Easy Organ Christmas Album

Yuletide favorites by twenty-four different composers are gathered in this compilation of traditional and classical organ works. Assembled by noted musicologist and organist Rollin Smith, these holiday classics will enchant beginners as well as their audiences.

All of Paris, according to legend, flocked to church on Christmas Eve for the special pleasure of hearing Daquin play his noel variations. The composer's "Noel for Flutes" is featured here, along with Christmas music by Buxtehude ("How Brightly Shines the Morning Star"), Guilmant ("Introduction and Variations on an Old Polish Carol"), Berlioz ("Rustic Serenade to the Madonna"), Brahms ("Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming"), and many others. Six settings of "In Dulci Jubilo" feature four centuries of variations on the traditional German carol, from an anonymous version of the early sixteenth century to Franz Liszt's 1875 rendition, "The Shepherds at the Manger." An informative section of Notes on the Music offers background on each of the selections.

Content:
1. Christmas-Musette [Mailly, Alphonse]
2. From Heaven Above To Earth I Come [Krebs, Johann Ludwig]
3. From Heaven Above To Earth I Come [Pachelbel, Johann]
4. From Heaven Above To Earth I Come [Rinck, J.C.H.]
5. gesu bambino [Yon, Pietro]
6. He Is Born, The Divine Child [Roques, Leon]
7. How Brightly Shines The Morning Star [Buxtehude, Dietrich]
8. How Brightly Shines The Morning Star [rinck, J.c.h.]
9. In dulci jubilo
10. In Dulci Jubilo [Buxtehude, Dietrich]
11. In Dulci Jubilo [Mareschall, Samuel]
12. In Dulci Jubilo BWV 729 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
13. In Dulci Jubilo BWV 751 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
14. Introductions On An Old Polish Carol [Guilmant, Alexandre]
15. Little Song To The Virgin Mary [Bossi, Marco Enrico]
16. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming [Brahms, Johannes]
17. Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum [Lemmens, Jacques-Nicolas]
18. Noel de Saintonge [Dandrieu, Jean-Francois]
19. Noel For Flutes [Daquin, Lois-Claude]
20. O Holy Night (O Heilige Nacht!) [Liszt, Franz]
21. O Jesu So Meek, O Jesu So Mild [Kauffman, Georg Friedrich]
22. Offertoire On A Breton Noel [Franck, Cesar]
23. Offertoire On Two Noels [Dallier, Henri]
24. Pastorale [Zipoli, Domenico]
25. Psallite (Weinachtsbaum) [Liszt, Franz]
26. Rustic Serenade To The Madonna [Berlioz, Hector]
27. The Shepherds At The Manger (Weinachtsbaum) [Liszt, Franz]
28. Theme And Variation On A PRovencal Noel [Roques, Leon]
29. Variations To Adeste Fideles [Taylor, Raynor]
30. Variations To The Sicilian Hymn [Carr, Benjamin]