Decca US
The perfect Christmas gift, the internationally acclaimed German soprano Diana Damrau releases a collection of sacred music and Christmas songs recorded with the Hannover Orchestra under conductor Riccardo Minasi and Richard Whilds. Both classy and classical, the album features well-known hits such as 'Stille Nacht' ('Silent Night') alongside classical standards such as 'Flößt mein Heiland, flößt dein Namen' from Bach's Christmas Oratorio.
2021
A Christmas Promenade
Christiane Karg (Artist)
In a follow-up to her acclaimed album of Mahler songs, Christiane Karg takes us on a Christmas tour, in the select company of fellow music makers.
Revisiting holiday memories through the eyes of a child, but with the benefit of her superb artistry as a lieder specialist, the German soprano shines a light on some enchanting rarities of German and French repertoire, along with examples of Spanish, Basque, and Scandinavian traditions.
A treasure trove of hidden gems.
2020
My Kind of Christmas: Aliki
“The release of my Christmas album “My kind of Christmas” is a dream come true for me. Christmas is my favourite holiday of the year. A Christmas album was something I wanted to do for a long time. The difficulties that humanity is going through, during this period, have given me the inspiration to give the world a gift that will bring hope for a better tomorrow”, Aliki comments.
The album was recorded at the famous Smecky Studios, in Prague, with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
“My kind of Christmas” is a journey into Aliki’s Christmas memories, from her childhood until the arrival of her eldest son, who was born on Christmas day. The album is a collection of classic and contemporary Christmas songs that have been loved and continue to be loved around the world. Timeless and unforgettable musical pieces, which we all have associated with the happiness of our childhood, but also the love and warmth that surrounds the Christmas season.
The album includes the song “Silent Night”, which captures the true meaning of Christmas; the birth of Christ, as well as the importance of the inner search for truth and love. The track “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” is a wish, from the bottom of Aliki’s heart, spreading the magic of Christmas to the whole world. The album includes some all-time classic Christmas songs, like “Santa Baby” and Schubert’s “Ave Maria”. The last track, “Angels We Have Heard on High”, lifts the soul with its timeless lyrics.
Exaltatio: Christmas Carols, Dagmar Peckova, Music Bhoemic, Joroslaw Krcek
The highly acclaimed Christmas CD Nativitas is now joined by a new festive album, bearing the title Exaltatio. While in Colloquial Latin the word means “exaltation” and “elation”, in Christian theology it has a more profound connotation: “elevation”.
The mezzo-soprano Dagmar Pecková has recorded yet another Christmas-themed album, featuring Czech and other European carols and folk songs hailing the Nativity. At Christmas, people feel much closer to one another than at any other time of the year, and it has been so for centuries.
The special seasonal atmosphere is what French, German, English and Polish songs have in common. Pecková has again reached for Baroque hymnbooks, in which piety combines with a majestic sublime mood.
The album also encompasses much more high-spirited and poetic folk carols. Jaroslav Krcek has made stylistic arrangements, whose singular signature relates to Musica Bohemica. The CD features several Baroque-inspired pieces he himself has composed. The magic of Christmas evidently continues to be celebrated by contemporary creators.
2019
Festival of Carols, Sylvia McNair, Soprano; Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Erik Stark, conductor
2014
2 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas with Gregory Porter
3 Silver Bells with Kelli O Hara
4 Merry Christmas Darling with Chris Botti
5 Christmas Waltz
6 Who Knows Where the Time Goes with Brad Mehldau
7 Sleigh Ride with Wynton Marsalis
8 Snowbound with Kurt Elling
9 In the Bleak Midwinter with Rufus Wainwright
10 Central Park Serenade with Gregory Porter
11 The Man with the Bag
2011
Yvonne Kenny (Artist, Performer), John Francis Wade (Composer), Adolphe Adam (Composer), & 6 more
1. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles) |
2. Work(s): The Coventry and Sussex Carols |
3. Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ('Minuit, Chrétiens,' 'O Holy Night') |
4. Angels We Have Heard on High |
5. Repentir ('O Divine Redeemer'), song for mezzo-soprano & orchestra |
6. What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) |
7. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Rejoice Greatly |
8. Ave Maria, for voice & orchestra (adapted from Intermezzo of 'Cavalleria Rusticana') |
9. Who'll Buy? (Temperance), for chorus |
10. When a Child Is Born |
11. The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum), carol |
12. The First Nowell (English) |
13. Australian Christmas Carols, for voice, chorus & orchestra: The Three Drovers |
14. Australian Christmas Carols, for voice, chorus & orchestra: The Silver Stars in the Sky |
15. Australian Christmas Carols, for voice, chorus & orchestra: Christmas Day |
16. Australian Christmas Carols, for voice, chorus & orchestra: Carol of the Birds |
17. Australian Christmas Carols, for voice, chorus & orchestra: Christmas Bush for His Adorning |
18. Night of Silence (Kantor) / Silent Night (Gruber) 2015  Matti BORG (b.1956) Juledag from ‘15 Christmas and Wintersong’s [2:30]; Vinterskoven [2:17]; Julestjernen [2:11]; Helligtrekongersaften [1:49] Sweden: Dala chorale: Den signade dag German folk melody: När juldagsmorgon glimmer Gustaf NORDQUIST (1886-1949) Jul, jul, strålande jul Alice TEGNÉR (1864-1943) Betlehems Stjärna Denmark: C. E. F. WEYSE (1774-1842) Velkommen igen Guds engle små Povl HAMBURGER (1901-1972) Der er ingenting i verden så stille som sne [3:10] Th. AAGAARD (1877-1937) Sneflokke kommer vrimlende Matti BORG Hviler du min ven from Anderscenarier Sweden: Ruben LILJEFORS (1871-1936) När det lider mot jul Emmy KÖHLER (1858-1925) Nu tändas tusen juleljus Adolphe ADAM (1803-1856) Jul-sång Matti BORG Vinternatt from 15 sånger til dikter av Gustaf Fröding Faroe Islands: Regin DAHL (1918-2007) Veturin kom við kulda og kava Iceland: Folksong: Sumri hallar Norway: Per KNUDSEN (?) Jeg er så glad hver julekveld Trad. O Jul med din glede Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907) No ser eg atter slike fjell og dalar Finland: Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Julvisa op.1 nr. 4; Demanten på Marssnön op.36 nr. 6 [2:38] Armas MAASALO (1885-1960) Joulun kellot Label: Danacord Records 2001  Grammy Award winning choral ensemble Chanticleer returns to one of their favorite idioms Christmas music with special guest Dawn Upshaw. 1 This Is the Truth Sent from Above 2 A Christmas Round 3 Today the Virgin 4 Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen 5 Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen 6 Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen 7 Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen 8 Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen 9 Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen 10 Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen 11 Noel Nouvelet 12 A Lullaby/Away in a Manger 13 The First Nowell 14 The Three Kings 15 Die Stimme Des Kindes 16 Suo Gan 17 Spanish Carol 18 Coventry Carol 19 Beautiful Star of Bethlehem 20 Huron Carol 21 Mary and the Baby Medley: I. Maria Wanders Through the Thorn/Ii. What Child Is This? 22 Mary and the Baby Medley: III. Mary and the Baby/Iv. Jerusalem in the Morning 23 Stille Nacht  |
1996
1 Mary Did You Know?
2 Carol of the Birds
3 I Wonder As I Wander
4 Gesù Bambino
5 El desembre congelat (December's cold winds were stilled)
6 El Noi de la Mare (The Son of the Virgin)
7 Dormi, Jesus
8 Quittez, Pasteurs
9 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
10 Jubilation
11 Wasn't That a Mighty Day
12 The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
13 Me Thinks I See A Heavn'ly Host
14 Sweet Little Jesus Boy
15 Mary and Her Baby Chile (Medley of three Christmas Spirituals)
16 Mary Had a Baby
17 Jesus, The Light of the World
18 Suo Gan
19 Silent Night
1992
| 1 | 1986-7 1 O Come, O Come Emanuel 2 Once In Royal David's City 3 Unto Us A Child Is Born 4 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 5 Good Christian Men Rejoice 6 O Holy Night 7 The Holly And The Ivy 8 See Amid The Winter Snow 9 I Saw Three Ships 10 This Christmastide 11 Coventry Carol 12 In The Bleak Mid-Winter 13 Silent Night 14 Angels We Have Heard On High 15 We Three Kings Of Orient Are 16 Joy To The World 17 Adeste Fideles 18 Amen |
| Phillips |
| 1 O Come All Ye Faithful 2 O Holy Night 3 Bringa Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle 4 Fum, Fum, Fum! 5 Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming 6 Ave Maria 7 Gesu Bambino 8 Three Ships-The First Nowell-The Holly and the Ivy 9 Away in the Manger 10 Silent Night 11 Hark! The Herald Angel Sing 12 Marie Wiegenlied 13 Zither Carol 14 I Wonder As I Wander 15 Mary Had a Baby 16 Rise Up, Shepherd 17 What Child Is This? 18 Ave Maria 19 Veni, Veni, Emmanuel-It Came Upon a Midnight Clear-O Little Town of Bethlehem-Silent Night-O Come Al  |
- Adeste fideles
- Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
- Wiegenlied (Brahms)
- What child is this?
- O holy night
- Tu scendi dalle stelle
- Silent Night
- Panis angelics - Frank
- O Divine Redeember - Gounod
- Mille cherubini in coro - Schubert/Melichar
- Ave Maria - Schubert
- Adeste Fideles
1 Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (Original Version) 2 O Come All Ye Faithful 3 O Du Frohliche 4 Sandmannchen 5 In Einem Kuhlen Grunde 6 Panis Angelicus 7 The Forst Nowell 8 In Dulci Jubilo 9 Weihnachten 10 Vom Himmel Hoch 11 I Saw Three Ships 12 Maria Auf Dem Berge 13 Easter Alleluia 14 Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (Original Version - Mono) 1 Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (Original Version) 2 O Come All Ye Faithful 3 O Du Frohliche 4 Sandmannchen 5 In Einem Kuhlen Grunde Note: The above are not reviews but descriptions from the record label or artists. Edits to descriptions may have been made to condense the description or make grammatical corrections. Many descriptions are cut and pasted, so our apologies for formatting that we could not correct and make congruent with the rest of the post. Disclaimer: Regarding the photos used above, we do not know who the owner of this photo is, and infringement is not intended, it is used for educational purposes only. We will gladly oblige any take down under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Photos are used under the allowance made for "fair use" under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 for the purposes such as reviews, criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. We will oblige any takedown request of any photo on this blog in compliance with the DMCA |
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