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100 Essential Christmas Songs

Herbert von Karajan · Neville Marriner · Philip Ledger · Robert Sadin · Ryuichi Sakamoto · Berlin Philharmonic · Academy of St Martin in the Fields · Choir of King's College, Cambridge · Ottomar Borwitzky · Thomas Brandis

Magic Records2010Cat. 533 160 230m8 tracks

100 Essential Christmas Songs (2010), CD, on Magic Records. Music by Giuseppe Torelli, Andrew Lloyd Webber, George Frideric Handel, Henry Gauntlett, performed by Herbert von Karajan, Neville Marriner, Philip Ledger, Robert Sadin; 8 tracks.

Composers

Giuseppe Torelli3 Andrew Lloyd Webber1 George Frideric Handel1 Henry Gauntlett1 Henry Purcell1 Ryuichi Sakamoto1

Tracklist

Disc 2

05

Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III, 20. “What power art thou, who from below…” (Cold Genius)

Robert Sadin, Dominic Miller, Sting

3:16

16

The Perfect Year (radio mix)

Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Perfect Year

3:47

Disc 4

10

Corelli: 1. Grave - Vivace - Adagio

Giuseppe Torelli - Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 8 no. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Ottomar Borwitzky

3:47

11

Corelli: 2. Largo

Giuseppe Torelli - Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 8 no. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Ottomar Borwitzky

3:41

12

Corelli: 3. Vivace

Giuseppe Torelli - Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 8 no. 6 "Christmas Concerto"

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Ottomar Borwitzky

1:53

15

Handel: 12. Chorus: “For Unto Us a Child Is Born” (Messiah - Part 1)

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:49

17

Once in Royal David’s City

Henry Gauntlett - Once in Royal David's City

Philip Ledger, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

5:37

20

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Ryuichi Sakamoto

4:42