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• Classical Music
• Composer: Michael Praetorius

Christmas (2019)

performed by The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park (conductor)
composed by Anonymous, English, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Christmas Traditional, Eleanor Daley, Gustav Holst, Hans Leo Hassler, Jacobus Handl (Gallus), James Pierpont, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Rutter, Jonathan Harvey, Jonathan Rathbone, Michael Praetorius, Owain Park

Joy to the World: An American Christmas (2013)

performed by Handel & Haydn Society, Sonja DuToit Tengblad (soprano), Stefan Reed (tenor), Thomas Armstrong (descant), Woodrow Bynum (bass), Harry Christophers (conductor)
composed by Bob Chilcott, Charles Ives, Christmas Traditional, George Frederick Handel, Gustav Holst, Herbert Howells, James Bassi, John Rutter, Michael Praetorius, Morten Lauridsen, Mykola Leontovych, Richard Storrs Willis, Robert Lucas Pearsall, William Billings

Silent Night: Early Christmas Music and Carols (2018)

performed by Adam Taubitz (violin), Hirundo Maris
composed by Arianna Savall, Christmas Traditional, Franz Gruber, Irish Traditional, Juan García de Zéspedes, Michael Praetorius

Colonial Christmas (2008)

performed by Barry Phillips (zither), Barry Phillips (cittern), Barry Phillips (bowed psaltery), Barry Phillips (cello), Barry Phillips (mandolin), Christa Stiner (bassoon), Deby Benton Grosjean (fiddle), Jesse Autumn (double harp), Lars Johannesson (flute)
composed by Amos Munsen, Christmas Traditional, Daniel Read, James Lyon, John Playford, Joseph Stephenson, Michael Praetorius, William Billings

Christmas with the King's Singers (2017)

performed by City of London Sinfonia Brass Quintet (brass ensemble), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Richard Hickox (harpsichord), King's Singers (choir, chorus), City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor)
composed by Anonymous, Christmas Traditional, Daryl Runswick, Franz Grüber, George Frederick Handel, Jeremy Jackman, Katherine K. Davis, Michael Praetorius, Richard Storrs Willis, Tony Vincent Isaacs

Christmas with the Vienna Boys' Choir (2012)

performed by Axel Köhler (counter tenor), Charles Humphries (counter tenor), David Cordier (counter tenor), Ivan Sharpe (tenor), Max Emanuel Cencic (soprano), Robert Torday (bass baritone), Vienna Studio Symphony, Chorus Viennensis (choir, chorus)
composed by Christmas Traditional, Engelbert Humperdinck, Franz Gruber, Franz Schubert, George Frederick Handel, Henry John Gauntlett, Johann Ritter von Herbeck, John Francis Wade, Michael Haydn, Michael Praetorius

Renaissance Dances (2008)

Lux de Caelo: Music for Christmas (2014)

performed by Alexander Peter (tenor), Charles Littlewood (bass), Christopher Loyn (tenor), David Miller (theorbo), Dmitri Ensemble, Elliot Fitzgerald (baritone), Gabrielle Haigh (soprano), Helen Lilley (soprano), Hugo Popplewell (bass), Madeleine Seale (soprano)
composed by Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg, Benjamin Britten, Christmas Traditional, Edgar Pettman, Felix Mendelssohn, Giles Swayne, Graham Ross, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Rutter, John Tavener, Michael Praetorius, Noah Greenberg, Ralph Vaughan Williams

Terpsichore: Renaissance and Early Baroque Dance Music

performed by Konrad Ragossnig (lute), Vladimir Ivanoff (percussion), Ulsamer-Collegium
composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, Italian, Antony Holborne, Carlo Gesualdo, Claude Gervaise, English Traditional, Fabritio Caroso, Giorgio Mainerio, Hans Neusidler, Jean-Baptiste Besard, John Dowland, Michael Praetorius, Orlando Gibbons, Ottaviano Petrucci

Joy to the World: Music of Christmas (1988)

performed by Arthur Press (percussion), Empire Brass, Jeffrey Curnow (trumpet), Jonathan Menkis (french horn), Mark Kroll (harpsichord), Martin Hackleman (french horn), Nancy Allen (harp), Rolf Smedvig (trumpet), Sam Pilafian (tuba), Scott L. Hartman (trombone)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Carl Mueller, Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Frank Denson, Franz Gruber, George Frederick Handel, John Francis Wade, Lewis Redner, Michael Praetorius, Richard Storrs Willis

Christmas Vespers: Music of Michael Praetorius (2007)

performed by Abigail Clark (treble), Jolle Greenleaf (soprano), Kirsten Solleck-Avella (mezzo-soprano), Kirsten Solleck-Avella (cantor), Michael Sponseller (organ), Nell Snaidas (soprano), Paul Shipper (bass), Ryan Turner (tenor), Sandra Simon (soprano)
composed by Martin Luther, Michael Praetorius

A Wondrous Mystery: Renaissance Music for Christmas (2015)

performed by Stile Antico
composed by Hans Leo Hassler, Hieronymus Praetorius, Jacobus Clemens Non Papa, Jacobus Handl (Gallus), Johannes Eccard, Melchior Vulpius, Michael Praetorius

Praetorius: Dances for Terpischore (1998)

performed by Ensemble Bourrasque, Westra Aros Pijpare
composed by Adriaen Valerius, Michael Praetorius, Orazio Vecchi, Pierre Certon

Christmas in Vienna (1991)

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

Best of L.A.G.Q. (1998)

performed by Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
composed by Aaron Copland, American Traditional, Claude Debussy, Count Basie, Donald Fraser, Giovanni Gabrieli, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Philip Sousa, Luigi Boccherini, Manuel de Falla, Michael Praetorius, Peter Warlock, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, William Byrd

A Change of Worlds (2012)

performed by Carolyn Anderson Surrick (viola da gamba), Ensemble Galilei, Hanneke Cassel (fiddle), Jackie Moran (banjo), Jackie Moran (drums), Kathryn Montoya (whistle), Kathryn Montoya (oboe), Kathryn Montoya (recorder), Ryan McKasson (viola), Ryan McKasson (fiddle)
composed by Carolyn Anderson Surrick, Irish Traditional, James Scott Skinner, Michael Praetorius, Nicola Matteis, Ryan McKasson, Sue Richards, Swedish Traditional, Turlough O'Carolan, Various Composers

From the Vault: Dance Music of the High Renaissance (1961)

performed by Collegium Terpsichore, Ulsamer-Collegium
composed by Claude Gervaise, Erasmus Widmann, Johann Hermann Schein, Michael Praetorius, Pierre Francisque Caroubel, Simone Molinaro

With Clarion Voice: Music of the Baroque (1997)

performed by Barbara Butler (trumpet), Charles Geyer (trumpet), Jeff D. Biancalana (trumpet), Jeffrey Hickey (trumpet), Thomas Wikman (conductor)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann, Giuseppe Torelli, Henry Purcell, Johann Vierdanck, Michael Praetorius, Orlande de Lassus, Petronio Franceschini

Christmas Songs (2009)

performed by Ida Falk Winland (soprano), Linné Brass Quintet, Orphei Drängar (choir, chorus), Uppsala Chamber Soloists
composed by Carl Nielsen, Christmas Traditional, Eric Whitacre, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Gruber, George Frederick Handel, Gustaf Nordqvist, Ingvar Lidholm, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Mel Tormé, Michael Praetorius, Nikolai Golovanov, Pereric Moraeus, Ralph Blane

Christmas Carols (1984)

performed by Christopher Herrick (organ), Choir of Westminster Abbey (choir, chorus)
composed by Andreas Hammerschmidt, Anonymous, Arthur Oldham, Benjamin Britten, Christmas Traditional, Elizabeth Poston, Felix Mendelssohn, George Ratcliffe Woodward, John Gardner, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Michael Praetorius, Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Wishart

Gut Wind and Fire (2007)

performed by Baltimore Consort, Edwin George (recorder), William Simms (bandora)
composed by Anonymous, Dublin Virginal Book, Anonymous, English, Anonymous, Jane Pickeringe's Lute Book, Anonymous, Scottish, Anonymous, Straloch Lute Book, Cesare Negri, Irish Traditional, James Oswald, John Johnson, John Playford, Michael Praetorius, Orazio Vecchi

Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (1986)

performed by New London Consort
composed by Michael Praetorius

Christmas Music by Michael Praetorius (1986)

performed by Parley of Instruments, Westminster Cathedral Choir (choir, chorus), David Hill (conductor)
composed by Michael Praetorius

Praetorius: Christmette; Christmas Mass (1994)

performed by Anders Engberg-Pedersen (treble), Donald Greig (baritone), Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, Hannelore Devaere (harp), Sarah Pendlebury (soprano), Timothy Roberts (organ), Congregational Choir of Roskilde Cathedral (choir, chorus)
composed by Anonymous, German, Johann Hermann Schein, Martin Luther, Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Spoken Word

Danses de la Renaissance (2005)

performed by Collegium Terpsichore, Ulsamer-Collegium
composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, Italian, Anonymous, Spanish, Erasmus Widmann, Francisco de la Torre, Johann Hermann Schein, M. Guliemus, Michael Praetorius