Heavenly Christmas

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Annotation

Label: Rhino - Catalog #: 73958

Annotation last modified on 2006-09-18 17:56 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Christmas Canon
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Wittman
co-producer:
Robert Kinkel
producer:
Paul O’Neill (US rock producer)
recorded at and mixed at:
Soundtrack in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Christmas Canon (original version)
lyricist:
Paul O’Neill (US rock producer)
composer:
Paul O’Neill (US rock producer) and Johann Pachelbel (composer)
publisher:
Paul O’Neill Publishing (from 1998 to present) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (from 1998 to present)
is based on:
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337: I. Canon
Trans‐Siberian Orchestra54:19
2Ave Maria
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Sarah Brightman32:59
3O Little Town of Bethlehem
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)
Mannheim Steamroller33:56
4River
cover recording of:
River
lyricist and composer:
Joni Mitchell
publisher:
Joni Mitchell Publishing Corp. and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
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) and 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)
quotes music from:
Jingle Bells
Linda Ronstadt4:10
5Joy
piano:
George Winston
arranger:
George Winston
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
instrumental recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
George Winston53:15
6I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Carly Simon2:25
7Coventry Carol
additional recording engineer:
Jeff Wolpert
recording engineer:
Theo Mondle (on 1994-12-02)
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
mixer:
Jeff Wolpert
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
harp and lead vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
violin:
Hugh Marsh
arranger:
Loreena McKennitt
recorded at:
KCRW Studios in Santa Monica, California, United States (on 1994-12-02)
mixed at:
Metalworks Studios (studio, Mississauga, ON) in Mississauga, 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)
Loreena McKennitt32:23
8We Three Kings
John Tesh4:37
9Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
recording of:
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1945-07)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell/Morris Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Imagen Music, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Producers Music Publishing Co., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
The Manhattan Transfer4:35
10Angels We Have Heard on High / Joy to the World
assistant producer:
Carin Lake
producer:
Greg Nelson (CCM songwriter/producer)
medley including a 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
medley including a 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)
Michael Crawford7:38
11Mary, Did You Know
cover recording of:
Mary, Did You Know?
lyricist:
Mark Alan Lowry (comedian, southern gospel music)
composer:
Lee Rufus Greene III
publisher:
Gaither Music Co. (publishing company associated with Bill & Gloria Gaither), Rufus Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Word Music, Inc. and Word Music, LLC
Natalie Cole3:27
12The Christmas Song
Chuck Brown and Eva Cassidy5:33
13God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
recording engineer:
Gary Barlough and Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:
Daijiro Miyazawa and Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:
Eiichi Naito
producer:
Gary Barlough and Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
mixer:
Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:
Kitaro (new age keyboardist)
cello:
Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:
Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:
Massito
harp:
Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:
Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:
Keith Heffner
percussion:
Derek Zimmerman
viola:
Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:
Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:
International Peace Choir
conductor:
Keith Heffner
arranger:
Keith Heffner
recorded at:
Mochi House in Ward, Colorado, United States and NRG Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
NRG Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
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)
喜多郎3:50
14The Little Drummer Boy
Linda Eder3:22
15It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Eric Tingstad, Nancy Rumbel & David Lanz4:49
16Silver Bells
Take 64:53
17The First Nowell
choir vocals:
Chanticleer
recording of:
The First Nowell (David Willcocks arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
Chanticleer feat. Dawn Upshaw3:19
18Silent Night
Liona Boyd2:55

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ASIN:US: B0000DI4T5 [info]