The Greatest Christmas Show on Earth

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)
Luciano Pavarotti3:36
2Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
The Bach Choir2:40
3Ave Maria
Leontyne Price5:28
4Once in Royal David's City
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
solo vocals:
Robin Barter (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
soprano vocals:
Robin Barter
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Henry John Gauntlett
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Ltd. (for copyrights use only!) (in 1984)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (harmony Arthur Mann, descant Stephen Cleobury)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
additional composer:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) and Arthur Henry Mann
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
publisher:
Novello
version of:
Once in royal David’s city (rev. Mann)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge4:29
5Ding Dong! Merrily on High
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
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
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:05
6Joy to the World
Joan Sutherland1:55
7Good King Wenceslas
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:13
8Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
Renata Tebaldi2:15
9In Dulci Jubilo
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
recording of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
lyricist:
Heinrich Seuse (in 1328)
composer:
traditional (special purpose artist)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:38
10Pastoral Sinfonia
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester6:42
11For Unto Us a Child Is Born
Chicago Symphony Chorus4:25
12Ave Maria
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony
conductor:
Julius Rudel (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Philips Classics (See annotation to check it's really this label.) (in 1984)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Kiri Te Kanawa2:49
13Shepherds' Farewell
St. Anthony Singers5:02
14Mille Cherubini in Coro
Luciano Pavarotti4:06
15See Amid the Winter's Snow
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
recording of:
See amid the winter’s snow (arr. Willcocks)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
arrangement of:
See Amid the Winter’s Snow (carol)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:55
16What Child Is This?
John Scott4:07
17The First Nowell
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
The First Nowell (David Willcocks arrangement) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge5:01
18O Tannenbaum
Leontyne Price1:56
19While Shepherds Watched
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:11
20Away in a Manger
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir2:50
21Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The Bach Choir3:06
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