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Sing We Now Of Christmas / Swann, Crystal Cathedral Choir


Release Date: 10/12/1994 
Label:  Gothic Records   Catalog #: 49036   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Traditional,  Nancy Hill Cobb,  William J. Kirkpatrick,  David H. Williams,   ... 
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann,  Mark Thallander
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 0 Hours 56 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1. Angels we have heard on high by Traditional
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ), Mark Thallander (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Written: France 
 Notes: Arranged: Frederick Swann 
2. How great our joy by Traditional
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ), Mark Thallander (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Notes: Arranged: John Rutter 
3. We have seen His star by Traditional
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
4. Sing we now of Christmas by Traditional
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Written: France 
 Notes: Arranged: Fred Prentice 
5. Gloria in excelsis by Nancy Hill Cobb
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Period: 20th Century 
6. Il est né, le divin enfant by Traditional
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 15th Century; France 
 Notes: Arranged: Fred bock 
7. Away in a manger by William J. Kirkpatrick
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
 Notes: Arranged: William Whitehead 
8. Chorale Prelude for Organ on "Bring a Torch" by David H. Williams
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
9. Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Period: Classical 
Written: 1818; Austria 
 Notes: Arranged: Frederick Swann 
10. Good Christian men, rejoice by Traditional
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Written: Germany 
 Notes: Arranged: Gilbert M. Martin 
11. O little town of Bethlehem by Henry Walford Davies
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Period: 20th Century 
Written: England 
 Notes: Arranged: Frederick Swann 
12. Prelude on "Greensleeves" by Richard Irven Purvis
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Period: 20th Century 
13. Sing We Noel by Noël Goemanne
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Period: 20th Century 
14. Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night" by Adolphe Adam
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Period: Romantic 
Written: France 
15. Adeste fideles "O come, all ye faithful" by John Francis Wade
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Period: Classical 
Written: by 1782; England 
 Notes: Arranged: Frederick Swann 
16. No candle was there and no fire by Liza Lehmann
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Period: Romantic 
Written: England 
 Notes: Arranged: William Stickles 
17. Torches by Thomas Matthews
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Period: 20th Century 
18. We Have Seen His Star by Mary Elizabeth Caldwell
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
19. Around the Manger, Op. 115 by Amy Marcy Beach
Performer:  Frederick Lewis Swann (Organ)
Conductor:  Frederick Lewis Swann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Crystal Cathedral Choir
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1925/1929; USA 

Sound Samples

Angels We Have Heard on High (arr. F. Swann)
Sing We Now of Christmas (arr. F. Prentice)
He Is Born (arr. F. Bock)
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
No Candle Was There and No Fire (arr. W. Stickles)
Joy to the World
Away in a Manger (arr. W. Whitehead)
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
Torches
Silent Night (arr. F. Swann)
Good Christian Men, Rejoice (arr. G.M. Martin)
How great our joy (arr. J. Rutter)
Around the Manger, Op. 115
We Have Seen His Star
O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. F. Swann)
Prelude On Greensleeves, "What child is this"
Sing We Noel
Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) (Sung in English): O Holy Night
O Come All Ye Faithful (arr. F. Swann)

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