The Traditional Sounds of Christmas

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Tracklist

1▼CD: Yuletide Classics
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Christmas Is Coming
carillon:
John Paire
instruments:
The London Bell Ringers and Westminster Brass Ensemble (Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA)
organ:
Leslie Pearson (pianist, harpsichordist, organist, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Christmas Is Coming
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Traditional2:36
2Ave Maria
bell [bells]:
London Bell Ringers
brass:
Westminster Brass Ensemble (Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA)
carillon:
John Paire
organ:
Leslie Pearson (pianist, harpsichordist, organist, composer and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Schubert3:03
3For Unto Us a Child Is Born ('Messiah')
choir vocals:
London Philharmonic Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir John Pritchard (conductor)
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
Handel4:06
4I Know That My Redeemer Liveth ('Messiah')
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir John Pritchard (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Soprano)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III
Handel7:02
5And He Shall Purify ('Messiah')
choir vocals:
London Philharmonic Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir John Pritchard (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 7. Chorus “And He shall purify”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
Handel2:34
6Greensleeves
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
recording of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Traditional2:22
7Away In A Manger
instruments:
Tower Brass Bands and Organ
choir vocals:
Beecham Choral Society, The Choir of the Carmelite Priory and Ealing Grammar School Boys' Choir
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir John Pritchard (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
Traditional3:44
8O Come, O Come Emmanuel
instruments:
Tower Brass Bands and Organ
choir vocals:
Beecham Choral Society, The Choir of the Carmelite Priory and Ealing Grammar School Boys' Choir
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir John Pritchard (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
recording of:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (unknown version)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Traditional3:49
9Angels We Have Heard On High
instruments:
Tower Brass Bands and Organ
choir vocals:
Beecham Choral Society, The Choir of the Carmelite Priory and Ealing Grammar School Boys' Choir
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir John Pritchard (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
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
Traditional4:17
10Deck The Halls
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Knight (British arranger, conductor and composer)
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”)
Traditional1:49
11Sleigh Ride
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Gilbert Vinter (English conductor and composer)
recording of:
Sleigh Ride (original instrumental version)
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1948-02-10)
publisher:
Mills Music
Anderson3:15
12God Rest Ye Merry Gentlement
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Knight (British arranger, conductor and composer)
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)
Traditional2:33
2▶CD: A Classical Christmas
3▶CD: An Olde Fashioned Christmas