A Noteworthy Christmas: Great Canadian Choirs Sing Holiday Favourites

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1Sussex Carol
recording of:
Sussex Carol (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir1:56
2Deck the Halls
recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan (Talhaiarn, “Goreu pleser ar Nos Galan”)
University of Manitoba Singers1:23
3Huron Carol
recording of:
Huron Carol (aka "Twas in the Moon of Wintertime")
lyricist:
Jean de Brébeuf (in 1642)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Jesse Edgar Middleton (in 1926)
is based on:
Une jeune pucelle
translated version of:
Jesous Ahatonhia (The Huron Carol)
Exultate Chamber Singers2:25
4Joy to the World
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
University of Manitoba Singers2:35
5Carol of the Bells
recording of:
Carol of the Bells
lyricist:
Peter J. Wilhousky (in 1936)
arranger:
Микола Дмитрович Леонтович (Mykola Leontovych) (in 1916)
is based on:
Щедрик (The Little Swallow)
Guelph Chamber Choir1:28
6In the Bleak Midwinter
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
Port Nelson Chancel Choir2:32
7Sound the Trumpet
recording of:
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323: III. Sound the Trumpet
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1694)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Vancouver Children's Choir3:12
8The Holly and the Ivy
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir3:07
9Away in a Manger
arranger:
Elmer Iseler (choir master)
recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
Guelph Children's Singers & Chamber Choir2:33
10Il est né le divin enfant
recording of:
Il est né le divin enfant
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir1:05
11Gaudete
recording of:
Gaudete
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
Chor Leoni Men's Choir1:44
12Mozart's Alleluiah
recording of:
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165: IV. Alleluia
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165
Vancouver Children's Choir3:02
13Ding Dong Merrily on High
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
is based on:
Branle de l’official
Cape Breton Chorale1:54
14Noël, c'est l'amour
recording of:
Noël c’est l’amour
lyricist:
Henri Contet
composer:
Norbert Glanzberg
University of Manitoba Singers3:21
15While Shepherds Watched
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched (desc. Willcocks)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
Port Nelson Chancel Choir2:34
16Jingle Bells
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
Chor Leoni Men's Choir1:30
17Silent Night
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Cape Breton Chorale3:07
18O Come All Ye Faithful
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Mississauga Massed Choir3:27