Various: Baroque Christmas Music (Hyperion Audio CD)

Hyperion Various CD Baroque Christmas Music

Alun Francis (conductor), Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle

CDH55048 (Originally issued on CDH88028)

Recording details: May 1981
Chapel of the Holy Names Academy, Seattle, USA
Produced by Walter Gray
Engineered by Albert Swanson
Release date: October 1999
Total duration: 47 minutes 28 seconds

Track listing
Festive Suite in A major (Telemann)
CD1 1 Movement 1: Ouverture 4:32
2 Movement 2: Marche 1:30
3 Movement 3: Plainte 3:13
4 Movement 4: Gavotte 4:32
5 Movement 5: Passepied. Rundtanz 2:02
6 Movement 6: Gigue 1:29

Behold, I bring you glad tidings, Z2 (Purcell)
7 Extract 1: Interlude I 1:22
8 Extract 2: Interlude II 3:18

Sinfonia a tre, per il santissimo Natale, Op 1 No 12 (Valentini)
9 Movement 1: Largo – Andante e forte 3:07
10 Movement 2: Allegro 2:07
11 Movement 3: Largo 2:32
12 Movement 4: Presto 1:52

Concerto a quattro in forma di pastorale, per il santo natale in G minor, Op 8 No 6 (Torelli)
13 Movement 1: Grave – Vivace 2:35
14 Movement 2: Largo 2:24
15 Movement 3: Vivace 1:41

Sinfonia pastorale per il santissimo natale di nostro Jesu 'Christmas Symphony' (Schiassi)
16 Movement 1: Adagio 2:01
17 Movement 2: Allegro 2:52
18 Movement 3: Largo spiccato 1:24
19 Movement 4: Andante 2:55