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The Christmas Spirit

by Various Artists

37 SONGS

Jan 2007

Once in Royal David's City

Robin Barter, David Briggs, Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury

Gounod, J.S. Bach: Ave Maria

Leontyne Price & Herbert von Karajan

Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge & John Rutter

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury

Franck: Panis angelicus, CFF 209 (Re-Orch. Gamley)

Luciano Pavarotti, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Kurt Herbert Adler

The Holly and the Ivy

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge & John Rutter

Jingle Bells / Deck the Halls (Arr. John Iveson)

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Good King Wenceslas

Simon Keenlyside, Richard Suart, The Choir of St John’s Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury & George Guest

O Holy Night (Minuit chrétien)

Kiri Te Kanawa, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra & Carl Davis

O Little Town Of Bethlehem

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Andrew Davis & Sir David Willcocks

In dulci jubilo

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks

The First Nowell

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks

J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Pt. 2: Pastoral Sinfonia

Karl Münchinger & Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 1: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion

Kathleen Ferrier, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Adrian Boult

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 12, Chorus. For Unto Us a Child Is Born

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus & Sir Neville Marriner

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

The Bach Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, David Corkhill, John Scott & Sir David Willcocks

Away in a Manger

Catherine Rogers, The Bach Choir & Sir David Willcocks

Anonymous: What child is this (Greensleeves)

Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs & Stephen Cleobury

The Twelve Days Of Christmas

Joan Sutherland, Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

The Bach Choir, John Scott & Sir David Willcocks

Rutter: Star Carol

The Bach Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, David Corkhill, John Scott & Sir David Willcocks

Mary's Boy Child

Kiri Te Kanawa, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra & Carl Davis

King Jesus hath a garden

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge & John Rutter

Up! Good Christen Folk, And Listen

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge & John Rutter

Child in a Manger

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge & John Rutter

Melichar: Mille cherubini in coro (arr. after Schubert)

Renata Tebaldi, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Anton Guadagno

Brahms: Lullaby

Darke: In the Bleak Midwinter

John Bowen, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs & Stephen Cleobury

Yon: Gesù Bambino

Luciano Pavarotti, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Kurt Herbert Adler

Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op.25 / Partie 3: L'arrivée à Sais: Trio for Two Flutes & Harp

Sir Colin Davis & Goldsbrough Orchestra

J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Pt. 2: Slumber Aria

Helen Watts, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester & Karl Münchinger

See Amid the Winter's Snow

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks

Shepherds in the Field Abiding (Ed. Wood)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks

While Shepherds Watched

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Simon Preston & Sir David Willcocks

Schubert: Ave Maria

Leontyne Price, Wiener Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Descant: Cleobury)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs & Stephen Cleobury