The Great Songs of Christmas, Album Four

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Annotation

originally released as catalog number CSP-155S (Stereo) and CSP-155M (Monophonic) in December, 1964.
re-released November, 1965 as CSP 312. USA pressing.
vinyl label image: http://www.melo-deemusicresearch.com/user_images/1299324.jpg via http://www.melo-deemusicresearch.com/index.php?a=2&b=1262

side 1: tracks 1-9
side 2: tracks 10-19

Annotation last modified on 2012-10-16 01:08 UTC.

Tracklist

▼12" Vinyl 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Silent Night
Mary Martin3:30
2O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1963-09-03)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1963-09-03)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (US composer & conductor) (on 1963-09-03)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1963-09-03)
performer:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
arranger:
Dr. Leroy Robertson
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1963-09-03)
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)
Lewis Henry Redner2:47
3O Come, All Ye Faithful
Robert Goulet2:20
4Joy to The World
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
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)
The Philadelphia Orchestra1:49
5Good King Wenceslas
Percy Faith2:20
6What Child is This?
The Brothers Four2:29
7Holy, Holy, Holy!
Mahalia Jackson2:02
8Abide With Me
Mahalia Jackson3:00
9Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod)
violin:
Isaac Stern (violinist) (in 1964)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1964)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) (in 1964)
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
Isaac Stern4:40
10Toyland
recording of:
Toyland
composer:
Victor Herbert (composer)
librettist:
Glen MacDonough
part of:
Babes in Toyland
Doris Day3:00
11The Shepherd Boy
The New Christy Minstrels2:14
12Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1963-09-03)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1963-09-03)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (US composer & conductor) (on 1963-09-03)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1963-09-03)
arranger:
C. Jenkins
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1963-09-03)
recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan
music quoted on:
Christmas
[unknown]1:22
13The First Noel
Mitch Miller and His Group2:36
14Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
André Previn2:03
15God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
The Brothers Four1:36
16Coventry Carol
Mitch Miller and His Group2:17
17O Come, Little Children
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
The Philadelphia Orchestra1:48
18Go Tell it on the Mountain
The Brothers Four1:55
19Sing Hosanna, Hallelujah
The New Christy Minstrels2:59

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Release

ASIN:US: B000YIIM12 [info]