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Christmas adagios [sound recording].

Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: 289 468 503-2 | DeccaPublication details: New York, NY : Decca, 2001.Description: 2 sound discs : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphletSubject(s):
Contents:
CD 1. O holy night -- Ave Maria / Schubert -- In the bleak midwinter -- Coventry carol -- Away in a manger -- Gabriel's message -- Pastoral sinfonia : from Christmas oratorio / J.S. Bach -- Il s'en va loin de la terre (Shepherds' farewell) : from L'enfance du Christ / Berlioz -- Panis angelicus -- Schlafe, mein Liebster (Slumber aria) : from Christmas oratorio -- Wiegenlied (Lullaby) / Brahms -- O Jesu so meek / J.S. Bach -- While shepherds watched -- Süsser Trost, mein Jesus kommt (excerpt) / J.S. Bach -- Largo : from Lute concerto / Vivaldi -- Alma redemptoris Mater / Palestrina -- O magnum mysterium / Gabrieli -- Zastupnitse userdnaya (Zealous protectress) -- Iubi-Te-voi (I will love thee, O Lord) -- Once in royal David's city -- O Tannenbaum -- O little town of Bethlehem.
CD 2. Stille Nacht (Silent night) -- Gloria in excelsis Deo -- Largo : from The four season, Winter / Vivaldi -- The first Nowell -- In dulci jubilo -- The three kings / Cornelius -- Es ist ein Ros entsprungen -- Still, still, still -- The crown of roses -- Largo pastorale : from "Christmas" concerto / Corelli -- The lamb / Tavener -- Balulalow : from A ceremony of carols / Britten -- Ave Maria / Bach, Gounod -- Mille cherubini in coro -- Laudate Dominum : from Vesperae solennes de confessore / Mozart -- The infant King (lullaby) -- Lullaby my Jesus / Warlock -- What child is this? (Greensleeves) -- Barcarolle : from The tales of Hoffmann / Offenbach -- See amid the winter's snow -- The blessed Son of God / Vaughan Williams -- It came upon the midnight clear -- White Christmas.
Various artists.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Some of the most beautiful and stirring seasonal melodies in the classical repertoire are collected in this special two-CD set. Christmas Adagios features 45 songs for the holiday season, performed by some of the world's leading ensembles and vocalists. Selections include "Ave Maria" by Luciano Pavarotti, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" by Leontyne Price, "O Tannenbaum" by the Vienna Boys' Choir and Uwe Christian Harrer, "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Rosemary Joshua and Ian Bostridge, "See Amid the Winter's Snow" by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and many more. ~ Mark Deming

Classical artists performing popular and classical Christmas music.

Compact discs.

CD 1. O holy night -- Ave Maria / Schubert -- In the bleak midwinter -- Coventry carol -- Away in a manger -- Gabriel's message -- Pastoral sinfonia : from Christmas oratorio / J.S. Bach -- Il s'en va loin de la terre (Shepherds' farewell) : from L'enfance du Christ / Berlioz -- Panis angelicus -- Schlafe, mein Liebster (Slumber aria) : from Christmas oratorio -- Wiegenlied (Lullaby) / Brahms -- O Jesu so meek / J.S. Bach -- While shepherds watched -- Süsser Trost, mein Jesus kommt (excerpt) / J.S. Bach -- Largo : from Lute concerto / Vivaldi -- Alma redemptoris Mater / Palestrina -- O magnum mysterium / Gabrieli -- Zastupnitse userdnaya (Zealous protectress) -- Iubi-Te-voi (I will love thee, O Lord) -- Once in royal David's city -- O Tannenbaum -- O little town of Bethlehem.

CD 2. Stille Nacht (Silent night) -- Gloria in excelsis Deo -- Largo : from The four season, Winter / Vivaldi -- The first Nowell -- In dulci jubilo -- The three kings / Cornelius -- Es ist ein Ros entsprungen -- Still, still, still -- The crown of roses -- Largo pastorale : from "Christmas" concerto / Corelli -- The lamb / Tavener -- Balulalow : from A ceremony of carols / Britten -- Ave Maria / Bach, Gounod -- Mille cherubini in coro -- Laudate Dominum : from Vesperae solennes de confessore / Mozart -- The infant King (lullaby) -- Lullaby my Jesus / Warlock -- What child is this? (Greensleeves) -- Barcarolle : from The tales of Hoffmann / Offenbach -- See amid the winter's snow -- The blessed Son of God / Vaughan Williams -- It came upon the midnight clear -- White Christmas.

Various artists.

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