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Favourite Carols from King's

Adam Banwell (treble), The Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

KINGS COLLEGE KGS0007 (CD mid-price)

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KINGS COLLEGE DVD KGS0008

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Bis willekommen (Be welcome)

BERG, P: Es kommt ein Schiff; Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn

BILLER: Auf, Seele, auf und saume nicht; O lieber Herre Jesu Christ

DISTLER, H: Macht hoch die Tur, die Tor macht weit; O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf

DUCIS: Nun freut euch lieben Christen g'mein

HELLER, P: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging; Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht

JUNG, F: Der 100 Psalm

PETZOLD, C: Ave Maria

POHLERS, C: Ave Maria

PRAETORIUS, M: Conditor alme siderum; Laus, honor, virtus, gloria

RAPHAEL, G: Bis willekommen Herre Christ

RAWSON: Jauchzet dem Herrn

STOMIUS: Resonet in laudibus

THOMAS, G H K: Es kommt ein Schiff

VICTORIA: Conditor alme siderum

Ensemble Nobiles

GENUIN GEN14314 (CD)

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Sing Thee Nowell

BENNETT, R R: There is no rose; Out of your sleep; That younge child; Sweet was the song; Susanni

BYTTERING: Nesciens mater

CLEMENS: Magi veniunt ab oriente

CRAIG, A: Sleep Now

MCGLYNN: O pia virgo

PYGOTT: Quid petis, O fili?

REDNER: O little town of Bethlehem (St Louis)

SCOTT, JOHN: There is no rose

SMITH, A: Veni Emmanuel; Nowell - Arise and wake; Quem pastores laudavere; Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle

VERDELOT: Gabriel archangelus

VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium, motet

WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down; Bethlehem Down

WESLEY, S S: There is no rose (based on the tune Hereford)

WILLIAMS, G: Adam lay ybounden

Sarah Brailey (soprano), Elizabeth Baber Weaver (soprano), New York Polyphony

BIS BIS2099 (Hybrid SACD)

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A Venetian Christmas

HASSE, J A: Alma Redemptoris Mater

PEROTTI: Sonata in G major

TORELLI: Concerto grosso in G minor for two violins Op. 8 No. 6 'in forma di pastorale per il Santissimo Natale'

VIVALDI: Concerto for strings 'Il riposo - per il Santissimo Natale', RV 270; Double Concerto in C Major RV774; Violin Concerto in E Major RV266; Salve Regina, RV 617

Ewa Golinska (violin), Komale Akakpo (psaltery), Ruby Hughes (soprano), Arte dei Suonatori, Martin Gester (conductor)

BIS BIS2089 (Hybrid SACD)

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Gaetano Veneziano: Christmas in Naples

SCARLATTI, A: Sinfonia prima di concerto grosso con due flauti; Sinfonia seconda concertata con li ripieni; Pastorale

VENEZIANO: Notturno secondo, lezione prima; Notturno primo, lezione prima; Notturno primo, lezione terza

Jenny Hogstrom (soprano), Filippo Mineccia (countertenor), Ensemble Odyssee, Andrea Friggi

PAN CLASSICS PC10307 (CD)

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Christmas with the Shepherds

MORALES, C: MISSA QUERAMUS CUM PASTORIBUS for 5 voices; Pastores Dicite

MOUTON, J: QUERAMUS CUM PASTORIBUS for 4 voices; Puer natus est nobis; Noe, Noe

STABILE: Quaeramus cum pastoribus

The Marian Consort, Rory McCleery

DELPHIAN DCD34145 (CD)

John Deathridge joins Andrew live in the CD Review studio to compare recordings of Bruckner's powerful 7th Symphony and makes a personal recommendation.

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Top recommendation:

Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major

Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), recorded 1966

DECCA 4785690 (CD budget)

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Historical recommendation:

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtw盲ngler (conductor), recorded 1949

Pristine Classical PASC259 (DOWNLOAD or CD made to order)

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DVD Recommendation:

Lucerne Festival Orchestra 鈥� The First 5 years

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58; Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, OP. 37

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major

DEBUSSY:La Mer; Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien - Fragments symphoniques

MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'

EuroArts 2000078 (5DVD)

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BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, Op. 37

BRUCKNER: Symphony no.7 in E

Alfred Brendel (piano), Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

EuroArts 880242546487 (DVD)

The Wexford Carols

Caitriona O鈥橪eary, Tom Jones, Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Giddens

HERESY RECORDS HERESY016 (CD)

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Carols from the Old and New Worlds Vol. 3

Carols by: Henry Cowell, Gerald Barry, J. C. Bach, Joseph Stevenson, Daniel Read, Eamonn O鈥橤allchobhair and Thoinot Arbeau.

Fergal Caulfield (chamber organ), Chamber Choir Ireland, Paul Hillier (conductor)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMU807610 (Hybrid SACD mid-price)

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Nowell Sing We: Contemporary Carols, Volume 2

Carols by Gabriel Jackson, Edmund Rubbra, Lennox Berkeley, Richard Rodney Bennett, John Scott, Colin Matthews, Herbert Howells, Peter Maxwell Davies, Philip Moore, Giles Swayne, Haflioi Hallfrimsson, Francis Pott, Grayston Ives, Richard Lloyd, Michael Finnissy and Jamie W. Hall.

Choir of Worcester College, Oxford, Stephen Farr (conductor)

RESONUS CLASSICS RES10138 (download only)

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Lux de caelo: Music for Christmas

BACH, J S: In dulci jubilo, BWV368

BRITTEN: A Boy was Born Op. 3

MATHIAS: A babe is born

MENDELSSOHN: Frohlocket, ihr Volker auf Erden

PETTMAN: Gabriel鈥檚 Message

PRAETORIUS, M: Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern; Quem pastores laudavere; Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; In dulci jubilo

ROSS, GRAHAM: Lullay, my liking; Tu scendi dalle stelle; Still, Still, Still

RUTTER: Nativity carol

SCHOENBERG: Friede auf Erden Op. 13

SWAYNE: Coventry Carol Op. 77, No. 4

TAVENER: Hymn to the Mother of God; Old Basque Carol; Riu, Riu, Chiu

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The truth sent from above

WEBERN: Dormi Jesu Op. 16 No. 2

WILLCOCKS, D: Quelle est cette odeur agreable?

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Dmitri Ensemble, Graham Ross

HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907615 (CD)

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TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Op. 71

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

CHANDOS CHSA5144 (Hybrid SACD)

Andrew talks to Anna Picard about a clutch of new discs including Monteverdi Madrigals from William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, and discs by a couple of other less well known 17th-century composers, 脡tienne Moulini茅 and Alessandro Melani, plus recital discs from the countertenors Raffaele Pe and Xavier Sabata.

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I Dilettanti

ASTORGA: In queste amene selve

MACCARI: Non mi si dica piu

MARCELLO, B: Lucrezia

RUGGIERI: Deh m鈥檃dita o bella Dea; Vinto son della mia fede

Xavier Sabata (countertenor), Latinitas nostra, Markellos Chryssikos (harpsichord and direction)

APARTE AP093 (CD)

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MELANI: Marienvesper

Veronika Winter (soprano), Maria Skiba (soprano), Franz Vitzthum (counter-tenor), Elisa Rabanus (soprano), Matthias Vieweg (baritone), Magdalene Harer (soprano), Immo Schroder (tenor), Markus Flaig (baritone), Hans Jorg Mammel (tenor), Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor)

CPO 7779362 (CD)

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Moulinie: Meslanges pour la chapelle d'un prince

BOESSET, A: Jesu nostra redemptio; Popule meus quid fecit tibi; Pie Jesu

CHANCY: Allemandes

CONSTANTIN: La Pacifique

MOULINIE: O bone Jesu; Lauda Sion salvatorem; Caro mea vere est cibus; Magi videntes stellam; O dulce nomen; Ecce video; Ne reminiscaris Domine; Ego flos campi; Veni sponsa mea; O salutaris hostia; Litanies a la Vierge; Flores apparuerunt; Dum esset rex

Sebastien Dauce (harpsichord, organ, direction), Ensemble Correspondances

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902194 (CD mid-price)

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The Medici Castrato

CACCINI, F: Dispiegate, guance amate

CACCINI, G: Amarilli mia bella; Sfogava con le stelle

CICCOLINI: Solo et pensoso (2013)

LAMBARDI: O felice quel giorno

MONTESARDO: Hor che la nott鈥檕mbrosa

MONTEVERDI: L'Orfeo: excerpts

NAUWACH: Tempesta di dolcezza; Jetzund kompt die Nacht herbey

SIGISMONDO: Piangono al pianger mio; Ancidetemi pur (Lamento di Giasone)

TRABACI: Toccata Seconda per l'arpa

Raffaele Pe (countertenor), Chiara Granata (triple harp), David Miller (theorbo)

GLOSSA GCD923501 (CD)

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Monteverdi Madrigali Volume 2: Mantova

MONTEVERDI: 4th Book of Madrigals (1603), 5th Book of Madrigals (1605), 6th Book of Madrigals (1614)

Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew (conductor)

LES ARTS FLORISSANTS EDITIONS AF003 (CD)

Music for Remembrance

DURUFLE: Requiem Op. 9

HOWELLS: Take him, earth, for cherishing

MOORE, P: Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

TAVENER: The peace that surpasseth understanding

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Lord, Thou has been our refuge

Roderick Williams (baritone), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Westminster Abbey Choir, Britten Sinfonia, James O鈥橠onnell (conductor)

HYPERION CDA68020 (CD)