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This double-set of Holiday cheer from the Decca catalog includes classic vocal, choral and instrumental works.
This double-set of Holiday cheer from the Decca catalog includes classic vocal, choral and instrumental works. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Joy to the World by Lowell Mason
Performer:
Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ambrosian Singers,
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 19th Century; USA
Length: 1 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Gamley
2.
Ding Dong! Merrily on high by Traditional
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; France
Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Charles Wood.
This selection is based on the tune "Branle l'officiel" from Thoinot
Arbeau's "Orchésographie".
3.
Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson
Conductor:
Frederick Fennell
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Eastman-Rochester Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1948; USA
Length: 2 Minutes 48 Secs.
4.
Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber
Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bach Choir
Period: Classical
Written: 1818; Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Cashmore
This selection is a DDD recording.
5.
While shepherds watched their flocks by night by Traditional
Performer:
Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
Conductor:
George Guest
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge St. John's College Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1592; England
Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: David Willcocks wrote the descant and organ part used in this performance.
6.
The Twelve Days of Christmas by Traditional
Performer:
Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ambrosian Singers,
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Written: England
Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Gamley
7.
Messiah, HWV 56: For unto us a child is born by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England
Length: 4 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
8.
Messiah, HWV 56: Pastoral Symphony "Pifa" by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:
Christopher Hogwood
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of Ancient Music
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs.
9.
Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825; Vienna, Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 48 Secs.
Language: Latin
10.
Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: Troika by Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; Paris, France
Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs.
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
11.
Winter Wonderland by Felix Bernard
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Carl Davis,
Terry Edwards
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra,
London Voices
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; USA
Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
Arranged: Cullen
12.
Panis angelicus by Traditional
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Barry Rose
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra,
St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Length: 3 Minutes 38 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
Arranged: Boustead
13.
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: no 10, Sinfonia in G major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: 1734-1735; Leipzig, Germany
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
14.
Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah! by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: English
15.
Away in a manger by William J. Kirkpatrick
Performer:
Stephen Cleobury (Organ),
Mark Tinkler (Treble)
Conductor:
George Guest
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge St. John's College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Length: 2 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: David Willcocks
16.
In the bleak mid-winter by Harold Edwin Darke
Performer:
Rosemary Joshua (Soprano),
Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911; England
Length: 4 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
17.
English Hymnal: O little town of Bethlehem by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906; England
Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs.
Language: English
18.
The first nowell by Traditional
Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge King's College Choir
Written: England
Length: 4 Minutes 48 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: David Willcocks
19.
German Dances (3), K 605: no 3 in C major "Sleigh ride" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Willi Boskovsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Mozart Ensemble
Period: Classical
Written: 1789; Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.
20.
Deck the Halls by Traditional
Performer:
Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ambrosian Singers,
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Written: Wales, UK
Length: 1 Minutes 16 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Gamley
21.
Meet Me in St. Louis: Have yourself a merry little Christmas by Hugh Martin
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1944; USA
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
Arranged: Cullen
22.
Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6: no 8 in G minor "Christmas" - 7th movement, Pastorale "Largo" by Arcangelo Corelli
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: Rome, Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 28 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: Rome, Italy (1708 - 1712).
23.
Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night" by Adolphe Adam
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra members
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Totzauer
24.
In dulci jubilo by Traditional
Performer:
Simon Preston (Organ)
Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge King's College Choir
Period: Medieval
Written: 12th Century; Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: Arranged: Pearsall
25.
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: no 19, Schlafe, mein Liebster by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Henry Lewis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Cantata Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: Leipzig, Germany
Length: 4 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: German
26.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 9, Act 1 - Waltz of the Snowflakes by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Length: 6 Minutes 17 Secs.
27.
Ave Maria by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; France
Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: Arranged: Sabatini
This work is based on J.S. Bach's Prelude no 1 in C from 'The Well-Tempered Clavier.'
28.
L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25: L'adieu des bergers by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
St. Anthony Singers,
Goldsborough Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1850-1854; France
Length: 4 Minutes 58 Secs.
Language: French
29.
Songs (5), Op. 49: no 4, Wiegenlied by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
Conductor:
Anton Guadagno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: Arranged: Gamley
30.
Crown of Roses by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
John Rutter
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Clare College Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs.
Language: English
31.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 1b, Act 1 - Decorating the Christmas Tree by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Length: 4 Minutes 10 Secs.
32.
See amid the winter's snow by Traditional
Performer:
Simon Preston (Organ)
Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge King's College Choir
Length: 3 Minutes 50 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: David Willcocks
33.
Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing" by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Anthony Way (Treble)
Conductor:
John Scott
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra,
St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Germany
Length: 4 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: David Willcocks
This selection is a DDD recording.
34.
Holiday Inn: White Christmas by Irving Berlin
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra,
London Voices
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942; USA
Length: 3 Minutes 50 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
Arranged: Cullen
35.
Do You Hear What I Hear? by Gloria Shayne Baker
Performer:
Anthony Way (Treble)
Conductor:
John Scott
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra,
St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1962
Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
Arranged: Alexander
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