Angels: Christmas With the Great Sopranos

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1O Holy Night
choir vocals:
Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06) and Wiener Singverein (in 1961-06)
soprano vocals:
Leontyne Price (in 1961-06)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker and Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (in 1961-06)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (in 1961-06)
recorded at:
Sofiensaal in Landstraße, Wien, Austria (in 1961-06)
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”)
Leontyne Price4:30
2Ave Maria, D839 (Schubert)
Renée Fleming4:22
3Requiem, op. 48: Pie Jesu
Kiri Te Kanawa3:49
4Good King Wenceslas
Joan Sutherland3:03
5Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
Renata Tebaldi4:48
6Lullaby (Guten Abend, gut Nacht)
producer:
Andrew Cornall and Paul Myers (task: session recording producer)
mixer:
Philip Siney (from 1998-09-19 until 1998-09-25)
soprano vocals:
Angela Gheorghiu (from 1998-09-19 until 1998-09-25)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1998-09-19 until 1998-09-25)
conductor:
Ion Marin (from 1998-09-19 until 1998-09-25)
arranger:
Chris Hazell
balance engineer:
James Lock (from 1998-09-19 until 1998-09-25)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Limited (in 2001)
recorded at:
All Hallows’ Church in Hampstead, Camden, London, England, United Kingdom (from 1998-09-19 until 1998-09-25)
recording of:
5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied (catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
Johannes Brahms
arrangement of:
5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied “Guten Abend, gute Nacht” (original for voice and piano)
Angela Gheorghiu1:37
7Ave Maria, piena di grazia
Mirella Freni6:02
8Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K. 339: Laudate Dominum
executive producer:
Dr. Peter Czornyj and Charlotte Kriesch
producer:
Hans-Bernhard Bätzing
organ:
Paul Nicholson (in 1993-09)
choir vocals:
The English Concert Choir (in 1993-09)
soprano vocals:
Barbara Bonney (in 1993-09)
orchestra:
The English Concert (in 1993-09)
conductor:
Trevor Pinnock (in 1993-09)
balance engineer:
Hans‐Peter Schweigmann (in 1993-09)
concertmaster:
Peter Hanson (in 1993-09)
recorded at:
Henry Wood Hall in London, England, United Kingdom (in 1993-09)
recording of:
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: V. Laudate dominum (in 1993-09)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (in 1780)
part of:
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
Barbara Bonney4:59
9I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
Sylvia McNair5:28
10Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Leontyne Price2:38
11Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: Jesus bleibet meine Freude
soprano vocals:
Renée Fleming
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Andreas Delfs
arranger:
Chris Hazell
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Renée Fleming2:51
12Let the Bright Seraphim
trumpet:
Crispian Steele‐Perkins
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Barry Rose
recording of:
Samson, HWV 57: Act III. Air: Let the bright seraphim (Israelite woman)
composer:
George Frideric Handel
librettist:
Newburgh Hamilton
part of:
Samson, HWV 57: Act III
Kiri Te Kanawa5:59
13It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson
producer:
Ray Minshull
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (in 1965-05)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (in 1965-05)
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (in 1965-05)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version) (in 1965-05)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
Joan Sutherland2:51
14Ave Maria
producer:
Andrew Cornall and Paul Myers (task: session recording producer)
mixer:
Philip Siney (from 1998-09-19 until 1998-09-25)
soprano vocals:
Angela Gheorghiu (from 1998-09-19 until 1998-09-25)
vocals:
Angela Gheorghiu
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1998-09-19 until 1998-09-25)
conductor:
Ion Marin (from 1998-09-19 until 1998-09-25)
arranger:
Giacomo Zani
balance engineer:
James Lock (from 1998-09-19 until 1998-09-25)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Limited (in 2001)
recorded at:
All Hallows’ Church in Hampstead, Camden, London, England, United Kingdom (from 1998-09-19 until 1998-09-25)
recording of:
Ave Maria (by Pietro Mascagni, adapted from the Intermezzo of his Cavalleria Rusticana)
lyricist:
Pietro Mazzoni
composer:
Pietro Mascagni
is based on:
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Angela Gheorghiu3:23
15Adeste fideles
arranger:
Douglas Gamley
recording of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
Renata Tebaldi3:16
16Exsultate, jubilate, K.165: Alleluia
Sylvia McNair2:32

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