Christmas Adagios - Holiday Classics to Touch your Heart

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Album Summary

Performers

• Micheal O'Domhnaill (Whistle)
• John De Lancie (Oboe)
• James Galway (Flute)
• Alfred Krips (Violin)
• Café (Percussion)
• Bill Douglas (Piano)
• Eddie Gomez (Double Bass)
• Emily Mitchell (Harp)
• Dave Samuels (Vibraphone)
• Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet)
• Jeremy Wall (Keyboards)
• Maya Irvine (Voice)
• Steve Erquiaga (Guitar)
• Dave Douglas (Piano)
• Johnny Cunningham (Fiddle)
• Brian Dunning (Flute)
• Micheal O'Domhnaill (Guitar)
• Micheal O'Domhnaill (Piano)

Conductors

• Beecham, Thomas, Sir
• Fiedler, Arthur
• Galway, James
• Gould, Morton
• Ormandy, Eugene
• Salter, Robert

Ensembles

• Boston Pops
• Canadian Brass
• Guildhall String Ensemble
• Morton Gould Orchestra
• New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Nightnoise
• Philadelphia Orchestra
• RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Mel Tormé (1925 - 1999)
• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863)
• John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1820 - 1891)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921)
• Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Traditional
• Richard Storrs Willis (1819 - 1900)
• Michael Praetorious (1571 - 1621)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
• William J. Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1921)
• Morton Gould (1913 - 1996)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)

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Works Details

Adam, Adolphe : Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"

• Performers: Café (Percussion); Bill Douglas (Piano); Eddie Gomez (Double Bass); Emily Mitchell (Harp); Dave Samuels (Vibraphone); Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet); Jeremy Wall (Keyboards)
• Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Kirkpatrick, William J. : Away in a manger

• Performer: Maya Irvine (Voice)
• Ensemble: Canadian Brass
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Torme, Mel : The Christmas Song

• Performer: Steve Erquiaga (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1946
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : O come, O come Emmanuel

• Performers: Café (Percussion); Dave Douglas (Piano); Eddie Gomez (Double Bass); Emily Mitchell (Harp); Dave Samuels (Vibraphone); Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet); Jeremy Wall (Keyboards)
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral
• Written: 15th Century
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Amazing Grace

• Performers: Café (Percussion); Bill Douglas (Piano); Eddie Gomez (Double Bass); Emily Mitchell (Harp); Dave Samuels (Vibraphone); Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet); Jeremy Wall (Keyboards)
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gould, Morton : Serenade of Carols :: Coventry Carol

• Conductor: Morton Gould
• Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1949
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Conductor: Morton Gould
• Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1818
• Studio/Live: Studio

Willis, Richard Storrs : It came upon the midnight clear

• Conductor: Morton Gould
• Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on Greensleeves

• Conductor: Morton Gould
• Ensemble: Morton Gould Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1934
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : On Christmas Night "Sussex Carol"

• Performers: Johnny Cunningham (Fiddle); Brian Dunning (Flute); Micheal O'Domhnaill (Guitar); Micheal O'Domhnaill (Piano); Micheal O'Domhnaill (Whistle)
• Ensemble: Nightnoise
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Hopkins, John Henry : We three kings

• Ensemble: Canadian Brass
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Praetorious, Michael : Musae Sioniae :: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen

• Ensemble: Canadian Brass
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1609
• Studio/Live: Studio

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah, HWV 56 :: He shall feed His flock...Come unto Him

• Performers: Café (Percussion); Bill Douglas (Piano); Eddie Gomez (Double Bass); Emily Mitchell (Harp); Dave Samuels (Vibraphone); Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet); Jeremy Wall (Keyboards)
• Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1742
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 :: Jesu bleibet meine Freude "Jesu, joy of man's desiring"

• Performer: John De Lancie (Oboe)
• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1723
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 :: no 10, Sinfonia in G major

• Performer: James Galway (Flute)
• Conductor: James Galway
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1734-1735
• Studio/Live: Studio

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah, HWV 56 :: Pastoral Symphony "Pifa"

• Conductor: Thomas Beecham
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1742
• Studio/Live: Studio

Corelli, Arcangelo : Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6 :: no 8 in G minor "Christmas"

• Conductor: Robert Salter
• Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1708-1712
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performer: James Galway (Flute)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1859
• Studio/Live: Studio

Humperdinck, Engelbert : Hänsel und Gretel :: Abends will ich schlafen gehn "Evening Hymn"

• Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
• Ensemble: Boston Pops
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1893
• Studio/Live: Studio

Berlin, Irving : Holiday Inn :: White Christmas

• Performer: Alfred Krips (Violin)
• Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
• Ensemble: Boston Pops
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1942
• Studio/Live: Studio