Christmas with the Academy

Christmas with the Academy

 Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
 Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
 Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus

  1. Past Three O'clock, carol (English Anonymous) 2:36
                                  Composer: Traditional

  2. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis) 2:39
                                  Composer: John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)

  3. Ding Dong! Merrily on high (French) 1:34
                                  Composer: Traditional

  4. In the bleak mid-winter 4:27
                                  Composer: Harold Edwin Darke (1888 - 1976)
                                  Performer: Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Rosemary Joshua (Soprano)

  5. Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, For the second Day
           of Christmas, BWV 248 (BC D7): No.10, Sinfonia in G major 2:22
                                  Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

  6. Once in Royal David's City 2:45
                              Composer: Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876)
                              Performer: Rosemary Joshua (Soprano)

  7. On Christmas Night "Sussex Carol" 1:31
                              Composer: Traditional

  8. Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (French) 4:24
                               Composer: Traditional

  9. Il est né, le divin enfant (French) 1:42
                               Composer: Christmas Traditional
                               Performer: Andrew Fowler-Watt (Tenor)

  10. L' Enfance du Christ, oratorio for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 basses,
       chorus & orchetsra ("trilogie sacrée") H. 130 (Op. 25) L'adieu des berbers
       à la Sainte Famille (Partie 2: La fuite en Egypte - Il s'en va loin de la terre) 4:19
                              Composer: Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1868)

  11. L' Enfance du Christ, oratorio for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 basses,
       chorus & orchetsra ("trilogie sacrée") H. 130 (Op. 25) / Partie 2: La fuite en
       Egypte - Le repos de la Sainte Famille  2:48
                                 Composer: Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1868)

  12. Musae Sioniae: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (Speierisches Gesangbuch, Köln, 1599)
       (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming), for chorus 2:24
                                 Composer: Michael Praetorious (1571 - 1621)

  13. Silent Night, heilige Nacht (Silent Night) 2:07
                                 Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863)
                                 Performer: John Birch (Organ)

  14. Still, still, still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian, German) 3:01
                                 Composer: Traditional
                                Orchestrated: Frank Spedding,   Performer: Ian Bostridge (Tenor)

  15. Singet und klinget, ihr Kinderlein 2:08
                                 Composer: Michael Praetorious (1571 - 1621)

  16. The Holly and the Ivy (English) 2:30
                                 Composer: Traditional
                                 Performer: Eleanor Boulter (Mezzo Soprano), Andrew Fowler-Watt (Tenor),
                                 Leslie Postle (Soprano), David Roper (Baritone)

  17. The Three Kings - Chorgesénge (3), Op.11: no 3, Die drei Fréhlingstage 2:32
                                 Composer: Peter Cornelius (comp.) (1824 - 1874)
                                 Performer: Gerald Finley (Baritone)

  18. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Day (English) 1:57
                                 Composer: Christmas Traditional

  19. Away in a manger (Tune: Cradle Song) (New English Hymnal 22) 2:22
                                 Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1921)
                                 Period: 20th Century,   Performer: Rosemary Joshua (Soprano)

  20. Christmas Song (Personent hodie), H 135 No.2 (On this day Earth shall ring)
        (Piae Cantiones) 1:41
                                 Composer: Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)

  21. In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones) (Gesangbuch von Joseph Klug, 14. Jhdt.) 2:29  
                                 Composer: Christmas Traditional

  22. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (The Apple Tree Carol) 2:58
                                 Composer: Elisabeth Poston (1905 - )

  23. Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing" - Church bells (adapted by W. H.
        Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival) 3:33
                                 Composer: Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)