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Simon Preston, Choir of Westminster Abbey, Benjamin Britten, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, John Linton Gardner, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Felix Mendelssohn, Arthur Oldham, Elizabeth Poston - Christmas Carols - Weihnachtslieder - Chants De Noel - Choir of Westminster Abbey Preston

Simon Preston, Choir of Westminster Abbey, Benjamin Britten, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, John Linton Gardner, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Felix Mendelssohn, Arthur Oldham, Elizabeth Poston - Christmas Carols - Weihnachtslieder - Chants De Noel - Choir of Westminster Abbey Preston

Band: Simon Preston, Choir of Westminster Abbey, Benjamin Britten, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, John Linton Gardner, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Felix Mendelssohn, Arthur Oldham, Elizabeth Poston Title: Christmas Carols - Weihnachtslieder - Chants De Noel - Choir of Westminster Abbey Preston Rating: Release Date: 17 October, 1995 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Up! Awake! From Highest Mountain 2: Remember O Thou Man 3: There stood in heaven a linden tree 4: Alleluya, A New Work 5: Salve puerele 6: The Holly And The Ivy 7: Jesus Christ The Apple Tree 8: Resonet in laudibus 9: Ding Dong Merrily On High 10: Nowell 11: Alleluja! Freut euch 12: Up! Good Christian Folk, And Listen 13: In dulci jubilo 14: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 15: Puer Natus 16: Rocking 17: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day 18: Illuminare Jerusalem 19: A Shepherd's Carol 20: Good King Wenceslas

Customer Reviews Best classical Christmas carol CD we've got This is our favorite. We have dozens of classical carol CDs, from medieval to modern. Great selection, great performances. Some, including Rocking, Salve Puerule, Alleluja! Freuet Euch, and Puer Natus, are poignant enough to make you weep. The modern selections--a new setting of Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, for example--stay focused on Christmas spirit without falling into the wretched excesses choral music is prey to. And the standards, such as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, are delivered with admirable directness and good taste. My wife & I love this album. If we could have just two, it would be this and Carols from the Old & New Worlds (Hillier, Theatre of Voices), which complements Simon Preston's efforts--both CDs possess both freshness and an admirable gravitas--not an easy combination to come by. Listen to the audio snippets on this Web site. If your heart and your ears work, they should convince you. Traditional carols satisfy year after year I like the clarity of the choir and the variety of carols. This is the CD I listen to the most during the Christmas season. Some of them are straightforward renditions of carols with organ accompaniment. Others are choir only. Some were familiar to me and others were new to me when I bought the CD, but have become Christmas favorites. This is a good CD for those who are tired of the typical compendium of Christmas carols by listless artists. This one always has something new to offer at every listening. . You can see a complete list of all Simon Preston, Choir of Westminster Abbey, Benjamin Britten, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, John Linton Gardner, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Felix Mendelssohn, Arthur Oldham, Elizabeth Poston discography, or go back to the Simon Preston, Choir of Westminster Abbey, Benjamin Britten, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, John Linton Gardner, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Felix Mendelssohn, Arthur Oldham, Elizabeth Poston tabs