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Christmas In Switzerland – Carols in the languages of Switzerland (C 75/1975)

Christmas In Switzerland. Carols in the languages of Switzerland.

Programme Contents:

1. Noël suisse – Swiss Christmas.
Anonymus. Maibaum Instrumental Folk Ensemble, Zürich. Alfred Stern, conductor.

2. Kommt all herein, ihr Engelein – Come All Ye Little Angels.
Trad. Arr. G. Kölliker. Female Voices of the Choir of the Blind, Berne. Gottfried Kölliker, conductor.

3. Berceuse de Noël – Christmas Lullabye.
Trad. Arr. J. Bovet. Mixed Choir of Prilly. Fernand Verdon, conductor.

4. Pê vê la miné – Towards Midnight.
Trad. Arr. J. Bovet. Maîtrise Saint-Pierre aux Liens, Bulle. André Corboz, conductor. From “ERATO STU 70 557”.

5. Natale – Christmas.
R. Galfetti. Arr. C. Cavadini. Choir and Instrumentalists of the Teachers’ Seminary, Locarno. Claudio Cavadini and Antonio Lava, conductors.

6. Da mesa notg fidaivlamein – At Midnight.
Trad. Arr. G.A. Derungs. Mixed Choir of the Teachers’ Seminary of Chur. Sur Gieri Cadruvi, Baritone. Esther Sialm, organ. Gion Antoni Derungs, conductor. From “Record LP 30-301”.

7. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht – Silent Night, Holy Night.
F. Gruber. Children of Pestalozzi Village, Trogen. From “SBC documentary recording”.

8. Die heilige Driikönige – The Three Holy Kings.
Trad. Lucerne Singers. A. Moenne, oboe. G. Weber, English horn. H. Przibilla, bassoon. Hansruedi Willisegger, conductor. From “ARMIDA W-120”.

9. Bells of Muothatal.

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