Compact disc

Cantata BWV 62. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Noëls sur les instruments / Marc-Antoine Charpentier -- Audite principes / Giovanni Gabrieli -- Nuit ; Messe de minuit. Extract / Marc-Antoine Charpentier --Salvator noster ; O Jesu mi dulcissime / Giovanni Gabrieli -- The Christmas story. Dank sagen wir alle Gott ; O bone Jesu, fili Mariae / Heinrich Schütz -- Christmas concerto. Pastorale / Arcangelo Corelli -- Puer natus in Bethlehem ; Puer nobis nascitur ; Nun lob mein Seel (organ) ; In dulci jubilo / Michael Praetorius

Works previously released, 1991-2001

The Monteverdi Choir ; the English Baroque Soloists ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor (1st work) ; the English Concert ; Trevor Pinnock, conductor (2nd, 10th works) ; Gabrieli Consort & Players ; Paul McCreesh, conductor (3rd, 6th-9th, 11th works) ; Mirella Giardelli, organ (4th-5th works) ; Chœurs de Musiciens du Louvre ; les Musiciens du Louvre ; Marc Minkowski, conductor (4th-5th works) ; Boys' Choir of Roskilde Cathedral ; directors, Kristian Olesen and Finn Evald (8th-9th, 11th works) ; Timothy Roberts, organ (11th work)

Sung in Latin, German and French; song texts in original language and English translation inserted in container