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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

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Mouret: Sinfonies de Fanfare in D Major

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

1. Rondeau

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Adam: O Holy Night

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  • Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Douglas Gamley (workarranger)
  • 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 length2:23
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  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1966-10-13
  • Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

IIa. March

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anon.: O Tannenbaum

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  • Uwe Christian Harrer (workarranger)
  • 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"

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Berlin, I: White Christmas

Work length5:01
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  • Bryn Terfel (bassbaritonevocalist)
  • 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 length3:27
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  • Guillermo Figueroa (workarranger)
  • 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)

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Gounod: Ave Maria, CG 89a (After Prelude in C Major, BWV 846 No. 1)

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

Massenet: Meditation (from Thaïs)

Work length6:43
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  • Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • James Levine
  • Recorded: 1992-11-18
  • Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

Ramirez, A: Navidad Nuestra

Work length3:58
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  • José Carreras (tenor), Damián Sánchez (reviser)
  • Coral Salvé de Laredo, Sociedad Coral de Bilbao
  • Damián Sánchez
  • Recorded: 1987-07
  • Recording Venue: Santuario De La Bien Aparecida, Ampuero, Cantabaria

3. El Nacimiento (vidala catamarqueña)

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Excerpt, Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63

Work length3:02
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  • Hannes Läubin (trumpet), Wolfgang Läubin (trumpet), Bernhard Läubin (trumpet), Norbert Schmitt (timpani), Simon Preston (organ)
  • Recorded: 1985-11-15
  • Recording Venue: Dom, Lübeck

See, the conqu'ring hero comes!

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

Work length2:31
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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

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Excerpt, Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48

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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

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Corelli: Concerto grosso No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 6 / 8 "Christmas Concerto"

Work length3:52
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  • Thomas Brandis (violin), Emil Maas (violin), Ottomar Borwitzky (cello), Waldemar Döling (harpsichord), Wolfgang Meyer (harpsichord)
  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1970-08-23
  • Recording Venue: Franzosische Kirche, St. Moritz

III. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio

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

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  • Bryn Terfel (bassbaritonevocalist), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Wolf-Dieter Karwatky (videoscripteditor)
  • Recorded: 1995-06-05
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

3. Die Könige

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Gruber, F: Silent Night

Work length3:34
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  • Matthias Jung (chorusmaster), Donald Fraser (workarranger)
  • Dresdner Kreuzchor
  • Recorded: 1996-01
  • Recording Venue: Lukaskirche, Dresden

Schubert: Ave Maria, D839

Work length3:38
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  • Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Thelma Owen (harp), Thelma Owen (workarranger)
  • St Paul’s Cathedral Choir, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Barry Rose
  • Recorded: 1984-06-05
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (Arr. Economou for 2 Pianos)

Work length2:11
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  • Martha Argerich (piano), Nicolas Economou (piano), Nicolas Economou (workarranger)
  • Recorded: 1983-03-05
  • Recording Venue: Residenz, Herkulessaal, Munich

IIf. Dance of the Reed-Pipes

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Grever: "Mucho, mucho" (Muñequita Linda)

Work length3:51
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  • Plácido Domingo (tenor), Karl-Heinz Loges (workarranger)
  • 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 length4:00
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  • Ulrich Vette (videoscripteditor)
  • The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
  • Trevor Pinnock
  • Recorded: 1988-01-15
  • Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London

XLII. "Hallelujah"

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