Ave Maria the Ultimate Sacred Christmas Album
Georg Solti · Adrian Boult · Barry Rose · Charles Mackerras · Henry Lewis · Herbert von Karajan · John Scott · Karl Münchinger · Kurt Herbert Adler · László Heltay
Ave Maria the Ultimate Sacred Christmas Album (2000), CD, on Decca Classics. Music by George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Adolphe Adam, César Franck, performed by Georg Solti, Adrian Boult, Barry Rose, Charles Mackerras; 16 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
César Franck - Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12
Luigi Piovano, Myung-whun Chung, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Ombra Mai Fu (Largo From "Serse")
George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
Roger Norrington, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Andreas Scholl
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude”
Barry Rose, English Chamber Orchestra, St Paul's Cathedral Choir
See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes (Judas Maccabaeus)
George Frideric Handel - Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act III, no. 58: “See the Conqu’ring Hero Comes” (Chorus of Youths, Chorus of Virgins)
John Scott, St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Christopher Hugh Dearnley
Mariä Wiegenlied (The Virgin's Slumber Song)
Max Reger - Schlichte Weisen, op. 76: No. 52. Mariä Wiegenlied
Jauchzet, Frohlocket! (Opening Chorus From "Christmas Oratorio")
Johann Sebastian Bach - Weihnachts‐Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil I, I. Coro „Jauchzet, frohlocket“
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Messiah)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 9. Air “O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion” (Alto, Chorus)
For Unto Us a Child is Born (Messiah)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”
Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion (Messiah)
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 18: Air “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion” (Soprano)
Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
László Heltay, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields