I always enjoy this collection at Christmas time. It starts with three traditional carols, the first two acapella, Then come two Viennese Strauss pieces and two other orchestral offerings and the Hallelujah Chorus before closing with a series of eight selections from Mozart's choral masterpiece, his requiem. This takes up over 20 minutes of the hour adn six minutes. So not all Christmas music strictly speaking but all ideal for putting you in the mood.
1 I Saw Three Ships Trad arr Willcocks OUP 2:01
2 The Holly And The Ivy Traf arr Walford Davies Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge (Dir Richard Marlow) 2:00
3 O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Overtone Voice (Cond Marlow) 2:29
4 Champagne Polka, Op. 211 Strauss II Rundfunkorchester Des Südwestfunks (cond Klaus Orp) 2:44
5 Viennese Bonbons, Op. 307 Strauss II Orchestra Der Wuener Volksoper (cond Alfred Scholz) 9:36
6 Overture From The Merry Wives Of Windsor Otto Nicolai Rundfunkorchester Des Südwestfunks (cond Klaus Orp) 8:32
7 Overture From Poet And Peasant von Suppe New Philharmonic Orchestra (cond Alfred Scholz) 9:35
8 Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah Handel
Sinfonie Orchester Der Leningrade (cond Alexandr Dmitriev) 3:34
Requiem (Extracts) Mozart
Budapest Concert Orchestra (cond Tamás Gál) with Academic Choir Budapest (cond Gábor Hollerung)
9 Introit 4:52
10 Kyrie 2:27
11 Dies Irae 1:41
12 Confutatis 2:28
13 Lacrimosa 3:22
14 Sanctus 1:30
15 Agnus Dei 3:10
16 Lux Aeterna 5:23
Orbis (Aurophon)
