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Andre Rieu - Christmas Around the World
from: Denon Records
:Album Description:Holiday album by Andre Rieu.
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25 Handel Favorites
from: Vox (Classical)
:Album Description:Holiday album by Andre Rieu.
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For Thy Pleasure
from: Delos Records
:Album Description:Holiday album by Andre Rieu.
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25 Wedding Favorites
from: Vox (Classical)
:Album Description:Holiday album by Andre Rieu.
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Christmas Album: Original Masters
from: Deutsche Grammophon
:Album Description:Holiday album by Andre Rieu.
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The Power & The Majesty: Essential Choral Classics
:Album Description:Holiday album by Andre Rieu.
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Bach for Breakfast: The Leisurely Way to Start Your Day
from: Philips
:Album Description:Holiday album by Andre Rieu.
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Sacred Songs
from: Decca
: : This lovely CD features Renée Fleming singing religious music in an unaffected, lovely manner. Many favorites are here: both the Bach/Gounod and Schubert versions of 'Ave Maria,' each offered with long breaths and soft tone; 'Rejoice Greatly' from Messiah, delivered with virtuosity and gleaming sound, and 'He Shall Feed His Flock,' also from Messiah, sung in a smooth, laid-back manner. Bits of the Fauré Requiem and Poulenc Gloria are welcome, as is the gorgeous 'L'Adieu des Bergers' from L'Enfance du Christ. In the prayer from Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel, Fleming is joined ...
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Bach - Christmas Oratorio / Gardiner
: essential recording:This isn't an oratorio in the Handelian sense, but a series of cantatas for various days from Christmas to Epiphany. Bach's music is loaded with treats: an echo aria for soprano and oboe; a 'pastoral' sinfonia; bravura arias for tenor with flute and bass with trumpet; a giddy soprano-bass duet; a transporting lullaby for alto. Then there are the choruses, featuring the Monteverdi Choir at their best: exuberant full-orchestra choruses in parts one and three; a lilting triple-time chorus with horns in part four; the joyful skittering chorus in part five; ...
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Little Drummer Boy: Christmas Favorites by the World Renowed Vienna Boys's Choir
from: Delta
: essential recording:This isn't an oratorio in the Handelian sense, but a series of cantatas for various days from Christmas to Epiphany. Bach's music is loaded with treats: an echo aria for soprano and oboe; a 'pastoral' sinfonia; bravura arias for tenor with flute and bass with trumpet; a giddy soprano-bass duet; a transporting lullaby for alto. Then there are the choruses, featuring the Monteverdi Choir at their best: exuberant full-orchestra choruses in parts one and three; a lilting triple-time chorus with horns in part four; the joyful skittering chorus in part five; ...
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