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XMAS V: A Classical Christmas...L'Arte Del Mondo, Phoenix Chorale, Clare College Choir, Capella Romana, The Sixteen

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C. Michael Bailey

C. Michael Bailey

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Published: December 12, 2008

Personnel: Dana Bender, Cassandra Ewer, Laura Inman, Alison Chaney Mauro, Carol Platt Proudfoot, Riki Sloan, Danya Tiller: soprano voices; Andrew DeValk, Erik Gustafson, Stephen Hickman, Kevin Kriegel, Timothy Leffler, Joel M. Rinsema: tenor voices; Cora Blouch, Lyndsay Ermeling, Rita Litchfield Good, Holly Meyer, Amy Perciballi, Kira Rugen, Stephanie Stickford: alto voices; Sean Carter Campbell, Ryan Garrison, Joshua Hillmann, Matthew Scott, David Topping, Phil Yutzy: bass voices.

Ex Maria Virgine

Tracks: Ex Maria Virgine; Birthday Sleep; O, Do Not Move; A Nativity; Marieenhymne; O Thou Gentle Light; Angels.

Personnel: James McVinnie, Simon Thomas Jacobs: organ; Stefan Berkieta: baritone; Clare College Choir, Cambridge; Timothy Brown: director .

Kontakion on the Nativity and Carols by Richard Toensing

Tracks: Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: I. Proïmion - The Virgin gives birth today; Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: I. Stanza 1 - Bethlehem has opened Eden; Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: I. Stanza 2 - The Father of the Mother by intent became her Son; Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: I. Stanza 3 - O High King, what is there for you among the beggars?; Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: II. Stanza 4 - As she says such things in the presence of the Ineffable; Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: II. Stanza 6 - As Mary heard all these astonishing words; Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: II. Stanza 7 - Since they are your people, O Child; Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: III. Stanza 8 - Jesus, who is truly the Christ and also our God; Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: III. Stanza 9 - Receive, then, O Holy Lady; Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: IV. Stanza 10 - The Magi hastened at once to the inner room; Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: IV. Stanza 11 - "I will tell you," said Mary to the Magi; Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: IV. Stanza 22 - Now when She who is blameless saw the Magi; Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ: A Choral Concerto: IV. Stanza 24 (Epilogue) Save the World, O our Savior; O Nations, Let Us Now Prepare (Carol); Isaiah, As He Watched By Night (Carol); What Shall We Call You (Carol); Now hear, O Bethlehem (Carol); The Virgin, as was Said of Old (Carol); O Let Creation All Rejoice (Carol); Now Christ is Born Upon the Earth (Carol); The Rod of Jesse's Root has Bloomed (Carol); The Shepherds in the Fields (Carol); Once Sorrow had Silenced Zion's Harps (Carol); Make Glad, You Righteous (Carol).

Personnel: Cappella Romana.

Messiah

Tracks: Parts I, II, and III.

Personnel: Christopher Purves, Robert Evans, Simon Birchall, Katy Bircher, Andrew Lawrence-King, Sarah Connolly, Carolyn Sampson, Elin Manahan Thomas, Lynda Russell, Lynne Dawson, Mark Padmore, Crispian Steele-Perkins: performers; The Sixteen; Harry Christophers: director.

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