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• Classical Music
• Composer: Michael Praetorius

Joy to the World: An American Christmas (2013)

performed by Handel & Haydn Society, Sonja DuToit Tengblad (soprano), Stefan Reed (tenor), Thomas Armstrong (descant), Woodrow Bynum (bass), Harry Christophers (conductor)
composed by Bob Chilcott, Charles Ives, Christmas Traditional, George Frederick Handel, Gustav Holst, Herbert Howells, James Bassi, John Rutter, Michael Praetorius, Morten Lauridsen, Mykola Leontovych, Richard Storrs Willis, Robert Lucas Pearsall, William Billings

The Baroque Christmas Album (2005)

performed by English Baroque Soloists, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Jaap ter Linden (cello), Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble, Micaela Comberti (violin), Mirella Giardelli (organ), Simon Standage (violin), The English Concert
composed by Arcangelo Corelli, Giovanni Gabrieli, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Sebastian Bach, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Michael Praetorius

Renaissance Dances (2008)

Danses de la Renaissance (2005)

performed by Collegium Terpsichore, Ulsamer-Collegium
composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, Italian, Anonymous, Spanish, Erasmus Widmann, Francisco de la Torre, Johann Hermann Schein, M. Guliemus, Michael Praetorius

Colonial Christmas (2008)

performed by Barry Phillips (zither), Barry Phillips (cittern), Barry Phillips (bowed psaltery), Barry Phillips (cello), Barry Phillips (mandolin), Christa Stiner (bassoon), Deby Benton Grosjean (fiddle), Jesse Autumn (double harp), Lars Johannesson (flute)
composed by Amos Munsen, Christmas Traditional, Daniel Read, James Lyon, John Playford, Joseph Stephenson, Michael Praetorius, William Billings

The Christmas Story (2011)

performed by Ars Nova Copenhagen (choir, chorus), Theatre of Voices (choir, chorus), Paul Hillier (conductor)
composed by Alessandro Grandi, Biasio Tomasi, Christmas Traditional, Giovanni Francesco Anerio, Gregorian Chant, Howard Skempton, Johannes Eccard, John Henry Hopkins, Jr., Michael Praetorius, Niels Gade, Plainchant, William Byrd

Christmas With Septura (2016)

performed by Alan Thomas (trumpet), Daniel West (trombone), Huw Morgan (trumpet), Matthew Knight (euphonium), Septura (brass ensemble)
composed by Franz Grüber, George Frederick Handel, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Harold Darke, Heinrich Schütz, Johannes Brahms, Matthew Knight, Michael Praetorius, Mykola Leontovych, Peter Cornelius, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Robert Parsons, Sergey Rachmaninov

Christmas (2019)

performed by The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park (conductor)
composed by Anonymous, English, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Christmas Traditional, Eleanor Daley, Gustav Holst, Hans Leo Hassler, Jacobus Handl (Gallus), James Pierpont, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Rutter, Jonathan Harvey, Jonathan Rathbone, Michael Praetorius, Owain Park

Christmas Vespers: Music of Michael Praetorius (2007)

performed by Abigail Clark (treble), Jolle Greenleaf (soprano), Kirsten Solleck-Avella (mezzo-soprano), Kirsten Solleck-Avella (cantor), Michael Sponseller (organ), Nell Snaidas (soprano), Paul Shipper (bass), Ryan Turner (tenor), Sandra Simon (soprano)
composed by Martin Luther, Michael Praetorius

A Wondrous Mystery: Renaissance Music for Christmas (2015)

performed by Stile Antico
composed by Hans Leo Hassler, Hieronymus Praetorius, Jacobus Clemens Non Papa, Jacobus Handl (Gallus), Johannes Eccard, Melchior Vulpius, Michael Praetorius

Praetorius: Dances for Terpischore (1998)

performed by Ensemble Bourrasque, Westra Aros Pijpare
composed by Adriaen Valerius, Michael Praetorius, Orazio Vecchi, Pierre Certon

Lux de Caelo: Music for Christmas (2014)

performed by Alexander Peter (tenor), Charles Littlewood (bass), Christopher Loyn (tenor), David Miller (theorbo), Dmitri Ensemble, Elliot Fitzgerald (baritone), Gabrielle Haigh (soprano), Helen Lilley (soprano), Hugo Popplewell (bass), Madeleine Seale (soprano)
composed by Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg, Benjamin Britten, Christmas Traditional, Edgar Pettman, Felix Mendelssohn, Giles Swayne, Graham Ross, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Rutter, John Tavener, Michael Praetorius, Noah Greenberg, Ralph Vaughan Williams

Surrounded by Angels (2013)

performed by Ensemble Galilei
composed by Carolyn Anderson Surrick, Catalan Traditional, English Traditional, Ensemble Galilei, Franz Grüber, John Jacob Niles, Michael Praetorius

Silent Night: Early Christmas Music and Carols (2018)

performed by Adam Taubitz (violin), Hirundo Maris
composed by Arianna Savall, Christmas Traditional, Franz Gruber, Irish Traditional, Juan García de Zéspedes, Michael Praetorius

With Clarion Voice: Music of the Baroque (1997)

performed by Barbara Butler (trumpet), Charles Geyer (trumpet), Jeff D. Biancalana (trumpet), Jeffrey Hickey (trumpet), Thomas Wikman (conductor)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann, Giuseppe Torelli, Henry Purcell, Johann Vierdanck, Michael Praetorius, Orlande de Lassus, Petronio Franceschini

Gut Wind and Fire (2007)

performed by Baltimore Consort, Edwin George (recorder), William Simms (bandora)
composed by Anonymous, Dublin Virginal Book, Anonymous, English, Anonymous, Jane Pickeringe's Lute Book, Anonymous, Scottish, Anonymous, Straloch Lute Book, Cesare Negri, Irish Traditional, James Oswald, John Johnson, John Playford, Michael Praetorius, Orazio Vecchi

Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (1986)

performed by New London Consort
composed by Michael Praetorius

Praetorius: Christmette; Christmas Mass (1994)

performed by Anders Engberg-Pedersen (treble), Donald Greig (baritone), Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, Hannelore Devaere (harp), Sarah Pendlebury (soprano), Timothy Roberts (organ), Congregational Choir of Roskilde Cathedral (choir, chorus)
composed by Anonymous, German, Johann Hermann Schein, Martin Luther, Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Spoken Word

Best of L.A.G.Q. (1998)

performed by Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
composed by Aaron Copland, American Traditional, Claude Debussy, Count Basie, Donald Fraser, Giovanni Gabrieli, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Philip Sousa, Luigi Boccherini, Manuel de Falla, Michael Praetorius, Peter Warlock, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, William Byrd

Christmas in Vienna (1991)

performed by Vienna Boys' Choir
composed by Anonymous, Christmas Traditional, Franz Gruber, Michael Praetorius

Alfred Koerppen: Zu Weihnachten in Deutschland (2008)

performed by Fabian Gerhardt (speech/speaker/speaking part), Georg August Kestner (spoken word), Johannes Schmidt (vocals), Josef Weinheber (spoken word), Matthias Spitzbarth (vocals), Max von Schenkendorf (spoken word), Moses Moser (spoken word)
composed by Christmas Traditional, Michael Praetorius, Spoken Word, Traditional German chorale

Michael Praetorius: Ostermesse (2012)

performed by Weser-Renaissance (choir, chorus), Weser-Renaissance, Manfred Cordes (conductor)
composed by Gregorian Chant, Michael Praetorius

Baroque Brass (1990)

performed by Allan Dean (trumpet), Daniel Perantoni (tuba), David Hickman (trumpet), Lawrence Strieby (horn), Melvyn Jernigan (trombone), St. Louis Brass Quintet
composed by Anonymous, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Joseph Fux, Johann Sebastian Bach, Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Tomaso Albinoni

Christmas with the King's Singers (2017)

performed by City of London Sinfonia Brass Quintet (brass ensemble), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Richard Hickox (harpsichord), King's Singers (choir, chorus), City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor)
composed by Anonymous, Christmas Traditional, Daryl Runswick, Franz Grüber, George Frederick Handel, Jeremy Jackman, Katherine K. Davis, Michael Praetorius, Richard Storrs Willis, Tony Vincent Isaacs

Christmas at Salisbury Cathedral

performed by Daniel Cook (organ), Freddie Foster (vocals), Hugh Hetherington (tenor), Salisbury Cathedral Choristers, David Halls (conductor)
composed by Christmas Traditional, Conrad Kocher, David Halls, German Traditional, Harold Darke, Hector Berlioz, Henry John Gauntlett, Henry Walford Davies, Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, Michael Praetorius, Paul Manz, Richard Storrs Willis