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1. Verbum Caro Factum Est

2. Nouveau Livre De Noëls, Op. 2: No. 1, Noël Sur Les Jeux D'anches Sans Tremblant

3. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Arr. M. Suzuki For Choir)

4. Nouveau Livre De Noëls, Op. 2: No. 2, Noël En Dialogue, Duo, Trio, Sur Le Cornet De Récit, La Tierce Du Positif

5. Ich Steh An Deiner Krippen Hier, Bwv 469 (Arr. M. Suzuki For Choir)

6. Nouveau Livre De Noëls, Op. 2: No. 3, Noël En Musette, En Dialogue, Et En Duo

7. Silent Night, H. 145 (Arr. M. Suzuki For Voice & Choir)

8. In Dulci Jubilo (Arr. M. Suzuki For Choir)

9. The First Noel (Arr. M. Suzuki For Choir)

10. Festgesang, Woo 9, Mwv D4: No. 2, Lied (Adap. W.H. Cummings As Hark! The Herald Angels Sing) – Verbum Caro Factum Est [Arr. M. S

11. Adeste Fideles (Arr. M. Suzuki For Choir & Organ)

12. Away In A Manger – It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – Ding, Dong! Merrily On High (Arr. M. Suzuki For Choir)

13. Nouveau Livre De Noëls, Op. 2: No. 6, Noël Sur Les Jeux D’anches, Sans Tremblant, Et En Duo

14. Nouveau Livre De Noëls, Op. 2: No. 7, Noël En Trio Et En Dialogue, Le Cornet De Récit De La Main Droite, La Tie

15. O Jesulein Süss! O Jesulein Mild! (Arr. M. Suzuki For Choir)

16. Nouveau Livre De Noëls, Op. 2: No. 10, Noël Grand Jeu Et Duo

17. Veni, Veni Emmanuel (Arr. M. Suzuki For Choir)

18. Nouveau Livre De Noëls, Op. 2: No. 12, Noël Grand Jeu Et Duo "Suisse"

19. Verbum Caro Factum Est (Arr. M. Suzuki For 3 Voices)

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Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki have sung of the wonders of Christmas a number of times, in Bach’s cantatas and Christmas Oratorio as well as in Handel’s Messiah. Here, instead, we hear the choir a cappella in a selection of classic Christmas carols. Masato Suzuki, son of the ensemble’s founder and director, has selected some of the best-loved songs of Christmas, such as Adeste fideles and Silent Night, as well as less familiar hymns, arranging them especially for these singers. A consummate organist, he also performs a number of Louis-Claude Daquin’s noëls variés – keyboard variations on Christmas songs which became a highly popular genre in 18th-century France.