The Essential Mormon Tabernacle Choir

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1The Sound of Music
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) and Arthur Harris (pianist, composer, arranger)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
2:58
2Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Arthur Harris (pianist, composer, arranger)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
2:04
3Born Free
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) and Arthur Harris (pianist, composer, arranger)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
cover recording of:
Born Free
lyricist:
Don Black (English lyricist)
composer:
John Barry (English score composer)
publisher:
Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
part of:
The 39th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1966 winner)
part of:
Born Free
2:55
4He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
arranger:
Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Thandewye Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:38
5Goin' Home
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
conductor and chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
arranger:
Jay E. Welch
3:40
6All Through the Night
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
conductor and chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
arranger:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
2:31
7Londonderry Air
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) (on 1958-11-03) and Alexander Schreiner (on 1958-11-03)
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1958-11-03)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1958-11-03)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1958-11-03)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1958-11-03)
arranger:
Ralph Baldwin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1959)
recorded at:
Broadwood Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1958-11-03)
cover recording of:
Londonderry Air (on 1958-11-03)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
John Pell (classical guitar)
arrangement of:
Londonderry Air (for Harp, arr. Carlos Salzedo)
4:10
8Seventy-Six Trombones
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
arranger:
Arthur Harris (pianist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Seventy-Six Trombones (The Music Man)
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson
publisher:
MPL UK Publishing
part of:
The Music Man
2:38
9Art Thou With Me
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
conductor and chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
arranger:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
recording of:
Art Thou With Me
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arranger:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
arrangement of:
Aria, BWV 508 “Bist du bei mir” (previously attributed to Bach)
2:22
10Simple Gifts
recording engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer)
producer:
David Mottley (producer)
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (from 1985-11-19 until 1985-11-22)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony (from 1985-11-19 until 1985-11-22)
conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor and pianist) (from 1985-11-19 until 1985-11-22)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor) (from 1985-11-19 until 1985-11-22)
arranger:
David L. Brunner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1987)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1985-11-19 until 1985-11-22)
recording of:
Old American Songs, Set 1: No. 4. Simple Gifts (from 1985-11-19 until 1985-11-22)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1950)
part of:
Old American Songs, Set 1
1:24
11Battle Hymn of the Republic
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
recording of:
Battle Hymn of the Republic
lyricist:
Julia Ward Howe (American poet)
composer:
William Steffe (in 1856)
part of:
Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 Hymnal) (number: 60) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: V17636)
is based on:
John Brown’s Body (Glory, Glory, Hallelujah)
recording of:
Battle Hymn of the Republic (arr. Wilhousky)
composer:
William Steffe
arranger:
Peter J. Wilhousky
arrangement of:
Battle Hymn of the Republic
4:44
12The Lord's Prayer
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1962-05-22)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) (on 1958-11-03, on 1962-05-22) and Alexander Schreiner (on 1958-11-03, on 1962-05-22)
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1958-11-03) and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1962-05-22)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1958-11-03, on 1962-05-22)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1958-11-03, on 1962-05-22)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1958-11-03, on 1962-05-22)
arranger:
Peter J. Wilhousky
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1959, in 1962)
recorded at:
Broadwood Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1958-11-03)
recording of:
The Lord’s Prayer (on 1958-11-03)
composer:
Leroy J. Robertson
recording of:
The Lord’s Prayer (on 1962-05-22)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Albert Hay Malotte (composer) (in 1935)
3:14
13Bless This House
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer), Robert M. Cundick (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
conductor and chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
2:45
14Heavenly Father
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
recording of:
Heavenly Father
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
5:06
15Medley from Pinocchio: When You Wish Upon a Star / Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
4:55
16The Impossible Dream
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) and Arthur Harris (pianist, composer, arranger)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
3:48
17Over the Rainbow
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) and Arthur Harris (pianist, composer, arranger)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
cover recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S.E.Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 winner)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
3:47
18Medley from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Whistle While You Work / Heigh-Ho! Heigh-Ho!
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
4:10
19Climb Ev'ry Mountain
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) and Arthur Harris (pianist, composer, arranger)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
2:48
20Somewhere
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) and Arthur Harris (pianist, composer, arranger)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
cover recording of:
West Side Story: Ballet Sequence: Somewhere (Consuelo and Company)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
publisher:
Amberson Enterprises, Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), G. Schirmer, G. Schirmer Inc., PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC, Universal - Polygram and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
West Side Story: Ballet Sequence
2:36
21Oklahoma!
baritone vocals:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
3:26
22You'll Never Walk Alone
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) and Arthur Harris (pianist, composer, arranger)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
3:10
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1Anvil Chorus
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari) (“Anvil Chorus”)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto II. La gitana
3:02
2Heavenly Father! (Ave Maria)
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1962-05-21)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) (on 1962-05-21) and Alexander Schreiner (on 1962-05-21)
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1962-05-21)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1962-05-21)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1962-05-21)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1962-05-21)
arranger:
Wallingford Riegger (American composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1962)
recording of:
Ave Maria, D. 839 (Schubert; catch-all for arrangements) (on 1962-05-21)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
arrangement of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
recording of:
Heavenly Father
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
5:28
3When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
recording of:
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (trad.)
lyricist:
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6637)
2:53
4Holy Art Thou (Largo from Xerxes)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
recording of:
Holy Art Thou (Largo from “Xerxes”)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arrangement of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
5:44
5Loch Lomond
organ:
Robert M. Cundick (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
recording of:
Loch Lomond (Scottish folk song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9598)
3:27
6None but the Lonely Heart
organ:
Robert M. Cundick (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
recording of:
None but the Lonely Heart, op. 6 no. 6
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1869)
arranger:
Arthur Harris (pianist, composer, arranger)
translated version of:
6 Romances, op. 6, no. 6: None but the Lonely Heart (Нет, только тот, кто знал) (6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. None but the Lonely Heart, original for voice and piano)
3:09
7The Lost Chord
organ:
John Longhurst (organist)
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
The Lost Chord
lyricist:
Adelaide Anne Procter (until 1860)
composer:
Sir Arthur Sullivan (composer) (until 1877-01-13)
5:05
8Nearer My God to Thee
organ:
John Longhurst (organist)
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) and The Vocal Majority (TX-based barbershop chorus)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
Nearer, My God, to Thee (Bethany)
lyricist:
Sarah Flower Adams (English poet, and notably lyricist of the hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee") (in 1841)
composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1856)
publisher:
TCF Music Publishing, Inc. (Twentieth Century Fox Music Publishing, Inc.; ASCAP) and Skyhill Music (in 1971)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 28881)
4:25
9I'll See You in My Dreams
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
I’ll See You in My Dreams
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., Gilbert Keyes Music Company and Leo Feist, Inc. (on 1924-12-19)
3:31
10Smilin' Through
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
Smilin’ Through
lyricist and composer:
Arthur A. Penn
2:29
11Medley: Pretty Baby / You Are My Sunshine / Avalon
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
2:39
12I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now
lyricist:
Frank R. Adams (American author, screenwriter, composer & newspaper reporter) and Will M. Hough
composer:
Joseph E. Howard and Harold Orlob
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
3:22
13The Anniversary Song
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
Anniversary Song
composer:
Iosif Ivanovici (in 1880), Saul Chaplin (in 1946) and Al Jolson (in 1946)
version of:
Valurile Dunării (The Waves of the Danube)
2:59
14It's a Grand Night for Singing
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
It’s a Grand Night for Singing (State Fair)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
State Fair (1945 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair (1962 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair
2:57
15My Favorite Things
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
My Favorite Things (The Sound of Music)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
1:52
16The White Cliffs of Dover
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover
lyricist:
Nat Burton (US songwriter)
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Walter Kent Music Co.
4:05
17It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor and chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
recording of:
It’s a Long Way to Tipperary
writer:
Henry James “Harry” Williams (co-credited for the British music hall song, “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary”)
composer:
Jack Judge
3:39
18Final Chorus from Schiller's "Ode to Joy"
14:03

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