Opera for Christmas

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1Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
orchestra:
Jeff Alexander & His Orchestra
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)
Charles Wesley2:34
2I Wonder as I Wander
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra
recording of:
I Wonder as I Wander
lyricist and composer:
John Jacob Niles (American folklorist and folk musician) (from 1933-07-16 until 1933-10-04)
John Jacob Niles3:57
3I Saw Three Ships
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
orchestra:
Jeff Alexander & His Orchestra
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
[traditional]1:35
4Sleep, Holy Babe
soprano vocals:
Eileen Farrell (soprano)
performer:
Luther Henderson
[traditional]2:42
5The Bethlehem Babe
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
[traditional]5:23
6This Endris Night
choir vocals:
The Philadelphia Singers
soprano vocals:
Benita Valente (soprano)
orchestra:
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
performer:
Michael Korn (tuba)
recording of:
This Endris Night
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]3:41
7What Child is This?
soprano vocals:
Eileen Farrell (soprano)
performer:
Luther Henderson
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)
[traditional]2:50
8Christkindleins Wiegenlied
piano:
Helmut Deutsch (Austrian pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo soprano)
recording of:
Christkindleins Wiegenlied
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer)
Engelbert Humperdinck4:02
9It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
soprano vocals:
Eileen Farrell (soprano)
performer:
Luther Henderson
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)
Richard Storrs Willis2:52
10Joy to the World
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
performer:
Jeff Alexander & His Orchestra and Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
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)
Isaac Watts2:13
11Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part I: 4. Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo soprano)
orchestra:
Venice Baroque Orchestra
conductor:
Andrea Marcon (Italian conductor & keyboardist)
recording of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil I, IV. Aria (Alto) „Bereite dich, Zion“
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1734-12-25)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (from 1734 until 1735)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, "Christmas Oratorio")
Johann Sebastian Bach5:04
12The Coventry Carol
soprano vocals:
Eileen Farrell (soprano)
performer:
Luther Henderson
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)
[traditional]1:48
13In the Bleak Midwinter
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo soprano)
orchestra:
Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
conductor:
Alfred Eschwé (conductor)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 28)
is based on:
Cranham (hymn tune)
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
part of:
3 Hymns for the English Hymnal
Gustav Holst3:56
14Away in a Manger
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
performer:
Jeff Alexander & His Orchestra and Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
[traditional]2:52
15White Christmas
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
Irving Berlin4:23
16In - Dulci Jubilo / Angels We Have Heard on High
soprano vocals:
Benita Valente (soprano)
orchestra:
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
performer:
Michael Korn (tuba)
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
[traditional]4:32
17Silent Night
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
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
Franz Xaver Gruber3:32
18It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / Snow in the Street
soprano vocals:
Eileen Farrell (soprano)
performer:
Luther Henderson
recording of:
Snow in the Street
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:43
19Lo, How a Rose E're Blooming
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
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)
Michael Praetorius4:18
20Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly
soprano vocals:
Eileen Farrell (soprano)
performer:
Luther Henderson
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”)
[traditional]1:40
21Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / The First Nowell
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
performer:
Jeff Alexander & His Orchestra and Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
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)
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)
[traditional]3:10
22The Huron Carol
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo soprano)
orchestra:
Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
conductor:
Alfred Eschwé (conductor)
recording of:
Huron Carol (aka "Twas in the Moon of Wintertime")
lyricist:
Jean de Brébeuf (in 1642)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Jesse Edgar Middleton (in 1926)
is based on:
Une jeune pucelle
translated version of:
Jesous Ahatonhia (The Huron Carol)
[traditional]4:01
23The Lord's Prayer
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
vocals:
Jeff Alexander Singers
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Ray Sinatra
recording of:
The Lord’s Prayer
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Albert Hay Malotte (composer) (in 1935)
Albert Hay Malotte3:22
24O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
St. Kilian Boy Choir
soprano vocals:
Phyllis Curtin (soprano)
performer:
André Kostelanetz and His Orchestra
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
Lewis Henry Redner2:08
25Lullay, My Liking
soprano vocals:
Eileen Farrell (soprano)
performer:
Luther Henderson
[traditional]3:13
26Come Unto Him
soprano vocals:
Benita Valente (soprano)
orchestra:
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
performer:
Michael Korn (tuba)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 20. Air “He Shall Feed His Flock” (Soprano, Contralto)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel3:44
27Pregaría
choir vocals:
Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Steven Mercurio (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Pregária (Lo cant de l’ànima a la Verge)
lyricist and composer:
Fermín María Álvarez (composer)
Fermín María Álvarez4:23
28We Wish You a Merry Christmas
choir vocals:
St. Killian Boychoir
soprano vocals:
Phyllis Curtin (soprano)
vocals:
Phyllis Curtin (soprano)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic
conductor:
André Kostelanetz (conductor)
performer:
André Kostelanetz and His Orchestra
arranger:
Eddie Sauter
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
[traditional]2:03
29Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabella
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]1:13
30Fà la Nana, Bambin
soprano vocals:
Benita Valente (soprano)
orchestra:
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
performer:
Michael Korn (tuba)
recording of:
Fà la nana, bambin
composer:
Geni Sadero
Geni Sadero2:30
31Adeste Fideles / O Come All Ye Faithful
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor) and Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Steven Mercurio (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
John Francis Wade2:41
32Vom Himmel hoch, da kokmm ich her
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo soprano)
orchestra:
Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
conductor:
Alfred Eschwé (conductor)
[traditional]2:56
33Tu scendi dalle stelle
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Steven Mercurio (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Tu scendi dalle stelle
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori (Saint of Catholic Church)
translator:
Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti)
version of:
Quanno nascette Ninno (neapolitan original)
[traditional]2:09
34Mariä Wiegenlied, Op. 76, No. 52
soprano vocals:
Benita Valente (soprano)
orchestra:
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
recording of:
Schlichte Weisen, op. 76: No. 52. Mariä Wiegenlied
lyricist:
Martin Boelitz
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Max Reger (German composer) (in 1912)
part of:
Schlichte Weisen, op. 76
Max Reger2:25
35O Holy Night
choir vocals:
St. Kilian Boy Choir
soprano vocals:
Phyllis Curtin (soprano)
performer:
André Kostelanetz and His Orchestra
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”)
Adolphe Adam3:32

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