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Classical Christmas Music
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Carols whether traditional, contemporary, or secular, are all found as part of the Vocal area.
 Search Tip!Type Carols CD in the search box and selecting Keyword will bring up a list of carol CDs that the Libraries own.
BUT - use the Carols Quicksearch for even faster results. |
Christmas Songs - such as Jingle bells, or I'm dreaming of a white Christmas are shelved separately in the CHRISTMAS section.
Use the cover links to listen to samples.
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| Essential Carols The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge | Plum pudding with Felicity Lott. | Christmas A Capella II Recorded Remuera, 2005. | John Rutter Christmas album. |
 |  Carols from King's. Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Stephen Cleobury, director (2000 service) ; Boris Ord, director (1954 service). Recorded in December, 2000, contents include Once In Royal David's City, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, While Shepherds Watched, Angels from the realms of glory; Silent night; The shepherd's carol; The angels and the shepherds; Riu, riu, chiu. Also includes a recording from 1954 of the first carol sevice from King's to be televised plus conversation between the only three directors of music at King's since 1957. |
 | The three tenors : Christmas. Performed by Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti,tenors ; Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen ; Children's Choir ; Vienna Symphony ; Steven Mercurio, conductor. |
 | Christmas with the Tallis Scholars. Contains Mediaeval carols, chorales and chants for the Christmas season. |
 | Romantic Christmas songs. Contains works by Reger, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and others. |
 | Music for Christmas. , by John Rutter. Contains - Shepherd's pipe carol, Nativity carol, There is a flower (solo, Cecilia Osmond), Sans Day carol, What sweeter music, I wonder as I wander(solo, Robert Rice), The very best time of year, Away in a manger, Angel tidings, Christmas lullaby, Dormi Jesu, Love came down at Christmas, Star carol, Carol of the children, Mary's lullaby, Silent night, Angels' carol, Candlelight carol, Second Amen, Donkey carol Performed by Polyphony ; City of London Sinfonia ; Stephen Layton, conductor. |
Christmas Inspired Classical
The Christmas festivities have inspired many works by classical composers over the centuries.
 | Baroque Christmas Album A compilation set featuring composers such as Bach, Gabrieli and Corelli with our favourite choirs and conductors such as John Eliot Gardiner, Trevor Pinnock, and The English Baroque Soloists. |
TRY THESE COMPILATIONS
Christmas present, performed by Polyphone, with Stephen Layton.
Locate on the shelves at Carols
Christmas Baroque, performed by our own NZSO.
Locate on the shelves at Orchestral
Baroque Christmas music
Locate on the shelves at Orchestral
Classical Christmas
Locate at Orchestral
 | Christmas Oratorio(BWV 248), by Johann Sebastian Bach. The German title is Weihnachts-Ooratorium. Performers: Monika Frimmer, soprano ; Yoshikazu Mera counter-tenor ; Gerd Turk, tenor ; Peter Kooij, bass ; Bach Collegium Japan ; Masaaki Suzuko, conductor. |
 | Messiah. , by Georg Frideric Handel. |
 | Amahl and the night visitors. , by Gian Menotti. |
 | Nutcracker Suite (Shchelkunchik). , by Peter Tchaikovsky. |
SCORES
Carols can be found shelved at 780.589.
Note the NZ carol book Carol our Christmas : a book of New Zealand carols.
Instrumental Christmas compilations are found within the score area for the instrument.
For example -
FLUTE (781.11)
Christmas : instrumental solos : carols & traditional classics.
PIANO (781.5)
Barenreiter Weihnachtsalbum fur klavier.
ORGAN (781.7)
Organist's Christmas album. and Oxford book of Christmas organ music.
Books about stories behind and history of carols are found at 784.75.
| CHRISTMAS ARTICLES The secret behind the candy cane and five other holiday traditions, in Ignite your faith, Nov/Dec2007, Vol. 66 Issue 4, p32-33.
The truth about Christmas, in Macleans, 22/12/2003, Vol. 116 Issue 51, p18-.
Tuning into Christmas, by Paul Baker, in Saturday Evening Post, Dec1979, Vol. 251 Issue 9, p82-85.
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Carol lyrics can be found at:
http://www.christmas-carols.net/ (Christmas carols and songs)
 Seasons greetings from the classical team at Wellington City Libraries.Have a safe Christmas. |
