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A Gift of Christmas Music: Christmas 2000 Classics and Carols

Brian Kay · Charles Mackerras · Bohdan Warchal · Jean-Claude Casadesus · Mátyás Antal · Neeme Järvi · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Lille national orchestra · Royal Scottish National Orchestra · Slovak Chamber Orchestra

Classic FM2000Cat. [none]21m6 tracks

Composers

George Frideric Handel2 Arcangelo Corelli1 Hector Berlioz1 Johann Sebastian Bach1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1

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”

Brian Kay, Charles Mackerras, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

4:00

06

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“

3:26

07

Christmas Concerto

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

Bohdan Warchal, Slovak Chamber Orchestra

4:17

12

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 14c. Па-де-де: Вариация II: Танец Феи Драже

Neeme Järvi, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

2:26

13

The Shepherds' Farewell

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)

Jean-Claude Casadesus, Lille national orchestra

3:58

15

Hallelujah Chorus

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

Brian Kay, Charles Mackerras, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

3:44