Advent & Christmas Music

Anonymous | Gaudete, Christus est natus [á 4; Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford]

Gruber | Stille Nacht [Silent Night; best original version; Vienna Boys' Choir]

Hammerschmidt | Machet die Tore weit [á 6; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks]

Schütz | Rorate caeli, SWV 322 [á 3; Concerto Vocale]

Tye | Laudate nomen Domini [á 4; Voices of Ascension]

Corelli | Concerto Grosso Op. 6 n. 8 [Christmas Concerto; Camerata RCO]

Sweelinck | Chantez à Dieu chanson nouvelle [Ps. 96, á 4; Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne]

Pierpont | Jingle bells [best original version; á 4; 1857]

Anonymous 16th century | The "Coventry Carol" ["Lully lullay", á 3; Sospiri Choir]

Victoria | O magnum mysterium [á 4; Voces8]

Haßler | Dixit Maria [á 4; Cappella Gloriana]

Michael Praetorius | Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen [á 4; Voces8]

Haßler | Verbum caro factum est [á 6; The Exon Singers]

Mendelssohn | Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden [Op. 79, 1. Weihnachten; á 8; Voces8]

Handl-Gallus | Omnes de Saba [á 5; Apollo5]