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Classical Christmas

Artist Song
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Margaret Hillis & Sir Georg Solti  Messiah: 42. Chorus: "Hallelujah"  
Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra At Temple Square  Carol of the Bells  
Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg & Valery Gergiev  The Nutcracker, Op.71: Overture  
Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral, Matthew Owens & Simon Nieminski  Hark! the Herald Angels Sing  
Sir David Willcocks & The Bach Choir  Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht  
Plácido Domingo  Cantique De Noël (O Holy Night)  
Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra  Nutcracker: Act 2: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy  
London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner  Lieutenant Kijé, Symphonic Suite, Op. 60: IV. Troïka  
Andrea Bocelli  Angels We Have Heard On High  
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, William Lacey & Winchester College Chapel Choir  O come, all ye faithful  
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, William Lacey & Winchester College Chapel Choir  Joy to the World  
Olivier Vernet  Weinachtsbaum I Psallite  
Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra  Polonaise from Christmas Eve Suite  
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra & Bo Holten  Sleigh Ride  
Ambrosian Singers, Dame Joan Sutherland, John McCarthy, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Richard Bonynge  The Twelve Days of Christmas  
Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Oxford Choir of Christ Church Cathedral & Simon Preston  Messiah: XII. Chorus: "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"  
Robert Shaw & Robert Shaw Chamber Singers  Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: Wolcum Yole!  
Andrea Bocelli  The Lords Prayer  
London Symphony Orchestra & Vienna Boys Choir  Good King Wenceslas  
The King's Singers  Bogoroditsye dyevo  
Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Robert Shaw  L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25: L'adieu des bergers (The Shepherds' Farewell)  
Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood  Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248  
Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg & Valery Gergiev  The Nutcracker, Op.71: No. 2 March  
Yo-Yo Ma  Dona nobis pacem (Give Us Peace)  
Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner  Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: XXXI. Aria (Alto): "Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder"  
José Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti & Plácido Domingo  Ave Maria, Dolce Maria  
Richard Marlow & The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge  6 Spruche, Op. 79: No. 1. Weinachten  
Festival Strings Lucerne & Rudolf Baumgartner  Concerto in C, Op. 3, No. 12 -"Christmas Concerto": I. Largo (Pastorale Per Il Santissimo Natale)  
Harry Christophers & The Sixteen  The Coventry Carol  
John Scott, Sir David Willcocks & The Bach Choir  Shepherd's Pipe Carol  
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks  Torches. Carol-Gaul  
Mormon Tabernacle Choir  O Tannenbaum  
The King's Singers  Noël nouvelet  
John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir  Es Ist Ein' Ros' Entsprungen  
Apollo's Fire  Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sang  
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks  Legenda (Legend;The Crown of Roses) Op. 54, No. 5  
Jitka Cechova & Olga Cerna  Songs from the Hry o Marii [The Miracles of Mary], H. 236: Narozeni Pane [Christ's Nativity]  
Kansas City Chorale  A Christmas Carol  
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Adrian Boult  The Holy Boy (A Carol of the Nativity) for String Orchestra  
Curtis Watson, Donald Maxwell, John Dobson & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden  Amahl and the Night Visitors: From Far Away We Come  
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra & Günther Kehr  Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6:8 "Christmas Concerto": II. Allegro  
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge, David Briggs, Robin Barter & Stephen Cleobury  Once In Royal David's City  
Cambridge Singers, John Rutter & City of London Sinfonia  Christmas Lullaby  
John Eliot Gardiner, Julian Podger & Monteverdi Choir  Alma Redemptoris Mater  
Andrea Bocelli  Cantique de Noel  
Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg & Valery Gergiev  The Nutcracker, Op.71: No. 12d Character Dances: Trépak (Russian Dance)  
Monteverdi Choir & John Eliot Gardiner  O magnum mysterium  
Brass Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra  Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht  
Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer & Susanna Spicer  Christ’s Nativity, Christmas Suite: No. 2. Sweet Was the Song  
Gavin Sutherland & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra  A Carol Symphony: IV. Allegro energico come prima  
I Virtuosi Di Lugano  Christmas concert  
Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra At Temple Square  The First Noel  
Harry Christophers & The Sixteen  In the Bleak Midwinter  
Cambridge Singers, John Rutter & City of London Sinfonia  Love came down at Christmas  
Luciano Pavarotti  Agnus Dei  
Academy of St. Martin In the Fields, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus & Sir Neville Marriner  Ding Dong! Merrily On High  
Debra Torok  Christmas Music: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen  
Eugene Corporon & North Texas University Wind Ensemble  Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol  
Cleveland Sinfonia Sacra & Frances Gress Burmeister  The Nativity According to St. Luke: Nowel (Chorus)  
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks  Christ Was Born On Christmas Day  
Antoni Wit, Olga Pasichnik, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Polish Radio Choir of Kraków  Twenty Polish Christmas Carols: Lullaby, Jesus  
St.Elijah Childrens Choir  Sleep, O Jesus (Christmas Carol)  
Robert Shaw & Robert Shaw Chamber Singers  Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: This Little Babe  
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengan Jansson, Markus Leoson & Svante Henryson  Noel  
Harry Christophers & The Sixteen  The Sussex Carol  
Alfred Deller & The Deller Consort  Here We Come A-Wassailing  
Vienna Boys Choir, Peter Marschik & Instrumental Ensemble  Es Wird Schon Glei Dumpa  
Luciano Pavarotti, London Voices, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Kurt Herbert Adler  Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)  
MONKS CHOIR OF KIEV-PECHERSK LAVRA  Christmas Carol  
Concerto delle Donne  The Nativity of Christ: Noël - Où s'en vont ces gays bergers?  
Benjamin Nicholas  Welcome, Yule!  
English String Orchestra & William Boughton  Sir Roger de Coverley: A Christmas Dance  
Gavin Sutherland & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra  A Carol Symphony: I. Allegro energico  

Comment:

Christmas pop songs are plenty of fun, but if you want to cut right to the core of what the holiday is all about, you’ve got to go straight to the source: classical music. Not only were these carols, arias, and hymns written specifically to tell the traditional Christmas tale — you know, the manger, the Three Wise Men, the whole deal — they’ve stood the test of time. How many other songs have stayed in the public consciousness for centuries, after all? Whether you know these classic songs from their original sources or their endless adaptations into pop culture, they’re an indelible part of the season. And we’ve gathered up the most vital versions of these Yuletide tunes, by classical music’s mightiest men and women, to bring you the classiest Christmas you’ve ever heard!
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