The Glorious Sound of Christmas more music like this

performed by Temple University Choirs (choir, chorus), Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, Henry Walford Davies, Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, John Francis Wade, Ludwig van Beethoven

Why do people keep buying The Glorious Sound of Christmas, recorded in 1962, when there's such a profusion of other holiday albums out there? Because it quite simply remains one of the very best. There are no bonus tracks here to augment the original LP; what we get are 14 well-known carols, lasting about 45 minutes in total. But it's 45 minutes ...

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Christmastide more music like this

performed by Empire Chamber Ensemble, Jessye Norman (soprano), New York Choral Society (choir, chorus), The American Boychoir (choir, chorus), Robert de Cormier (conductor)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Anonymous, Christmas Traditional, Donald Fraser / Jane McCulloch, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, Harold Darke, Henry John Gauntlett, John Francis Wade, John Henry Hopkins, Jr.

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Joy To The World (1987) more music like this

performed by John de Lancie (oboe), Philadelphia Grand Opera Orchestra & Chorus (choir, chorus), Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
composed by Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Francis Wade, Katherine K. Davis, Leroy Anderson, Lowell Mason, Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

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The Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album 2 (2005) more music like this

performed by Anthony Way (treble), John Scott (organ), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Lynton Atkinson (treble), Mark Tinkler (treble), Musica Sacra, Robert King (treble), Simon Keenlyside (treble), Stephen Cleobury (organ), Stephen Goss (guitar)
composed by Anonymous, English, César Franck, Christmas Traditional, Franz Schubert, Franz Xaver Gruber, Gabriel Fauré, Harold Darke, Harry Simeone, Henry John Gauntlett, James Pierpont, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Rutter, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Welsh Traditional

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Negro Spirituals (2006) more music like this

performed by Bridget Bazile (soprano), Cheryl Clansy (soprano), Derek Lee Ragin (counter tenor), Moses Hogan (piano), Moses Hogan Singers (choir, chorus), Moses Hogan (conductor)
composed by Anonymous, Christmas Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber, Jester Hairston, Traditional Spiritual, William Henry Smith, William Levi Dawson

There are recordings that most people will love, and some that by general agreement miss the mark. And certain recordings are loved by some but hated by others. This 1995 Angel-label release, now reissued on Virgin Classics, falls into a special subset of this last group. Featuring a countertenor singing African-American spirituals, it's ...

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O Come, All Ye Faithful: Christmas Carols of Many Lands from Across Many Centuries (2005) more music like this

performed by Douglas Major (organ), New York Choral Artists
composed by Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, John Francis Wade, Louis-Claude Daquin, Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, Philipp Nicolai

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O Holy Night (2005) more music like this

performed by Alexander Schreiner (organ), Frank W. Asper (organ), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Mormon Tabernacle Choir (choir, chorus), Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Jerold D. Ottley (conductor)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, Irving Berlin, John Francis Wade, Philip Moore, Pietro Yon

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Cantate Domino [Hybrid SACD] (2003) more music like this

performed by Alfred Linder (organ), Marianne Mellnas (soprano), Oscars Motettkör, Stockholm (choir, chorus), Torsten Nilsson (conductor)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Christmas Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber, Georg Joseph Vogler, George Frederick Handel, Irving Berlin, Johann Gottfried Walther, Korean Traditional, Marco Enrico Bossi, Max Reger, Otto Olsson

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Once Were Christmas Angels: The Pure Sound of Boy Trebles (2006) more music like this

performed by Andrew Wicks (vocals), Christopher Harvey (vocals), Daniel Ludford-Thomas (vocals), David Elias (vocals), David Rees-Williams (vocals), Ian Cooper (vocals), James Lyle (vocals), Jeremy Bowyer (vocals), Michael Criswell (vocals), Michael Mace (vocals)
composed by Benjamin Britten, Christmas Traditional, Edward Bairstow, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, Henry John Gauntlett, Howard Blake, John Goss, John Rutter, Kenneth Leighton, Michael Head, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Runciman Terry

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Christmas with The Three Tenors (2005) more music like this

performed by José Carreras (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), The Three Tenors
composed by Adolphe Adam, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Franz Schubert, Franz Xaver Gruber, Georges Bizet, Giuseppe Verdi, Irving Berlin, John Francis Wade, Louis Niedermeyer, Pietro Yon, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Favourite Hymns for all Seasons (1995) more music like this

performed by Alan Gray (descant), John Scott (organ), Philip O'Reilly (baritone), Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (choir, chorus)
composed by Christmas Traditional, Clement Cotterill Scholefield, Franz Xaver Gruber, Henry John Gauntlett, Hubert Parry, John Francis Wade, John Goss, John Stainer, Joseph Barnby, Walter Greatorex, William Croft, William Henry Monk

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Christmas In Vienna (1991) more music like this

performed by Vienna Boys' Choir
composed by Anonymous, Austrian Traditional, Christmas Traditional, Franz Xaver Gruber, Michael Praetorius

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The Ultimate Classical Christmas (2007) more music like this

performed by André Previn (piano), Anthony Falanga (double bass), Bobby McFerrin (vocals), Charlotte Church (soprano), Frederica Von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Gumpoldskirchner Kinderchor, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen, James Saporito (drums), John Williams (guitar)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Agustín Barrios-Mangoré, Charles Gounod, Christmas Traditional, Felix Bernard, Franz Schubert, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Francis Wade, Max Reger, Michael Praetorius, Pietro Yon, Plácido Domingo

Sony's 2007 holiday offering The Ultimate Classical Christmas presents a highly varied program of traditional carols and modern seasonal songs that serves equally well as a sampler of the label's biggest stars, including soprano Kathleen Battle, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, tenors Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras, ...

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Merry Christmas (Fröhe Weihnachten) more music like this

performed by Ingomar Rainer (organ), Vienna Boys' Choir (choir, chorus), Viennensis Chorus (choir, chorus), Vienna Volksoper Orchestra, Uwe Christian Harrer (conductor)
composed by Anonymous, Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver Gruber, Johann Michael Haydn, Josef Döller, Uwe Christian Harrer

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A Christmas Collection (2005) more music like this

performed by Empire Chamber Ensemble, Gerre Hancock (organ), Harry Huff (organ), Jessye Norman (soprano), Sara Cutler (harp), Timothy Edward Smith (organ), New York Choral Society (choir, chorus), Riverside Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Anonymous, Christmas Traditional, Donald Fraser [ii], Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, Gustav Holst, Henry John Gauntlett, Henry Thomas Smart, Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, John Francis Wade

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An Olde English Christmas (2007) more music like this

performed by John Alldis Choir (choir, chorus), London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)
composed by Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, John Francis Wade, John Henry Hopkins, Jr., William James Kirkpatrick

Originally released by Decca in 1980, An Olde English Christmas presents 18 Christmas carols in opulent arrangements that should appeal to anyone who enjoys a "light classics" approach to the season. Peter Hope's lavish orchestrations of such holiday favorites as "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," "Joy to the World," "The First Nowell," and "O Come ...

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The Naxos Book of Carols: An Advent Sequence in Music (2003) more music like this

performed by Tonus Peregrinus
composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, English, Christmas Traditional, English Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver Gruber, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Francis Wade, John Henry Hopkins, Jr., Michael Praetorius, New English Hymnal, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Olivers

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The Very Best of Christmas (2006) more music like this

performed by Aradia Ensemble, Eteri Andjaparidze (piano), Finchley Children's Music Group, Scholars Baroque Ensemble, Takako Nishizaki (violin), Choir of King's College, Cambridge (choir, chorus), Choral Arts Society of Washington (choir, chorus)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, Gustav Holst, Harold Darke, Hector Berlioz, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Francis Wade, John Rutter

Naxos' 2006 double-disc compilation, The Very Best of Christmas, presents an agreeable and balanced assortment of holiday favorites, with vocal and choral numbers assigned to the first disc and instrumental and orchestral pieces on the second. The roster of choral performers includes the Worcester Cathedral Choir, the Scholars Baroque Ensemble, ...

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Joy to the World: Music of Christmas (2005) more music like this

performed by Empire Brass (brass ensemble)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Christmas Traditional, Frank Denson, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, John Francis Wade, Michael Praetorius

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In Dulci Jubilo: Christmas with James Galway (1991) more music like this

performed by James Galway (flute), Regensburger Domspatzen (choir, chorus), John Georgiadis (conductor)
composed by Charles Gounod, Christmas Traditional, David Overton, Felix Mendelssohn, Fischer, Franz Xaver Gruber, George Frederick Handel, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, John Francis Wade, Michael Praetorius, Tomaso Albinoni

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The Christmas Album (2006) more music like this

performed by Alasdair Malloy (percussion), B.J. Cole (pedal steel), Chris Winter (vocals), Connie Greaves (vocals), Guy Barker (brass), Hugh Burns (guitar), Hugh Burns (ukulele), John Barclay (brass), Lance Ellington (vocals), Laurie Hurrell (vocals)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Alois Melichar, Chris Winter, Christmas Traditional, Franz Schubert, Franz Xaver Gruber, Gheorghe Dima, Henri Martinet, Irving Berlin, James Pierpont, John Francis Wade, Joseph Marx, Roberto Alagna, William James Kirkpatrick

This is an intact reissue of Roberto Alagna's Christmas album of 2000, complete with its original booklet notes. Those notes explain that Alagna, an professed admirer of Mario Lanza, wanted to create "an album reminiscent of some of the great 'Hollywood' recordings, with a full symphony orchestra and various groups of singers and rhythm-section ...

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The Holly and the Ivy (2006) more music like this

performed by Alfred Deller (counter tenor), April Cantelo (soprano), Deller Consort, Desmond Dupre (guitar), Desmond Dupre (lute), Eileen Poulter (soprano), Gerald English (tenor), Mary Thomas (soprano), Maurice Bevan (baritone), Stanley Taylor (recorder)
composed by Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver Gruber, Geoffrey Shaw, George Frederick Handel, Henry John Gauntlett, Johann Georg Ebeling, John Francis Wade, John Henry Hopkins, Jr., Richard Storrs Willis

The recordings of pioneer countertenor Alfred Deller, really the first "star" of early music, have held up well even as fashions in countertenor singing have changed. This two-disc set of Christmas music is not exactly forthright about the fact that the recordings were made in 1956 and 1960 (the information is way in the back of booklet, not on ...

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The Christmas Spirit (1996) more music like this

performed by Andrew Davis (organ), Catherine Rogers (contralto), David Briggs (organ), David Corkhill (percussion), Helen Watts (contralto), James Blades (percussion), Joan Sutherland (soprano), John Bowen (vocals), John Scott (organ), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
composed by Adolphe Adam, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Franz Xaver Gruber, Frederick H. Martens, George Frederick Handel, Harold Darke, Hector Berlioz, Henry John Gauntlett, Jester Hairston, Johannes Brahms

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Christmas Concert (1980) more music like this

performed by Regensburg Cathedral Choir (choir, chorus), Georg Ratzinger (conductor)
composed by Adam Gumpelzhaimer, Anonymous, Carl Loewe, Carl Thiel, Christmas Traditional, Cornelius Freundt, Franz Xaver Gruber, Giovanni Gabrieli, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Gottfried Rüdiger, Hans Leo Hassler, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Johannes Eccard

A straight reissue with a new cover of Deutsche Grammophon's 1980 recording of Georg Ratzinger and the Regensburger Domspatzen's Weihnachtskonzert, this disc will please fans of German Christmas music as well as fans of a cappella boy choirs -- augmented, when necessary, by men. All the big hits of the German seasonal repertoire are here, from the ...

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Christmas Past & Present (2004) more music like this

performed by Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra (choir, chorus), Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)
composed by Anonymous, Arnold de Lantins, Cancionero de Upsala Anonymous, Christmas Traditional, Czech Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver Gruber, Fred Gramann, Harold Darke, Joaquín Rodrigo, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Rutter, John Tavener, Paul Edwards

The English certainly do love their choral music, especially on Christmas when the whole country comes together in its cathedrals to sing praise to the birth of the Jesus. It's a long, strong tradition going back centuries and it's been recorded since the invention of recording. Since the war, every generation has had its great English choral ...

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