The Worlds Most Beautiful Christmas Music: Silent Night

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Sony Music Special Products, (c) 2002 EDI
(p)1988 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Annotation last modified on 2021-07-04 23:54 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1We Three Kings Of Orient Are
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 Fox2:37
2O Little Town Of Bethlehem
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
3Silent Night
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
choir vocals:
John McCarthy Chorus
soprano vocals:
Ursula Connors (soprano)
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
Virgil Fox & John McCarthy Chorus ft. Ursula Conners2:03
4No Candle Was There And No Fire
recording of:
No Candle Was There and No Fire
composer:
Liza Lehmann
librettist:
Frances Marion Gostling
publisher:
Chappell & Co
Virgil Fox, Janet Coster & John McCarthy Chorus2:52
5We Wish You A Merry Christmas
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
Virgil Fox1:33
6Good King Wenceslas
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)
The Fireside Singers2:08
7The Sleep Of The Infant Jesus
Dick Leibert2:20
8Once in Royal David's City
Dick Leibert2:31
9Toyland
The Fireside Singers2:41
10Ave Maria
Leslie Pearson, John Paire, The London Bell Ringers & Westminster Brass Ensemble3:01
11O Holy Night
The Fireside Singers3:30
12While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
Ambrosian Singers3:12
13I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
Royal Philharmonic Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra2:51
14O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
recording of:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (unknown version)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
The London Bell Ringers3:44