The Ultimate Sacred Christmas Album ~ Ave Maria

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If you're already stocked up on your favorite Christmas carols but are looking for a nice solid anthology of sacred music, this one certainly has a lot of enjoyment to offer. True, a little more thought could have gone into this themed compilation. What does the Largo from Handel's opera Serse, featuring countertenor Andreas Scholl (his name consistently misspelled on the CD, by the way), have to do with the Yuletide season? No matter, it is after all one of the world's supreme melodies, and Scholl is part of the motley collection of big-name performers Decca has culled from its catalog for this release, which also includes Luciano Pavarotti, Cecilia Bartoli, Marilyn Horne, Bryn Terfel, et al. The anthology is weighted heavily toward the baroque, with a number of Bach selections and seven tracks from Messiah (another work that has by popular tradition become most associated with Christmas even though it was conceived as an Easter celebration). The latter make a sort of mini-anthology within this anthology, giving you a series of "ultimate" moments from Handel's masterpiece--but you certainly won't want to be without the entire work. --Herbert Fellows

The Ultimate Sacred Christmas Album ~ Ave Maria, Music, Knut Sonstevold, Adolphe Adam, Johann Sebastian Bach, Cesar Franck, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Max Reger, Franz Schubert, Barry Rose, Christopher Dearnley, Georg Solti, Henry Lewis, Herbert von Karajan, John Eliot Gardiner, Karl Munchinger, Kurt Adler, Myung-Whun Chung, Neville Marriner, Roger Norrington, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Charles Mackerras, Trevor Pinnock, Uwe Christian Harrer, English Baroque Soloists, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, English Concert, London Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Santa Cecilia National Academy Orchestra Rome, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Cantata Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, John Scott, Michael G. Gormley, Cecilia Bartoli, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, Marilyn Horne, José Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti
The Ultimate Sacred Christmas Album ~ Ave Maria
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 The Ultimate Sacred Christmas Album ~ Ave Maria

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004YWUA
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

  1. Ave Maria - Leontyne Price
  2. Holy Night - Luciano Pavarotti
  3. Panis Angelicus - Cecilia Bartoli
  4. Ombra Mai Fu - Andreas Scholl
  5. Alleluia - Sylvia McNair
  6. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Chor Of St. Paul's Cathedral/Barry Rose
  7. Ave Maria - Jose Carreras
  8. See The Conqu'ring Hero Comes - Chor Of St. Paul's Cathedral/Christopher Dearnley
  9. Maria Wiegenlied - Anne Sofie Von Otter
  10. Jauchzet, Frohlocket! - Lebecker Kantorei
  11. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Marilyn Horne
  12. For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Chichago Chor/Sir Georg Solti
  13. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion - Joan Sutherland
  14. Hallelujah! - Chor Of St. Martin-In-The Fields/Sir Neville Marriner
  15. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Kiri Te Kanawa
  16. The Trumpet Shall Sound - Bryn Terfel
  17. Amen - The English Chor/Trevor Pinnock

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If you're already stocked up on your favorite Christmas carols but are looking for a nice solid anthology of sacred music, this one certainly has a lot of enjoyment to offer. True, a little more thought could have gone into this themed compilation. What does the Largo from Handel's opera Serse, featuring countertenor Andreas Scholl (his name consistently misspelled on the CD, by the way), have to do with the Yuletide season? No matter, it is after all one of the world's supreme melodies, and Scholl is part of the motley collection of big-name performers Decca has culled from its catalog for this release, which also includes Luciano Pavarotti, Cecilia Bartoli, Marilyn Horne, Bryn Terfel, et al. The anthology is weighted heavily toward the baroque, with a number of Bach selections and seven tracks from Messiah (another work that has by popular tradition become most associated with Christmas even though it was conceived as an Easter celebration). The latter make a sort of mini-anthology within this anthology, giving you a series of "ultimate" moments from Handel's masterpiece--but you certainly won't want to be without the entire work. --Herbert Fellows

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Awesome voices.......2003-12-24

This CD is eloquent and so magnetically alluring. It begins with the ever so popular (sopranist) Ms. Leontyne Price's "Ave Maria" and finishes beautifully with the entire operatic voices of the English Choir in the song "Amen". I'm always floored by the voices of Ms. Leontyne Price and Mr. Jose Carrera. The instrumentalists and the great composing of many of the fine songs listed on this CD is superb; well job done by the conductors, very.

4 out of 5 stars prevision.......2000-10-23

When I read what is on this CD and who performs it, I can not wait to order. Now only 4 stars, but I am sure that the 5th will be given after I heard this album. Kobus Kortmann

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