Christmas Favorites: Highlights from Handel's "The Messiah" and Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker"

~ Release by Handel, Tchaikovsky; Pro Musica Antiqua, Randolph Jones (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

~1991/92?

Annotation last modified on 2026-05-21 13:19 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Messiah: Hallelujah
choir vocals:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
Handel4:12
2Messiah: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
Handel3:25
3Messiah: O Thou Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
Handel5:32
4Messiah: How Beautiful Are the Feet
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
Handel2:43
5Messiah: Why Do the Nations
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
Handel2:21
6Messiah: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
Handel2:54
7Messiah: Comfort Ye My People
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
Handel3:27
8Messiah: We Trusted in God
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
Handel2:21
9Messiah: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
Handel4:48
10Messiah: The Trumpet Shall Sound
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
Handel3:49
11Messiah: Amen
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
Handel2:47
12The Nutcracker Suite: Miniature Overture
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: I. Ouverture miniature. Allegro giusto
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (until 1892)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
Tchaikovsky3:20
13The Nutcracker Suite: March
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: a) Marche. Tempo di marcia viva
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques
Tchaikovsky2:49
14The Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: b) Danse de la Fée-Dragée. Andante ma non troppo
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques
revision of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 14c. Па-де-де: Вариация II: Танец Феи Драже (The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Pas de Deux: Variation II: Dance of the sugar-plum fairy, Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
Tchaikovsky2:11
15The Nutcracker Suite: Russian Dance
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: c) Danse russe. Trépak. Tempo di Trepak, molto vivace
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques
Tchaikovsky1:16
16The Nutcracker Suite: Arabian Dance
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: d) Danse arabe. Allegretto
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques
Tchaikovsky3:42
17The Nutcracker Suite: Chinese Dance
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: e) Danse chinoise. Allegro moderato
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques
Tchaikovsky1:27
18The Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Reed Flutes
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: f) Danse des mirlitons. Moderato assai
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques
revision of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 12e. Дивертисмент (д) Танец пастушков (Dance of the shepherds)
Tchaikovsky2:41
19The Nutcracker Suite: Waltz of the Flowers
orchestra:
Pro Musica Antiqua (conducted by Randolph Jones)
conductor:
Randolph Jones (conductor)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: III. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
revision of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Waltz of the flowers, valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers)
Tchaikovsky7:06