My First Christmas Album

Yoto Says: Gather round for uplifting renditions of popular carols, and a few musical surprises to discover.

Can you imagine Christmas without music? No singing, no jingling. Only Scrooge would be happy with that! It is a time for music to fill the air. Part of the fun is hearing things that are only played at Christmas and at no other time of year — carols that make you think of the end of term, or the holidays, or bobble hats; songs that make you think of food, or snow, or stockings. Here are some of the most popular carols, as well as some other surprises… Merry Christmas!

Track list:

• Once in Royal David's City: Gauntlett, Henry John; Alexander, Cecil Frances, lyricist
• Thredbo Suite: III. Sleighride to Thredbo (arr. P. Lane for orchestra): Carmichael, John; Lane, Philip, arranger
• We Three Kings of Orient Are (arr. A. Pitts for vocal ensemble): Hopkins Jr., John Henry; Pitts, Antony, arranger
• Sans Day Carol (arr. J. Rutter for choir): Traditional; Rutter, John, arranger
• Winter Wonderland (arr. for orchestra): Bernard, Felix
• The Holly and the Ivy (arr. H.W. Davies for choir): Traditional; Davies, Henry Walford, arranger
• Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Chorus: For unto us a Child is born (1751 Version): Handel, George Frideric; Bible - New Testament, lyrics
• Esta bella noche: Galian, Luis Eduardo
• Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto": II. Allegro: Corelli, Arcangelo
• King Jesus hath a Garden: Traditional
• A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: This Little Babe: Britten, Benjamin; Southwell, Robert, lyricist
• In the Bleak Midwinter: Darke, Harold; Rossetti, Christina, lyricist
• Good King Wenceslas (arr. R. Jacques for choir): Traditional; Neale, John Mason, lyricist; Jacques, Reginald, arranger
• Jingle Bells (arr. P. Breiner for orchestra): Pierpont, James Lord; Breiner, Peter, arranger
• Noël Ukrainien, "Carol of the Bells": Traditional
• The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
• Dancing Day: No. 8. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day: Rutter, John; Traditional lyrics
• Gaudete Christus est natus: Traditional
• Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer (arr. R. Hayman for orchestra): Marks, Johnny; Hayman, Richard, arranger
• Away in a Manger (arr. D. Hunt for choir): Kirkpatrick, William J.; Hunt, Donald, arranger
• 20 Polish Christmas Carols: No. 7. Hurrying to Bethlehem: Lutosławski, Witold; Traditional lyrics
• Kun Joulu on (At Christmas Time): Kotilainen, Otto; Noponen, Alpo, lyrics
• Silent Night: Gruber, Franz Xaver; Mohr, Josef, lyrics
• Noëls sur les instruments, H. 534: Vous qui désirez sans fin: Charpentier, Marc-Antoine
• A Maiden Most Gentle (arr. A. Carter for choir): Traditional; Carter, Andrew, arranger
• Folksongs of the Four Seasons: Winter: II. Wassail song: Vaughan Williams, Ralph; Traditional lyrics
• The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: IV. Russian Dance, "Trepak": Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
• Unto Us is Born a Son (arr. D. Willcocks for choir and organ): Traditional; Willcocks, David, arranger
• Ding Dong Merrily on High (arr. D. Willcocks for choir and organ): Traditional; Woodward, George Ratcliffe, lyricistl Willcocks, David, arranger
• Rocking: Traditional

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