A Merry Christmas! (2003 remaster)

~ Release by Stan Kenton (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

all tracks digitally remastered in 2003, except for track 12 (in 1997)

Annotation last modified on 2012-02-11 04:58 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1O Tannenbaum
producer:
Lee Gillette
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
instrumental recording of:
O Tannenbaum (original German version) (on 1961-03-14)
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1500 until 1600)
version of:
Es lebe hoch der Zimmermannsgeselle
Stan Kenton1:58
2The Holly and the Ivy
producer:
Lee Gillette
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
instrumental recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (on 1961-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
Stan Kenton1:52
3We Three Kings of Orient Are
producer:
Lee Gillette
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
instrumental recording of:
We Three Kings (on 1961-03-14)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
Stan Kenton2:14
4Good King Wenceslas
producer:
Lee Gillette
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
instrumental recording of:
Good King Wenceslas (on 1961-03-20)
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum
Stan Kenton1:46
5The Twelve Days of Christmas
producer:
Lee Gillette
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
instrumental recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas (on 1961-03-14)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederic Austin (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
is based on:
On the Twelfth Day
Stan Kenton4:07
6Once in Royal David's City
producer:
Lee Gillette
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
instrumental recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (on 1961-03-20)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34)
Stan Kenton2:05
7God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
producer:
Lee Gillette
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Ralph Carmichael instrumental arrangement) (on 1961-02-21)
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
arrangement of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
Stan Kenton1:46
8O Come, All Ye Faithful
producer:
Lee Gillette
arranger:
Stan Kenton
instrumental recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”) (on 1961-02-21)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Stan Kenton3:17
9Angels, We Have Heard on High
producer:
Lee Gillette
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
instrumental recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High (on 1961-02-21)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
Stan Kenton2:12
10O Holy Night
producer:
Lee Gillette
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
instrumental recording of:
O Holy Night (on 1961-02-21)
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Stan Kenton2:10
11Christmas Medley: Joy to the World / Away in a Manger / The First Noel / We Wish You a Merry Christmas / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Silent Night
producer:
Lee Gillette
arranger:
Stan Kenton
medley including a recording of:
Away in a Manger (Mueller variation)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Carl Mueller and James Ramsey Murray (in 1885)
medley including a recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
medley including a recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
medley including a recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
medley including a recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
Sir John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
version of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
medley including a recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
Stan Kenton8:24
12What Is Santa Claus?
producer:
Lee Gillette
spoken vocals:
Stan Kenton
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
recording of:
What Is a Santa Claus? (on 1963-04-11)
writer:
Win Goulden and Jim Thurman
Stan Kenton2:32
13Christmas for Moderns: The First Noel / White Christmas / O Come All Ye Faithful / The Christmas Song / Silent Night / Jingle Bells
producer:
Teddy Reig
arranger:
Willie Maiden
medley including a recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
medley including a 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)
medley including a recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
medley including a recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Chappell Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
medley including a recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
Sir John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
version of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
medley including a recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司 (1995–2019)), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 15)
Maynard Ferguson7:05

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additional producer:Michael Cuscuna
ASIN:US: B0000C3IA6 [info]