The Ultimate Sacred Christmas Album ~ Ave Maria

Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer), Adolphe Adam (Composer), Cesar Franck (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Max Reger (Composer), Herbert von Karajan (Conductor), Kurt Adler (Conductor), Myung-Whun Chung (Conductor), Roger Norrington (Conductor), John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor), Barry Rose (Conductor), Uwe Christian Harrer (Conductor), Christopher Dearnley (Conductor), Karl Münchinger (Conductor), Henry Lewis (Conductor), Georg Solti (Conductor), Adrian Boult (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Herbert von Karajan, Kurt Adler, Myung-Whun Chung, Roger Norrington, John Eliot Gardiner, et al.
• Composer: Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Adolphe Adam, Cesar Franck, George Frederick Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, et al.
• Audio CD (October 10, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00004YWUA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,499 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #48 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Reger, Max

Track Listings

1. Ave Maria - Leontyne Price

2. Holy Night - Luciano Pavarotti

3. Panis Angelicus - Cecilia Bartoli

4. Ombra Mai Fu - Andreas Scholl

5. Alleluia - Sylvia McNair

6. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Chor Of St. Paul's Cathedral/Barry Rose

7. Ave Maria - Jose Carreras

8. See The Conqu'ring Hero Comes - Chor Of St. Paul's Cathedral/Christopher Dearnley

9. Maria Wiegenlied - Anne Sofie Von Otter

10. Jauchzet, Frohlocket! - Lebecker Kantorei

11. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Marilyn Horne

12. For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Chichago Chor/Sir Georg Solti

13. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion - Joan Sutherland

14. Hallelujah! - Chor Of St. Martin-In-The Fields/Sir Neville Marriner

15. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Kiri Te Kanawa

16. The Trumpet Shall Sound - Bryn Terfel

17. Amen - The English Chor/Trevor Pinnock

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

If you're already stocked up on your favorite Christmas carols but are looking for a nice solid anthology of sacred music, this one certainly has a lot of enjoyment to offer. True, a little more thought could have gone into this themed compilation. What does the Largo from Handel's opera Serse, featuring countertenor Andreas Scholl (his name consistently misspelled on the CD, by the way), have to do with the Yuletide season? No matter, it is after all one of the world's supreme melodies, and Scholl is part of the motley collection of big-name performers Decca has culled from its catalog for this release, which also includes Luciano Pavarotti, Cecilia Bartoli, Marilyn Horne, Bryn Terfel, et al. The anthology is weighted heavily toward the baroque, with a number of Bach selections and seven tracks from Messiah (another work that has by popular tradition become most associated with Christmas even though it was conceived as an Easter celebration). The latter make a sort of mini-anthology within this anthology, giving you a series of "ultimate" moments from Handel's masterpiece--but you certainly won't want to be without the entire work. --Herbert Fellows

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Ave Maria by Luciano Pavarotti

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome voices, December 24, 2003

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This CD is eloquent and so magnetically alluring. It begins with the ever so popular (sopranist) Ms. Leontyne Price's "Ave Maria" and finishes beautifully with the entire operatic voices of the English Choir in the song "Amen". I'm always floored by the voices of Ms. Leontyne Price and Mr. Jose Carrera. The instrumentalists and the great composing of many of the fine songs listed on this CD is superb; well job done by the conductors, very.

4.0 out of 5 stars Though not ultimate, still very good, December 21, 2008

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D. Carr (No. Calif., USA) - See all my reviews
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A very good sampler of classical sacred Christmas music, sung or performed by some of today's finest musicians and singers. Perhaps a bit too generous with selections from Handel's Messiah but all very well arranged and performed. If you liked the Ultimate Hymn CD you should like this Christmas companion.

4 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars prevision, October 23, 2000

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Kobus A W Kortmann (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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When I read what is on this CD and who performs it, I can not wait to order. Now only 4 stars, but I am sure that the 5th will be given after I heard this album. Kobus Kortmann