Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Celebration: 10 Centuries of Christmas Music (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Celebration: 10 Centuries of Christmas Music (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:50 minutes | 889 MB | Genre: Classical
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Under the leadership of Craig Leon, the Orchestre de’Auvergne surveys ten centuries of Christmas music in this ambitious project. Well-known favourites such as Away in a Manger and Silent Night appear alongside new gems to be discovered like Corde Natus Ex Parentis and Nesciens mater virgo virum.

Tracklist:
01. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Joy to the Wolrd (Handel after Anonymous) (02:42)
02. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Silent Night, H.145a-g (02:19)
03. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Corde Natus Ex Parentis (01:56)
04. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Adeste Fidelis (02:45)
05. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – The Sussex Carol (02:06)
06. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – In the Bleak Midwinter, H. 73 (03:58)
07. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Angelus ad Virginem (02:24)
08. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Il est né le divin enfant (02:17)
09. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Est ist ein Ros entsprungen (03:01)
10. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Herz und Mund und tat und Leben , BWV 147: X. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire (02:26)
11. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – In dulci jubilo Gaudette (02:54)
12. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Gaudette (02:14)
13. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Sleepers Wake, BWV 140 (03:41)
14. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) (04:14)
15. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Nesciens mater virgo virum (03:36)
16. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Veni, veni Emmanuel (03:26)
17. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Away in a Manger (02:52)
18. Orchestre d’Auvergne, Craig Leon – Festgesang zum Gutenbergfest, WoO 9: II. Hark the Herald Angels Sing (01:48)

Personnel:
Orchestre d’Auvergne
Craig Leon (arrangements & direction)

Composers:
Adam, Adolphe Charles (1803-56)
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Gruber, Franz (1826-71)
Gruber, Franz Xaver (1787-1863)
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Holst, Gustav Theodore (1874-1934)
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-47)
Mouton, Jean (c.1459-1522)
Murray, James R (1841-1905)
Praetorius, Michael (1571-1621)
Wade, John Francis (c.1711-86)

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