Simply Christmas

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Album Summary

Performers

• Mark Tinkler (Treble)
• William Kendall (Tenor)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• James Lancelot (Organ)
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• David Briggs (Organ)
• Robin Barter (Treble)
• Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Richard Suart (Baritone)
• Simon Keenlyside (Baritone)
• Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Simon Preston (Organ)
• Tom Finucane (Lute)
• Anthony Way (Treble)
• David Corkhill (Percussion)
• James Blades (Percussion)
• John Scott (Organ)
• Christopher Hughes (Organ)
• Roland Robertson (Baritone)
• Simon Haynes (Voice)
• Jonathan Lamb (Voice)

Conductors

• Adler, Kurt Herbert
• Bonynge, Richard
• Boskovsky, Willi
• Cleobury, Stephen
• Davis, Carl
• Davis, Colin, Sir
• Gamley, Douglas
• Guadagno, Anton
• Guest, George
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Münchinger, Karl
• Maazel, Lorin
• Rudel, Julius
• Rutter, John
• Scott, John [Organ]
• Solti, Sir Georg
• Willcocks, David, Sir

Ensembles

• Ambrosian Singers
• Bach Choir
• Chicago Symphony Chorus
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Clare College Choir
• English Chamber Orchestra
• Finchley Children's Music Group members
• Goldsborough Orchestra
• King's College Choir, Cambridge
• London Voices
• National Philharmonic Orchestra
• New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Philharmonia Orchestra
• Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• St. Anthony Singers
• St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
• Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
• Utah Symphony Orchestra
• Vienna Children's Chorus
• Vienna Friends of Music Society Chorus
• Vienna Mozart Ensemble
• Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra members
• Wandsworth School Boys Choir
• Winchester Cathedral Choir

Composers

• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
• Traditional
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Alois Melichar (1896 - 1976)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
• John Francis Wade (circa 1711 - 1786)
• Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
• William J. Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1921)
• Harold Edwin Darke (1888 - 1976)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948 - )
• Emil Waldteufel (1837 - 1915)
• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863)
• Lowell Mason (1792 - 1872)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1868)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Pietro Yon (1886 - 1943)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

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Works Details

Wade, John Francis : Adeste fideles

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Kurt Adler
• Ensemble: London Voices
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1782
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Ensemble: Bach Choir
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1818
• Studio/Live: Studio

Schubert, Franz : Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra members
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1825
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gauntlett, Henry John : Once in Royal David City

• Performers: David Briggs (Organ); Robin Barter (Treble)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 19th Century
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mason, Lowell : Joy to the World

• Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 19th Century
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Ding Dong! Merrily on high

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 16th Century
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Good King Wenceslas

• Performers: Richard Suart (Baritone); Simon Keenlyside (Baritone); Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
• Conductor: George Guest
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49 :: no 4, Wiegenlied

• Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Conductor: Anton Guadagno
• Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1868
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bach, Johann Sebastian : In dulci jubilo

• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Studio

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

• Conductor: Karl Münchinger
• Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1734-1735
• Studio/Live: Studio

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah, HWV 56 :: For unto us a child is born

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1742
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Ensemble: Utah Symphony Orchestra
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1859
• Studio/Live: Live

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

• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Ensemble: Goldsborough Orchestra
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1850-1854
• Studio/Live: Studio

Melichar, Alois : Mille cherubini in coro

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Kurt Adler
• Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : See amid the winter's snow

• Performer: Simon Preston (Organ)
• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : What child is this?

• Performers: Tom Finucane (Lute); Anthony Way (Treble)
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 16th Century
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : The first nowell

• Performer: David Briggs (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : O Tannenbaum

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Vienna Children's Chorus
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : While shepherds watched their flocks by night

• Performer: Simon Preston (Organ)
• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1592
• Studio/Live: Studio

Kirkpatrick, William J. : Away in a manger

• Performer: Anthony Way (Treble)
• Conductor: John Scott
• Ensemble: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

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

• Performers: David Corkhill (Percussion); James Blades (Percussion); John Scott (Organ)
• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1840
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Deck the hall

• Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : The Holly and the Ivy

• Performers: Christopher Hughes (Organ); Roland Robertson (Baritone); Simon Haynes (Voice); Jonathan Lamb (Voice)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Franck, César : Panis angelicus

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Ensemble: Wandsworth School Boys Choir
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1872
• Studio/Live: Studio

Darke, Harold Edwin : In the bleak mid-winter

• Performer: Anthony Way (Treble)
• Conductor: John Scott
• Ensemble: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1911
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : God rest ye merry, gentlemen

• Performers: John Scott (Organ); James Blades (Percussion); David Corkhill (Percussion)
• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Ensemble: Bach Choir
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : German Dances (3), K 605 :: no 3 in C major "Sleigh ride"

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Ensemble: Vienna Mozart Ensemble
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1789
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : The Twelve Days of Christmas

• Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Shepherds in the field abiding

• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Tu scendi dalle stelle

• Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Conductor: Anton Guadagno
• Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : I saw three ships

• Performers: Mark Tinkler (Treble); William Kendall (Tenor)
• Conductor: George Guest
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

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

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : English Hymnal :: O little town of Bethlehem

• Performer: David Briggs (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1906
• Studio/Live: Studio

Yon, Pietro : Gesù Bambino

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Kurt Adler
• Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1917
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Rocking

• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Reger, Max : Schlaf, mein Kindelein

• Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Child in the Manger

• Conductor: John Rutter
• Ensemble: Clare College Choir
• Form: Christmas
• Studio/Live: Studio

Webber, Andrew Lloyd : Requiem :: Hosanna in Excelsis

• Performers: Placido Domingo (Tenor); James Lancelot (Organ)
• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1984
• Studio/Live: Studio

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker, Op. 71 :: no 9, Act 1 - Waltz of the Snowflakes

• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Ensemble: Finchley Children's Music Group members
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1891-1892
• Studio/Live: Studio

Berlin, Irving : Holiday Inn :: White Christmas

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carl Davis
• Ensemble: London Voices
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1942
• Studio/Live: Studio

Waldteufel, Emil : Les patineurs, Op. 183

• Conductor: Douglas Gamley
• Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1882
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Mary's boy child

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carl Davis
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Studio/Live: Studio