6. once in Royal David's City 2:45 Composer: Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876) Date Written: 19th Century Country: England Performer: Rosemary Joshua (Soprano)
7. on Christmas Night "Sussex Carol" 1:31 Composer: Traditional Country: England Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus
8. Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (French) 4:24 Composer: Traditional Date Written: 17th Century Country: France Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
9. Il est né, le divin enfant (French) 1:42 Composer: Christmas Traditional Date Written: 15th Century Period: Renaissance Country: France Performer: Andrew Fowler-Watt (Tenor)
10. L' Enfance du Christ, oratorio for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 basses, chorus & orchetsra ("trilogie sacrée") H. 130 (Op. 25) L'adieu des berbers à la Sainte Famille (Partie 2: La fuite en Egypte - Il s'en va loin de la terre) 4:19 Composer: Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1868) Date Written: 1850-1854 Country: France Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
11. L' Enfance du Christ, oratorio for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 basses, chorus & orchetsra ("trilogie sacrée") H. 130 (Op. 25) / Partie 2: La fuite en Egypte - Le repos de la Sainte Famille 2:48 Composer: Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1868) Date Written: 1850-1854 Country: France Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
12. Musae Sioniae: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (Speierisches Gesangbuch, Köln, 1599) (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming), for chorus 2:24 Composer: Michael Praetorious (1571 - 1621) Date Written: by 1609 Country: Germany Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
13. Silent Night, heilige Nacht (Silent Night) 2:07 Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863) Date Written: 1818 Country: Austria Performer: John Birch (Organ)
14. Still, still, still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian, German) 3:01 Composer: Traditional Country: Austria Orchestrated: Frank Spedding Performer: Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
15. Singet und klinget, ihr Kinderlein 2:08 Composer: Michael Praetorious (1571 - 1621) Country: Germany Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
16. The Holly and the Ivy (English) 2:30 Composer: Traditional Country: England Performer: Eleanor Boulter (Mezzo Soprano), Andrew Fowler-Watt (Tenor), Leslie Postle (Soprano), David Roper (Baritone)
17. The Three Kings - Chorgesénge (3), Op. 11: no 3, Die drei Fréhlingstage 2:32 Composer: Peter Cornelius (comp.) (1824 - 1874) Date Written: 1871 Country: Munich, Germany Performer: Gerald Finley (Baritone)
18. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Day (English) 1:57 Composer: Christmas Traditional Date Written: 16th Century Country: England Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
19. Away in a manger (Tune: Cradle Song) (New English Hymnal 22) 2:22 Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1921) Period: 20th Century Country: USA Performer: Rosemary Joshua (Soprano)
20. Christmas Song (Personent hodie), H 135 No.2 (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones) 1:41 Composer: Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934) Date Written: ?1916-17 Period: 20th Century Country: England Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
21. In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones) (Gesangbuch von Joseph Klug, 14. Jhdt.) 2:29 Composer: Christmas Traditional Date Written: 12th Century Period: Medieval Country: Germany Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
22. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (The Apple Tree Carol) 2:58 Composer: Elisabeth Poston (1905 - ) Date Written: 1967 Period: 20th Century Country: England Language: English Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
23. Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing" - Church bells (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival) 3:33 Composer: Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Date Written: 1840 Country: Germany Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields |