Holiday Sounds of the Season 2000

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

Tracklist

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1Joy to the World
producer:
Whitney Houston and Mervyn Warren
lead vocals:
Whitney Houston
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Jive Label Group (holding company, not a release label) (in 2003)
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)
cover 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)
Whitney Houston44:44
2Carol of the Bells
producer:
Chip Davis (founder of Mannheim Steamroller)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
American Gramaphone, LLC (holder of the American Gramaphone imprint - file no releases here!) (in 1988)
recording of:
Carol of the Bells (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
arranger:
Chip Davis (founder of Mannheim Steamroller)
publisher:
Dots and Lines Ink
arrangement of:
Carol of the Bells
Mannheim Steamroller3:53
3Jingle Bells
recording engineer and mixer:
Don Murray (producer / engineer)
producer:
Eddie Arkin and Barry Manilow
additional percussion:
Alan Estes
vocals:
Exposé (’80s dance-pop trio) and Barry Manilow
conductor:
Mark Watters
arranger:
Eddie Arkin and Barry Manilow
orchestrator:
Eddie Arkin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1990)
recording of:
Jingle Bells (arr. Barry Manilow)
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont
arranger:
Barry Manilow
publisher:
Obbligato Music
arrangement of:
Jingle Bells
Barry Manilow with Exposé22:40
4O Holy Night
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Trans Continental Records, Inc. (in 1998)
recording of:
O Holy Night (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer)
arrangement of:
O Holy Night
*NSYNC23:36
5The Holly and the Ivy
George Winston4:55
6Winter Wonderland
Lonestar3:21
7The First Noel
Brian McKnight3:36
8What Child Is This
cover 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)
Martina McBride33:49
9O Christmas Tree
Kenny G2:40
10Silent Night
producer:
Boyz II Men
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
Boyz II Men12:36
11Song for a Winter’s Night
engineer:
Pierre Marchand and Chris Potter (Canadian engineer, worked with Sarah McLachlan)
producer and mixer:
Pierre Marchand
acoustic guitar:
Sarah McLachlan
bass:
Brian Minato
guitar:
Luke Doucet and David Sinclair (Canadian guitarist)
Hammond organ:
David Kershaw
keyboard:
David Kershaw and Pierre Marchand
percussion:
Ashwin Sood
vocals:
Sarah McLachlan
arranger:
Sarah McLachlan
recorded at:
A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1994)
cover recording of:
Song for a Winter’s Night
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music, M. Witmark & Sons, Moose Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Sarah McLachlan3.753:49
12Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
acoustic guitar:
Jon Goin
bass:
Mike Brignardello
drums (drum set):
Paul Leim
horn, strings and woodwind:
The Martyn Ford Orchestra
keyboard:
Shane Keister
percussion:
Victor Feldman (jazz musician)
piano:
Michael W. Smith (Christian pop-rock singer)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Amy Grant
choir vocals:
The Hollywood Presbyterian Choir
chorus master:
Fred Bock (organist, choir director, composer, arranger, and music publisher)
horn arranger, woodwind arranger and choir vocals arranger:
Alan Moore (instrumental arranger)
instruments arranger:
Alan Moore (instrumental arranger)
concertmaster:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
cover 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)
Amy Grant22:58
13It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
arranger:
Jim Brickman
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)
Jim Brickman2:36