Product Description

The world’s top classical artists perform a host of popular Christmas hymns on A Classic Christmas. Features Hayley Westenra, Andrea Bocelli, The Choirboys, Katherine Jenkins, Aled Jones, Bryn Terfel and the King’s College Choir to name but a few.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Adeste Fideles - Andrea Bocelli, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Academy Of Choir Art Of Russia, Victor Popov
2. O Holy Night - Katherine Jenkins
3. Away In A Manger - Aled Jones
4. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
5. Do You Hear What I Hear? - The Choir Boys, Hayley Westenra
6. White Christmas - Orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett (+1988) - Bryn Terfel, Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Daniel
7. The first Nowell - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
8. Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839 - Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler
9. Have yourself a merry little Christmas - Kiri Te Kanawa, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis
10. Joy To The World - Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
11. Ding Dong! Merrily on High - Arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926) - Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston
12. Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion - Renée Fleming, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs
13. O Little Town of Bethlehem - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
14. What Child Is This? - Sissel
15. While Shepherds Watched - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Simon Preston, David Willcocks
16. Unto Us Is Born A Son - Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
17. 42. Chorus: "Hallelujah" - Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
18. I Know A Rose Tree - Secret Garden, Anúna, Irish National Chamber Choir, Fiachra Terence W. Trench, RTE Concert Orchestra, John Tate
19. In the bleak mid-winter - John Bowen, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
20. Past Three a Clock - The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
21. In dulci jubilo (Gesangbuch von Joseph Klug, 14. Jhdt.) - Arr. Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795-1856) - Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston
22. I Saw Three Ships - John Bowen, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
23. Up! Good Christen folk, and listen - Arr. G.R. Woodward - Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston

Disc 2:

1. Silent Night - Aled Jones
2. Walking in the Air (Theme from 'The Snowman') - The Choir Boys
3. Once in Royal David's City - Robin Barter, David Briggs, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
4. The Holly and the Ivy - Anthony Way, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott
5. Panis Angelicus - Plácido Domingo, Marcello Viotti, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
6. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
7. Still, Still, Still - Aled Jones
8. Good King Wenceslas - Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston, Christopher Herrick
9. Mary's boy child - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
10. 12. Chorus: "For unto us a Child is born" - Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti
11. Original Version - Tito Beltran
12. The Lamb - The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
13. A Shepherd's Carol - Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston
14. O Tannenbaum - Wiener Sängerknaben, Uwe Christian Harrer
15. Christmas Gift Of Love - Roisin O'Reilly
16. Shepherd's Pipe Carol - John Rutter
17. Coventry Carol - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Willcocks
18. What sweeter music - Choir of New College, Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
19. Balulalow - Anthony Way, Lucy Wakeford, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott
20. The twelve days of Christmas - Ingomar Rainer, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Uwe Christian Harrer
21. Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury
22. (German Chorale) - Various Artists
23. Auld Lang Syne - Nicky Spence

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4094 in Music
• Released on: 2005-11-28
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .24 pounds
• Running time: 151 minutes

Customer Reviews

Excellent
This is a wonderful CD with traditional Christmas music. Surprised by review complaining about sound quality - no problems at all with my copy - completely hiss free in fact!

Great content - techically flawed
This CD is an example of why people resent paying high prices (especially in the UK) for CDs. It is a long time since I have heard such a shoddy recording with unacceptable levels of hiss and distortion as well poorly equalised volume levels across the album. This is a pity since the material is actually very good and is the perfect background to Christmas - call me Scrooge if you will, but shame on UCJ (Universal) - their sound engineers do not deserve a good Christmas - probably the technically the worst recording on CD ever!

A message for the manufacturers of CDs/DVDs is as the playing equipment gets better we have yet to see any real effort being made to lift the qualities of recordings.