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Somehow Christmas isn’t the same without Festive Music, whether traditional carols or the appealing popular melodies dreamed up by composers who know how to tear at our nostalgic heartstrings. Both categories can be found in abundance in this collection, which offers tasteful orchestral settings of some of the best known carols from various countries alongside the catchy novelties that make Christmas such a happy time of the year.
Disc No: GLCD 5185
Price: Sek. 95
Name: Christmas Celebrations
 

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Composer Name Performer
Pierpont, James Lord Jingle Bells Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra
Hopkins, Reverend John Henry Junior, arr. Percy Faith We Three Kings Of Orient Are (An American carol from the 19th century) Percy Faith and his Orchestra
Wesley, Charles Hark The Herald Angels Sing (An English carol with origins in the 18th century, although the popular version dates from a century later) Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra
Traditional, arr. William Hill-Bowen Good King Wenceslas (Tempus Adest Floridum) (Music based on 13th Century Spring Carol 'Tempus Adest Floridum'; Words John Mason Neale) Melachrino Orchestra - George Melachrino
Thornhill, Claude Snowfall Angela Morley and her Orchestra
Marks, John D. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Boston ‘Pops’ Orchestra - Arthur Fiedler
Connor, Thomas Patrick I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Melachrino Orchestra - George Melachrino
Berlin, Irving arr. Billy Vaughn White Christmas (from the 1942 film "Holiday Inn") Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra
Traditional, arr. Percy Faith The First Noel (The First Nowell Believed to be based on an English carol, possibly Cornish, from the 18th century) Percy Faith and his Orchestra
Handel Joy To The World (Originally based on Psalm 98) Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra
Traditional, arr. Cecil Milner Nazareth Mantovani and his Orchestra
Wade, John Francis Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) (An English carol which may have originated in the 13th century) Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra
Welsh Traditional, arr. George H Greeley Deck The Hall With Boughs Of Holly (Based on a Welsh winter carol 'Nos Galan', dating from the 16th century)
Anderson, Leroy Sleigh Ride Boston ‘Pops’ Orchestra - Arthur Fiedler
Hunter, Roma Campbell Fairy On The Christmas Tree Melachrino Orchestra - George Melachrino
Bernard, Felix Winter Wonderland Boston ‘Pops’ Orchestra - Arthur Fiedler
Sergei Prokofiev, arr. Angela Morley Christmas Sleigh Bells (Romance and Troika from "Lieutenant Kije") Angela Morley and her Orchestra
Coots, J. Fred Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Boston ‘Pops’ Orchestra - Arthur Fiedler
Kaye, Buddy Christmas Alphabet Melachrino Orchestra - George Melachrino
Traditional God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (English carol, believed to date from the 18th century)
Wilhousky, Peter J. Carol Of The Bells (A Ukrainain carol, first performed in 1916) Percy Faith and his Orchestra
Mohr, Joseph Silent Night, Holy Night (Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht) (An Austrian carol from the 19th century)
Sears, Edmund It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (An American carol from the 19th century) Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra
Traditional, arr. Percy Faith I Saw Three Ships (An English carol with origins in the 17th century) Percy Faith and his Orchestra
Redner, Lewis arr. Billy Vaughn O Little Town Of Bethlehem (An American carol from the 19th century) Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra
Traditional, arr. Percy Faith Angels From The Realms Of Glory (An English carol from the 19th century) Percy Faith and his Orchestra
Byrom, John Christians, Awake! (An English carol from the 18th century) Percy Faith and his Orchestra
Traditional, arr. Percy Faith O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (A German folk tune with connections dating back to the 16th century; the most popular version today dates from the 19th century)
Waldteufel, Emil The Skaters' Waltz Mantovani and his Orchestra
Handel, George Frideric arr. Percy Faith Hallelujah Chorus from "Messiah" Percy Faith and his Orchestra

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