Christmas Adagios

Various Artists

HOLIDAY · 2001

1

O Holy Night (Minuit Chrétien)

Leontyne Price, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

4:28

2

Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D. 839

Luciano Pavarotti, Kurt Herbert Adler, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:49

3

In the Bleak Midwinter

Rosemary Joshua, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Ian Bostridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus

4:28

4

Coventry Carol

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks

2:17

5

Away In a Manger

Mark Tinkler, George Guest, Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

2:30

6

Gabriel's Message (Basque Carol)

John Rutter, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

2:59

7

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: No. 10 Sinfonia

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:22

8

L'Enfance Du Christ, Op. 25: "Il S'en Va Loin de la Terre"

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus

4:18

9

Panis Angelicus

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Barry Rose, English Chamber Orchestra

3:37

10

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Schlafe Mein Liebster (excerpt)

Marilyn Horne, Henry Lewis, Vienna Cantata Orchestra

4:13

11

Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4

Anton Guadagno, Philharmonia Orchestra, Renata Tebaldi

2:13

12

Musicalisches Gesangbuch Von G. C. Schemelli.: O Jesu So Meek (BWV493)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Simon Preston

2:57

13

While Shepherds Watched (Este Psalter, 1592)

Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest

2:47

14

Süßer Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt Cantata, BWV 151: I. Süßer Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt (excerpt)

Agnes Giebel, Helmut Winschermann, Deutsche Bachsolisten

3:54

15

Concerto for Lute, 2 Violins and Continuo in D, RV. 93: II. Largo

George Malcolm, English Chamber Orchestra, Eduardo Fernandez

5:08

16

Alma Redemptoris Mater

Julian Podger, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

3:58

17

O Magnum Mysterium

John Angelo Messana, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

3:52

18

"Zastupnitse Userdnaya", Op. 43, No. 6

St. Petersburg Chamber Choir, Nikolai Korniev

4:19

19

Iubi-te-voi Doamne

Angela Gheorghiu, Ion Marin, Romanian National Choir "Madrigal-Marin Constantin", London Philharmonic Orchestra

2:35

20

Once In Royal David's City

Robin Barter, Sir Stephen Cleobury, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs

4:25

21

O Tannenbaum

Wiener Sängerknaben, Uwe Christian Harrer

1:33

22

O Little Town of Bethlehem

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Andrew Davis

3:04

1

Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht

The Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

2:38

2

Gloria In Excelsis Deo

Katherine Fuge, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Nicola Jenkin, Eleazer de Carvalo, Julian Podger

2:07

3

12 Violin Concertos, Op. 8 "Il Cimento Dell'armonia e Dell' Invenzione": 2. Largo (excerpt)

Alan Loveday, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:19

4

The First Nowell

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks

4:47

5

In Dulci Jubilo

The Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

3:18

6

The Three Kings

Gerald Finley, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus

2:32

7

Es Ist Ein' Ros' Entsprungen

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

3:56

8

Still, Still, Still

Ian Bostridge, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus

3:01

9

Legenda (Legend;The Crown of Roses) [Op. 54, No. 5]

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, John Rutter

2:18

10

Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8 "Fatto Per la Notte Di Na Tale": VI. Pastorale: Largo

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

2:28

11

The Lamb

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

2:54

12

Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: Balulalow

Anthony Way, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, Lucy Wakeford, John Scott

1:30

13

Ave Maria (Arr. from Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846)

Leontyne Price, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

2:37

14

Mille Cherubini In Coro

Luciano Pavarotti, Kurt Herbert Adler, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:01

15

Vesperae Solennes de Confessore in C, K. 339: V. Laudate Dominum Omnes Gentes (Ps. 116/117)

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Chorus, John Constable, London Symphony Orchestra

5:11

16

The Infant King (Old Basque)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks

3:22

17

Lullaby My Jesus

Choir of Winchester Cathedral, David Hill

3:09

18

What Child Is This (Greensleeves)

Anthony Way, Tom Finucane

4:04

19

Les Contes D'Hoffmann: Intermède-Entr'acte (Barcarolle)

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

3:59

20

See Amid the Winter's Snow

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks

3:53

21

The Blessed Son of God

Choir of Winchester Cathedral, David Hill

2:36

22

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Leontyne Price, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

1:48

23

White Christmas

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Carl Davis, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:50

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