Christmas through the Ages
David Hill · Harry Christophers · Robert King · Stephen Layton · Alun Francis · Christopher Robinson · Matthew Best · Peter Holman · Roy Goodman · The Sixteen
Christmas through the Ages (2000), CD, on BBC Music Magazine. Music by Michael Praetorius, Arcangelo Corelli, Benjamin Britten, Francis Poulenc, performed by David Hill, Harry Christophers, Robert King, Stephen Layton; 19 tracks.
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Tracklist
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Thomas Clark - While shepherds watched their flock by night (Cranbrook)
"The Shepherds in the Fields" from Christmas Story
Heinrich Schütz - Weihnachts-Historie, SWV 435 - Die Hirten auf dem Felde: Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem
"For unto us a child is Born" from Messiah
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”
Presto from Sinfonia per Il Santissimo Natale
Giuseppe Valentini - Sinfonia a tre, per il santissimo Natale, op. 1 no. 12
Allegro from Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6 no. 8 "Christmas"
Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso in G minor, op. 6 no. 8 “Christmas Concerto”
"The Shepherds' Farewell" 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)
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