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11. Komt herders, carol (Flanders) (Medley N°2) (1:28)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Genre Carol
12. Nu är det jul igen (Swèden) (Medley N°2) (0:52)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Country Sweden
13. Nu tändas tusen juljus, carol (Swèden) (Medley N°2) (1:29)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Genre Carol
14. Jeg er sa glad hver julekveld (I Am So Glad on Christmas Eve), carol (Norwegian) (Medley N°2) (1:16)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Written Norway
Country Norway
15. Schlichte Weisen (60), Op. 76: No 52, Maria Wiegenlied (Mary's Cradle Song: Berceuse De Marie) (Medley N°2) (2:26)
Composer Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
Genre Song
Date Written 1903-1912; Germany
Period Post-Romantic
Country Germany
16. In dulci jublio, for chorus & ensemble (from the Polyhymnia caduceatrix) (Medley N°2) (2:53)
Composer Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621)
Genre Hymn / Renaissance Period
Date Written 1619; Germany
Period Renaissance
Country Germany
17. Away in a manger (Medley N°2) (2:48)
Composer William James Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1921)
Genre Carol / Romantic Period / Sacred Music
Date Written 1885; USA
Period Romantic / 20th Century
Country United States of America
18. Go tell it on the mountain (Chant De Noël Américain Traditionnel) (Medley N°2) (3:32)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Genre Sacred Music / Spiritual
Date Written by 1900; USA
Country United States of America
19. Jungle Bells (Medley N°2) (2:51)
Composer Christmas Traditional / James Pierpont (1822 - 1893)
Genre Carol / Romantic Period
Date Written circa 1850-1857; USA
Period Romantic
Country United States of America
20. Bóg sie rodzi (God is born) (Poland) (Medley N°3) (1:14)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Country Poland
21. Das Lied vom Feuerspan, carol (Russia) (Medley N°3) (0:47)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Genre Carol
22. Pujdem spolo do Betléma (On Our Way to Bethlehem) (Tchéchoslovakia) (Medley N°3) (1:03)
Composer Christmas Traditional
23. Ménnyböl az angyal, carol (Hungary) (Medley N°3) (1:19)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Genre Carol
24. O Tannenbaum (Medley N°3) (2:56)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Genre Carol
Date Written circa 1820; Westphalia, Germany
Country Germany
25. Minuit, Chrétiens (O Holy Night) (5:13)
Common Name Cantique De Noel For Voice & Orchestra
Composer Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
Genre Romantic Period / Song
Date Written 1851; France
Period Romantic
Country France
26. O du fröhliche (Medley N°3) (2:34)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Genre Carol / Classical Period / Hymn
Date Written by 1792; Germany
Period Classical
Country Germany
27. Adeste fideles (O come, all ye faithful) (Medley N°3) (4:22)
Composer Christmas Traditional / John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)
Genre Hymn / Renaissance Period
Date Written 1751 (by 1782; England)
Period Renaissance / Classical
28. Il est né le divin enfant (2:25)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Genre Carol / Romantic Period
Date Written 1875; 15th Century; France
Period Romantic / Renaissance
Country France
29. Sweet Little Jesus Boy, carol (American) (A Cappella) (3:10)
Composer Christmas Traditional
30. Bambino divino (Italy) (Medley N°4) (1:24)
Composer Anonymous / Christmas Traditional
Written Italy
Country Italy
31. Cantemos rapaces (Spain: Espagne) (Medley N°4) (1:31)
Composer Anonymous / Christmas Traditional
Written Spain
Country Spain
32. Fum, fum, fum (Spain: Espagne) (Medley N°4) (1:20)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Genre Carol / Renaissance Period
Date Written by 1840; Mexico
Period Renaissance
Country Spain
33. We wish you a merry Christmas (England) (Angleterre) (Medley N°4) (0:39)
Composer Christmas Traditional
Genre Carol
Date Written 15th Century; England
Country England.
About the album
The magic of Walt Disney and the miracle of Christmas are evoked here by Barbara Hendricks. As she says, the Disney songs 'span my childhood and that of my own children ... forever inviting children all over the world, young and old, to dare to dream'. The multilingual Christmas collection - recorded in Sweden, where the soprano now makes her home - unites favourite carols from all over Europe and the Americas.
Barbara Hendricks' voice — particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Fauré, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss — has a warm, crystalline quality that has kept her in demand on stage and in recording studios. Her performances have embraced everything from contemporary music to popular standards, including songs of Duke Ellington and several world premieres. She has been careful with her choices of repertoire, avoiding roles that would overextend her essentially lyric instrument. Aside from music, she is deeply committed to humanitarian work, with a particular concern for refugees and those in war or poverty zones. She sang a concert in Sarajevo in 1993 while the city was being shelled, in which she had to wear a bulletproof vest and helmet.
Hendricks has appeared on nearly 80 recordings spread over a variety of major labels.
Her first of many recordings for EMI was in the small part of the Celestial Voice in Don Carlo in 1978. For nearly twenty years her solo recordings have been made exclusively for EMI Classics.
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