Album Title: Christmas on Guitar Composer: Adolphe Adam, Johann Sebastian Bach, Giovanni De Chiaro, Franz Gruber, Lowell Mason, John Jacob Niles, Franz Schubert, John Francis Wade, Richard S. Willis, Pietro Alessandro Yon, Traditional Artist: Giovanni de Chiaro (guitar) Audio CD (January 1, 1991) Number of Discs: 1 Format: CD Import Spars Code: DDD Recorded in: Stereo Label: Centaur Records, Inc. Copyright: (C) 1991 Centaur Records, Inc. Total Length: 54:47 Genres: Classical Music, Holiday, Christmas, Easy Listening, Swing Period: 20th Century, Baroque (1600-1750), Classical (1750-1830), Romantic |
Performer Giovanni De Chiaro (Guitar) Arranger Giovanni De Chiaro
1. Christmas Suite: Angels We Have Heard on High - O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles) - The First Noel - Joy to the World (arr. G. de Chiaro) 9:21 Composer John Francis Wade, Lowell Mason, Traditional Notes This selection is part of a medley which also includes "Angels we have heard on high", "Adeste fideles" (O Come All Ye Faithful), "The first nowell" and "Joy to the World."
Angels we have heard on high: Traditional Written: France
Adeste fideles "O come, all ye faithful": John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786) Period: Classical Written: by 1782; England
The first nowell: Traditional Written: England
Joy to the World: Lowell Mason (1792 - 1872) Period: Romantic Written: 19th Century; USA

2. Minuit, Chrétiens: Cantique de Noel for voice & orchestra ("O holy night") 5:03 Composer Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856) Period Romantic Written France
3. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Chorale: Jesu bleibet meine Freude "Jesu, joy of man's desiring" 3:45 Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Period Baroque Written 1723; Leipzig, Germany
4. Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6), "Hymne an die Jungfrau" 4:42 Composer Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Period Romantic Written 1825; Vienna, Austria
5. What child is this? (Greensleeves) 4:30 Composer Traditional Period Renaissance Written 16th Century; England
6. It came upon the midnight clear 4:50 Composer Richard Storrs Willis (1819 - 1900) Period Romantic
7. I wonder as I wander 4:59 Composer John Jacob Niles (1892 - 1980) Period 20th Century Written USA
8. Cantata No. 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166): No. 1, Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers, Awake) 5:19 Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Period Baroque Written 1731; Leipzig, Germany
9. Gesu Bambino 5:10 Composer Pietro Alessandro Yon (1886 - 1943) Period 20th Century Written 1917; USA
10. Silent Night, heilige Nacht (Silent Night) 5:13 Composer Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863) Period Classical Written 1818; Austria
11. Deck the Halls (Welsh) 2:01 Composer Traditional Written Wales, UK

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