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The Greatest Classic Christmas Album

Herbert von Karajan · John Eliot Gardiner · Trevor Pinnock · Georg Ratzinger · Helmuth Froschauer · Ion Marin · James Lancelot · John McCarthy · Lorin Maazel · Marc Minkowski

Deutsche Grammophon1997Cat. 457 357-2Known duration: 57m (15 of 15 shown tracks)15 tracks

The Greatest Classic Christmas Album (1997), Format unverified, on Deutsche Grammophon. Music by George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, performed by Herbert von Karajan, John Eliot Gardiner, Trevor Pinnock, Georg Ratzinger; 15 tracks.

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Composers

George Frideric Handel2 Johann Sebastian Bach2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2 Andrew Lloyd Webber1 Arcangelo Corelli1 Ariel Ramírez1 Carl Thiel1 Francesco Manfredini1 Johannes Brahms1 Marc-Antoine Charpentier1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1 William Hayman Cummings1

Tracklist

01

For unto us a Child is born

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

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, The English Concert

4:04

03

Concerto fatto per la notte di Natale

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

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Ottomar Borwitzky

5:11

05

Hark! the herald angels sing

William Hayman Cummings - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Simon Preston, Christopher Herrick

2:22

06

Pifa from Messiah

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

1:11

07

Sanctus from Missa Criola

Ariel Ramírez - Misa Criolla

Sociedad Coral de Bilbao, José Carreras

2:17

09

Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

5:18

10

Agnus Dei from Coronation Mass

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Missa in C, K. 317 “Krönungs-Messe”

Helmuth Froschauer, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

7:34

12

Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

1:38

13

Pie Jesu from Requiem

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Requiem: Pie Jesu

James Lancelot, Lorin Maazel, Martin Neary

3:56

14

Carl Thiel - Adeste fideles

Georg Ratzinger, Regensburger Domspatzen

2:32

15

Prelude from Te Deum

Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Te Deum, H. 146: Prélude

Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre

1:20

17

Concerto per il Santissimo Natale, op. 3 no. 12: Pastorale

Francesco Manfredini - Concerto Grosso in C major, op. 3 no. 12 “Christmas Concerto”

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Ottomar Borwitzky

5:02

18

Wiegenlied, op. 49 no. 4

Johannes Brahms - 5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied “Guten Abend, gute Nacht”

Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

1:53

19

Laudate Doiminum from K. 339

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

Ion Marin, John McCarthy, London Symphony Orchestra

5:13

20

Jauchzet, frohlocket from Christmas Oratorio

Johann Sebastian Bach - Weihnachts‐Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil I, I. Coro „Jauchzet, frohlocket“

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

7:41