White Christmas

~ Release by Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1A Christmas Festival (Medley)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
medley including a recording of:
Deck the Halls
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Nos Galan
medley including a recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
medley including a recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum
medley including a recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
medley including a 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)
medley including a recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
medley including a 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)
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
medley including a recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
medley including a recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Leroy Anderson9:45
2Jesus bleibet meine Freude
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (ended)
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) (ended)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations) (ended)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:28
3Hirtenmusik
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (ended)
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) (ended)
recording of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, X. Sinfonia (ended)
premiered in:
Leipzig (on 1734-12-26)
composed in:
Leipzig (from 1734 until 1735)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 ("Christmas Oratorio")
Johann Sebastian Bach7:26
4“Hallelujah” -Chor
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (ended)
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) (ended)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah” (ended)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel4:06
5Schafe können sicher weiden
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (ended)
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) (ended)
arranger:
William Walton (composer and conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. “Schafe können sicher weiden” (catch-all for arrangements) (ended)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. Aria (Sopran II) “Schafe können sicher weiden”
Johann Sebastian Bach4:44
6Sleighride
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
recording of:
Sleigh Ride
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1950)
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1948-02-10)
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Woodbury Music (aka Woodbury Music Company)
version of:
Sleigh Ride (original instrumental version)
Leroy Anderson2:57
7Santa Claus is Coming to Town
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (ended)
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) (ended)
recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (ended)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1932)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Leo Feist Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., SBK United Partnership and The Songwriters Guild
J. Fred Coots2:40
8Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (ended)
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) (ended)
recording of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (ended)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co. (on 1949-05-09) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (from 1950 to present)
Johnny Marks2:19
9Blumenwaltzer
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (ended)
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) (ended)
recording of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers) (ended)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 2)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:44
10Musikalische Schlittenfahrt
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (ended)
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) (ended)
partial recording of:
Die musikalische Schlittenfahrt
composer:
Leopold Mozart (composer)
Leopold Mozart2:52
11White Christmas
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (ended)
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor) (ended)
arranger:
Jack Mason (classical arranger)
cover recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司 (1995–2019)), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 15)
Irving Berlin3:23

Credits

Release

manufactured in:West Germany
printed in:West Germany
art direction:Hartmut Pfeiffer
producer:Thomas Mowrey
illustration:Zuzana Chalupova
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3023983 [info]