Greatest Ever! Christmas Carols & Songs: The Definitive Collection

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Christmas Stars
2▶CD: Christmas Carollers
3▼CD: Christmas Choirs
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1Christ Was Born On Christmas Day
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
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 1963)
recording of:
Christ was born on Christmas Day
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
John Mason Neale
translated version of:
Resonet in laudibus
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:23
2Jingle Bells
choir vocals:
Regency Youth Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
Regency Youth Choir2:15
3I Hear The Bells On Christmas Day
choir vocals:
St. Peter’s Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
St. Peter’s Choir, Oxford3:27
4See Amid The Winters Snow
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
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 1962)
recording of:
See amid the winter’s snow (arr. Willcocks)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
See Amid the Winter’s Snow (carol)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:54
5Joy To The World
choir vocals:
Regency Youth Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
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)
Regency Youth Choir3:14
6The Twelve Days Of Christmas
choir vocals:
Regency Youth Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
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.
Regency Youth Choir3:57
7The Infant King
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:
Infant King (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:17
8O Thou Joyful Day
choir vocals:
St. Peter’s Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
St. Peter’s Choir, Oxford2:59
9O Christmas Tree
choir vocals:
Regency Youth Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
O Christmas Tree (English version of German "O Tannenbaum")
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
translated version of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
Regency Youth Choir1:51
10Shepherds In The Field Abiding
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Shepherds, in the field abiding (arr. Wood)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:04
11In Dulci Jubilo
choir vocals:
Choir of St Peter’s College, Oxford
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (macaronic of English and Latin)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger and translator:
Robert Lucas Pearsall (composer)
translated version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
St. Peter’s Choir, Oxford3:24
12Jolly Old St Nicholas
choir vocals:
Choir of St Peter’s College, Oxford
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
lyricist:
Emily Huntington Miller
composer:
James Ramsey Murray
St. Peter’s Choir, Oxford2:12
13Angels We Have Heard
choir vocals:
St. Peter’s Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
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
St. Peter’s Choir, Oxford1:49
14Rejoice & Be Merry
recording of:
Rejoice and be merry
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Reginald Jacques (choral and orchestral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1:49
15The Cherry Tree Carol
choir vocals:
Blenheim Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
The Cherry-Tree Carol
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 54) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 453)
Blenheim Singers2:24
16Shepherd's Pipe Carol
choir vocals:
London Regency Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
London Regency Choir3:03
17Rocking Carol
recording of:
Rocking (carol)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Percy Dearmer
translated version of:
Hajej, nynej, Ježíšku (Czech carol)
London Regency Choir2:07
18For Unto Us A Child Is Born
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
Regency Youth Choir4:13
19Ode To Joy
choir vocals:
Angelic Voices
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
Ode to Joy
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) and Giscard Rasquin (production music)
is based on:
Ode an die Freude (Ode to Joy)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: IV. Finale. Presto – Allegro assai (Ode an die Freude / Ode to Joy)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1822 until 1824)
librettist:
Friedrich Schiller (German poet and playwright)
quotes lyrics from:
An die Freude
part of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
Angelic Voices1:38
20Wassail Carol
choir vocals:
Blenheim Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
Here We Come A-wassailing
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (in 1850)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)
recording of:
Wassail Carol
composer:
William Mathias (Welsh composer)
Blenheim Singers1:53