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The Classic Christmas Album

Works by Bach, Bach/Gounod, Corelli, Fauré, Handel, Massenet, Mouret, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky & Weber

Kathleen Battle, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Jessye Norman, Luciano Pavarotti, Cheryl Studer, Kiri Te Kanawa, Bryn Terfel & Martha Argerich

Wiener Sängerknaben, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker & Berliner Philharmoniker, Abbado, Gardiner, Karajan...

Release Date: 1st Oct 1996
Catalogue No: E4499652
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 73 minutes

Mouret: Sinfonies de Fanfare in D Major

Work length1:58

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Hannes Läubin (trumpet), Bernhard Läubin (trumpet), Norbert Schmitt (timpani), Simon Preston (organ), Wolfgang Läubin (trumpet)
Recorded: 1985-11-15
Recording Venue: Dom, Lübeck

1. Rondeau

Track length1:58

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Adam: O Holy Night

Work length4:14

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Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Herbert Adler
Recorded: 1976-01-29
Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Petersham, Surrey

Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a

Work length2:17

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Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Recorded: 1966-10-13
Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

IIa. March

Track length2:17

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anon.: O Tannenbaum

Work length1:34

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Wiener Sängerknaben
Uwe Christian Harrer
Recorded: 1990-03
Recording Venue: Hofburgkapelle, Vienna

Excerpt, Mozart: German Dances (3), K605

Work length2:32

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
Recorded: 1991-01-01
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

No. 3 in C Major, Trio "Die Schlittenfahrt"

Track length2:32

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Berlin, I: White Christmas

Work length5:01

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Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paul Daniel
Recorded: 1995-04-27
Recording Venue: The Anvil, Auditorium, Basingstoke

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'

Work length3:23

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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Recorded: 1989-04-14
Recording Venue: Performing Arts Center, State University Of New York, Purchase

No. 10 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Arr. by Guillermo Figueroa)

Track length3:23

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Gounod: Ave Maria

Work length2:04

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Cheryl Studer (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Ion Marin
Recorded: 1991-03-30
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Massenet: Thaïs / Acte Deux

Work length6:42

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Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Wiener Philharmoniker
James Levine
Recorded: 1992-11-18
Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

Meditation

Track length6:42

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Ramirez, A: Navidad Nuestra

Work length3:52

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José Carreras (tenor)
Coral Salvé de Laredo, Sociedad Coral de Bilbao
Damián Sanchez
Recorded: 1987-07
Recording Venue: Santuario De La Bien Aparecida, Ampuero, Cantabaria

3. El Nacimiento (vidala catamarqueña)

Track length3:52

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Excerpt, Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63

Work length3:02

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Hannes Läubin (trumpet), Bernhard Läubin (trumpet), Norbert Schmitt (timpani), Simon Preston (organ), Wolfgang Läubin (trumpet)
Recorded: 1985-11-15
Recording Venue: Dom, Lübeck

See, the conqu'ring hero comes!

Track length3:02

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Bach, J S: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147, Pt. 2

Work length2:27

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Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1990-03-10
Recording Venue: St. Andrew's Church, Dorset

X. Chorale. Jesus bleibet meine Freude

Track length2:27

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Excerpt, Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48

Work length4:01

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Kathleen Battle (soprano), Timothy Farrell (organ)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini
Recorded: 1986-03-14
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

4. Pie Jesu

Track length4:01

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Corelli: Concerto grosso In G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, MC 6.8 "Fatto per la Notte di Natale"

Work length3:46

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Thomas Brandis (violin), Ottomar Borwitzky (cello), Waldemar Döling (harpsichord continuo), Wolfgang Meyer (harpsichord continuo), Emil Maas (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Recorded: 1970-08-23
Recording Venue: Franzosische Kirche, St. Moritz

2. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio

Track length3:46

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Excerpt, Cornelius: Weihnachtslieder (6), Op. 8

Work length2:38

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Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded: 1995-06-05
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

3. Die Könige

Track length2:38

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Gruber, F: Silent Night

Work length3:35

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Matthias Jung (chorus master)
Dresdner Kreuzchor
Recorded: 1996-01
Recording Venue: Lukaskirche, Dresden

Schubert: Ave Maria, D839

Work length3:30

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Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Thelma Owen (harp)
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir, English Chamber Orchestra
Barry Rose
Recorded: 1984-06-05
Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH. 35 (Arr. by Economou for Piano 4-Hands)

Work length2:09

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Martha Argerich (piano), Nicolas Economou (piano)
Recorded: 1983-03-05
Recording Venue: Residenz, Herkulessaal, Munich

IIf. Danses caractéristiques. Danse des mirlitons: Moderato assai

Track length2:09

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Grever: "Mucho, mucho" (Muñequita Linda)

Work length3:47

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Plácido Domingo (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Karl-Heinz Loges
Recorded: 1975-10-22
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op. 91 No. 2

Work length6:11

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Jessye Norman (soprano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Wolfram Christ (viola)
Recorded: 1982-03-15
Recording Venue: Studio Lankwitz, Berlin

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2

Work length4:01

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The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
Trevor Pinnock
Recorded: 1988-01-15
Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

XLII. "Hallelujah"

Track length4:01

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The Classic Christmas Album

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