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1 audio disc (79 min., 28 sec.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Mary's little boy child / Jester Hairston ; orchestrated by Hale Smith (4:20) -- The twelve days of Christmas / traditional ; arranged by Arthur Harris (5:36) -- Gesù bambino / Pietro Alessandro Yon ; arranged by Arthur Harris (3:51) -- Alleluja : no. 3 from motet Exsultate, jubilate K 165 (158a) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2:42) -- Lo, how a rose e'er blooming = Es ist ein Ros entsprungen / Michael Praetorius ; arranged by Arthur Harris (4:03) -- Troika op. 60/4 from Lieutenant Kijé - Suite symphonique / Sergei Prokofiev (3:00) -- Medley of American songs: I wonder as I wander / John Jacob Niles, arranged by Robert Sadin ; Mary had a baby / arranged by Robert Sadin ; Oh Mary, what you gonna name that pretty little baby? / arranged by Sylvia Olden Lee, orchestrated by Robert Sadin ; Who was Mary? Mary was queen of Galilee / arranged by Wendell Whalum, orchestrated by Robert Sadin ; Sister Mary had-a but one child / arranged by Roland Hayes, adapted by Nancy Allen ; Go tell it on the mountain / arranged by Dan Marsh, orchestrated by Arthur Harris (16:20) -- Joy to the world! / George Frideric Handel ; text by Isaac Watts ; arranged by Wynton Marsalis (2:43) -- Silent night = Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht / Franz Xaver Gruber ; text by Joseph Mohr & John F. Young ; arranged by Wynton Marsalis (4:59) -- My favorite things : from The sound of music / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; arranged by Arthur Harris (2:30) -- Winter wonderland / Felix Bernard ; text by Dick Smith ; arranged by Wynton Marsalis (2:30) -- Medley: The Christmas song / Mel Tormé & Robert Wells ; Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane (4:48) -- Abends will ich schlafen gehn (Evening prayer) :from Hänsel und Gretel / Engelbert Humperdinck, libretto by Adelheid Wette (3:41) -- Mariä Wiegenlied : op. 76/52 / Max Reger ; text by Martin Boelitz ; arranged by Robert Sadin (2:03) -- We three kings of Orient are / John Henry Hopkins, Jr. ; arranged by Wynton Marsalis (5:08) -- Medley of Christmas songs (arranged by Alexander Courage): I saw three ships (traditional English) ; The first nowell (traditional) ; Away in a manger (traditional German/American) ; Away in a manger (traditional English) ; Deck the halls (traditional Welsh) ; The holly and the ivy (traditional English) ; O holy night = Cantique de noël / Adolphe Adam ; Angels we have heard on high (traditional English/French (10:57).
Originally released as an analog disc in 1992: SK 48235.
Part of a 55-disc set with accompaniying booklet (98 pages) with an essay by Richard Evidon in English, German and French.
Kathleen Battle, soprano ; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano ; Wynton Marsalis, trumpet ; Nancy Allen, harp ; André Previn, conductor, piano ; The Wynton Marsalis Septet (Wes Anderson, alto saxophone ; Herbert Harris, tenor and soprano saxophone ; Wycliffe Gordon, trombone ; Stephen Scott, piano ; Reginald Veal, bass ; Herlin Riley, drums) ; The American Boychoir ; The Christmas Concert Chorus ; Orchestra of St. Luke's.
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
Twelve days of Christmas (English folk song)
Deck the hall with boughs of holly (Song)
Oh Mary, what you gonna name that pretty little baby?
Classic André Previn, the complete RCA and Columbia album collection ; CD 47