Christmas Variations

~ Release by Rick Wakeman (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Silent Night
engineer:
Stuart Sawney
producer:
Rick Wakeman
keyboard:
Rick Wakeman
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
recorded at:
Bajanor Studios in Peel, Isle of Man (from 2000-05 until 2000-06)
cover 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
4:35
2Hark the Herald Angels Sing
engineer:
Stuart Sawney
producer:
Rick Wakeman
keyboard:
Rick Wakeman
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
recorded at:
Bajanor Studios in Peel, Isle of Man (from 2000-05 until 2000-06)
cover 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)
6:19
3Christians Awake Salute the Happy Moon
engineer:
Stuart Sawney
producer:
Rick Wakeman
keyboard:
Rick Wakeman
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
recorded at:
Bajanor Studios in Peel, Isle of Man (from 2000-05 until 2000-06)
cover recording of:
Yorkshire – Christians Awake, Salute the Happy Morn
lyricist:
John Byrom (poet)
composer:
John Wainwright (composer / organist)
7:02
4Away in a Manger
engineer:
Stuart Sawney
producer:
Rick Wakeman
keyboard:
Rick Wakeman
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
recorded at:
Bajanor Studios in Peel, Isle of Man (from 2000-05 until 2000-06)
cover 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 (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
5:28
5While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks by Night
engineer:
Stuart Sawney
producer:
Rick Wakeman
keyboard:
Rick Wakeman
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
recorded at:
Bajanor Studios in Peel, Isle of Man (from 2000-05 until 2000-06)
cover recording of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Christopher Tye (English composer & organist, c. 1505–1573)
arranger:
George Kirbye
is based on:
Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour
is based on:
Winchester Old
5:34
6O Little Town of Bethlehem
engineer:
Stuart Sawney
producer:
Rick Wakeman
keyboard:
Rick Wakeman
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
recorded at:
Bajanor Studios in Peel, Isle of Man (from 2000-05 until 2000-06)
cover 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)
6:06
7It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
engineer:
Stuart Sawney
producer:
Rick Wakeman
keyboard:
Rick Wakeman
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
recorded at:
Bajanor Studios in Peel, Isle of Man (from 2000-05 until 2000-06)
cover recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
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)
5:14
8Once in Royal David’s City
engineer:
Stuart Sawney
producer:
Rick Wakeman
keyboard:
Rick Wakeman
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
recorded at:
Bajanor Studios in Peel, Isle of Man (from 2000-05 until 2000-06)
cover recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34)
4:59
9O Come All Ye Faithful
engineer:
Stuart Sawney
producer:
Rick Wakeman
keyboard:
Rick Wakeman
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
recorded at:
Bajanor Studios in Peel, Isle of Man (from 2000-05 until 2000-06)
cover 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)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
5:16
10Angels From the Realms of Glory
engineer:
Stuart Sawney
producer:
Rick Wakeman
keyboard:
Rick Wakeman
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
recorded at:
Bajanor Studios in Peel, Isle of Man (from 2000-05 until 2000-06)
cover recording of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (sung to the French carol tune “Iris” (Les anges dans nos campagnes))
lyricist:
James Montgomery (hymnwriter, poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (arr. Wood)
is based on:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (hymn without specified tune)
is based on:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
4:27
11Silent Prayer
recorded at:
Bajanor Studios in Peel, Isle of Man (from 1993-02 until 1993-07)
recording of:
Silent Prayer
writer:
Rick Wakeman
4:42
12Amazing Grace
grand piano:
Rick Wakeman
recorded at:
Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom (on 2018-03-07)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Amazing Grace (popular hymn first published 1779, catch‐all) (on 2018-03-07)
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
John Newton (English poet) (in 1779)
additional composer:
Edwin Othello Excell
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Patterdale Music Ltd., Rokstone Music Ltd., Universal Classics & Jazz (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!), Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label), イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
Viisikielinen (Song book of "Viides herätysliike") (number: 94)
4:06

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Wikipedia:en: Christmas Variations [info]
Wikidata:Q2376690 [info]