Again Christmas holydays are ahead; time flies. Like every year here at the MIMIC-community, we have teamed up to present a collection of fine Christmas Music from the 14th through the 20th Centuries.
May you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Make your choice from this selection and enjoy the music!
~ Thomas Cadfael, Aart, Dutch Publisher and the rest of the Core Team ~
Anonymus c.1390
Cypriot Advent Antiphons
Huelgas ensemble & schola
Paul van Nevel - direction
Label: DHM RD 79772
Recorded June 1989
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Hildebrandston
German songwriters of the 15th century
Ferrara ensemble
Crawford Young - direction
Label: Arcana A35
Recorded November 1991
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Puer Natus Est
Gregorian Chant for the Advent
Schola Gregoriana, Bruges
Roger Deruwe - direction
Label: Talent DOM 2910 20
Published in 1995
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Medieval Carols
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly - direction
Label: Naxos 8.550751
Recorded December 1992
Courtesy of Thomas Cadfael
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Cristóbal de Morales (c1500-1553)
O Magnum Mysterium - Christmas Motets
Weser-Renaissance Bremen
Manfred Cordes - direction
Label: CPO 777 820-2
Recorded January 2013
Courtesy of Thomas Cadfael
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Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Christmas Mass
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips - direction
Label: Gimell 454 934-2
Published in 1998
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Renaissance Christmas Music
Motets, Carols, Songs
By Eccard, Walter and others
Elly Ameling & other soloists
Tölzer Knabenchor
Gerhardt Schmidt-Gaden - direction
Label: DHM 88843090002-3/4 (2CD)
Recorded in 1961 & 1965
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c1525-1594)
Missa Hodi Christus Natus Est
Magnificat Quinti Toni et al
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers - direction
Label: Coro COR16105 (© 2012)
Recorded February 2012
Courtesy of Thomas Cadfael
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O bone Jesu
Works of Monteverdi, Grandi, Gabrieli,
Frescobaldi and others
The Musicke Companye
Label: Intim Musik IMCD 079
Recorded November 2001
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Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1555-1612)
Alessandro Grandi (1586-1630)
Christmas in Venice
Musica Fiata & La Capella Ducale
Roland Wilson - direction
Label: DHM 88691944742
Recorded December 2011
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Vom Himmel Hoch - North German Christmas Music
Works of Buxtehude, Lübeck, Böhm and others
Knabenchor Hannover & Fiori Musicali
Harald Vogel - organist
Heinz Hennig - direction
Label: DHM 88697575812
Recorded in 1987 & 1988
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
Noëls and Christmas Motets
Aradia Ensemble
Kevin Mallon - direction
Label: Naxos 8.554514
Recorded January 1999
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Noëls and Christmas Motets Vol.2
Aradia Ensemble
Kevin Mallon - direction
Label: Naxos 8.557036
Recorded December 2001
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Beate est Maria
Les Passions
Jean-Marc Andrieu - direction
Label: Ligia 0202233-11
Recorded September 2011
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Angels and Shepherds
a 17th Century Christmas
Choir & Capella Figuralis
The Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven - direction
Label: Channel Classics CCS 15198
Recorded June 1999
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Johann Rosenmüller (c1619-1684)
Weihnachtshistorie
Cantus Cölln
Konrad Junghänel - direction
Label: Harmonia mundi HMC 901861
Published in 2004
Courtesy of Thomas Cadfael
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
In tempore Nativitatis
Cantatas BWV 110, BWV 151, BWV 63
Ricercar Consort
Philippe Pierlot - direction
Label: Mirare MIR243
Recorded November 2012
Courtesy of member Aart
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata, Preludia, Chorals,
Fughetten on Advent- and Christmas Songs
Lorenzo Ghielmi - organist
Ahrend organ, Milano
Label: DHM 05472 77278 2
Recorded May 1992
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat BWV 243, Cantata BWV 82
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Jeremy Summerly - direction
Northern Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Ward - direction
Label: Naxos 8.550763
Recorded Dec 1993 & March 1994
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Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Göttlichs Kind - Music for Advent & Christmas
Susanne Rydén and other vocalists
solistenensemble stimmkunst & Ensemble 94
Kay Johannsen - direction
Label: Carus 83.180 (© 2005)
Courtesy of Thomas Cadfael
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While shepherds watched
English Christmas Music from 1740-1830
Ensemble Psalmody
The Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman - direction
Label: Helios CDH55325 (CDA66924)
Recorded July 1996
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Marcos António Portugal (1762-1830)
Matinas de Natal, Rio de Janeiro 1811
Ensemble Turicum
Luiz Alves da Silva & Mathias Weibel
Label: Paraty 209.108 (2CD) (rec. 2009)
Courtesy of Thomas Cadfael
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Christmas Carols
Regensburger Domspatzen
Residenz-Kammerorchester München
Georg Ratzinger - direction
Label: DHM GD 77049
Recorded July 1987
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The Wonder of Christmas
Elora Festival Singers
Noel Edison - direction
Michael Bloss - organ
Label: Naxos 8.573421
Recorded May 2014
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Lux de caelo - Music for Christmas
Works of Praetorius, Mendelssohn,
Britten, Rutter and others
Choir of Clare College & The Dmitri Ensemble
Graham Ross - direction
Label: HMU 907615
Recorded January 2013
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Christmas with St. John's
Works of Chilcott, Rutter and others
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
Joseph Wicks - organist
Andrew Nethsingha - direction
Label: Signum SIGCD458
Recorded January 2016
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Christmas Carols
Musica Sacra
Richard Westenburg - direction
Label: DG 429 732-2
Recorded June 1987
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Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Christmas Eve, Night on Mount Triglav,
The Tsar's Bride, On teh Tomb
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Igor Golovschin - direction
Label: Naxos 8.553789 (digital download)
Recorded February 1996
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Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Motets pour le temps de Noël, Salve Regina
M.A. Charpentier - Messe de minuit pour Noël
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
City of London Sinfonia, George Guest
Label: Chandos CHAN 10048 X
Recorded July 1988
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Famous Christmas Carols
Works of Praetorius, Bach, Telemann
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Florian Helgath - direction
Francois Leleux - oboe
Label: BR Klassik 900507
Recorded in 2012 & 2013
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Nine Lessons & Carols
Works of Vaughan Williams, Willcocks,
Hurford, Reger, Rutter and others
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury - direction
Label: KGS 0001 / 2CD
Recorded 2010-2012
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Christmas Songbook
The King's Singers
Label: Signum SIGCD459
Recorded January & March 2016
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