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Huntsman's Bag of Grain/Goosegirl's Song/New Year's Day - Abby Newton, Al Petteway, Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansone
Da' Day Dawis/Christmas Day I' da Moornin' - Abby Newton, Al Petteway, Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansone
Rock Thee O' Child/Christ Child's Lullaby - Al Petteway, Maggie Sansone
Gloomy Winter - Bonnie Rideout
Christmas Carousing/Ale Is Dear/New Christmas - Abby Newton, Al Petteway, Eric Rigler, Maggie Sansone
Yeoman's Carol/Sound of Sleat - John Quigg, Bonnie Rideout, Eric Rigler, Maggie Sansone
All Songs of Adam - Abby Newton, Bonnie Rideout
Here We Come A-Wassailing/Bottom of the Punch Bowl - Al Petteway, Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansone
Christmas Duanag/Hark the Bonny Christ Church Bells - Maggie Sansone
Auld Lang Syne - Al Petteway, Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansone
What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) - Al Petteway, Bonnie Rideout, Eric Rigler, Maggie Sansone
Rorate (Nativity) - Abby Newton, Al Petteway, Bonnie Rideout
O Come All Ye Faithful - Bonnie Rideout, Eric Rigler
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel/God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman - John Quigg, Bonnie Rideout, Eric Rigler
Baloo Lammy - Al Petteway, Eric Rigler
New Year's Day/On Christmas Night - Al Petteway

Publisher: Maggie's Music
Release date: 1999-03-01
RRP: ~~£21.99~~
Price: £15.09

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Review Various Artists / Driving Home for Christmas

Driving Home for Christmas (Various Artists)

Publisher: Zyx
Release date: 2003-06-10
RRP: ~~£4.99~~
Price: £3.55

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Review Various Artists / A Walton Christmas

A Walton Christmas (Various Artists)

Publisher: KRB Music
Release date: 2007-08-21
RRP: ~~£8.99~~
Price: £12.19

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Review Tropical Flavor Steel Drum Band / Island Christmas

Island Christmas (Tropical Flavor Steel Drum Band)

Tracks Island Christmas

Feliz Navidad
What Child Is This
Silver Bells
The Christmas Song
Oh Holy Night
Little Drummer Boy
Do You Hear What I Hear
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
My Favorite Things

Publisher: The Orchard
Release date: 2002-12-17
RRP: ~~£11.99~~
Price: £6.64

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Review Collegium St. Emmeram Hanns-Martin Schneidt / Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Collegium St. Emmeram Hanns-Martin Schneidt)

Tracks Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

No.56 Rezitativ (Sopran): "Du Falscher, suche nur den Herrn zu fällen" - Hubertus Baumann, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.52 Rezitativ (Alt): "Mein Liebster herrschet schon" - Michael Hoffmann, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.10 Sinfonia - Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.47 Aria (Bass): "Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen" - Nikolaus Hillebrandt, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.59 Chorale: "Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.37 Evangelist: "Und da acht Tage um waren" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.51 Terzetto (Soprano, Alto, Tenor): "Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen?" - Frank Sahesch-Pur, Michael Hoffmann, Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.35 Choral: "Seid froh dieweil" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.64 Choral: "Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.9 Choral: "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.22 Rezitativ (Baß): "So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet" - Nikolaus Hillebrandt, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.16 Evangelist: "Und das habt zum Zeichen" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.4 Aria (Alto): " Bereite dich, Zion" - Michael Hoffmann, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.2 Evangelist: "Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.63 Rezitativ (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Baß): "Was will der Hölle Schrecken nun?" - Hubertus Baumann, Michael Hoffmann, Heiner Hopfner, Nikolaus Hillebrandt, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.29 Duett (Sopran, Baß): "Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen" - Nikolaus Hillebrandt, Hubertus Baumann, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.46 Choral: "Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.48 Evangelist: "Da das der König Herodes hörte" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.40 Rezitativ (Baß): "Wohlan, dein Name soll allein" Arioso (Chor-Sopran): "Jesu mein Freud und Wonne" - Nikolaus Hillebrandt, Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.60 Evangelist: "Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.24 Chor: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.27 Rezitativ (Baß): "Er hat sein Volk getröst" - Nikolaus Hillebrandt, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.39 Aria (Soprano, Echo-soprano): "Flösst, mein Heiland, flösst dein Namen" - Hubertus Baumann, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.12 Chorale: "Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.13 Evangelist, Engel: "Und der Engel sprach zu Ihnen" - Heiner Hopfner, Hubertus Baumann, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.5 Choral: "Wie soll ich dich empfangen" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.55 Evangelist: "Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich" - Herodes: "Ziehet hin und forrschet fleißig" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.30 Evangelist: "Und sie kamen eilend" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.45 Chor: "Wo ist der neugeborne König der Juden?" - Rezitativ (Alt): "Sucht ihn in meiner Brust" - Michael Hoffmann, Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.28 Choral: "Dies hat er alles uns getan" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.32 Recitativ (Alt): "Ja, ja, mein Herz soll es bewahren" - Michael Hoffmann, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.34 Evangelist: "Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.24 Chor: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.50 Evangelist: "Und ließ versammeln alle Hohepriester" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.11 Evangelist: "Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.43 Chor: "Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.62 Aria (Tenor): "Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.20 Evangelist: "Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.49 Rezitativ (Alt): "Warum wollt ihr erschrecken?" - Michael Hoffmann, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.42 Choral: "Jesus richte mein Beginnen" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.25 Evangelist: "Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel fuhren" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.7 Chorale: "Er ist auf Erden kommen arm", Recitativ (Bass): Wer will die Liebe recht erhöhn" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.38 Rezitativ (Baß): "Immanuel, o süßes Wort" Arioso (Chor-Sopran, Baß): "Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben"-"Komm ich will dich mit Lust umfassen" - Nikolaus Hillebrandt, Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.26 Chor: "Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.54 Chor: "Herr, wenn die Stolzen Feinde schnauben" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.33 Choral: "Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.61 Rezitativ (Tenor): "So geht! Genug, mein Schatz geht nicht von hier" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.58 Evangelist: "Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.53 Choral: "Zwar ist solche Herzensstube" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.41 Aria (Tenor): "Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.19 Aria (Alto): "Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh" - Michael Hoffmann, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.36 Chor: "Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.18 Rezitativ (Baß): "So geht denn hin, ihr Hirten, geht" - Nikolaus Hillebrandt, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.6 Evangelist: "Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.57 Aria (Sopran): "Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen" - Hubertus Baumann, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.31 Aria (Alt): "Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder" - Michael Hoffmann, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.21 Chor: "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.44 Evangelist: "Da Jesu geboren war zu Bethlehem" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.23 Chorale: "Wir singen dir in deinem Heer" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.15 Aria (Tenor): "Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet" - Heiner Hopfner, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.14 Rezitativ (Baß): "Was Gott dem Abraham Verheißen" - Nikolaus Hillebrandt, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.3 Rezitativ (Alt): "Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam" - Michael Hoffmann, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.17 Chorale: "Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket" - Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Georg Ratzinger, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt
No.8 Aria (Baß): "Großer Herr, o starker König" - Nikolaus Hillebrandt, Collegium St. Emmeram, Hanns-Martin Schneidt

Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2006-11-13
Run time: 163 min.
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £12.44

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Review Various / Jazz for a Christmas Present

Jazz for a Christmas Present (Various)

Tracks Jazz for a Christmas Present

Carol of the Bells - The Ritz
It's Christmas Time, Baby - Houston Person, Melvin Sparks
White Christmas - Etta Jones
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Houston Person
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Etta Jones
Merry Christmas, Baby - Etta Jones
Christmas Song - Etta Jones
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Houston Person
I'll Be Home for Christmas - Etta Jones
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Etta Jones
Santa Baby - Etta Jones
Blue Christmas - Houston Person
Merry Christmas, Baby - Houston Person
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Etta Jones
Happy Hanukah My Friend - Houston Person, Grady Tate
Wonderful Christmas Time - The Ritz
Our First Christmas - Houston Person
Jingle Bells - Della Griffin, Houston Person
Sleigh Ride - The Ritz

Publisher: Savoy Jazz
Release date: 2003-07-29
RRP: ~~£17.99~~
Price: £6.04

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Review Various / The Best of Narada Christmas

The Best of Narada Christmas (Various)

Tracks The Best of Narada Christmas

First Noel - Ralf Illenberger
Carol of the Bells - Kostia
Do You Hear What I Hear? - David Arkenstone
We Three Kings - David Arkenstone
O Come All Ye Faithful - David Lanz
Away in a Manger - David Darling
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming - Sheldon Mirowitz
O Holy Night - Brian Mann
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Wayne Gratz
Silver Bells - David Arkenstone
Unto Us a Boy Is Born - Michael Jones
Mistletoe Waltz - Dordán
I Saw Three Ships - David Arkenstone
Bring the Torch - Tingstad & Rumbel
Hallelujah - His Majestie's Clerkes
Celebration - Tingstad & Rumbel
Ding Dong! Merrily on High - Nancy Rumbel
O Little Town of Bethlehem/The Holly and the Ivy - Michael Jones
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Michael Whalen
Joy to the World - Bruce Mitchell
Coventry Carol/Noël Nouvelet - Bob Read
Gloria - Nando Lauria
Il Est Né (He Is Born) - Michael Gettel
Angels We Have Heard on High - David Lanz
What Child Is This? - Billy McLaughlin
Ukrainian Carol - Spencer Brewer
Silent Night - Tingstad & Rumbel
Enniscorthy Christmas Carol - Dordán

Publisher: Narada
Release date: 1998-08-25
RRP: ~~£28.99~~
Price: £8.68

Review The Best of Narada Christmas / Various:

A superb two-disc set of Narada's finest recording artists, from David Arkenstone and Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel to Nando Lauria and Dordán. Narada has assembled a wide assortment of musical glad tidings that encompass New Age-like pop arrangements with larger ensembles, Celtic interpretations, jazzy and neoclassical pieces, and a host of acoustic readings, the least of which is Billy McLaughlin's "What Child Is This?" Whether you like straight-ahead arrangements like Arkenstone's playful and more produced "I Saw Three Ships," or improvised pieces such as the enchanting rendition of "Carol of the Bells" by Kostia, The Best of Narada Christmas does a good job of pooling the finer works of its artists in one Whitman Sampler that packs value-plus-and enough seasonal atmosphere to turn your listening environment into a shaken snow globe. -Martin Keller.

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