A Classic Christmas

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD: Disc 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Adeste Fideles
Andrea Bocelli3:25
2O Holy Night
choir vocals:
National Youth Choir of Wales
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Katherine Jenkins (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Czech Film Orchestra
conductor:
David Rowland (chorus master)
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
arrangement of:
O holy night (arr. John Ebenezer West)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Katherine Jenkins4:07
3Away in a Manger
recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
Aled Jones2:42
4Hark the Herald Angels Sing
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Philip Ledger
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
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)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Briggs & Stephen Cleobury3:03
5Do You Hear What I Hear?
Hayley Westenra & The Choirboys2:53
6White Christmas
Bryn Terfel3:35
7The First Nowell
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
The First Nowell (David Willcocks arrangement) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Briggs & Stephen Cleobury4:56
8Ave Maria, “Ellens Gesang III”, D839
Luciano Pavarotti4:48
9Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Kiri Te Kanawa3:45
10Joy 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)
Dame Joan Sutherland1:51
11Ding Dong Merrily on High
pipe organ [organ]:
Christopher Herrick (organist)
vocals:
Choir of Westminster Abbey
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. Charles Wood)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
arrangement of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Choir of Westminster Abbey1:57
12Air: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
Renée Fleming4:38
13O Little Town of Bethlehem
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “Forest Green”, as sung in the UK and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1906)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 32)
is based on:
The Ploughboy's Dream
version of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Briggs & Stephen Cleobury3:18
14What Child Is This
Sissel3:42
15While Shepherds Watched
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Briggs & Stephen Cleobury3:06
16Unto Us Is Born a Son
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford2:02
17Hallelujah Chorus
Chicago Symphony Chorus3:40
18I Know a Rose Tree
Secret Garden4:59
19In the Bleak Midwinter
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
solo vocals:
John Bowen (tenor vocalist) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
tenor vocals:
John Bowen (tenor vocalist)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Harold Edwin Darke
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Briggs & Stephen Cleobury4:19
20Past Three O’Clock
Monteverdi Choir1:51
21In Dulci Jubilo
Choir of Westminster Abbey3:32
22I Saw Three Ships
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
solo vocals:
John Bowen (tenor vocalist) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20), Simon Haynes (tenor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20), Christopher Hughes (alto) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20) and Roland Robertson (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
tenor vocals:
John Bowen (tenor vocalist)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (arr. Willcocks) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
I Saw Three Ships
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Briggs & Stephen Cleobury1:33
23Up! Good Christian Folk and Listen
Choir of Westminster Abbey1:20
2▼CD: Disc 2
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1Silent Night
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
Aled Jones3:21
2Walking in the Air (Theme From ’The Snowman’)
The Choirboys?:??
3Once in Royal David’s City
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20, on 1984-03-20)
treble flute:
Robin Barter
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
solo soprano vocals:
Robin Barter (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20, on 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Henry John Gauntlett
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1984)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20) and King’s College Cambridge in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (on 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (harmony Arthur Mann, descant Stephen Cleobury)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
additional composer:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) and Arthur Henry Mann (English organist and composer)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
publisher:
Novello
version of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Mann)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Briggs & Stephen Cleobury?:??
4The Holly and the Ivy
Anthony Way, st paul cathedral choir & John Scott?:??
5Panis Angelicus
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:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus (in 2002-02)
lyricist:
St. Thomas Aquinas
composer:
César Franck (Belgian‐born French composer) (in 1860)
part of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12
Plácido Domingo, Marcello Viotti & Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi?:??
6God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) and David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1960, in 1984)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here) (on 1998-12-14)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Briggs & Stephen Cleobury?:??
7Still, Still, Still
Aled Jones?:??
8Good King Wenceslas
Choir of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston & Christopher Herrick?:??
9Mary’s Boy Child
Bryn Terfel & Malcolm Martineau?:??
1012. Chorus: “For Unto Us a Child Is Born”
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti?:??
11When a Child Is Born
Tito Beltrán3:24
12The Lamb
Monteverdi Choir & Sir John Eliot Gardiner?:??
13A Shepherd’s Carol
pipe organ [organ]:
Christopher Herrick (organist)
choir vocals:
Choir of Westminster Abbey
vocals:
Choir of Westminster Abbey
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
A Shepherd's Carol
lyricist:
W. H. Auden
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
Choir of Westminster Abbey & Simon Preston?:??
14O Tannenbaum
choir vocals:
Vienna Boys CHoir (The Vienna Boys Choir)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
Wiener Sängerknaben & Uwe Christian Harrer?:??
15Christmas Gift of Love
Roisin O’Reilly3:09
16Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
choir vocals:
The Cambridge Singers
orchestra:
City of London Sinfonia (chamber orchestra)
conductor:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
recording of:
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol (in 1985-04)
lyricist and composer:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945) (in 1963)
John Rutter?:??
17Coventry Carol
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1962-08)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1962-08)
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 (in 1962-08)
recording of:
Coventry Carol (Martin Shaw arrangement) (in 1962-08)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Martin Shaw (British composer)
arrangement of:
Coventry Carol
recording of:
Coventry Carol (Martin Shaw arrangement) (in 1962)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Martin Shaw (British composer)
arrangement of:
Coventry Carol
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks?:??
18What Sweeter Music
Choir of New College Oxford & Edward Higginbottom4:19
19Balulalow
Anthony Way, Lucy Wakeford, St Paul’s Cathedral Choir & John Scott?:??
20The Twelve Days of Christmas
Ingomar Raimer, Wiener Sängerknaben, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Volksopernorchester & Uwe Christian Harrer?:??
21Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Briggs & Stephen Cleobury?:??
22(German Chorale)
Plácido Domingo?:??
23Auld Lang Syne
Nicky Spence?:??