The Christmas Companion: Stories, Songs, and Sketches

~ Release by Garrison Keillor (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Some performances have been split into multiple tracks. The recordings were made in 1991-2004.

Annotation last modified on 2023-12-20 10:02 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Wise Men Blues
Pat Donohue3:42
2Beebopareebop Rhubarb Pie, Part 1
Garrison Keillor & Guy’s All‐Star Shoe Band2:45
3Beebopareebop Rhubarb Pie, Part 2
Garrison Keillor & Guy’s All‐Star Shoe Band2:01
4Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
recorded at:
A Prairie Home Companion (1996-12-21)
recorded at:
Hill Auditorium (University of Michigan) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States (on 1996-12-21)
live recording of:
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (catch-all for arrangements) (on 1996-12-21)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
arrangement of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 14c. Па-де-де: Вариация II: Танец Феи Драже (The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Pas de Deux: Variation II: Dance of the sugar-plum fairy, Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
Sonos Handbell Ensemble2:13
5A Child Is Born in Bethlehem
live recording of:
A Child Is Born in Bethlehem
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) and George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Samuel Scheidt (composer)
Garrison Keillor & Musica Sacra3:57
6Count Your Blessings
recorded at:
A Prairie Home Companion (1997-12-20)
live recording of:
Count Your Blessings (on 1997-12-20)
lyricist:
Edith Temple
composer:
Reginald Morgan
John McDonough & Richard Dworsky2:38
7Away in a Manger
live recording of:
Away in a Manger (based on Spilman's Sweet Afton) (on 2003-12-20)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Jonathan E. Spilman
previously attributed to:
Martin Luther (German theologian of the Reformation)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
Renée Fleming & Fred Hersch2:39
8The Twelve Days of Christmas
Garrison Keillor2:46
9Christmas Eve Morning Blues
Guy’s All Star Shoe Band2:47
10Guy Noir, Part 1
Garrison Keillor & The Tannenbaum String Quartet2:45
11Guy Noir, Part 2
Garrison Keillor & The Tannenbaum String Quartet2:38
12Guy Noir, Part 3
Garrison Keillor & The Tannenbaum String Quartet2:52
13Guy Noir, Part 4
Garrison Keillor & The Tannenbaum String Quartet2:46
14Guy Noir, Part 5
Garrison Keillor & The Tannenbaum String Quartet1:56
15Christmastime (Just in Time)
Inga Swearingen & Guy’s All‐Star Shoe Band3:03
16The Christmas Fire, Part 1
Garrison Keillor2:29
17The Christmas Fire, Part 2
Garrison Keillor3:25
18The Christmas Fire, Part 3
Garrison Keillor2:32
19The Christmas Fire, Part 4
Garrison Keillor2:39
20The Christmas Fire, Part 5
Garrison Keillor3:03
21The Christmas Fire, Part 6
Garrison Keillor2:03
22Silent Night
live instrumental 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
Butch Thompson3:45
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Release

ASIN:US: 1665163968 [info]

Release group

part of:A Prairie Home Companion (albums) (order: 34)