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Smooth Classics at Christmas

Andrew Davis · Harry Christophers · Helmuth Rilling · Ion Marin · Johannes Wildner · John Rutter · Julius Rudel · Kurt Herbert Adler · Michael Schneider · Paul McCreesh

Classic FM2001Cat. CFMAGCD7856m14 tracks

Smooth Classics at Christmas (2001), CD, on Classic FM. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Adolphe Adam, Alessandro Scarlatti, Arcangelo Corelli, performed by Andrew Davis, Harry Christophers, Helmuth Rilling, Ion Marin; 14 tracks.

Composers

Johann Sebastian Bach2 Adolphe Adam1 Alessandro Scarlatti1 Arcangelo Corelli1 Cipriano de Rore1 Franz Schubert1 Franz Xaver Gruber1 George Frideric Handel1 John Rutter1 Max Reger1 Orlande de Lassus1 Tomás Luis de Victoria1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1

Tracklist

01

Solemn Vespers, K. 339 Laudate Dominum

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

Johannes Wildner

4:56

02

Orlande de Lassus - Omnes de Saba venient

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

3:18

03

Mille cherubini in coro

Franz Schubert - Mille cherubini in coro

Ion Marin, Angela Gheorghiu

3:45

04

O magnum mysterium

Tomás Luis de Victoria - O magnum mysterium

John Rutter, City of London Sinfonia, Cambridge Singers

4:04

05

Christmas Concerto: Largo

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

3:56

09

Adolphe Adam - O Holy Night

Kurt Herbert Adler, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti

4:14

10

Mariä Wiegenlied

Max Reger - Schlichte Weisen, op. 76: No. 52. Mariä Wiegenlied

Roland Pöntinen

2:11

11

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ave Maria

Julius Rudel, Utah Symphony, Kiri Te Kanawa

2:48

12

Cipriano de Rore - Missa Praeter rerum seriem

2:39

13

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Sinfonia (Shepard Music)

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

Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

5:24

14

Messiah, HWV 56: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

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

Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Kathleen Battle

6:10

15

L’autor d’ogni mio bene

Alessandro Scarlatti - O di Betlemme altera: 5. Aria: “L'autor d'ogni mio bene”

Michael Schneider, Cappella Coloniensis, Sumi Jo

4:45

16

What Sweeter Music

John Rutter - What Sweeter Music

Stephen Layton, City of London Sinfonia, Polyphony

4:18

17

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht

Franz Xaver Gruber - Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht

Uwe Christian Harrer, Symphony Orchestra of the Volksoper Vienna, Chorus Viennensis

4:11