The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Mormon Tabernacle - MRMT 5042001 - 78302

Label: Mormon Tabernacle
Catalog No: MRMT 5042001
Format: CD
Release Date: 2010-09-07
Number of Discs: 1
Running time: 1 hr. 9 min.
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 783027018127

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Notes & Reviews:

2010 holiday release. Each year, the Christmas concert presented by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square is seen by more than 85,000 people live and by millions more via television broadcast. It is a full-scale production featuring world class musicians, soloists, dancers, narrators, and music that leaves viewers in awe of the Choir's unmatched magnitude and musicality. This year the Choir was joined by none other than multiple Grammy-award winner Natalie Cole. Ms. Cole's trademark vocal style paired with the Choir's legendary sound makes for a stunning collection destined to become a new Christmas classic. An enchanting mix of traditional and contemporary Christmas songs.

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Andrew Unsworth, Clay Christiansen (organ).

Recording information: Conference Center, Salt Lake City, UT (12/10/2009-12/13/2009); The Conference Center, Salt Lake City, UT (12/10/2009-12/13/2009).

Recorded live in 2009 in conjunction with the televised PBS special of the same name, this annual holiday concert by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square features a nice mix of traditional and contemporary Christmas material. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year also includes contributions from special guest Natalie Cole, who lends her considerable pipes to seven of the 14 cuts. ~ James Christopher Monger



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>Wilberg, Mack : Come, O Come, processional for chorus
  • Performers: Natalie Cole (Voice); Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells)
  • Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary

>Traditional, Christmas : Il est né, le divin enfant (French)
  • Performers: Natalie Cole (Voice); Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Christmas
  • Written: 1875

>Wyle, George : It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (from the cartoon "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer")
  • Performers: Natalie Cole (Voice); Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells)
  • Conductor: Gail Deadrick
  • Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1963

>David Foster / Linda Fost : My Grown-Up Christmas List
  • Performers: Natalie Cole (Voice); Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells)
  • Conductor: Gail Deadrick
  • Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
  • Form: Christmas

>Burt, Alfred S. : Caroling, Caroling (Christmas Bells Are Ringing), carol for voice & piano
  • Performers: Natalie Cole (Voice); Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells)
  • Conductor: Gail Deadrick
  • Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Christmas
  • Written: 1954

>Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
  • Performers: Natalie Cole (Voice); Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells)
  • Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Cantata/Oratorio
  • Written: 1741

>Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")
  • Performers: Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells); Natalie Cole (Voice)
  • Running Time: 6 min. 39 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1851

>Traditional, Christmas : The Holly and the Ivy (English)
  • Performers: Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells); Natalie Cole (Voice)
  • Conductor: Gail Deadrick
  • Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
  • Form: Christmas
  • Written: circa 1710

>Mendelssohn, Felix : Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"
  • Performers: Natalie Cole (Voice); Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells)
  • Conductor: Gail Deadrick
  • Notes: Composition written: 1840.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Christmas
  • Written: 1840

>Mel Tormé (1925 - 1999) : The Christmas Song
  • Performers: Natalie Cole (Voice); Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells)
  • Conductor: Gail Deadrick
  • Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Christmas
  • Written: 1944

>Traditional, Christmas : Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582)
  • Performers: Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells); Natalie Cole (Voice); Richard Elliott (Organ)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
  • Period Time: Renaissance
  • Written: circa 1582

>Wilberg, Mack : Christmas Carols in the Air, for chorus & orchestra
  • Performers: Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells); Natalie Cole (Voice)
  • Running Time: 11 min. 35 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Christmas

>Holst, Gustav : In the bleak mid-winter
  • Performers: Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells); Natalie Cole (Voice)
  • Running Time: 5 min. 55 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Christmas
  • Written: 1904-1905

>Traditional, Christmas : Angels From the Realms Of Glory
  • Performers: Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Hand Bells); Natalie Cole (Voice)
  • Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Christmas
  • Written: circa 1816