2019 Christmas music playlist!

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Day 7 of 12.

THE CHRISTMAS STORY
Told in Plainchant, Motets, Dialogues & Folk Carols
Theatre of Voices
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Paul Hillier - director

Harmonia Mundi

 

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DREAM SEASON
The Christmas Harp
Yolanda Kondonassis - harp
Jurji Konje - percussion

Telarc

 

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CHRISTMAS WITH SONOS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
James Meredith - director

Well-Tempered Productions

 

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VERLEIH UNS FRIEDEN GNÄDIGLICH
16th - 17th Century German Protestant Church Music
Hille Perl - treble viol
Anna Maria Friman - soprano
Lee Santana - lute
Sirius Viols

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

 

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ALLELUIA NATIVITAS
Music and Carols for a Medieval Christmas
Pérotin - Smert - others
Orlando Consort

Metronome

 

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A TAPESTRY OF CAROLS
Maddy Prior
The Carnival Band

MHS via Saydisc

 

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CHRISTMAS VESPERS
Heinrich Schütz
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh - director

Archiv Produktion

 

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On the Eighth Day of Christmas...

SING WE NOW OF CHRISTMAS
Six Centuries of European Christmas Music
The Christmas Revels
John Langstaff - director

Revel Records

 

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Handel*, Leonard Bernstein, The New York Philharmonic* ‎– Messiah

CBS Masterworks ‎– M2S-603

• Baritone Vocals – William Warfield
• Choir – The Westminster Choir*
• Chorus Master – John Finley Williamson
• Composed By – Handel*
• Conductor – Leonard Bernstein
• Countertenor Vocals – Russell Oberlin
• Orchestra – The New York Philharmonic*
• Soprano Vocals – Adele Addison
• Tenor Vocals – David Lloyd

 

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'THE DREAM OF HEROD'
A Choral Poem based upon Vocal Works Ancient and Modern
Various and Sundry Composers, Ancient and Modern
Tenebrae
Nigel Short - director

Signum

 

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Intended for Advent, but misplaced (then and now)...

ILLUMINA
The Theme of Light in the Christian Tradition
Einojuhani Rautavaara - György Ligeti - William Byrd - Anonymous - Hildegard of Bingen - Thomas Tallis - Robert White - Sergei Rachmaninov - John Rutter - Gustav Holst - Giovanni Palestrina - Josquin Des Préz - Alexander Gretchaninov - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - William Henry Harris - Charles Wood
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Timothy Brown - director

Collegium

 

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THE HOLLY AND THE IVY
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
John Rutter - director

London

 

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As the Christmas season winds down the wife and I revisited some of our favorites yesterday.

 

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Day Nine

CHRISTMAS WITH CHANTICLEER
Vaughan Williams - Tavener - Distler - </b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Mäntyjärvi - Bold - Willan - Gruber - Traditional
Chanticleer
Dawn Upshaw - soprano
Joseph Jennings - music director

Teldec Classics

 

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VERLEIH UNS FRIEDEN GNÄDIGLICH
16th - 17th Century German Protestant Church Music
Hille Perl - treble viol
Anna Maria Friman - soprano
Lee Santana - lute
Sirius Viols

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

 

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Day Ten

MISSA "HODIE CHRISTUS NATUS EST"
Christmas Mass in Rome
Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina
Josquin - Victoria - Frescobaldi - D. Mazzocchi - Carissimi
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh - director

Archiv Produktion

 

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WEIHNACHTSMUSIK DES BAROCK
Baroque Christmas Music
Bach - Handel - Purcell - Corelli - Torelli - Praetorius - Heinichen - Schmelzer - Schein - Vivaldi
Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble
Ludwig Güttler - director
New Bach Collegium Musicum
Max Pommer - director

Delta Music, GDR

 

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DAY 11

THE VERY BEST OF CHRISTMAS JAZZ
Verve Presents
Various Verve Artists

Verve

 

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@pmsummer

You spin up great stuff. Some of these titles are awesome!

 

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CAROLS & CAPERS
Maddy Prior
The Carnival Band

Park