Celestial Christmas 4

1. Joy to the World

2. Once in Royal David's City

3. O Little Town of Bethlehem

4. Cherry Tree Carol

5. In the Bleak Midwinter

6. Sing Aloud

7. Away in a Manger

8. Joys Seven

9. I Wonder as I Wander

10. Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head

11. In Dulci Jubilo

12. O Little One Sweet

13. Rocking Carol

14. Ding Dong! Merrily on High

15. O Come All Ye Faithful

16. Coventry Carol

17. As I Outrode

18. Unto Us Is Born a Son

19. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

20. Silent Night

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Average customer rating: Spectacularly Arranged

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Tracks:

1. Alma Redemptoris Mater
2. Christe Redemptor
3. Mass Tu Es Petrus/Agnus Dei II
4. Missa de Beata Virgine Maria/Agnus Dei
5. O Quam Suavis Est
6. Pacem Domine
7. Salve Regina Mater Misericordiae
8. Innsbruck
9. Voluntary
10. Mass O Quam Gloriosum/Agnus Dei
11. Mass Tu Es Petrus/Agnus Dei I
12. Euge Bone Mass/Agnus Dei [Excerpt]
13. Fourth Pavan and Galliard
14. Herr Christ der Einz'ge Gottes Sohn
15. Hilf Gott, BWV 624/Chorale Prelude
16. Komm, Gott Schr
17. Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier, BWV 633/Chorale Prelude. Liebster ...
18. Gloria in D Major, RV. 588/Et in Terra Pax
19. Gloria in D Major, RV. 589/Et in Terra Pax
20. Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier, BWV 731/Chorale Prelude

Tracks:

1. Spem in Alium
2. Crucifixus
3. Crux Fidelis [Excerpt]
4. Ave Verum Corpus
5. Suite No. 5 in G Minor/Fantasie [Excerpt]
6. Lagrime di San Pietro /Vide Homo
7. Psalmus Poenitentialis V No. 1
8. Jesu Redemptor
9. Battell/The Buring of the Dead
10. Requiem Mass in Six Parts/Introitus /Kyrie/Agnus Dei
11. Requiem Mass/Introitus /Kyrie/Agnus Dei/Communio
12. Requiem/Agnus Dei/In Paradisum
13. Requiem, Op. 48/Offertoire /Sanctus
14. St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244/Recitative No. 71 /Chorale ...
15. Gelobet Seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 604/Chorale Prelude
16. Wenn Wir in Hten Nn Sein, BWV 641/Chorale Prelude

Customer Reviews:

Spectacularly Arranged.......2002-08-14

This is not your typical copulation of sacred classical music however it covers an eclectic selection of choirs and monasteries from east to west. Lots of Gregorian Chants balanced with treatises for pipe organ and other medieval and renaissance chorus. I highly recommend it whether you are in the mood for spiritual contemplation or just want to listen to something classicaly religious.

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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.

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

Customer Reviews:

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.

Average customer rating: Great Organ Improvisations

Celestial Christmas 5: Franz Lehrndorfer Plays Seasonal Music On The New Organ In The Dome At Munich Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Karg-Elert, Sigfrid | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Variations | Forms & Genres | 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 Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop 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 Pop Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B0000007XX Release Date: 1994-09-07

Tracks:

1. Praeludium und Fuge
2. Choralvorspiel Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 659
3. Fuga sopra Vom Himmel hoch da Komm' ich her BWV 700
4. Choralvorspiel Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich BWV 605
5. Choralvorspiel In dulci jubilo BWV 608
6. Aria Dein gro Lieb, o Jesulein Thema mit sechs Variationen
7. Pastorella
8. Pastorale
9. Offertoire (Nr. 4) sur le Noel: Nuit sombre, ton ombre vaut les plus beaux jours
10. Choralvorspiel Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
11. Choralvorspiel O laufet, ihr Hirten
12. Variationen uber O du frohliche
13. Choralvorspiel op. 65, 2 Aus meines Herzens Grunde (Pastorale)
14. Freie Improvisation uber In dulci jubilo

Album Description

Celestial Harmonies continues its tradition of presenting a special collection of Christmas music in Celestial Christmas 5, a beautiful and moving collection of seasonal organ music performed by Professor Franz Lehrndorfer on the new organ in the Dome Frauenkirche at Munich, Germany. It is, without doubt, one of the largest and most technically sophisticated organs ever built and is considered a sonic spectacular by those who have heard it. This awesomely powerful and moving sound is produced by 7,165 pipes ranging in height from two millimeters (less than 1/10 inch), to the largest, an incredible eighteen meters (approximately sixty feet), making the organ's overall size comparable to a six story building. At a cost of millions of dollars, the organ was built over three years as part of the first major reconstruction work performed on the Dome since the devastating bombing of World War II. This truly historic and innovative digital recording is the first made on the new organ. Completed over the course of three weeks by lifelong friends, engineer and producer Ulrich Kraus and Franz Lehrndorfer, it was recorded at night with the organ's master builder, Georg Jann, constantly on hand to provide tuning expertise. Through his classical variation and compositional techniques, Professor Franz Lehrndorfer articulates the music of Boehm, Bach, Murschhauser, Metsch, Gruenberger, Guilmant, and Karg-Elert, as well as his own compositions. Boehm helped to develop the Choralvorspiel, or Choral Prelude, and so influenced and taught much to Bach, who superseded the labors of his predecessors and contemporaries. Two of Bach's Choral Preludes, BWV 605 and BWV 608, are included in this outstanding release.

Customer Reviews:

Great Organ Improvisations.......2002-03-31

Just want to pass along if you like Organ Improvisations then this CD is for you. Franz Lehrndorfer is outstanding on the Munich Cathedral organ. Check out his other CDs as well.

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Celestial Christmas 4 Celestial Christmas Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B0000007XF Release Date: 1994-06-06

Tracks:

1. Joy To The World
2. Once In Royal David's City
3. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
4. Cherry Tree Carol
5. In The Bleak Midwinter
6. Sing Aloud
7. Away In A Manger
8. Joy's Seven
9. I Wonder As I Wander
10. Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head
11. In Dulci Jubilo
12. O Little One Sweet
13. Rocking Carol
14. Ding, Dong, Merrily On High
15. O Come All Ye Faithful
16. The Country Carol
17. As I Outrode
18. Unto Us Is Born A Son
19. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
20. Silent Night, Holy Night

Album Description

The glorious body of music written specifically for the Christmas season is unparalleled in Western civilization; no other event or time of year is as inextricably linked with music, especially with music of such quiet strength and emotion. Some traditional Christmas melodies like The Coventry Carol from England or Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head from the American Appalachian mountains (both included on this release) are enjoyed throughout the year; but for most listeners, these pieces conjure up the intimate and powerful sentiments of Christmas--the falling snow, a warm home, family, and friends. One of the biggest challenges with Christmas recordings is deciding what to include and what to omit. Celestial Harmonies has found an elegant solution--adding a volume to the Celestial Christmas series each year. The fourth CD in the series builds on the popular collections of sacred Renaissance and Baroque works of the first three volumes and branches out to include some later works. Included are some of the world's most beloved Christmas melodies--Away In A Manger, Silent Night, Holy Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, and several other favorites--side by side with some of the greatest composers of Western music. Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, and Gustav Holst all wrote heartfelt musical tributes to the Christmas season. Most Christmas traditions that we know come from three sources: Germany, England, and the United States. Appropriately, Celestial Christmas 4 focuses on the music of these three countries. The earliest works were collected and published in sixteenth century England, and probably date from medieval times. The most recent are the famous adaptations of Appalachian tunes by the pre-eminent American musicologist John Jacob Niles, published in the 1930s. In addition, traditional Christmas carols from France, Ireland, and Czechoslovakia are included. As with earlier Celestial Christmas recordings, this volume offers a carefully chosen progression of sounds and moods. Like so much music of the Christmas season, these works have an unusually broad appeal, naturally and gracefully bridging the gap between classical and popular music.

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Gregorian Chants Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Lassus | Lassus, Orlando di(Lasso) | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Vespers And Compline ASIN: B0000007Y1 Release Date: 1994-07-12

Tracks:

1. Conditor Alme Siderum, Evening Hymn For Advent
2. Nato Canunt Omnia, Sequence For Christmas
3. Cum Natus Esset Jesus (Matthew, Chapter 2 For Epiphany, 1-3 Voices)
4. Lumen Ad Revelationem And Nunc Dimittis, Hymn For Feb. 2nd, Antiphony And Canticum Simeonis...
5. Mittit Ad Virginem, Petrus Abaelardus
6. O Redemptor Sume Carmen, Hymn For Holy Thursday (Response And Verses)
7. Surrexit Dominus Vere (Response And Psalm 94)
8. Ad Coenam Agni Providi, Evening Hymn For Easter
9. Veni Sancte Spiritus, Sequence For Pentecost
10. Kyrie Fons Bonitatis
11. Aeterne Rerum Conditor
12. Te Deum Laudamus (Tonas Simplex)

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It took more than 1000 years, but Gregorian chant has finally made its way onto the pop music charts. After the phenomenal success of recent chant recordings, hundreds of thousand of listeners have been introduced to the beauty and mystery of this ancient form of singing. Gregorian chant was never meant to be a novelty item. This is a sacred tradition that has survived centuries of turmoil and in the past century some truly spectacular recordings of chant have been made. The CD reissue of Gregorian Chants, by Konrad Ruhland and the Capella Antiqua Muenchen, is a major event in the renaissance of this timeless music.

This recording was made in Germany in 1966, by one of the finest early music groups of the century. The Capella Antiqua Muenchen performs with a precision and spirit that allows the power, the majesty, and the meditative spiritual quality of the music to shine through. In many respects, it is the definitive recording of Gregorian Chants, as it presents works from the fourth through the fourteenth centuries, including a chant by the great fourth century theorist and musician Aurelius Ambrosius, better known as Saint Ambrose. In fact, the history of this music is inextricably linked with the history of Europe in the Christian era. Another important figure in Church history, the twelfth century scholar Petrus Abaelardus (Peter Abelard), is also represented here by one of his late Gregorian chants. The style itself is named for Pope Gregory the Great, under whose direction the liturgical chants were codified in the sixth century.

Despite the unprecedented public interest in recordings of Gregorian chant, this Gregorian Chants release from the Capella Antiqua Muenchen stands apart. The performances are first rate and the packaging avoids the slick, pop-music look of most recent chant CDs. The notes are by Konrad Ruhland himself, and give a useful overview of the checkered history of this music. With the careful digital remastering of this classic recording, Celestial Harmonies has insured that one of the finest performances of Gregorian chant will once again be available in an audiophile format.

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Magnum Mysterium, Vol. 1: Sacred Music Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Duruflé, Maurice | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Messiaen | Messiaen, Olivier | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Passions | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00008EV7X Release Date: 1991-10-16

Tracks:

1. Missa Pro Defunctis: Agnus Dei - Louis Halsey Singers/Louis Halsey
2. O Magnum Mysterium - St. John's College Chor, Cambridge/George Guest
3. Crucifixus For 8 Voices - St. John's College Chor, Cambridge/George Guest
4. Psalm 23 - St. John's College Chor, Cambridge/George Guest
5. Jesus, Meine Zuversicht, BWV 728: Chor Prld - Peter Herford
6. Expectans Expectavi - Ian Crabbe/St. John's College Chor, Cambridge/George Guest
7. Four Sacred Pieces: Ave Maria - Los Angeles Master Chor/Roger Wagner
8. Adagio - Peter Planyavsky
9. Ave Verum Corpus KV 618 - Peter White/Alastair Roberts/St. John's College Chor, Cambridge/George Guest
10. Trois Nouvelle Pieces, Op.87 No.2: Mystique - Jane Parker-Smith
11. Requiem, Op.48: In Paradisum - St. John's College Chor, Cambridge/George Guest
12. Requiem: Lux Aeterna - Westminster Cathedral Boys Chor/London Sym Chor/Richard Hickox
13. Le Banquet Celeste - Simon Preston
14. Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op.45: Selig Sind, Die Da Leid Tragen - Chor O fRadio Suisse Romande And Pro Arte De Lausanne/Ernest Ansermet
15. Org Son, Op.65 No.4: Andante Religioso - Roger Fisher
16. Matthaus-Passion BWV 244: O Haupt Voll Blut Und Wunden - Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chor/Gerhard Wilhelm

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