Manufacturer: White Label

Manufacturer: Bmg Classics

The French Baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier wrote a large amount of church music, including 34 oratorios, six setting text from Luke's Gospel in celebration of Christmas. Besides these were several Christmas motets, three of which are featured here, together with a chanson from a fourth and 10 noëls. The music spans approximately a decade from the early 1670s. The most extensive work is ...

Manufacturer: Naxos
Directed By: Kevin Mallon

Manufacturer: Mdg

This album sounds like the kind of music you would expect to find accompanying a Christmas parade sequence in, say, a Doris Day movie. There are brass fanfares aplenty, heaps of swirling strings, cymbal clashes at every climax and climaxes at every key change. Roberto Alagna completes the picture by finishing each number with the kind of staggering fortissimo high note that makes the roof of your ...

Manufacturer: EMI Classics

Manufacturer: Naxos

Manufacturer: Decca Eloquence

Manufacturer: EMI

Manufacturer: Universal Classics

Manufacturer: Bear Essentials