Peace on Earth: Christmas Music of Peace and Tranquility

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1Messiah: For Unto Us a Child Is BornGeorg Friedrich Händel3:37
2Capriol Suite: Christmas Night (Pieds-en-l’air)
orchestra:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Myer Fredman
recording of:
Capriol Suite: V. Pieds‐en‐l’air (for orchestra)
composer:
Peter Warlock
publisher:
Public Domain
orchestration of:
Capriol Suite: V. Pieds-en-l’air (for piano duet)
part of:
Capriol Suite (for orchestra)
[unknown]2:06
3It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
engineer and editor:
Virginia Read
producer:
Ralph Lane
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (“Noel” version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (in 1849)
composer:
[anonymous]
arranger:
Arthur Sullivan
part of:
The Hymnal 1982 (number: 90)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
is based on:
NOEL (hymn tune)
[unknown]2:51
4L’Enfance du Christ: The Repose of the Holy FamilyHector Berlioz2:59
5While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
engineer and editor:
Virginia Read
producer:
Ralph Lane
alto vocals:
Natalie Shea
choir vocals:
Cantillation
soprano vocals:
Nicole Thomson
tenor vocals:
Richard Black
vocals:
Corin Bone
conductor:
Brett Weymark
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Christopher Tye
arranger:
George Kirbye
is based on:
Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour
is based on:
Winchester Old
[unknown]2:45
6Christmas Oratorio: Sinfonia
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Stanhope
arranger:
William Gillies Whittaker
recording of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, X. Sinfonia
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (on 1734-12-26)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (from 1734 until 1735)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
part of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, "Christmas Oratorio")
Johann Sebastian Bach5:03
7In dulci jubilo
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (arr. Michael Praetorius. Musae Sioniae VI, no. 32)
composer:
Michael Praetorius (in 1607)
version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
Michael Praetorius2:24
8The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
orchestra:
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Werner Andreas Albert
recording of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 14c. Па-де-де: Вариация II: Танец Феи Драже (The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Pas de Deux: Variation II: Dance of the sugar-plum fairy, Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский
part of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 2)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский2:03
9Cantata no. 147: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”Johann Sebastian Bach2:49
10Christmas Concerto: PastoralePietro Antonio Locatelli4:59
11Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark
[unknown]3:12
12Christmas Concerto: PastoraleArcangelo Corelli3:12
13The Crown of Roses
engineer and editor:
Virginia Read
producer:
Ralph Lane
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark
recording of:
The Crown of Roses (for a cappella mixed choir)
lyricist:
Алексей Плещеев (until 1877)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (in 1889)
translator:
Geoffrey Dearmer
translated version of:
Sixteen Songs for Children, op. 54: no. 5. Legend (for mixed choir)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский1:52
14Gaudete!
choir vocals:
Cantillation
tenor vocals:
Antony Walker
conductor:
Antony Walker
[unknown]2:19
15Hodie Christus natus est
engineer and editor:
Virginia Read
producer:
Ralph Lane
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark
recording of:
Hodie Christus natus est
composer:
[anonymous]
[anonymous]1:09
16Cantata no. 151: “Süsser Trost, mein Jesus kömmt”Johann Sebastian Bach3:06
17Veni, veni Emmanuel
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark
[anonymous]2:47
18Messiah: PifaGeorg Friedrich Händel3:15