Bah! Humbug!...No, really, have some humbugs. They're delicious.
| Maurice Ravel: Boléro NBC Symphony Orchestra; Guido Cantelli, conductor - Berlioz. Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14. Walter. Ravel. Boléro. Cantelli - Fonit Cetra Grandi Scelte |
| Donald Patriquin: Six Noëls Anciens Niagara Children’s Chorus, The Con Brio Choir; Stéphane Potvin, director - Goode Christemas Musicke - Furiant Records Special Products 
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| I. Venez, mes enfants
II. Une Vierge féconde III. Noël nouvelet IV. Nous voici dans la ville V. Quelle est cette odeur agréable? VI. Tous le Bourgeois de Châtres |
| Krešimir Baranović: Licitarsko srce (Gingerbread Heart) –Ballet music Beogradska filharmonija; Krešimir Baranović, conductor - Springtime in Yugoslavia - Lhotka, Baranović, Štolcer-Slavenski, Janáček. - Decca Eloquence |
| I. Na sajmu (At the Fair)
II. Ulaze dječaci i dejevojčice (Boys and Girls enter) III. Licitarske figure oživljavaju (The Gingerbread Figures come to life) IV. Pas de deux davaju Licitarskih Srca (Pas de deux of the Two Gingerbread Hearts) V. Izađe iz crkve (Outside the Church) VI. Proslava (Celebration) |
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| Paul Constantinescu: "Naşterea Domnului", Oratoriu Bizantin de Crăciun ("The Nativity", Byzantine Christmas Oratorio) Emilia Petrescu, soprano; Martha Kessler, mezzo soprano; Valentin Teodorian, tenor; Helge Bömches, bass; Corul și Filarmonica George Enescu; Mircea Basarab, conductor - Paul Constantinescu. The Nativity. - Olympia |
| Part I: Buna Vestire (The Annunciation)
Part II: Nașterea Domnului (The Nativity) Part III: Magii (The Magi) |
| Christmas Now is Drawing Near. English Folk Carols Sneake’s Noyse; Roddy Skeaping, director - Christmas Now is Drawing Near. Sneake's Noyse - Saydisc |
| 1. Christmas Now is Drawing Near: Advent
Collected by Ella Mary Leather & Ralph Vaughan Williams: Oh, Christmas now is drawing near at hand Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams: We’ve been awhile a-wandering (The Wassail Song) Collected by John Playford: The Waits 2. Sweet Jesus Born: The Nativity Anonymous, from a 1591 MS: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child (The Coventry Carol) Collected by Dr. Grattan Flood: Good people all, this Christmastime (The Wexford Carol) Anonymous, early 17th century: Sweet was the song the Virgin sang (The Lute Book Lullaby) 3. Down in Yon Forest: Christmas Legends Collected by Janet Blunt: As I sat on a sunny bank Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams: Down in yon forest Collected by Cecil James Sharp (1st tune) and Maude Karpeles & Pat Shaw (2nd tune): The holly and the ivy Collected by Cecil James Sharp: Joseph was an old man (The Cherry Tree Carol) Sir John Stainer: Cold was the day when in a garden bare 4. Tomorrow Shall Be my Dancing Day: Carol Roots Anonymous, 13th Century: English dance Anonymous, early 14th Century: Angelus ad Virginem Anonymous, first half of 15th Century: Hail Mary ful of grace Collected by William Sandys: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Collected by Edmundstone Duncan: The Furry Day Carol 5. Cold Winter is Come: Plenty and Poverty Found in Wynken de Worde’s Christmasse Carolles (1521): The boar’s head in hand bear I Collected by John Playford: Fy, nay, prithee John Collected by Frank Kidson: Cold winter is come Welsh tune, s.d.: Deck the halls with boughs of holly (Nos Galan) Collected by John Playford: All hail to the days (Drive the cold winter away) Collected by Lucy Etheldred Broadwood: As it fell out upon one day (Dives and Lazarus) 6. Remember, O Thou Man: The Christian Message Thomas Ravenscroft: Remember, O thou man Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Christmas night all Christians sing Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams: This is the truth sent from above 7. God Send You a Happy New Year: Farewell to Christmas Collected by John Playford: The old year now away is fled (Greensleeves) Collected by Lucy Etheldred Broadwood: Here we come a-wassailing (The Wassail Song) Collected by Cecil James Sharp: God bless you, merry gentlemen Collected by Ella Mary Leather & Ralph Vaughan Williams: Oh, Christmas now is drawing near at hand (reprise) |
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Spectacular! I believe Jesus would approve of this fine collection. Would Bolero make him squirm a little?
12:58 PM, December 19th, 2022