Credits:

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Description:

A heartwarming Christmas album by one of the world's finest orchestras, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra of Germany. The album features 16 Christmas masterpieces, all performed exclusively by the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic, and all of them are masterpieces by master conductors. The Berlin Philharmonic has grown into one of the world's greatest orchestras under the leadership of conductors such as Karajan and Abbado, and this is a definitive Christmas album that will give you the true essence of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Tracklisting:

1 FUNFSTIMMIGE BLASMUSIK INTRADA - INTRADA - SARABANDE - INTRADA - INTRADA / BLASER DER BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER
2 NOTRE DAME INTERMEZZO
3 TRADITIONAL: STILL. WEIL'S KINDLEIN SCHLAFEN WILL / BLASER DER BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER
4 MASS IN C MAJOR. K.317 'CORONATION' 6. AGNUS DEI (LIVE At PHILHARMONIE. BERLIN / 1991) / SYLVIA MCNAIR
5 VOM HIMMEL HOCH. DA KOMM ICH HER / BLASER DER BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER
6 SUITE NO.3 IN D MAJOR. BWV 1068 2. AIR / HERBERT VON KARAJAN
7 THE NUTCRACKER. OP.71. TH.14 / ACT 1 NO. 2 MARCH / SEMYON BYCHKOV
8 CHRISTMAS ORATORIO. BWV 248 / PART TWO - FOR THE SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS NO.10 SINFONIA / FRITZ LEHMANN
9 CHRISTMAS ORATORIO. BWV 248 / PART ONE NO.8 ARIA: 'GROSER HERR. O STARKER KONIG' / HEINZ REHFUSS
10 VESPERAE SOLENNES DE CONFESSORE IN C MAJOR. K.339 5. LAUDATE DOMINUM OMNES GENTES (PS. 116/117) / RACHEL HARNISCH
11 BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO.2 IN F MAJOR. BWV 1047 1. (ALLEGRO) / MICHEL SCHWALBE
12 FLORILEGIUM SECONDUM OUVERTURE - SARABANDE - BOURREE - RONDEAU / MITGLIEDER DER BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER
13 HYMNUS OP.57 ANDANTE CANTABILE / DIE 12 CELLISTEN DER BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER
14 TRADITIONAL: ES IST EIN ROS' ENTSPRUNGEN / BLASER DER BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER
15 CONCERTO FOR FLUTE. HARP. AND ORCHESTRA IN C MAJOR. K.299 2. ANDANTINO / KARLHEINZ ZOLLER
16 SONATA A 5 / MITGLIEDER DER BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER