The #1 Christmas Album / Domingo, Pavarotti, Price, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Simon Keenlyside (Treble)
• Richard Suart (Baritone)
• Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Chicago Symphony Chorus
• Utah Symphony Orchestra
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Simon Preston
• Simon Preston (Organ)
• Tom Finucane (Lute)
• Anthony Way (Treble)
• John Scott (Organ)
• Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• James Blades (Percussion)
• David Corkhill (Percussion)
• Ambrosian Singers (Voice)
• Simon Haynes (Voice)
• Christopher Hughes (Organ)
• Jonathan Lamb (Voice)
• Roland Robertson (Baritone)
• English Chamber Orchestra
• London Voices (Voice)
• Windsor St. George's Chapel Choir
• National Philharmonic Orchestra
• New Philharmonic Orchestra
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Vienna Mozart Ensemble
• Bach Choir
• Cambridge St. John's College Choir
• Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• William Kendall (Tenor)
• Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Mark Tinkler (Treble)
• David Briggs (Organ)
• Chester Cathedral Choir
• Cambridge King's College Choir
• Cambridge Clare College Choir & Orchestra
• Robin Barter (Treble)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Winchester Cathedral Choir
• Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• James Lancelot (Organ)
• Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

• Adler, Kurt Herbert
• Bonynge, Richard
• Boskovsky, Willi
• Davis, Carl
• Davis, Colin
• Gamley, Douglas
• Guadagno, Anton
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Maazel, Lorin
• Munchinger, Karl
• Music], John Scott [Choral
• Rudel, Julius
• Solti, Sir Georg

Ensembles

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• Members of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Composers

• Christmas Traditional
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• William James Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1921)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948 - )
• Emile Waldteufel (1837 - 1915)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Pietro Yon (1886 - 1943)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Jester Hairston (1901 - 2000)
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)
• Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Alphonsus Liguori (1696 - 1787)
• Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Douglas Gamley (conch shell).

Recording information: 1958-1996.

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

• Performers: London Voices (Voice); National Philharmonic Orchestra; Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Kurt Adler
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performer: Bach Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Performers: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Members of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825

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

• Performers: David Briggs (Organ); Cambridge King's College Choir; Robin Barter (Treble)
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1850

Traditional, Christmas : Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)

• Performer: Cambridge King's College Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1588

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

• Performers: New Philharmonia Orchestra; Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1742

Traditional, Christmas : Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582)

• Performers: Stephen Cleobury (Organ); Simon Keenlyside (Treble); Richard Suart (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1582

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5), Op. 49 :: Wiegenlied, Op. 49/4

• Performers: New Philharmonia Orchestra; Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Conductor: Anton Guadagno
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1868

Bach, Johann Sebastian : In dulci jubilo, BWV 368

• Performer: Cambridge King's College Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1751

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 :: Pastoral Symphony

• Performer: Cambridge King's College Choir
• Conductor: Karl Munchinger
• Running Time: 6 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1734

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: For Unto Us a Child Is Born

• Performer: Chicago Symphony Chorus
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performers: Utah Symphony Orchestra; Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1852

Berlioz, Hector : L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25

• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 10/1850-07/1854

Schubert, Franz : Lullaby

• Performers: Cambridge King's College Choir; Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Simon Preston
• Conductor: Kurt Adler
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 11/1816

Traditional, Christmas : See amid the winter's snow

• Performers: Cambridge King's College Choir; Simon Preston (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.

Traditional, Christmas : What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)

• Performers: Tom Finucane (Lute); Anthony Way (Treble)
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1600

Traditional, Christmas : The First Nowell (English)

• Performers: David Briggs (Organ); Cambridge King's College Choir
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1823

Traditional, Christmas : O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German)

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1820

Traditional, Christmas : While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (adapted from Handel)

• Performers: Cambridge King's College Choir; Simon Preston (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1728

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

• Performers: Cambridge King's College Choir; Anthony Way (Treble)
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1885

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

• Performers: John Scott (Organ); Bach Choir; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; James Blades (Percussion); David Corkhill (Percussion)
• Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• Notes: Composition written: 1840.
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1840

Traditional, Christmas : Deck the Halls (Welsh)

• Performers: Ambrosian Singers (Voice); New Philharmonia Orchestra; Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1784

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

• Performers: Cambridge King's College Choir; Simon Haynes (Voice); Christopher Hughes (Organ); Jonathan Lamb (Voice); Roland Robertson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1710

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Panis angelicus

• Performers: National Philharmonic Orchestra; Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Kurt Adler
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1872

Holst, Gustav : In the bleak mid-winter

• Performers: English Chamber Orchestra; Windsor St. George's Chapel Choir; Anthony Way (Treble)
• Conductor: John Music]
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1904-1905

Traditional, Christmas : God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)

• Performers: John Scott (Organ); Ambrosian Singers (Voice); New Philharmonic Orchestra; James Blades (Percussion); David Corkhill (Percussion); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : German Dances (3), K 605

• Performer: Vienna Mozart Ensemble
• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Ensemble: Vienna Mozart Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1791

Traditional, Christmas : The Twelve Days of Christmas

• Performers: Ambrosian Singers (Voice); New Philharmonic Orchestra; Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Notes: Composition written: By 1864.
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1864

Traditional, Christmas : Angels We Have Heard on High

• Performer: Cambridge King's College Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1840

Liguori, Alphonsus : Tu scendi dalle stelle

• Performers: New Philharmonic Orchestra; Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Conductor: Anton Guadagno
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Traditional, Christmas : I Saw Three Ships, carol

• Performers: Cambridge St. John's College Choir; William Kendall (Tenor); Mark Tinkler (Treble)
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1666

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

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

Traditional, Christmas : O Little Town of Bethlehem

• Performers: David Briggs (Organ); Chester Cathedral Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1868

Yon, Pietro : Gesú bambino

• Performers: National Philharmonic Orchestra; Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Kurt Adler
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1917

Traditional, Christmas : Hajej, nynej, Jezishku (Rocking Carol) (Czech)

• Performer: Cambridge King's College Choir
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.

Reger, Max : Mariä Wiegenlied :: "Maria sitzt am Rosenhag"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra),

• Performers: New Philharmonic Orchestra; Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1912

Traditional, Christmas : Child in a Manger

• Performer: Cambridge Clare College Choir & Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Webber, Andrew Lloyd : Requiem :: Hosanna in Excelsis Deo

• Performers: English Chamber Orchestra; Placido Domingo (Tenor); Winchester Cathedral Choir; James Lancelot (Organ)
• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1984

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: Waltz of the Snowflakes

• Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Running Time: 10 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1892

Berlin, Irving : Holiday Inn

• Performers: London Voices (Voice); Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carl Davis
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Waldteufel, Emile : Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"), Op. 183

• Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Douglas Gamley
• Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1882

Hairston, Jester : Mary's boy child

• Performers: London Voices (Voice); Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carl Davis
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1956