Christmas Sampler

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1Ave Maria
choir vocals:
Vienna Boys Choir (The Vienna Boys Choir)
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Helmuth Froschauer (conductor and chorus master)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Records (UK) Limited (1987–1996) (in 1979)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Bach-Gounod5:28
2Ding Dong! Merrily on High
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer)
vocals:
Vienna Boys Choir\ (The Vienna Boys Choir)
conductor:
Uwe Christian Harrer (chorus master/conductor)
[traditional]2:06
3Babes in Toyland: March of the Toys
engineer:
James Nichols
producer:
Nathaniel S. Johnson and John Pfeiffer (producer and engineer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1958-05-15 until 1958-05-16)
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) (from 1958-05-15 until 1958-05-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1958)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston (from 1958-05-15 until 1958-05-16)
recording of:
Babes in Toyland: Act II. March of the Toys (from 1958-05-15 until 1958-05-16)
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
part of:
Babes in Toyland
Herbert3:47
4The Nutcracker: Act I. March
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
recording of:
The Nutcracker Suite: March (Jim Dooley's arrangement)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
arranger:
Jim Dooley (composer)
arrangement of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: a) Marche. Tempo di marcia viva
Tchaikovsky2:25
5Fantasia on "I Saw Three Ships"
recording engineer:
Mike Ross‐Trevor (engineer) (on 1986-06-27)
producer:
Jay David Saks (producer of classical and musical theatre recordings)
flute:
James Galway (flautist) (from 1986-06-27 until 1986-06-29)
organ:
John Birch (organist) (from 1986-06-27 until 1986-06-29)
choir vocals:
BBC Singers (professional chamber choir of the BBC) (from 1986-06-27 until 1986-06-29) and Chapel Choir of King’s School, Canterbury (from 1986-06-27 until 1986-06-29)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1986-06-27 until 1986-06-29)
conductor:
James Galway (flautist) (from 1986-06-27 until 1986-06-29)
chorus master:
John Poole (conductor) (from 1986-06-27 until 1986-06-29)
recorded at:
CBS Studios, London (London, 1972–1989) in London (Greater London) (from 1986-06-27 until 1986-06-29)
recording of:
Fantasia on “I Saw Three Ships”
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
David Overton
is based on:
I Saw Three Ships
Overton3:07
6Deck the Halls
harp:
Emily Mitchell (harpist)
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”)
[traditional]1:05
7The Little Drummer Boy
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Morton Gould (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
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 (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
Simeone-Davis-Onorati2:23
8God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
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)
[traditional]1:16
9Silent Night
choir vocals:
Chorus Viennensis and Vienna Boys Choir (The Vienna Boys Choir)
orchestra:
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Hans Gillesberger
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
Mohr-Gruber3:33
10O Holy Night
clarinet:
Richard Stoltzman (clarinetist)
electric piano:
Bill Douglas (Canadian musician & composer)
recording of:
O Holy Night (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer)
arrangement of:
O Holy Night
Adam6:03
11Noël Ten
recorder:
Michala Petri (recorder player)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Martin Neary (English organist and choral conductor)
recording of:
Noël Ten
composer:
Louis‐Claude Daquin
Daquin3:07
12Sleigh Ride
engineer:
James Nichols
producer:
Nathaniel S. Johnson and John Pfeiffer (producer and engineer)
orchestra:
The Boston ‘Pops’ Orchestra (from 1959-05-15 until 1959-05-16)
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) (from 1959-05-15 until 1959-05-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Records (UK) Limited (1987–1996) (in 1959)
recording of:
3 German Dances for Orchestra, K. 605: No. 3 in C major. German Dance & Trio "Die Schlittenfahrt" & Coda (from 1959-05-15 until 1959-05-16)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1789)
part of:
3 German Dances for Orchestra, K. 605
Mozart2:39
13O Come, All Ye Faithful / Joy to the World
brass:
Canadian Brass
organ:
John Grady (organist)
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)
[traditional] / Mason2:44
14O Christmas Tree
choir vocals:
Jeff Alexander Singers
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
orchestra:
Henri René & His Orchestra
conductor:
Henri René (producer, composer, conductor and arranger)
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)
[traditional]32:03
15Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
vocals:
The Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
chorus master:
Robert Page (conductor/choir master)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
Handel4:20

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