100 Best Carols

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: Choir of King's College, Cambridge
2▶CD: Clare College Singers, Cambridge
3▶CD: Taverner Consort Choir and Players
4▼CD: Star Performers
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1The Little Drummer Boy
choir vocals:
The King’s Singers
arranger:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1989)
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
cover recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
The King’s Singers2:43
2El niño querido
The King’s Singers2:48
3The Gift (Simple Gifts)
The King’s Singers2:10
4Maria Wiegenlied
Barbara Hendricks2:27
5Go tell it on the mountain
orchestra:
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
recording of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain (catch-all for arrangements)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Barbara Hendricks3:30
6Joy to the World
Barbara Hendricks1:57
7Tochter Zion, freue dich
recording of:
Tochter Zion, freue dich
lyricist and arranger:
Friedrich Heinrich Ranke
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
translated version of:
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Act III, no. 58: “See the Conqu’ring Hero Comes” (Chorus of Youths, Chorus of Virgins)
Hermann Prey & Tölzer Knabenchor3:08
8Zu Bethlehem geboren
Hermann Prey & Tölzer Knabenchor1:56
9Mary's boy child
Wiener Sängerknaben4:42
10Ukraine Bell Carol
Wiener Sängerknaben3:26
11Il est né le divin enfant
Roberto Alagna2:40
12Minuit, Chrétiens
Roberto Alagna3:42
13Marche des Rois
recording of:
L’Arlesienne, Musique de scène : Ouverture (Marche des Rois)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
is based on:
Marche du régiment de Turenne
part of:
L’Arlésienne
Les Petits Chanteurs à la croix de bois2:49
14Noël des îles
Les Petits Chanteurs à la croix de bois4:45
15Chanson joyeuse de Noël
Les Petits Chanteurs à la croix de bois5:53
16Weihnachten
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf3:12
17Vom Himmel hoch
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf3:15
18In the Bleak Midwinter
Kiri Te Kanawa3:49
19O Tannenbaum
Roberto Alagna2:27
20The Twelve Days of Christmas
Thomas Hampson4:17
5▶CD: Huddersfield Choral Society / Bach Choir / Hallé Choir
6▶CD: Choir of King's College, Cambridge

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part of:100 Best (EMI Classics) (order: 9)