| Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
004628 |
| 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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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Secular and sacred Christmas music for various combinations of solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. |
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The 3rd work originally from an operetta; the 13th and 15th works originally from motion pictures. |
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Arrangements by Glenn Osser (8th and 11th works) or Jonathan Tunick (remainder). |
| Performer |
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Roberto Alagna, tenor; Thomas Hampson, baritone; Laurie Holloway, piano (6th work); London Voices (in the 1st, 3rd, 9th, and 15th works); Abbey Road Ensemble; Jonathan Tunick, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded July and Nov.-Dec. 1995 and Apr. and July 1996, No. 2 Studio, Abbey Road, London. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Biographical notes on the singers and conductor ([6] p.) in container. |
| Contents |
Sleigh ride / Mitchell, Anderson (2:47) -- The Christmas song / Wells, Tormé (3:09) -- Toyland / Herbert, MacDonough (3:38) -- Il est né, le divin enfant / French traditional (2:36) -- Winter wonderland / Smith, Bernard (2:13) -- I'll be home for Christmas / Gannon, Ram, Kent (2;25) -- Minuit, Chrétiens / Roquemaure, Adam (3:38) -- My Christmas song for you / Webster, Peterson, Carmichael (2:55) -- The twelve days of Christmas / English traditional (4:16) -- In dulci jubilo / German, 13th century (2:45) -- O Tannenbaum / German traditional (2:25) -- Silent night / Mohr, Gruber (2:51) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Martin, Blane (3:24) -- In the bleak midwinter / Rossetti, Darke (3:46) -- White Christmas / Berlin (2:50). |
| Language |
Sung in French (4th and 7th works), German (11th work), Latin and German (10th work), or English (remainder). |
| Genre/Form |
Christmas music.
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Christmas music.
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| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
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Carols, English.
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Carols, English. |
| Genre/Form |
Carols, English.
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| Subject |
Carols, French.
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Carols, French. |
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Carols, German.
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Carols, German. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Osser, Glenn, arranger.
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Te Kanawa, Kiri, performer.
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Hampson, Thomas, performer.
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Holloway, Laurie, performer.
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Tunick, Jonathan, arranger, conductor.
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London Voices, performer.
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Abbey Road Ensemble, performer.
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| Music No. |
7243 5 56176 2 0 EMI Classics |
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