Merry Christmas
Perhaps no other holiday has been celebrated so beautifully and differently throughout the world as Christmas. The music celebrating this time of year is among the most beautiful and varied ever written. Most of the carols and selections included on this recording will be familiar, yet each captures the spirit of Christmas in its own unique way.
Label
Centaur Records
Year
2000
Works on This Recording
1. Joy to the World
by Lowell Mason
Period: Romantic
Written: 19th Century; USA
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
2. Carol of the Bells
by Traditional
Written: Ukraine
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
3. Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"
by Felix Mendelssohn
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Germany
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
4. What child is this?
by Traditional
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
5. When Christ Was Born
by Traditional
Written: Poland
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
6. Gesu Bambino
by Pietro Yon
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1917; USA
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
7. Christmas Bells
by Traditional
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
8. L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25: Excerpt(s)
by Hector Berlioz
Period: Romantic
Written: 1850-1854; France
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
9. Silent Night
by Franz Xaver Gruber
Period: Classical
Written: 1818; Austria
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
10. Welcome Sweet Christmas
by Traditional
Written: Norway
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
11. O come, O come Emmanuel
by Traditional
Period: Renaissance
Written: 15th Century; France
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
12. Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 13, Act 2 - Waltz of the Flowers
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
13. Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 12b, Act 2 - Arabian Dance "Coffee"
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
14. Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 12d, Act 2 - Russian Dance "Trepak"
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
15. Sleigh Ride
by Leroy Anderson
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1948; USA
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
16. Chorale Preludes (11) for Organ, Op. 122: no 8, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
by Johannes Brahms
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Austria
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church
17. We wish you a merry Christmas
by Traditional
Written: England
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
18. The first Noel
by Traditional
Written: England
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
19. Patapan
by Traditional
Period: Renaissance
Written: Burgundy, France
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
20. Rejoice and be merry
by Traditional
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
21. Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah!
by George Frideric Handel
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
22. Jingle Bells
by James Pierpont
Period: Romantic
Written: 1857; USA
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
23. Musae Sioniae: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen
by Michael Praetorius
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1609; Germany
Venue: 1st Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, Ill
