Cantique de Noel = O holy night / Adolphe Adam (Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor) (4:13) -- The twelve days of Christmas / traditional (Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Ambrodian Singers ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (3:12) -- Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht / Franz Xaver Gruber ; Friedrich Meyer, arranger (Leontyne Price, soprano ; Wiener Singverein, Wiener Grosstadtkinderchor ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (3:39) -- Holiday Inn. White Christmas / Irving Berlin (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; London Voices ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Carl Davis, conductor) (3:51) -- Festgesang, MWV D4, "Gutenberg-Kantate" no. 2. / Felix Mendelssohn ; Charles Wesley, lyricist (John Scott, organ ; David Corkhill, timpani ; James Jimmy Blades, bass drum ; The Bach Choir ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble ; David Willcocks, conductor) (3:05) -- Good King Wenceslas / traditional ; John Mason Neale, lyricist (Joan Sutherland, Patricia Clarke, sopranos ; Valda Aveling, harpsichord ; Ambrosian Singers ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Richard Boynge, conductor) (2:28) -- God rest ye merry, gentlemen / / anonymous ; Friedrich Meyer, arranger (Leontyne Price, soprano ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Wiener Singverein ; Wiener Grosstadtkinderchor ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) (2:28) -- Adeste fidelis = O come all ye faithful / John Francis Wade (Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; London Voices ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor) (3:32) -- Deck the Halls / traditional (Joan Sutherland, soprano ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (1:16) -- Winter Wonderland / Felix Bernard ; Richard B. Smith, lyricist (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; London Voices ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Carl Davis, conductor) (3:50) -- I saw three ships / traditional (William Kendall, tenor ; Mark Tinkler, treble ; Stephen Cleobury, organ ; Cambridge St. John's College Choir ; George Guest, conductor) (1:49) -- The first Noel / traditional (Leslie Pearson, organ ;Trinity Choir ; London Festival Brass Ensemble ; David Squibb, conductor) (3:02) -- Shepherds in the field abiding / Edward Shippen Barnes (Kings College Choir, Cambridge ; London Symphony Orchestra ; David Willcocks, conductor) (3:06) -- Away in a manger / William J. Kirkpatrick (Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano ; The Bach Choir ; David Willcocks, conductor) (2:29) -- Joy to the world / George Frideric Handel ; Isaac Watts, lyricist (Joan Sutherland, soprano ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (1:52) -- Mary's boy child / Jester Hairston (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; London Voices ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Carl Davis, conductor) (3:52) -- It came upon a midnight clear / Richard S. Willis ; Friedrich Meyer, arranger (Leontyne Price, soprano ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) (1:52) -- Ding dong merrily on high / traditional ; George Ratcliffe Woodward, lyricist (Cambridge King's College Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra ; David Willcocks, conductor) (2:03) -- Greensleeves / anonymous (Joan Sutherland, soprano ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (3:25) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Hugh Martin ; Ralph Blane, lyricist (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Carl Davis, conductor) (3:45) -- Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria), op. 52, no. 6, D. 839 "Hymne an die Jungfrau / Franz Schubert ; Walter Scott, lyricist (Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor) (4:48).
Language (note)
Sung in English, German, French or Latin.
Title
The ultimate Christmas album : your complete holiday vocal collection.
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : Decca, [2003]