20 Classic Christmas Carols

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1Ding Dong! Merrily on High
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
arranger:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus2:41
2Away in a Manger
engineer:
Geoff Miles (editor and engineer)
producer:
Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
editor:
Antony Pitts
choir vocals:
Tonus Peregrinus (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
chorus master:
Antony Pitts (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
arranger:
Antony Pitts
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Naxos Rights International Ltd. (for copyrights/licensing use only!) (in 2003)
recorded at:
St Jude‐on‐the‐Hill in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
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
Tonus Peregrinus2:19
3Deck the Halls
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
arranger:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Naxos Rights International (from 1998 until 2004)
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”)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus3:14
4Once in Royal David's City
engineer:
Simon Fox (engineer)
producer:
Murray Khouri (clarinettist and producer)
organ:
Raymond Johnston (organist) (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
choir vocals:
Worcester Cathedral Choir (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
treble vocals:
Robert Stringer (treble) (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
conductor:
Donald Hunt (conductor, organist) (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
recorded at:
Worcester Cathedral in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34)
Worcester Cathedral Choir3:20
5Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
engineer:
Geoff Miles (editor and engineer)
producer:
Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
editor:
Antony Pitts
choir vocals:
Tonus Peregrinus (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
chorus master:
Antony Pitts (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
arranger:
Antony Pitts
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Naxos Rights International Ltd. (for copyrights/licensing use only!) (in 2003)
recorded at:
St Jude‐on‐the‐Hill in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
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)
Tonus Peregrinus2:45
6Good King Wenceslas
engineer:
Geoff Miles (editor and engineer)
producer:
Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
editor:
Antony Pitts
choir vocals:
Tonus Peregrinus (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
chorus master:
Antony Pitts (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Naxos Rights International Ltd. (for copyrights/licensing use only!) (in 2003)
recorded at:
St Jude‐on‐the‐Hill in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum (13th-century carol)
Tonus Peregrinus1:50
7O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
arranger:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus5:45
8As With Gladness Men of Old
choir vocals:
Tewkesbury Abbey Choir
conductor:
Andrew Sackett
recording of:
As With Gladness Men of Old
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix
composer:
Conrad Kocher (German composer)
arranger:
William Henry Monk and Graham Ross
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 47)
Tewkesbury Abbey Choir2:51
9We Three Kings of Orient Are
engineer:
Geoff Miles (editor and engineer)
producer:
Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
editor:
Antony Pitts
choir vocals:
Tonus Peregrinus (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
chorus master:
Antony Pitts (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Naxos Rights International Ltd. (for copyrights/licensing use only!) (in 2003)
recorded at:
St Jude‐on‐the‐Hill in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
Tonus Peregrinus3:08
10In Dulci Jubilo
engineer:
Simon Fox (engineer)
producer:
Murray Khouri (clarinettist and producer)
choir vocals:
Worcester Cathedral Choir (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
conductor:
Donald Hunt (conductor, organist) (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
recorded at:
Worcester Cathedral in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (macaronic of English and Latin) (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger and translator:
Robert Lucas Pearsall (composer)
translated version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (arr. Michael Praetorius. Musae Sioniae VI, no. 32)
composer:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist) (in 1607)
version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
Worcester Cathedral Choir3:44
11Joy to the World
engineer:
Simon Fox (engineer)
producer:
Murray Khouri (clarinettist and producer)
organ:
Raymond Johnston (organist) (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
choir vocals:
Worcester Cathedral Choir (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
conductor:
Donald Hunt (conductor, organist) (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Naxos Rights International (from 1998 until 2004)
recorded at:
Worcester Cathedral in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol) (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
Worcester Cathedral Choir1:29
12O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
arranger:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
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)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus5:48
13Gloucester Wassail
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
arranger:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Gloucestershire Wassail
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)
arrangement of:
Christmas Sweet: Wassail, Wassail
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus4:37
14Silent Night
engineer:
Simon Fox (engineer)
producer:
Murray Khouri (clarinettist and producer)
organ:
Raymond Johnston (organist)
choir vocals:
Worcester Cathedral Choir (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
conductor:
Donald Hunt (conductor, organist) (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
arranger:
Donald Hunt (conductor, organist)
recorded at:
Worcester Cathedral in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
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
Worcester Cathedral Choir4:32
15The Holly and the Ivy
engineer:
Geoff Miles (editor and engineer)
producer:
Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
editor:
Antony Pitts
choir vocals:
Tonus Peregrinus (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
chorus master:
Antony Pitts (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
arranger:
Antony Pitts
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Naxos Rights International Ltd. (for copyrights/licensing use only!) (in 2003)
recorded at:
St Jude‐on‐the‐Hill in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2003-07-28 until 2003-07-29)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
Tonus Peregrinus2:41
16Christians Awake
recording of:
Yorkshire – Christians Awake, Salute the Happy Morn
lyricist:
John Byrom (poet)
composer:
John Wainwright (composer / organist)
Tewkesbury Abbey Choir4:27
17O Little One Sweet
engineer:
Simon Fox (engineer)
producer:
Murray Khouri (clarinettist and producer)
choir vocals:
Worcester Cathedral Choir (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
conductor:
Donald Hunt (conductor, organist) (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
recorded at:
Worcester Cathedral in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
recording of:
O Little One Sweet (from 1992-09-22 until 1992-09-23)
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) and Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
translator:
Percy Dearmer
translated version of:
Geistliches Lied, BWV 493 "O Jesulein süß"
Worcester Cathedral Choir2:01
18The Shepherds' Farewell
recording of:
The Shepherds’ Farewell
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer)
translator:
Paul England
translated version of:
L'Enfance du Christ, op. 25 : Deuxième partie no. 8. Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille « Il s'en va loin de la terre » (Les bergers) (“The Shepherds' Farewell”)
The Shepherds' Farewell5:22
19Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
arranger:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Rocking (Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus4:18
20The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
arranger:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus3:34