Again, it's Christmas time. Counted from the start of our blog, we published over 200 seasonal recordings of Noëls, Magnificats, Advent and Christmas oratoria and related compositions, from the middle ages till today. We wish you all a merry Christmas, together with family and friends.
Thomas Cadfael & DutchPublisher
Student of Rembrandt (1646)
Works of Gibbons, Byrd, Dering, Grandi,
Peerson, Lawes, Jeffreys and Jenkins
The Ebor Singers
Chelys Consort of Viols
Paul Gameson - direction
Label: Resonus Classics RES10202
Recorded: March 2015
Kerstmuziek in de Nederlanden
Works of Van Eyck, Sweelinck,
Messaus, Padbrué and others
Capella Amsterdam
Jan Boeke - direction
Published in 1990
Label: Lindenberg LBCD19
Traditional folk carols, Motets
and other Dialogues and Chants
Theatre of Voices
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Paul Hillier - direction
Published in 2011
Label: harmonia mundi HMU 807565
Works of Clemens non Papa, Eccard, Handl, Hassler,
Praetorius and Vulpius
Stile Antico
Label: Harmonia mundi HMU 807575
Recorded: Feb 2015
Works of Osiander, Resinarius, Praetorius, Eccard, Hassler,
Stadlmayr, Lassus, Isaac and others
Miriam Feuersinger, soprano
Daniel Schreiber, tenor
Les Escapades
Label: Christophorus CHR 77387
Recorded: April/May 2015
Messe de Minuit, Noëls pour les instruments
In nativitatem Domini canticum
Ensemble vocal de Nantes
Ensemble instrumental
Paul Colléaux - direction
Recorded January 1985
Label: Arion ARN 68015
Gaetano Veneziano (1665-1716)
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Notturni, Sonata, Pastorale, Sinfonia
Ensemble Odyssee
Andrea Friggi - direction
Recorded May 2014
Label: Pan Classics PC 10307
Mit Johann Sebastian Bach durch
das Kirchenjahr. Advent und Weihnachten
Freiburger Musik Forum
Proff. Gerhard Dickel - direction
Published in 1996
Label: Ars Musici AM 1187-2 (2CD)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248
Lübecker Kantorei
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Karl Münchinger - direction
Recorded in September 1966
Label: Decca 455 410-2 (2CD)
Mendelssohn & JS Bach
Magnificats in D major
Yale Schola Cantorum, Yale Voxtet, Yale Collegium Players
Simon Carrington - direction
Label: Naxos 8.572161
Recorded: May-Sept 2008
17 century Hungarian Christmas
Carols from Transylvania
Ensemble Vagantes
Istvan Szabo - artistic director
Recorded
Label: Hungaroton HCD 32019
Thanks to Fran Solo
Traditional French Noëls in arrangements by Corrette,
Raison, Daquin, Charpentier, Gervais and Raison
Maîtrise de Radio France, Sofi Jeannin - direction
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch - direction
Label: Alpha 266
Recorded: Jan 2015
The Cherry Tree
Songs, Carols & Ballads for Christmas
Works of anonymous composers, Knapp and Billings
Anonymous 4
Label: Harmonia mundi HMU 807453
Recorded: Feb & Nov 2009
Thanks to original uploader
German and Italian Christmas Music
Works of Heinichen, Molter, Telemann,
Manfredini, Locatelli, Boccherini and others
Kammerorchester CPE Bach
Hartmut Haenchen - direction
Recorded June 1992 and March 1993
Label: Sony S2K 53266 (2CD)
Works of Cabezón, Victoria, Flecha, Morales, Encina,
Guerrero, Fernandes, Càrceres and others
Ensemble Phoenix Munich
Joel Frederiksen - direction
Label: deutsche harmonia mundi 19075802592
Recorded: March 2017
Simphonies des Noëls
Christmas Concerti of De Lalande,
Sammartini, Torelli, Pez,
Corelli and Charpentier
Les violons du Roy
Bernard Labadie - direction
Recorded December 1992
Label: Dorian DOR-90180
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Orgelwerke und
Weihnachtliche Choralvorspiele
Gerd Wachowski - organ
Three organs of St. Jacob, Rothenburg
Published in 1987
Label: MD+G L 3273
Works of Crüger, Eccard, Praetorius and Walter
Hanna Herfurtner (soprano), Daniel Jin-Kyu Noack (treble)
Jan Kobow, tenor
Staats- und Domchor Berlin, Lautten Compagney Berlin
Kai-Uwe Jirka - direction
Label: Sony 88985315612
Recorded: Jan/Feb 2016
Improvisations on Christmas carols
and organ works of Charpentier,
Bach, Franck and others
Erick Versloot - organ
Binvignat organ [1784], St Gerlachus, Houthem
Recorded August 1998
Label: Sunburst SBCD9805
Christmas Concertos
Works of Corelli, Tartini, Pez, Manfredini
Collegium Aureum
Franzjosef Maier - direction
Published in 1989
Label: Harmonia Mundi GD77048
A late romantic Christmas Eve
Works of Tchaikovsky, Schönberg, Wagner,
Karg-Elert, Waldteufel and others
Le Quatuor Romantique
Elena Fink - soprano
Recorded July 2010
Label: Ars Produktion ARS 38 086
An English Christmas
Carol Favorites by
Vaughan Williams, Rutter and Bax
Plymouth Festival Chorus & Orchestra
Bel Canto Voices
Philip Brunelle - direction
Label: Pro Arte CDD 347
Henri Carol (1910-1984)
Christmas carols
Olivier Vernet - organ
Tamburini organ at St. Charles; Monte-Carlo
Recorded December 2010
Label: Ligia Lidi 0104237-11
Follow that Star
Christmas Ballads from the American songbook
and other traditional Christmas carols
Vocal ensemble The Gents
Marimba Quartet Carrefour
Rubens Quartet; Minakov - double bass
Peter Dijkstra - direction
Recorded May 2003
Label: Channel Classics CCS 20498
