Pine River Public Library (Leon-Saxeville)

The greatest Christmas show on earth

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The greatest Christmas show on earth

compact disc

40262952

Selections recorded 1958-1996

Disc 1. Adeste fideles (Luciano Pavarotti ; London Voices ; National Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt Herbert Adler) (3:34) -- Stille nacht = Silent night (Bach Choir/David Willcocks) (2:28) -- Ave Maria / Schubert ; arr. Sabatini (Leontyne Price ; Mitglieder der Wiener Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan) (5:26) -- Once in royal David's city (Robin Barter, treble ; David Briggs, organ ; Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury) (4:27) -- Ding dong! Merrily on high (Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury) (2:03) -- Joy to the world (Joan Sutherland ; New Philharmonia Orchestra/Richard Bonynge) (1:53) -- Good King Wenceslas (Simon Keenlyside, treble ; Richard Suart, bass ; Stephen Cleobury, organ ; Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge/George Guest) (3:11) -- Wiegenlied = Lullaby / Braham ; arr. Gamley (Renata Tebaldi ; New Philharmonia Orchestra/Anton Guadagno) (2:13) --Disc 1 (cont.). In dulci jubilo / J.S. Bach (Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks) (3:36) -- Pastoral sinfonia : [from] Christmas oratorio / J.S.Bach (Stuttgarter Kammerorchester/Karl Münchinger) (6:40) -- For unto us a child is born : [from] Messiah / Handel (Chicago Symphony Chorus ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Georg Solti) (4:22) -- Ave Maria / Bach/Gounod (Kiri Te Kanawa ; Utah Symphony Orchestra/Julius Rudel) (2:46) -- Shepherds' farewell = Adieu des bergers : [from] L'Enfance du Christ / Berlioz (St. Anthony Singers ; Goldsbrough Orchestra/Colin Davis) (5:00) -- Mille cherubini in coro / Schubert ; arr. Gamley (Luciano Pavarotti ; National Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt Herbert Adler) (4:03) -- See amid the winter's snow (Simon Preston, organ ; Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks) (3:53) -- What child is this? (Anthony Way, treble ; Tom Finucane, lute ; John Scott, director) (4:05) --Disc 1 (cont.). The first nowell (David Briggs, organ ; Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury) (4:59) -- O Tannenbaum (Leontyne Price ; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde ; Wiener Grossstadtkinderchor/Herbert von Karajan) (1:54) -- While shepherds watched (Simon Preston, organ ; Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks) (3:09) -- Away in a manger (Anthony Way, treble ; Choir of St. Paul's Cathedra/John Scott) (2:48) -- Hark! The herald angels sing (Bach Choir ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble ; John Scott, organ ; James Blades, David Corkhill, percussion ; David Willcocks) (3:06)Disc 2. Deck the hall (Joan Sutherland ; Ambrosian Singers ; New Philharmonia Orchestra/Richard Bonynge) (1:18) -- The holly and the ivy (soloists: Jonathan Lamb, Christopher Hughes, Simon Haynes, Roland Robertson ; Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury) (2:43) -- Panis angelicus / Franck ; arr. Gamley (Luciano Pavarotti ; Wandsworth Boys' Choir ; National Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt Herbert Adler) (4:02) -- In the bleak midwinter (Anthony Way, treble ; Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral ; English Chamber Orchestra/John Scott) (5:05) -- God rest ye merry, gentlemen (Bach Choir ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble ; John Scott, organ ; James Blades, David Corkhill, percussion ; David Willcocks) (2:57) -- Sleigh ride : Deutscher Tanz no. 3, K605 / Mozart (Wiener Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky) (2:52) -- The twelve days of Christmas (Joan Sutherland ; Ambrosian Singers ; New Philharmonia Orchestra/Richard Bonynge) (3:10) --Disc 2 (cont.). Shepherds in the fields abiding (Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks) (3:04) -- Tu scendi dalle stelle (Renata Tebaldi ; New Philharmonia Orchestra/Anton Guadagno) (2:42) -- I saw three ships (Mark Tinkler, treble ; William Kendall, tenor ; Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge/George Guest) (1:47) -- O holy night (Leontyne Price ; Mitglieder der Wiener Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan) (4:27) -- O little town of Bethlehem / trad. ; arr. Vaughan Williams (David Briggs, organ ; Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury) (3:19) -- Gesù bambino (Luciano Pavarotti ; Wandsworth Boys' Choir ; National Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt Herber Adler) (4:29) -- Rocking (Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks) (1:42) -- The Virgin's slumber song / Reger ; arr. Rutter (Joan Sutherland ; New Philharmonia Orchestra/Richard Bonynge) (2:03) --Disc 2 (cont.). Child in a manger (Choir and Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge/John Rutter) (2:15) -- Hosanna in excelsis : [from] Requiem / A. Lloyd Webber (Placido Domingo ; Winchester Cathedral Choir ; James Lancelot, organ ; English Chamber Orchestra/Lorin Maazel) (3:00) -- Waltz of the snowflakes (A pine forest in winter) : [from] The nutcracker/ Tchaikovsky (Member of the Finchley Children's Music Grou ; National Philharmonic Orchestra/Richard Bonynge) (10:33) -- White Christmas (Kiri Te Kanawa ; London Voices ; Philharmonia Orchestra/Carl Davis) (3:51) -- The skaters' waltz / Waldteufel (National Philharmonic Orchestra/Douglas Gamley) (6:08) -- Mary's boy child (Kiri Te Kanawa ; London Voices ; Philharmonia Orchestra/Carl Davis) (3:54)