CLASSIC AL A UDI O PHYSICAL ONLY CHILDREN’S CHOIR OF THE BOLSHOI THEATRE CHRISTMAS BELLS MELCD1002357 | 4600317123575 1 CD | SRP: US $18.99 CA $22.99 COMPOSER: Thoinot Arbeau • Thoinot Arbeau • Benjamin Britten • Luigi Denza • César Franck • Franz Xaver Gruber • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • James Lord Pierpont • Linda Spevacek ARTIST: Anastasia Leonova • Anna Aglatova (soprano) • Eleonora Gvozdkova (alto) • Maksim Paster (tenor) • Maria Krushevskaya (harp) • Margarita Petrosian (piano) • The Children’s Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre • Yulia Molchanova (conductor) • The Children’s Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre was founded one hundred years ago and has taken part in numerous opera and ballet productions, successfully combining theatre performances with it’s own concert activities. The unique sound of the voices of the Bolshoi’s young artists has been heard at many venues of Mowcow, Russia and other countries. • The choir has collaborated with well-known Russian orchestras such as the Russian National Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Big Symphony Orhcestra, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonia and the Osipov National Academic Orchestra of Folk Instruments. • Many of the former artists and soloists of the choir have been prize winners of vocal competitions and sing in the leading opera houses of this country and abroad. • Yulia Molchanova, a graduate of teh choral conducting faculty of the Moscow Conservatory where she studied under professor Boris Kulikov, started her career in the Children’s Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre. She has been at the helm of the collective since 2004. TRACK LIST: Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols 01. Procession Hodie Christus 02. Wolcum Yole! 03. There Is No Rose 04. That Younge Child 05. Balulalow 06. As Dew in Aprille 07. This Little Babe 08. Interlude 09. In Freezing Winter Night 10. Spring Carol 11. Deo Gracias 12. Recession Hodie Christus Cesar Franck 13. Panis Angelius from Solemn Mass, Op. 12 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 14. Alleluia from motet Exsultate, jubilate, KV 165 Linda Spevacek 15. Sing a Joyous Alleluia Vladimir Vavilov 16. Ave Maria Thoinot Arbeau 17. Ding Dong Merrily On High 18. We Wish You a Merry Christmas Luigi Denza 19. Funiculi, Funicula James Lord Pierpont 20. Jingle Bells Franz Xaver Gruber 21. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht DISTRIBUTED BY RELEASE DATE: 10/14/16 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE 74