Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns & Carols

~ Release by Robert Shaw Chamber Singers (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers1:22
2Angels We Have Heard on High
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
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
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers2:06
3O Come, O Come Emmanuel
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale lyrics)
lyricist and translator:
John Mason Neale
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861 edition (first edition)) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
translated version of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers2:39
4How Unto Bethlehem?
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
How Unto Bethlehem?
lyricist:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers1:21
5The Boar's Head Carol
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
The Boar's Head Carol
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers1:06
6O Tannenbaum
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
tenor vocals:
Timothy Stalter
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
O Tannenbaum (arr. Parker/Shaw)
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
arrangement of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers feat. Timothy Stalter2:04
7Masters in This Hall
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
baritone vocals:
Victor Ledbetter (baritone)
soprano vocals:
Donna Carter (soprano)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Masters in This Hall
lyricist:
William Morris (English poet / Arts and Crafts movement)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers feat. Donna Carter & Victor Ledbetter2:07
8My Dancing Day
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (traditional English)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers2:12
9Away in a Manger
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
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)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers1:42
10Good Christian Men, Rejoice
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
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)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers1:26
11The Holly and the Ivy
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
tenor vocals:
Frank Timmerman
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers feat. Frank Timmerman2:29
12Good King Wenceslas
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
baritone vocals:
Victor Ledbetter (baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Katherine Murray
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
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)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers feat. Katherine Murray & Victor Ledbetter2:05
13Wassail Song
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Here We Come A-wassailing
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (in 1850)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers1:21
14Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translated version of:
Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers1:26
15Fum, Fum, Fum
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Fum, Fum, Fum
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers0:58
16Mary Had a Baby
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
tenor vocals:
Christopher Cock (tenor)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Mary Had a Baby
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers feat. Christopher Cock2:21
17Hacia Belén va un borrico
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
baritone vocals:
Victor Ledbetter (baritone)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Hacia Belén va un borrico
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers feat. Victor Ledbetter2:20
18Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
baritone vocals:
Victor Ledbetter (baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Katherine Murray
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Christ was born on Christmas Day
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
John Mason Neale
translated version of:
Resonet in laudibus
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers feat. Katherine Murray & Victor Ledbetter1:51
19March of the Kings
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
La marche des rois
lyricist:
Joseph-François Domergue
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Jean‐Baptiste Lully (composer)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers1:18
20Coventry Carol
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist:
Robert Croo (16th-century lyricist of "The Coventry Carol") (in 1534)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers2:48
21Deck the Halls
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers1:12
22The Cherry Tree Carol
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
tenor vocals:
Christopher Cock (tenor)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
The Cherry-Tree Carol
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 54) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 453)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers feat. Christopher Cock4:06
23We Three Kings of Orient Are
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
baritone vocals:
Victor Ledbetter (baritone)
bass vocals:
Wayne Baughman (bass)
tenor vocals:
Ronald Burrichter
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers feat. Ronald Burrichter, Victor Ledbetter & Wayne Baughman3:14
24Touro-louro-louro!
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Touro-louro-louro! (trans. Wayne Norman)
composer:
Nicolas Saboly (Maître de chapelle et Organiste) (until 1674)
translator:
Wayne Norman
arrangement of:
Touro-louro-louro! lou gau canto
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers1:53
25So Blest a Sight
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
soprano vocals:
Donna Carter (soprano)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
So Blest a Sight (Parker/Shaw arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers feat. Donna Carter2:17
26I Saw Three Ships
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers1:31
27What Child Is This?
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
baritone vocals:
Victor Ledbetter (baritone)
tenor vocals:
Christopher Cock (tenor)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
What Child Is This? (arr. Parker/Shaw)
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
arrangement of:
What Child Is This?
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers feat.Christopher Cock & Victor Ledbetter3:12
28Susanni
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher) and Robert Shaw (conductor)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Susanni
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers1:22
29In the Bleak Midwinter
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
Robert Woods (classical music producer, founder of TELARC)
performer:
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recorded at:
Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia, United States
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 28)
is based on:
Cranham (hymn tune)
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
part of:
3 Hymns for the English Hymnal
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers3:45