Christmas Portraits

~ Release by Rick Wakeman (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1The First Noel
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)
3:26
2In the Bleak Midwinter
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 28)
is based on:
Cranham (hymn tune)
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
part of:
3 Hymns for the English Hymnal
3:36
3Deck the Halls / Away in a Manger
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
medley including a instrumental 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
medley including a instrumental 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”)
3:29
4The Holly & The Ivy / Mary’s Boy Child
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Mary’s Boy Child
lyricist and composer:
Jester Hairston
publisher:
Bourne Music Ltd. and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
medley including a instrumental recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
3:24
5Silent Night
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental 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
3:30
6God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Angels From the Realms of Glory
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (sung to the French carol tune “Iris” (Les anges dans nos campagnes))
lyricist:
James Montgomery (hymnwriter, poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (arr. Wood)
is based on:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (hymn without specified tune)
is based on:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
medley including a instrumental 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)
3:59
7O Come All Ye Faithful / Hark the Herald Angels Sing / See Amid the Winter Snow
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
medley including a instrumental 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)
partial instrumental recording of:
See Amid the Winter’s Snow (carol)
lyricist:
Edward Caswall (Anglican clergyman and hymn writer)
composer:
Sir John Goss (English organist and composer)
4:19
8O Little Town of Bethlehem
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
4:13
9I Saw Three Ships / When a Child Is Born
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
medley including a instrumental recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
When a Child Is Born
lyricist:
Fred Jay
composer:
Zacar
arranger:
Dave Arch (pianist, conductor, arranger and composer)
publisher:
Ardmore & Beechwood Music Ltd., Ardmore and Beechwood Ltd., Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!)
3:09
10O Holy Night
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental recording of:
O Holy Night (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer)
arrangement of:
O Holy Night
2:59
11Coventry Carol / O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist:
Robert Croo (16th-century lyricist of "The Coventry Carol") (in 1534)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (hymn)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore
translator:
Thomas Alexander Lacey
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 11)
arrangement of:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (unknown version)
4:08
12A Winter’s Tale
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental recording of:
A Winter’s Tale
lyricist:
Mike Batt and Tim Rice
composer:
Mike Batt
publisher:
Phonogram, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
3:41
13We Three Kings
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
4:06
14Sussex Carol / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
piano:
Rick Wakeman
instruments arranger:
Rick Wakeman
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 597)
3:28