Christmas Collection

The Holly and the Ivy is one of the oldest and most popular of all English Christmas carols. The text refers to Mary and Jesus, but equally to the pre-Christian tradition of celebrating the winter sol...

Mit diesem Arrangement des ursprünglich französischen Weihnachtsliedes Engel auf den Feldern singen hat Roland Kernen wieder einmal ein bezauberndes Konzertstück geschaffen. Das Werk beginnt mit einer...

The Spirit of Christmas is a medley of charming Christmas carols, all with an international character. The medley consists of the following five carols: Away in a Manger; The First Noel; It Came Upon...

The Little Drummer Boy ist ein Weihnachtslied, dessen Melodie Jung und Alt sofort wieder erkennen werden. Dieser Weihnachtsklassiker erzählt von einem kleinen Jungen, der das in seiner Krippe liegende...

The Christmas Song, der seltsamerweise an einem heissen Sommertag des Jahres 1946 komponiert wurde, ist ein Evergreen unter den Weihnachtsliedern. Der Text beschreibt sehr anschaulich ?Maronen, die üb...

As the title suggests in Christmas Bells, bells play the leading part. This medley begins with bell chiming on the CD (this comes with the set), after which the band come in with a solid chord. During...

Maria durch ein? Dornwald ging (Blest Mary Wanders Through the Thorn) is a traditional German Christmas song. The earliest known version is recorded in the Andernacher Gesangbuch from 1608. Halfway th...

The Englishman, Bishop Reginald Heber (1783?1826), wrote Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning for Epiphany. These lyrics were published in 1811, in the Christian Observer, but were set to mus...

Aber Heidschi Bumbeidschi was originally a traditional lullaby from the German region of Bohemia. It?s beautiful smooth moving melody has ensured that this tune has become popular outside of the Germa...

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen von Michael Praetorius ist eines der Lieder, die auf keinem Weihnachtsfest oder -konzert fehlen dürfen. Die signalartige Gegenstimme in den Blechbläsern in dieser gelungenen...

Jacob de Haan arranged four Christmas carols in the suite Four Shepherd Songs. In the four-part instrumentation, creating the possibility to play the piece with a large number of varied strengths, he...

Dem Weihnachtslied Cantique de Noñl von Adolphe Charles Adam aus dem 19. Jahrhundert wurde damals von Kirchenoberen einen Mangel an gutem Geschmack und das Fehlen von religiösem Empfinden bescheinigt....

Kinderweihnacht is a medley for four-part instrumentation, featuring four famous German childrens Christmas songs. Creative interpretation requires the use of kitchen utensils (bottles, spoons, lids)...

O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf (O Savior, Rend the Heavens Wide) was written by the German poet Friedrich von Spee (1591-1635) during the Thirty Years? War. The profound text echoes the misery of that...

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen appeared in print for the first time in William Sandy's Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern in 1833, although it was believed to have been written many years earlier. Today...

When the song Silent Night was fi_x005Frst heard, at Christmas 1818 in the village church of Oberndorf, near Salzburg in Austria, no one could have dreamt of the success this Christmas carol would enj...

Christmas Fantasy is a fantastic medley by Jan de Haan which features some of the best-known songs from the Christmas season. Includes: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Once in...