Celestial Christmas: A Special Collection of Seasonal Music

1. Conditor Alme Siderum - Anonymous

2. Introductio: Domine Ad Adiuvandum Me Festina Deus in Adiutorium from Ma - Claudio Monteverdi

3. Orfeo - Claudio Monteverdi

4. Fantasia: Three Parts on a Ground in D, Z - Henry Purcell

5. Pacem Domine

6. Gloria Patri et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto

7. Magnificat from Marienvesper - Claudio Monteverdi

8. Fantasia from Suite Nr. 2 in F - William Lawes

9. Adagio from Capirccio Stravagante - Carlo Farina

10. In Nomine from Suite Nr. 3 in B - William Lawes

11. Adagio from Stravagante - Carlo Farina

12. Hymnus: Ave Maris Stella from Mariensvesper - Claudio Monteverdi

13. Arioso from Capriccio for Harpsichord BMW - Johann Sebastian Bach

14. Chorales: Wie Soll Ich Dich Empfangen/Ach Mein Herzliebes Jeulein And/W - Johann Sebastian Bach

15. Sonatina from Cantata - Johann Sebastian Bach

16. Adagio from Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C Minor BMW 1060 - Johann Sebastian Bach

17. Chorale: Herr, Ich Hoff Je, du Werdest Die in Keiner Not Verlassen from - Johann Sebastian Bach

18. Largo E Piano from Concerto Grosso IV in a Minor, Op. 6 Nr.4

19. Chorale/Lobe Den Herren Was in Mir Ist, Lobe Den Namen from Cantata - Johann Sebastian Bach

20. Partitas 1, 2, 6 and 5 from Was Gott Tut, das Ist Wohlgetan - Johann Pachelbel

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Celestial Christmas: Special Collection Seasonal Music Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lassus | Lassus, Orlando di(Lasso) | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pachelbel | Pachelbel, Johann | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1980-1989 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Christmas Concerti ASIN: B000059WL7 Release Date: 1996-10-14

Tracks:

1. Conditor alme siderum (excerpt) - Capella antiqua Munchen/Konrad Ruhland
2. Intro: Domine ad adiuvandum me festina Deus in adiutorium from Marienvesper - Arnold-Schonberg Chor/Erwin G. Ortner/Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/Choralschola der...
3. L'Orfeo (excerpt) - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
4. Fantasia: Three parts on a ground in D, Z.731 - Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt
5. Da pacem Domine - Alsfelder Vokalensemble/Wolfgang Helbich
6. Gloria patri et filio et spiritui sancto - Alsfelder Vokalensemble/Wolfgang Helbich
7. Magnificat (excerpt) from Marienvesper - Arnold-Schonberg Chor/Erwin G. Ortner/Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/Choralschola der...
8. Fant from Ste No.2 in F - Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt
9. Adagio from Capriccio stravagante - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
10. In nomine from Ste No.3 in B - Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt
11. Adagio from Capriccio stravagante - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
12. Hymnus: Ave maris stella (excerpt) from Marienvesper - Arnold-Schonberg-Chor/Erwin G. Ortner/Tolzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden/Choralschola der...
13. Arioso from Capriccio for Hpd BWV 992 - Gustav Leonhardt
14. Chorales 'Wie soll ich dich empfangen', 'Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein' & 'Wir singen dir in... - Wiener Sangerknaben & Chor Viennensis/Hans Gillesberger/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
15. Sonatina from Cantata 106 - Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt
16. Adagio from Con for Two Hpd in c BWV 1060 - Leonhardt-Consort/Gustav Leonhardt
17. Chorale 'Herr, ich hoff' je, du werdest die in keiner Not verlassen' from Cantata 184 - Knabenchor Hannover/Heinz Hennig/Collegium Vocale Leitung/Philippe Herreweghe/Leonhardt-Consort...
18. Largo e pno from Con grosso IV in a, op.6 No.4 - Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
19. Chorale 'Lobe den Herren, was in mir ist, lobe den Namen' from Cantata 137 - Toelzer Knabenchor/Genhardt Schmidt-Gaden/Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
20. Partitas 1, 2, 6 & 5 from Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan - Siegfried Hildenbrand
21. Chorales 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' & 'Gloria sei dir gesungen' from Cantata 140 - Toelzer Knabenchor/Genhardt Schmidt-Gaden/Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
22. Chorale 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude' from Cantata 147 - Toelzer Knabenchor/Genhardt Schmidt-Gaden/Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
23. Var 1, 2 & 6 from Partita uber' Wenn wir in hocsten Noten sein' - Wilhelm Krumbach
24. Chorale 'Dein ist allein die Ehre' from Cantata 41 - Wiener Sangerknaben & Chor Viennensis/Hans Gillesberger/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
25. Chorale 'Alleluja! Gelobt sei Gott' from Cantata 110 - Toelzer Knabenchor/Genhardt Schmidt-Gaden/Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
26. Dona nobis pacem from Mass in b BWV 232 - Arnold-Schonberg-Chor/Erwin G. Ortner/Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
27. Var No.10 from Partite diverse sopra: Sei gegrut, Jesu gutig BWV 768 - Herbert Tachezi
28. Aus meines Herzens Grunde - Wilhelm Krumbach

Album Description

Celestial Christmas is a richly textured musical tapestry that gracefully weaves together selections of sacred choral and instrumental music from the High Renaissance and Baroque eras. The recording journeys through moods of tenderness, solemnity, and joy, as expressed by Johann Sebastian Bach in the numerous choral selections from his Christmas oratorios and cantatas, including the beloved 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' and 'Sleepers, Awake!' as well as the prayer for peace from the glorious 'Mass in B Minor'. Bach is also the featured composer in the many joyful instrumental pieces for harpsichord, flute, and organ. Also included in the program are many exceptionally beautiful pieces, both choral and instrumental, by Claudio Monteverdi, Orlande de Lassus, Henry Purcell, William Lawes, Carlo Farina, Johann Pachelbel, and Georg Friedrich Händel.

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Celestial Christmas 3: A Special Collection of Seasonal Works Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Corelli | Corelli, Arcangelo | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Locatelli, Pietro Antonio | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pachelbel | Pachelbel, Johann | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Christmas Concerti ASIN: B0000007X3 Release Date: 1992-11-03

Tracks:

1. Con Grosso Op.6 No.8 in g Christmas Con: Vivace-Grave
2. Con Grosso Op.6 No.8 in g Christmas Con: Allegro
3. Con Grosso Op.6 No.8 in g Christmas Con: Adagio-Allegro-Adagio
4. Con Grosso Op.6 No.8 in g Christmas Con: Vivace
5. Con Grosso Op.6 No.8 in g Christmas Con: Allegro
6. Con Grosso Op.6 No.8 in g Christmas Con: Pastorale
7. Sinf from Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
8. Con Grosso Op.3 No.12 in C Christmas Con: Largo
9. Con Grosso Op.3 No.12 in C Christmas Con: Largo
10. Con Grosso Op.3 No.12 in C Christmas Con: Allegro
11. Pastoral Symphony Pifa from The Messiah
12. Con Grosso Op.8 No.12 in d Christmas Con: Grave-Vivace
13. Con Grosso Op.8 No.12 in C Christmas Con: Largo
14. Con Grosso Op.8 No.12 in C Christmas Con: Vivace
15. Canon
16. Con Grosso Op.1 No.8 in f Christmas Con: Largo-Grave-Vivace
17. Con Grosso Op.1 No.8 in f Christmas Con: Grave
18. Con Grosso Op.1 No.8 in f Christmas Con: Largo-Andante
19. Con Grosso Op.1 No.8 in f Christmas Con: Andante
20. Con Grosso Op.1 No.8 in f Christmas Con: Pastorale
21. Winter from The Four Seasons Op.8 No.4: Allgro non molto
22. Winter from The Four Seasons Op.8 No.4: Largo
23. Winter from The Four Seasons Op.8 No.4: Allegro

Album Description

This special collection of seasonal works includes over an hour of the most moving and beautiful Christmas compositions of Europe's Baroque era. The instrumental music of Celestial Christmas 3 is a fabulous addition to any listener's compilation of Christmas recordings. Baroque instrumental music is distinguished by the all-pervasive basso continuo: an instrumental bass line played on a low melody instrument, with expressive harmonies created on keyboard, strings, or plucked instruments. Baroque music came to its pinnacle with the Italian and German composers of the seventeenth to mid-eighteenth centuries. Celestial Christmas 3 includes eight of those pre-eminent composers. Four Italian composers, Arcangelo Corelli, Francesco Maria Manfredini, Giuseppe Torelli and Pietro Locatelli, each provide a glorious Christmas Concerto. These are interspersed with three shorter pieces from German composers Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Handel and Johann Pachelbel. The spectacular montage comes to a grand conclusion with Antonio Vivaldi's stunning Winter from The Four Seasons. Each of the pieces is tremendously emotional; together, they are powerfully stirring. Even though the composers intended them as Christmas music, most listeners would not want to limit Celestial Christmas 3 to that season alone. Not only is the music itself gloriously gratifying, but the European orchestra and its conductor perform each piece with remarkable virtuosity.

This is the third in this series of Christmas recordings released by Celestial Harmonies, each offering a unique contribution to the joy of the Christmas season.

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Celestial Christmas 2: A Special Collection of Seasonal Melodies I Solisti Di Duino , and Antonio Pellegrino Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music | Ambient | Celtic | Environmental | General | International | Jazz | Meditation Music | Piano | World Dance General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00000DQJD Release Date: 1992-01-23

Tracks:

1. Little Drummer Boy
2. Silent Night, Holy Night
3. We wish You A Merry Christmas
4. Jingle Bells
5. Kommet, Ihr Hirten
6. Alle Jahre Wieder
7. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
8. Kling, Glokchen
9. The First Noel
10. O Du Frohliche
11. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
12. Adeste Fidelis O Come All Ye Faithful
13. O Tannenbaum
14. Good King Wenceslas
15. Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen
16. Get Up, Shepherds
17. Little Drummer Boy (Reprise)

Album Description

Celestial Harmonies continues its tradition of presenting classics for the holidays with the release of Celestial Christmas 2. While its popular predecessor, Celestial Christmas featured sacred choral and instrumental music from the High Renaissance and Baroque eras, Celestial Christmas 2 offers a special collection of seasonal favorites arranged in Baroque style performed by the musicians of the I Solisti Di Duino under the direction of conductor Antonio Pellegrino. This anthology of carols from the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries flows naturally, with rich orchestral arrangements and sparkling instrumental counterpoint unifying the many moods of Christmas. It sounds almost as if Johann Sebastian Bach or Antonio Vivaldi themselves have incorporated these beloved melodies into a festive holiday suite. Celestial Christmas 2 explores feelings of compassion, wonder, renewal, and joy through the masterful reworking of traditionals like Little Drummer Boy, Silent Night, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, O Tannenbaum, and The First Noel. In addition, the recording also offers a fresh perspective on the holidays with lesser known works like the seventeenth century Czechoslovakian carol Kommet Ihr Hirten, and the anonymous Sicilian shanty O du Frohliche.

Average customer rating: Clestial Christmas worth a million stars

Celestial Christmas: A Special Collection of Seasonal Music Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lassus | Lassus, Orlando di(Lasso) | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pachelbel | Pachelbel, Johann | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Forms & Genres | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1980-1989 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00000080O Release Date: 1991-10-16

Tracks:

1. Conditor Alme Siderum - Anonymous
2. Introductio: Domine Ad Adiuvandum Me Festina Deus in Adiutorium ... - Claudio Monteverdi
3. Orfeo - Claudio Monteverdi
4. Fantasia: Three Parts on a Ground in D, Z - Henry Purcell
5. Pacem Domine
6. Gloria Patri et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto
7. Magnificat from Marienvesper - Claudio Monteverdi
8. Fantasia from Suite Nr. 2 in F - William Lawes
9. Adagio from Capirccio Stravagante - Carlo Farina
10. In Nomine from Suite Nr. 3 in B - William Lawes
11. Adagio from Stravagante - Carlo Farina
12. Hymnus: Ave Maris Stella from Mariensvesper - Claudio Monteverdi
13. Arioso from Capriccio for Harpsichord BMW - Johann Sebastian Bach
14. Chorales: Wie Soll Ich Dich Empfangen/Ach Mein Herzliebes Jeulein And - Johann Sebastian Bach
15. Sonatina from Cantata - Johann Sebastian Bach
16. Adagio from Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C Minor BMW 1060 - Johann Sebastian Bach
17. Chorale: Herr, Ich Hoff Je, du Werdest Die in Keiner Not Verlassen ... - Johann Sebastian Bach
18. Largo E Piano from Concerto Grosso IV in a Minor, Op. 6 Nr.4
19. Chorale/Lobe Den Herren Was in Mir Ist, Lobe Den Namen from Cantata - Johann Sebastian Bach
20. Partitas 1, 2, 6 and 5 from Was Gott Tut, das Ist Wohlgetan - Johann Pachelbel
21. Chorales: Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme And/Gloria Sei Dir Gesungen - Johann Sebastian Bach
22. Chorale: Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude from Cantata - Johann Sebastian Bach
23. Variationen 1, 2 and 6 from Partita er/Wenn Wir in Hten ... - Johann Sebastian Bach
24. Chorale: Dein Ist Allein Die Ehre from Cantata - Johann Sebastian Bach
25. Chorale: Alleluja! Gelobt Sei Gott from Cantata - Johann Sebastian Bach
26. Dona Nobis Pacem from Mass in B Minor BWV 232 - Johann Sebastian Bach
27. Variation Nr. 10 from Partite Diverse Sopra: Sei GegrJesu ... - Johann Sebastian Bach
28. Aus Meines Herzens Grunde - Johann Christoph Bach

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Clestial Christmas worth a million stars.......2001-12-12

I have had this collection on cassette and have listened to it faithfully for years. I did not have a CD player at the time, and then it went out of print, so I am thrilled to find it here. The album is a sensitively made collection of music for Christmas, not all of it familiar, but all very well performed with a peaceful spirit. This CD is well worth the effort to get it.

Meditation Music:

1. Chromium Echoes [Import]
2. Chronicles
3. Closer to Far Away
4. Dance of Life
5. Dance of the Light
6. Distant Thunder
7. Eire: Isle of the Saints (A Celtic Odyssey)
8. Electric Voodooland
9. Encore on Ivory
10. Fantasy

Meditation Music

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Meditation Music

Observations [Import]

The Piano Music of Leos Janacek

Three Day Rain

Music: Bach: Canatas BWV 21 & 42

The Newton Boys: Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

There's One in Every Family

Unmasked

This Old Skin [CD-single] [Import]

The Orange Tree: Irish & French Canadian Roots

The Treasure of Faith: Hymns by Hans Adolph Brorson

The UA Years: 1969-1974

The Very Best of Macedonia

Tequila Sunrise [CD-single] [Explicit Lyrics]

Fire On The Mountain: Reggae Celebrates The Grateful Dead

Inspiration