Various – Great Choruses Of Christmas Vol. 1 & 2 (2×CD, Compilation, Stereo, Mono, 1994, DMC 21192)

Why This CD Matters
Great Choruses Of Christmas presents 44 seasonal choral performances by ensembles including the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Westminster Abbey Choir, King’s College Choir of Cambridge, Vienna Boys Choir, King’s Singers, and Robert Shaw Chorale. The collection also features conductors and musicians such as Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein, Leopold Stokowski, John Rutter, Marilyn Horne, and Michala Petri.

Collector Note
This 1994 US two-CD compilation was issued through RCA Special Products, Warner Music Enterprises Inc., and BMG Direct under catalog number DMC 21192. The collection combines stereo and mono recordings drawn from a broad range of orchestral, sacred, and traditional choral performances.

Availability
Single copy available—once it’s gone, it’s gone.

Condition & Details
CDs: VG+
Case: VG+
Booklet: VG+

Technical Details
Format: 2 × CD, Compilation, Stereo, Mono
Label: RCA Special Products – DMC 21192, Warner Music Enterprises Inc. – DMC 21192, BMG Direct – DMC 21192
Country: US
Released: 1994
Genre: Classical
Style: Choral, Holiday

Matrix / Runout
Not specified

Tracklist
Disc One
The Philadelphia Orchestra And Chorus, Eugene Ormandy – Joy To The World 2:08
Musica Sacra, Richard Westenburg – Away In A Manger 2:13
The Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey – Good King Wenceslas 2:49
The Robert Shaw Chorale And RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw – Bring A Tourch, Jeanette, Isabella 2:04
St. John's Episcopal Cathedral Choir, Donald Pearson – I Hear Us, Lord 2:00
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Marilyn Horne, Richard P. Condie – Silent Night, Holy Night 3:51
Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott – Adeste Fideles 4:45
New York Choral Artists – The Holly And The Ivy 1:27
Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen – Prepare Ye Way (Baptismal anthem) 1:30
The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, National Philharmonic Orchestra – Here We Come A-Wassailing 4:02
The King's College Choir Of Cambridge – On Christmas Night 1:57
Musica Sacra, Richard Westenburg – Deck The Halls 0:55
The Vienna Boy Choir, Osian Ellis, Uwe Christian Harrer – Ceremony Of Carols: Wolcum Yole!; There Is No Rose; Balulaow; As Dew In Aprille 6:03
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Thomas Beecham – Hallelujah! (from Hansel’s Messaih) 3:33
St. John's Episcopal Cathedral Choir, Donald Pearson – Sing We Merrily Unto God Our Strength 2:13
Norman Luboff Choir, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Leopold Stokowski – Sheep May Safely Graze 6:22
The Robert Shaw Chorale And RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw – I Sanctissima 2:18
New York Choral Artists – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 3:24
Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott – The Coventry Carol 3:20
The King's Singers – The Gift (Simple Gifts) 2:05
The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Neary – Once As I Remember 2:39
The Billy Graham Crusade Choir – Beautiful Savior 3:31
Disc Two
St. John's Episcopal Cathedral Boys And Girls' Choir, Donald Pearson, Eric Plutz – Jubilation Deo 2:30
The Philadelphia Orchestra And Chorus, Eugene Ormandy – What Child Is This? 2:24
The Robert Shaw Chorale And RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw – The First Nowell 2:26
Musica Sacra – O Tannenbaum 2:22
New York Choral Artists – Carol Of The Bells 1:27
The King's Singers – It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 2:21
The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Michala Petri, National Philharmonic Orchestra – Ding Dong! Merrily On High 2:02
The Vienna Boys Choir, Hans Gillesberger, Vienna Symphony, Helmuth Froschauer – Ave, Verum Corpus 2:48
Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen – A Virgin Unspotted (A Christmas Hymn; A Virgin Most Pure, A Virgin Unspotted) 5:29
The King's College Choir Of Cambridge – The Seven Joys Of Mary 3:14
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy – Angels We Have Heard On High 3:04
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Mormon Tabernacle Choir – O Come, All Ye Faithful 2:55
The King's Singers – El Niño Querido 2:43
Musica Sacra, Richard Westenburg – O Magnum Mysterium 3:20
Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen – Light Of The World 3:14
Arthur Fiedler And His Orchestra And Chorus, Arthur Fiedler – The Little Drummer Boy 2:27
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy – We Wish You A Merry Christmas 2:01
The Choir And Orchestra Of Clare College, Cambridge, John Rutter – The Wexford Carol 4:20
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Richard P. Condie – God Of Our Fathers 2:10
The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Neary – Hodie Christus Natus Est (Today Christ Is Born) 3:08
The King's College Choir Of Cambridge – Up! Good Christen Folk, And Listen 1:16
Boston Camerata, John Cohen – Light Of The World 2:07

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