The Classical Guide to Christmas

2:14

I. Miniature Overture

2:59

March

Alexander Lazarev, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

2:50

Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Alexander Lazarev, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

2:07

IV. Trépak

Alexander Lazarev, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

1:09

V. Arab Dance

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

Michael Schneider, Cappella Coloniensis, Hiro Kurosaki

2:00

"Près Bethleem dans une estable"

Ellen Hargis, Boston Shawm & Sackbut Ensemble, Joel Cohen

1:38

I. La Vierge et l'Enfant

Marie-Claire Alain

5:17

Chantons Noël, menons joyeuse vie

William Hite, Joel Cohen, 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

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

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

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

2:02

VI. Pastorale

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

3:13

"Hallelujah"

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, The Sixteen

3:36

"Once in royal David's city"

3:03

"I wonder as I wander"

Sumi Jo

1:46

The Angel Gabriel

2:49

"Go, Tell It On the Mountain"

Thomas Hampson, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff

1:24

I Saw Three Ships

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

1:46

What Child Is This?

Plácido Domingo, Vjekoslav Šutej, José Carreras, Natalie Cole, Vienna Symphony, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen

2:20

"This Is the Truth Sent From Above"

Dawn Upshaw, Chanticleer

4:36

"O little town of Bethlehem"

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

3:22

Joy to the World

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

2:09

In Dulci Iubilo

3:50

O Tannenbaum

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

2:30

"The first Noël"

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, Thomas Hampson

3:24

The Holly and the Ivy

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

2:56

The Little Drummer Boy

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, Thomas Hampson

2:51

Good King Wenceslas

Coventry Cathedral Choir, BBC Philharmonic, Robin Stapleton, Timothy Norris, Lichfield Cathedral Choir, MICHAEL GEORGE

2:28

O Holy Night

Sumi Jo

3:44

A Lullaby & Away in a Manger

Chanticleer, Dawn Upshaw

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"

Thomas Hampson, Hugh Wolff, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

3:08

In the Bleak Midwinter

5:09

The Three Kings

Coventry Cathedral Choir, Lichfield Cathedral Choir, MICHAEL GEORGE, BBC Philharmonic, Robin Stapleton

2:35

Adeste fideles ["O come all ye faithhful"]