Christmas in the Aire

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Album Summary

Performers

• Dick Leibert (Voice)
• Mitch Miller
• Sammy Kaye
• Hugo & Luigi Children's Chorus
• E. Biggs (Organ)
• Andre Kostelanetz
• Philadelphia Orchestra (Symphony)
• Melachrino Strings
• Virgil Fox (Organ)
• Liberace (Piano)
• Larry Elgart (Saxophone)
• Les Elgart (Trumpet)
• Les Elgart
• The Living Voices
• The Sounds Of Christmas
• Percy Faith
• Johnny Singers
• Waverly Consort
• The Voices Of Walter Schumann
• Ambrosian Singers (Voice)
• Boston Pops
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Piano)

Conductors

• Faith, Percy
• Fiedler, Arthur
• Kaye, Sammy
• Kostelanetz, André
• Liberace, George
• Melachrino, George
• Ormandy, Eugene
• Smith, Gregg

Ensembles

• André Kostelanetz Orchestra
• Boston Pops Orchestra
• George Liberace Orchestra
• George Melachrino Orchestra
• Mitch Miller & His Orchestra
• Mitch Miller & the Sing-Along Gang
• New York Brass and Percussion Ensemble
• Percy Faith
• Philadelphia Orchestra
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Sammy Kaye Orchestra
• Sounds of Christmas
• The Sounds Of Christmas

Composers

• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Victor Herbert (1859 - 1924)
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)
• Christmas Traditional
• Pietro Yon (1886 - 1943)
• Giovanni Gabrieli (circa 1555 - 1612)
• James Pierpont (1822 - 1893)
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)

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Works Details

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

• Performer: Dick Leibert (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1742

Traditional, Christmas : Deck the Halls (Welsh)

• Performer: Mitch Miller
• Ensemble: Mitch Miller & the Sing-Along Gang
• Running Time: 1 min. 42 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1784

Pierpont, James : Jingle Bells

• Performer: Sammy Kaye
• Conductor: Sammy Kaye
• Ensemble: Sammy Kaye Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1850

Traditional, Christmas : Jolly Old St. Nicholas (American)

• Performer: Hugo & Luigi Children's Chorus
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 19th Century

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

• Performer: E. Biggs (Organ)
• Conductor: Gregg Smith
• Ensemble: New York Brass and Percussion Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1710

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

• Performer: Andre Kostelanetz
• Conductor: André Kostelanetz
• Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1820

Herbert, Victor : Babes in Toyland

• Performer: Philadelphia Orchestra (Symphony)
• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March

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

• Performer: Melachrino Strings
• Conductor: George Melachrino
• Ensemble: George Melachrino Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1582

Yon, Pietro : Gesú bambino

• Performer: Virgil Fox (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1917

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

• Performer: Liberace (Piano)
• Conductor: George Liberace
• Ensemble: George Liberace Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

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

• Performers: Larry Elgart (Saxophone); Les Elgart (Trumpet); Les Elgart
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1600

Traditional, Christmas : Angels From the Realms Of Glory

• Performer: The Living Voices
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1816

Traditional, Christmas : Angels We Have Heard on High

• Performer: The Sounds Of Christmas
• Ensemble: The Sounds Of Christmas
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1840

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

• Performer: Percy Faith
• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Ensemble: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751

Traditional, Christmas : We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English)

• Performer: Johnny Singers
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 15th Century

Gabrieli, Giovanni : O magnum mysterium

• Performer: Waverly Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

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

• Performer: The Voices Of Walter Schumann
• Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : The First Nowell (English)

• Performer: Ambrosian Singers (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1823

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performer: Boston Pops
• Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
• Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah/Hallelujah Chorus

• Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Piano)
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741