We Wish You a Merry Christmas

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1A Medley of Christmas Carols
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Lee Holdridge
arranger:
Lee Holdridge
medley including a recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
medley including a recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum (13th-century carol)
medley including a recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
medley including a recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
medley including a recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)
Isaac Watts, George Frideric Handel, Lowell Mason, John Mason Neale, Phillips Brooks, Lewis Henry Redner5:23
2White Christmas
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
Irving Berlin4:26
3O Come, All Ye Faithful
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1963-09-03)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1963-09-03)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1963-09-03)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1963-09-03)
arranger:
L. Robertson
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1963-09-03)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
John Francis Wade3:00
4What Child Is This?
guitar and recorder:
Liona Boyd
arranger:
Liona Boyd
recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
William Chatterton Dix3:02
5Good King Wenceslas
instruments and orchestra:
New York Brass & Percussion Ensemble
organ:
E. Power Biggs (English organist/harpsichordist)
choir vocals:
Gregg Smith Singers and Texas Boys Choir (Touring group from Texas Center for Arts and Academics consisting of Boys aged 10 to 18)
conductor:
Gregg Smith (choral conductor)
arranger:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum (13th-century carol)
John Mason Neale3:02
6The Twelve Days of Christmas
brass:
The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble (in 1967)
performer:
The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
arranger:
Andrew Kazdin (American record producer)
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederic Austin (English baritone and composer) (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
[traditional]3:51
7Carol of the Bells
orchestra:
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra (New York Philharmonic)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
arranger:
Eddie Sauter
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
recording of:
Carol of the Bells
lyricist:
Peter J. Wilhousky (in 1936)
arranger:
Микола Дмитрович Леонтович (Mykola Leontovych) (in 1916)
is based on:
Щедрик (The Little Swallow)
Mykola Leontovych, Peter J. Wilhousky2:41
8Hallelujah! (From Handel's Messiah)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel3:48
9We Wish You a Merry Christmas
choir vocals:
St. Killian Boychoir
soprano vocals:
Phyllis Curtin (soprano)
vocals:
Phyllis Curtin (soprano)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic
conductor:
André Kostelanetz (conductor)
performer:
André Kostelanetz and His Orchestra
arranger:
Eddie Sauter
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
[traditional]2:08
10Sleigh Ride
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic
conductor:
Skitch Henderson
recording of:
Sleigh Ride (original instrumental version)
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1948-02-10)
publisher:
Mills Music
Leroy Anderson2:40
11Joy to the World
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
arranger:
John Longhurst (organist)
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
Isaac Watts, George Frideric Handel, Lowell Mason2:15
12The Little Drummer Boy
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
conductor:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
Katherine K. Davis3:19
13Jingle Bells
flute:
Jean‐Pierre Rampal (flautist)
guitar:
Alexandre Lagoya (guitarist/composer)
keyboard:
Michel Legrand
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Michel Legrand
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
James Lord Pierpont4:23
14God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
instruments and orchestra:
New York Brass & Percussion Ensemble
organ:
E. Power Biggs (English organist/harpsichordist)
choir vocals:
Gregg Smith Singers and Texas Boys Choir (Touring group from Texas Center for Arts and Academics consisting of Boys aged 10 to 18)
conductor:
Gregg Smith (choral conductor)
arranger:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
[traditional]2:09
15Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly
orchestra:
The Cleveland Orchestra
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer)
arranger:
Hershy Kay
recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
Thomas Oliphant2:16
16Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
organ:
Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, Felix Mendelssohn, William H. Cummings2:50
17Away in a Manger
flute:
Thijs van Leer
harpsichord and piano:
Louis Van Dyke
soprano vocals:
Elly Ameling (soprano)
orchestra:
Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Roger Van Otterloo
arranger:
Rogier van Otterloo
recording of:
Away in a Manger (Mueller variation)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Carl Mueller and James Ramsey Murray (in 1885)
James Ramsey Murray3:04
18Silent Night, Holy Night
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Franz Xaver Gruber, Josef Mohr3:32