Christmas Music

Here are selected Christmas Carols for your listening enjoyment. You will find some carols familiar and others not so familiar.

Copyright notice: All sound recordings are copyright by Gregory Savord who reserves all rights. You have permission to freely use these sound recordings for your personal purposes. You may NOT redistribute these sound recordings. You may NOT republish these sound recordings. You may NOT use these sound recordings for any commercial purposes.

Performances by Gregory Savord on a Yamaha Grand Piano, model GC1

Silent Night

Here are 2 slightly different versions of this Carol

• Traditional version we know and love, recorded November 2012, (00:00:57)
• Origional version as written by Franz Gruber, recorded November 2012, (00:00:50)

Away in a Manger

I found and recorded 4 different versions of this carol.

• Based on the tune, Flow Gently, Sweet Afton, recorded November 2012, (00:00:32)
• German Folk-Song, recorded November 2012, (00:00:28)
• J. B. Herbert, recorded November 2012, (00:00:29)
• Based on the tune, Cradle Song by William J. Kirkpatrick, 1895, recorded November 2012, (00:00:29)

The Holly and the Ivy

Here are 2 versions of this carol

• English traditional, recorded November 2012, (00:00:27)
• Old French melody, recorded November 2012, (00:00:32)

A Child is Born in Bethlehem

• Recorded November 2012, (00:00:25)

Angels We Have Heard on High

• Old French Carol, recorded November 2012, (00:00:36)

Close by the Ox and Ass so Gray

• French Noël 1648, recorded November 2012, (00:00:26)

From Heaven High I Come to You

• Melody attributed to Luther, harmonized by J. S. Bach, recorded November 2012, (00:00:29)

Kolyada, Kolyada (Santa Claus, Santa Claus)

• Russian Christmas Carol, recorded November 2012, (00:00:17)

Le bel ange du Ciel (The Beautiful Angel from Heaven)

• François Auguste Gevaert (1828-1908), recorded November 2012, (00:01:05)

My Sheep Were Grazing

• German, 17th Century, recorded November 2012, (00:00:32)

Noel Noel

• Recorded November 2012, (00:00:50)

Nowel Syng We Now

• Recorded November 2012, (00:00:35)

O Jesu Sweet, O Jesu Mild

• From Scheidt’s “Tablaturbuch”, 1650, harmonized by J. S. Bach, recorded November 2012, (00:00:51)

The Snow Lay on the Ground

• Edvard Grieg, Old English Carol, recorded November 2012, (00:00:24)

Tomorrow will be Christmas

• Carl Gottlieb Hering, 1809, recorded November 2012, (00:00:24)

Carols Played on Bells

Actually, the following carols are played on one bell. Digital editing and programming make it possible for one bell to provide all the needed musical notes.

Silent Night

• Franz Gruber, (00:00:43)

Ring, Little Bells

• German, (00:00:32)

Ding Dong Merrily on High

• “le branle de l’Official” from Orchésographie, a dance book written by Jehan Tabourot (1519-1593), (00:00:36)

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