The World’s Most Beautiful Melodies: That Christmas Feeling

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1Sleigh Ride
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt
recording of:
Sleigh Ride (original instrumental version)
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1948-02-10)
publisher:
Mills Music
The London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt3:07
2Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt
arranger:
Peter Knight
instrumental recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional]
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt1:42
3Silver BellsThe Romantic Strings and Voices3:36
4The Holly and the Ivy
brass:
Richmond Brass Ensemble
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt
instrumental recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
Richmond Brass Ensemble with the National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt2:31
5It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like ChristmasLondon Festival Orchestra, Gordon Langford2:34
6I’ll Be Home for ChristmasRichmond Brass Ensemble with the National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt3:07
7White ChristmasLondon Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Wally Stott3:12
8I Saw Three Ships
harp:
Marie Goossens
oboe:
Leon Goossens
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers
conductor:
John McCarthy
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
The Ambrosian Singers, Leon Goossens, Marie Goossens, The Mighty Pipe Organ, John McCarthy2:16
9Carol of the BellsLarry Dalton with the National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt1:51
10Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!Larry Dalton with the London Festival Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt3:33
11The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)David Firmin and His Orchestra4:05
12The Chosen One Medley: The Chosen One / Away in a Manger / O Holy Night / Silent Night / The First Noël / We Three Kings / Joy to the World
medley including a recording of:
Away in a Manger (unknown version)
composer:
[unknown]
medley including a recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel
medley including a recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
medley including a recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
medley including a recording of:
The Chosen One (Rogers/Hartman/Glassmeyer)
medley including a recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
additional arranger:
Sir John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
version of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
medley including a recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
Kenny Rogers15:38
13O Little Town of Bethlehem
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra
conductor:
Gordon Langford
instrumental recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
London Festival Orchestra, Gordon Langford4:05
14Angels We Have Heard on High
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra
conductor:
Gordon Langford
instrumental recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown]
composer:
[traditional]
translator:
James Chadwick (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
London Festival Orchestra, Gordon Langford2:35
15The Twelve Days of Christmas
choir vocals:
Royal Philharmonic Chorus
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Knight
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Frederic Austin (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Peter Knight4:31
16There’s No Christmas Like a Home ChristmasThe Romantic Strings and Voices3:47

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printed in:United States
copyrighted (©) by:The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. (in 1998)

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part of:The World’s Most Beautiful Melodies (order: 13)