Christmas Adagios
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Performer: Gerald FinleyComposer: Adolphe Adam
Composer: Franz [Vienna] Schubert
Composer: Harold Darke
Composer: Christmas Traditional
Composer: William James Kirkpatrick
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Hector Berlioz
Composer: Cesar Franck
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli
Composer: Pavel Chesnokov
Composer: Evghenie Humulescu
Composer: Henry John Gauntlett
Composer: Henry Walford Davies
Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber
Composer: Robert Cowper
Composer: Peter Cornelius
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2001-10-09
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- O Holy Night - Leontyne Price
- Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti
- In The Bleak Midwinter - Rosemary Joshua/Ian Bostridge
- Coventry Carol - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks
- Away In A Manger - Mark Tinkler
- Gabriel's Message - The Choir And Orchestra Of Clare College, Cambridge
- Pastoral Sinfonia - Academy Of St Martin In The Fields/Neville Marriner
- Il S'en Va Loin De La Terre - Acadamy And Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields/Neville Marriner
- Panis Angelicus - Kiri Te Kanawa
- Schlafe, Mein Liebster - Marilyn Horne
- Wiegenlied - Renata Tabaldi
- O Jesu So Meek - Simon Preston
- While Shepherds Watched - Stephen Cleobury
- Susser Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt - Agnes Giebel
- Lute Concerto, RV 93: Largo - Eduardo Fernandez
- Alma Redemptoris Mater - Julian Podger
- O Magnum Mysterium - John Angelo Messana
- Zastupnitse Userdnaya - St Petersburgh Chamber Choir/Nikolai Korniev
- Iubi-Te-voi (I Will Love Thee, O Lord) - Angela Gheorghiu/Romanian National CHamber Choir 'Madrigal'/Constantin Marin
- Once In Royal David's City - Robin Barter/David Briggs
- O Tannenbaum - Vienna Boys Choir/Uwe Christian Harrer
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks
- Stille Nacht - The Bach Choir/David Willcockes
- Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Katherine Fuge/Nicola Jenkin/Elinor Carter/Julian Podger
- Winter, RV 297: Largo - Alan Loveday
- The First Nowell - The Choir Of Kings College, Cambridge/David Willcocks
- In Dulci Jubilo - The Bach Choir/David Willcocks
- The Three Kings - Gerald Finley
- Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen - Monteverdi Choir
- Still, Still, Still - Ian Bostridge
- The Crown Of Roses - The Choir Of Clare College, Cambridge/John Rutter
- Christmas Concerto, Op.6 No.8: Largo Pastorale - Academy Of Saint Martin In The Fields/Neville Marriner
- The Lamb - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner
- Balulalow - Anthony Way/Lucy Wakeford/St Paul's Cathedral Choir/John Scott
- Ave Maria - Leontyne Price
- Mille Cherubini In Coro - Luciano Pavarotti
- Vesperae Solennes De Confessore, K.339: Laudate Dominum - Kiri Te Kanawa
- The Infant King - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks
- Lullaby My Jesus - The Choir Of Winchester Cathedral/David Hill
- What Child Is This? - Anthony Way/Tom Finucane
- The Tales Of Hoffmann: Barcarolle - L'Orchestra De La Suisse Romande/Richard Bonynge
- See Amid The Winter's Snow - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks
- The Blessed Son Of God - The Choir Of Winchester Cathedral/David Hill
- It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - Leontyne Price
- White Christmas - Kiri Te Kanawa/London Voices
Music reviews of Christmas Adagios
Music Review: A classical music lover's tranquil Christmas
Rating: 5 Stars
A Fascinating compilation of classical Christmas favorites. With 45 selections, you certainly get your money's worth!
And boy is this calming, relaxing music! A rather odd mix, however, of different recording qualities, which makes me think that some of these recordings are quite old. I wonder if Decca simply went through their catalog of classical music and just grabbed whatever was slow and had something to do with Christmas.
However, some of my very favorites are on these CDs, so I guess it doesn't matter what Decca's method was. Some of the recordings are quite nice.
The first recording of Leontyne Price, "O Holy Night," just doesn't fit our modern tastes for sopranos as she sounds a bit out of control and with a "vibrato you could drive truck through," as we say in my choral group. Perhaps this recording was made when she was past her prime?
However, the recordings by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields are marvelous. In particular, Berlioz' "Shepherd's Farewell," is superb.
We are also treated to the Bach Choir, the Choir of King's College, Renata Tebaldi, Marilyn Horne, Vienna Boys Choir, Monteverdi Choir, and Pavarotti.
In addition to great orchestral pieces by Vivaldi and Bach (Pastoral Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio), we also have wonderful carols and hymns such as "Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen," Stille Nacht," "Once in David's Royal City," and "In the Bleak Midwinter."
While wonderful pieces, there are several selection that are puzzling as Christmas selections: "Laudate Dominum" by Mozart, "The Lamb" by Tavener, and "Panis Angelicus" by Cesar Franck.
The CD ends with an inspired rendition of "White Christmas" by Irvin Berlin performed by Kiri Te Kanawa, whose warm soprano certainly does it justice, although it is the only non-classical piece on the CD.
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