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listen  1. I Wonder as I Wander (Vocal)Andrew Parrott;Emily van Evera 2:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Villancico de navidadJohn Williams 3:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. O Little Town of Bethlehem (Vocal)Eileen Farrell 3:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Children's Prayer from Hansel and Gretel (Instrumental)Leonard Bernstein;New York Philharmonic 3:44$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (Voice)Frederica von Stade;André Previn 4:02$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. The Coventry Carol (Vocal)Eileen Farrell;Luther Henderson and his Orchestra 1:48$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Good People All, This Christmastide (Vocal)Andrew Parrott 3:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Watts's Cradle Hymn (Vocal)Emma Kirkby 5:58$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Pastoral ad libitum - Largo from Concerto Grosso in G minor Op. 6, No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" (Instrumental)Philharmonia Virtuosi;Richard Kapp;Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York 4:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. O Tannenbaum (Instrumental)Rita Ford's Music Boxes 1:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Vocal)Eileen Farrell 2:53$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Largo from Concerto in F minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 8 "L'Inverno" (Instrumental)Pinchas Zukerman;The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra 2:36$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Ave Maria (Vocal)The Philadelphia Orchestra;Eugene Ormandy;Robert Page;Temple University Concert Choir 4:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Pie Jesu from Requiem, Op. 48 (Vocal)Andrew Davis;Lucia Popp;The Philharmonia Orchestra 3:38$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. Ich steh' an deiner Krippen hier (I stand here by thy crib) (Choral) from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Vocal)Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart;Bach Collegium Stuttgart;Helmuth Rilling 1:08$0.99 Buy Track
listen16. Lullay My Liking (Vocal)E. Power Biggs;Gregg Smith Singers 4:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen17. What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) (Instrumental)Jean-Pierre Rampal 4:45$0.99 Buy Track
listen18. O Come, O Come, Emanuel (Vocal)The Philadelphia Orchestra;Eugene Ormandy 3:32$0.99 Buy Track
listen19. Silent Night (Voice)The Mormon Tabernacle Choir 4:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen20. Wiegenlied "Guten Abend, gut Nacht" Op. 49, No. 4 (Vocal)Angelika Kirchschlager 1:43$0.99 Buy Track


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listen  1. Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah, HWV 56 (Vocal)The Mormon Tabernacle Choir;The Philadelphia Orchestra;Eugene Ormandy 3:56$1.29 Buy Track
listen  2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Vocal)The Philadelphia Orchestra;Eugene Ormandy;Robert Page;Temple University Concert Choir 3:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Cantique de nöel (O Holy Night) (Voice)Placido Domingo;Luciano Pavarotti 3:52$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Instrumental)The Philadelphia Orchestra;Eugene Ormandy 3:18$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Carol of the Drum (Little Drummer Boy) (Vocal)The Mormon Tabernacle Choir 2:34$1.29 Buy Track
listen  6. Deus in adjutorium from Vespers Of The Blessed Virgin (1610) (Instrumental)The Canadian Brass;New York Philharmonic Brass;Boston Symphony Orchestra Brass;Kazuyoshi Akiyama 2:13$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Laudemus te from Gloria in D Major, RV 589 (Vocal)La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy 2:36$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. German Dance, K. 605, No. 3 "The Sleigh Ride" (Instrumental)New York Philharmonic;Leonard Bernstein 2:32$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly (Instrumental)The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble 1:04$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Vocal)Andrew Parrott 2:41$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Gesù BambinoMarilyn Horne;Columbia Symphony Orchestra 4:22$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Voice)The Mormon Tabernacle Choir 3:36$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. The First Noël (Instrumental)The Philadelphia Orchestra;Eugene Ormandy 3:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Ding Dong! Merrily On High (Vocal)The Choral Guild of Atlanta 2:01$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. March from The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (Act I) (Instrumental)The Philadelphia Orchestra;Eugene Ormandy 2:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen16. I. Allegro (Exsultate) from Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165 (158a) (Voice)Pinchas Zukerman 4:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen17. Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble;The Chicago Brass Ensemble 2:48$0.99 Buy Track
listen18. Die Menge der Engel (The Hosts of Angels) from Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi/History of the Birth of Jesus Christ, SWV 435, 435A (Excerpt)Kammerchor Stuttgart;Musica Fiata Köln;Barockorchester Stuttgart;Frieder Bernius 1:59$0.99 Buy Track
listen19. Joy To The World (Instrumental)The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble 1:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen20. Once, in Royal David's City (Vocal)Chestnut Brass Company 2:35$0.99 Buy Track
listen21. O Sanctissima (O du fröhliche) (Instrumental)The Philadelphia Orchestra;Eugene Ormandy 3:27$0.99 Buy Track
listen22. Angels We Have Heard On HighMarilyn Horne;Columbia Symphony Orchestra;The Mormon Tabernacle Choir 2:44$0.99 Buy Track
listen23. Magnificat from Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 (Vocal)Arleen Augér;Ann Murray;Helen Watts;Bach-Collegium Stuttgart;Helmuth Rilling 3:04$0.99 Buy Track


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On this CD:
  1. I Wonder As I Wander
    Composed by John Jacob Niles
    with Emily van Evera
    Conducted by Andrew Parrott

  2. Villancico de Navidad for guitar
    Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
    with John [guitar] Williams

  3. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
    Composed by Lewis Redner
    Performed by Columbia Symphony Orchestra
    with Marilyn Horne
    Conducted by Dr. Jerold D. Ottley

  4. Hänsel und Gretel, opera Children's Prayer
    Composed by Engelbert Humperdinck
    Performed by New York Philharmonic
    Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

  5. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming), for chorus
    Composed by Michael Praetorius
    with Frederica Von Stade
    Conducted by Andre Previn

  6. Coventry Carol (2) Lully, Lulla Thou Little
    Composed by Christmas Traditional
    with Eileen Farrell

  7. The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish)
    Composed by Christmas Traditional
    Conducted by Andrew Parrott

  8. Cradle ("Watt's") Hymn
    Composed by Isaac Watts
    with Tom Finucane, Emma Kirkby
    Conducted by Martin Neary

  9. Concerto Grosso in G minor ("Christmas Concerto"), Op. 6/8 Pastoral Ad Libitum - Largo
    Composed by Arcangelo Corelli
    with Philharmonia Virtuosi
    Conducted by Richard Kapp

  10. O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German)
    Composed by Christmas Traditional

  11. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
    Composed by Richard Storrs Willis
    with Eileen Farrell

  12. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4), Op. 8/4, RV 297 Largo
    Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
    Performed by St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
    Conducted by Pinchas Zukerman

  13. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    with Ayako Shinozaki

  14. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48 Pie Jesu
    Composed by Gabriel Faure
    Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
    with Lucia Popp
    Conducted by Andrew Davis

  15. Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7) Ich Steh' an deiner Krippen hier (I stand here by Thy crib) (Choral)
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performed by Stuttgart Bach Collegium
    Conducted by Helmuth Rilling

  16. Lullay my liking, for soprano & chorus, Op. 34/2, H. 129
    Composed by Gustav Holst
    with E. Power Biggs
    Conducted by Gregg Smith

  17. What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
    Composed by Christmas Traditional
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    with Jean-Pierre Rampal, Alexandre Lagoya
    Conducted by Michel Legrand

  18. O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, emmanuel), carol
    Composed by Christmas Traditional
    Conducted by Eugene Ormandy

  19. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)
    Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber
    with Alexander Schreiner

  20. Wiegenlied ("Guten Abend, gut Nacht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 49/4
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    with Helmut Deutsch, Angelika Kirchschlager

  21. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 Hallelujah Chorus
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    Conducted by Eugene Ormandy

  22. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival)
    Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
    Conducted by Eugene Ormandy

  23. Cantique de Noel for voice & orchestra, "O Holy Night"
    Composed by Adolphe Adam
    Performed by Vienna Symphony Orchestra
    with Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo
    Conducted by Steven Mercurio

  24. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Conducted by Eugene Ormandy

  25. The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum), carol
    Composed by Katherine K. Davis
    with Columbia Brass and Percussion Ensemble
    Conducted by Dr. Jerold D. Ottley

  26. Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 Deus in adjutorium
    Composed by Claudio Monteverdi
    with Canadian Brass

  27. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589 Laudemus te
    Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
    with La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy
    Conducted by Jean-Claude Malgoire

  28. German dance for orchestra in C major ("Die Schlittenfahrt"), K. 605/3
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed by New York Philharmonic
    Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

  29. Deck the Halls (Welsh)
    Composed by Christmas Traditional
    with Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

  30. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival)
    Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
    with Lucy Carolan
    Conducted by Andrew Parrott

  31. Gésu Bambino
    Composed by Pietro Yon
    Performed by Columbia Symphony Orchestra
    with Marilyn Horne
    Conducted by Dr. Jerold D. Ottley

  32. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)
    Composed by John Francis Wade
    with Alexander Schreiner
    Conducted by Richard P. Condie

  33. The First Nowell (English)
    Composed by Christmas Traditional
    Conducted by Eugene Ormandy

  34. Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)
    Composed by Christmas Traditional
    with Chestnut Brass Company, Anthony Newman

  35. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71 Act 1. March
    Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
    Conducted by Eugene Ormandy

  36. Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a) 1. Allegro (Exsultate)
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed by Mozart Festival Orchestra
    with Judith Blegen
    Conducted by Pinchas Zukerman

  37. Sacrae Symphoniae: No. 2: Canzon septimi toni, for 8 parts
    Composed by Giovanni Gabrieli
    with Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Cleveland Brass Ensemble

  38. Die Geburt unsers Herren Jesu Christi, for chorus, instruments & continuo, SWV 435 Die Menge der Engel
    Composed by Heinrich Schutz
    Performed by Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra
    Conducted by Frieder Bernius

  39. Joy to the World (theme by Handel)
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    with Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

  40. Once in Royal David's City
    Composed by Henry John Gauntlett
    with Ama Deus Ensemble, Wesley Parrott
    Conducted by Valentin Radu

  41. O du fröhliche (O Sanctissima)
    Composed by Christmas Traditional
    Conducted by Eugene Ormandy

  42. Angels We Have Heard on High
    Composed by Christmas Traditional
    Performed by Columbia Symphony Orchestra
    with Marilyn Horne
    Conducted by Dr. Jerold D. Ottley

  43. Magnificat, for 5 voices, 5-part chorus, orchestra & continuo in D major, BWV 243 (BC E14) Magnificat
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    with Helmuth Rilling


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4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, though maybe not 'ultimate', October 7, 2004
By Joni (Indiana) - See all my reviews
If you love Christmas as much as I do, you will probably enjoy this album. It features plenty of standard favorites - especially sung by the MoTab, who seem to be a holiday staple. I probably wouldn't pay $17.95 just to hear songs like 'The Little Drummer Boy' of 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas.'

What makes this compillation interesting is the liberal sprinkling of less traditional - or, anyway, less well-known - classical pieces. Vivaldi's 'Gloria', Corelli's 'Christmas Concerto', and the opera 'Hansel and Gretel' all make an appearance. The standout, in my mind, is the ethereally beautiful 'Watt's Cradle Hymn,' which I have never seen or heard anywhere else - that one song alone makes this album worth a listen.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not ultimate, but truly classical, November 18, 2003
By Boojidad (Seattle) - See all my reviews
Good mix of the expected ("Silent Night", "O Come All Ye Faithful", etc) and the unexpected (the Vivaldi Gloria, Gabrieli, Schutz). Kudos to the Sony team for uniform clarity & quality of sound, despite source material from 1959 through 1998. Word to the wise: the performance of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" credited to Marilyn Horne is actually by Eileen Farrell from her excellent "Carols for Christmas Eve" release. No disrespect to Ms Horne, who is well represented by two performances with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. If you're truly a classical music fan but don't mind a traditional carol or two, this is an excellent buy.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtakingly beautiful!, January 14, 2007
Over and over we played "Die Menge der Engel" - - it is stunningly beautiful! The loftiness of the voices, wonderful.

We loved the boys/children's choruses on many of the other pieces on the album. Duets by Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavorati - - magnifico!

It is a pleasant compilation of traditional favorites and awesome classical pieces that are worth listening to again and again.
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4.0 out of 5 stars All Time Christmas Album
A nice collection of a variety of Christmas music. Much is available separately, but it is nice to have it on one CD.
Published 19 days ago by Lzrdoc

5.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate is correct!

The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time lives up to its title. The range of music over time and mix of instrumental and vocal provides a harmonious backdrop to... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Ultimate!
It is a beautifully rendered and a varied selection of excellent choices. The best I've heard and I love it! My favorite Christmas album of all time.
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