Xmas in Classical Performance·The Sounds of Spotify at Xmas

  1. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker

    06:55

  2. La Gioconda / Act 3: Dance Of The Hours

    Amilcare Ponchielli, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

    02:42

  3. Gaîté parisienne: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

    03:47

  4. Sylvia, Suite: 3. Pizzicati

    Léo Delibes, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

    02:08

  5. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: No. 10 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Arr. by Guillermo Figueroa)

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    03:21

  6. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Arr. for Piano)

    Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lang Lang

    05:36

  7. Les Sylphides: 7. Valse in C♯ minor, Op. 64, No. 2

    Frédéric Chopin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

    04:28

  8. Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D7: I. Adagio

    Georg Philipp Telemann, Alison Balsom, Balsom Ensemble

    02:08

  9. Tchaikovsky: "Nutcracker" Suite, Op. 71A: III. Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy

    Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra

    01:54

  10. Ave Maria

    Bach-Gounod, Phyllis Taylor Sparks, Phyllis Sparks

    02:54

  11. Silent Night

    Franz Xaver Gruber, The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter

    03:59

  12. Here Comes the Sun

    Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor

    02:50

  13. Happy Xmas (War is Over)

    Jake Shimabukuro, Yo-Yo Ma

    04:45

  14. Cantate, BuxWV 15: Alleluia

    Dietrich Buxtehude, Laurence Equilbey, Accentus, Concerto Köln

    02:51

  15. Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

    01:30

  16. Canon

    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown

    04:43

  17. The Nutcracker Suite

    Lang Lang

    03:59

  18. The Four Seasons, Winter, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8/4, RV 297: II. Largo

    Antonio Vivaldi, Michel Schwalbé, Eberhard Finke, Horst Gobel, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

    02:14

  19. Oratorio de Noel, Op. 12: Tollite hostias (Chorus)

    Camille Saint-Saëns, Britt Marie Aruhn, Anne Sofie von Otter, Ingmari Landin, Erland Hagegård, Ulf Lundmark, Mikaeli Chamber Choir, Karin Langebo, Bengt Forsberg, Royal Opera Theater Orchestra

    01:59

  20. Collect And Benedicamus Domino Vobiscum

    Anonymous, Charles Pott, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh

    01:35

  21. What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia

    04:18

  22. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    The Sixteen

    03:17

  23. Dance of the Tumblers from "The Snow Maiden"

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

    03:25

  24. Fasch: Trumpet Concerto in D Major, FWV L:D1: I. Allegro

    Johann Friedrich Fasch, Alison Balsom, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Academy of Ancient Music

    02:03

  25. Messe de Minuit, H. 9: Kyrie

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, Chorus Of Les Musiciens Du Louvre

    01:51

  26. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah"

    George Frideric Handel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Stockholm Chamber Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien

    03:37

  27. Jingle Bells (feat. Lang Lang)

    Pentatonix, Lang Lang

    02:46

  28. Canon en Ré Majeur

    Johann Pachelbel, Laurence Equilbey, Concerto Köln

    03:17

  29. Messa da Requiem: 2h. Ingemisco

    Giuseppe Verdi, Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

    03:35

  30. O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel)

    Adolphe Adam, The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter

    04:38

  31. Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 - Remastered

    Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung

    03:05

  32. Christmas Lullaby

    Arvo Pärt, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    02:27

  33. Missa "Hodie Christus natus est": 1. Kyrie

    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh

    02:41

  34. Romeo And Juliet, Ballet Suite No. 1 - Op. 64a:5: Masks

    Sergei Prokofiev, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung

    01:54

  35. Canción para la Navidad

    José Luis Perales, Rolando Villazón, Xavier De Maistre

    02:33

  36. The Wexford Carol

    Alison Krauss, Yo-Yo Ma, Natalie MacMaster

    04:20

  37. Torelli / Arr. Tarr: Sonata in D Major, G. 1: IV. Allegro

    Giuseppe Torelli, Alison Balsom, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Academy of Ancient Music

    01:36

  38. Faust, Ballet Music (1869): 6. Variations du miroir (Allegretto)

    Charles Gounod, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

    02:05

  39. Die Jahreszeiten - Hob. XXI:3 / Der Frühling: Nos.3&4 "Vom Widder strahlet jetzt"-"Schon eilet froh"

    Joseph Haydn, Thomas Quasthoff, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sebastian Weigle

    04:25

  40. Es ist ein Ros entsprugen

    Michael Praetorius, Chœur De Chambre De Namur, Ricercar Consort, Denis Menier

    01:30

  41. Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)/Auld Lang Syne

    Chris Botti, Yo-Yo Ma

    01:57

  42. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH.14 / Act 2 - No. 14c Pas de deux: Variation II (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)

    National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

    02:30

  43. In the Bleak Midwinter (Arr. for Choir & Orchestra)

    The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia

    04:34

  44. Trumpet Voluntary. Andante maestoso

    Jeremiah Clarke, Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

    02:16

  45. Schlittschuhläufer-Walzer, Op. 183

    Émile Waldteufel, phil Blech Wien, Anton Mittermayr

    07:33

  46. The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: "March of the Toys"

    London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

    02:33

  47. Concerto Grosso In F Minor, Op. 1, No. 8 "Christmas Concerto": 2. Vivace

    Pietro Locatelli, Thomas Brandis, Emil Maas, Dietrich Gerhardt, Hans Priem, Ottomar Borwitzky, Wolfgang Meyer, Waldemar Döling, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

    01:32

  48. Ave maris stella

    Lajos Bárdos, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

    03:20

  49. Traditional: Good King Wenceslas (Tune based on a 13th-Century Spring Carol)

    Traditional, Huddersfield Choral Society, Brian Kay, David Bell, Owain Arwel Hughes

    02:28

  50. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Pt. 1 "Adoration of the Eath": Spring Rounds

    Igor Stravinsky, Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker

    03:35

  51. You Couldn't Be Cuter

    Diana Krall, Yo-Yo Ma

    03:28

  52. Motetti De La Corona: Praeter rerum seriem

    Josquin des Prez, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli

    06:57

  53. A spotless Rose

    Herbert Howells, Michael McCarthy, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

    02:54

  54. Corelli / Arr. Wright: Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 'Christmas Concerto': III. Adagio - Allegro

    Arcangelo Corelli, Alison Balsom, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Academy of Ancient Music

    02:59

  55. Ave Maria, D.839 - Arr. Hazell

    Franz Schubert, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Members Of The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, English Chamber Orchestra, Members, Members Of The Philharmonia Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green

    02:37

  56. Joy to the world

    Lowell Mason, The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter

    02:35

  57. Un Diablo Dormido: I Hells Bells

    Per Egland, Christian Lindberg, ADDA Simfònica

    02:52

  58. Lullaby

    William Byrd, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

    01:52

  59. Ave maria - Motet, 5vv

    Robert Parsons, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh

    04:59

  60. The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act I, Scene 1: No. 6 Scene: Clara and the Nutcracker

    Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Jansug Kakhidze

    06:29

  61. Malinconia, ninfa gentile

    Vincenzo Bellini, Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Richard Bonynge

    01:45

  62. Mozart: 3 German Dances, K. 605: No. 3 in C Major "Die Schlittenfahrt"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    03:06

  63. Freude, Freude, grosse Freude

    Andreas Hammerschmidt, Chœur De Chambre De Namur, Ricercar Consort

    03:53

  64. Ave Maria (Arr. Alex Palmer) - Live At St Francis of Assisi Church, Paddington, Sydney, 2016

    Vladimir Vavilov, Alex Palmer, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Brandenburg Choir, Paul Dyer, Madison Nonoa

    02:53

  65. The Lamb

    John Tavener, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

    02:54

  66. Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20A - Waltz

    Lorin Maazel

    07:12

  67. Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful)

    John Francis Wade, Dame Joan Sutherland, Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

    02:40

  68. Te Deum, H.146 (1989 Digital Remaster): Prélude

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Charles Brett, Stephen Roberts, Ian Partridge, Felicity Lott, Eiddwen Harrhy, Philip Ledger

    01:45

  69. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

    Richard Storrs Willis, Dame Joan Sutherland, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

    02:46

  70. Concerto In C, Op. 3, No. 12 -"Christmas Concerto": 2. Largo

    Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, Thomas Brandis, Emil Maas, Ottomar Borwitzky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

    02:57

  71. Weihnachtsoratorium / Christmas Oatorio (BWV 248): 1. Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage

    Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester, Georg Christoph Biller

    07:41

  72. Paraphrase on "Greensleeves"

    Carlos Salzedo, Xavier De Maistre

    01:44

  73. Concordia

    Dave Brubeck, Yo-Yo Ma

    04:30

  74. Fürchtet euch nicht

    Johann Michael Bach, Capella Sancti Michaëlis, Ricercar Consort

    02:25

  75. Koppangen - English Version

    Pereric Moraeus, Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengan Jansson, Kalle Moraeus, Svante Henryson

    04:29

  76. 3 Carols: Balulalow

    Peter Warlock, Karen Kerslake, The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter

    02:05

  77. Corelli : Concerto grosso in G minor Op.6 No.8, 'Fatto per la notte di Natale' [Christmas Concerto] : III Adagio - Allegro - Adagio

    Il Giardino Armonico

    02:40

  78. Delius: 3 Small Tone Poems: No. 2, Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius, Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia Of England

    05:09

  79. Christmas Mass - Processional: "Christum wir sollen loben schon" - Arr. by Michael Praetorius / Har. by Lucas Osiander

    Martin Luther, Anders Engberg-Pedersen, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh

    03:14

  80. Touch the Hand of Love

    Blossom Dearie, Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma

    04:33

  81. Touch the Hand of Love

    Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma

    04:35

  82. L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, Pt. II, "La fuite en Égypte": L’enfance du Christ, Op. 25: The shepherds' farewell

    Hector Berlioz, The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter

    03:42

  83. Panxoliña: a Galician Carol

    Cristina Pato, Yo-Yo Ma

    03:05

  84. Concerto in G Major, S. 213: V. Loure. Cantabile

    Johann David Heinichen, Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel

    01:42

  85. My Heart Is Ever Present

    Trad., Tine Thing Helseth

    04:14

  86. A La Berline Postillon

    Herman van Veen, Ton Koopman

    02:57

  87. Walking In The Air - Edit

    Howard Blake, Vladimir Ashkenazy

    02:48

  88. Concerto No. 9 in B-Flat Major for Cello and Orchestra, G. 482 (Ed. Grützmacher): III. Rondo: Allegro

    Luigi Boccherini, Sergei Roldugin, The St. Petersburg Soloists

    06:02

  89. Our Father (Otche nash)

    Nikolay Kedrov, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier

    03:01

  90. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 7. Träumerei - Live

    Robert Schumann, Lang Lang

    03:21

  91. This Little Light of Mine

    Amelia Zirin-Brown, Yo-Yo Ma

    05:02

  92. Martha, Act III: M'appari

    Friedrich von Flotow, Luciano Pavarotti, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

    03:28

  93. Villancico de Navidad

    Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Göran Söllscher

    02:58

  94. Adams: El Niño: The Babe Leaped in Her Womb

    John Adams, Kent Nagano, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, London Voices

    03:30

  95. The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH.14 / Act 2: No. 14a Pas de deux: Intrada

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antal Doráti

    04:12

  96. Gloria in Exelsis Deo

    Ole Edvard Antonsen

    02:38

  97. Hymne à la Nuit (Arr. Joseph Noyon)

    Jean-Philippe Rameau, La Chapelle de Québec Choir, Bernard Labadie

    02:37

  98. A Ceremony Of Carols, Op. 28: Procession

    Benjamin Britten, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

    01:39

  99. Christmas Oratorio - Sinfonia

    Concerto Köln

    05:37

  100. A Song of Good Cheer

    Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier

    01:42