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Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856

Christmastide. New York, N.Y. : Philips, p1987.
Performers: Jessye Norman, soprano ; New York Choral Society ; American Boychoir ; Empire Chamber Ensemble ; Robert de Cormier, conductor.
Contents: O come, o come Emanuel (5:07) -- Once in Royal David's city (1:06) -- Unto us a Child is born (1:05) -- Hark! the herald angels sing (2:22) -- Good Christian men rejoice (1:39) -- O holy night (3:35) -- The holly and the ivy (2:50) -- See amid the winter snow (3:16) -- I saw three ships (2:14) -- This Christmastide (5:16) -- Coventry carol (3:48) -- In the bleak mid-winter (5:41) -- Silent night (4:55) -- Angels we have heard on high (1:56) -- We three kings of Orient are (2:36) -- Joy to the world (1:44) -- Adeste fideles (2:57) -- Amen (3:12).
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Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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O holy night. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1996.
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor ; Wandsworth Boys Choir ; Russell Burgess, director ; London Voices ; Terry Edwards, director.
Contents: Cantique de Noël = (O holy night) / Adam (4:13) -- Pietà, Signore = Have mercy, Lord / A. Stradella ; [arr.] L. Neidermeyer (8:23) -- Panis Angelicus = Bread of the Angels / Franck (4:00) -- Qual giglio candido : (Parola quinta = The fifth word) / Mercadante (4:40) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:47) -- Gesù bambino = Baby Jesus (original orchestration) / Yon (4:28) -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:56) -- Mille Cherubini in coro = A choir of a thousand cherubs / Schubert-Melichar (4:01) -- Agnust Dei / Bizet (3:43) -- Sanctus (from the Requiem) / Berlioz (9:07) -- Adeste fideles = O come all ye faithful / (attr. J. Wade) (3:32).
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Allegri, Gregorio, 1582-1652

The Best of the Renaissance. [United States] : Philips Classics, p1999.
Performers: The Tallis Scholars ; Peter Phillips, conductor.
Contents: Miserere / Gregorio Allegri (12:17) -- Spem in alium / Thomas Tallis (9:40) -- Mass for five voices / William Byrd (22:11) -- Missa "Pange lingua" / Josquin Desprez (29:14) -- Versa est in luctum / Alonso Lobo (4:28) -- Tenebrae responsories for Holy Saturday. Recessit pastor noster (3:37) ; O vos omnes (3:35) ; Ecce quomodo moritur justus (5:42) / Carlo Gesualdo -- Missa Papae Marcelli / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (33:40) -- Osculetur me (3:19) ; Salve Regina (3:51) / Orlando di Lasso -- Ave Maria / Josquin Desprez (5:16) -- Dum transisset Sabbatum / John Taverner (7:03) -- Magnificat / Manuel Cardoso (9:33).
Disc 1: Allegri, Tallis, Byrd, Desprez, Lobo
Disc 2: Gesualdo, Palestrina, di Lasso, Desprez, Taverner, Cardoso

Anderson, Leroy, 1908-1975

A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.

Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993

Marian Anderson. Wyastone Leys, Monmouth : Nimbus Records, p1996.
Performers: Cantata and oratorio excerpts and spirituals performed by Marian Anderson; tracks 1-7 with RCA Symphony Orchestra ; conducted by Robert Shaw.
Contents: Cantata no. 81. Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen (5:21) ; Canata no. 112. Zum reinen Wasser (4:11) ; St. Matthew passion. Erbarme dich, mein Gott (8:01) ; Cantata no. 12. Kreuz und Krone (5:23) / J.S. Bach -- Messiah. He shall feed his flock / Handel (4:13) -- St. John passion. Es ist vollbracht (7:02) ; Christmas oratorio. Bereite dich, Zion (5:20) / J.S. Bach -- City called Heaven (4:57) -- Lord, I can't stay away (2:22) -- Heaven, heaven (2:00) -- Trampin (3:03) -- Oh what a beautiful city (2:20) -- Were you there? (3:31) -- Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (3:29) -- I don't feel no-ways tired (2:24) -- Deep river (3:16) -- Go down moses (3:03) -- My soul's been anchored in the Lord (2:22).
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Araujo, Juan de, d. 1712

Christmas in the New World. Oakhurst, NJ : MusicMasters Classics, p1996.
Performers: Western Wind, vocal ensemble ; with guest artists (bass and instrumentalists).
Contents: North American Christmas music: Boston / William Billings -- Judea / William Billings -- Three settings of While shepherds watched their flocks: Carol / Supply Belcher ; Sherburne / Daniel Read ; Bethlehem / William Billings -- Rise up, shepherd, and follow : spiritual / Anon. -- Star in the East / Anon. -- Expression / Anon. -- He is King of Kings : spiritual / Anon. -- I believe this is Jesus : spiritual / Robert Dennis -- Of a rose / Robert Dennis -- A Christmas carol / Charles Ives -- Latin American Christmas music: Ay ay galeguinos / Fabian Ximeno -- Salve Regina / Hernando Franco -- Magnificat / Almeida Prado -- Ago lona / Marlos Nobre -- Los cofla desde la estleya / Juan de Araujo.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Arias. Hollywood, CA : Delos, p1985.
Performers: Arleen Augér, soprano ; Mostly Mozart Orchestra ; Gerard Schwarz, conductor.
Contents: Messiah. Rejoice greatly (4:29) ; Giulio Cesare. Piangeró (7:25) ; Atalanta. Care selve (3:07) ; Alexander's feast. The prince, unable to conceal his pain (6:06) ; Softly sweet in Lydian measures (4:13) ; Rinaldo. Lascia ch'io pianga (5:25) ; Samson. Let the bright seraphim (5:34) ; Messiah. He shall feed his flock (6:22) / George Frideric Handel -- Non sa che sia dolore. Ricetti gramezza (5:55) ; Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach. Bist du bei mir (3:05) ; Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten. Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (7:42) ; Sich üben im Lieben (4:43) ; St. Matthew Passion. Blute nur (5:31) ; Ich will dir mein Herze schenken (3:20) / Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Ave Maria. W. Germany : Philips, p1984.
Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Barry Rose, conductor.
Contents: O divine redeemer / Charles Gounod (6:02) -- Laudate Dominum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:59) -- Bist du bei mir (2:49) ; Jesu, Joy of Man's desiring (3:12) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sanctus / Charles Gounod (5:33) --Auf Flügeln des Gesanges / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (2:41) -- Panis angelicus / César Franck (3:37) -- Ave verum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:36) -- Ave Maria / Franz Schubert (3:31) -- Trumpet tune / Henry Purcell (2:41) -- Let the bright seraphim (5:53) ; Let their celestial concerts (3:14) / George Frideric Handel.
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A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.

A Festival of lessons & carols from King's. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1998.
Performers: Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Philip Ledger, conductor ; in part with Thomas Trotter, organ.
Contents: Once in royal David's city / words, C.F. Alexander ; melody, H.J. Gauntlett ; harmonized by A.H. Mann ; descant and organ part by Philip Ledger (with Jason McCaldin, treble) (5:36) -- Bidding prayer (3:43) -- Resonet in laudibus / words and music adapted from Jacob Handl by Ledger (2:30) -- First lesson : Genesis 3 (1:43) -- Adam lay ybounden / words 15th century ; music, Boris Ord (1:08) -- Sussex carol / trad. English : arr. Ledger (2:02) -- Second lesson : Isaiah 9 (1:08) -- Joseph and Mary / trad. English : arr. Leather and R. Vaughan Williams (with Charles Daniels, tenor) (3:23) -- Third lesson : St. Luke 1 (2:09) -- A maiden most gentle / words paraphrased from the Venerable Bede and French tune ; arr. Andrew Carter (2:48) -- Fourth lesson : St. Luke 2 (1:12) -- Stille Nacht / words, Joseph Mohr ; music, Franz Gruber ; arr. Ledger (2:58) -- Chester carol : Chester manuscript / translated, adapted, and arranged by Ledger (2:46) -- Fifth lesson : St. Luke 2 (2:01) -- Angels from the realms of glory : trad. French melody / words, J. Montgomery ; arr. Ledger (2:39) -- Sixth lesson : St. Matthew 2 (2:36) -- A babe is born / words, 15th century ; music, William Mathias (3:12) -- Seventh lesson : St. John 1 (2:00) -- O come, all ye faithful / words and melody, J.F. Wade ; trans. F. Oakely ; descant and organ part by Ledger (4:02) -- The collect for Christmas eve and the blessing (1:17) -- Hark! the herald angels sing / words, C. Wesley and G. Whitefield ; music, J.L.F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy ; descant and organ part by Ledger (3:23) -- In dulci jubilo : voluntary / J.S. Bach (2:41).
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Marian Anderson. Wyastone Leys, Monmouth : Nimbus Records, p1996.
Performers: Cantata and oratorio excerpts and spirituals performed by Marian Anderson; tracks 1-7 with RCA Symphony Orchestra ; conducted by Robert Shaw.
Contents: Cantata no. 81. Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen (5:21) ; Canata no. 112. Zum reinen Wasser (4:11) ; St. Matthew passion. Erbarme dich, mein Gott (8:01) ; Cantata no. 12. Kreuz und Krone (5:23) / J.S. Bach -- Messiah. He shall feed his flock / Handel (4:13) -- St. John passion. Es ist vollbracht (7:02) ; Christmas oratorio. Bereite dich, Zion (5:20) / J.S. Bach -- City called Heaven (4:57) -- Lord, I can't stay away (2:22) -- Heaven, heaven (2:00) -- Trampin (3:03) -- Oh what a beautiful city (2:20) -- Were you there? (3:31) -- Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (3:29) -- I don't feel no-ways tired (2:24) -- Deep river (3:16) -- Go down moses (3:03) -- My soul's been anchored in the Lord (2:22).
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Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

Missa Solemnis, op. 123 ; Mass in C, op. 86. [Netherlands] : Philips Classics, p1993.
Performers: Anna Tomowa-Sintow, soprano (1st work) ; Christiane Eda-Pierre, soprano (2nd work) ; Patricia Payne, contralto ; Robert Tear, tenor ; Robert Lloyd, bass (1st work) ; Kurt Moll, bass (2nd work) ; London Symphony Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Colin Davis, conductor.
Disc 1: Kyrie, etc.
Agnus dei, Mass in C, etc.

Belcher, Supply, 1751-1836

Christmas in the New World. Oakhurst, NJ : MusicMasters Classics, p1996.
Performers: Western Wind, vocal ensemble ; with guest artists (bass and instrumentalists).
Contents: North American Christmas music: Boston / William Billings -- Judea / William Billings -- Three settings of While shepherds watched their flocks: Carol / Supply Belcher ; Sherburne / Daniel Read ; Bethlehem / William Billings -- Rise up, shepherd, and follow : spiritual / Anon. -- Star in the East / Anon. -- Expression / Anon. -- He is King of Kings : spiritual / Anon. -- I believe this is Jesus : spiritual / Robert Dennis -- Of a rose / Robert Dennis -- A Christmas carol / Charles Ives -- Latin American Christmas music: Ay ay galeguinos / Fabian Ximeno -- Salve Regina / Hernando Franco -- Magnificat / Almeida Prado -- Ago lona / Marlos Nobre -- Los cofla desde la estleya / Juan de Araujo.
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Bennard, George, 1873-1958

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869

A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.

Messe solennelle. [Baarn, The Netherlands?] : Philips, p1994.
Performers: Donna Brown, soprano ; Jean-Luc Viala, tenor ; Gilles Cachemaille, bass-baritone ; Monteverdi Choir ; Orchestra révolutionnaire et romantique, on period instruments ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.
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O holy night. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1996.
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor ; Wandsworth Boys Choir ; Russell Burgess, director ; London Voices ; Terry Edwards, director.
Contents: Cantique de Noël = (O holy night) / Adam (4:13) -- Pietà, Signore = Have mercy, Lord / A. Stradella ; [arr.] L. Neidermeyer (8:23) -- Panis Angelicus = Bread of the Angels / Franck (4:00) -- Qual giglio candido : (Parola quinta = The fifth word) / Mercadante (4:40) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:47) -- Gesù bambino = Baby Jesus (original orchestration) / Yon (4:28) -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:56) -- Mille Cherubini in coro = A choir of a thousand cherubs / Schubert-Melichar (4:01) -- Agnus Dei / Bizet (3:43) -- Sanctus (from the Requiem) / Berlioz (9:07) -- Adeste fideles = O come all ye faithful / (attr. J. Wade) (3:32).
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Bernard, Felix, 1897-1944

Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesáu bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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Billings, William, 1746-1800

Christmas in the New World. Oakhurst, NJ : MusicMasters Classics, p1996.
Performers: Western Wind, vocal ensemble ; with guest artists (bass and instrumentalists).
Contents: North American Christmas music: Boston / William Billings -- Judea / William Billings -- Three settings of While shepherds watched their flocks: Carol / Supply Belcher ; Sherburne / Daniel Read ; Bethlehem / William Billings -- Rise up, shepherd, and follow : spiritual / Anon. -- Star in the East / Anon. -- Expression / Anon. -- He is King of Kings : spiritual / Anon. -- I believe this is Jesus : spiritual / Robert Dennis -- Of a rose / Robert Dennis -- A Christmas carol / Charles Ives -- Latin American Christmas music: Ay ay galeguinos / Fabian Ximeno -- Salve Regina / Hernando Franco -- Magnificat / Almeida Prado -- Ago lona / Marlos Nobre -- Los cofla desde la estleya / Juan de Araujo.
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Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesáu bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875

A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : ‚b Musical Heritage Society, ‚c c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.

O holy night. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1996.
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor ; Wandsworth Boys Choir ; Russell Burgess, director ; London Voices ; Terry Edwards, director.
Contents: Cantique de Noël = (O holy night) / Adam (4:13) -- Pietà, Signore = Have mercy, Lord / A. Stradella ; [arr.] L. Neidermeyer (8:23) -- Panis Angelicus = Bread of the Angels / Franck (4:00) -- Qual giglio candido : (Parola quinta = The fifth word) / Mercadante (4:40) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:47) -- Gesù bambino = Baby Jesus (original orchestration) / Yon (4:28) -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:56) -- Mille Cherubini in coro = A choir of a thousand cherubs / Schubert-Melichar (4:01) -- Agnus Dei / Bizet (3:43) -- Sanctus (from the Requiem) / Berlioz (9:07) -- Adeste fideles = O come all ye faithful / (attr. J. Wade) (3:32).
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Black, James M. (James Milton), 1856-1938

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Bradbury, William B. (William Batchelder), 1816-1868

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

War requiem. London : Decca, p1999.
Performers: Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano ; Peter Pears, tenor ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; Bach Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra Chorus ; Highgate School Choir ; Simon Preston, organ ; Melos Ensemble ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Benjamin Britten, conductor.
Contents: War requiem (1:21:11) -- Rehearsal extracts (49:34).
Disc 1: Requiem aeternam, etc.
Disc 2: Angus dei, etc.

Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896

Te Deum. London : Hyperion, p1993.
Performers: Joan Rodgers, soprano ; Catherine Wyn-Rogers, contralto ; Keith Lewis, tenor ; Alastair Miles, bass ; Corydon Singers ; Corydon Orchestra ; James O'Donnell, organ ; Matthew Best, conductor.
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Burt, Aflred S.

Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesáu bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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Busnois, Antoine, d. 1492

Missa prolationum. London, England : Gaudeamus, p1995.
Performers: The Clerks' Group ; Edward Wickham, conductor.
Contents: Humilium decus / Jacob Obrecht [supposed composer] (5:53) -- Missa prolationum / Johannes Ockeghem (32:02) -- Gaude coelestis Domina (6:36) ; In hydraulis (8:33) / Antoine Busnois -- Flos de spina / Jean Pullois (4:43) -- Illibata dei virgo nutrix / Josquin des Prez (6:49).
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Byrd, William, 1542 or 3-1623

The Best of the Renaissance. [United States] : Philips Classics, p1999.
Performers: The Tallis Scholars ; Peter Phillips, conductor.
Contents: Miserere / Gregorio Allegri (12:17) -- Spem in alium / Thomas Tallis (9:40) -- Mass for five voices / William Byrd (22:11) -- Missa "Pange lingua" / Josquin Desprez (29:14) -- Versa est in luctum / Alonso Lobo (4:28) -- Tenebrae responsories for Holy Saturday. Recessit pastor noster (3:37) ; O vos omnes (3:35) ; Ecce quomodo moritur justus (5:42) / Carlo Gesualdo -- Missa Papae Marcelli / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (33:40) -- Osculetur me (3:19) ; Salve Regina (3:51) / Orlando di Lasso -- Ave Maria / Josquin Desprez (5:16) -- Dum transisset Sabbatum / John Taverner (7:03) -- Magnificat / Manuel Cardoso (9:33).
Disc 1: Allegri, Tallis, Byrd, Desprez, Lobo
Disc 2: Gesualdo, Palestrina, di Lasso, Desprez, Taverner, Cardoso

A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.


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Canadian Brass

Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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Cardoso, Manuel, 1566-1650

The Best of the Renaissance. [United States] : Philips Classics, p1999.
Performers: The Tallis Scholars ; Peter Phillips, conductor.
Contents: Miserere / Gregorio Allegri (12:17) -- Spem in alium / Thomas Tallis (9:40) -- Mass for five voices / William Byrd (22:11) -- Missa "Pange lingua" / Josquin Desprez (29:14) -- Versa est in luctum / Alonso Lobo (4:28) -- Tenebrae responsories for Holy Saturday. Recessit pastor noster (3:37) ; O vos omnes (3:35) ; Ecce quomodo moritur justus (5:42) / Carlo Gesualdo -- Missa Papae Marcelli / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (33:40) -- Osculetur me (3:19) ; Salve Regina (3:51) / Orlando di Lasso -- Ave Maria / Josquin Desprez (5:16) -- Dum transisset Sabbatum / John Taverner (7:03) -- Magnificat / Manuel Cardoso (9:33).
Disc 1: Allegri, Tallis, Byrd, Desprez, Lobo
Disc 2: Gesualdo, Palestrina, di Lasso, Desprez, Taverner, Cardoso

Christ Church Cathedral (Oxford, England). Choir

Oxford church anthems. Oakhurst, NH : Musical Heritage Society, p1995.
Performers: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford ; Stephen Darlington, director ; in part with Stephen Farr, organ.
Contents: O thou, the central orb / Charles Wood (4:41) -- Almighty and everlasting God / Orlando Gibbons (2:17) -- My eyes for beauty pine / Herbert Howells (2:27) -- Where Thou reignest / Franz Schubert (5:57) -- Locus iste / Anton Bruckner (2:58) -- Lord, I trust thee / G.F. Handel (2:20) -- Holy is the true light / William H. Harris (1:53) -- Solus ad victimam / Kenneth Leighton (4:39) -- God be in my head / John Rutter (1:50) -- Pray that Jerusalem / C.V. Stanford (2:38) -- When to the temple Mary went / Johannes Eccard (3:03) -- Thou knowest, Lord / Henry Purcell (2:13) -- Ave verum corpus / William Byrd (4:04) -- Awake, thou wintry earth / J.S. Bach (3:06) -- O quam gloriosum / Tomás Luis de Victoria (2:39) -- Nolo mortem peccatoris / Thomas Morley (3:03) -- Crux fidelis / John IV, King of Portugal (2:31) -- Evening hymn / H. Balfour Gardiner (6:42).
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Christiansen, F. Melius (Fredrik Melius), 1871-1955

Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesáu bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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Clarke, Jeremiah, 1669?-1707

Ave Maria. W. Germany : Philips, p1984.
Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Barry Rose, conductor.
Contents: O divine redeemer / Charles Gounod (6:02) -- Laudate Dominum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:59) -- Bist du bei mir (2:49) ; Jesu, Joy of Man's desiring (3:12) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sanctus / Charles Gounod (5:33) --Auf Flügeln des Gesanges / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (2:41) -- Panis angelicus / César Franck (3:37) -- Ave verum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:36) -- Ave Maria / Franz Schubert (3:31) -- Trumpet tune / Henry Purcell (2:41) -- Let the bright seraphim (5:53) ; Let their celestial concerts (3:14) / George Frideric Handel.
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Converse, Charles C. (Charles Crozat), 1832-1918

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Darke, Harold, 1888-1976

A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.

Davis, Katherine, 1892-

Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesáu bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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Dedrick, Christopher

Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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Dennis, Robert

Christmas in the New World. Oakhurst, NJ : MusicMasters Classics, p1996.
Performers: Western Wind, vocal ensemble ; with guest artists (bass and instrumentalists).
Contents: North American Christmas music: Boston / William Billings -- Judea / William Billings -- Three settings of While shepherds watched their flocks: Carol / Supply Belcher ; Sherburne / Daniel Read ; Bethlehem / William Billings -- Rise up, shepherd, and follow : spiritual / Anon. -- Star in the East / Anon. -- Expression / Anon. -- He is King of Kings : spiritual / Anon. -- I believe this is Jesus : spiritual / Robert Dennis -- Of a rose / Robert Dennis -- A Christmas carol / Charles Ives -- Latin American Christmas music: Ay ay galeguinos / Fabian Ximeno -- Salve Regina / Hernando Franco -- Magnificat / Almeida Prado -- Ago lona / Marlos Nobre -- Los cofla desde la estleya / Juan de Araujo.
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Dufay, Guillaume, d. 1474

Missa L'homme armé. Munich, Germany : Naxos, c1995.
Performers: Oxford Camerata ; Jeremy Summerly, conductor.
Contents: 1. L'homme armé (0:43) -- 2. Kyrie (4:56) -- 3. Glori (8:56) -- 4. Veni Sancte Spiritus (2:22) -- 5. Credo (12:47) -- 6. Jubilate Deo (3:15) -- 7. Sanctus (10:09) -- 8. Agnus Dei (8:23) -- 9. Illumina faciem tuam (1:03) -- 10. Supremum est mortalibus bonum (7:27).
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Duruflé, Maurice, 1902-

The Complete music for choir. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c2001.
Performers: Paula Hoffman, mezzo-soprano (1st work) ; Petger Mattei, baritone (1st, 3rd works) ; Elemér Lavotha, violoncello (1st work) ; Mattias Wager, organ (1st, 3rd works) ; St. Jacobs Chamber Choir ; Gary Graden, conductor.
Contents: Requiem, op. 9 -- Quatre motets, op. 10: Ubi caritas ; Tota pulchra es ; Tu es Petrus ; Tantum ergo -- Missa Cum jubilo, op. 11.
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The Duruflé album. Hollywood, Calif. : Delos, p1995.
Performers: Patricia Spence, mezzo-soprano (1st work) ; François Le Roux, baritone (1st work) ; Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra ; Dennis Keene, conductor.
Contents: Requiem, op. 9 (41:29) -- Messe Cum jubilo : op. 11 (18:51) -- Notre Père (1:29).
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Requiem, op. 48, Fauré ; Requiem, op. 9, Duruflé. Cleveland, Ohio : Telarc, p1987.
Performers: Judith Blegen, soprano ; James Morris, bass ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Contents: Requiem, op. 48 / G. Fauré -- Requiem, op. 9 / M. Duruflé.
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Dvorák, Antonín, 1841-1904

Stabat Mater. Germany : Discover International, p1993.
Performers: Miriam Gauci, soprano ; Nelly Boschkova, mezzo-soprano ; Miroslav Dvorský, tenor ; Peter Mikulás, bass ; Slovak Radio New Philharmonic Orchestra ; Slovak Philharmonic Choir ; Alexander Rahbari, conductor.
Contents: Stabat Mater op. 58 -- Te Deum op. 103.
Disc 1: Stabat mater, op. 59
Disc 2: Stabat mater, op. 58 (cont.) - Te deum


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Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924

Requiem, op. 48, Fauré ; Requiem, op. 9, Duruflé. Cleveland, Ohio : Telarc, p1987.
Performers: Judith Blegen, soprano ; James Morris, bass ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Contents: Requiem, op. 48 / G. Fauré -- Requiem, op. 9 / M. Duruflé.
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Fétis, François-Joseph, 1784-1871

O holy night. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1996.
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor ; Wandsworth Boys Choir ; Russell Burgess, director ; London Voices ; Terry Edwards, director.
Contents: Cantique de Noël = (O holy night) / Adam (4:13) -- Pietà, Signore = Have mercy, Lord / A. Stradella ; [arr.] L. Neidermeyer (8:23) -- Panis Angelicus = Bread of the Angels / Franck (4:00) -- Qual giglio candido : (Parola quinta = The fifth word) / Mercadante (4:40) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:47) -- Gesù bambino = Baby Jesus (original orchestration) / Yon (4:28) -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:56) -- Mille Cherubini in coro = A choir of a thousand cherubs / Schubert-Melichar (4:01) -- Agnus Dei / Bizet (3:43) -- Sanctus (from the Requiem) / Berlioz (9:07) -- Adeste fideles = O come all ye faithful / (attr. J. Wade) (3:32).
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Fletcher, Percy E. (Percy Eastman), 1879-1932

A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.

Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 1919-

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Franck, César, 1822-1890

Ave Maria. W. Germany : Philips, p1984.
Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Barry Rose, conductor.
Contents: O divine redeemer / Charles Gounod (6:02) -- Laudate Dominum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:59) -- Bist du bei mir (2:49) ; Jesu, Joy of Man's desiring (3:12) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sanctus / Charles Gounod (5:33) --Auf Flügeln des Gesanges / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (2:41) -- Panis angelicus / César Franck (3:37) -- Ave verum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:36) -- Ave Maria / Franz Schubert (3:31) -- Trumpet tune / Henry Purcell (2:41) -- Let the bright seraphim (5:53) ; Let their celestial concerts (3:14) / George Frideric Handel.
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O holy night. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1996.
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor ; Wandsworth Boys Choir ; Russell Burgess, director ; London Voices ; Terry Edwards, director.
Contents: Cantique de Noël = (O holy night) / Adam (4:13) -- Pietà, Signore = Have mercy, Lord / A. Stradella ; [arr.] L. Neidermeyer (8:23) -- Panis Angelicus = Bread of the Angels / Franck (4:00) -- Qual giglio candido : (Parola quinta = The fifth word) / Mercadante (4:40) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:47) -- Gesù bambino = Baby Jesus (original orchestration) / Yon (4:28) -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:56) -- Mille Cherubini in coro = A choir of a thousand cherubs / Schubert-Melichar (4:01) -- Agnust Dei / Bizet (3:43) -- Sanctus (from the Requiem) / Berlioz (9:07) -- Adeste fideles = O come all ye faithful / (attr. J. Wade) (3:32).
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Franco, Hernando, 1532-1585

Christmas in the New World. Oakhurst, NJ : MusicMasters Classics, p1996.
Performers: Western Wind, vocal ensemble ; with guest artists (bass and instrumentalists).
Contents: North American Christmas music: Boston / William Billings -- Judea / William Billings -- Three settings of While shepherds watched their flocks: Carol / Supply Belcher ; Sherburne / Daniel Read ; Bethlehem / William Billings -- Rise up, shepherd, and follow : spiritual / Anon. -- Star in the East / Anon. -- Expression / Anon. -- He is King of Kings : spiritual / Anon. -- I believe this is Jesus : spiritual / Robert Dennis -- Of a rose / Robert Dennis -- A Christmas carol / Charles Ives -- Latin American Christmas music: Ay ay galeguinos / Fabian Ximeno -- Salve Regina / Hernando Franco -- Magnificat / Almeida Prado -- Ago lona / Marlos Nobre -- Los cofla desde la estleya / Juan de Araujo.
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Fraser, Donald, musician

Christmastide. New York, N.Y. : Philips, p1987.
Performers: Jessye Norman, soprano ; New York Choral Society ; American Boychoir ; Empire Chamber Ensemble ; Robert de Cormier, conductor.
Contents: O come, o come Emanuel (5:07) -- Once in Royal David's city (1:06) -- Unto us a Child is born (1:05) -- Hark! the herald angels sing (2:22) -- Good Christian men rejoice (1:39) -- O holy night (3:35) -- The holly and the ivy (2:50) -- See amid the winter snow (3:16) -- I saw three ships (2:14) -- This Christmastide (5:16) -- Coventry carol (3:48) -- In the bleak mid-winter (5:41) -- Silent night (4:55) -- Angels we have heard on high (1:56) -- We three kings of Orient are (2:36) -- Joy to the world (1:44) -- Adeste fideles (2:57) -- Amen (3:12).
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Gabrieli, Giovanni, 1557-1612

The Christmas story. Oakhurst,NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1997, p1990.
Performers: Ruth Holton, soprano ; John Mark Ainsley, tenor ; Michael George, bass ; The King's Consort ; Robert King, conductor.
Contents: The Christmas story / Heinrich Schutz -- Four Christmas motets / Giovanni Gabrieli.
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Gesualdo, Carlo, principe di Venosa, 1560 (ca.)-1613

The best of the Renaissance. [United States] : Philips Classics, p1999.
Performers: The Tallis Scholars ; Peter Phillips, conductor.
Contents: Miserere / Gregorio Allegri (12:17) -- Spem in alium / Thomas Tallis (9:40) -- Mass for five voices / William Byrd (22:11) -- Missa "Pange lingua" / Josquin Desprez (29:14) -- Versa est in luctum / Alonso Lobo (4:28) -- Tenebrae responsories for Holy Saturday. Recessit pastor noster (3:37) ; O vos omnes (3:35) ; Ecce quomodo moritur justus (5:42) / Carlo Gesualdo -- Missa Papae Marcelli / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (33:40) -- Osculetur me (3:19) ; Salve Regina (3:51) / Orlando di Lasso -- Ave Maria / Josquin Desprez (5:16) -- Dum transisset Sabbatum / John Taverner (7:03) -- Magnificat / Manuel Cardoso (9:33).
Disc 1: Allegri, Tallis, Byrd, Desprez, Lobo
Disc 2: Gesualdo, Palestrina, di Lasso, Desprez, Taverner, Cardoso

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

Ave Maria. W. Germany : Philips, p1984.
Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Barry Rose, conductor.
Contents: O divine redeemer / Charles Gounod (6:02) -- Laudate Dominum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:59) -- Bist du bei mir (2:49) ; Jesu, Joy of Man's desiring (3:12) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sanctus / Charles Gounod (5:33) --Auf Flügeln des Gesanges / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (2:41) -- Panis angelicus / César Franck (3:37) -- Ave verum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:36) -- Ave Maria / Franz Schubert (3:31) -- Trumpet tune / Henry Purcell (2:41) -- Let the bright seraphim (5:53) ; Let their celestial concerts (3:14) / George Frideric Handel.
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O holy night. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1996.
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor ; Wandsworth Boys Choir ; Russell Burgess, director ; London Voices ; Terry Edwards, director.
Contents: Cantique de Noël = (O holy night) / Adam (4:13) -- Pietà, Signore = Have mercy, Lord / A. Stradella ; [arr.] L. Neidermeyer (8:23) -- Panis Angelicus = Bread of the Angels / Franck (4:00) -- Qual giglio candido : (Parola quinta = The fifth word) / Mercadante (4:40) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:47) -- Gesù bambino = Baby Jesus (original orchestration) / Yon (4:28) -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:56) -- Mille Cherubini in coro = A choir of a thousand cherubs / Schubert-Melichar (4:01) -- Agnust Dei / Bizet (3:43) -- Sanctus (from the Requiem) / Berlioz (9:07) -- Adeste fideles = O come all ye faithful / (attr. J. Wade) (3:32).
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Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961

A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.

Grechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich, 1864-1956

Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, no. 4. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, p1995, c1998.
Performers: Alexei Godunov, Alexander Korotsky, priests (chanters); Cantus Sacred Music Ensemble; Ludmila Arshavskaya, conductor.
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Gruber, Franz Xaver, 1787-1863

Christmastide. New York, N.Y. : Philips, p1987.
Performers: Jessye Norman, soprano ; New York Choral Society ; American Boychoir ; Empire Chamber Ensemble ; Robert de Cormier, conductor.
Contents: O come, o come Emanuel (5:07) -- Once in Royal David's city (1:06) -- Unto us a Child is born (1:05) -- Hark! the herald angels sing (2:22) -- Good Christian men rejoice (1:39) -- O holy night (3:35) -- The holly and the ivy (2:50) -- See amid the winter snow (3:16) -- I saw three ships (2:14) -- This Christmastide (5:16) -- Coventry carol (3:48) -- In the bleak mid-winter (5:41) -- Silent night (4:55) -- Angels we have heard on high (1:56) -- We three kings of Orient are (2:36) -- Joy to the world (1:44) -- Adeste fideles (2:57) -- Amen (3:12).
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A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.

Guillaume, de Machaut, ca. 1300-1377

La messe de Nostre Dame. [S.l.] : Naxos, p1996.
Performers: Oxford Camerata ; Jeremy Summerly, conductor.
Contents: Songs from Le voir dit. Ballade 32, Plourez dames (8:58) -- Ballade 33, Nes qu'on porroit (8:20) -- Rondeau 4, Sans cuer dolens (4:15) -- Lai 13, Le lay de bonne esperance (19:31) -- Rondeau 18, Puis qu'en oubli (1:52) -- Rondeau 17, Dis et sept cinq (4:33).
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Arias. Hollywood, CA : Delos, p1985.
Performers: Arleen Augér, soprano ; Mostly Mozart Orchestra ; Gerard Schwarz, conductor.
Contents: Messiah. Rejoice greatly (4:29) ; Giulio Cesare. Piangeró (7:25) ; Atalanta. Care selve (3:07) ; Alexander's feast. The prince, unable to conceal his pain (6:06) ; Softly sweet in Lydian measures (4:13) ; Rinaldo. Lascia ch'io pianga (5:25) ; Samson. Let the bright seraphim (5:34) ; Messiah. He shall feed his flock (6:22) / George Frideric Handel -- Non sa che sia dolore. Ricetti gramezza (5:55) ; Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach. Bist du bei mir (3:05) ; Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten. Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (7:42) ; Sich üben im Lieben (4:43) ; St. Matthew Passion. Blute nur (5:31) ; Ich will dir mein Herze schenken (3:20) / Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Ave Maria. W. Germany : Philips, p1984.
Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Barry Rose, conductor.
Contents: O divine redeemer / Charles Gounod (6:02) -- Laudate Dominum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:59) -- Bist du bei mir (2:49) ; Jesu, Joy of Man's desiring (3:12) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sanctus / Charles Gounod (5:33) --Auf Flügeln des Gesanges / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (2:41) -- Panis angelicus / César Franck (3:37) -- Ave verum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:36) -- Ave Maria / Franz Schubert (3:31) -- Trumpet tune / Henry Purcell (2:41) -- Let the bright seraphim (5:53) ; Let their celestial concerts (3:14) / George Frideric Handel.
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A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.

Marian Anderson. Wyastone Leys, Monmouth : Nimbus Records, p1996.
Performers: Cantata and oratorio excerpts and spirituals performed by Marian Anderson; tracks 1-7 with RCA Symphony Orchestra ; conducted by Robert Shaw.
Contents: Cantata no. 81. Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen (5:21) ; Canata no. 112. Zum reinen Wasser (4:11) ; St. Matthew passion. Erbarme dich, mein Gott (8:01) ; Cantata no. 12. Kreuz und Krone (5:23) / J.S. Bach -- Messiah. He shall feed his flock / Handel (4:13) -- St. John passion. Es ist vollbracht (7:02) ; Christmas oratorio. Bereite dich, Zion (5:20) / J.S. Bach -- City called Heaven (4:57) -- Lord, I can't stay away (2:22) -- Heaven, heaven (2:00) -- Trampin (3:03) -- Oh what a beautiful city (2:20) -- Were you there? (3:31) -- Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (3:29) -- I don't feel no-ways tired (2:24) -- Deep river (3:16) -- Go down moses (3:03) -- My soul's been anchored in the Lord (2:22).
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Messiah. [Arles, France] : Harmonia Mundi France, p1991.
Performers: Lorraine Hunt, Janet Williams, sopranos ; Patricia Spence, mezzo-soprano ; Drew Minter, countertenor ; Jeffrey Thomas, tenor ; William Parker, bass-baritone ; U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus ; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra ; Nicholas McGegan, conductor.
Disc 1: Sinfonia-He shall feed His flock
Disc 2: Behold the Lamb of God-He that dwelleth
Disc 3: I know that my Redeemer liveth-Amen, alternatives

The Messiah. Munich, Germany : Naxos, p1992.
Performers: The Scholars Baroque Ensemble.
Disc 1: Sinfonia-All we like sheep
Disc 2: All they that see Him-Worthy is the Lamb

Missa solemnis, in D. New York : Amadeus, Seymour Solomon Collection, p2000.
Performers: Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano; Elizabeth Hoengen, alto; Anton Dermota, tenor; Frederick Guthrie, bass; Wiener Academie Kammerchor; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Mario Rossi, conductor Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra; Alfred Deller, conductor.
Contents: Missa solemnis in D minor, "Nelson Mass" / Haydn -- Cornonation anthems: Zadok the Priest, The King shall rejoice, Let Thy hand be strengthened / Handel.
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Neun deutsche Arien. [Germany] : Berlin Classics, p1995.
Performers:Arleen Augér, soprano ; Walter Heinz Bernstein, harpsichord ; with, variously, Peter Mirring, violin (1,3,5,7,8), Werner Tast, flute (4,9), Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe (2,6), Matthias Pfaender, violoncello (2,5,8,9), Dieter Zahn, violin (1,3-7), and Günter Klier, bassoon (1,3,6,7)
Contents:Künft'ger Zeiten eitler Kummer (4:52) -- Das zitternde Glänzen der spielenden Wellen (6:58) -- Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken (6:29) -- Süsse Stille, sanfte Quelle (5:56) -- Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise (5:56) -- Meine Seele hört im Sehen (6:33) -- Die ihr aus dunkeln Grüften (5:54) -- In den angenehmen Büschen (4:58) -- Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden (5:46)
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Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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Samson. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, c1997, p1996.
Performers: Alexander Young, tenor ; Martina Arroyo, soprano ; Norma Proctor, contralto ; Thomas Stewart, bass ; Ezio Flagello, bass ; Helen Donath, soprano ; Sheila Armstrong, soprano ; Jerry J. Jennings, tenor ; Münchener Bach-Chor ; Münchener Bach-Orchester ; Karl Richter, conductor.
Disc 1: Act 1
Disc 2: Act 2
Disc 3: Act 3

Saul. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, c1997.
Performers: Margaret Price, Sheila Armstrong, sopranos ; James Bowman, countertenor ; Ryland Davies, John Winfield, Gerald English, tenors ; Donald McIntyre, Stafford Dean, basses ; Leeds Festival Chorus ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor.
Disc 1: Act 1
Disc 2: Act 2
Disc 3: Act 3

Handl, Jacob, 1550-1591

A Festival of lessons & carols from King's. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1998.
Performers: Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Philip Ledger, conductor ; in part with Thomas Trotter, organ.
Contents: Once in royal David's city / words, C.F. Alexander ; melody, H.J. Gauntlett ; harmonized by A.H. Mann ; descant and organ part by Philip Ledger (with Jason McCaldin, treble) (5:36) -- Bidding prayer (3:43) -- Resonet in laudibus / words and music adapted from Jacob Handl by Ledger (2:30) -- First lesson : Genesis 3 (1:43) -- Adam lay ybounden / words 15th century ; music, Boris Ord (1:08) -- Sussex carol / trad. English : arr. Ledger (2:02) -- Second lesson : Isaiah 9 (1:08) -- Joseph and Mary / trad. English : arr. Leather and R. Vaughan Williams (with Charles Daniels, tenor) (3:23) -- Third lesson : St. Luke 1 (2:09) -- A maiden most gentle / words paraphrased from the Venerable Bede and French tune ; arr. Andrew Carter (2:48) -- Fourth lesson : St. Luke 2 (1:12) -- Stille Nacht / words, Joseph Mohr ; music, Franz Gruber ; arr. Ledger (2:58) -- Chester carol : Chester manuscript / translated, adapted, and arranged by Ledger (2:46) -- Fifth lesson : St. Luke 2 (2:01) -- Angels from the realms of glory : trad. French melody / words, J. Montgomery ; arr. Ledger (2:39) -- Sixth lesson : St. Matthew 2 (2:36) -- A babe is born / words, 15th century ; music, William Mathias (3:12) -- Seventh lesson : St. John 1 (2:00) -- O come, all ye faithful / words and melody, J.F. Wade ; trans. F. Oakely ; descant and organ part by Ledger (4:02) -- The collect for Christmas eve and the blessing (1:17) -- Hark! the herald angels sing / words, C. Wesley and G. Whitefield ; music, J.L.F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy ; descant and organ part by Ledger (3:23) -- In dulci jubilo : voluntary / J.S. Bach (2:41).
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Hawthorne, Alice

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809

The Creation. Cleveland, OH : Telarc, p1992.
Performers: Dawn Upshaw, Heidi Grant Murphy, sopranos ; Jon Humphrey, tenor ; James Michael McGuire, baritone ; John Cheek, bass ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus ; Robert Shaw, conductor.
Disc 1: Act 1 & 2
Disc 2: Disc 2: Act 2 (cont.) & Act 3

Missa solemnis, in D. New York : Amadeus, Seymour Solomon Collection, p2000.
Performers: Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano; Elizabeth Hoengen, alto; Anton Dermota, tenor; Frederick Guthrie, bass; Wiener Academie Kammerchor; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Mario Rossi, conductor Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra; Alfred Deller, conductor.
Contents: Missa solemnis in D minor, "Nelson Mass" / Haydn -- Cornonation anthems: Zadok the Priest, The King shall rejoice, Let Thy hand be strengthened / Handel.
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Hemy, Henri F. (Henri Frederick), 1818-1888

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924

Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesáu bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179

Heavenly revelations. [S.l.] : Naxos, p1995.
Performers: Recorded in the Chapel of Hertford College, Oxford, Dec. 14-15, 1993.
Contents: O Euchari (8:56) -- Alleluia ; O virga mediatrix (3:37) -- Ave generosa (6:33) -- Laus Trinitati (1:30) -- Kyrie (4:32) -- O presul vere (8:23) -- O ignis spiritus (5:53) -- Procession from "Ordo virtutum" (4:30) -- O pastor animarum (1:29) -- O viridissima virga (5:29) -- O virga ac diadema (8:00).
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Ordo virtutum. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1999.
Performers: Sequentia (ensemble for medieval music) ; Benjamin Bagby & Barbara Thornton, directors.
Disc 1: Qui sunt hi nubes?-Instrumental dance
Disc 2: O quam magnum miraculum-In principio

Hine, Stuart K., 1899-

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Holden, Oliver, 1765-1844

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Ives, Charles, 1874-1954

Christmas in the New World. Oakhurst, NJ : MusicMasters Classics, p1996.
Performers: Western Wind, vocal ensemble ; with guest artists (bass and instrumentalists).
Contents: North American Christmas music: Boston / William Billings -- Judea / William Billings -- Three settings of While shepherds watched their flocks: Carol / Supply Belcher ; Sherburne / Daniel Read ; Bethlehem / William Billings -- Rise up, shepherd, and follow : spiritual / Anon. -- Star in the East / Anon. -- Expression / Anon. -- He is King of Kings : spiritual / Anon. -- I believe this is Jesus : spiritual / Robert Dennis -- Of a rose / Robert Dennis -- A Christmas carol / Charles Ives -- Latin American Christmas music: Ay ay galeguinos / Fabian Ximeno -- Salve Regina / Hernando Franco -- Magnificat / Almeida Prado -- Ago lona / Marlos Nobre -- Los cofla desde la estleya / Juan de Araujo.
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Janácek, Leos, 1854-1928

Msa glagolskaja (Glagolitic mass) (1926) [Japan] : Denon, p1998.
Performers: Julia Varady, soprano ; Stella Doufexis, mezzo-soprano ; Valentin Prolat, tenor ; Peter Rose, bass ; Rundfunkchor Berlin, chorus master: Gerd Müller-Lorenz ; Arvid Gast, organ ; Eliahu Inbal conducting Deutsches-Symphonie Orchester Berlin.
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Jessel, Léon

Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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Jones, Lewis E.

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Josquin, des Prez, d. 1521

The Best of the Renaissance. [United States] : Philips Classics, p1999.
Performers: The Tallis Scholars ; Peter Phillips, conductor.
Contents: Miserere / Gregorio Allegri (12:17) -- Spem in alium / Thomas Tallis (9:40) -- Mass for five voices / William Byrd (22:11) -- Missa "Pange lingua" / Josquin Desprez (29:14) -- Versa est in luctum / Alonso Lobo (4:28) -- Tenebrae responsories for Holy Saturday. Recessit pastor noster (3:37) ; O vos omnes (3:35) ; Ecce quomodo moritur justus (5:42) / Carlo Gesualdo -- Missa Papae Marcelli / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (33:40) -- Osculetur me (3:19) ; Salve Regina (3:51) / Orlando di Lasso -- Ave Maria / Josquin Desprez (5:16) -- Dum transisset Sabbatum / John Taverner (7:03) -- Magnificat / Manuel Cardoso (9:33).
Disc 1: Allegri, Tallis, Byrd, Desprez, Lobo
Disc 2: Gesualdo, Palestrina, di Lasso, Desprez, Taverner, Cardoso

Missa prolationum. London, England : Gaudeamus, p1995.
Performers: The Clerks' Group ; Edward Wickham, conductor.
Contents: Humilium decus / Jacob Obrecht [supposed composer] (5:53) -- Missa prolationum / Johannes Ockeghem (32:02) -- Gaude coelestis Domina (6:36) ; In hydraulis (8:33) / Antoine Busnois -- Flos de spina / Jean Pullois (4:43) -- Illibata dei virgo nutrix / Josquin des Prez (6:49).
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Kent, Walter, 1911-

Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesáu bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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King's College (University of Cambridge). Choir

A Festival of lessons & carols from King's. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1998.
Performers: Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Philip Ledger, conductor ; in part with Thomas Trotter, organ.
Contents: Once in royal David's city / words, C.F. Alexander ; melody, H.J. Gauntlett ; harmonized by A.H. Mann ; descant and organ part by Philip Ledger (with Jason McCaldin, treble) (5:36) -- Bidding prayer (3:43) -- Resonet in laudibus / words and music adapted from Jacob Handl by Ledger (2:30) -- First lesson : Genesis 3 (1:43) -- Adam lay ybounden / words 15th century ; music, Boris Ord (1:08) -- Sussex carol / trad. English : arr. Ledger (2:02) -- Second lesson : Isaiah 9 (1:08) -- Joseph and Mary / trad. English : arr. Leather and R. Vaughan Williams (with Charles Daniels, tenor) (3:23) -- Third lesson : St. Luke 1 (2:09) -- A maiden most gentle / words paraphrased from the Venerable Bede and French tune ; arr. Andrew Carter (2:48) -- Fourth lesson : St. Luke 2 (1:12) -- Stille Nacht / words, Joseph Mohr ; music, Franz Gruber ; arr. Ledger (2:58) -- Chester carol : Chester manuscript / translated, adapted, and arranged by Ledger (2:46) -- Fifth lesson : St. Luke 2 (2:01) -- Angels from the realms of glory : trad. French melody / words, J. Montgomery ; arr. Ledger (2:39) -- Sixth lesson : St. Matthew 2 (2:36) -- A babe is born / words, 15th century ; music, William Mathias (3:12) -- Seventh lesson : St. John 1 (2:00) -- O come, all ye faithful / words and melody, J.F. Wade ; trans. F. Oakely ; descant and organ part by Ledger (3:23) -- In dulci jubilo : voluntary / J.S. Bach (2:41).
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Langford, Gordon

A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.

Lasso, Orlando di, 1532-1594

The Best of the Renaissance. [United States] : Philips Classics, p1999.
Performers: The Tallis Scholars ; Peter Phillips, conductor.
Contents: Miserere / Gregorio Allegri (12:17) -- Spem in alium / Thomas Tallis (9:40) -- Mass for five voices / William Byrd (22:11) -- Missa "Pange lingua" / Josquin Desprez (29:14) -- Versa est in luctum / Alonso Lobo (4:28) -- Tenebrae responsories for Holy Saturday. Recessit pastor noster (3:37) ; O vos omnes (3:35) ; Ecce quomodo moritur justus (5:42) / Carlo Gesualdo -- Missa Papae Marcelli / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (33:40) -- Osculetur me (3:19) ; Salve Regina (3:51) / Orlando di Lasso -- Ave Maria / Josquin Desprez (5:16) -- Dum transisset Sabbatum / John Taverner (7:03) -- Magnificat / Manuel Cardoso (9:33).
Disc 1: Allegri, Tallis, Byrd, Desprez, Lobo
Disc 2: Gesualdo, Palestrina, di Lasso, Desprez, Taverner, Cardoso

Lennon, John, 1940-1980

Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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Léonin, 12th cent.

Sacred music from 12th-century Paris. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, 1999.
Performers: Red Byrd (John Potter, Richard Wistreich, other musicians) ; Cappella Amsterdam.
Contents: Alleluya. Non vos relinquam orphanos (8:05) -- Alleluya. Dulce lignum, dulces clavos (8:02) -- Alleluya. Spiritus Sanctus procedens (7:14) -- Alleluya. Paraclitus Spiritus Sanctus (8:40) -- Priusquam te formarem (8:44) -- Alleluya. Inter natos mulierum (8:07) -- Viderunt omnes fines terre (8:13) -- Alleluya. Dies sanctificatus illuxit nobis (6:32) -- Alleluya. Pascha nostrum immolatus est (6:07).
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Leontovych, Mykola Dmytrovych, 1877-1921

Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesáu bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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Ligeti, György, 1923-

Requiem. Mainz, W. Germany : Wergo, p1985.
Performers: In the first work: Liliana Poli, soprano ; Barbro Ericson, mezzo-soprano ; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks Frankfurt ; Michael Gielen, conductor. In the 2nd and 3rd works: Gertie Charlent, soprano ; Marie-Thérèse Cahn, alto ; William Pearson, baritone ; Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt ; Bruno Maderna, conductor.
Contents: Requiem -- Aventures -- Nouvelles Aventures.
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Lobo, Alonso, 1555-1617

The Best of the Renaissance. [United States] : Philips Classics, p1999.
Performers: The Tallis Scholars ; Peter Phillips, conductor.
Contents: Miserere / Gregorio Allegri (12:17) -- Spem in alium / Thomas Tallis (9:40) -- Mass for five voices / William Byrd (22:11) -- Missa "Pange lingua" / Josquin Desprez (29:14) -- Versa est in luctum / Alonso Lobo (4:28) -- Tenebrae responsories for Holy Saturday. Recessit pastor noster (3:37) ; O vos omnes (3:35) ; Ecce quomodo moritur justus (5:42) / Carlo Gesualdo -- Missa Papae Marcelli / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (33:40) -- Osculetur me (3:19) ; Salve Regina (3:51) / Orlando di Lasso -- Ave Maria / Josquin Desprez (5:16) -- Dum transisset Sabbatum / John Taverner (7:03) -- Magnificat / Manuel Cardoso (9:33).
Disc 1: Allegri, Tallis, Byrd, Desprez, Lobo
Disc 2: Gesualdo, Palestrina, di Lasso, Desprez, Taverner, Cardoso

Lowry, Robert, 1826-1899

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Martin, Hugh, 1914-

Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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Mathias, William

A Festival of lessons & carols from King's. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1998.
Performers: Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Philip Ledger, conductor ; in part with Thomas Trotter, organ.
Contents: Once in royal David's city / words, C.F. Alexander ; melody, H.J. Gauntlett ; harmonized by A.H. Mann ; descant and organ part by Philip Ledger (with Jason McCaldin, treble) (5:36) -- Bidding prayer (3:43) -- Resonet in laudibus / words and music adapted from Jacob Handl by Ledger (2:30) -- First lesson : Genesis 3 (1:43) -- Adam lay ybounden / words 15th century ; music, Boris Ord (1:08) -- Sussex carol / trad. English : arr. Ledger (2:02) -- Second lesson : Isaiah 9 (1:08) -- Joseph and Mary / trad. English : arr. Leather and R. Vaughan Williams (with Charles Daniels, tenor) (3:23) -- Third lesson : St. Luke 1 (2:09) -- A maiden most gentle / words paraphrased from the Venerable Bede and French tune ; arr. Andrew Carter (2:48) -- Fourth lesson : St. Luke 2 (1:12) -- Stille Nacht / words, Joseph Mohr ; music, Franz Gruber ; arr. Ledger (2:58) -- Chester carol : Chester manuscript / translated, adapted, and arranged by Ledger (2:46) -- Fifth lesson : St. Luke 2 (2:01) -- Angels from the realms of glory : trad. French melody / words, J. Montgomery ; arr. Ledger (2:39) -- Sixth lesson : St. Matthew 2 (2:36) -- A babe is born / words, 15th century ; music, William Mathias (3:12) -- Seventh lesson : St. John 1 (2:00) -- O come, all ye faithful / words and melody, J.F. Wade ; trans. F. Oakely ; descant and organ part by Ledger (4:02) -- The collect for Christmas eve and the blessing (1:17) -- Hark! the herald angels sing / words, C. Wesley and G. Whitefield ; music, J.L.F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy ; descant and organ part by Ledger (3:23) -- In dulci jubilo : voluntary / J.S. Bach (2:41).
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Melichar, Alois

O holy night. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1996.
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor ; Wandsworth Boys Choir ; Russell Burgess, director ; London Voices ; Terry Edwards, director.
Contents: Cantique de Noël = (O holy night) / Adam (4:13) -- Pietà, Signore = Have mercy, Lord / A. Stradella ; [arr.] L. Neidermeyer (8:23) -- Panis Angelicus = Bread of the Angels / Franck (4:00) -- Qual giglio candido : (Parola quinta = The fifth word) / Mercadante (4:40) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:47) -- Gesù bambino = Baby Jesus (original orchestration) / Yon (4:28) -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:56) -- Mille Cherubini in coro = A choir of a thousand cherubs / Schubert-Melichar (4:01) -- Agnust Dei / Bizet (3:43) -- Sanctus (from the Requiem) / Berlioz (9:07) -- Adeste fideles = O come all ye faithful / (attr. J. Wade) (3:32).
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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.

Ave Maria. W. Germany : Philips, p1984.
Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Barry Rose, conductor.
Contents: O divine redeemer / Charles Gounod (6:02) -- Laudate Dominum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:59) -- Bist du bei mir (2:49) ; Jesu, Joy of Man's desiring (3:12) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sanctus / Charles Gounod (5:33) --Auf Flügeln des Gesanges / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (2:41) -- Panis angelicus / César Franck (3:37) -- Ave verum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:36) -- Ave Maria / Franz Schubert (3:31) -- Trumpet tune / Henry Purcell (2:41) -- Let the bright seraphim (5:53) ; Let their celestial concerts (3:14) / George Frideric Handel.
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Elijah. New York, N.Y. : London, p1997.
Performers: Renée Fleming, soprano ; Patricia Bardon, contralto ; John Mark Ainsley, tenor ; Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone ; supporting soloists ; Edinburgh Festival Chorus ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Paul Daniel, conductor.
Disc 1: Act 1
Disc 2: Act 2

Mercadante, Saverio, 1795-1870

O holy night. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1996.
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor ; Wandsworth Boys Choir ; Russell Burgess, director ; London Voices ; Terry Edwards, director.
Contents: Cantique de Noël = (O holy night) / Adam (4:13) -- Pietà, Signore = Have mercy, Lord / A. Stradella ; [arr.] L. Neidermeyer (8:23) -- Panis Angelicus = Bread of the Angels / Franck (4:00) -- Qual giglio candido : (Parola quinta = The fifth word) / Mercadante (4:40) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:47) -- Gesù bambino = Baby Jesus (original orchestration) / Yon (4:28) -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:56) -- Mille Cherubini in coro = A choir of a thousand cherubs / Schubert-Melichar (4:01) -- Agnust Dei / Bizet (3:43) -- Sanctus (from the Requiem) / Berlioz (9:07) -- Adeste fideles = O come all ye faithful / (attr. J. Wade) (3:32).
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Miles, C. Austin (Charles Austin), 1868-1946

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Minor, George A., 1845-1904

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Come, come, ye saints. Salt Lake City, Utah : BWE Classics, c1997.
Performers: Mormon Tabernacle Choir ; John Longhurst, Clay Christiansen, Richard Elliott, organists ; Bonneville Classics Orchestra ; Jerold Ottley, Craig Jessop, conductors.
Contents: High on a mountain top / arr. Robert Cundick (3:49) -- I need thee every hour / arr. Kurt Bestor (4:30) -- The morning breaks / arr. Merrill Bradshaw (5:00) -- Though deepening trials / arr. Robert Manookin (4:53) -- Redeemer of Israel / arr. Mack Wilberg (5:26) -- Abide with me, 'tis eventide / arr. Barlow Bradford (6:28) -- The spirit of God / arr. Mack Wilberg (4:57) -- O my Father / arr. Crawford Gates (5:57) -- Love at home / arr. Lex de Azevedo (6:50) -- Faith in every footstep / arr. K. Newell Dayley (5:340 -- Come, come, ye saints / arr. Leroy Robertson (5:50).
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

Ave Maria. W. Germany : Philips, p1984.
Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Barry Rose, conductor.
Contents: O divine redeemer / Charles Gounod (6:02) -- Laudate Dominum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:59) -- Bist du bei mir (2:49) ; Jesu, Joy of Man's desiring (3:12) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sanctus / Charles Gounod (5:33) --Auf Flügeln des Gesanges / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (2:41) -- Panis angelicus / César Franck (3:37) -- Ave verum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:36) -- Ave Maria / Franz Schubert (3:31) -- Trumpet tune / Henry Purcell (2:41) -- Let the bright seraphim (5:53) ; Let their celestial concerts (3:14) / George Frideric Handel.
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Nicholas, Saint, Bp. of Myra

The play of St. Nicholas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1994.
Performers: New York Ensemble for Early Music ; Frederick Renz, director.
Contents: Procession: Nove Geniture -- Filius Getronis (The son of Getron) -- Motet: Psallat chorus -- Tres filiae (The three daughters) -- Chanson: diex soit -- Estampie: danse royale -- Iconia sancti Nicolai (the icon of St. Nicholas) -- Motet: Nicholaüs Igitur -- Tres clerici (The three students).
Disc 1: Procession-Tres filiae
Disc 2: Diex soit-Tres clerici

Nobre, Marlos, 1939-

Christmas in the New World. Oakhurst, NJ : MusicMasters Classics, p1996.
Performers: Western Wind, vocal ensemble ; with guest artists (bass and instrumentalists).
Contents: North American Christmas music: Boston / William Billings -- Judea / William Billings -- Three settings of While shepherds watched their flocks: Carol / Supply Belcher ; Sherburne / Daniel Read ; Bethlehem / William Billings -- Rise up, shepherd, and follow : spiritual / Anon. -- Star in the East / Anon. -- Expression / Anon. -- He is King of Kings : spiritual / Anon. -- I believe this is Jesus : spiritual / Robert Dennis -- Of a rose / Robert Dennis -- A Christmas carol / Charles Ives -- Latin American Christmas music: Ay ay galeguinos / Fabian Ximeno -- Salve Regina / Hernando Franco -- Magnificat / Almeida Prado -- Ago lona / Marlos Nobre -- Los cofla desde la estleya / Juan de Araujo.
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Norman, Jessye

Christmastide. New York, N.Y. : Philips, p1987.
Performers: Jessye Norman, soprano ; New York Choral Society ; American Boychoir ; Empire Chamber Ensemble ; Robert de Cormier, conductor.
Contents: O come, o come Emanuel (5:07) -- Once in Royal David's city (1:06) -- Unto us a Child is born (1:05) -- Hark! the herald angels sing (2:22) -- Good Christian men rejoice (1:39) -- O holy night (3:35) -- The holly and the ivy (2:50) -- See amid the winter snow (3:16) -- I saw three ships (2:14) -- This Christmastide (5:16) -- Coventry carol (3:48) -- In the bleak mid-winter (5:41) -- Silent night (4:55) -- Angels we have heard on high (1:56) -- We three kings of Orient are (2:36) -- Joy to the world (1:44) -- Adeste fideles (2:57) -- Amen (3:12).
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Obrecht, Jacob, d. 1505

Missa prolationum. London, England : Gaudeamus, p1995.
Performers: The Clerks' Group ; Edward Wickham, conductor.
Contents: Humilium decus / Jacob Obrecht [supposed composer] (5:53) -- Missa prolationum / Johannes Ockeghem (32:02) -- Gaude coelestis Domina (6:36) ; In hydraulis (8:33) / Antoine Busnois -- Flos de spina / Jean Pullois (4:43) -- Illibata dei virgo nutrix / Josquin des Prez (6:49).
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Ockeghem, Johannes, ca. 1410-1497

Missa prolationum. London, England : Gaudeamus, p1995.
Performers: The Clerks' Group ; Edward Wickham, conductor.
Contents: Humilium decus / Jacob Obrecht [supposed composer] (5:53) -- Missa prolationum / Johannes Ockeghem (32:02) -- Gaude coelestis Domina (6:36) ; In hydraulis (8:33) / Antoine Busnois -- Flos de spina / Jean Pullois (4:43) -- Illibata dei virgo nutrix / Josquin des Prez (6:49).
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Ord, Boris

A Festival of lessons & carols from King's. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1998.
Performers: Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Philip Ledger, conductor ; in part with Thomas Trotter, organ.
Contents: Once in royal David's city / words, C.F. Alexander ; melody, H.J. Gauntlett ; harmonized by A.H. Mann ; descant and organ part by Philip Ledger (with Jason McCaldin, treble) (5:36) -- Bidding prayer (3:43) -- Resonet in laudibus / words and music adapted from Jacob Handl by Ledger (2:30) -- First lesson : Genesis 3 (1:43) -- Adam lay ybounden / words 15th century ; music, Boris Ord (1:08) -- Sussex carol / trad. English : arr. Ledger (2:02) -- Second lesson : Isaiah 9 (1:08) -- Joseph and Mary / trad. English : arr. Leather and R. Vaughan Williams (with Charles Daniels, tenor) (3:23) -- Third lesson : St. Luke 1 (2:09) -- A maiden most gentle / words paraphrased from the Venerable Bede and French tune ; arr. Andrew Carter (2:48) -- Fourth lesson : St. Luke 2 (1:12) -- Stille Nacht / words, Joseph Mohr ; music, Franz Gruber ; arr. Ledger (2:58) -- Chester carol : Chester manuscript / translated, adapted, and arranged by Ledger (2:46) -- Fifth lesson : St. Luke 2 (2:01) -- Angels from the realms of glory : trad. French melody / words, J. Montgomery ; arr. Ledger (2:39) -- Sixth lesson : St. Matthew 2 (2:36) -- A babe is born / words, 15th century ; music, William Mathias (3:12) -- Seventh lesson : St. John 1 (2:00) -- O come, all ye faithful / words and melody, J.F. Wade ; trans. F. Oakely ; descant and organ part by Ledger (4:02) -- The collect for Christmas eve and the blessing (1:17) -- Hark! the herald angels sing / words, C. Wesley and G. Whitefield ; music, J.L.F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy ; descant and organ part by Ledger (3:23) -- In dulci jubilo : voluntary / J.S. Bach (2:41).
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Page, Robert

Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesáu bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594

The Best of the Renaissance. [United States] : Philips Classics, p1999.
Performers: The Tallis Scholars ; Peter Phillips, conductor.
Contents: Miserere / Gregorio Allegri (12:17) -- Spem in alium / Thomas Tallis (9:40) -- Mass for five voices / William Byrd (22:11) -- Missa "Pange lingua" / Josquin Desprez (29:14) -- Versa est in luctum / Alonso Lobo (4:28) -- Tenebrae responsories for Holy Saturday. Recessit pastor noster (3:37) ; O vos omnes (3:35) ; Ecce quomodo moritur justus (5:42) / Carlo Gesualdo -- Missa Papae Marcelli / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (33:40) -- Osculetur me (3:19) ; Salve Regina (3:51) / Orlando di Lasso -- Ave Maria / Josquin Desprez (5:16) -- Dum transisset Sabbatum / John Taverner (7:03) -- Magnificat / Manuel Cardoso (9:33).
Disc 1: Allegri, Tallis, Byrd, Desprez, Lobo
Disc 2: Gesualdo, Palestrina, di Lasso, Desprez, Taverner, Cardoso

Missa Papae Marcelli, etc. [London] : ASV Quicksilva, c1992, 1978.
Performers: Pro Cantione Antiqua ; Bruno Turner, cond.
Contents: Missa Papae Marcelli (30:53) -- Dominus Jesus in qua nocte (4:44) -- Alma redemptoris mater (2:29) -- Stabat Mater (9:27) -- Paccantem me quotidie (4:32).
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Pavarotti, Luciano

O holy night. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1996.
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor ; Wandsworth Boys Choir ; Russell Burgess, director ; London Voices ; Terry Edwards, director.
Contents: Cantique de Noël = (O holy night) / Adam (4:13) -- Pietà, Signore = Have mercy, Lord / A. Stradella ; [arr.] L. Neidermeyer (8:23) -- Panis Angelicus = Bread of the Angels / Franck (4:00) -- Qual giglio candido : (Parola quinta = The fifth word) / Mercadante (4:40) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:47) -- Gesù bambino = Baby Jesus (original orchestration) / Yon (4:28) -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:56) -- Mille Cherubini in coro = A choir of a thousand cherubs / Schubert-Melichar (4:01) -- Agnust Dei / Bizet (3:43) -- Sanctus (from the Requiem) / Berlioz (9:07) -- Adeste fideles = O come all ye faithful / (attr. J. Wade) (3:32).
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Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933-

Credo. Neuhausen-Stuttgart : Hänssler-Verlag, p1998.
Performers: Juliane Banse, soprano ; Marietta Simpson, Milagro Vargas, mezzo-sopranos ; Thomas Randle, tenor ; Thomas Quasthoff, bass ; Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra and Choir ; Phoenix Boys Choir ; Helmuth Rilling, conductor.
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Pitts, W. S. (William Savage), 1830-1918

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Prado, Almeida

Christmas in the New World. Oakhurst, NJ : MusicMasters Classics, p1996.
Performers: Western Wind, vocal ensemble ; with guest artists (bass and instrumentalists).
Contents: North American Christmas music: Boston / William Billings -- Judea / William Billings -- Three settings of While shepherds watched their flocks: Carol / Supply Belcher ; Sherburne / Daniel Read ; Bethlehem / William Billings -- Rise up, shepherd, and follow : spiritual / Anon. -- Star in the East / Anon. -- Expression / Anon. -- He is King of Kings : spiritual / Anon. -- I believe this is Jesus : spiritual / Robert Dennis -- Of a rose / Robert Dennis -- A Christmas carol / Charles Ives -- Latin American Christmas music: Ay ay galeguinos / Fabian Ximeno -- Salve Regina / Hernando Franco -- Magnificat / Almeida Prado -- Ago lona / Marlos Nobre -- Los cofla desde la estleya / Juan de Araujo.
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Pullois, Johannes, d. 1478

Missa prolationum. London, England : Gaudeamus, p1995.
Performers: The Clerks' Group ; Edward Wickham, conductor.
Contents: Humilium decus / Jacob Obrecht [supposed composer] (5:53) -- Missa prolationum / Johannes Ockeghem (32:02) -- Gaude coelestis Domina (6:36) ; In hydraulis (8:33) / Antoine Busnois -- Flos de spina / Jean Pullois (4:43) -- Illibata dei virgo nutrix / Josquin des Prez (6:49).
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Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943

Vespers. New York, N.Y. : EMI Classics, p1999.
Performers: Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Stephen Cleobury, conductor.
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Ramírez, Ariel

Sounds of eternity : Misa criolla ; Missa luba ; Misa flamenca. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1997.
Performers: In the first work, Coral Salvé de Laredo and the Sociedad Coral de Bilbao ; Ariel Ramírez, piano ; José Carreras, tenor ; José Luis Ocejo, conductor. In the second work, the Muungano National Choir of Kenya ; Boniface Mganga, conductor. In the third work, the Maitea Choir and members of the Coro Easo Andalusian Instrumental Ensemble, with soloists and guitars ; José Torregrosa, conductor.
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Read, Daniel, 1757-1836

Christmas in the New World. Oakhurst, NJ : MusicMasters Classics, p1996.
Performers: Western Wind, vocal ensemble ; with guest artists (bass and instrumentalists).
Contents: North American Christmas music: Boston / William Billings -- Judea / William Billings -- Three settings of While shepherds watched their flocks: Carol / Supply Belcher ; Sherburne / Daniel Read ; Bethlehem / William Billings -- Rise up, shepherd, and follow : spiritual / Anon. -- Star in the East / Anon. -- Expression / Anon. -- He is King of Kings : spiritual / Anon. -- I believe this is Jesus : spiritual / Robert Dennis -- Of a rose / Robert Dennis -- A Christmas carol / Charles Ives -- Latin American Christmas music: Ay ay galeguinos / Fabian Ximeno -- Salve Regina / Hernando Franco -- Magnificat / Almeida Prado -- Ago lona / Marlos Nobre -- Los cofla desde la estleya / Juan de Araujo.
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River City Brass Band

Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesù bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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Rutter, John, 1945-

A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.

Requiem. New York, NY : EMI Classics, p1998.
Performers: Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; City of London Sinfonia (1st work) ; The Wallace Collection (6th-7th) ; Robert Quinney, organ (2nd-3rd, 7th) ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor.
Contents: Requiem (35:00) -- Veni sancte spiritus (6:49) -- What sweeter music (4:32) -- Hymn to the creator of light (7:36) -- Cantate domino (5:09) -- Cantus (7:29) -- Te deum (7:43).
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Salzedo, Carlos, 1885-1961

Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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Schütz, Heinrich, 1585-1672

The Christmas story. Oakhurst,NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1997, p1990.
Performers: Ruth Holton, soprano ; John Mark Ainsley, tenor ; Michael George, bass ; The King's Consort ; Robert King, conductor.
Contents: The Christmas story / Heinrich Schutz -- Four Christmas motets / Giovanni Gabrieli.
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Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828

Ave Maria. W. Germany : Philips, p1984.
Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Barry Rose, conductor.
Contents: O divine redeemer / Charles Gounod (6:02) -- Laudate Dominum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:59) -- Bist du bei mir (2:49) ; Jesu, Joy of Man's desiring (3:12) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sanctus / Charles Gounod (5:33) --Auf Flügeln des Gesanges / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (2:41) -- Panis angelicus / César Franck (3:37) -- Ave verum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:36) -- Ave Maria / Franz Schubert (3:31) -- Trumpet tune / Henry Purcell (2:41) -- Let the bright seraphim (5:53) ; Let their celestial concerts (3:14) / George Frideric Handel.
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Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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O holy night. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1996.
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor ; Wandsworth Boys Choir ; Russell Burgess, director ; London Voices ; Terry Edwards, director.
Contents: Cantique de Noël = (O holy night) / Adam (4:13) -- Pietà, Signore = Have mercy, Lord / A. Stradella ; [arr.] L. Neidermeyer (8:23) -- Panis Angelicus = Bread of the Angels / Franck (4:00) -- Qual giglio candido : (Parola quinta = The fifth word) / Mercadante (4:40) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:47) -- Gesù bambino = Baby Jesus (original orchestration) / Yon (4:28) -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:56) -- Mille Cherubini in coro = A choir of a thousand cherubs / Schubert-Melichar (4:01) -- Agnust Dei / Bizet (3:43) -- Sanctus (from the Requiem) / Berlioz (9:07) -- Adeste fideles = O come all ye faithful / (attr. J. Wade) (3:32).
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Scott, Raymond, 1908-1994

Noël. Oakhurst, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, p1997.
Performers: The Canadian Brass (tracks 2-6, 8, 10-18) ; The Canadian Brass Jazz All-Stars (tracks 1, 7, 9) ; with Arturo Sandoval, James Galway, Richard Stoltzman, Jerry Hadley, Harolyn Blackwell, Angel Romero, The Kings Singers.
Contents: God rest ye merry, gentlemen (1:51) -- The holly and the ivy (with James Galway, flute) (2:47) -- Let the merry bells ring round (4:14) -- Short fantasy on a Catalan carol (with Angel Romero, guitar) (3:31) -- The angel choir and the trumpeter (with Children's Choir) (2:26) -- The toy trumpet (3:01) -- Angels we have heard on high (2:20) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet) (3:29) -- O holy night (2:40) -- Tuba lullaby (3:24) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas (with Harolyn Blackwell, soprano) (4:44) -- Sleigh ride medley (6:37) -- Parade of the wooden soldiers (3:17) -- The little drummer boy (3:49) -- Sheep may safely graze (2:33) -- Ave Maria (with Jerry Hadley, tenor) (5:40) -- Sweet songs of Christmas (with Children's Choir) (3:26) -- Happy Christmas (with the King's Singers and Children's Choir) (4:29).
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Sheppard, John, ca. 1515-ca. 1560

Masses by Tallis and Sheppard. Ocean (N.J.) : Musical Heritage Society, c1993.
Performers: Angus Smith, tenor (2nd work) ; Ian Shaw, organ ; Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge ; George Guest, conductor.
Contents: Mass : Salve intemerata virgo ; Clarifica me Pater no. 1-3 / Thomas Tallis -- Mass : The western wind ; Motet : Verbum caro factum est / John Sheppard.
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Styne, Jule, 1905-

Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesáu bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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Tallis, Thomas, 1505 (ca.)-1585

The Best of the Renaissance. [United States] : Philips Classics, p1999.
Performers: The Tallis Scholars ; Peter Phillips, conductor.
Contents: Miserere / Gregorio Allegri (12:17) -- Spem in alium / Thomas Tallis (9:40) -- Mass for five voices / William Byrd (22:11) -- Missa "Pange lingua" / Josquin Desprez (29:14) -- Versa est in luctum / Alonso Lobo (4:28) -- Tenebrae responsories for Holy Saturday. Recessit pastor noster (3:37) ; O vos omnes (3:35) ; Ecce quomodo moritur justus (5:42) / Carlo Gesualdo -- Missa Papae Marcelli / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (33:40) -- Osculetur me (3:19) ; Salve Regina (3:51) / Orlando di Lasso -- Ave Maria / Josquin Desprez (5:16) -- Dum transisset Sabbatum / John Taverner (7:03) -- Magnificat / Manuel Cardoso (9:33).
Disc 1: Allegri, Tallis, Byrd, Desprez, Lobo
Disc 2: Gesualdo, Palestrina, di Lasso, Desprez, Taverner, Cardoso

Masses by Tallis and Sheppard. Ocean (N.J.) : Musical Heritage Society, c1993.
Performers: Angus Smith, tenor (2nd work) ; Ian Shaw, organ ; Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge ; George Guest, conductor.
Contents: Mass : Salve intemerata virgo ; Clarifica me Pater no. 1-3 / Thomas Tallis -- Mass : The western wind ; Motet : Verbum caro factum est / John Sheppard.
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Spem in alium. London : Hyperion, p1990.
Performers: Winchester Cathedral Choir ; Quiristers of Winchester College (Spem in alium) ; Vocal Arts (Spem in alium) ; David Hill, conductor.
Contents: O salutaris hostia -- In jejunio et fletu -- Salvator mundi : (I) -- In manus tuas -- Salvator mundi : (II) -- Lamentations : (I) -- O sacram convivium -- O nata lux de lumine -- Te lucis ante terminum -- Lamentations : (II) -- Spem in alium.
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Taverner, John, 1495 (ca.)-1545

The Best of the Renaissance. [United States] : Philips Classics, p1999.
Performers: The Tallis Scholars ; Peter Phillips, conductor.
Contents: Miserere / Gregorio Allegri (12:17) -- Spem in alium / Thomas Tallis (9:40) -- Mass for five voices / William Byrd (22:11) -- Missa "Pange lingua" / Josquin Desprez (29:14) -- Versa est in luctum / Alonso Lobo (4:28) -- Tenebrae responsories for Holy Saturday. Recessit pastor noster (3:37) ; O vos omnes (3:35) ; Ecce quomodo moritur justus (5:42) / Carlo Gesualdo -- Missa Papae Marcelli / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (33:40) -- Osculetur me (3:19) ; Salve Regina (3:51) / Orlando di Lasso -- Ave Maria / Josquin Desprez (5:16) -- Dum transisset Sabbatum / John Taverner (7:03) -- Magnificat / Manuel Cardoso (9:33).
Disc 1: Allegri, Tallis, Byrd, Desprez, Lobo
Disc 2: Gesualdo, Palestrina, di Lasso, Desprez, Taverner, Cardoso

Te Kanawa, Kiri

Ave Maria. W. Germany : Philips, p1984.
Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Barry Rose, conductor.
Contents: O divine redeemer / Charles Gounod (6:02) -- Laudate Dominum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:59) -- Bist du bei mir (2:49) ; Jesu, Joy of Man's desiring (3:12) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sanctus / Charles Gounod (5:33) --Auf Flügeln des Gesanges / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (2:41) -- Panis angelicus / César Franck (3:37) -- Ave verum / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (3:36) -- Ave Maria / Franz Schubert (3:31) -- Trumpet tune / Henry Purcell (2:41) -- Let the bright seraphim (5:53) ; Let their celestial concerts (3:14) / George Frideric Handel.
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Thompson, Will L. (Will Lamartine), 1847-1909

All-time greatest hymns. Burbank, CA : Curb, p1990.
Performers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, vocals ; with chorus and organ.
Contents: Softly and tenderly / W. Thompson (3:07) -- In the garden / C.A. Miles (2:47) -- The old rugged cross / G. Bennard (2:52) -- When the roll is called up yonder / J. Black (2:05) -- Sweet hour of prayer (2:52) -- Shall we gather at the river (2:00) -- The church in the wildwood / W.S. Pitts (2:10) -- How great thou art / S.K. Hine (1:32) -- Whispering hope / A. Hawthorne (2:26) -- Bringing in the sheaves / G. Minor, K. Shaw (1:59) -- All hail the power (1:54) -- Faith of our fathers (2:58) -- There is power in the blood / L.E. Jones (1:52) --What a friend we have in Jesus / Converse, Scriven (3:51).
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Tormé, Mel, 1925-

Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesáu bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

Dona nobis pacem. Colchester, England : Chandos, p1988.
Performers: Edith Wiens, soprano (1st work) ; Brian Rayner Cook, baritone ; London Philharmonic ; London Philharmonic Choir ; Bryden Thomson, conductor.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Requiem. Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon p1972, 1992.
Performers: Mirella Freni, soprano ; Christa Ludwig, alto/contralto ; Carlo Cossutta, tenor ; Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass ; Choeurs du Singverein de Vienne ; Helmuth Froschauer, chef des choeurs ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.
Contents: Requiem -- Dies irae -- Offertorio --Sanctus -- Agnus dei -- Lux aeterna -- Libera me.
Disc 1: Requiem-Dies irae
Disc 2: Offertorio-Libera me

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741

 Viva Vivaldi! : Gloria in D major and The four seasons. White Plains, NY : Helicon Records, p1997.
Performers: Jay Elfenbein, bass ; Edward Brewer, harpsichord ; Anthony Newman, organ ; Virginia Brewer, oboe ; Carl Albach, trumpet.
Contents: Gloria in excelsis Deo (2:09) -- Et in terra pax hominibus (6:36) -- Laudamus te (2:18) -- Gratias agimus tibi; Propter magnum gloriam tuam (1:23) -- Domine Deus, Rex caclestis (3:32) -- Domine Fili unigenite (1:55) -- Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (4:02) -- Qui tollis peccata mundi (1:00) -- Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (2:20) -- Quoniam tu solus sanctus (0:44) -- Cum Sancto Spiritu (2:41) -- Concerto no. 1 in E, Spring/Allegro (2:26) -- Largo e pianissimo sempre (2:23) -- Allegro (3:48) -- Concerto no. 2 in g, Summer/Allegro non molto-Allegro (4:49) -- Adagio-Presto-Adagio (1:38) --Presto (2:51) -- Concerto no. 3 in F, Fall/Allegro (5:10) -- Adagio molto (2:50) -- Allegro (3:37) -- Concerto no. 4 in f, Winter/Allegro non molto (3:31) -- Largo (2:08) -- Allegro (3:27).
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Walters, Edmund

A Festival of Christmas. Ocean, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1990.
Performers: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir ; St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Junior School Choir, Philip Gretton, chorusmaster ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edmund Walters, conductor; Huddersfield Choral Society ; Keith Rhodes, conductor ; Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, conductor.
Contents: disc. 1. Ding dong merrily on high / arr. Edmund Walters -- The infant king : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman -- Where was Jesus born ; The carol singers / Edmund Walters -- I saw a maiden : old Basque Noël / arr. Edgar Pettman ; Dance little goatling ; As Joseph was a-walking / Edmund Walters-- Cradle song / William Byrd -- The boar's head ; Buenos reyes : a Spanish carol / arr. Edmund Walters -- O little one sweet / harm. J.S. Bach -- Three little birdies ; Little robin redbreast Hop-hop-hop ; Little one sleep / Edmund Walters -- Deck the hall with boughs of holly / arr. Edmund Walters -- In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke -- Silent night / arr. Edmund Walters -- O come, all ye faithful / arr. J.E. Wallace -- disc 2. We wish you a merry Christmas / arr. Arthur Warrell and Roy Newsome -- A Christmas festival overture / Leroy Anderson ; arr. Horton -- Nativity carol / John Rutter ; God rest ye merry gentlemen / arr. David Willcocks and Roy Newsome -- Farandole (from L'arlésienne) / George Bizet ; arr. Wright -- The shepherd's farewell (from L'enfance du Christ) / Hector Berlioz -- Ring out, wild bells / Percy Fletcher ; arr. Roy Newsome -- For unto us a child is born / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Roy Newsome -- Shepherd's hey / Percy Grainger ; arr. Wright -- The twelve days of Christmas / arr. John Rutter ; O come, all ye faithful ; Sussex carol / arr. David Willcocks -- A Christmas fantasy / Gordon Langford.
Disc 1: Ding dong merrily on high, etc.
Disc 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas, etc.

Walton, William, 1902-

Belshazzar's feast. Colchester, England : Chandos, p1989.
Performers: Gwynne Howell, baritone (1st work) ; Ameral Gunson, contralto (3rd work) ; Neil Mackie, tenor (3rd work) ; Stephen Roberts, bass (3rd work) ; John Scott, organ (2nd work) ; The Bach Choir ; The Philharmonia ; Sir David Willcocks, conductor.
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Ximeno, Fabián, ca. 1595-1654

Christmas in the New World. Oakhurst, NJ : MusicMasters Classics, p1996.
Performers: Western Wind, vocal ensemble ; with guest artists (bass and instrumentalists).
Contents: North American Christmas music: Boston / William Billings -- Judea / William Billings -- Three settings of While shepherds watched their flocks: Carol / Supply Belcher ; Sherburne / Daniel Read ; Bethlehem / William Billings -- Rise up, shepherd, and follow : spiritual / Anon. -- Star in the East / Anon. -- Expression / Anon. -- He is King of Kings : spiritual / Anon. -- I believe this is Jesus : spiritual / Robert Dennis -- Of a rose / Robert Dennis -- A Christmas carol / Charles Ives -- Latin American Christmas music: Ay ay galeguinos / Fabian Ximeno -- Salve Regina / Hernando Franco -- Magnificat / Almeida Prado -- Ago lona / Marlos Nobre -- Los cofla desde la estleya / Juan de Araujo.
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Yon, Pietro A., 1886-1943

Christmas! [Pittsburgh, Pa.] : River City Brass Band, p1996.
Performers: River City Brass Band ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh ; Denis Colwell, Robert Page, conductors.
Contents: O come, all ye faithful / traditional ; arr. David Willcocks -- March of the toys / Victor Herbert ; arr. Ronald Hanmer -- Gloucestershire wassail ; and, The boar's head carol / traditional ; arr. Robert Page -- Nigh Bethlehem ; What are the signs / Albert Burt -- Carol of the bells / M. Leontovich ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Gesáu bambino / Pietro A. Yon ; arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins -- Behold that star / traditional ; arr. Robert Page ; orch. Joe Campus -- A Virgin unspotted / William Billings (2:14) -- The Christmas song / Mel Tormé, Robert Wells ; arr. Philip Sparke -- Lullaby on Christmas Eve / Albert J. Lange, F. Melius Christiansen (Jennifer Saunders, soprano) -- Little drummer boy/Patapan / Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati ; arr. William David Brohn and George Guilbault -- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow / Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne ; arr. Joe Campus -- Winter wonderland / Richard Smith, Felix Bernard ; arr. Drew Fennell -- I'll be home for Christmas / Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram ; arr. William David Brohn -- A joyous sound / Robert Page.
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O holy night. Oakhurst, NJ : Musical Heritage Society, c1996.
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor ; Wandsworth Boys Choir ; Russell Burgess, director ; London Voices ; Terry Edwards, director.
Contents: Cantique de Noël = (O holy night) / Adam (4:13) -- Pietà, Signore = Have mercy, Lord / A. Stradella ; [arr.] L. Neidermeyer (8:23) -- Panis Angelicus = Bread of the Angels / Franck (4:00) -- Qual giglio candido : (Parola quinta = The fifth word) / Mercadante (4:40) -- Ave Maria / Schubert (4:47) -- Gesù bambino = Baby Jesus (original orchestration) / Yon (4:28) -- Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:56) -- Mille Cherubini in coro = A choir of a thousand cherubs / Schubert-Melichar (4:01) -- Agnust Dei / Bizet (3:43) -- Sanctus (from the Requiem) / Berlioz (9:07) -- Adeste fideles = O come all ye faithful / (attr. J. Wade) (3:32).
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