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Conductor Jonathan Tunick
Performer Barbara Hendricks (Soprano)
Ensemble Abbey Road Ensemble
Venue No. 2 Studio, Abbey Road, London, Englan
Recording Date 10/1995/06/1996
1. Snow White: Some Day My Prince Will Come (2:43)
Common Name Snow White
Composer Frank Churchill/ Leigh Harline/ Paul J. Smith
Genre Film Score
Date Written 1937; United States of America
Period Modern
Country United States of Americax
2. Pinocchio: When You Wish Upon a Star (4:21)
Common Name When You Wish Upon A Star
Composer Leigh Harline (1907 - 1969)
Ensemble London Voices
Date Written 1940
Period Modern; 20th Century
3. Cinderella: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (2:10)
Common Name Cinderella
Composer Jerry Livingston / Mack David / Al Hoffman
4. Alice in Wonderland: All in the Golden Afternoon (2:50)
Common Name Alice In Wonderland
Composer Sammy Fain (1902 - 1989)
Period Modern
5. The Little Mermaid: Part of Your World (3:12)
Composer Alan Menken (1949 - )
Date Written 1989
Period Modern
6. Snow White: With a Smile and a Song (2:39)
Common Name Snow White
Composer Frank Churchill/ Leigh Harline/ Paul J. Smith
Genre Film Score
Date Written 1937; United States of America
Period Modern
Country United States of America
7. Alice in Wonderland: Very Good Advice (2:38)
Common Name Alice In Wonderland
Composer Sammy Fain (1902 - 1989)
Period Modern
8. Lady and the Tramp: Belle Notte (3:00)
Composer Peggy Lee / Sonny Burke
Performer Terry Edwards
Ensemble London Voices
Date Written 1955
Period Modern
9. Song of the South: Zip-a-dee-doo-dah (1:47)
Composer Allie Wrubel (1905 - 1973)
Performer Terry Edwards
Ensemble London Voices
Written 1946; USA
Period Modern; 20th Century
10. 101 Dalmations: Cruella de Vil (3:24)
Composer Mel Leven
Performer Laurie Holloway (Piano)
Date Written circa 1959
Period Modern
11. Cinderella: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (3:06)
Common Name Cinderella
Composer Jerry Livingston / Mack David / Al Hoffman
12. Alice in Wonderland: I'm Late (1:40)
Common Name Alice In Wonderland
Composer Sammy Fain (1902 - 1989)
Period Modern
13. The Lion King: Circle of Life (4:31)
Common Name Circle Of Life, The Lion King
Composer Elton John / Hans Zimmer
Date Written 1994
Period Contemporary
14. Mary Poppins: Feed the Birds (4:31)
Common Name Mary Poppins
Composer Robert B. Sherman (1925 - 2012)
Period Modern
15. Mary Poppins: Chim Chim Cher-ee (2:11)
Common Name Chim Chim Cher Ee, Mary Poppins
Composer Robert B. Sherman (1925 - 2012)
Performer Terry Edwards
Ensemble London Voices
Period Modern
16. Beauty and the Beast: Beauty and the Beast (3:02)
Common Name Beauty And The Beast
Composer Alan Menken (1949 - )
Date Written 1991; USA
Ensemble Abbey Road Ensemble
Period Modern; 20th Century
17. Snow White: Whistle While You Work (2:34)
Common Name Snow White
Composer Frank Churchill/ Leigh Harline/ Paul J. Smith
Genre Film Score
Date Written 1937; United States of Ame
Period Modern
Country United States of America
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, Faure, 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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