Performer: Chen Reiss, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Howard Arman
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BR Klassik
Catalogue: 900521
Release: 2018
Size: 245 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Bass: Gloria
Mendelssohn: Festgesang an die Künstler, Op. 68
02. Festgesang, WoO 9, MWV D4: No. 2, Lied (Adap. W.H. Cummings as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing) [Arr. H. Arman]
03. Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H. 130, Pt. 2b, L’adieu des bergers
04. Puccini: Sogno d’or, SC 82 (Arr. H. Arman)
05. Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op. 37: VI. Ave Maria
06. Rebikov: Der Christbaum, Op. 21: Walzer
07. trad.: Bóg się rodzi (arr. H. Arman for choir and orchestra)
08. trad.: Kalin esperan archontes (arr. H. Arman for choir and orchestra)
09. trad.: Mary Had a Baby (arr. H. Arman for choir)
10. trad.: Adorar al niño (arr. H. Arman for soprano and orchestra)
11. Eilenberg: Petersburger schlittenfahrt, Op. 57*
12. trad.: In Dulci Jubilo (Adap. R.L. Pearsall) [Arr. H. Arman]
Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, Pt. 1
13. VI. Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe (Sung Without Words) [Arr. for Choir & Orchestra]
14. Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: See, the conqu’ring hero comes! (Sung in German as Tochter Zion, freue dich) (arr. H. Arman for choir and orchestra)
Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV589
15. I. Gloria in excelsis Deo
16. Adam: Cantique de Noël (arr. H. Arman for soprano and orchestra)
17. Mason: Joy to the World (arr. H. Arman for choir and orchestra)
Under the direction of Howard Arman, the BR-chorus sings international holiday songs from Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Greece amongst others, by composers like von Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Berlioz and Puccini.