Classical Christmas [Laserlight Box Set 1999]

• Release Date: 1999

Performances

Composer	Title	Time
John Francis Wade	O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)	2:43
Lewis Redner	O Little Town of Bethlehem	4:06
Lowell Mason	Joy to the World	3:04
Christmas Traditional	El Cant dels ocells (Carol of the Birds), carol (Catalan)	2:53
Christmas Traditional	Angels We Have Heard on High	3:51
Adolphe Adam	Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra "O Holy Night"	5:14
Christmas Traditional	O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German)	3:08
Christmas Traditional	The First Nowell (English)	5:04
Christmas Traditional	Da droben vom Berge (Austrian)	3:34
James Pierpont	Jingle Bells	2:07
Franz Xaver Gruber	Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)	4:05
Felix Mendelssohn	Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival)	2:56
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Symphony)	3:29
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Comfort ye my people)	3:00
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Ev'ry valley shall be exalted)	3:31
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed)	2:49
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Thus saith the Lord of Hosts)	1:33
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (But who may abide the day of his coming)	4:48
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (And he shall purify)	2:15
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Behold, a virgin shall conceive)	0:24
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (O thou that tellest good tidings)	3:30
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (O thou that tellest good tidings)	1:28
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (For behold, darkness shall cover)	2:29
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (The people that walked in darkness)	4:02
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (For unto us a child is born)	3:52
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Pastoral Symphony)	3:08
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (There were shepherds abiding in the fields)	1:35
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Glory to God in the highest)	1:51
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion)	4:55
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Then shall the eyes of the blind)	0:29
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (He shall feed his flock)	6:11
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (His yoke is easy, his burden is light)	2:14
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Hallelujah!)	3:36
Johann Sebastian Bach	Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major (WTC I/1), BWV 846 (BC L80) (Prelude in C)	2:19
Antonio Vivaldi	Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4), Op. 8/4, RV 297 (Largo)	2:18
Anonymous	Pastorale (Andantino dolce e scorrevole), for harp (tune: Greensleeves)	3:06
Johann Sebastian Bach	Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 (Largo)	3:01
Giovanni Battista Pescetti	Sonata for harp in C minor (Andantino espressivo)	5:05
Johann Sebastian Bach	Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 2 in C minor (WTC I/2), BWV 847 (BC L81) (Prelude in C minor)	1:52
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332 (K. 300k) (Adagio in B major)	4:22
George Frederick Handel	Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, No.7 in G minor, HWV 432 (Passacaglia in G minor)	5:46
François Couperin	Le Tic-Toc-Choc, ou les Maillotins, for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, III, 18e ordre)	2:38
Mikhail Glinka	Nocturne, for harp (or piano) in E flat major, G. vi62	4:37
Robert Schumann	Kinderszenen No. 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7	2:15
Mikhail Glinka	Variations on a theme of Mozart, for piano (or harp) in E flat major, G. vi13	9:28
Gabriel Fauré	Après un rêve ("Dans un sommeil"), song for voice & piano, Op. 7/1	3:14
Gabriel Fauré	Impromptu for harp in D flat major, Op. 86	9:51
Claude Debussy	Clair de lune, for orchestra or other arrangement (from "Suite Bergamasque" for piano), L. 75/3	4:40
Gregorian Chant	Dominus dixet Dominus	4:10
Gregorian Chant	Christus natus est nobis	4:13
Gregorian Chant	Christe Redemptor omnium, hymn in mode 1	2:30
Gregorian Chant	Angelus ad pastores ait	4:44
Rod McKuen	So That We'll Remember, voluntary for organ	1:45
Gregorian Chant	Allelilia Dies Sanctifcatus	2:29
Gregorian Chant	Ave Regina	3:27
Gregorian Chant	Ave Maris stella, hymn for the Assumption of Mary in mode 1 (Liber Cantualis No. 73)	3:10
Gregorian Chant	Dominus Jesu Christie	4:18
Wilfred Martin	Variations for organ on a Theme, No 4, voluntary & chorale for organ	2:49
Gregorian Chant	In Paradisum Angeli	2:31
Gregorian Chant	Alleluia	3:44
Gregorian Chant	Kyrie	2:09
Gregorian Chant	Office de Noel	5:19
Rod McKuen	So That We'll Remember, voluntary for organ	1:45
Gregorian Chant	Salve dies dierum gloria (Easter Procession)	3:53
Gregorian Chant	Alleluia Domino benedicamos	2:32
Gregorian Chant	Ave Maria, Antiphon in Mode I	4:06
Rod McKuen	Church Windows	2:46
Johann Sebastian Bach	In dulci jubilo (II), chorale prelude for organ, BWV 729 (BC K115)	2:30
John E. West	Fantasy on Two Well-Known Christmas Carols	7:25
Bertram Luard-Selby	A Christmas Pastorale	6:32
Christmas Traditional	Angels We Have Heard on High	2:18
William Thomas Best	Quem vidistis, pastores	3:39
James R. Murray	Away in a Manger	2:10
William Faulkes	Fantasia on old Christmas Carols	5:50
Franz Xaver Gruber	Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)	3:04
Jacques Nicolas	Chorus of Shepherds	2:02
Felix Mendelssohn	Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival)	1:56
William Thomas Best	Venite in Bethlehem	3:54
John Francis Wade	O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)	2:36
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (No. 2. March)	2:46
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (No. 4. Dance)	6:02
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (No. 5. Scene and The Grandfather Dance)	7:08
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (No. 6. Scene)	7:06
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (No. 7. Scene)	3:30
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (No. 8. Scene)	3:50
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (No. 12 Divertissement)	11:59
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (No. 13. Waltz of the Flowers)	6:37
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (No. 14. Pas de deux)	9:23
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 (No. 15. Closing Waltz and Grand Finale)	5:17
Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky	Sonata Natalis in C	4:02
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (And the glory of the Lord)	3:07
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (And He shall purify)	2:21
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (For unto us a Child is born)	4:06
Johann Sebastian Bach	Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7) (Sinfonia in G major)	5:30
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (All we like sheep have gone astray)	4:14
Francesco Manfredini	Concerto Grosso in C major, Op. 3/12 "Christmas Pastorale"	7:27
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Hallelujah)	3:50
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Pastoral Symphony)	3:19
George Frederick Handel	Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Worthy is the Lamb)	7:27
Arcangelo Corelli	Concerto Grosso in G minor ("Christmas Concerto"), Op. 6/8 (Allegro)	5:23
Arcangelo Corelli	Concerto Grosso in G minor ("Christmas Concerto"), Op. 6/8 (Largo)	3:29
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618	2:57
Johann Sebastian Bach	Cantata No. 214, "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erchallet, Trompeten!" BWV 214 (BC G19) (Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!)	7:25
Johann Ludwig Krebs	Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for trumpet & organ	3:33
Johann Sebastian Bach	Wie schön leuchtet uns der Morgenstern (I), chorale prelude for organ, BWV 739 (BC K97)	4:38
Johann Sebastian Bach	Cantata No. 4, "Christ lag in Todes Banden," BWV 4 (BCA 54) (Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn)	2:18
Johann Sebastian Bach	Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Schübler Chorale No. 1), BWV 645 (BC K22)	5:08
Johann Sebastian Bach	Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, chorale prelude for organ (Schübler Chorale No. 6), BWV 650 (BC K27)	3:50
Johann Michael Bach	In Dulci Jubilo, for organ	1:57
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann	Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, chorale for corno da caccia & organ	3:17
John Alcock	Voluntary for organ & trumpet in D major	4:25
Johann Sebastian Bach	Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (VII), chorale prelude for organ, BWV 711 (BC K140)	3:24
Johann Ludwig Krebs	Herzlich Lieb Hab Ich Dich, O Herr, chorale prelude for trumpet & organ	6:53
Johann Sebastian Bach	Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (I), canonic variations on the Christmas hymn for organ, BWV 769	11:36
Michel Corrette	Concerto for trumpet, corno da caccia & organ in E flat major "Noël Allemand"	7:24
Johann Sebastian Bach	Cantata No. 214, "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erchallet, Trompeten!" BWV 214 (BC G19) (Tönet, ihr Pauken)	7:31
Johann Sebastian Bach	Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7) (Sinfonia)	5:34
Johann Sebastian Bach	In dulci jubilo, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 368 (BC F110)	2:40
Johann Sebastian Bach	Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7) (Großer Herr, o starker König)	4:47
Johann Sebastian Bach	Work(s) (Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, for chorus)	1:43
Johann Sebastian Bach	Cantata No. 143, "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele" (doubtful), BWV 143 (BC T99) (Hallelujah)	2:13
Johann Sebastian Bach	Jesu, meines Herzens Freud', chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 361 (BC F117.1)	3:10
Johann Sebastian Bach	Work(s) (Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, chorale prelude)	3:37
Johann Sebastian Bach	Work(s) (Gloria in excelsis deo, for chorus)	1:20
Johann Sebastian Bach	Wie wohl ist mir, O Freund der Seelen, aria for voice & continuo (AMN II/40; doubtful), BWV 517	1:38
Johann Sebastian Bach	Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, motet for chorus & organ, BWV 230 (BC C6)	6:08
Johann Sebastian Bach	Prelude and Fugue, for organ in G major, BWV 541 (BC J22)	7:15
Johann Sebastian Bach	Cantata No. 143, "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele" (doubtful), BWV 143 (BC T99) (Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ)	2:27
Johann Sebastian Bach	Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)	4:31
Johann Sebastian Bach	Cantata No. 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51 (BC A134) (Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren)	5:48
Johann Sebastian Bach	Work(s) (Freut euch und jubilieret, for chorus)	1:12
Hieronymus Praetorius	In dulci iubilo	2:16
Johann David Heinichen	Pastorale per la notte di natale, for orchestra in A major	4:55
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer	Sonata per chiesa et camera	7:07
Michael Praetorius	Jubilate Domino (from Musae Sioniae)	2:22
Arcangelo Corelli	Concerto Grosso in G minor ("Christmas Concerto"), Op. 6/8	15:38
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer	Sonata natalis	6:38
Johann Hermann Schein	Work(s) ([Unspecified] Vom Himmel hoch)	1:34
George Frederick Handel	Water Music Suites Nos 1-3 for orchestra, HWV 348-350 (Air)	3:40
Antonio Vivaldi	Concerto Il riposo, concerto per il Santissimo Natale, for violin, strings & continuo in E major, RV 270	8:49
George Frederick Handel	Brockes Passion (Der für die Sünde der Welt), oratorio, HWV 48 (Tochter Zion)	0:58
Giuseppe Torelli	Concerto a 4 in forma di Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale, for 2 violins, cello & continuo in G minor, Op. 8/6	6:50
Henry Purcell	Work(s) (Trumpet Tune and Air)	2:54