Christmastide

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1O Come, O Come Emmanuel
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Lacey lyrics) (in 1986)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore
translator:
Thomas Alexander Lacey
part of:
The English Hymnal (1906) (number: 8)
translated version of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
revision of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale lyrics)
5:04
2Once in Royal David's City
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (in 1986)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34)
1:06
3Unto Us a Child Is Born
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: “For unto us a Child is born” (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
arrangement of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”
1:05
4Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) (in 1986)
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)
2:23
5Good Christian Men Rejoice
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
Good Christian Men Rejoice (in 1986)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
John Mason Neale
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 107)
translated version of:
In dulci jubilo (original traditional)
1:38
6O Holy Night (Minuit Crétien)
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
O Holy Night (in 1986)
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”)
3:37
7The Holly and the Ivy
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (in 1986)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
2:48
8See Amid the Winter Snow
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
See Amid the Winter’s Snow (carol) (in 1986)
lyricist:
Edward Caswall (Anglican clergyman and hymn writer)
composer:
Sir John Goss (English organist and composer)
3:17
9I Saw Three Ships
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (in 1986)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
2:14
10This Christmastide
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
This Christmastide (in 1986)
lyricist:
Jane McCulloch (author, former actor/director)
composer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
5:18
11Coventry Carol
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
Coventry Carol (in 1986)
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)
3:48
12In the Bleak Midwinter
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst version) (in 1986)
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
5:41
13Silent Night
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (in 1986)
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
4:58
14Angels We Have Heard on High
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High (in 1986)
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
1:55
15We Three Kings of Orient Are
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
We Three Kings (in 1986)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
2:36
16Joy to the World
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
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)
1:44
17Adeste Fideles
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
recording of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version) (in 1986)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
2:57
18Amen
producer:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
choir vocals:
American Boychoir (in 1986) and The New York Choral Society (in 1986)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1986)
orchestra:
Empire Chamber Ensemble (Empire Ensemble) (in 1986)
conductor:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) (in 1986)
arranger:
Donald Fraser (composer and conductor)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1986)
3:10