100 Essential Carols & Hymns for Christmas

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Tracklist

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1Hark The Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
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)
Blossom Street Singers2:50
2The First Noel
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Blossom Street Singers3:29
3Jingle Bells
choir vocals:
Regency Youth Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
Regency Youth Choir2:16
4Little 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”)
Regency Youth Choir2:41
5O Christmas Tree
choir vocals:
Regency Youth Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
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)
Regency Youth Choir1:50
6Twelve Days of Christmas
choir vocals:
Regency Youth Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederic Austin (English baritone and composer) (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
Regency Youth Choir3:57
7O 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”)
Regency Youth Choir3:52
8Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
choir vocals:
London Regency Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
lyricist:
John Greenleaf Whittier
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer) (in 1888)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 353)
London Regency Choir3:56
9A Maiden Most Gentle
choir vocals:
Blenheim Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
A Maiden Most Gentle (arr. Carter)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Andrew Carter (composer)
Blenheim Singers3:02
10Ding Dong Merrily on High
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
additional composer:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
is based on:
Branle de l’official
Blossom Street Singers1:42
11Joy to the World
choir vocals:
Regency Youth Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
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)
Regency Youth Choir3:14
12Hosanna to the Son of David
choir vocals:
Blenheim Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
Hosanna to the Son of David
composer:
Thomas Weelkes (English composer & organist, c. 1576–1623)
Blenheim Singers2:25
13Angels 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)1:49
14Deck the Halls
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
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”)
Blossom Street Singers1:19
15Coventry Carol
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)
Blossom Street Singers2:52
16The Prayer
vocals:
Opera Angels
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
Evening Prayer (english setting of "Abends, will ich schlafen gehn" (Abendsegen) from "Hänsel und Gretel")
composer:
Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer)
is based on:
Hänsel und Gretel: Akt II, 2. Szene. “Abends, will ich schlafen gehn” (Hänsel, Gretel) (Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer, Nachtgebet / Evening Prayer / Prière du soir)
Opera Angels1:40
17Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
choir vocals:
London Regency Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
London Regency Choir3:02
18What Child Is This
choir vocals:
St. Peter’s Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)2:06
19O Thou Joyful Day
choir vocals:
St. Peter’s Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
N2K
St Peter’s Choir (Oxford)2:58
20We Wish You a Merry Christmas
choir vocals:
Blossom Street Singers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
Blossom Street Singers1:27
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Release

manufactured in:the EU (Europe)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2010)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/15013107 [info]
ASIN:UK: B0043QDNRO [info]