Reader's Digest Presents World's Most Loved Christmas Classics Album No. 2

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra, Temple University Concert Choir & Robert Page3:13
2Winter Wonderland
Johnny Mathis & Percy Faith and His Orchestra3:18
3Do You Hear What I Hear?
Bing Crosby and His Orchestra2:47
4Toyland
Doris Day3:05
5Frosty the Snow Man
Mitch Miller and the Gang2:36
6Christmas Eve in My Home Town
Bobby Vinton2:46
7The Lord’s Prayer
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1962-05-22)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) (on 1958-11-03, on 1962-05-22) and Alexander Schreiner (on 1958-11-03, on 1962-05-22)
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1958-11-03) and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1962-05-22)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1958-11-03, on 1962-05-22)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1958-11-03, on 1962-05-22)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1958-11-03, on 1962-05-22)
arranger:
Peter J. Wilhousky
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1959, in 1962)
recorded at:
Broadwood Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1958-11-03)
recording of:
The Lord’s Prayer (on 1958-11-03)
composer:
Leroy J. Robertson
recording of:
The Lord’s Prayer (on 1962-05-22)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Albert Hay Malotte (composer) (in 1935)
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Richard P. Condie, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Alexander Schreiner3:12
8O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel)
Placido Domingo, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Lee Holdridge4:00
9It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
lead vocals:
Andy Williams (US pop/jazz vocalist) (in 1972)
vocals:
Andy Williams (US pop/jazz vocalist) (in 1972)
arranger:
Johnny Mandel (American composer and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1963) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1963)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 9), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 9), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 10), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 10), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-06 (number: 17), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-29 (number: 30) and BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (in 1972)
writer:
Eddie Pola and George Wyle
publisher:
Barnaby Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Songs Ltd., IQ Music Ltd. and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Andy Williams42:34
10Angels We Have Heard on High
Trapp Family Singers2:21
11Carol of the Bells
The New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein52:41
12It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Bing Crosby2:51
13The Little Drummer Boy
The Harry Simeone Chorale3:06
14Deck the Halls
Nana Mouskouri1:35
15What Child Is This?
Johnny Mathis & Percy Faith and His Orchestra4:00
16Joy to the World
Percy Faith and His Orchestra2:11
17Panis Angelicus (O Lord Most Holy)
Jim Nabors3:29
18I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Andy Williams2:51
19The Holy City
Rita Ford’s Music Boxes1:41
20Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer
Willie Nelson2:11
21I Saw Three Ships
Burl Ives2:33
22Ave Maria
recording engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1976-01)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
choir vocals:
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir (in 1976-01)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1976-01)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera) (in 1976-01)
conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor) (in 1976-01)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1976)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (Petersham) in Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-01)
live recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements) (in 1976-01)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
arrangement of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
recording of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Jairo (Argentinean singer) and Sir Walter Scott (19th-century Scottish author)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
translator:
Adam Storck
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 839)
Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Kurt Herbert Adler4:49
23White Christmas
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), EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), 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 (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
Bing Crosby, Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter Orchestra3:05
24The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Johnny Mathis4:21
25Hallelujah Chorus from “Messiah”
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Richard P. Condie, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy3:57