Christmas Chants
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Christmas Chants is a seasonal album by German band Gregorian
Gregorian (band)
Gregorian is a German band headed by Frank Peterson that performs Gregorian chant-inspired versions of modern pop and rock songs. The band features both vocal harmony and instrumental accompaniment.- Band history :...

 released in 2006. In 2008 a special edition titled Christmas Chants & Visions was released, containing the original CD with two bonus tracks, and a DVD. The live concert DVD was filmed in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 in December 2007 during Gregorian's Christmas tour.

Track listing

  1. "Ave Maria
    Ave Maria
    Ave Maria may refer to:*Ave Maria , the "Hail Mary", a traditional Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox prayer calling for the intercession of Mary, the mother of Jesus-Music:...

    "
  2. "Silent Night"
  3. "When a Child Is Born
    When a Child Is Born
    "When a Child is Born" is a popular Christmas song. The original melody was "Soleado", a tune from 1972 by Ciro Dammicco , composer for the Italian group Daniel Santecruz Ensemble. The English language lyrics were written later by Fred Jay....

    "
  4. "Amazing Grace
    Amazing Grace
    "Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton , published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God,...

    "
  5. "The First Noel
    The First Noël
    The First Nowell is a traditional classical English carol, most likely from the 18th century, although possibly earlier...

    "
  6. "In the Bleak Midwinter
    In the Bleak Midwinter
    "In the Bleak Midwinter" is a Christmas carol based on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti written before 1872 in response to a request from the magazine Scribner's Monthly for a Christmas poem....

    "
  7. "Pie Jesu
    Pie Jesu
    Pie Jesu is a motet derived from the final couplet of the Dies irae and often included in musical settings of the Requiem Mass. The settings of the Requiem Mass by Luigi Cherubini, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé, John Rutter, Karl Jenkins and Fredrik Sixten include a Pie Jesu as an independent...

    "
  8. "A Spaceman Came Travelling
    A Spaceman Came Travelling
    "A Spaceman Came Travelling" is a song by Chris de Burgh released on the album Spanish Train and Other Stories in 1975 . It became a popular Christmas song in the UK, and has been released numerous times as a single, first in 1976, then 1981, 1984 and 1986...

    " (Chris de Burgh
    Chris de Burgh
    Chris de Burgh is a British/Irish singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his 1986 love song "The Lady in Red".-Early life:...

    )
  9. "O Come All Ye Faithful"
  10. "Gloria in Excelsis"
  11. "Footsteps in the Snow"
  12. "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy
    Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy
    "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" is a Christmas song with an added counterpoint performed by David Bowie and Bing Crosby...

    "
  13. "Sweeter the Bells"
  14. "Child in a Manger"
  15. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
    Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
    "Happy Xmas " is a song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono and released in 1971 as a single by John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir....

    " (John Lennon
    John Lennon
    John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

    )
  16. "Auld Lang Syne
    Auld Lang Syne
    "Auld Lang Syne" is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song . It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world; its traditional use being to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight...

    "
  17. "Last Christmas
    Last Christmas
    "Last Christmas" is a song by British pop duo Wham!, released on Epic Records in 1984, on a double A-side with "Everything She Wants". It was written by George Michael, one half of the duo...

    " (Bonus track) (featuring Carolin Fortenbacher
    Carolin Fortenbacher
    Carolin Fortenbacher is a German Musical actress and singer. She has had a leading role for five years in the musical Mamma Mia! in Hamburg.- Training :...

    )
  18. "Moment of Peace" (Christmas Version) (Bonus track) (featuring Sarah Brightman
    Sarah Brightman
    Sarah Brightman is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She is famous for possessing a vocal range of over 3 octaves and singing in the whistle register...

    )

Christmas Visions

  1. "Ave Maria"
  2. "Silent Night"
  3. "When a Child Is Born"
  4. "Sweeter the Bells"
  5. "In the Bleak Midwinter"
  6. "Peace on Earth"
  7. "Child in a Manger"
  8. "Greensleeves
    Greensleeves
    "Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and tune, a ground of the form called a romanesca.A broadside ballad by this name was registered at the London Stationer's Company in September 1580 as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves". It then appears in the surviving A Handful of...

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  9. "Miracle of Love"
  10. "The Circle"
  11. "Mad World"
  12. "Crying in the Rain"
  13. "Sacrifice"
  14. "Kyrie"
  15. "Moments of Peace"
  16. "Angels"
  17. "Noel Nouvelet"
  18. "Hymn"
  19. "Happy Xmas War Is Over"
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