Music for Christmas

This month there are two fantastic free Christmas cover CDs: an exclusive compilation by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, and the Hall of Fame Christmas Collection.

January Cover CD Volume I: ‘The Sixteen’

 

Trad: Once in Royal David’s City

Margaret Phillips (org), The Sixteen/Christophers

Taken from A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection

CORO COR 16043

 

Trad: See Amid the Winter’s Snow

Margaret Phillips (org), Sally Dunkley (sop), Jeremy White (bass), The Sixteen/Christophers

Taken from A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection
CORO COR 16043

 

Trad: The Holly and the Ivy

Nicola Jenkin (sop), Deborah Miles-Johnson (alto), Andrew Carwood

(ten), Timothy Jones (bass), The Sixteen/Christophers

Taken from A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection

CORO

COR 16043

 

Warlock: Corpus Christi

Ruth Dean (sop), Neil MacKenzie (ten), The Sixteen/Christophers

Taken from Hodie: An English Christmas Collection

CORO

COR 16004

 

De Manchicourt: Reges terrae

The Sixteen/Christophers

Taken from Philip & Mary: A Marriage of England and Spain

CORO

COR 16037

 

Guerrero: Pastores loquebantur

The Sixteen/Christophers

Taken from Philip & Mary: A Marriage of England and Spain

CORO

COR 16037

 

Anon: Gaudete

Robert Evans (bass), The Sixteen/Christophers

Taken from Christus Natus Est: An Early English Christmas

CORO

COR 16027

 

Anon: Verbum caro

The Sixteen/Christophers

Taken from Christus Natus Est: An Early English Christmas

CORO

COR 16027

Bach: Christmas Oratorio – Part Five: Ehre sei dir, Gott

The Sixteen/Christophers

Taken from Bach: Christmas Oratorio

CORO

COR 16017

 

Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Sanctus

The Sixteen/Christophers

Taken from Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232

CORO

COR 16044

 

Handel: Messiah – I know that my redeemer liveth

Carolyn Sampson (sop), The Sixteen/Christophers

Taken from Handel: Messiah

CORO

COR 16062

 

Bach: Magnificat – Magnificat anima mea Dominum

The Sixteen/Christophers

Take from Vivaldi: Gloria; Bach: Magnificat

CORO

COR 16042

 

Handel: Messiah – Worthy is the Lamb; Amen

The Sixteen/Christophers

Taken from Handel: Coronation Anthems

CORO

COR 16066

 

January Cover CD Volume II: ‘The Hall of Fame Christmas Collection’

We bring you more fantastic Christmas music, this time from Classic FM’s Top 300 poll – PLUS three bonus carols!

 

Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus

The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge/David Hill

Taken from

Meditation

St John’s College Records

SJCR 103-2

 

Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium

Handel and Haydn Society Chorus/Llewellyn

Taken from

Peace

Avie

AV 0039

 

Rutter: A Gaelic Blessing

The Cambridge Singers/Rutter

Taken from

Be thou my vision

Collegium

CSCD 514

 

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons – Concerto No.4, RV297, Winter

Allegro non molto; Largo; Allegro

Guido Mozzato (vln), Virtuosi di Roma/Fasano

Taken from

Vivaldi: The Concerto Album

EMI Classics

509 4492

 

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty – The Young Fairy’s Spell

Slovak State PO/Mogrelia

Taken from

Tchaikovsky: Cinderella; Sleeping Beauty

Naxos

8.554610

 

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Valse

Russian State SO/Yablonsky

Taken from

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

Naxos

8.555873-74

 

Handel: Messiah – Pastoral Symphony; All we like sheep

LSO and Chorus/Davis

Taken from

Handel: Messiah

LSO Live

LSO 0607

 

Bach: Christmas Oratorio – Part One: Chorus (Jauchzet, frohlocket)

Bach Collegium Japan/Suzuki

Taken from

Bach: Christmas Oratorio

BIS

BIS-CD-941/942

 

Bach: Magnificat – Gloria Patri

Oxford Schola Cantorum, Northern Chamber Orchestra/Nicholas Ward

Taken from

Bach: Magnificat

Naxos

8.550763

 

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Waltz of the Snowflakes

Hallé/Handford

Taken from

Hallé Christmas!

EMI Classics for Pleasure

575 7972

 

Bach: Mass in B minor – Gloria in Excelsis Deo;

Et in Terra Pax

Bach Collegium Japan/Suzuki

Taken from Bach: Mass in B minor

BIS

BIS-SACD-1701/1702

 

BONUS TRACKS:

Trad. (arr. RL Pearsall): In Dulci Jubilo

Worcester Cathedral Choir/Donald Hunt

Taken from Christmas Carols

Naxos

8.550589

 

Trad: Coventry Carol

Raymond Johnston (org), Worcester Cathedral Choir/Donald Hunt

Taken from Joy to the World

Naxos

8.557160

 

Trad. (arr. C Wood): Ding Dong Merrily on High

Gloucester Cathedral Choir/Nethsingha

Taken from

I Saw Three Ships

Avie

AV 2122