The Three Tenors at Christmas

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1Adeste fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
recording engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
choir vocals:
London Voices (in 1976-01)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1976-01)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera) (in 1976-01)
conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor) (in 1976-01)
chorus master:
Terry Edwards (British choir director) (in 1976-01)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (Petersham) in Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-01)
recording of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version) (in 1976-01)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
John Francis Wade3:37
2Panis angelicus
choir vocals:
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (Petersham) in Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
lyricist:
St. Thomas Aquinas
composer:
César Franck (Belgian‐born French composer) (in 1860)
part of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12
César Franck4:05
3Agnus Dei
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria
organ:
Michael G. Gormley (organist)
choir vocals:
Chorus Viennensis and Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
recording of:
Agnus Dei
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
arranger:
Ernest Guiraud (French composer)
is based on:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2: II. Intermezzo (for piano, Bizet)
Georges Bizet3:42
4Pietà, signore
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria
organ:
Michael G. Gormley (organist)
choir vocals:
Chorus Viennensis and Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
recording of:
Pietà, Signore
lyricist and previously attributed to:
Alessandro Stradella (composer)
composer:
Louis Niedermeyer
publisher:
G. Schirmer Inc.
Alessandro Stradella7:07
5Cavelleria rusticana: Ave Maria
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
vocals:
Sissel
orchestra:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (Symphony Orchestra of Milan Giuseppe Verdi)
conductor:
Marcello Viotti (conductor)
recorded at:
Auditorium di Milano in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy
recording of:
Ave Maria (by Pietro Mascagni, adapted from the Intermezzo of his Cavalleria Rusticana)
lyricist:
Pietro Mazzoni
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
is based on:
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Pietro Mascagni5:19
6Serse: “Frondi teneri … Ombra mai fu”
recording engineer and balance engineer:
Stephan Flock (in 2002-02)
engineer:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 2002-02), Wolf‐Dieter Karwatky (in 2002-02) and Chris Nelson (recording engineer) (in 2002-02)
producer:
Christopher Alder (editor/engineer/producer)
editor:
Stephan Flock (in 2002-02) and Ingmar Haas (engineer) (in 2002-02)
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor) (in 2002-02)
orchestra:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (Symphony Orchestra of Milan Giuseppe Verdi) (in 2002-02)
conductor:
Marcello Viotti (conductor) (in 2002-02)
recorded at:
Auditorium di Milano, Fondazione Cariplo in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 2002-02)
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 1. Recitativo “Frondi tenere” (Serse) (in 2002-02)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1738)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse) (in 2002-02)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1737-12-26 until 1738-01-09)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1737-12-26 until 1738-01-09)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
George Frideric Handel3:47
7Ave Maria
recording engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1976-01)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
choir vocals:
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir (in 1976-01)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1976-01)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera) (in 1976-01)
conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor) (in 1976-01)
arranger and orchestrator:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1976)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (Petersham) in Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-01)
live recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements) (in 1976-01)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
arrangement of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
recording of:
Ave Maria, D. 839 (Schubert; catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
arrangement of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
recording of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Jairo (Argentinean singer) and Sir Walter Scott (19th-century Scottish author)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
translator:
Adam Storck
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 839)
Franz Schubert4:54
8O Holy Night (Minuit, chrétiens)
recording engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1976-01)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1976-01)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera) (in 1976-01)
conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor) (in 1976-01)
arranger and orchestrator:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Records Company (The Decca Record Company Limited, not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1976)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (Petersham) in Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-01)
recording of:
O Holy Night (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer)
arrangement of:
O Holy Night
Adolphe Adam4:17
9Prelude no. 1, BWV 846: Ave Maria
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria
organ:
Michael G. Gormley (organist)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) and Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
arranger:
Job Maarse
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements of the Bach / Gounod work)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer)
publisher:
Lam Larghetto Music (from 1993 to present)
arrangement of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Johann Sebastian Bach / Charles Gounod2:49
10Pregária
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria
organ:
Michael G. Gormley (organist)
choir vocals:
Chorus Viennensis and Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
recording of:
Pregária (Lo cant de l’ànima a la Verge)
lyricist and composer:
Fermín María Álvarez (composer)
Fermín María Álvarez4:55
11Petite messe solennelle: Domine Deus
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (Symphony Orchestra of Milan Giuseppe Verdi)
conductor:
Marcello Viotti (conductor)
recorded at:
Auditorium di Milano in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy
recording of:
Petite Messe solennelle: II. Gloria: Domine Deus (T - tenor solo)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer) (in 1863)
part of:
Petite Messe solennelle
Gioachino Rossini5:02
12Aria, BWV 508: Bist du bei mir
recording engineer and balance engineer:
Stephan Flock (in 2002-02)
engineer:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 2002-02), Wolf‐Dieter Karwatky (in 2002-02) and Chris Nelson (recording engineer) (in 2002-02)
producer:
Christopher Alder (editor/engineer/producer)
editor:
Stephan Flock (in 2002-02) and Ingmar Haas (engineer) (in 2002-02)
soprano vocals:
Sissel
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor) (in 2002-02)
vocals:
Sissel (in 2002-02)
orchestra:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (Symphony Orchestra of Milan Giuseppe Verdi) (in 2002-02)
conductor:
Marcello Viotti (conductor) (in 2002-02)
arranger:
Robert Sadin
recorded at:
Auditorium di Milano, Fondazione Cariplo in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 2002-02)
recording of:
Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (previously attributed to Bach, catch-all for arrangements) (in 2002-02)
composer:
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (composer)
previously attributed to:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Aria, BWV 508 “Bist du bei mir” (previously attributed to Bach)
part of:
Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach, Kleine Suite
recording of:
Aria, BWV 508 “Bist du bei mir” (previously attributed to Bach)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (composer)
previously attributed to:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bachs Notenbibliothek (BNB) (number: BNB I/S/4), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (abbreviated second edition, 1998, BWV²ᵃ) (number: BWV 508), Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725) (number: 25), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 508) and Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (second edition, 1990, BWV²) (number: BWV 508)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:46
13Messa da Requiem: Ingemisco
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Ingemisco (tenore)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1873 until 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
Giuseppe Verdi3:39
14Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice?
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Piero Gamba (conductor and pianist)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Atto III. Aria “Che farò senza Euridice?” (Orfeo)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (composer)
librettist:
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
part of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Atto III (Italian version)
Christoph Willibald Gluck4:30
15“Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”, BWV 147: “Jesus bleibet meine Freude”
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria
organ:
Michael G. Gormley (organist)
choir vocals:
Chorus Viennensis and Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1723-07-02)
lyricist:
Martin Janus (German Protestant minister, c. 1620–1682) (in 1665)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 15)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“
Johann Sebastian Bach3:19
16Caro mio ben
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Vjekoslav Šutej
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Caro mio ben
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
Giuseppe Giordani and Tommaso Giordani
publisher:
G. Schirmer Inc.
Tommaso Giordani2:37
17Repentir (O Divine Redeemer)
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (Symphony Orchestra of Milan Giuseppe Verdi)
conductor:
Marcello Viotti (conductor)
recorded at:
Auditorium di Milano in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy
recording of:
Repentir (“O Divine Redeemer”)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
Charles Gounod5:25
18The Sound of Music: Climb Ev'ry Mountain
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (Symphony Orchestra of Milan Giuseppe Verdi)
conductor:
Marcello Viotti (conductor)
recorded at:
Auditorium di Milano in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy
recording of:
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (The Sound of Music)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI United Partnership Ltd., The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and Williamson Music Company
part of:
MJ: The Musical
part of:
The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II2:28

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art direction:Michael Walters (art director)
photography:Butcher & Gundersen
Terry Neill (photographer)
Sheila Rock (UK photographer)
booklet editor:WLP Ltd