‎The 99 Most Essential Christmas Masterpieces by Various Artists

A Christmas Festival Overture

Klaus Arp, SWR Symphonieorchester

7:17

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus

4:14

Angels We Have Heard on High

Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Roger Allen

1:47

Ave Verum Corpus

Berlin Mozart Choir, Erich Steffen

2:53

Panis Angelicus

Clavin Wiersma, David Ossenfort, Musica Antiqua New York, Mary Jane Newman

3:51

In notte placida - Tu scendi dalle stelle - O Tannenbaum - Splende una stella - Adeste fideles - Jingle bells - Silent Night - White Christmas

Café Concerto, Caffee Concerto Ensemble

16:26

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

Johannes Somary, Amor Artis Chorus

4:14

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Oxford St. Peter's Ensemble and Roger Allen, Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Choir

3:04

I. Overture: Allegro giusto

Bonn Classical Philharmonic, Heribert Beissel

1:42

II. Scene: Allegro non troppo - Decorating and Lighting up the Christmas Tree

Bonn Classical Philharmonic, Heribert Beissel

3:30

III. March: Tempo di marcia viva

Heribert Beissel, Bonn Classical Philharmonic

2:27

V. Scene: Andante - Drosselmeyer's Gifts

Bonn Classical Philharmonic, Heribert Beissel

4:22

IX. Scene: Andante - In the Christmas Tree

Heribert Beissel, Bonn Classical Philharmonic

4:02

X. Scene and Waltz of the Snowflakes: Tempo di valse, ma con moto

Heribert Beissel, Bonn Classical Philharmonic, Philharmonischer Chor der Stadt Bonn

6:33

XI. Scene: Andante - The Magic Castle on Candy Mountain

Heribert Beissel, Bonn Classical Philharmonic

3:50

XII. Scene: Andante con moto - Clara and Prince Charming

Heribert Beissel, Bonn Classical Philharmonic

5:01

XIIIa. Character Dances - Chocolate (Spanish Dance): Allegro brillant

Heribert Beissel, Bonn Classical Philharmonic

1:12

XIIIb. Character Dances - Coffee (Arabic Dance): Commodo

Heribert Beissel, Bonn Classical Philharmonic

3:27

XIIIc. Character Dances - Tea (Chinese Dance): Allegro moderato

Bonn Classical Philharmonic, Heribert Beissel

1:02

XIIId. Character Dances - Trepak (Russian Dance): Tempo di trepak, molto vivace

Bonn Classical Philharmonic, Heribert Beissel

1:09

XIIId. Character Dances - Dance of the Reed Pipes: Andantino

Bonn Classical Philharmonic, Heribert Beissel

2:22

XIIId. Character Dances - Polchinelle (The Clown): Allegro giocoso

Heribert Beissel, Bonn Classical Philharmonic

2:34

XIV. Waltz of the Flowers: Tempo di valse

Bonn Classical Philharmonic, Heribert Beissel

7:21

XVC. Pas de deux - Variation II: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Heribert Beissel, Bonn Classical Philharmonic

2:14

XVd. Pas de deux - Coda: Vivace assai

Bonn Classical Philharmonic, Heribert Beissel

1:27

XVI. Final Waltz and Apotheosis: Tempo di valse

Heribert Beissel, Bonn Classical Philharmonic

3:38

Lully, Lullay Thou Little Tiny Child

Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Roger Allen, Saint Paul's Choir

2:48

Ave Maria (after J.S. Bach)

Tölzer Knabenchor, Hermann Prey, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg

4:53

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645

Jurgis Grinkiavichius

4:25

Oh Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)

Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Roger Allen, Saint Paul's Choir

5:49

Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)

Valentin Radu, Ama Deus Ensemble

5:48

In the Bleak Midwinter

Niles Johnson, London Regency Choir

5:08

II. Air

Valentin Radu, Ama Deus Ensemble

4:27

I Saw Three Ships

Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Saint Paul's Choir

3:05

II. Largo

Camerata Antonio Lucio, Emmy Verhey, Alun Francis

2:01

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Ensemble, Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Oxford St. Peter's Ensemble and Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Saint Paul's Choir

2:54

Ave Maria

Amy Butler, Musica Antiqua New York, Clavin Wiersma, Mary Jane Newman

5:58

L'adieu des bergers (The Shepherds' Farewell)

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus

5:17

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei (Graduale), for Choir and Orchestra, K. 273

Wiener Volksoper Orchester, Peter Falk, Alfred Scholz, Vienna Volksoper Choir

5:41

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Oxford St. Peter's Ensemble and Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Ensemble, Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Saint Paul's Choir

2:34

Sinfonia in G Major, "And There Where Shepherds"

Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Johann Sebastian Bach

4:49

Chorale No. 35, "Seid Froh Dieweil, Daß euer Heil"

Prima Choir

1:11

Break Forth

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw

1:22

Chorale No. 64 in D Major: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen

Basel Brass Quintet, Marc Ullrich

3:06

Chorale No. 46 - Beim Glanz All' Finsternis verzehrt

Armando Valsani, Prima Choir

1:11

Jesus, Shepherd My Beginning

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Johann Sebastian Bach

2:41

XII. December: Christmas

Michael Ponti, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2:57

"Kommst du nun, Jesu von himmel her unter"

Armand Belien

3:28

Silent Night

Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Oxford St. Peter's Ensemble and Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Choir

3:11

IX. Schäfe können sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze)

Musica Antiqua New York, Mary Jane Newman, Soloists from Musica Antiqua New York

4:35

I. Allegro

Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Günter Kehr, Martin Galling, Jörg Faerber

6:40

II. Adagio

Günter Kehr, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

1:12

III. Allegro

Günter Kehr, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

3:20

II. A Winter Morning

Michael Ponti

0:51

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

London Regency Choir

3:54

I. Magnificat

Ama Deus Ensemble, Valentin Radu

2:58

II. Ex exsultavit

Valentin Radu, Ama Deus Ensemble, Julianne Baird

2:16

III. Quia respexit - IV. Omnes generationes

Valentin Radu, Sarah Davol, Julianne Baird, Ama Deus Ensemble

4:01

XII. Sicut erat in principio

Valentin Radu, Ama Deus Ensemble

0:51

Canon in D Major

Musica Antiqua New York, Mary Jane Newman, Mary Jane Newman, Soloists from Musica Antiqua, New York

4:48

In Dulci Jubilo

Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Saint Paul's Choir

3:23

IV. The Snow is Dancing

Peter Schmalfuss

2:36

I. Vivace - Grave: Arcate, sostenuto e come sta

Gennadi Cherkasov, Chamber Orchestra Of the Moscow Conservatory

1:24

II. Allegro

Gennadi Cherkasov, Chamber Orchestra Of the Moscow Conservatory

2:33

III. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio

Chamber Orchestra Of the Moscow Conservatory, Gennadi Cherkasov

3:32

IV. Vivace

Gennadi Cherkasov, Chamber Orchestra Of the Moscow Conservatory

1:05

V. Allegro (attacca)

Chamber Orchestra Of the Moscow Conservatory, Gennadi Cherkasov

2:19

VI. (attacca) Largo: Pastorale ad libitum

Gennadi Cherkasov, Chamber Orchestra Of the Moscow Conservatory

5:14

See, Amid The Winter's Snow (Hymn For Christmas Day)

Aleksander Santi, St Paul's Cathedral Choir

4:41

What Child Is This

Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Oxford St. Peter's Ensemble and Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Ensemble, Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Saint Paul's Choir

2:02

Every valley shall be exalted

Ama Deus Ensemble, Valentin Radu, David Price

3:22

For unto us a child is born

Ama Deus Ensemble, Valentin Radu

3:49

Rejoice greatly

Julianne Baird, Valentin Radu, Ama Deus Ensemble

4:18

Hallelujah Chorus

Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, George Frideric Handel

3:32

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Oxford St. Peter's Ensemble and Roger Allen, Roger Allen, Saint Paul's Choir, Oxford St. Peter's Choir

3:00

IV. Regina angelorum

Tölzer Knabenchor, Eduard Wollitz, θollegium Aʊreum, Rolf Reinhardt, Ursula Buckel, Maureen Lehane, Richard van Vrooman

2:06

While Shepherd's Watched

Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Roger Allen, Saint Paul's Choir

2:50

I. Largo

Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Günter Kehr, Jörg Faerber

3:57

II. Largo

Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Günter Kehr, Günther Kehr

2:48

III. Allegro

Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Günter Kehr, Günther Kehr

2:04

We Three Kings

Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Oxford St. Peter's Ensemble and Roger Allen, Saint Paul's Choir

2:58

"Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier"

Susanne Doll

4:26

Jolly Old St. Nicholas

Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Choir

2:18

Bist Du Bei Mir (from Anna Magdalena's Notebook)

Clavin Wiersma, Mary Jane Newman

3:07

Ich will Dir mein Herze schenken

Vienna Academy Chorus, Ferdinand Grossmann, Laurence Dutoit, Wiener Kammerorchester

4:04

I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day

Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Choir

3:34

Credo (Symbolum Nicenum): Et resurrexit

Jansug Kakhidze, Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, SIMI Studio Choir

4:33

Aria - "Quoniam Tu Solus"

Marc Ullrich, Basel Brass Quintet

4:22

Dona nobis pacem

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Robert Shaw

3:38

Ding Dong Merrily On High

Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Roger Allen, Saint Paul's Choir

1:59

Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - O Tannenbaum - Christ is born in Bethlehem - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Little Drummer Boy - Panis Angelicus

The Mantovani Orchestra, Annunzio Paolo Mantovani

9:42

I. Gloria in excelsis

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Antonio Vivaldi

2:22

V. Benedictus

Salzburg Mozarteum Choir, Gabriele Fuchs, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Ernst Hinreiner

3:45

Joy To The World

Oxford Children's Choir

3:15

I. Kyrie

Karel Hron, Marian Plavec, Musica Bohemica, Jaroslav Krček

4:25

Deck the Halls

Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Choir

2:11

Adeste Fidelis

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw

3:30

O Holy Night (Cantique De Noël)

101 Strings Orchestra

3:02

Amen

Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Choir, Oxford St. Peter's Ensemble and Roger Allen, Oxford St. Peter's Choir

5:31

Klaus Arp

Conductor
SWR Symphonieorchester

Orchestra
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra
Mary Jane Newman

Conductor, Organ

The 99 Most Essential Christmas Masterpieces

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