Julens sånger (vocalist: Birgit Nilsson, Helena Döse, Tord Slättegård, Alice Babs)

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Artist Rating Length
1 Ave Maria
Johann Sebastian Bach 2:51
2 O helga natt
Adolphe Adam 4:29
3 Panis angelicus
César Franck 4:08
4 Stilla natt
Joseph Mohr & Franz Gruber 4:06
5 Care selve
Georg Friedrich Händel 3:01
6 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Felix Mendelssohn 3:03
7 Jerusalem, die der tötest die Proheten
Felix Mendelssohn 3:18
8 Bethlehems stjärna
Alice Tegnér 4:51
9 Psaltare och lyra
Gustaf Nordqvist 3:09
10 Julvisa
Jean Sibelius 2:32
11 Cavatina: Sei getreu
Felix Mendelssohn 3:43
12 Jesu, Jesu, du bist mein, BWV 470
Johann Sebastian Bach 2:39
13 Gott, wie gross ist deine Güte, BWV 462
Johann Sebastian Bach 1:57
14 Bist du bei mir, BWV 508
Johann Sebastian Bach 2:27
15 Exuitate jubilate, KV 165: I. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 4:57
16 Exuitate jubilate, KV 165: II. Recitativo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 0:54
17 Exuitate jubilate, KV 165: III. Andante-Allegro non troppo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 9:28

Credits

CD 1

composed in:
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (1909) (track 10)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (1855) (track 6)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (1753) (track 6)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (track 2)
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (tracks 1, 12–13)
César Franck (track 3)
Franz Xaver Gruber (track 4)
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (track 5)
Felix Mendelssohn (tracks 7, 11)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (tracks 15–17)
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (track 14)
Felix Mendelssohn (1840) (track 6)
Charles‐François Gounod (French composer) (1853) (track 1)
Jean Sibelius (1909) (track 10)
librettist:
Julius Schubring (tracks 7, 11)
lyricist:
St. Thomas Aquinas (track 3)
Placide Cappeau (track 2)
Zacharias Topelius (track 10)
[anonymous] (Special Purpose Artist) (track 1)
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (1739) (track 6)
previously attributed to:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (track 14)
translator:
Augustin Kock (track 2)
Carl Oscar Mannström (1915) (track 4)
Edvard Evers (1917) (track 4)
Torsten Fogelqvist (1937) (track 4)
vocals:
Alice Babs (tracks 12–17)
Helena Döse (tracks 5–8)
Birgit Nilsson (tracks 1–4)
Tord Slättegård (tracks 9–11)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 462) (track 13)
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 470) (track 12)
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 508) (track 14)
arrangements:
Aria "Jerusalem, die du tötest die Propheten" (for voice and organ, Liszt) (track 7)
Arie, BWV 508 „Bist Du bei mir“ (arranged for trumpet) (track 14)
Art Thou With Me (translated) (track 14)
Ave Maria (catch-all for arrangements of the Bach / Gounod work) (track 1)
Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (previously attributed to Bach, catch-all for arrangements) (track 14)
Ei valtaa, kultaa, loistoa (translated by Niilo Rauhala) (translated) (track 10)
En etsi valtaa, loistoa (catch-all for arrangements) (translated) (track 10)
En etsi valtaa, loistoa, op. 1 no. 4 (for male choir) (translated) (track 10)
En etsi valtaa, loistoa, op. 1 no. 4 (for female choir) (translated) (track 10)
Enkellaulu kajahtaa (translated) (track 6)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Wilcocks) (track 6)
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (Sovereign Grace version) (track 6)
Julvisa, op. 1 no. 4 (catch-all for arrangements) (track 10)
Julvisa, op. 1 no. 4 (for voice and organ, arr. Fredrik Sixten) (track 10)
Panis Angelicus (catch-all for arrangements) (track 3)
Stilla natt (arr. Anders Jalkéus) (track 4)
Two Christmas Songs, op. 1 no. 4: Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt (for two-part female choir) (track 10)
has revision:
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165: I. Exsultate, jubilate (Salzburg revision) (track 15)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach (track 1)
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude (track 1)
is the basis for:
Hark! The Merry Gentleman, op. 90 (track 6)
雪の夜 (track 1)
later parody versions:
Hark! The Herald Angels Rap (track 6)
later translated versions:
Ave Maria (Japanese translation of Bach/Gounod's "Ave Maria") (track 1)
Ave Maria (Italian translation of "Ave Maria" by Bach/Gounod) (track 1)
Debespulks dzied apstarots (Latvian version of English "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing") (track 6)
Panis angelicus / Leivästä enkelten (track 3)
天には栄え (Japanese version of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”) (track 6)
新生王 (track 6)
later versions:
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Bob Dylan arrangement) (track 6)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (John Ferguson arrangement) (track 6)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Die Toten Hosen arrangement) (track 6)
Hark! The Herald Angels Swing (track 6)
Høyr kor englar syng frå sky (track 6)
O Lord Most Holy (track 3)
ひとつだけの愛～アベ・マリア (track 1)
orchestrations:
Ave Maria (for violin and orchestra, orch. Kennedy & Lenehan) (track 1)
Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (orchestrated by Klemperer) (track 14)
Panis Angelicus (orch. Stokowski) (track 3)
part of:
Atalanta, HWV 35: Atto I (track 5)
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165 (movement) (tracks 15–17)
5 Christmas Songs, op. 1 (for voice and piano) (part of collection) (track 10)
Paulus, op. 36 (tracks 7, 11)
recording of:
Atalanta, HWV 35: Atto I. "Care selve, ombre beate" (track 5)
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) (track 1)
Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (previously attributed to Bach) (track 14)
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165: I. Exsultate, jubilate (track 15)
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165: II. Fulget amica dies (track 16)
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 158a/165: III. Tu virginum corona (track 17)
Geistliches Lied, BWV 462 "Gott, wie groß ist deine Güte" (track 13)
Geistliches Lied, BWV 470 "Jesu, Jesu, du bist mein" (track 12)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) (track 6)
Julsång "O helga natt" (track 2)
Julvisa, op. 1 no. 4 (for voice and piano) (track 10)
Panis Angelicus (track 3)
Paulus, op. 36: VII. Arie "Jerusalem! Die du tötest die Propheten" (track 7)
Paulus, op. 36: XL. Kavatine "Sei getreu bis in den Tod" (track 11)
Stilla natt, heliga natt (Swedish translation) (track 4)
referred to in medleys:
A Christmas Festival (track 6)
Angels We Have Heard on High / Hark the Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful (track 6)
Christmas Train (medley) (track 6)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (in excelsis deo) (track 6)
Hooked on Bach (track 1)
The March of the Kings / Hark the Herald Angels Sing (track 6)
Noëls pour cordes (track 6)
The Merry Christmas Medley: We Wish You a Merry Christmas / Angels From the Realms of Glory / Hark the Herald Angels Sing / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (track 6)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël "Minuit chrétiens" (French original of "O Holy Night") (track 2)
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (track 4)