The Heart of Christmas (Cuor' di Natale)

~ Release by Sergio Franchi (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼12" Vinyl 1
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A1Buon Natale (Christmastime in Rome)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Jim Fogelsong (RCA record producer)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Marty Gold
arranger:
Marty Gold
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Buon Natale (Christmastime in Rome) (Sergio Franchi song)
lyricist and composer:
Neil Warner
2:16
A2The Heart of Christmas (Cuor' di Natale)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Jim Fogelsong (RCA record producer)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Marty Gold
arranger:
Marty Gold
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
The Heart of Christmas (Cuor' di Natale) (original song for Sergio Franchi)
lyricist and composer:
Tony Velona
2:26
A3It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Jim Fogelsong (RCA record producer)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Marty Gold
arranger:
Marty Gold
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
2:35
A4Panis Angelicus
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Jim Fogelsong (RCA record producer)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Marty Gold
arranger:
Marty Gold
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
lyricist:
St. Thomas Aquinas
composer:
César Franck (Belgian-born French composer) (in 1860)
part of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12
3:03
A5Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Jim Fogelsong (RCA record producer)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Marty Gold
arranger:
Marty Gold
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
2:43
A6Away in a Manger
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Jim Fogelsong (RCA record producer)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Marty Gold
arranger:
Marty Gold
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (Special Purpose Artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (in 1895)
is based on:
Sweet Afton
1:57
B1Medley: Tu scendi dalle stelle / O bambino (One Cold and Blessed Winter)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Jim Fogelsong (RCA record producer)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Marty Gold
arranger:
Marty Gold
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
live medley including a recording of:
O Bambino (One Cold and Blessed Winter)
lyricist and composer:
Alfonso Maria de' Liguori (Saint of Catholic Church)
additional translator:
Remo Capra (songwriter) and Tony Velona
translator:
Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti)
is based on:
Tu scendi dalle stelle
live medley including a recording of:
Tu scendi dalle stelle
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Alfonso Maria de' Liguori (Saint of Catholic Church)
translator:
Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti)
version of:
Quanno nascette Ninno (neapolitan original)
2:56
B2Ave Maria
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Jim Fogelsong (RCA record producer)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Marty Gold
arranger:
Marty Gold
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (Special Purpose Artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
music quoted on:
Weiss Heim
2:51
B3The First Noël
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Jim Fogelsong (RCA record producer)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Marty Gold
arranger:
Marty Gold
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
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)
3:07
B4Silent Night
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Jim Fogelsong (RCA record producer)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Marty Gold
arranger:
Marty Gold
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
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)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
2:49
B5O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Jim Fogelsong (RCA record producer)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Marty Gold
arranger:
Marty Gold
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
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)
2:51
B6The Lord's Prayer
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Jim Fogelsong (RCA record producer)
solo tenor vocals:
Sergio Franchi (tenor)
conductor:
Marty Gold
arranger:
Marty Gold
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
The Lord’s Prayer
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Albert Hay Malotte (composer) (in 1935)
2:45