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The Christmas Spirit

David Briggs · Adrian Boult · Carl Davis · Christopher Hogwood · Herbert von Karajan · John Rutter · Karl Münchinger · Kurt Herbert Adler · Stephen Cleobury · Berlin Philharmonic

Decca Classics1996Cat. 475917735m9 tracks

The Christmas Spirit (1996), CD, on Decca Classics. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Adolphe Adam, César Franck, Charles Wood, performed by David Briggs, Adrian Boult, Carl Davis, Christopher Hogwood; 9 tracks.

Composers

Johann Sebastian Bach2 Adolphe Adam1 César Franck1 Charles Wood1 Franz Xaver Gruber1 George Frideric Handel1 Henry Gauntlett1 Johannes Brahms1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Once in Royal David’s City

Henry Gauntlett - Once in Royal David’s City

4:29

02

Ave Maria: Arr. from Bach’s Prelude no. 1, BWV 846

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ave Maria

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic

2:39

03

Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Charles Wood - Ding Dong! Merrily on High

2:11

04

Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht

Franz Xaver Gruber - Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht

David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury

2:37

05

Panis Angelicus

César Franck - Panis Angelicus

Kurt Herbert Adler, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:01

09

Adolphe Adam - O Holy Night

Carl Davis, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Voices

4:07

13

Pastoral Sinfonia

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

Christopher Hogwood, Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:45

14

O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 9. Air “O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion” (Alto, Chorus)

Adrian Boult, Kathleen Ferrier

5:39

Disc 2

09

Johannes Brahms - 5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied

2:33