 

6. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645

00:04:13

Franz Joseph Haydn

Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), Hob.XXI:3 (1801)

 

7. The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3: Winter: Introduction: Die Einleitung schildert die dicken Nebel

00:02:56

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3 German Dances, K. 605 (1791)

 

8. 3 German Dances, K. 605: No. 3 in C Major, "Die Schlittenfahrt" (Sleigh Ride)

00:03:19

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (1892)

 

9. The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Danse de la fee (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)

00:01:53

The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (1889)

 

10. Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Waltz

00:04:37

Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov

Christmas Eve (1903)

 

11. Christmas Eve: Polonaise

00:05:52

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Les saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37b (1876)

 

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

00:03:46

Franz Liszt

Weihnachtsbaum, S186/R71 (1876)

 

13. Weihnachstraum, S186/R71: IV. Adeste Fideles (March of the Three Holy Kings)

00:04:06

Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev

Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60 (1934)

 

14. Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60: IV. Troika

00:03:03

Cinderella Suite No. 1, Op. 107 (1946)

 

15. Cinderella Suite No. 1, Op. 107: VII. Cinderella's Waltz

00:02:55

Leroy Anderson

Sleigh Ride (original piano version) (1948)

 

16. Sleigh Ride

00:02:47