A Christmas Gift

~ Release by Richard Searles & Gilbert Yslas (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Matrix / Runout: SUN-01088 S0728E Y 1-1-4 EMI JAX

Disc ID: f0EEbKk53FzGmLiSQIW2lYTW_JA- (confirmed, same medium as matrix)

Annotation last modified on 2023-02-24 23:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Deck the Halls
instrumental 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”)
1:35
2Carol of the Bells
instrumental recording of:
Carol of the Bells
lyricist:
Peter J. Wilhousky (in 1936)
arranger:
Микола Дмитрович Леонтович (Mykola Leontovych) (in 1916)
is based on:
Щедрик (The Little Swallow)
3:20
3Good King Wenceslas
instrumental 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)
2:01
4Greensleeves
instrumental recording of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:02
5God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
instrumental 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)
2:46
6Oh Come All Ye Faithful
instrumental recording of:
Oh Come All Ye Faithful
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:56
7We Wish You a Merry Christmas
instrumental recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
2:34
8We Three Kings of Orient Are
instrumental recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
2:48
9Joy to the World
instrumental 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)
2:04
10Oh Holy Night
instrumental 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”)
2:53
11The First Noel
instrumental recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)
2:04
12Angels We Have Heard on High
instrumental recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
1:57
13Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
instrumental recording of:
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
lyricist:
Robert Bridges (poet)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
translated version 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)
2:39
14Silent Night
instrumental 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
2:24
15Ding Dong, Merrily on High
instrumental 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
2:00
16Good Christian Men, Rejoice
instrumental recording of:
Good Christian Men Rejoice
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
John Mason Neale
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 107)
translated version of:
In dulci jubilo (original traditional)
1:58
17Wassail Song
instrumental recording of:
Wassail Song
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:55
18O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
instrumental recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (hymn)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore
translator:
Thomas Alexander Lacey
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 11)
arrangement of:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (unknown version)
2:16
19Gloucestershire Wassail
instrumental recording of:
Gloucestershire Wassail
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)
arrangement of:
Christmas Sweet: Wassail, Wassail
1:55
20March of the Kings
instrumental recording of:
March of the Kings
written in:
Galicia, Spain
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:30
21Bring a Torch Jeannette, Isabella
instrumental recording of:
Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translated version of:
Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle
2:06
22The Twelve Days of Christmas
instrumental 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.
2:56
23La Volta
instrumental recording of:
La Volta (Recorder consort arrangements)
composer:
William Byrd (English composer)
arranger:
Florian Gazagne
is based on:
The Fitzwilliam Suite: La Volta
1:36
24On Christmas Night
instrumental recording of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 597)
1:46
25I Saw Three Ships
instrumental recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
1:26
26Coventry Carol
instrumental recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist:
Robert Croo (16th-century lyricist of "The Coventry Carol") (in 1534)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)
1:50
27Toy
1:25
28The Holly and the Ivy
instrumental recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
2:35
29Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming
instrumental recording of:
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (English version of “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen”)
additional composer:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Theodore Baker (in 1894)
translated version of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius’ harmonisation)
2:10
30The Nightingale
instrumental recording of:
The Nightingale
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:21
31Christmas Comes Anew
instrumental recording of:
Christmas Comes Anew (Noël Nouvelet)
composer:
Mark Riese
2:21