Great Voices of Christmas

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1: Volume I
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1O Holy Night
Luciano Pavarotti4:14
2Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Kathleen Battle3:27
3O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)
Hermann Prey1:35
4O Thou That Tellest
Marilyn Horne4:57
5I Saw Three Ships
Mario Lanza1:39
6What Child Is This?
Renata Tebaldi2:06
7Jingle Bells
José Carreras2:03
8I Wonder as I Wander
Leontyne Price3:57
9A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (feat. Vienna Choir Boys)
Plácido Domingo3:18
10The Holly and the Ivy
Joan Sutherland1:20
11God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Mario Lanza2:34
12Angels We Have Heard on High
Renata Scotto1:44
13O Little Town Bethlehem
Richard Tucker2:23
14Sweet Little Jesus Boy
Florence Quivar4:53
15Gesu Bambino
Jan Peerce4:00
16Adeste fideles
John McCormack3:40
17We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Marian Anderson2:02
18The First Noel
Giorgio Tozzi2:53
19A Little Christmas Music
Kiri Te Kanawa & The King’s Singers2:55
20It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Mario Lanza2:57
21Once in Royal David's City
Wiener Sängerknaben2:45
22The Lord's Prayer
Mormon Tabernacle Choir3:14
23Good King Wenceslas
Joan Sutherland3:00
24Die Allmacht / Groß ist Jehovah
Jussi Björling5:41
▼ CD 2: Volume II
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Ave Verum Corpus
Frederica von Stade & Mormon Tabernacle Choir4:07
2Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
baritone vocals:
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
orchestra:
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Hugh Wolff (conductor)
arranger:
Thomas Pasatieri
recording of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
part of:
Oh, What a Lovely War! (stage musical)
Thomas Hampson3:08
3Lully Lullay (Coventry Carol)
Renata Scotto1:43
4Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Robert Merrill1:07
5Away in a Manger
Marian Anderson1:50
6Deck the Halls
Mario Lanza2:01
7Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Wiener Sängerknaben1:44
8Flost, Mein Heiland, Flost Dein Namen (Bach)
soprano vocals:
Elly Ameling (soprano) (in 1973-02)
orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (in 1973-02)
conductor:
Eugen Jochum (conductor) (in 1973-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Philips Classics (See annotation to check it's really this label.) (in 1976)
recording of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil IV, XXXIX. (Soprano) „Flößt, mein Heiland, flößt dein Namen“ (in 1973-02)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (from 1734 until 1735)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 ("Christmas Oratorio")
Elly Ameling5:23
9Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
choir vocals:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
Georg Friedrich Händel3:38
10Joy to the World
Anna Moffo1:40
11Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
baritone vocals:
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
orchestra:
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Hugh Wolff (conductor)
arranger:
Thomas Pasatieri
cover recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
writer:
Ralph Blane (in 1943) and Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
Thomas Hampson2:20
12Maire Wiegenlied
Kathleen Battle2:02
13O Come All Ye Faithful
choir vocals:
Jeff Alexander Singers
tenor vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
conductor:
Ray Sinatra
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Mario Lanza3:15
14Ave Maria (Schubert)
Marian Anderson5:08
15Medley; Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle, O Bambino
Sergio Franchi3:01
16The Twelve Days of Christmas
Kiri Te Kanawa4:49
17Messiah; Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
Jon Vickers3:36
18We've Been Awhile A-Wandering
Wiener Sängerknaben1:52
19Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod)
Luciano Pavarotti2:57
20Silent Night
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf3:31
21The Little Drummer Boy
baritone vocals:
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
orchestra:
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Hugh Wolff (conductor)
arranger:
Thomas Pasatieri
cover recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
Thomas Hampson2:52
22Sleep, Holy Babe
Eileen Farrell2:45
23Panis Angelicus (Franck)
Plácido Domingo3:09
24Ride On, King Jesus
Kathleen Battle2:00
25White Christmas
José Carreras2:48
26Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night)
Enrico Caruso2:04