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Includes a star was his candle. Soloists: Lawrence Tibbett, Stewart Wille.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Adeste fideles "O come, all ye faithful" by John Francis Wade
Performer:
John McCormack (Tenor)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra,
Chorus
Period: Classical
Written: by 1782; England
Date of Recording: 03/31/1915
Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs.
Language: Latin
2.
Hallelujah by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Performer:
Emmy Destinn (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Austria
Date of Recording: 1908
Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs.
Language: German
3.
Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night" by Adolphe Adam
Performer:
Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
Conductor:
Walter Rogers
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: 02/23/1919
Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs.
Language: French
4.
Ave Maria by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Eugene Lutsky (Piano),
Efrem Zimbalist (Violin),
Alma Gluck (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; France
Date of Recording: 1913
Length: 4 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: This work is based on J.S. Bach's Prelude no 1 in C from 'The Well-Tempered Clavier.'
5.
The oldest Christmas story by Hanns Eisler
Performer:
Charles Laughton (Spoken Vocals)
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 1943
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.
Language: English
6.
Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol" by Traditional
Performer:
Gladys Ripley (Alto),
Harold Williams (Baritone),
John McHugh (Tenor),
Isobel Baillie (Soprano)
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
Date of Recording: C1944
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranger: John Stainer.
7.
Panis angelicus by César Franck
Performer:
Richard Crooks (Tenor)
Conductor:
Charles O'Connell
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1872; France
Date of Recording: 01/16/1942
Length: 4 Minutes 6 Secs.
Language: Latin
8.
O du fröhliche by Traditional
Performer:
Lotte Lehmann (Soprano)
Conductor:
Hermann Weigert
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Written: Germany
Date of Recording: 09/04/1928
Length: 3 Minutes 6 Secs.
Language: German
9.
Gesu Bambino by Pietro Yon
Performer:
Giovanni Martinelli (Tenor)
Conductor:
Josef Pasternack
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra,
Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1917; USA
Date of Recording: 04/07/1926
Length: 4 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: English
10.
L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25: Le repos de la Sainte Famille by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Paul Planel (Tenor)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1850-1854; France
Date of Recording: 12/1932
Length: 6 Minutes 56 Secs.
Language: French
11.
Mörike Lieder: no 25, Schlafendes Jesuskind by Hugo Wolf
Performer:
Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano),
Ernest Lush (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 08/26/1935
Length: 3 Minutes 33 Secs.
Language: German
12.
Legenden (3), Op. 33: no 3, Des fremden Kindes by Carl Loewe
Performer:
Karl Erb (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1834; Berlin, Germany
Date of Recording: 09/1937
Length: 3 Minutes 18 Secs.
Language: German
13.
Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a): Alleluia by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Sigrid Onegin (Soprano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1773; Milan, Italy
Date of Recording: 1928
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs.
14.
Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Rosa Ponselle (Soprano),
Mischa Violin (Violin),
Romano Romani (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 11/01/1939
Length: 5 Minutes 18 Secs.
Language: Latin
15.
Schlichte Weisen (60), Op. 76: no 52, Maria Wiegenlied by Max Reger
Performer:
Claudia Muzio (Soprano)
Conductor:
Lorenzo Molajoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903-1912; Germany
Date of Recording: 1935
Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.
Language: Italian
16.
Christmas Candle by Elinor Remick Warren
Performer:
Carroll Hollister (Piano),
John Charles Thomas (Baritone)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1940; USA
Date of Recording: 01/08/1942
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: English
17.
The night before Christmas by Traditional
Performer:
Basil Rathbone (Spoken Vocals)
Date of Recording: C1939
Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs.
Language: English
18.
Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber
Performer:
Stewart Wille (Organ),
Ernestine Schumann-Heink (Alto)
Period: Classical
Written: 1818; Austria
Date of Recording: 11/03/1926
Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs.
Language: German
19.
Mille cherubini in coro by Alois Melichar
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Austria
Date of Recording: 10/25/1935
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: Arranger: Edoardo Senatra.
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