Ansel Adams’ Sounds of Christmas: Christmas Classics

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1What Child Is This
recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
[traditional]4:39
2Angels We Have Heard on High
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
[unknown]3:07
3O Tannenbaum
recording of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1500 until 1600)
version of:
Es lebe hoch der Zimmermannsgeselle
[unknown]4:22
4O Come All Ye Faithful
engineer:
Bonnie Silver (producer/engineer) (in 1997-06)
producer:
Norbert Kraft (classical guitarist and producer) and Bonnie Silver (producer/engineer)
organ:
Michael Bloss (organist) (in 1997-06)
choir vocals:
The Elora Singers (in 1997-06)
conductor:
Noel Edison (conductor) (in 1997-06)
recorded at:
Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1997-06)
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)
John Francis Wade4:05
5The Little Drummer Boy
producer:
Otto Nopp (producer and engineer) and Jaroslav Rybář
orchestra:
Štátna filharmónia Košice (Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice) (in 1989-05)
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer) (in 1989-05)
arranger:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1989)
recorded at:
Dom umenia (House of Arts) in Košice, Košický kraj (Košice Region), Slovakia (in 1989-05)
instrumental recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”) (in 1989-05)
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”)
Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati & Harry Simeone1:13
6What Sweeter Music
engineer:
Bonnie Silver (producer/engineer) (in 1997-06)
producer:
Norbert Kraft (classical guitarist and producer) and Bonnie Silver (producer/engineer)
organ:
Michael Bloss (organist) (in 1997-06)
choir vocals:
The Elora Singers (in 1997-06)
conductor:
Noel Edison (conductor) (in 1997-06)
recorded at:
Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in 1997-06)
recording of:
What Sweeter Music (in 1997-06)
lyricist:
Robert Herrick (English poet)
composer:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945) (in 1988)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
John Rutter4:59
7Ding Dong Merrily on High
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
is based on:
Branle de l’official
[traditional]2:04
8Lo, How a Rose
producer:
Günter Appenheimer (producer/engineer) (in 1988-01)
orchestra:
Capella Istropolitana (in 1988-01)
conductor:
Richard Edlinger (conductor and composer) (in 1988-01)
arranger:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia (in 1988-01)
recording of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius’ harmonisation) (in 1988-01)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist) (in 1609)
arrangement of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (original anonymous version)
Michael Praetorius1:22
9Away in a Manger
recording of:
Away in a Manger (Mueller variation)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Carl Mueller and James Ramsey Murray (in 1885)
James R. Murray3:24
10I Wonder as I Wander
recording of:
I Wonder as I Wander
lyricist and composer:
John Jacob Niles (American folklorist and folk musician) (from 1933-07-16 until 1933-10-04)
John Jacob Niles3:02
11Siciliano
producer:
Günter Appenheimer (producer/engineer) (from 1989-01 until 1989-03) and Hubert Geschwandtner (producer/engineer) (from 1989-01 until 1989-03)
orchestra:
Capella Istropolitana (from 1989-01 until 1989-03)
conductor:
Jaroslav Dvořák (Jaroslav Krcek) (from 1989-01 until 1989-03)
arranger:
Jaroslav Dvořák (Jaroslav Krcek)
recorded at:
Moyzesova sieň (Moyzes Hall) in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia (from 1989-01 until 1989-03)
recording of:
Sonate für Violine und Klavier c-Moll, BWV 1017: I. Largo (catch all for arrangements) (from 1989-01 until 1989-03)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Sonate für Violine und Klavier c-Moll, BWV 1017: I. Largo
[unknown]3:02
12Silent 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
Franz Xaver Gruber3:23

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