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A list of our most favorite Christmas CDs.
The lyrics and background to some of the most festive Christmas songs.
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Handel's MESSIAH
Conducted by Christopher Hogwood
The Academy of Ancient Music and the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Handel composed Messiah in approximately three weeks in August and September 1741. It is an oratorio of arias, recitatives and choruses without the usual narrative of other oratorios. It is more choral than other oratorios - the choir plays a major role in this work. The text is a juxtaposition of passages from both the Old and New Testament as assembled by Charles Jennens, a poet and wealthy patron of the arts.
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The best CHORAL album
This is not a CD with Christmas songs but it might as well be since the pieces on it are very festive.
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Voices of Angels
Johann Sebastian Bach's most beautiful arias and choruses for boy's voices. This one as well is not a Christmas CD.
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The Nutcracker
Peter I. Tchaikovsky
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The Swan Lake
Peter I. Tchaikovsky
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New Year's Concert 2001
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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 Noel
Josh Groban
NOEL is a masterfully performed set, balanced neatly between pop standards and the more operatic material that showcases Groban's roots.
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 Sacred Arias Special Edition
Andrea Bocelli
These performances are filled with the singer's phenomenally well-known vocal signature: his flair for long, sweetly floating high notes and the gentle sense of cadence he brings to a melody.
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The Three Tenors Christmas
with Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras
José Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti deliver 21 songs of traditional sacred music and secular numbers in a remarkable 1999 live recording from the opulent Viennese concert hall (Konzerthaus), with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and a renowned choir.
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Vienna Noël
with Placido Domingo, Sissel Kyrkjebø and Charles Aznavour
Christmas in Vienna
with Placido Domingo, Diana Ross and José Carreras
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Christmas in Vienna Volume 4
with Placido Domingo, Ying Huang and Michael Bolton
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Home for Christmas
The Irish Tenors
John McDermott, Anthony Kearns und Ronan Tynan
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Christmas Adagios
 Over 2 1/2 hours of peaceful seasonal music. If you have any taste at all for the classical sound of Christmas music, then this CD is most highly recommended. There are operatic voices here such as Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Placido Domingo and Leontyne Price, but the deliveries are low key and melodious.
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All-Star Christmas Album
with Kiri Te Kanawa, Bryn Terfel, José Carreras, Placido Domingo and many more
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