A Glorious Christmas (Club Edition)

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: O Come, All Ye Faithful/Glorious Christmas Carols: 1–10 / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/That Glorious Night: 11–19
2▶CD: White Christmas/Glorious Yuletide Favourites: 1–9 / The Skaters Waltz/Glorious Orchestral Performances: 10–17
3▼CD: Hallelujah/Glorious Choral Performances: 1–8 / O Little Town of Bethlehem/Glorious Carols for Organ and Chimes: 9–13 / Ave Maria/Glorious Voices: 14–19
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1Hallelujah Chorus
London Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra4:21
2The Little Drummer Boy
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
Harry Simeone Chorale3:05
3Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Vienna Choir Boys2:08
4Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
recording of:
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
lyricist:
Robert Bridges (poet)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
translated version 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)
Norman Luboff Choir3:47
5Good Christian Men, Rejoice
recording of:
Good Christian Men Rejoice
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)
Roger Wagner Chorale2:09
6O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Roger Wagner Chorale2:58
7Go Tell It on the Mountain
conductor:
William Smith (conductor and arranger, associate conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 1976–93)
Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus2:21
8I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
cover recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus2:51
9We Wish You a Merry Christmas
instrumental recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
Virgil Fox1:31
10Angels We Have Heard on High
instrumental 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
Virgil Fox2:26
11We Three Kings of Orient Are
instrumental recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
Virgil Fox2:35
12Gather Around the Christmas Tree
Virgil Fox1:44
13O Little Town of Bethlehem
instrumental 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)
Virgil Fox2:48
14Ave Maria (Schubert)
organ:
George Decker (classical organist)
choir vocals:
The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
chorus master:
William Self
recording 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)
lyricist:
Jairo (Argentinean singer) and Sir Walter Scott (19th-century Scottish author)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
translator:
Adam Storck
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 839)
Leontyne Price4:51
15Guardian Angels
recording of:
Guardian Angels
lyricist:
Gerda Maline Beilenson
composer:
Harpo Marx
Mario Lanza4:00
16O Sanctissima
recording of:
O Sanctissima (Sicilian Mariners Hymn, Sicilian Mariners Hymn)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Marian Anderson2:29
17Panis Angelicus
Plácido Domingo and The Vienna Choir Boys4:55
18Medley: I Saw Three Ships / The First Noël / The Holly and the Ivy
Kathleen Battle5:35
19The Lord’s Prayer
Mario Lanza3:20

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