The Voice of Christmas

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1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Joy to the World
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano) (in 1965-05)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1965-05)
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist) (in 1965-05)
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol) (in 1965-05)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
George Frideric Handel1:53
2Gesù Bambino
Pietro Yon4:28
3O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)
John Francis Wade3:33
4Il est né, le divin enfant
[anonymous]1:24
5Hodie Christus natus est (Concerti ecclesiastici II, 1599)
Giovanni Bassano2:29
6Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (in 1961-06) and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano) (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 1961-06) and Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1961-06)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, composer)
arranger:
Friedrich Meyer (composer, bandleader) and Wolfgang Meyer (organist, harpsichordist)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) (in 1961-06)
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)
Felix Mendelssohn2:32
7While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
[anonymous]3:06
8O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)
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 Adam4:13
9Coventry Carol
[anonymous]2:15
10The Holly and the Ivy
[traditional]3:32
11Joseph dearest, Joseph mine (Joseph, lieber Joseph mein)
[anonymous]1:31
12Angels from the Realms of Glory
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) (in 1985-03)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (in 1985-03)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1985-03)
conductor:
Carl Davis (conductor and composer) (in 1985-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1986)
recorded at:
CTS Studios in Wembley, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1985-03)
recording of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (sung to the French carol tune “Iris” (Les anges dans nos campagnes)) (in 1985-03)
lyricist:
James Montgomery (hymnwriter, poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (arr. Wood)
is based on:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (hymn without specified tune)
is based on:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
[anonymous]3:32
13The Three Kings
Peter Cornelius2:44
14Panis Angelicus
César Franck3:38
15In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 368
Johann Sebastian Bach2:15
16It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
choir vocals:
Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06) and Wiener Singverein (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano) (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1961-06)
arranger:
Friedrich Meyer (composer, bandleader)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
Richard Storrs Willis1:49
17The First Nowell
[anonymous]4:00
18Once in Royal David's City
Henry John Gauntlett4:58
19Messiah, Part 1: XIII. Pifa (Sinfonia Pastorale)-XIV. Recitativo: There Were Shepherds-XV. Chorus: Glory to God
George Frideric Handel6:22
20Navidad Nuestra: III. El Nacimiento (Vidala Catamarqueña)
Ariel Ramírez3:59
2▼Digital Media
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1Carol of the Bells
[anonymous]1:19
2Lift Up Your Heads (Messiah, HWV 56)
George Frideric Handel3:01
3Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248: No. 1. Chorus: "Jauchzet, Frohlocket"
recording engineer:
Hans‐Peter Schweigmann (engineer)
executive producer:
Dr Gerd Ploebsch (engineer) and Prof. Dr. Hans Hickmann
producer:
Hans Weber (producer/engineer)
bassoon:
Karl Kolbinger (bassoonist) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06) and Detlev Kühl (bassoonist) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
cello:
Kurt Engert (cellist) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06) and Oswald Uhl (cellist) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
double bass:
Herbert Duft (double bass player) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06) and Ludwig Kiblböck (double bass player) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
horn [corno da caccia I]:
Kurt Richter (German horn player) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
horn [corno da caccia II]:
Willy Beck (classical horn player) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
oboe [oboe I], oboe d'amore [oboe d'amore I] and oboe da caccia [oboe da caccia I]:
Edgar Shann (oboist) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
oboe [oboe II] and oboe d'amore [oboe d'amore II]:
Kurt Hausmann (oboist) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
oboe da caccia [oboe da caccia II]:
Gustav Meyer (oboist) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
organ:
Hedwig Bilgram (harpsichordist and organist) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
transverse flute:
Paul Meisen (flautist) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
trumpet [trumpet I]:
Maurice André (French trumpeter) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
trumpet [trumpet II]:
Bernhard Gediga (trumpeter) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
trumpet [trumpet III]:
Wilhelm Oppermann (trumpeter) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
violin:
Otto Büchner (violinist) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
choir vocals:
Münchener Bach‐Chor (Munich Bach Choir) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
orchestra:
Münchener Bach‐Orchester (Munich Bach Orchestra) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
conductor:
Karl Richter (conductor/ choir master/ organist/ harpsichordist) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
balance engineer:
Hans‐Peter Schweigmann (engineer) (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1965)
recorded at:
Herkulessaal in München (Munich), Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
recording of:
Weihnachts‐Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil I, I. Coro „Jauchzet, frohlocket“ (from 1965-02 until 1965-06)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1734-12-25)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (from 1734 until 1735)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
is based on:
Kantate, BWV 214 "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!": I. Coro "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!"
part of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, "Christmas Oratorio")
Johann Sebastian Bach8:19
4O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
[anonymous]1:34
5Silent Night (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht)
Franz Xaver Gruber3:21
6Away in a Manger
William James Kirkpatrick2:21
7O Little Town of Bethlehem
[anonymous]3:02
8What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano) (in 1965-05)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1965-05)
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist) (in 1965-05)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records, Inc.
recording of:
What Child Is This? (in 1965-06)
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)
[anonymous]3:24
9I Saw Three Ships
[anonymous]2:01
10God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
choir vocals:
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (in 1961-06) and Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano) (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 1961-06) and Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1961-06)
chorus master:
Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, composer)
arranger:
Friedrich Meyer (composer, bandleader)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here) (in 1961-06)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
[anonymous]2:27
11Good King Wenceslas
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
harpsichord:
Valda Aveling (pianist, harpsichordist and clavichordist) (in 1965-05)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir) (in 1965-05)
soprano vocals:
Patricia Clarke (Soprano) (in 1965-05) and Joan Sutherland (soprano) (in 1965-05)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1965-05)
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist) (in 1965-05)
recording of:
Good King Wenceslas (in 1965-06)
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)
[traditional]2:59
12Ave Maria (Arr. From Bach's Prelude no. 1, BWV 846)
instruments:
Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano) (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1961-06)
arranger:
Carlo Sabatini
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1961-06)
recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements of the Bach / Gounod work) (in 1961-06)
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)
Charles Gounod, Johann Sebastian Bach2:37
13Sweet Little Jesus Boy
[anonymous]3:03
14White Christmas
Irving Berlin3:51
15We Wish You a Merry Christmas
[traditional]1:44
16Fantasia On Christmas Carols
producer:
Andrew Raeburn
bass-baritone vocals:
Hervey Alan (operatic bass) (on 1962-08-01)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1962-08-01)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1962-08-01)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (on 1962-08-01)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (on 1962-08-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recorded at:
King’s College, Cambridge in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1962-08-01)
recording of:
Fantasia on Christmas Carols (on 1962-08-01)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1912)
Ralph Vaughan Williams11:35