A Christmas Choral Spectacular (DVD-A edition)

~ Release by Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Peter Breiner (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Ding dong! Merrily on High
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
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
Anon.2:46
2Coventry Carol
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
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)
Anon.4:50
3Deck the Hall
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
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”)
Trad.3:17
4O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
O Christmas Tree (English version of German "O Tannenbaum")
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
translated version of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
Trad.5:07
5The Infant King (Oh, mi Belén)
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Infant King
lyricist:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Anon.4:26
6O Come, All Ye Faithfull (Adeste, fideles)
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
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 Wade5:47
7O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “Forest Green”, as sung in the UK and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1906)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 32)
is based on:
The Ploughboy's Dream
version of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
Trad.5:52
8Puer nobis nascitur
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Puer nobis nascitur
composer:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
Peter Breiner7:26
9Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
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 Gruber6:44
10Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Rocking (Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Trad.4:19
11Gloucester Wassail
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Gloucestershire Wassail
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)
arrangement of:
Christmas Sweet: Wassail, Wassail
Trad.4:40
12Quem pastores laudavere
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
Quem pastores laudavere
composer:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
Peter Breiner5:30
13The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
choir vocals:
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
orchestra:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Breiner (pianist, conductor, composer)
recording of:
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Trad.3:43