Simply Christmas: Compilation CD

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)

Track Listing

1. Adeste fideles
Composer  John Francis Wade (?1711 – 1786)
Conductor  Kurt Adler
Performer  Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
London Voices

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

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