Tracklist

112" Vinyl
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A1Medley: Christmas Is Coming / Adeste Fideles / Angels We Have Heard on High
producer:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
choir vocals:
The Firestone Chorus and Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
orchestra:
The Firestone Orchestra
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
medley including a recording of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
medley including a recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
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
medley including a recording of:
Christmas Is Coming
lyricist:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
composer:
Frank Luther (US country singer)
version of:
Christmas Is A-Comin’
Vienna Choir Boys and The Firestone Chorus3:37
A2The First Noel
producer:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
choir vocals:
The Firestone Chorus
vocals:
Roberta Peters (soprano)
orchestra:
The Firestone Orchestra
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
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)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
version of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
Roberta Peters and The Firestone Chorus3:08
A3O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)
producer:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
orchestra:
The Firestone Orchestra
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
recording of:
O Christmas Tree (English version of German "O Tannenbaum")
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
translated version of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
recording of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1500 until 1600)
version of:
Es lebe hoch der Zimmermannsgeselle
Vienna Choir Boys2:11
A4O Little Town of Bethlehem
producer:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
vocals:
Jack Jones (US jazz and pop singer)
orchestra:
The Firestone Orchestra
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
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)
Jack Jones2:56
A5And the Glory of the Lord (from "The Messiah" by Handel)
producer:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
choir vocals:
The Firestone Chorus
orchestra:
The Firestone Orchestra
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus “And the glory of the Lord”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
The Firestone Chorus2:59
A6Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
producer:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
choir vocals:
The Firestone Chorus
vocals:
Jack Jones (US jazz and pop singer) and Roberta Peters (soprano)
orchestra:
The Firestone Orchestra
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
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)
Roberta Peters, Jack Jones and The Firestone Chorus2:47
B1This Is That Time of the Year
producer:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
choir vocals:
The Firestone Chorus
vocals:
Jack Jones (US jazz and pop singer)
orchestra:
The Firestone Orchestra
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
recording of:
This Is That Time of the Year
lyricist:
Martin Charnin
composer:
Edward Thomas (composer)
Jack Jones and The Firestone Chorus2:46
B2Medley: Fum, Fum, Fum / O Come, Little Children / Deck the Hall
producer:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
choir vocals:
The Firestone Chorus and Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
orchestra:
The Firestone Orchestra
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
medley including a recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
medley including a recording of:
Fum, Fum, Fum
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a recording of:
O Come, Little Children (English version of German "Ihr Kinderlein, kommet")
composer:
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (in 1790)
translator:
Melanie Schulte
translated version of:
Ihr Kinderlein, kommet (O, Come, Little Children)
Vienna Choir Boys and The Firestone Chorus3:35
B3Dance of the Christmas Doll
producer:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
solo piano:
Bernie Leighton
orchestra:
The Firestone Orchestra
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
recording of:
Dance of the Christmas Doll
composer:
Edward Thomas (composer)
Bernie Leighton2:32
B4I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
producer:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
choir vocals:
The Firestone Chorus
orchestra:
The Firestone Orchestra
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
The Firestone Chorus2:56
B5AllelujaRoberta Peters2:40
B6Silent Night
producer:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
choir vocals:
Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
orchestra:
The Firestone Orchestra
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
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
Vienna Choir Boys3:09
B7Medley: Christmas Is Coming / We Wish You a Merry Christmas
producer:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
choir vocals:
The Firestone Chorus and Wiener Sängerknaben (The Vienna Boys Choir)
vocals:
Jack Jones (US jazz and pop singer) and Roberta Peters (soprano)
orchestra:
The Firestone Orchestra
conductor:
Irwin Kostal
medley including a recording of:
Christmas Is Coming
lyricist:
Gene Forrell and Edward Thomas (composer)
composer:
Frank Luther (US country singer)
version of:
Christmas Is A-Comin’
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)
Roberta Peters, Jack Jones, Vienna Choir Boys and The Firestone Chorus3:01