The Classical Guide to Christmas

2:14

I. Miniature Overture

The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev

2:59

March

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

The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev

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"

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

1:32

I. Allegro

Hiro Kurosaki, Michael Schneider, Cappella Coloniensis

3:44

II. Adagio

Hiro Kurosaki, Cappella Coloniensis, Michael Schneider

1:08

III. Allegro

Hiro Kurosaki, Cappella Coloniensis, Michael Schneider

2:00

"Près Bethleem dans une estable"

Boston Shawm & Sackbut Ensemble, Joel Cohen, Ellen Hargis

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"

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

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, Marco Bianchi, Luca Pianca

2:02

VI. Pastorale

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

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"

Hugh Wolff, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Hampson

1:24

I Saw Three Ships

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

1:46

What Child Is This?

Wiener Symphoniker, Plácido Domingo, 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"

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

3:22

Joy to the World

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

2:09

In Dulci Iubilo

3:50

O Tannenbaum

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

2:30

"The first Noël"

Hugh Wolff, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Hampson

3:24

The Holly and the Ivy

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

2:56

The Little Drummer Boy

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, Thomas Hampson

2:51

Good King Wenceslas

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

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

2:35

Adeste fideles ["O come all ye faithhful"]

2:51

"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"