About this title: Naxos' 2006 double-disc compilation, The Very Best of Christmas, presents an agreeable and balanced assortment of holiday favorites, with vocal and choral numbers assigned to the first disc and instrumental and orchestral pieces on the second. The roster of choral performers includes the Worcester Cathedral Choir, the Scholars Baroque Ensemble, the Tewkesbury Abbey Choir, the Elora Festival Singers, and the Choral Arts Society of Washington, among others; the list of orchestral performances by the Leipzig Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, and the ...
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Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival)
Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Behold a virgin shall conceive
Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: For unto us a Child is born
Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 9: Gloria
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)
O Jesulein süss, sacred song for voice & continuo (Schemelli Gesangbuch No. 203), BWV 493 (BC F234)
The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came (Birjina gaztettobat zegoen, Basque carol)
The First Nowell (English)
L' Enfance du Christ, oratorio for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 basses, chorus & orchetsra ("trilogie sacrée") H. 130 (Op. 25): The Shepherds' Farewell
In the Bleak Midwinter
Old English Carols (4), for chorus & piano, Op. 20b, H. 82: A Babe is born
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)
God is with us (A Christmas Proclamation), for chorus & organ
Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night")
Wassail Song ("Here We Come A-Wassailing"), carol
The Holly and the Ivy (English)
What Sweeter Music, for chorus
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)
Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4), Op. 8/4, RV 297
Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7): Sinfonia
Concerto Grosso in G minor ("Christmas Concerto"), Op. 6/8: Pastorale
Cantata No. 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166): Wachet auf
Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), oratorio, H. 21/3: Winter. 'Die Einleitung schildert die dicken Nebel
German dances (3) for orchestra, K. 605: Sleigh Ride
Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Waltz
Christmas Eve Suite (Noch' pered rozhdestvom), for orchestra (with optional chorus ad lib): Polonaise
The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: December
Weihnachtsbaum, for piano, S. 186 (LW A267): Adeste Fideles
Lieutenant Kijé, film score and suite for orchestra, Op. 60: 4. Troika
Cinderella, ballet, Op. 87: Cinderella's Waltz
Sleigh Ride, for orchestra (or string orchestra)
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