The Best of Christmas - Les 15 plus beaux chants de Noël

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Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1We Wish You A Merry Christmas
cover recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
David Kelly & his Christmas Singers2:35
2Jingle Bells
cover recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
New York Symphony Orchestra & Chorale2:33
3Silent Night
solo harmonica:
Toots Thielemans
instrumental cover 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
Toots Thielemans & London Symphony Orchestra3:28
4Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
cover recording of:
Silver and Gold (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks
David Kelly & his Christmas Singers2:28
5Mr. Santa
cover recording of:
Mr. Sandman
lyricist and composer:
Pat Ballard
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc.
David Kelly & his Christmas Singers2:29
6Winter WonderlandDavid Kelly & his Christmas Singers2:18
7Joy To The World
solo pan flute:
Gheorghe Zamfir
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
instrumental cover recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel
Gheorghe Zamfir & London Symphony Orchestra3:21
8Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Tölzer Knabenchor & London Symphony Orchestra3:27
9Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
cover recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 26)
London Symphony Orchestra3:27
10The First Noel
solo pan flute:
Gheorghe Zamfir
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
cover recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional]
Gheorghe Zamfir & London Symphony Orchestra3:24
11Ave Maria
cover recording of:
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements of the Bach / Gounod work)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod
publisher:
Lam Larghetto Music (from 1993 to present)
arrangement of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Deborah Sasson & London Symphony Orchestra4:25
12Oh Christmas Tree
cover recording of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (from 1500 until 1600)
version of:
Es lebe hoch der Zimmermannsgeselle
Tölzer Knabenchor & London Symphony Orchestra3:40
13What Child Is This
solo pan flute:
Gheorghe Zamfir
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
instrumental cover recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25608)
version of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
Gheorghe Zamfir & London Symphony Orchestra3:52
14Have Yourself A Merry Little ChristmasDavid Kelly & his Christmas Singers4:43
15White ChristmasToots Thielemans3:50