Notes and Editorial Reviews
Previously released separately, "The Joy of Christmas" brings together for the first time five classic Christmas albums from the vaults at Sony:
- "Pops Christmas Party"
The "Living Stereo" classic by Arthur Fielder and the Boston Pops featuring such delights as Leroy Anderson’s "A Christmas Festival", "The Toy Trumpet", "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers", "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", two different "Sleigh Rides", dances from Tchaikovsky’s "The Nutcracker" and much more.
- "Festival of Carols in Brass"
Features superb playing by the Philadelphia Brass. Warm and engaging arrangements of
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favorite carols such as "Deck The Halls With Boughs of Holly", "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", "Silent Night", "O Come, All Ye Faithful" and many other selections.
"Amahl and the Night Visitors" by Gian Carlo Menotti The original cast from the 1952 NBC Christmas Eve broadcast! Thomas Schippers conducts with Chet Allen, with Rosemary Kuhlmann, Andrew McKinley, David Aiken and Leon Lishner.
"The Glorious Sound of Christmas" Played by the glorious, shimmering strings, brass and woodwinds of the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy in this classic album of beautiful arrangements featuring the Temple University Concert Choir.
"Christmas with Marilyn Horne and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir" A best selling LP, the superb voice of Marilyn Horne is backed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir led by Jerold Ottley in this collection of inspired popular Christmas carols and songs.
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Works on This Recording
1.
A Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
2.
A Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 1959
3.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 1a, Act 1 - Miniature Overture by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
4.
Holiday Inn: White Christmas by Irving Berlin
Performer:
Alfred Krips (Violin)
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942; USA
Date of Recording: 1959
5.
Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1948; USA
Date of Recording: 1959
6.
Winter Wonderland by Felix Bernard
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; USA
Date of Recording: 1959
7.
Parade der Zinnsoldaten, Op. 123 by Leon Jessel
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: Lübeck, Germany
Date of Recording: 1959
8.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 12a, Act 2 - Spanish Dance "Chocolate" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
9.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 12b, Act 2 - Arabian Dance "Coffee" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
10.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 12c, Act 2 - Chinese Dance "Tea" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
11.
The toy trumpet by Raymond Scott
Performer:
Al Hirt (Trumpet)
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 06/09/1964
12.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 12d, Act 2 - Russian Dance "Trepak" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
13.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 12e, Act 2 - Dance of the Flutes "Toy Trumpets" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
14.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 12f, Act 2 - Mother Gigogne and the Clowns by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
15.
German Dances (3), K 605: no 3 in C major "Sleigh ride" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Classical
Written: 1789; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1959
16.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 13, Act 2 - Waltz of the Flowers by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
17.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 14a, Act 2 - Pas de deux by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
18.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 14c, Act 2 - Variation II, Sugar-Plum Fairy and Coda by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
19.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Johnny Marks
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1949; USA
Date of Recording: 1959
20.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 15, Act 2 - Final Waltz and Apotheosis by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
21.
Santa Claus is comin' to town by John Frederic Coots
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; USA
Date of Recording: 1959
22.
Hänsel und Gretel: Dream pantomime by Engelbert Humperdinck
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Germany
Date of Recording: 1959
23.
Joy to the World by Lowell Mason
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: 19th Century; USA
24.
Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: Classical
Written: 1818; Austria
25.
The Twelve Days of Christmas by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Written: England
26.
We wish you a merry Christmas by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Written: England
27.
Deck the Halls by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Written: Wales, UK
28.
Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Written: France
29.
The first nowell by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Written: England
30.
Angels we have heard on high by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Written: France
31.
Adeste fideles "O come, all ye faithful" by John Francis Wade
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: Classical
Written: by 1782; England
32.
O Tannenbaum by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Written: Westphalia, Germany
33.
O come, O come Emmanuel by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: Renaissance
Written: 15th Century; France
34.
Good King Wenceslas by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Written: England
35.
O sanctissima "Sicilian Mariners" by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
36.
Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol" by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
37.
God rest ye merry, gentlemen by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Written: England
38.
Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing" by Felix Mendelssohn
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Germany
39.
It came upon the midnight clear by Richard Storrs Willis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: Romantic
40.
Good Christian men, rejoice by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Written: Germany
41.
Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night" by Adolphe Adam
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: France
42.
What child is this? by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
43.
Wassail Song by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
44.
O little town of Bethlehem by Lewis H. Redner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; USA
45.
Away in a manger by William J. Kirkpatrick
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
46.
We three kings by John Henry Hopkins Jr.
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
47.
Musae Sioniae: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen by Michael Praetorius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1609; Germany
48.
Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti
Performer:
Andrew McKinley (Tenor),
Rosemary Kuhlmann (Soprano),
Chet Allen (Boy Soprano),
Davis Aiken (Baritone),
Frank Monachino (Baritone),
Leon Lishner (Bass)
Conductor:
Thomas Schippers
Orchestra/Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Chorus,
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1951; USA
Date of Recording: 1/1952
Venue: New York City
Length: 46 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: English
49.
Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing" by Felix Mendelssohn
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra,
Temple University Concert Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Germany
Language: English
50.
O little town of Bethlehem by Henry Walford Davies
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
51.
Joy to the World by Lowell Mason
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 19th Century; USA
52.
Adeste fideles "O come, all ye faithful" by John Francis Wade
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra,
Temple University Concert Choir
Period: Classical
Written: by 1782; England
Language: English
53.
Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night" by Adolphe Adam
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra,
Temple University Concert Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Language: English
54.
God rest ye merry, gentlemen by Traditional
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra
Written: England
55.
The first nowell by Traditional
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra
Written: England
56.
Deck the Halls by Traditional
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra
Written: Wales, UK
57.
O Sanctissimus by Traditional
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra
58.
Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra,
Temple University Concert Choir
Period: Classical
Written: 1818; Austria
Language: German
59.
O come, O come Emmanuel by Traditional
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Renaissance
Written: 15th Century; France
Language: English
60.
O come, little children by Traditional
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra
61.
Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra,
Temple University Concert Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825; Vienna, Austria
62.
Te solo adoro, WoO 186 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra,
Temple University Concert Choir
Period: Classical
Written: 1824
Language: English
63.
Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing" by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Elly Ameling (Soprano),
Maureen McGovern (Soprano),
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Germany
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Language: English
64.
Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night" by Adolphe Adam
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Language: English
65.
Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle by Traditional
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Written: France
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Language: French
66.
Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Period: Classical
Written: 1818; Austria
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: English
67.
Joy to the World by Lowell Mason
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 19th Century; USA
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Language: English
68.
Adeste fideles "O come, all ye faithful" by John Francis Wade
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Period: Classical
Written: by 1782; England
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Language: English
69.
Holiday Inn: White Christmas by Irving Berlin
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942; USA
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Language: English
70.
Gesu Bambino by Pietro Yon
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1917; USA
Date of Recording: 03/1983
71.
Angels we have heard on high by Traditional
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Written: France
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Language: English
72.
The Babe of Bethlehem by Traditional
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Language: English
73.
O Tannenbaum by Traditional
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Written: Westphalia, Germany
Date of Recording: 03/1983
74.
O little town of Bethlehem by Henry Walford Davies
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Language: English
75.
It came upon the midnight clear by Richard Storrs Willis
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Language: English
76.
The first nowell by Traditional
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Written: England
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Language: English
77.
Musae Sioniae: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen by Michael Praetorius
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jerold Ottley
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1609; Germany
Date of Recording: 03/1983
Language: English
Featured Sound Samples
Sleigh Ride (Anderson): (Fiedler; from Pops Christmas Party)
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Wade): (Ormandy; from The Glorious Sound of Christmas)
Coventry Carol (Traditional): (Philadelphia Brass; from Festival of Carols in Brass)
Sound Samples
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
Angels We Have Heard on High
We Three Kings of Orient Are
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
O Little Town of Bethlehem
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
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