Title

Simply Christmas

Composer

Various

Content and Performers

1. Adeste fideles

Composer  John Francis Wade (?1711 - 1786)

Conductor  Kurt Adler

Performer  Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)

London Voices

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2. Silent Night

Composer  Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863)

Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks

Bach Choir

3. Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"

Composer  Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Conductor  Herbert von Karajan

Performer  Leontyne Price (Soprano)

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra members

 .                    

4. Once in Royal David's City

Composer  Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876)

Conductor  Stephen Cleobury

Performer  David Briggs (Organ)

Robin Barter (Treble)

King's College Choir, Cambridge

.

5. Joy to the World

Composer  Lowell Mason (1792 - 1872)

Conductor  Richard Bonynge

Performer  Joan, Dame Sutherland (Soprano)

New Philharmonia Orchestra

.

6. Ding Dong! Merrily on high

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  Stephen Cleobury

King's College Choir, Cambridge

.

7. Good King Wenceslas

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  George Guest

Performer  Simon Keenlyside (Treble)

Stephen Cleobury (Organ)

Richard Suart (Bass)

King's College Choir, Cambridge

.

8. Songs (5), Op. 49: no 4, Wiegenlied

Composer  Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Conductor  Anton Guadagno

Performer  Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)

New Philharmonia Orchestra

.

9. In dulci jubilo

Composer  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks

King's College Choir, Cambridge

.

10. Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: no 10, Sinfonia in G major

Composer  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Conductor  Karl Munchinger

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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11. Messiah, HWV 56: For unto us a child is born

Composer  George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Conductor  Sir Georg Solti

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

.

12. Ave Maria

Composer  Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)

Conductor  Julius Rudel

Performer  Kiri, Dame Te Kanawa (Soprano)

Utah Symphony Orchestra

                    .   

13. L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25: L'adieu des bergers

Composer  Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1868)

Conductor  Colin, Sir Davis

Goldsborough Orchestra

.

14. Mille cherubini in coro

Composer  Alois Melichar (1896 - 1976)

Conductor  Kurt Adler

Performer  Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)

National Philharmonic Orchestra London

.

15. See amid the winter's snow

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks

Performer  Simon Preston (Organ)

King's College Choir, Cambridge

.

16. What child is this?

Composer  Traditional

Performer  Tom Finucane (Lute)

Anthony Way (Boy Soprano)

.

17. The first nowell

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  Stephen Cleobury

Performer  David Briggs (Organ)

King's College Choir, Cambridge

.

18. O Tannenbaum

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  Herbert von Karajan

Performer  Leontyne Price (Soprano)

Vienna Children's Chorus

.

19. While shepherds watched their flocks by night

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks

Performer  Simon Preston (Organ)

King's College Choir, Cambridge

.

20. Away in a manger

Composer  William J. Kirkpatrick

Conductor  John Scott

Performer  Anthony Way (Boy Soprano)

St. Paul's Cathedral Choir

                        .

21. Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"

Composer  Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks

Performer  James Blades (Percussion)

John Scott (Organ)

David Corkhill (Percussion)

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

.

22. Deck the hall

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  Richard Bonynge

Performer  Joan, Dame Sutherland (Soprano)

New Philharmonia Orchestra

                        .

23. The Holly and the Ivy

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  Stephen Cleobury

Performer  Christopher Hughes

Roland Robertson (Baritone)

Jonathan Lamb

Simon Haynes

King's College Choir, Cambridge

.

24. Panis angelicus

Composer  César Franck (1822 - 1890)

Conductor  Stephen Cleobury

Performer  Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)

Wandsworth School Boys Choir

.

25. In the bleak mid-winter

Composer  Harold Edwin Darke (1888 - 1976)

Conductor  John Scott

Performer  Anthony Way (Boy Soprano)

St. Paul's Cathedral Choir

.

26. God rest ye merry, gentlemen

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks

Performer  David Corkhill (Percussion)

James Blades (Percussion)

John Scott (Organ)

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

                        .

27. German Dances (3), K 605: no 3 in C major "Sleigh ride"

Composer  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Conductor  Willi Boskovsky

Vienna Mozart Ensemble

.

28. The Twelve Days of Christmas

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  Richard Bonynge

Performer  Joan, Dame Sutherland (Soprano)

Ambrosian Singers

                        .

29. Shepherds in the field abiding

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks

King's College Choir, Cambridge

.

30. Tu scendi dalle stelle

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  Anton Guadagno

Performer  Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)

New Philharmonia Orchestra

.

31. I saw three ships

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  George Guest

Performer  Mark Tinkler (Treble)

William Kendall (Tenor)

King's College Choir, Cambridge

..

32. Minuit, Chretiens "O holy night"

Composer  Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803 - 1856)

Conductor  Herbert von Karajan

Performer  Leontyne Price (Soprano)

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

.

33. English Hymnal: O little town of Bethlehem

Composer  Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Conductor  Stephen Cleobury

Performer  David Briggs (Organ)

King's College Choir, Cambridge

.

34. Gesù Bambino

Composer  Pietro Yon (1886 - 1943)

Conductor  Kurt Adler

Performer  Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)

National Philharmonic Orchestra London

.

35. Rocking

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks

King's College Choir, Cambridge

.

36. Schlaf, mein Kindelein

 Composer  Max Reger (1873 - 1916)

Conductor  Richard Bonynge

Performer  Joan, Dame Sutherland (Soprano)

New Philharmonia Orchestra

.

37. Child in the Manger

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  John Rutter

Clare College Choir

.

38. Requiem: Hosanna in Excelsis

Composer  Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948 - )

Conductor  Lorin Maazel

Performer  Placido Domingo (Tenor)

James Lancelot (Organ)

Winchester Cathedral Choir

.

39. Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 9, Act 1 - Waltz of the Snowflakes

Composer  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

Conductor  Richard Bonynge

Finchley Children's Music Group members

.

40. Holiday Inn: White Christmas

Composer  Irving Berlin

Conductor  Carl Davis

Performer  Kiri, Dame Te Kanawa (Soprano)

Philharmonia Orchestra

.

41. Les patineurs, Op. 183

Composer  Emil Waldteufel (1837 - 1915)

Conductor  Douglas Gamley

National Philharmonic Orchestra London

.

42. Mary's boy child

Composer  Traditional

Conductor  Carl [Conductor] Davis

Performer  Kiri, Dame Te Kanawa (Soprano)

Ensemble  Philharmonia Orchestra

Label

Decca

Code

4750812 (UK)

6341160 (USA)

Released

 8th November 2004 (UK)

14th October 2003 (USA)

Number of discs

2

ASIN

B0000C16O6 (UK)

000123002 (USA)