The Complete Christmas Collection

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

Annotation

CD1: ℗1989, 1990, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
CD2: ℗1991 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
CD3: ℗1988 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
CD4: ℗1984, 1985, 1991 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Edition with “A Christmas Suite” (#2.11) as three separate tracks (2.11, 2.12, and 2.13) – Edit #90908568

Annotation last modified on 2025-02-13 09:16 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Vienna Boys Choir
2▶CD: Orchestral Christmas
3▶CD: “Messiah” Highlights
4▼CD: Christmas Favorites
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1The First Nowell
brass:
Royal College of Music Brass Ensemble
choir vocals:
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir
conductor:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir and Brass Ensemble, David Willcocks3:49
2O Christmas Tree
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
conductor:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Ambrosian Singers with organ and chimes, John McCarthy2:07
3What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
orchestra:
London Promenade Orchestra (before it became known as the National Philharmonic Orchestra in ca. 1971)
conductor:
Eric Hammerstein (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
London Promenade Orchestra, Eric Hammerstein2:21
4Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
choir vocals:
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir
conductor:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir, David Willcocks1:27
5The Holly and the Ivy
harp:
Marie Goossens (UK harpist)
oboe:
Léon Goossens (oboist)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
conductor:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Ambrosian Singers, Léon Goossens, Marie Goossens, with organ and chimes, John McCarthy2:24
6Good King Wenceslas
theatre organ [Radio City Music Hall organ]:
Dick Leibert
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Dick Leibert2:26
7Coventry Carol
choir vocals:
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir
conductor:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir, David Willcocks2:00
8I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
choir vocals:
Royal Philharmonic Chorus
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Knight (British arranger, conductor and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Peter Knight2:51
9The Wassail Song
harp:
Marie Goossens (UK harpist)
oboe:
Léon Goossens (oboist)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
conductor:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Ambrosian Singers, Léon Goossens, Marie Goossens, with organ and chimes, John McCarthy2:11
10O Come, All Ye Faithful
brass:
Royal College of Music Brass Ensemble
choir vocals:
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir
conductor:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir and Brass Ensemble, David Willcocks3:36
11Ave Maria
bell [bells]:
London Bell Ringers
brass:
Westminster Brass Ensemble (Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA)
carillon:
John Paire
organ:
Leslie Pearson (pianist, harpsichordist, organist, composer and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Leslie Pearson, John Paire, London Bell Ringers, Westminster Brass Ensemble3:02
12O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel)
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Knight (British arranger, conductor and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Richard Lewis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Peter Knight2:51
13O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir
conductor:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir, David Willcocks3:04
14It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
choir vocals:
Royal Philharmonic Chorus
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Knight (British arranger, conductor and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Peter Knight2:35
15We Wish You a Merry Christmas
harp:
Marie Goossens (UK harpist)
oboe:
Léon Goossens (oboist)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
conductor:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Ambrosian Singers, Léon Goossens, Marie Goossens, with organ and chimes, John McCarthy2:02

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