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The Wonder of Christmas

Charles Gerhardt · Arthur Fiedler · Barry Rose · John Pritchard · Kurt Herbert Adler · Leonard Bernstein · Malcolm Sargent · Plácido Domingo · Anatole Fistoulari · André Previn

Reader’s Digest1996Cat. 3006813002h 17m41 tracks

The Wonder of Christmas (1996), CD, on Reader’s Digest. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Gustav Holst, performed by Charles Gerhardt, Arthur Fiedler, Barry Rose, John Pritchard; 41 tracks.

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Franz Xaver Gruber - Silent Night

3:02

02

Adolphe Adam - O Holy Night

Kurt Herbert Adler, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti

4:14

09

O Divine Redeemer

Charles Gounod - Repentir (“O Divine Redeemer”)

Richard Bonynge, Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers

6:09

10

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ave Maria

Helmuth Froschauer, Plácido Domingo, Vienna Symphony

5:30

12

Panis Angelicus

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

Barry Rose, English Chamber Orchestra, St Paul's Cathedral Choir

3:41

13

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ave Maria

Kurt Herbert Adler, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti

2:58

14

I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Soprano)

5:52

15

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Richard Storrs Willis - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

2:52

Disc 2

Disc 3

01

O Come, All Ye Faithful

John Francis Wade - O Come, All Ye Faithful

Plácido Domingo

3:02

04

We Three Kings of Orient Are

John Henry Hopkins, Jr. - We Three Kings

Huddersfield Choral Society

3:06

08

Lullay My Liking

Gustav Holst - Lullay My Liking, op. 34 no. 2

Leonard Bernstein, Richard P. Condie, New York Philharmonic

5:11

10

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Lewis Redner - O Little Town of Bethlehem

Morriston Orpheus Choir

3:04

13

Once in Royal David's City

Henry Gauntlett - Once in Royal David’s City

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

5:16

15

While Shepherds Watched

Thomas Ravenscroft - While Shepherds Watched

2:37

16

In the Bleak Midwinter

Gustav Holst - In the Bleak Midwinter

St Paul's Cathedral Choir

5:37

17

Away in a Manger

William J. Kirkpatrick - Away in a Manger

Philip Ledger, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:10

21

Ding Dong Merrily on High

Charles Wood - Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

2:07

Disc 4

01

Émile Waldteufel - Les Patineurs, op. 183

Anatole Fistoulari

7:42

02

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 3 German Dances for Orchestra, K. 605: No. 3 in C major. German Dance & Trio "Die Schlittenfahrt" & Coda

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops

2:43

03

Victor Herbert - Toyland

4:00

05

Troika (Christmas Sleigh Ride) From 'Lieutenant Kijé'

Sergei Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kijé Suite, op. 60

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

2:56

07

March of the Little Lead Soldiers Suite, Op 71A From the Ballet 'the Nutcracker'

Gabriel Pierné - March of the Little Lead Soldiers

René Leibowitz

3:18

08

Miniature Overture

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

Charles Gerhardt, London Symphony Orchestra

3:12

09

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

Charles Gerhardt, London Symphony Orchestra

2:20

10

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

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

Charles Gerhardt, London Symphony Orchestra

2:37

11

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

Charles Gerhardt, London Symphony Orchestra

1:10

12

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

Charles Gerhardt, London Symphony Orchestra

4:23

13

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

Charles Gerhardt, London Symphony Orchestra

1:11

14

Dance of the Flutes

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

Charles Gerhardt, London Symphony Orchestra

2:24

15

Waltz of the Flowers

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

Charles Gerhardt, London Symphony Orchestra

7:49

Disc 5

01

Every Valley Shall Be Exalted From 'Messiah'

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 3. Air “Ev’ry valley shall be exalted” (Tenor)

Malcolm Sargent, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Young

3:56

05

Gather Round the Christmas Tree

John Henry Hopkins, Jr. - Gather Round the Christmas Tree

1:46

07

Pastoral Symphony From 'Messiah'

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

3:22

08

Break Forth o Beauteous Heavenly Light

Johann Sebastian Bach - Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, XII. Choral „Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht“

John McCarthy, Ambrosian Singers

1:26

10

Pastorale From the Christmas Concerto

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

Neil Richardson

4:31

11

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”

Malcolm Sargent, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society

5:15

14

Hallelujah Chorus From 'Messiah'

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

John Pritchard, London Philharmonic Choir

4:19