| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
010940 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Performer |
Vocal soloists; Randolph Kelly, viola (in the 7th work); Gretchen Van Hoesen, harp (in the 7th work); various assisting instrumentalists; Shadyside Choir; John Walker, organ and conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Jan. 19-21, 1997, Shadysice Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Biographical notes on the performers, and texts with English translations (11 p. : port.) in container. |
| Contents |
The holly and the ivy : English traditional carol / arr. John Rutter (2:37) -- For unto us a child is born : from Messiah / George Frideric Handel (4:22) -- In the bleak mid-winter / Harold Darke (4:59) -- Ave Maria / Franz Biebl (3:25) -- O Bethlehem : Spanish Basque folk song / arr. Clarence Dickinson (6:06) -- Salvation is created / Pavel Tschesnokoff (3:56) -- Le sommeil de l'Enfant Jesus : for organ, harp & viola / Henri Busser (7:02) -- And the glory of the Lord : from Messiah / George Frideric Handel (3:23) -- Keresimesi qdun de o : Nigerian Christmas song / arr. Wendell Whalum (1:57) -- I saw three ships : from Christmas cantata / Geoffrey Bush (3:02) -- Once in royal David's city / Russell G. Wichmann (4:10) -- Mary's Magnificat / Andrew Carter (3:23) -- Gesu bambino / Pietro A. Yon (4:16) -- O, I would go to Bethlehem : from The pageant of the holy Nativity / David McK. Williams (2:21) -- O holy night! / Adolphe Adam (5:31) -- Christmas medley / arr. John Walker (9:01). |
| Language |
Sung in English, Latin, French, Nigerian, or Chinese; some works translated from their original languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Christmas music.
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Christmas music.
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Carols.
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Carols.
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| Subject |
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble. |
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Trios (Organ, harp, viola)
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| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Kelly, Randolph, performer.
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Van Hoesen, Gretchen, performer.
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Walker, John, 1941- performer, conductor.
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| Music No. |
CD 7089 Pro Organo |
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