The Jessye Norman Collection - A Christmas Collection

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Album Summary

Performers

• Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Timothy Smith (Organ)
• Gerre Hancock (Organ)
• Harry Huff (Organ)
• Sara Cutler (Harp)

Conductors

• DeCormier, Robert
• Robertson, David

Ensembles

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• Empire Chamber Ensemble

Composers

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Henry Thomas Smart (1813 - 1879)
• Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747 - 1800)
• Anonymous
• Christmas Traditional
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)
• Richard Storrs Willis (1819 - 1900)
• New English Hymnal
• Traditional Spiritual
• Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876)
• Donald Fraser
• John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1820 - 1891)
• Traditional
• William James Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1921)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)

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Works Details

Traditional, Christmas : O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: 12th Century

Gauntlett, Henry John : Once in Royal David's City, carol

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 1 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1850

Traditional, Christmas : Unto Us Is Born A Son (Puer nobis nascitur; Piae Cantiones, 1582)

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 1 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: 13th Century

Mendelssohn, Felix : Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Notes: Composition written: 1840.
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1840

Traditional, Christmas : Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians Now Rejoice")

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 1 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1853

Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

Traditional, Christmas : The Holly and the Ivy (English)

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1710

Traditional, Christmas : See amid the winter's snow

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.

Traditional, Christmas : I Saw Three Ships, carol

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Notes: Manhattan Centre Studios, NY (11/26/1934-11/28/1934)
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1666

Fraser, Donald : This Christmastide (Jessye's Carol)

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Coventry Carol (2) :: "Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child"

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1498

Holst, Gustav : In the bleak mid-winter

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 5 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1904-1905

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Traditional, Christmas : Angels We Have Heard on High

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1840

Hopkins, John Henry : We three kings

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1857

Handel, George Frideric : Joy to the World (theme by Handel)

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1742

Wade, John Francis : O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751

Traditional : Amen

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Robert DeCormier
• Ensemble: Empire Chamber Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Form: Vocal

Smart, Henry Thomas : Angels from the Realms of Glory

• Performers: Jessye Norman (Soprano); Timothy Smith (Organ); Gerre Hancock (Organ)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1867

Traditional, Christmas : The First Nowell (English)

• Performers: Timothy Smith (Organ); Jessye Norman (Soprano); Gerre Hancock (Organ)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1823

Willis, Richard Storrs : It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

• Performers: Jessye Norman (Soprano); Harry Huff (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1850

Kirkpatrick, William J. : Away in a manger :: Cradle Song) (New English Hymnal 22)

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1885

Schulz, Johann Abraham Peter : Ihr Kinderlein kommet (O Come, Little Children)

• Performers: Sara Cutler (Harp); Harry Huff (Organ); Gerre Hancock (Organ); Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Hymnal, New English : Of the Father's heart begotten (Tune :: Divinum Mysterium), no 33

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Traditional, Christmas : Mary Had a Baby

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Written: circa 1830-1840

Traditional, Christmas : Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming) (Alte geistliche Kirchengesäng 1599)

• Performers: Jessye Norman (Soprano); Timothy Smith (Organ); Gerre Hancock (Organ)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1599

Traditional, Christmas : Puer Natus in Bethlehem (Piae Cantiones)

• Performers: Jessye Norman (Soprano); Timothy Smith (Organ); Gerre Hancock (Organ)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Vocal

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Performers: Harry Huff (Organ); Sara Cutler (Harp); Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825

Traditional, Christmas : Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet)

• Performers: Timothy Smith (Organ); Gerre Hancock (Organ); Jessye Norman (Soprano); Harry Huff (Organ)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Work(s) :: A Christmas Garland

• Performers: Jessye Norman (Soprano); Gerre Hancock (Organ)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Anonymous : Ballade de Jesus-Christ

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performers: Jessye Norman (Soprano); Gerre Hancock (Organ)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Traditional Spiritual : There Is a Balm in Gilead, spiritual

• Performers: Jessye Norman (Soprano); Timothy Smith (Organ); Gerre Hancock (Organ)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Wade, John Francis : O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)

• Performers: Gerre Hancock (Organ); Timothy Smith (Organ); Harry Huff (Organ); Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: David Robertson
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751