Christmas is perhaps the time when most singing can be heard, both in the town and country. The musicologist Marius Schneider affirmed this when he wrote: ‘God hungers for songs.’ So it is that the time which celebrates the symbolic birth of the Lord is a great occasion for music, even for people who may have no direct religious beliefs. With this 5-CD set, Capriccio presents a total of 100 Classical Christmas titles, sung by some of the world's most famous choirs and soloists, ranging from J. S. Bach's lofty Christmas Oratorio to simple songs of the countryside, including the most famous of all, Silent Night, Holy Night

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Artists

David Cordier (countertenor), Ulla van Daalen (harp), Jochen Kowalski, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Charles Humphries, Axel Köhler, Solist der Wiener Sängerknaben, Michael Erxleben, Klaus Mertens, Monica Groop, Dorothe Jansen, Hermann Prey, Reinhold Friedrich, Hartmut Lücker, Peter Dicke, Michael-Christfried Winkler, Christoph Prégardien, Peter Marschik, Matthias Eisenberg, Katharina Kammerloher, Wolfgang Steiner, Georg Hintermeier, Ute Selbig, Elisabeth Wilke, Armin Ude, Egbert Junghans, Roland Büchner, Edita Gruberova, Egbert Junghanns, Marschik Ensemble, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben, RIAS Kammerchor, Rias-Sinfonietta, Thomanerchor, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, Die Regensburger Domspatzen, Rias Sinfonietta, Philharmonic Art Ensemble, Rostocker Motettenchor, Leipzig Capella Fidicinia, Academy of London, WDR Funkhausorchester Köln, Vokalensemble Frankfurt, Concerto Köln, Tölzer Knabenchor, Musicalische Compagney, Kammerorchester Berlin, Lautten Compagney, HR-Brass, Delta Chamber Ensemble, Delta Chamber Players, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig, Capella Gregoriana, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Deutsche Bachsolisten, Martin Flämig, Marcus Creed, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Helmuth Froschauer, Frank Bohme, Hartwig Eschenburg, Ralf Otto, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Edward H. Tarr, Hermann Max, Helmut Winschermann