My Playlist for the Nativity

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
November 9, 2018
Format
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      RUTTER, JOHN
    • PERFORMER
      Backhouse, Vasari Singers, Ford
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 09, 2018
    • UPC
      747313834877
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8578348
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Nativity carol

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Vasari Singers

      Performer: Martin Ford

      Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse

    2. The Angel Gabriel (arr. L. Strand for choir and orchestra)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Leif Strands Ladies Choir, Jönköping Sinfonietta

      Performer: Bo Westman

      Conductor: Leif Strand

    3. 20 Polish Christmas Carols: Hurrying to Bethlehem

      Composer: Witold Lutosławski

      Ensemble: Polish Radio Choir, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    4. El álbum de Cecilia (Album for Cecilia): No. 6. Borriquillos a Belén (Little Donkeys in Bethlehem)

      Composer: Joaquín Rodrigo

      Performer: Artur Pizarro

    5. O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. L. Strand for flute, guitar and choir)

      Composer: Lewis H. Redner

      Ensemble: Leif Strands Kammarkor

      Performer: Göran Marcusson, Tobias Sjögren

      Conductor: Jerker Johansson

    6. The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    7. Mary had a baby (arr. L. Strand for flute, guitar and choir)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Leif Strands Kammarkor

      Performer: Göran Marcusson, Tobias Sjögren

      Conductor: Jerker Johansson

    8. 4 Preludes: No. 3. The Holy Boy (version for cello and piano)

      Composer: John Ireland

      Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber, John Lenehan

    9. Away in a Manger (arr. D. Willcocks for soprano and choir)

      Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick

      Ensemble: New York Trinity Church Choir

      Performer: Ann Hoyt

      Conductor: Owen Burdick

    10. 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4. Wiegenlied (Lullaby) (arr. for orchestra)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Breiner

    11. 12 Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman, K. 265 (excerpt)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Balázs Szokolay

    12. Joy to the World

      Composer: Lowell Mason

      Ensemble: Worcester Cathedral Choir

      Conductor: Donald Hunt

    13. While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (arr. D. Willcocks for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    14. Suite of Carols: I. Angels in our Fields (version for woodwinds)

      Composer: Leroy Anderson

      Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin

    15. Shepherd's Hey

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Keith Brion

    16. We Three Kings of Orient Are (arr. A. Pitts for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: John Henry Hopkins Jr.

      Ensemble: Tonus Peregrinus

      Performer: Joanna Forbes, Kathryn Oswald, Richard Eteson, Nicholas Chalmers

      Conductor: Antony Pitts

    17. Capriccio of Animals: II. Camel's Bells in the Desert

      Composer: Lisan Wang

      Performer: Yiming Zhang

    18. Den heliga natten (The Holy Night): IX. March of the Wise Men

      Composer: Hilding Rosenberg

      Ensemble: Svenska Kammarorkestern

      Conductor: Petter Sundkvist

    19. Kinderstücke, Op. 72, "Christmas Pieces": No. 2. Andante sostenuto, MWV U170

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Benjamin Frith

    20. Silent Night

      Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber

      Ensemble: The Elora Singers

      Performer: Michael Bloss

      Conductor: Noel Edison


Can you hear the music? Do you hear it play? It’s telling you the story of the first Christmas Day… Perfect for children of all ages, this album of classical and traditional works is a charming and engaging retelling of the nativity through music, song, and rhyme. Well-known composers like Mozart, Rutter, Lutoslawski and Brahms are included here, alongside traditional Christmas carols like “While Shepherds Watched their Flocks,” and “Mary Had a Baby.” Each of these songs has been taken from an album in the Naxos catalogue, and the works are performed by world-renowned vocalists and instrumentalists. Listen to this music, read the story, and enjoy.