For Christmas

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Deck the Halls
London Symphony Orchestra2:52
2Gesù Bambino
Luciano Pavarotti4:30
3Carol of the Bells
Musica Sacra1:19
4What Child Is This?
English Chamber Orchestra4:04
5O Come, All Ye Faithful
Sir Neville Marriner2:45
6God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
London Symphony Orchestra2:31
7Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
George Guest3:23
8Coventry Carol
London Symphony Orchestra2:04
9Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Sir Neville Marriner1:39
10Away in a Manger
David Willcocks2:23
11Silent Night
Sir Neville Marriner2:12
12I Wonder as I Wander
London Symphony Orchestra2:44
13Do You Hear What I Hear?
choir vocals:
Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral (London)
treble vocals:
Anthony Way (UK chorister and classical singer)
vocals:
Anthony Way (UK chorister and classical singer)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
writer:
Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
English Chamber Orchestra4:03
14In dulci jubilo
London Symphony Orchestra2:10
15In the Bleak Midwinter
choir vocals:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus
soprano vocals:
Rosemary Joshua (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
chorus master:
László Heltay (British/Hungarian conductor and composer)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
Sir Neville Marriner4:33
16We Three Kings
Canadian Brass2:46
17Adeste fideles
recording engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) (in 1971-04)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir) (in 1971-04)
soprano vocals:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (in 1971-04)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1971-04)
conductor:
Anton Guadagno (conductor) (in 1971-04)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1971-04)
recording of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version) (in 1971-04)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
New Philharmonia Orchestra3:16
18Sussex Carol
Sir Neville Marriner1:32
19The First Nowell
Vienna Boys' Choir6:35
20Hallelujah!
producer:
Dr. Gerd Ploebsch (engineer)
harpsichord:
Hedwig Bilgram (harpsichordist and organist) (in 1972-11)
organ:
Edgar Krapp (organist) (in 1972-11)
solo trumpet:
Gordon Webb (trumpet player) (in 1972-11)
choir vocals:
John Alldis Choir (The John Alldis Choir) (in 1972-11)
vocals:
The John Alldis Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonia Orchestra (Alfred Scholz related, not the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia or the New Philharmonia) and London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (in 1972-11)
conductor:
Karl Richter (conductor/ choir master/ organist/ harpsichordist) (in 1972-11)
chorus master:
John Alldis (chorusmaster and conductor) (in 1972-11)
balance engineer:
Hans‐Peter Schweigmann (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Brent Town Hall (Wembley Town Hall) in Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1972-11)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah” (in 1972-11)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
London Philharmonic Orchestra4:02

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Germany
printed in:Germany
producer:Charles T. Gould (classical producer)
Joseph S. Szurly
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Universal Classics Group (not for release label use, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2003)