A Classic Christmas

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
Andrea Bocelli3:25
2O Holy Night
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Katherine Jenkins4:07
3Away in a Manger
Aled Jones2:42
4Hark the Herald Angels Sing
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Philip Ledger
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:03
5Do You Hear What I Hear?
Hayley Westenra & The Choirboys2:53
6White Christmas
Bryn Terfel3:35
7The First Nowell
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
The First Nowell (David Willcocks arrangement) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge4:56
8Ave Maria (Schubert)
Luciano Pavarotti4:48
9Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Kiri Te Kanawa3:45
10Joy to the World
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano) (in 1965-05)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1965-05)
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist) (in 1965-05)
Joan Sutherland1:51
11Ding Dong Merrily on High
Choir of Westminster Abbey1:57
12Rejoice Greatly
Renée Fleming4:38
13O Little Town of Bethlehem
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
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.) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
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.)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:18
14What Child Is This
Sissel3:42
15While Shepherds Watched
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:06
16Unto Us Is Born a Son
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford2:02
17Hallelujah Chorus
Sir Georg Solti3:40
18I Know a Rose Tree
Secret Garden4:59
19In the Bleak Midwinter
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
solo vocals:
John Bowen (tenor vocalist) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
tenor vocals:
John Bowen (tenor vocalist)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Harold Edwin Darke
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge4:19
20Past Three O'Clock
Monteverdi Choir1:51
21In dulci jubilo
Choir of Westminster Abbey3:32
22I Saw Three Ships
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
solo vocals:
John Bowen (tenor vocalist) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20), Simon Haynes (tenor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20), Christopher Hughes (alto) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20) and Roland Robertson (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
tenor vocals:
John Bowen (tenor vocalist)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (arr. Willcocks) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
I Saw Three Ships
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1:33
23Up! Good Christian Folk and Listen
Choir of Westminster Abbey1:20

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ASIN:UK: B000BP2VJC [info]