A Festive Family Christmas

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Ave Maria (Caccini)
Opera Angels3:01
2O Holy Night
choir vocals:
Regency Youth Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
The Regency Youth Choir3:50
3Corpus Christi Carol
choir vocals:
Angelic Voices
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
Corpus Christi Carol (from the cantata “A Boy was Born” by Benjamin Britten)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
part of:
A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation V. In the bleak mid-winter
Angelic Voices2:42
4Gabriel's Message
choir vocals:
Blenheim Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
The Angel Gabriel
written in:
País Vasco (Basque Country), Spain
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Sabine Baring‐Gould (in 1895)
translated version of:
Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen
Blenheim Singers2:46
5Hark the Herald Angels Sing
London Regency Choir2:44
6O Come, O Come Emmanuel
choir vocals:
St. Peter’s Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (unknown version)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)2:45
7In the Bleak Midwinter
London Regency Choir3:54
8While Shepherds Watched
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)2:48
9Silent Night
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)3:05
10Joy to the World
The Regency Youth Choir3:11
11Angels We Have Heard
choir vocals:
St. Peter’s Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
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
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)1:48
12Deck the Halls
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)2:12
13Good King Wenceslas
Regency College Choir2:44
14Ding Dong Merrily on High
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)1:56
15In Freezing Winter Night
choir vocals:
Blenheim Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: VIII. In Freezing Winter Night
lyricist:
Robert Southwell
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Blenheim Singers5:02
16God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)2:54
17Away in a Manger
Regency College Choir2:55
18Oh Come, All Ye Faithful
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)5:45
19We Three Kings
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)2:56
20O Little Town of Bethlehem
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)2:37
21I Hear the Bells on Christmas Day
choir vocals:
St. Peter’s Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
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
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)3:27
22Little Drummer Boy
choir vocals:
Regency Youth Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
The Regency Youth Choir2:39
23The First Noel
Regency College Choir3:17
24The Holly and the Ivy
Regency College Choir2:30
25Once in Royal David's City
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)3:43
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ASIN:UK: B00B4DCKRS [info]