Offer,Ave Maria - A Sacred Christmas
Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Leontyne Price (Soprano), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Emma Kirkby (Soprano), Frederica von Stade (Mezzo-Soprano), Marilyn Horne (Mezzo-Soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Chicago Symphony Chorus (Chorus), Sir Philip Ledger (Director), Anthony...
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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1984-10-09
- Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago
"For unto us a Child is born"
Bizet: Agnus Dei
- Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
- National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Kurt Herbert Adler
- Recorded: 1976-01-29
- Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Petersham, Surrey
Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Part Two - For the second Day of Christmas
- Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
- Karl Münchinger
- Recorded: 1966-09
- Recording Venue: Church of Schloss Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart
No.10 Sinfonia
anon.: What child is this (Greensleeves)
- Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
- New Philharmonia Orchestra
- Richard Bonynge
- Recorded: 1965-05
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Excerpt,
- Emma Kirkby (soprano)
- Academy of Ancient Music, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Winchester College Quiristers
- Christopher Hogwood
- Recorded: 1990-11-17
- Recording Venue: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, London
5. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
Brahms: Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby)
- Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
- New Philharmonia Orchestra
- Anton Guadagno
- Recorded: 1971-04-08
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Pt. 1
- Lübecker Kantorei, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
- Karl Münchinger
- Recorded: 1966-09
- Recording Venue: Church of Schloss Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart
No.1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket"
Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Part Two - For the second Day of Christmas
- Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
- Vienna Cantata Orchestra
- Henry Lewis
- Recorded: 1967-10
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
Schlafe mein liebster (excerpt)
Handel: Messiah: Part 1
- Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1985-01-01
13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
Excerpt,
- Leontyne Price (soprano)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Herbert von Karajan
- Recorded: 1961-06
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
4. Alleluia