The Classical Guide to Christmas

2:14

I. Miniature Overture

Alexander Lazarev, The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

2:59

March

Alexander Lazarev, The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

2:50

Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

2:07

IV. Trépak

1:09

V. Arab Dance

3:43

VI. Chinese Dance

1:02

VII. Dance of the Reeds

Alexander Lazarev, The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

3:10

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

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, 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

Cappella Coloniensis, Hiro Kurosaki, Michael Schneider

3:44

II. Adagio

Hiro Kurosaki, Cappella Coloniensis, Michael Schneider

1:08

III. Allegro

Cappella Coloniensis, Hiro Kurosaki, Michael Schneider

2:00

"Près Bethleem dans une estable"

Boston Shawm & Sackbut Ensemble, Ellen Hargis, 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

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

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

2:02

VI. Pastorale

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

3:13

"Hallelujah"

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, 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

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

1:46

What Child Is This?

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

2:20

"This Is the Truth Sent From Above"

Dawn Upshaw, Chanticleer

4:36

"O little town of Bethlehem"

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

3:22

Joy to the World

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

2:09

In Dulci Iubilo

3:50

O Tannenbaum

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

2:30

"The first Noël"

Thomas Hampson, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff

3:24

The Holly and the Ivy

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

2:56

The Little Drummer Boy

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Hampson, Hugh Wolff

2:51

Good King Wenceslas

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

2:28

O Holy Night

Sumi Jo

3:44

A Lullaby & Away in a Manger

Dawn Upshaw, Chanticleer

3:27

Riu, Riu, Chiu

Joel Cohen, David Ripley, 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

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

2:35

Adeste fideles ["O come all ye faithhful"]

2:51

"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"