Classic Xmas

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Gob
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Classic Xmas

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Shamelessly ripped off from another site I infest, some real loveliness here....


Benedicamus Domino - Warlock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bblRsk30uXM

Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ - Bach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJa716LSba4

Coventry carol - Set by Leighton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmZ83E_aIKU

Fantasia on Christmas carols - Vaughan Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_RcXwTAiTs

The Cherry Tree Carol - Arr Willcocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upjFKKSXfp4

Here is the Little Door - Howells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp86f3qpQ3A

Kyrie from the Messe de Minuit - Charpentier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtI0D5-7nEQ

Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noel - Poulenc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYKfb4ynPAw

Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen - Praetorius
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWS7CpFHJ8E

Balulalow - Warlock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxqSxqnSIqQ

In Dulci Jubilo - arr Pearsall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z24EMr1DKNE

See amid the winter's snow - Sir John Goss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2nyWpn-yE0

Hodie Christus Natus Est - Palestrina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR7PXx2CVI8#t=46&end=309

A spotless rose - Howells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM7mqnLC0f4

Verbum caro factum est - John Sheppard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUng79bpGxs

Adam Lay Ybounden - Warlock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=626Nrbtwtao

Ecce virgo concipiet - Byrd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxRoFDKU590

Sing lullaby - Howells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTV-JKIne0I#t=20

The Wexford Carol - Irish arr Rutter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeZifgblGSs

Videte miraculum - Tallis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oYwrgs6rzQ

In the Bleak midwinter - Darke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNdqF9XfMD0

I sing of a maiden - Hadley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54VCXLnaXV4

Bethlehem Down - Warlock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k3h1EjgnaE

Long long ago - Howells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qvcvRebQ-I

Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt - Bach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpQSZ5Ejk2k

Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree - Poston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPJBFYuUWvY

Corpus christi carol - Britten (Jeff Buckley version is good too!!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOhTeHDKHTk

I wonder as I wander - Niles arr Rutter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggxf84z8MPo

A babe is born - Matthias
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKKEI1KwXd4

O Magnum Mysterium - Victoria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dn7HgiT2QY

A shepherd's carol - Britten (great W H Auden words)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs5eFm2-0mE

Salve puerule - Charpentier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX88p4IrPM8

There is no rose - Anon
http://www.youtube.com/embed/q672sRnO27 ... autoplay=1

Ikon of the nativity - John Tavener (sadly recently passed away)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grDROE-SDj8
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Re: Classic Xmas

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Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?

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Really pushing for those late votes, eh?
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Re: Classic Xmas

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A few of my favourites by John Rutter, sung by the Cambridge Singers:

Nativity Carol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zltwY5wLyI

Candlelight Carol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMKYbSCXh8c

Angel's Carol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOIhzqutZuQ

Christmas Lullaby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7pJFG-fRWk
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