Glorious Christmas

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD: Golden Voices Sing Treasured Favourites / Glorious Choirs Sing Golden Carols
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1Silent Night
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (in 1985-03)
arranger:
David Cullen (composer, arranger, orchestrator)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Co. Ltd. (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:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (in 1985-03)
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
Kiri Te Kanawa2:59
2O Holy Night
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
Luciano Pavarotti4:13
3Good King Wenceslas
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Co. Ltd. (The Decca Record Company Limited, not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1965)
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)
Joan Sutherland2:58
4O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Records (UK) Limited (1987–1996) (in 1956)
recording of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1500 until 1600)
version of:
Es lebe hoch der Zimmermannsgeselle
Mario Lanza1:51
5Alleluja
soprano vocals:
Moira Anderson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Co. Ltd. (The Decca Record Company Limited, not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1969)
recording of:
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165: IV. Alleluia
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165
Moira Anderson2:56
6Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
vocals:
Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label)
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)
Harry Secombe3:04
7God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Records (UK) Limited (1987–1996) (in 1956)
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)
Mario Lanza4:19
8The Twelve Days of Christmas
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
arranger:
Kevin Townend
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Co. Ltd. (The Decca Record Company Limited, not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1986)
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederic Austin (English baritone and composer) (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
Kiri Te Kanawa4:50
9Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
choir vocals:
Vienna Boys Choir (The Vienna Boys Choir)
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Records (UK) Limited (1987–1996) (in 1979)
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)
Plácido Domingo & The Vienna Boys Choir2:59
10It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Records (UK) Limited (1987–1996) (in 1956)
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)
Mario Lanza2:53
11The Holy City
vocals:
Moira Anderson (from 1969 until 1970)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Co. Ltd. (The Decca Record Company Limited, not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1970)
recording of:
The Holy City
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly
composer:
Stephen Adams (English composer)
Moira Anderson4:11
12The First Noël
choir vocals:
The Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1990)
recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
The Ambrosian Singers & The National Philharmonic Orchestra3:50
13Joy to the World
choir vocals:
The King’s Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1989)
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)
The King’s Singers2:16
14We Three Kings of Orient Are
choir vocals:
The Huddersfield Choral Society
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1986)
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
The Huddersfield Choral Society3:04
15Deck the Halls
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
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”)
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir1:24
16I Saw Three Ships
choir vocals:
The Huddersfield Choral Society
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1986)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
The Huddersfield Choral Society0:57
17We Wish You a Merry Christmas
choir vocals:
The King’s Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1989)
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Rutter)
arranger:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
arrangement of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
The King’s Singers1:36
18Lullay My Liking
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (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:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) and 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) (in 1970)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1963-09-03)
recording of:
Lullay My Liking, op. 34 no. 2 (on 1963-09-03)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1916)
part of:
A thematic catalogue of Gustav Holst’s music (number: H. 129)
version of:
Lullay, Mine Liking
part of:
4 Choruses, op. 34
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir5:08
19O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
The Morriston Orpheus Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1970)
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)
The Morriston Orpheus Choir3:01
20The Holly and the Ivy
producer:
Brian Culverhouse (classical producer and engineer, active from 1960s)
instruments:
Harry Gabb (organist)
organ:
Harry Gabb (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
Dr J Dykes Bower (organist and choir master)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1967)
recorded at:
St Paul’s Cathedral in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1967)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir3:43
21Once in Royal David's City
choir vocals:
King’s College Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1949)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Once in Royal David’s City
King's College Choir5:14
22While Shepherds Watched
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1967)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched (desc. Willcocks)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched (Ravenscroft tune)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Thomas Ravenscroft
Guildford Cathedral Choir2:35
23Away in a Manger
choir vocals:
King’s College Choir
conductor:
Philip Ledger
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1976)
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
King's College Choir2:07
24Ding Dong Merrily on High
choir vocals:
St John’s College Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Co. Ltd. (The Decca Record Company Limited, not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1968)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
is based on:
Branle de l’official
St John’s College Choir2:07
2▶CD: Great Christmas Favourites
3▶CD: Magical Christmas Memories
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