Christmas: The Platinum Collection

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD
2▶CD
3▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Happy New Year
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
acoustic guitar:
Björn Ulvaeus (on 1980-02-11)
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1980-02-11)
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert (on 1980-02-11)
guitar:
Janne Schaffer (on 1980-02-11)
keyboard and synthesizer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1980-02-11)
background vocals:
Frida (Swedish singer and member of ABBA) (on 1980-04-09)
lead vocals:
Agnetha Fältskog (on 1980-04-09)
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1980)
recorded at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1980-02-11, on 1980-04-09)
mixed at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1980-04-25)
recording of:
Happy New Year (in 1980)
written in:
Barbados (in 1980-01)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (in 1980-01) and Björn Ulvaeus (in 1980-01)
publisher:
Artwork Music Co., Inc. (from 1980 to ????) and Countless Songs, Ltd. (from 1980 to ????)
Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson & ABBA2.84:26
2Romance N. 2, Op. 50
recording of:
Romance for Violin and Orchestra no. 2 in F major, op. 50 (Romance for Violin and Orchestra no. 2 in F major, op. 50: Adagio cantabile)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1798)
part of:
Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 50)
Ludwig van Beethoven, James Last & James Last Orchestra4:31
3In Dulci Jubilo
[traditional], Peter Hope, The John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis2:06
4O Holy Night
recording engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1976-01)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1976-01)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera) (in 1976-01)
conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor) (in 1976-01)
arranger and orchestrator:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Records Company (The Decca Record Company Limited, not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1976)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (Petersham) in Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-01)
recording of:
O Holy Night (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer)
arrangement of:
O Holy Night
Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau, Douglas Gamley, Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Kurt Herbert Adler4:14
5Ding Dong! Merrily on High
[anonymous], G. Woodward, G. Wood, David Briggs, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury2:01
6Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Frank De Vol, Ella Fitzgerald & Frank De Vol and His Orchestra2:58
7The First Nowell
[anonymous], Ola Gjeilo & Choir of Royal Holloway4:37
8Oratorio di Natale BWV 248 - Sinfonia N. 10
Johann Sebastian Bach, Christian Friedrich Henrici, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner2:24
9Christmas Night in Harlem
Alan R. Scott, Mitchell Parish, Louis Armstrong & Benny Carter and His Orchestra2:41
10Away in a Manger
John Kirkpatrick, L. Young & Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra2:29
11What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
Frank Loesser & The Ramsey Lewis Trio3:31
12Concerto in Do Maggiore N. 12, Op. 3 - Lago "Pastorale Per Il Santissimo Natale"
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini & I Musici5:04
13Ole Santa
Clyde Otis, Belford Hendricks & Dinah Washington2:43
14I Want to Come Home for Christmas
Forest Hairston & Marvin Gaye3:25
15Adagio in Sol Minore
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Remo Giazotto, Eduard Kaufmann, Walter Prystawski, Festival Strings Lucerne & Rudolf Baumgartner6:52
16Mottetto "Dies Sanctificatus Illuxit Nobis"
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina & Massimo Palombella2:37
17Ave Maria
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod, Friar Alessandro & Ramin Bahrami2:53
18Messiah - Hallelujah
George Frideric Handel, Charles Jennens, Margaret Hillis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Sir Georg Solti3:41