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The Incredible Christmas Album
Various Artists
COMPACT DISCS
Retail Price: $17.98
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Label: Decca
Release Date: Oct 14, 2003
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Additional Product Details

  • UPC: 028947612063
  • Label: Decca
  • Distributor: Universal Distribution
  • Catalog Number: 000131002
  • Release Date: Oct 14, 2003
  • Format: COMPACT DISCS
  • Category Listing:
  • Holiday > Carols
    Holiday > Christmas
    Holiday > Holidays
    Classical > Vocal Music
    New Age > Inspirational
    Religious > Gospel

Track List

Disc 1
1.  What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
Composer Traditional
Primary Artist Andy Williams
Composer William Chatterton Dix
2.  Winter Wonderland
Primary Artist Ella Fitzgerald
Composer Felix Bernard
Composer Dick Smith
3.  White Christmas, song (from "Holiday Inn")
Composer Irving Berlin
Primary Artist Bing Crosby
4.  The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Composer Mel TormΘ
Primary Artist Mel TormΘ
Composer Robert Wells
5.  Silver & Gold
Composer Johnny Marks
Primary Artist Burl Ives
Composer John Marks
6.  Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis)
Primary Artist Perry Como
Composer Hugh Martin
Composer Ralph Blane
7.  Silver Bells (for the film The Lemon Drop Kid)
Composer Jay Livingston
Composer Ray Evans
Primary Artist The Ames Brothers
Ensemble The Ames Brothers
8.  Mary's Little Boy Child, song
Primary Artist Harry Belafonte
Composer Jester Hairston
Composer J. Harrison
9.  The White Snows of Christmas (after Brahm's Symphony No. 1)
Ensemble The Kingston Trio
Primary Artist The Kingston Trio
10.  Koppσngeτen
Composer Kalle Moraeus
Primary Artist Anne Sofie von Otter
11.  Mary, Did You Know?, song
Composer Mark Lowry
Primary Artist Hayley Westenra
Composer Buddy Greene
12.  We Three Kings of Orient Are
Composer John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
Composer Traditional
Primary Artist Canadian Brass
Ensemble Canadian Brass
Composer Sidney Arodin
13.  The Homecoming
Composer John Tesh
Primary Artist John Tesh
14.  Shepherd's Pipe Carol
Primary Artist St. John's College Choir
Conductor George Guest
15.  The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum), carol
Conductor John Williams
Primary Artist Boston Pops Orchestra
Composer Katherine Davis
16.  Once in Royal David's City
Conductor Neville Marriner
Primary Artist Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Composer Henry John Gauntlett
Composer Traditional
17.  Les anges dans nos campagnes (French), carol (AKA Angels We Have Heard On High)
Primary Artist Gheorghe Zamfir
Composer Traditional
Ensemble Geroghe Zamfir Ensemble
18.  Carol of the Bells
Conductor Richard Westenburg
Composer Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovich
Primary Artist Musica Sacra
Ensemble Musica Sacra
19.  I Saw Three Ships
Composer Traditional
Ensemble Mantovani Orchestra
Primary Artist Mantovani
20.  Sleigh Ride, for orchestra (or string orchestra)
Composer Leroy Anderson
Primary Artist Boston Pops Orchestra
Conductor Arthur Fiedler
21.  The Christmas Waltz
Composer Jule Styne
Primary Artist Living Strings
Ensemble Living Strings
Composer Sammy Cahn
22.  Christmas Bells
Primary Artist Mantovani
Composer Mantovani
23.  Pat-a-Pan (Burgundian)
Composer Traditional
Conductor Colin Davis
Composer Bernard Dela Monnoye
Primary Artist John Alldis
Primary Artist Colin Davis
Primary Artist London Symphony Orchestra
24.  We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English)
Composer Traditional
Primary Artist The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
25.  Jingle Bell Rock
Composer Joseph Carleton Beal
Primary Artist Bond
Composer James Ross Boothe
Disc 2
1.  O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)
Conductor Neville Marriner
Primary Artist Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Composer John Francis Wade
2.  Cantique de Noδl for voice & orchestra "O Holy Night"
Primary Artist Luciano Pavarotti
Composer Adolphe Adam
3.  O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German)
Composer Traditional
Primary Artist Vienna Boys' Choir
4.  Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
Primary Artist Luciano Pavarotti
Composer Franz Schubert
5.  Joy to the World (theme by Handel)
Composer Traditional
Primary Artist Joan Sutherland
Composer George Frederick Handel
6.  Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)
Composer Traditional
Conductor John Rutter
Primary Artist Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Cambridge
7.  Do You Hear What I Hear?
Primary Artist St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Composer Noel Regney
Primary Artist Anthony Way
Primary Artist Anthony Way
Composer Gloria Shayne
8.  O Little Town of Bethlehem
Composer Traditional
Conductor David Willcocks
Primary Artist King's College Choir of Cambridge
Composer Lewis H. Redner
9.  Coventry Carol (2): "Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child"
Composer Traditional
Conductor Colin Davis
Primary Artist John Aldis Choir
Primary Artist London Symphony Orchestra
Primary Artist John Alldis
10.  Away in a manger (Tune: Cradle Song) (New English Hymnal 22)
Conductor Stephen Cleobury
Primary Artist King's College Choir of Cambridge
Composer William James Kirkpatrick
11.  It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Composer Richard Storrs Willis
Primary Artist Leontyne Price
Composer Edmund Hamilton Sears
12.  Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival)
Composer Traditional
Conductor Neville Marriner
Primary Artist Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Composer Charles Wesley
Composer Felix Mendelssohn
13.  Deck the Halls (Welsh)
Composer Traditional
Conductor Colin Davis
Primary Artist King's College Choir of Cambridge
14.  GΘsu Bambino
Primary Artist Luciano Pavarotti
Composer Pietro Alessandro Yon
15.  The First Nowell (English)
Composer Traditional
Conductor David Willcocks
Primary Artist King's College Choir of Cambridge
16.  Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian)
Composer Traditional
Primary Artist Vienna Boys' Choir
17.  King Jesus Hath A Garden (Dutch)
Composer Traditional
Conductor John Rutter
Primary Artist Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Cambridge
18.  Child in a Manger
Composer Traditional
Conductor John Rutter
Primary Artist Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Cambridge
19.  The Holly and the Ivy (English)
Composer Traditional
Conductor Stephen Cleobury
Primary Artist King's College Choir of Cambridge
20.  In dulci jubilo (Piµ Cantiones)
Conductor David Willcocks
Composer Traditional
Primary Artist King's College Choir of Cambridge
21.  God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)
Conductor David Willcocks
Composer Traditional
Primary Artist King's College Choir of Cambridge
22.  Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer J.S. Bach
Conductor Karl Mⁿnchinger
Primary Artist Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
23.  Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582)
Composer Traditional
Primary Artist John Tesh
24.  The Twelve Days of Christmas
Composer Traditional
Primary Artist Anthony Way
25.  Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)
Conductor David Willcocks
Primary Artist Bach Choir
Composer Franz Gruber

Album Contributors

Conductor    Neville Marriner
Conductor    Stephen Cleobury
Conductor    George Guest
Conductor    Colin Davis
Record Label    Decca
Conductor    Karl Mⁿnchinger
Conductor    David Willcocks
Liner Notes    Joseph S. Szurly
Conductor    Richard Westenburg
Conductor    John Rutter
Conductor    Arthur Fiedler
Release Supervisor    Charles Gould
Executive Producer    Joseph S. Szurly
Art Direction    Carla Leighton
Creative Director    Penny Bennett
Design    Carla Leighton
Conductor    John Williams
Package Coordinator    Thanne Tangel
Package Coordinator    Laura A. A. Johnson