Sacred Christmas Music
A two-thousand-year journey in magnificent color and sound about the history of Christmas music.
Highly Educational and Entertaining.
Increase your knowledge about Christmas music, its origin, and how it progressed from the early years of Christianity to the twentieth century, and learn about Latin hymns, Gregorian chant, motets, polyphonic instrumentation, and carols.
Beautiful Treasury of Art.
Experience the color of magnificent works of art by Fra Angelico, Hans Memling, Jan Van Eyck, Raphael, Jean Fouquet, Correggio, El Greco, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and ancient manuscript illuminations from the great libraries of Paris and London.
Religious Heritage.
A unique perspective on Christmas music’s spiritual moorings since the early centuries of Christianity and how the Christian Church made significant contributions to the advancement of Western Music.
Classical Music Performances.
Enjoy the majestic music of the Gloria, Kyrie, O Magnum Mysterium, Messiah, The Lord’s Prayer, and glorious motets, hymns, and carols performed by world-renowned choirs and orchestras – the Vienna Boys Choir, and Placido Domingo, the Philadelphia Orchestra and Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Harvard Men’s Glee Club, and English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir.
Magnificent Package.
Here’s an opportunity to own one of the most important collections of sacred Christmas music assembled that lavishly fuses History, Art, and Music in a special book.
Quintessential Collection.
A valuable addition to any Christmas music library looking to acquire some of the most incredible music from antiquity.
Music Tracks
- Hört zu ihr lieben Leute (Praetorius)
- Veni, Emmanuel (O Come, O Come Emmanuel)
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J.S. Bach)
- Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op.6/8 (Corelli)
- O Magnum Mysterium (Victoria)
- Kyrie (Palestrina)
- Gloria (Josquin des Prez)
- Gregorian Chant
- Gradual: Tecum Principium
- Messiah: For Unto Us a Child Is Born (Handel)
- Gregorian Chant
- Alleluia: Dominus Dixit
- Anima Nostra (Michael Haydn)
- Panis Angelicus (Franck)
- Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus (Handel)
- The Lord’s Prayer (Malotte)
- Hodie Christus Natus Est (Sweelinck)
- Silent Night
Features
- A fabulous trove of 51 color plates, including magnificent fine art and breathtaking manuscript illuminations by some of the Western world’s greatest artists.
- Lyrics of all vocal titles.
- Sensational CD of Sacred Classics with 16 tracks.
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