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Reader(s): Engel, Susan; Harris, Simon; Jeffrey, Peter; Moffatt, John; Ross, Liza; Soames, Benjamin; Timson, David
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Anthologies / Collections
Catalogue No: NA214912
Barcode: 9789629545017
Release Date: 10/2006
Christmas Collection (The) (Unabridged)
Christmas brings out the best and the worst in us, as can be seen in this evocative anthology. Among what Thomas Love Peacock calls the ‘many poetical charms in the heraldings of Christmas’ there are eulogies by saints and diatribes from curmudgeons. Here, Christmas is expounded by divines, sung by rustics, deplored by philosophers and made mystical in stories.
This collection includes complete versions of old favourites and new discoveries: a sermon by Lancelot Andrewes, an account of Christmas under the Puritans, a first, poverty-stricken Christmas in turn-of-the-century New York and a Mummers’ play.
Adding the final touch is the music: from traditional Christmas carols and Corelli to Benjamin Britten. On this recording, Christmas past brings alive Christmas present.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Engel, Susan (Reader)
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
Harris, Simon (Reader)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Ross, Liza (Reader)
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
Harris, Simon (Reader)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Ross, Liza (Reader)
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1 | A Recipe For Christmas Pastry | 02:34 |
Engel, Susan (Reader)
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2 | Britannia's Housewives Blithe | 02:30 |
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
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3 | The Bird Of Dawning | 00:37 |
Harris, Simon (Reader)
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4 | The Reverend Doctor Opimian Soliloquises On Christmas | 01:59 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
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5 | Yule Log | 00:46 |
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
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6 | Christmas Day | 01:51 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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7 | December | 01:09 |
Engel, Susan (Reader)
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8 | Sir Roger de Coverley's Christmas | 02:23 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
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9 | Kids Stuff | 02:09 |
Harris, Simon (Reader)
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10 | Christmas | 02:35 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
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11 | From Under The Greenwood Tree | 05:21 |
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
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12 | Christmas Invitation Humbly Inscrib'd To The Honourable Beef Steak Club | 01:34 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
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13 | A Visit From St. Nicholas | 03:09 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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14 | Letter: All Quiet On The Western Front | 04:16 |
Harris, Simon (Reader)
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15 | The Oxen (Carol: In The Bleak Midwinter) | 01:43 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
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16 | I Saw A Stable | 00:33 |
Engel, Susan (Reader)
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17 | The Innkeeper's Wife | 02:17 |
Engel, Susan (Reader)
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18 | A Civil Wartime Christmas 1657 | 02:17 |
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
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19 | The Boar's Head | 01:21 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
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20 | A Restoration Christmas | 02:51 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
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21 | Heap On More Wood! | 01:12 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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22 | Mr. Pickwick's Christmas | 04:10 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
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23 | Snapdragon | 02:08 |
Engel, Susan (Reader)
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24 | Rectory Christmas | 03:25 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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25 | Everything And More | 02:28 |
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
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26 | The Little Match-Girl | 07:26 |
Engel, Susan (Reader)
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27 | The Christmas Tree | 01:45 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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28 | The Finest Festive Feast | 02:30 |
Engel, Susan (Reader)
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29 | First Married Christmas | 06:57 |
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Disc 2
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1 | Dark Oak, Light Candles | 13:46 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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2 | Glennie Nell's Roast Christmas Possum | 03:24 |
Ross, Liza (Reader)
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3 | Christmas In Wartime | 07:43 |
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
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4 | Curmedgeonly Christmases: Oh Noisey Bells, Be Dumb | 01:10 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
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5 | Gifts Are Like Hooks | 00:52 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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6 | Curmedgeonly Christmases: Christmas Not What It Was | 01:27 |
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
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7 | Christmas Day In The Workhouse | 08:34 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
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8 | Curmedgeonly Christmases: Horrible Heathen Rite | 05:31 |
Timson, David (Reader)
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9 | Partying: The Christmas Mummers' Play As Performed In Some Of The Villages Near Lutterworth, Leicest | 06:28 |
Timson, David (Reader)
Harris, Simon (Reader)
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
Harris, Simon (Reader)
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
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10 | Food For Thought: The Magi - A Sermon Preached By Lancelot Andrewes Before The King's Majesty At Whi | 06:52 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
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11 | Food For Thought: The Magi | 00:49 |
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
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12 | Food For Thought: Little Things | 00:43 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
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13 | Afterthought | 01:48 |
Soames, Benjamin (Reader)
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14 | The Shop Of Ghosts | 10:31 |
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
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15 | Ceremony Upon Candlemas Eve | 00:30 |
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
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16 | Ceremony For Candlemas Day | 00:28 |
Jeffrey, Peter (Reader)
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17 | Ring Out, Wild Bells | 03:12 |
Moffatt, John (Reader)
Total Playing Time: 02:29:44