A Classic Christmas

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: Disc 1
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?:??