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Christmas Adagios

Neville Marriner · David Willcocks · Herbert von Karajan · John Eliot Gardiner · David Hill · Kurt Herbert Adler · Simon Preston · Anton Guadagno · Barry Rose · Carl Davis

Decca Classics2001Cat. 468 503-21h 47m31 tracks

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Adolphe Adam - O Holy Night

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic

4:27

02

Franz Schubert - Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”

Kurt Herbert Adler, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:50

03

In the Bleak Midwinter

Harold Darke - In the Bleak Midwinter

László Heltay, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:32

05

Away in a Manger

William J. Kirkpatrick - Away in a Manger

2:34

07

Pastoral Sinfonia

Johann Sebastian Bach - Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, X. Sinfonia

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:26

08

Shepherds' Farewell

Hector Berlioz - The Shepherds’ Farewell

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:23

09

Panis Angelicus

César Franck - Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12

Barry Rose, English Chamber Orchestra

3:41

10

Johann Sebastian Bach - Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, XIX. Aria (Alto) „Schlafe, mein Liebster“

4:17

11

Johannes Brahms - 5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied

Anton Guadagno, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:19

12

Johann Sebastian Bach - O Little One Sweet

David Willcocks, Simon Preston

3:00

14

Süßer Trost, mein Jesu kommt

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 151 "Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt"

Helmut Winschermann, Deutsche Bachsolisten

3:58

15

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Lute in D major, RV 93

English Chamber Orchestra, Eduardo Fernández, George Malcolm

5:11

16

Alma Redemptoris Mater

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Alma redemptoris mater

John Eliot Gardiner

4:02

17

O Magnum Mysterium

Giovanni Gabrieli - O magnum mysterium à 8, Ch. 3

John Eliot Gardiner

3:57

20

Once in Royal David's City

Henry Gauntlett - Once in Royal David’s City

Stephen Cleobury, David Briggs

4:28

Disc 2

01

Silent Night (Stille Nacht)

Franz Xaver Gruber - Silent Night

David Willcocks

2:43

03

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”

Neville Marriner, Simon Preston, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:19

06

The Three Kings

Peter Cornelius - The Three Kings

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:36

09

The Crown of Roses

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Crown of Roses

2:21

10

"Christmas" Concerto, Op. 6 No. 8: Largo Pastorale

Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso in G minor, op. 6 no. 8 “Christmas Concerto”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

2:31

11

John Tavener - The Lamb

John Eliot Gardiner

2:57

12

A Ceremony of Carols - Balulalow

Benjamin Britten - A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28

1:34

13

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ave Maria

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic

2:39

14

Mille Cherubini in Coro

Franz Schubert - Mille cherubini in coro

Kurt Herbert Adler, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:04

15

Laudate Dominum

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339

Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra

5:13

17

Lullaby My Jesus

Peter Warlock - Lullaby My Jesus

3:14

19

The Tales of Hoffmann - Barcarolle

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte III. Entracte (Orchestre) - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle) (une voix, Giulietta, Chœur)

Richard Bonynge, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

4:11

20

See Amid the Winter's Snow

John Goss - See Amid the Winter’s Snow

David Willcocks

3:57

21

The Blessed Son of God

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Hodie

2:37

22

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

Richard Storrs Willis - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

1:52

23

White Christmas

Irving Berlin - White Christmas

Carl Davis, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:52