Classical Christmas Songs

Adam: O Holy Night

Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler

Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy

Dame Joan Sutherland, The Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Anonymous: Unto us a Child is born

Jessye Norman, New York Choral Society, American Boy Choir, Empire Chamber Ensemble, Robert De Cormier

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Renée Fleming, Gregory Porter

Gruber: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht

Hilde Gueden, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Richard Rossmayer

Handel: Joy To The World

Dame Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Bizet: Agnus Dei, WD 40

Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler

Schubert: Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839

Jessye Norman, Geoffrey Parsons

Central Park Serenade

Renée Fleming, Gregory Porter

Anonymous: What child is this (Greensleeves) - Arr. John Williamson

Leontyne Price, Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Silver Bells

Renée Fleming, Kelli O'hara

Santa Lucia

Luciano Pavarotti, David Romano

Veni Veni Emmanuel

Hayley Westenra

Anonymous: Marche des rois

Wiener Sängerknaben, Ingomar Rainer, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Uwe Christian Harrer

Anonymous: Quanno nascette Ninno

Wiener Sängerknaben, Ingomar Rainer, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Uwe Christian Harrer

Traditional: Down in yon Forest

Andreas Scholl, Edin Karamazov, Stacey Shames, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Anonymous: Er is een kindeke geboren op aard'

Wiener Sängerknaben, Ingomar Rainer, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Uwe Christian Harrer

Happy Christmas (War Is Over)

Gareth Malone, Gareth Malone's Voices, Belfast Community Gospel Choir, Perranarworthal Hand Bell Ringers, Nick Shirm

Mercadante: - Qual Giglio Candido

Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler

The Christmas Waltz

Renée Fleming

Stradella: Pietà, Signore

Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Katherine Jenkins

Willis: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Dame Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Handel: - 1. Accompagnato: Comfort ye, My people

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Be Still My Soul

Katherine Jenkins, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Dodd

Still, Still, Still

Renée Fleming, Kurt Elling

A Child Is Born

Gareth Malone, Gareth Malone's Voices, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Catrin Finch, Eloise Irving, Geoff Lawson

Adam: Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)

Juan Diego Flórez, Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna, Michele Mariotti

Kirkpatrick: Away In A Manger

Choir Of Royal Holloway

Traditional: O Tannenbaum

Hilde Gueden, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Richard Rossmayer

Yon: Gesù Bambino

Luciano Pavarotti, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler

Who Knows Where The Time Goes

Renée Fleming, Brad Mehldau

Melichar: Mille cherubini in coro

Luciano Pavarotti, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler

M. Haydn: Heiligste Nacht

Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Uwe Christian Harrer, Ingomar Rainer

Franck: Panis Angelicus

José Carreras, Wiener Symphoniker, Uwe Christian Harrer, Michael G. Gormley

Gounod: Ave Maria: arr. from Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846

Renata Tebaldi, The Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Anton Guadagno

Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium

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Handel: - 7. Behold, a Virgin shall conceive 8. Aria:O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion 9. Coro

Huguette Tourangeau, The Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Melichar: Mille cherubini in coro (arr. after Schubert)

Renata Tebaldi, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Anton Guadagno

O Jesu mi dulcissime

Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna, Leone Magiera

Handel: - "There Were Shepherds...And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord... And The Angel Said Unto Them...And Suddenly"

Heather Harper, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Anonymous: Tu scendi dalle stelle

Luciano Pavarotti, Piccolo Coro Dell'antoniano, Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna, Leone Magiera

Anonymous: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen

Hilde Gueden, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Richard Rossmayer

J.S. Bach: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

Emma Johnson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Julian Reynolds

Sibelius: Giv mig ej glans, Op.1, No.4 (Give Me No Splendour)

Tom Krause, Irwin Gage

Traditional: Good King Wenceslas

Dame Joan Sutherland, Valda Aveling, Patricia Clarke, The Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Fauré: - IV. Pie Jesu

Angela Gheorghiu, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ion Marin

Anonymous: I Saw Three Ships

Jessye Norman, New York Choral Society, American Boy Choir, Empire Chamber Ensemble, Robert De Cormier

Wade: Adeste Fideles

Luciano Pavarotti, London Voices, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler

Gruber: Silent Night (Arr. Gjeilo)

Ola Gjeilo

Praetorius, : Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

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Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter (Arr. Gjeilo)

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Schubert: Ave Maria

Andreas Scholl, Tamar Halperin

Snowbound

Renée Fleming, Kurt Elling

Anonymous: Ding Dong! Merrily on High

The Bach Choir, John Scott, Sir David Willcocks

Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Fanfare

The Bach Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, David Corkhill, John Scott, Sir David Willcocks

Scarlatti: L'honestà negli amori - Già il sole dal Gange

Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna, Richard Bonynge

Handel: - He shall feed his Flock

Renée Fleming, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs

Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy

Jessye Norman, New York Choral Society, American Boy Choir, Empire Chamber Ensemble, Robert De Cormier

Handel: - But who may abide the day of his coming

Emma Kirkby, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Sweelinck: Hodie Christus Natus Est

The Bach Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter

Traditional: Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

The Bach Choir, John Scott, Sir David Willcocks

Britten: A New Year Carol

The Bach Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter

Davis: The most wonderful birthday of all

Kiri Te Kanawa, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis

Britten: - Variation 4: The Three Kings

The Purcell Singers, Benjamin Britten

Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Ingomar Rainer, Uwe Christian Harrer

Anonymous: Angels we have heard on high

Jessye Norman, New York Choral Society, American Boy Choir, Empire Chamber Ensemble, Robert De Cormier

Tavener: A Christmas Round

The Choir Of The Temple Church, Stephen Layton

Davis, Simeone, : The Little Drummer Boy

Kiri Te Kanawa, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis

Bononcini: - Per la Gloria

Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna, Richard Bonynge

Goss: See amid the winter's snow

Jessye Norman, New York Choral Society, American Boy Choir, Empire Chamber Ensemble, Robert De Cormier

Mussorgsky: Cradle Song

Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Igor Markevitch

Schubert: Ave Maria, D. 839

Luciano Pavarotti, Bono, Leone Magiera

Anonymous: Noël Nouvelet (Arr. Saylor)

Jessye Norman, St. Thomas Choir, New York, Riverside Choir, St. Barnabas Choir, Harry Huff, David Robertson

Wade: O come, all ye faithful

Kathleen Ferrier, The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Boyd Neel

Anonymous: Good Christian men rejoice

Jessye Norman, New York Choral Society, American Boy Choir, Empire Chamber Ensemble, Robert De Cormier

Handel: - "Thus Saith The Lord...But Who May Abide"

Emma Kirkby, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

J.S. Bach: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469

Peter Schreier, Ton Koopman, Jaap Ter Linden

Anonymous: Wintertide

Choir Of Royal Holloway

Hawes: Colours Of Christmas

Patrick Hawes

: Winter Wonderland

Kiri Te Kanawa, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis

Cornelius: The Three Kings

Gerald Finley, Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields Chorus, Sir Neville Marriner

Handel: - "Comfort ye, My People...Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"

Kenneth Mckellar, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Adrian Boult

Berlin: White Christmas

Kiri Te Kanawa, London Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis

Handel: - 5. "But who may abide the day of his coming"

Huguette Tourangeau, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Handel: - 14. Recitative: There were shepherds - Accompagnato: And lo, the angel of the Lord - Recitative: And the angel said unto them - Accompagnato: And suddenly

Dame Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger (Arr. Saylor)

Jessye Norman, American Boy Choir, David Robertson

Anonymous: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (Arr. Saylor)

Jessye Norman, St. Thomas Choir, New York, Riverside Choir, St. Barnabas Choir, David Robertson

Handel: - 2. "Ev'ry Valley shall be exalted"

Stuart Burrows, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis