Voices of Christmas Voices of Christmas

Voices of Christmas

by Carreras / Domingo / Mcgovern / Von Stade
Voices of Christmas Voices of Christmas

Voices of Christmas

by Carreras / Domingo / Mcgovern / Von Stade

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$19.99 

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Overview

Voices of Christmas is a fine 24-track collection of classic Christmas carols as performed by choirs (including the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Texas Boys Choir) and operatic vocalists like Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Elly Ameling, and Eileen Farrell. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 08/14/2008
Label: Sony Music Distribution
UPC: 0074646630020
Rank: 115040

Tracks

  1. Adeste fideles  -  Wiener Symphoniker  - Placido Domingo  - Jose Carreras
  2. Joy to the World  -  Columbia Brass and Percussion Ensemble  - Lowell Mason  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  - Isaac Watts
  3. The First Noel  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  - William Sandys
  4. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing  - Felix Mendelssohn  -  Temple University Concert Choir  - Charles Wesley  - George Whitefield
  5. Angels We Have Heard on High  - Gregg Smith  -  Texas Boys Choir  -  Traditional
  6. Medley~I Wonder as I Wander/Coventry Carol  - John Jacob Niles  -  Traditional  - Maureen McGovern
  7. Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  -  New York Philharmonic  -  Traditional
  8. O Little Town of Bethlehem  - Phillip Brooks  -  Columbia Symphony Orchestra  - Lewis Redner  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  9. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  - John Mason Neale  -  Philadelphia Brass  -  Traditional  - Richard Tucker
  10. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming  -  American Boychoir  -  Christmas Concert Chorus  - Michael Praetorius  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  11. O Tannenbaum  -  Columbia Symphony Orchestra  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  -  Traditional  - Frederica Von Stade
  12. White Christmas  - Irving Berlin  -  Wiener Symphoniker  - Marilyn Horne
  13. Away in a Manger  -  Traditional  - Placido Domingo
  14. Lullaby (Wiegenlied), Op. 49, No. 4  - Johannes Brahms  - Des Knaben Wunderhorn  -  Wiener Symphoniker  - Eileen Farrell
  15. All Through the Night  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  -  Traditional  - Placido Domingo
  16. I'll Be Home for Christmas  - Kim Gannon  - Walter Kent  - Buck Ram  -  Wiener Symphoniker  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  17. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear  - Edmund Sears  - Richard Storrs Willis  - Placido Domingo
  18. Winter Wonderland  - Felix Bernard  -  Columbia Brass and Percussion Ensemble  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  - Dick Smith  - Eileen Farrell
  19. The Christmas Song  - Mel Torme  - Robert Wells  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  20. Sleigh Ride  - Leroy Anderson  -  Columbia Symphony Orchestra  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  - Mitchell Parish  - Maureen McGovern
  21. Mary Had a Baby  -  Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra  -  Traditional  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  22. Ave Maria, D. 839  - Franz Schubert  -  Wiener Symphoniker  - Elly Ameling
  23. Silent Night  -  Columbia Symphony Orchestra  - Franz Gruber  - Joseph Mohr  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  - Jose Carreras
  24. We Wish You a Merry Christmas  -  Boston Pops Orchestra  -  Tanglewood Festival Chorus  -  Traditional  - Marilyn Horne  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  25. Messiah, HWV 56~Hallelujah!  - George Frederick Handel  -  Mormon Tabernacle Choir  -  Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Temple University Concert Choir   Primary Artist,Ensemble
Gregg Smith   Primary Artist
Christmas Concert Chorus   Primary Artist
Wiener Symphoniker   Primary Artist
Texas Boys Choir   Primary Artist,Ensemble
The American Boychoir   Primary Artist
New York Philharmonic   Primary Artist
Columbia Brass and Percussion Ensemble   Primary Artist
Boston Pops Orchestra   Primary Artist
Tanglewood Festival Chorus   Primary Artist,Ensemble
Columbia Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist
Philadelphia Brass   Primary Artist
Mormon Tabernacle Choir   Primary Artist,Ensemble
Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra   Primary Artist
Jose Carreras   Tenor (Vocal)
Eileen Farrell   Soprano (Vocal),Soprano
Elly Ameling   Soprano (Vocal),Soprano
Placido Domingo   Tenor (Vocal)
Frederica Von Stade   Soprano (Vocal),Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Richard Tucker   Tenor (Vocal)
Marilyn Horne   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Maureen McGovern   Soprano (Vocal),Soprano
Luther Henderson   Conductor
Rogier Van Otterloo   Director
Rene Verhoeff   Director
John Oliver   Director
Richard Condie   Director,Conductor
Robert DeCormier   Director
Vjekoslav Sutej   Conductor
Andre Previn   Conductor
Lee Holdridge   Conductor
John Williams   Conductor
Leonard Bernstein   Conductor
Thomas Z. Shepard   Conductor
E. Power Biggs   Organ
Thijs van Leer   Flute
Eugene Ormandy   Conductor
Robert Page   Director
Alexander Schreiner   Organ
James Litton   Music Direction
Mike Rienzi   Conductor
Jerold D. Ottley   Director,Conductor

Technical Credits

Felix Mendelssohn   Composer
Temple University Concert Choir   Performer
Charles Wesley   Composer
Eileen Farrell   Performer
Frederica Von Stade   Performer
Dick Smith   Composer
Robert Wells   Composer
William Sandys   Composer
Michel Glotz   Producer
George Whitefield   Composer
Arthur M. Fierro   Reissue Producer
Des Knaben Wunderhorn   Lyricist
Thomas Frost   Producer
Philadelphia Brass   Performer
Richard Condie   Arranger
Isaac Watts   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Columbia Symphony Orchestra   Performer
Elly Ameling   Performer
Kim Gannon   Composer
Tanglewood Festival Chorus   Performer
Edmund Sears   Composer
George Frederick Handel   Composer
Arthur Harris   Arranger
John Jacob Niles   Composer
Richard Tucker   Performer
Robert DeCormier   Arranger
Placido Domingo   Performer
New York Philharmonic   Performer
Michael Praetorius   Composer
Mormon Tabernacle Choir   Performer
John Mason Neale   Composer,Translation
Maureen McGovern   Performer
John Longhurst   Arranger
Traditional   Composer
Richard King   Reissue Engineer
Texas Boys Choir   Performer
Lowell Mason   Composer
Jose Carreras   Performer
Lee Holdridge   Arranger
Franz Gruber   Composer
Wiener Symphoniker   Performer
Ruud Jacobs   Producer
David Mottley   Producer
Joseph Mohr   Composer
John McClure   Producer
Ron Barron   Producer
Phillip Brooks   Composer
Mel Torme   Composer
Thomas Z. Shepard   Arranger,Producer
Milton Okun   Producer
Gregg Smith   Performer
Buck Ram   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Franz Schubert   Composer
Walter Kent   Composer
Leroy Anderson   Composer
Marilyn Horne   Performer
Lalo Schifrin   Arranger
Felix Bernard   Composer
Johannes Brahms   Composer
Ellen Fitton   Reissue Engineer
Richard Storrs Willis   Composer
C. Jenkins   Arranger
Adam Storck   Translation
Theodore Baker   Translation
Newell K. Daley   Arranger
Mike Rienzi   Arranger
Howard H. Scott   Producer
Lewis Redner   Composer
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