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Selections recorded at the Scoring Stage of Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: no 7, Dance of the Reeds by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: William H. Griffin
2.
Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle by Traditional
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Written: France
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 2 Minutes 21 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Valerie W. Stephenson
3.
Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1948; USA
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Robert Ivey
4.
Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy "West Indies Carol" by Traditional
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Written: West Indies
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 1 Minutes 54 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Hart Morris
5.
Mary had a baby by Traditional
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 4 Minutes 7 Secs.
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Go tell it on the mountain." James Meredith has arranged both works and incoporated them into a medley entitled "Christmas Tidings."
6.
Go tell it on the mountain by Traditional
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Mary had a baby." James Meredith has arranged both works and incorporated them into a medley entitled "Christmas Tidings."
7.
Shepherd's Air by C. William Goff
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.
8.
Fantasy on "Carol of the Bells" by Christopher S. Kinzel
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs.
9.
Still, still, still by Traditional
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Written: Austria
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 2 Minutes 57 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Valerie W. Stephenson
10.
O come, O come Emmanuel by Traditional
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Period: Renaissance
Written: 15th Century; France
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs.
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "God rest ye merry, gentlemen." James Meredith arranged both carols and incorporated them into a medely entitled "Veni Emmanuel."
11.
God rest ye merry, gentlemen by Traditional
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Written: England
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "O come, O come Emmanuel." James Meredith arranged both carols and incorporated them into a medley entitled "Veni Emmannuel."
12.
Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol" by Traditional
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Cynthia Dobrinski
13.
Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: Troika by Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Douglas E. Wagner
14.
The Christmas Song by Mel Torme
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1946
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 4 Minutes 18 Secs.
Notes: This song was written in collaboration with Robert Wells.
Arranged: Douglas E. Wagner
15.
'Twas in the moon of winter time by Traditional
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 1 Minutes 59 Secs.
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Whence comes this rush of wings afar."
Arranged: James Groves
16.
Whence comes this rush of wings afar by Traditional
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Written: France
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "'Twas in the moon of winter time."
Arranged: James Groves
17.
Catalonian Carol by Traditional
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Written: France
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 2 Minutes 39 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Barbara Semmann
18.
Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Period: Classical
Written: 1818; Austria
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 3 Minutes 0 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Betty Garee
19.
Panis angelicus by César Franck
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Period: Romantic
Written: 1872; France
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: James Meredith
20.
Holiday Inn: White Christmas by Irving Berlin
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942; USA
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Cynthia Dobrinski
21.
Joseph, lieber Joseph mein by Traditional
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Written: Germany
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 1 Minutes 49 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Donald E. Allured
22.
Christmas Postcard by William Ludtke
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 0 Minutes 50 Secs.
23.
We three kings by John Henry Hopkins Jr.
Conductor:
James Meredith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
Date of Recording: 6/1995
Length: 2 Minutes 50 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Cynthia Dobrinski
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