The Classical Guide to Christmas

2:14

I. Miniature Overture

The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev

2:59

March

The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev

2:50

Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

2:07

IV. Trépak

1:09

V. Arab Dance

The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev

3:43

VI. Chinese Dance

1:02

VII. Dance of the Reeds

3:10

the Flight into Egypt "Il s'en va loin de la terre" [Chorus]

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre National de Lyon

5:53

Kyrie eleison

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1:27

Une jeune pucelle

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1:18

"Nouvelles, Nouvelles"

Joel Cohen, William Hite, Boston Shawm & Sackbut Ensemble, The Boston Camerata

1:32

I. Allegro

Michael Schneider, Hiro Kurosaki, Cappella Coloniensis

3:44

II. Adagio

Michael Schneider, Cappella Coloniensis, Hiro Kurosaki

1:08

III. Allegro

Hiro Kurosaki, Michael Schneider, Cappella Coloniensis

2:00

"Près Bethleem dans une estable"

Ellen Hargis, Joel Cohen, Boston Shawm & Sackbut Ensemble

1:38

I. La Vierge et l'Enfant

Marie-Claire Alain

5:17

Chantons Noël, menons joyeuse vie

Joel Cohen, William Hite, The Boston Camerata

2:05

Noël No. 6 in D Minor, 'Sur les jeux d'anches sans tremblant et en duo'

Marie-Claire Alain

5:37

"O Jesulein süss"

4:11

Recitative

Louis Devos

4:16

Pastoral Symphony, Pt. 1

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman

2:34

"There were shepherds abiding in the field" "And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them" "And the angel said unto them - Fear not" "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav'nly host"

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman

2:31

"Glory to God in the highest"

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, The Sixteen

1:54

V. Allegro

Enrico Onofri, Luca Pianca, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini, Marco Bianchi

2:02

VI. Pastorale

Enrico Onofri, Marco Bianchi, Giovanni Antonini, Luca Pianca, Il Giardino Armonico

3:13

"Hallelujah"

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, The Sixteen

3:36

"Once in royal David's city"

Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom

3:03

"I wonder as I wander"

Sumi Jo

1:46

The Angel Gabriel

2:49

"Go, Tell It On the Mountain"

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Hampson, Hugh Wolff

1:24

I Saw Three Ships

Coventry Cathedral Choir, Robin Stapleton, BBC Philharmonic, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Lichfield Cathedral Choir

1:46

What Child Is This?

Plácido Domingo, Wiener Symphoniker, José Carreras, Natalie Cole, Vjekoslav Šutej, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen

2:20

"This Is the Truth Sent From Above"

Dawn Upshaw, Chanticleer

4:36

"O little town of Bethlehem"

Coventry Cathedral Choir, Jouko Harjanne, BBC Philharmonic, Robin Stapleton, Lichfield Cathedral Choir

3:22

Joy to the World

Brown University Chorus, Schola Cantorum of Boston, Joel Cohen, Frederick Jodry, The Boston Camerata

2:09

In Dulci Iubilo

3:50

O Tannenbaum

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Lichfield Cathedral Choir, Robin Stapleton, BBC Philharmonic, Jouko Harjanne, Coventry Cathedral Choir

2:30

"The first Noël"

Thomas Hampson, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff

3:24

The Holly and the Ivy

Michael George, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Lichfield Cathedral Choir, Robin Stapleton, Coventry Cathedral Choir, BBC Philharmonic

2:56

The Little Drummer Boy

Thomas Hampson, Hugh Wolff, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

2:51

Good King Wenceslas

Timothy Norris, Coventry Cathedral Choir, Lichfield Cathedral Choir, BBC Philharmonic, Robin Stapleton, Michael George

2:28

O Holy Night

Sumi Jo

3:44

A Lullaby & Away in a Manger

Dawn Upshaw, Chanticleer

3:27

Riu, Riu, Chiu

David Ripley, Joel Cohen, The Boston Camerata

2:37

"Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agréable"

4:29

"Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht"

Hugh Wolff, Thomas Hampson, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

3:08

In the Bleak Midwinter

5:09

The Three Kings

Michael George, Robin Stapleton, Coventry Cathedral Choir, Lichfield Cathedral Choir, BBC Philharmonic

2:35

Adeste fideles ["O come all ye faithhful"]

2:51

"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"