Holst: Christmas Day, H109

This page lists all recordings of Christmas Day, H109, by Gustav Theodore Holst (1874-1934) on CD & download (MP3 & FLAC).

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In the World of Spirits

In the World of Spirits

Christmas Classics for Wind Band


Anderson, Leroy:

Sleigh Ride

Broughton:

In the World of Spirits

Higdon:

Mysterium

Holst:

Christmas Day, H109

arr. Larry Daehn

In the Bleak Mid-winter (Cranham)

arr. Robert Smith

Reed, A:

Russian Christmas Music

Smith, Claude T.:

Symphonic Prelude on Adeste Fidelis

Sparke:

A Winter's Tale

trad.:

Greensleeves

arr. Alfred Reed


Emory Symphonic Winds, Scott A. Stewart

The Emory Symphonic Winds, comprised of members of the Emory Wind Ensemble and the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, are American leaders in the commissioning of new music. Bruce Broughton’s In the World of Spirits was dedicated to the ensemble and is a work of action, dynamism and electric physicality. Christmas carols and hymns are explored by Gustav Holst while Jennifer Higdon charts the intangible beauty of music itself. Alfred Reed’s Russian Christmas Music is a classic of symphonic band writing: rich, colorful and sonorous.

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In Terra Pax

In Terra Pax

A Christmas Anthology


Finzi:

In terra pax, Op. 39

Gardner, John:

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

Holst:

Christmas Day, H109

Howells:

Here is the Little Door

A Spotless Rose

Joubert:

There Is No Rose

Leighton:

A Hymn of the Nativity

Mathias:

Sir Christèmas

A babe is born

Rutter:

What sweeter music

Vaughan Williams:

Folk songs of the four seasons – Winter

Warlock:

Three carols


Julia Doyle (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Mark Williams (organ and piano)

City of London Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton

Performances of carols both ancient and modern have become central to the celebration of Christmas.

The choral music on this disc includes Holst’s surprisingly neglected Christmas Day, as well as music by Leighton, Joubert, Mathias, Gardner and Rutter.

The nostalgic mood of Howells’s evergreen carol anthems is echoed in Finzi’s In terra pax, which recalls the pealing of bells at midnight on a frosty Christmas Eve.

The City of London Choir, which enjoys an enviable reputation as a “leader among non-professional choruses” (The Times), makes its Naxos début with this delightful recording.

“The gem here is Finzi's In terra pax… From late in Finzi's life, it is suffused with English pastoral yearning, and baritone Roderick Williams sings beautifully in the outer sections.” BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009 ****

“...an outstanding account of one of the minor masterpieces of 20th-century English music.” The Guardian, 4th December 2009 ****

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Christmas Day

Christmas Day


Boughen:

Christmas Gloria

Brumby:

Nowell, Nowell

Fink:

What Sweeter Music

Gardner, John:

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

Henderson, M:

O Joyous Child of Poverty

Holst:

Christmas Day, H109

La Cour:

Hodie Christus Natus Est

Leek:

Peace

Lovelock:

Saw a Light

Mackinnon:

Sleeps Judea Fair

Poulenc:

Hodie Christus natus est (No. 4 from Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël, Op.152)

Rutter:

Angels' carol

Sculthorpe:

Morning-Song for the Christ Child

Tavener:

The Lamb

trad.:

I saw three ships

Infant Holy

Unto Us a Boy is Born!

Still, still, still


Quodlibet Singers, Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra

Ranging from a cappella to full orchestral accompaniment, these carols make an ideal gift for your music-loving friends. The carols are mostly modern, but very listenable.

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