Merry Christmas!
Happy New Year!
Perry Como's Irish Christmas
Performers:
Adele King ("Twink")
The Glasnevin Musical Society
The Boys of the Palestrina Choir
The Artane Boys Band
RTE Concert Orchestra
Nick Pertio, music director, orchestra conductor and arranger
Dick Williams, choral director
A Little Bit of Ireland 0:00
Perito's march 0:32
If I Could Read Your Mind 3:44
Happy Holidays 8:21
We Need a Little Christmas 8:56
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas 10:50
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 11:28
The Bells of St. Mary's 12:47
Bless This House 13:32
The Little Drummer Boy 15:46
Sing to me Mr. C. 19:21
And I love you so 21:21
Catch a falling star 24:31
Round & Round 25:21
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) 25:50
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes 26:07
Mary's boy child 27:18
Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (An Irish Lullaby) 32:00
Suantrai 35:09
Christ Is Born 37:28
Sing along with me 40:18
Santa Claus is coming to town 41:23
White Christmas 42:50
Jingle bells 44:10
Cockles and mussels 46:27
If You're Irish Come Into The Parlour 50:03
When Irish Eyes are Smiling 51:30
Wind Beneath My Wings 54:26
O Little Town of Bethlehem 59:21
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 1:00:16
Silent Night 1:01:10
O Come, All Ye Faithful 1:02:06
O holy night 1:04:25
Toyland 1:07:30
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever 1:10:19
We wish you a Merry Christmas 1:11:39
Ave Maria 1:14:25
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever 1:18:33
Recorded live in concert at The Point Theater in Dublin, Ireland, January 1994
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Fantasia On Christmas Carols
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Baritone: Woodrow Bynum
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Christmas Concerto
Arcangelo Corelli
The pastoral strains of Corelli’s Christmas Concerto have been a festive mainstay since the work’s publication in 1714. Published as Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, the work was published posthumously and gained its Christmas name due to an inscription on the title page reading, ‘Fatto per la notte di Natale (made for the night of Christmas)’.
Performed by Musica Amphion
Conductor: Pieter-Jan Belder
Recored live on The Sunday Morning Concert, Sunday the 24th of December 2017 in Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
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Mooseburger Graduale 1360
Christmas Cantiones
Released: 1978
capella antiqua Munchen
Konrad Ruhland, director
Stereo LP
Instruments: Alto Recorder, Renaissance Flute, Vielles (Fiddles), Cittern, Lute, Psaltery, Hurdy-gurdy, Natural Trumpet, Tenor Crumhorn, Bells, Sleigh-bells, Tambourine, Large Drum.
00:00 Mos florentis venustatis
01:56 Gregis pastor Tytirus
03:22 Gaudeat ecclesia
05:24 Anni novi novitas
07:11 Nove geniture
09:59 Ecce nomen domini
12:00 Resultet plebs fidelis
14:37 Nunc angelorum gloria
17:43 Dies ista colitur
20:13 Ecce novus annus est
21:22 Verbum patris humanatur
23:07 Verbum patris humanatur
24:44 In natali summi regis
26:20 Dulces laudes tympano
27:47 Resonet in laudibus
33:50 Puer nobis nascitur
35:21 Florizet vox dulcisonans
37:34 Kyrie magne Deus potencie
42:04 Ite, benedicti
43:21 Surrexit Christus Hodie
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Christmas In Europe
Released: 1956
Mono LP
Various Artists
00:00 Silent Night, Holy Night (Austria)
03:11 O Tannenbaum (Germany)
04:51 La Noël Passage (France)
09:11 Piva Piva (Italy)
11:18 Good King Wenceslas (England)
13:55 Tout dort dans la nuit sombre (Switzerland)
16:43 El Belén Tocan a Fuego (Spain)
19:32 Adeste fideles (Netherlands)
22:26 De Herdertjes Lagen Bij Nachte O, Hoe Heerlijk (Netherlands)
24:08 Oh que de gens (France)
26:25 Ihr Kinderlein Kommet (Germany)
28:03 Away In A Manger (England)
30:47 Rin Rin (Spain)
32:49 Du Kaere Gamle Julemand (Denmark)
35:33 Tu scendi dalle stelle (Italy)
38:44 Süsser die Glocken nie klingen (Germany)
41:19 The Sound of the "Pummerin" (Germany)
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Ralph Flanagan
Holiday Inn
Released: 1959
Mono LP
00:00 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
02:23 White Christmas
05:12 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
07:35 I'll Be Home For Christmas
10:18 Winter Wonderland
12:29 Merry Merry Gentleman
15:29 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
17:48 June In January
20:58 Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer
23:08 Sleigh Ride
25:51 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
27:59 Skater's Swing
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Christmas at the Bachs
Hausmusik
Released: 1984
Stereo LP
Various Artists - As they appear: The Bach Ensemble/Chorus. Joseph Rifkin, director. Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord/conductor Leonardt Ensemble. Frans Brüggen, flute. Anner Bylsma, cello. Ludwig Güttler, Corno da caccia New Bach Collegium Musicum. Max Pommer, conductor. Claude Rippas, trumpet. Wolfgang Basch, trumpet. Wolfgang Rubsam, organ. Dresden Brass Consort. Stephen Hammer, oboe. Sigiswald Kuijken, violin/conductor. La Petite Bande. Tölzer Boys Choir. Collegium Aureum, Gerhardt Schmidt-Gaden, conductor.
00:00 Magnificat In D (BWV 243)
03:05 Concerto For Harpsichord In D Minor (BWV 1052) - Allegro
11:43 Art Of The Fugue (BWV 1080) - Canon 17
13:50 Suite No. 1 In D Minor BWV 218 (French)- Allemande
15:59 Suite No. 2 In A Minor BWV 807 (English) - Courante
18:09 Sonata For Flute In A (BWV 1032) - Vivace
23:47 Sonata In E Minor (Sonate Methodiche, Opera XIII) - Vivace
26:06 Concerto In D For Corno Da Caccia - Vivace
27:52 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (BWV 1047) - Allegro
33:16 Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (BWV 147)
36:48 In Dulci Jubilo 2:13
38:57 Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
39:53 Concerto For Oboe In D Minor - Adagio / Presto
46:17 Concerto For Violin In E (BWV 1042) - Allegro Assai
49:04 Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248)
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White Christmas
George Jenkins - The Christmas Strings
Released: 1959
Stereo LP
00:00 White Christmas
03:03 Silent Night
05:49 Come All Ye Faithful
08:12 Hark The Herald Angels Sing
10:35 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
13:43 O Little Town Of Bethlehem
15:46 Deck The Halls
19:32 Joy To The World
22:05 The First Noel
24:29 Good King Wenceslas
26:47 O Holy Night
29:44 We Three Kings
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Christmas Hymns And Carols
The Harmony Choristers
Released: 1957
Mono LP
Lehman Engel, conductor
00:00 Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly
00:58 Wassail Song
03:46 God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
04:56 Silent Night, Holy Night
07:18 Holy Day Holly Carol
08:55 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
10:23 Sing We Noel Once More
12:23 Good King Wenceslas
13:41 The First Nowell
15:06 Midwinter
17:49 We Three Kings Of Orient Are
19:21 Pat-A-Pan
20:33 O Little Town of Bethlehem
22:23 In Dulci Jubilo
24:39 Corpus Christi
27:45 O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
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On This Holy Night
Anita Kerr Singers
Released: 1958
Mono LP
Anita Kerr Singers: Anita Kerr, soprano; Dorothy Dillard, alto; Gil Wright, tenor; Louis Nunley, bass
00:00 On This Holy Night
03:15 Bring A Torch Jeanette, Isabella
05:41 The Coventry Carol
08:09 Deck The Halls
10:09 A Child Is Born In Bethlehem
12:57 Where Will The Baby Lay
15:44 Go, Tell It On The Mountains
17:41 The Cherry Tree Carol
21:01 Sleep, Sweet Jesus, Sleep
24:00 The Twelve Days of Christmas
28:02 Christmas Is The Day
30:15 Rise Up Shepherd and Foller
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Christmas Cantata
Antonio Caldera
Released: 1966
Stereo LP
Württembergisches Kammerorchester (Chamber Orchestra) Heilbronn. Rudolf Ewerhart, director. Gertraut Stoklassa, soprano. Marlee Sabo, soprano. Ingeborg Russ, alto. Georg Jelden, tenor.
----Amor Divino (Divine Love) Gertraut Stoklassa, soprano
----Pace (Peace) Marlee Sabo, soprano
----Giustitia (Justice) Ingeborg Russ, alto
----Core Umano (Human Heart) Georg Jelden, tenor
00:00 Sinfonia
04:06 Recitative: Core Umano
05:20 Aria: Core Umano
09:43 Recitative: Pace
10:46 Aria: Pace
13:46 Recitative: Pace & Amor Divino
14:01 Aria: Amor Divino
17:49 Recitative: Giustitia
18:53 Aria: Giustitia
22:31 Recitative: Core Umano & Giustitia
24:35 Aria: Giustitia
25:29 Recitative: Core Umano & Amor Divino
26:17 Aria: Core Umano
30:31 Recitative: Pace
33:50 Aria: Pace
35:58 Recitative: Giustitia & Pace
36:26 Duet: Pace & Giustitia
37:24 Recitative: Core Umano
38:23 Recitativo: Amor Divino & Core Umano
39:28 Aria: Amor Divino
41:57 Recitative: Pace
42:35 Aria: Pace
46:24 Recitative: Core Umano & Amor Divino
47:31 Aria: Amor Divino