Christmas Tradition

~ Release by Canadian Brass (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Ding Dong Merrily on High
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Luther Henderson
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
2:04
2Jingle Bells
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Howard Cable
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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)
1:55
3O Come, All Ye Faithful / Joy to the World
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Howard Cable
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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)
2:41
4Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Arthur Frackenpohl
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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)
2:35
5O Holy Night
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Arthur Frackenpohl
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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”)
3:06
6Jolly Old St. Nicholas
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Arthur Frackenpohl
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
additional lyricist:
Vaughn Horton
lyricist:
Emily Huntington Miller
composer:
James Ramsey Murray
arranger:
Vaughn Horton
is based on:
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
2:04
7Silent Night
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Arthur Frackenpohl
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
2:41
8Angels We Have Heard on High
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Don Gillis (Composer, trumpeter, and pianist)
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
2:17
9Good King Wenceslas
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Don Gillis (Composer, trumpeter, and pianist)
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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)
1:24
10Coventry Carol
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Don Gillis (Composer, trumpeter, and pianist)
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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)
3:15
11The First Noel
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Howard Cable
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)
2:50
12Grand Angelic March
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Eric Robertson (Canada-based composer, organist, pianist, and record producer)
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
Grand Angelic March
composer:
Henry Smart (English composer, 1813-1879)
2:12
13Pastoral (O Christmas Tree)
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Eric Robertson (Canada-based composer, organist, pianist, and record producer)
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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)
2:52
14Deck the Halls (In Dulci Jubilo)
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Eric Robertson (Canada-based composer, organist, pianist, and record producer)
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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)
3:00
15God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Luther Henderson
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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)
2:02
16Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Luther Henderson
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translated version of:
Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle
1:42
17Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Luther Henderson
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (in 1943)
composer:
Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
3:25
18Silver Bells
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Luther Henderson
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
Silver Bells (Christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous Music Publishing Limited (renamed into BMG FM Music Ltd. on 2013-05-13), Jay Livingston Music Inc., Paramount Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1950)
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Harmony Canada and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
3:18
19The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Luther Henderson
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
composer:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
2:24
20What Child Is This
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Don Gillis (Composer, trumpeter, and pianist)
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
3:03
21O Little Town of Bethlehem / It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Howard Cable
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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)
3:16
22O Come, O Come Emmanuel / I Wonder as I Wander
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Don Gillis (Composer, trumpeter, and pianist)
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale lyrics)
lyricist and translator:
John Mason Neale
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861 edition (first edition)) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
translated version of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
2:18
23Hallelujah Chorus From the Messiah
assistant engineer:
Mike Ho (engineer)
engineer:
Claude Desjardins and Trey Mills
executive producer:
Dixon Van Winkle
mixer:
Dixon Van Winkle
baritone horn:
Gene Watts
horn:
Jeff Nelsen (Canadian French horn player)
instruments:
Canadian Brass (on 2007-07-02)
trumpet:
Joe Burgstaller (trumpeter) and Manon Lefrance (trumpeter)
tuba:
Chuck Daellenbach
performer:
MB Daellenbach
arranger:
Frederic Mills (trumpet player and arranger for Canadian Brass)
recorded at:
Rosedale United Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
The Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus (for band, Longfield)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
arranger:
Robert Longfield (American composer)
arrangement of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
3:56

Credits

Release

photography, illustration and artwork:Robyn McCallum
miscellaneous support:Janina Laughton (task: project coordinator)
graphic design:Workhorse Design Studio
mastering:Dixon Van Winkle
guest instruments:Eric Robertson (Canada-based composer, organist, pianist, and record producer)
design:Baby Jack Design
mixed at and mastered at:New Horizon Communications
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/12411080 [info]
discography entry:https://canadianbrassstore.com/christmas-tradition-cd/ [info]