Under the leadership of Craig Leon, the Orchestre de’Auvergne surveys ten centuries of Christmas music in this ambitious project. Well-known favourites such as Away in a Manger and Silent Night appear alongside new gems to be discovered like Corde Natus Ex Parentis and Nesciens mater virgo virum.
Tracklist:
01. Joy to the Wolrd (Handel after Anonymous)
02. Silent Night, H.145a-g
03. Corde Natus Ex Parentis
04. Adeste Fidelis
05. The Sussex Carol
06. In the Bleak Midwinter, H. 73
07. Angelus ad Virginem
08. Il est né le divin enfant
09. Est ist ein Ros entsprungen
10. Herz und Mund und tat und Leben , BWV 147: X. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire
11. In dulci jubilo Gaudette
12. Gaudette
13. Sleepers Wake, BWV 140
14. Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)
15. Nesciens mater virgo virum
16. Veni, veni Emmanuel
17. Away in a Manger
18. Festgesang zum Gutenbergfest, WoO 9: II. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Composers:
Adam, Adolphe Charles (1803-56)
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Gruber, Franz (1826-71)
Gruber, Franz Xaver (1787-1863)
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Holst, Gustav Theodore (1874-1934)
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-47)
Mouton, Jean (c.1459-1522)
Murray, James R (1841-1905)
Praetorius, Michael (1571-1621)
Wade, John Francis (c.1711-86)
Personnel:
Orchestre d’Auvergne
Craig Leon (arrangements & direction)
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