Christmas Through the Ages
Stephen Layton · David Hill · Harry Christophers · Matthew Best · Robert King · Alun Francis · Christopher Robinson · Peter Holman · Roy Goodman · The King's Consort
Christmas Through the Ages (2001), CD, on Hyperion. Music by Benjamin Britten, Arcangelo Corelli, Francis Poulenc, Georg Philipp Telemann, performed by Stephen Layton, David Hill, Harry Christophers, Matthew Best; 20 tracks.
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Tracklist
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Thomas Clark - While shepherds watched their flock by night (Cranbrook)
Heinrich Schütz - Weihnachts-Historie, SWV 435 - Die Hirten auf dem Felde: Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem
Gavotte from Festive Suite in A major
Georg Philipp Telemann - Ouverture-Suite A-Dur, TWV 55:A5 "Festliche Suite"
In the bleak mid-winter from A Boy Was Born
Benjamin Britten - A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation V. In the bleak mid-winter
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, op. 25 no. 2
Kenneth Leighton - Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, op. 25 no. 2
There is no rose of such virtue from A Ceremony of Carols
O magnum mysterium (Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, no. 1)
Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël: No. 1. O magnum mysterium
Allegro from “Christmas Concerto”, op. 6 no. 8
Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso in G minor, op. 6 no. 8 “Christmas Concerto”
L’Adieu des bergers from L'Enfance du Christ
Hector Berlioz - L'Enfance du Christ, op. 25 : Deuxième partie no. 8. Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille « Il s'en va loin de la terre » (Les bergers)