1. Tonttujen joulukuusi (*) 4:51
2. Jing Bells 3:45
3. Petteri Punakuono 2:07
4. Te lapsoset, lapsoset kiiruhtakaa 3:42
5. O Come All Ye Faithful 3:54
6. Kun joulu valkeneepi 1:37
7. Puer natus in Bethlehem 1:02
8. Jouluyö, juhlayö 3:01
9. Joulukranssi kuudella kielellä 8:58
10. Ding Dong! Merrily on High 2:34
11. We Wish You a Merry Christmas 3:11
12. Santa Lucia 4:03
13. O Tannenbaum 2:33
14. Kun joulupukki suukon sai 3:02
15. Joulupukki matkaan jo käy 2:39
16. White Christmas 2:42

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Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Tapiola Choir
Raimo Sirkiä, tenor
Vox Aurea
Monica Groop, mezzosoprano
Sympaatti Youth Choir
Turku Castle Chamber Choir
Savonlinna Opera Festival Chorus
Kalevi Kiviniemi, organ
Matti Salminen, bass

This compilation follows the immensely successful Sky Music, named "one of the best classical CDs of 1996" by the New York Daily News. Kondonassis chose this collection of carols personally to capture the tranquility, warmth and innocence of the holiday season. Highlights include "Ukranian Bell Carol," "Greensleeves," "Ave Maria," "The First Noel" and more.

HANDEL: MESSIAH-EXCERPTS

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Includes Ding Dong! Merrily on High; White Christmas; Winter Wonderland; Christmas Waltz; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; No�l, and more.

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Includes christmas carol(s) by various composers.

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The Essence of Christmas is the Leipzig Flute Ensemble Quintessenz second release on the Genuin label. Anna Garzuly who leads the ensemble has studied in Budapest Munich and New York with Paul Meisen and Jeanne Baxtresser. She has also won prizes in renowned international competitions in Kobe Budapest Geneva and more.

Tony Alonso’s first Christmas recording has much to offer. The selections include fresh new arrangements of many Christmas favorites plus original material by Alonso, John L. Bell, and Liam Lawton. There is also a real “chestnut” among the titles, which may have passed you by. “Child of Light,” by Dan Kantor (composer of GIA’s popular “Night of Silence”), is a delightful quodlibet using the beloved tune greensleeves and featuring a lush string arrangement. This title was published in 1990 but has never appeared on a recorded collection. Other highlights include “From the Cradle to the Cross,” an original carol by Alonso set in a bluegrass style. This haunting text reminds us of the life that Jesus led and modeled for us all. The collection features two songs in Spanish: one a fresh arrangement of the traditional carol “Alegría” and the other a Latin arrangement of “Ding Dong Merrily on High.” John Bell’s new text, “We Do Not Know,” will enlighten your perception of the timeless Christmas story, and Lawton’s soaring refrain found in “Noel, Noel” will stir your soul. Alonso, Bell, Kantor, Lawton—old songs, new songs—English and Español. This is a treasure!

Under a starlit sky in Bethlehem, Liam Lawton was struck by the insight that the same moon and stars lit the sky when a tiny child, who was to change the world forever, was born. This inspired him to record a new Christmas album, Bethlehem Sky. Included on this recording are favorite classic carols along with Liam’s new and most treasured songs for the Christmas season. The title track is a gentle ballad that sparkles like the star that heralded Christ’s birth and calls for us all to follow. Bring the glory and peace of the Bethlehem Sky into your heart this Christmas.

In addition to familiar seasonal music by Mendelssohn, Handel, Rutter, and others, Christmas at America’s First Cathedral features music from South Africa, Canada, and the United States, including the premiere recordings of seven new works by two of America’s most important African American composers, Dr. Rosephanye Powell and Dr. James Lee III. Dr. Lee’s motet, "A Clean Heart" is from a collection of four motets composed in 2009. The six selections by Dr. Powell comprise a suite called, Christmas Give, commissioned by Baltimore Choral Arts and given its world premiere December 1, 2009 at the Baltimore Basilica. - Gothic Records

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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

Gloria

A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL is based upon a cherished movie classic that's enchanted millions. The musical features a score by the young Richard Rodgers Award winning newcomers, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, whose off-Broadway musical, DOGFIGHT, recently opened to positive reviews. The book is penned by Joseph Robinette, and is based on the writings of radio humorist Jean Shepherd and the 1983 holiday film favorite. Tony Award.-winner John Rando (URINETOWN) directs the production with choreography by Warren Carlyle (CHAPLIN, FOLLIES, AN EVENING WITH HUGH JACKMAN).

2016 holiday release. Kurt Elling's first holiday album, The Beautiful Day, is truly beautiful and festive in a swinging way! Elling sings these classic Christmas and popular holiday songs with an ease and confidence proving once more that he is the best jazz singer of our time. The first track, "Sing a Christmas Carol", swings lightly and gets you into the feel of the album and puts you in a jazzy holiday mood. Elling's versions of "We Three Kings" and "Same Old Lang Syne" exude cool as he makes these Christmas favorites truly his own. "Beautiful Day" is the perfect ending for an album that s destined to be a holiday jazz classic. Grammy winner Kurt Elling is among the world's foremost jazz vocalists. He won the DownBeat Critics Poll for fourteen consecutive years and was named Male Singer of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association on eight occasions. An international jazz award winner, the New York Times declared, "Elling is the standout male vocalist of our time." The Washington Post added, "Since the mid-1990s no singer in jazz has been as daring, dynamic or interesting as Kurt Elling. He has come to embody the creative spirit in jazz."

In Dr. Seuss HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL, Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is "two sizes too small," decides to steal Christmas away from the Holiday loving Who's. The World Premiere Recording includes members from the original Broadway cast and features the hit songs "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and "Welcome Christmas" from the beloved original animated series, plus a bonus recording of "Where Are You Christmas" from the live action Grinch movie. With additional music and lyrics by Mel Marvin and Timothy Mason, Dr. Seuss HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL breathes new life into the timeless story of the true meaning of Christmas.

Winter Solstice

Sing We All Merrily - A Colonial Christmas

It'S A Wonderful Life / A Christmas Carol / Miracle On 34Th

A Vee-Jay Christmas

CLASSICAL KIDS CHRISTMAS / VARIOUS