VA - The Complete Christmas Celebration (2010)

This 7-CD budget price collection of great Christmas classical music includes the complete Christmas Oratorio, the complete Messiah and the complete Nutcracker ballet in top-notch performances that have been huge sellers over the years. Plus single discs of Christmas songs and carols from Germany and England to round it off. BACH: CHRISTMAS ORATORIO (2 CDs) Anthony Rolfe Johnson / Nancy Argenta / Anne Sofie von Otter / Hans-Peter Blochwitz / Olaf Bär The Monteverdi Choir/ The English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner HANDEL: MESSIAH (2 CDs) Judith Nelson / Emma Kirkby / Carolyn Watkinson / Paul Elliott / David Thomas Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (dir. Simon Preston) The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood TCHAIKOVSKY: THE NUTCRACKER (Complete Ballet) (1 CD) Kirov Orchestra / Valery Gergiev WEIHNACHTSKONZERT (Christmas concert) (1 CD) Regensburger Domspatzen / Georg Ratzinger O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL - FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS CAROLS (1 CD) The Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury

Tracklist
Disc: 1
1 Part 1. No. 1. Chorus. Jauchzet, Frohlocket
2 Part 1. No. 2. Recitative. Es Begab Sich Ab
3 Part 1. No. 3. Recitative. Nun Wird Mein LI
4 Part 1. No. 4. Aria. Bereite Dich, Zion
5 Part 1. No. 5. Chorale. Wie Soll Ich Dich E
6 Part 1. No. 6. Recitative. Und Sie Gebar Ih
7 Part 1. No. 7. Chorale. Er Ist Auf Erden Ko
8 Part 1. No. 8. Aria. Gro Er Herr, O Starker
9 Part 1. No. 9. Chorale. Ach, Mein Herzliebe
10 Part 2. No. 10. Sinfonia
11 Part 2. No. 11. Recitative. Und Es Waren Hi
12 Part 2. No. 12. Chorale. Brich An, O SCH Ne
13 Part 2. No. 13. Recitative. Und Der Engel S
14 Part 2. No. 14. Recitative. Was Gott Dem Ab
15 Part 2. No. 15. Aria. Frohe Hirten, Eilt, a
16 Part 2. No. 16. Recitative. Und Das Habt Zu
17 Part 2. No. 17. Chorale. Schaut Hin, Dort L
18 Part 2. No. 18. Recitative. So Geht Denn Hi
19 Part 2. No. 19. Aria. Schlafe, Mein Liebste
20 Part 2. No. 20. Recitative. Und Alsobald Wa
21 Part 2. No. 21. Chorus. Ehre Sei Gott in de
22 Part 2. No. 22. Recitative. So Recht, Ihr E
23 Part 2. No. 23. Chorale. Wir Singen Dir in
24 Part 3. No. 24. Chorus. Herrscher Des Himme
25 Part 3. No. 25. Recitative. Und Da Die Enge
26 Part 3. No. 26. Chorus. Lasset Uns Nun Gehe
27 Part 3. No. 27. Recitative. Er Hat Sein Vol
28 Part 3. No. 28. Chorale. Dies Hat Er Alles
29 Part 3. No. 29. Duet. Herr, Dein Mitleid, D
30 Part 3. No. 30. Recitative. Und Sie Kamen E
31 Part 3. No. 31. Aria. Schlie E, Mein Herze
32 Part 3. No. 32. Recitative. Ja, Ja, Mein He
33 Part 3. No. 33. Chorale. Ich Will Dich Mit
34 Part 3. No. 34. Recitative. Und Die Hirten
35 Part 3. No. 35. Chorale. Seid Froh Dieweil
36 Part 3. No. 24. Chorus (Da Capo). Herrscher
Disc: 2
1 Part 4. No. 36. Chorus. Fallt Mit Danken, F
2 Part 4. No. 37. Recitative. Und Da Acht Tag
3 Part 4. No. 38. Recitative. Immanuel, O S
4 Part 4. No. 39. Aria. FL T, Mein Heiland
5 Part 4. No. 40. Recitative. Wohlan, Dein Na
6 Part 4. No. 41. Aria. Ich Will Nur Dir Zu E
7 Part 4. No. 42. Chorale. Jesus, Richte Mein
8 Part 5. No. 43. Chorus. Ehre Sei Dir, Gott
9 Part 5. No. 44. Recitative. Da Jesu Geboren
10 Part 5. No. 45. Chorus. Wo Ist Der Neugebor
11 Part 5. No. 46. Chorale. Dein Glanz All Fin
12 Part 5. No. 47. Aria. Erleucht Auch Meine F
13 Part 5. No. 48. Recitative. Da Das Der K Ni
14 Part 5. No. 49. Recitative. Warum Wollt Ihr
15 Part 5. No. 50. Recitative. Und Lie Versam
16 Part 5. No. 51. Trio. Ach, Wann Wird Die Ze
17 Part 5. No. 52. Recitative. Mein Liebster H
18 Part 5. No. 53. Chorale. Zwar Ist Solche He
19 Part 6. No. 54. Chorus. Herr, Wenn Die Stol
20 Part 6. No. 55. Recitative. Da Berief Herod
21 Part 6. No. 56. Recitative. Du Falscher, Su
22 Part 6. No. 57. Aria. Nur Ein Wink Von Sein
23 Part 6. No. 58. Recitative. Als Sie Nun Den
24 Part 6. No. 59. Chorale. Ich Steh An Deiner
25 Part 6. No. 60. Recitative. Und Gott Befahl
26 Part 6. No. 61. Recitative. So Geht Genug
27 Part 6. No. 62. Aria. Nun M GT Ihr Stolzen
28 Part 6. No. 63. Recitative. Was Will Der H
29 Part 6. No. 64. Chorale. Nun Seid Ihr Wohl
Disc: 3
1 Part 1. No. 1. Sinfony
2 Part 1. No. 2. Recitative. Comfort Ye My People / No. 3
3 Part 1. No. 4. Chorus. And the Glory of the Lord
4 Part 1. No. 5. Recitative. Thus Saith the Lord / No. 6
5 Part 1. No. 7. Chorus. And He Shall Purify
6 Part 1. No. 8. Recitative. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conce
7 Part 1. No. 10. Recitative. for Behold, Darkness Shall
8 Part 1. No. 12. Chorus. for Unto Us a Child Is Born
9 Part 1. No. 13. Pifa
10 Part 1. No. 14A. Recitative. There Were Shepherds, Abid
11 Part 1. No. 18. Song. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zi
12 Part 1. No. 19. Recitative. Then Shall the Eyes of the
13 Part 1. No. 21. Chorus. His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burth
14 Part 2. No. 22. Chorus. Behold the Lamb of God
15 Part 2. No. 23. Song. He Was Despised
Disc: 4
1 Part 2. No. 24. Chorus. Surely He Hath Brone Our Griefs
2 Part 2. No. 26. Chorus. And We Like Sheep Have Gone Ast
3 Part 2. No. 27. Recitative. All They That See Him Laugh
4 Part 2. No. 29. Recitative. Thy Rebuke Has Broken His H
5 Part 2. No. 32. Song. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul
6 Part 2. No. 33. Chorus. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
7 Part 2. No. 34. Recitative. Unto Which of the Angels Sa
8 Part 2. No. 36. Song. Thou Art Gone Up on High
9 Part 2. No. 37. Chorus. the Lord Gave the Word
10 Part 2. No. 38. Song. How Beautiful Are the Feet
11 Part 2. No. 39. Chorus. Their Sound Is Gone Out
12 Part 2. No. 40. Song. Why Do the Nations So Furiously R
13 Part 2. No. 42. Recitative. He That Dwelleth in Heaven
14 Part 2. No. 44. Chorus. Hallelujah
15 Part 3. No. 45. Song. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
16 Part 3. No. 46. Chorus. Since By Man Came Death
17 Part 3. No. 47. Recitative. Behold, I Tell You a Myster
18 Part 3. No. 49. Recitative. Then Shall Be Brought to Pa
19 Part 3. No. 51. Chorus. But Thanks Be to God
20 Part 3. No. 52. Song. If God Be for Us
21 Part 3. No. 53. Chorus. Wothy Is the Lamb That Was Slai
22 Part 3. No. 54. Chorus. Amen
Disc: 5
1 Ouverture
2 Act 1. Tableau 1. No. 1. SC Ne: L'ornement Et L'
3 Act 1. Tableau 1. No. 2. Marche
4 Act 1. Tableau 1. No. 3. Petit Galop Des Enfants
5 Act 1. Tableau 1. No. 4. SC Ne Dansante
6 Act 1. Tableau 1. No. 5. SC Ne Et Danse Gross-Va
7 Act 1. Tableau 1. No. 6. SC Ne
8 Act 1. Tableau 1. No. 7. SC Ne
9 Act 1. Tableau 2. No. 8. SC Ne
10 Act 1. Tableau 2. No. 9. Valse Des Flocons de Ne
11 Act 2. Tableau 3. No. 10. SC Ne
12 Act 2. Tableau 3. No. 11. SC Ne
13 Act 2. Tableau 3. Divertissement. No. 12A. Le CH
14 Act 2. Tableau 3. Divertissement. No. 12B. Le Ca
15 Act 2. Tableau 3. Divertissement. No. 12C. Le TH
16 Act 2. Tableau 3. Divertissement. No. 12D. TR Pa
17 Act 2. Tableau 3. Divertissement. No. 12E. Danse
18 Act 2. Tableau 3. Divertissement. No. 12F. La M
19 Act 2. Tableau 3. No. 13. Valse Des Fleurs
20 Act 2. Tableau 3. Pas de Deux. No. 14A. La F E D
21 Act 2. Tableau 3. Pas de Deux. No. 14B. Variatio
22 Act 2. Tableau 3. Pas de Deux. No. 14C. Variatio
23 Act 2. Tableau 3. Pas de Deux. No. 14D. Coda
24 Act 2. Tableau 3. No. 15. Valse Finale Et Apoth
Disc: 6
1 O Du FR Hlichs, O Du Selige
2 Bers Gebirg Marie Geht
3 Benedixisti, Domine
4 Hodie Christus Natus Est
5 O Jesulein Zart
6 Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen
7 Von Der Geburt Christi: O Freude Ber Freud'
8 Heilige Nacht
9 Quem Pastores Laudavere
10 Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her
11 Wie SCH N Singt Uns Der Engel Schar
12 Still, O Himmel
13 Es BL Hen Die Maien
14 Verbum Caro Factum Est
15 Freu' Dich, Erd' Und Sternenzeit
16 O Schlafe, Schlafe, G Ttlicher Knabe
17 Auf Dem Berge Da Geht Der Wind
18 Adeste Fideles
19 Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht

Disc: 7
1 Once in Royal David's City
2 Up, Good Christian Folk, and Listen
3 On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol)
4 Ding Dong, Merrily on High
5 O Little Town of Bethlehem
6 Silent Night
7 In the Bleak Midwinter
8 The First Nowell
9 Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
10 Away in a Manger
11 The Seven Joys of Mary
12 The Infant King
13 God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
14 The Holly and the Ivy
15 I Saw Three Ships
16 O Come, All Ye Faithful