Christmas Collection

~ Release by Mormon Tabernacle Choir (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Joy to the World
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
arranger:
John Longhurst (organist)
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)
2:14
2While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
1:37
3His Yoke is Easy
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
2:30
4Away in a Manger
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1963-09-03)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1963-09-03)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1963-09-03)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1963-09-03)
performer:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
arranger:
Lowell M. Durham
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1963-09-03)
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
3:18
5There Shall Be a Star From Jacob
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer), Robert M. Cundick (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
3:55
6Gesu Bambino
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
4:23
7Carol of the Bells
recording of:
Carol of the Bells
lyricist:
Peter J. Wilhousky (in 1936)
arranger:
Микола Дмитрович Леонтович (Mykola Leontovych) (in 1916)
is based on:
Щедрик (The Little Swallow)
2:31
8What Perfume This? O, Shepherds, Say!
2:11
9Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
1:46
10Silent Night, Holy Night
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
4:35
11The Three Kings
2:26
12Hallelujah
3:44

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ASIN:US: B0045Q70G2 [info]