Vienna Boys Choir ; Rolando Villazón (track 4), Aida Garifullina (track 18), vocals ; with, variously: Schubert-Akademie ; WienerWunderAllerlei (Herbert Mayer, chromatic harmonica ; Uli Rennert, piano ; Jan Roder, double bass ; Uli Soyka, percussion) ; phil Blech Wien
Christmas songs and carols for boys' choir, principally with accompaniment of orchestra, instrumental ensemble, or brass ensemble; track 6 is unaccompanied.
Recorded MuTh, Kirche St. Leopold, Austria.
Sung in English, German and Latin.
Adeste fideles / John Francis Wade ; arr. Gerald Wirth (2:06) -- Fröhliche Weihnacht überall / Karl Neuner, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart ; arr. Gerald Wirth (2:44) -- The first nowell / traditional ; arr. Gerald Wirth (2:52) -- O holy night / Adolph Adam ; John Sullivan Dwight ; arr. Gerald Wirth (6:40) -- Il est ne le divin enfant / (2:15) -- Carol of the bells / Mykola Leontovich (1:24) -- Joy to the world / Lowell Mason ; Isaac Watts ; arr. Gerald Wirth (1:58) -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Hugh Martin ; Ralph Blane ; arr. Alexander L'Estrange (4:33) -- Leise rieselt der Schnee / Eduard Ebel ; arr. Gerald Wirth (1:50) -- Winter wonderland / Felix Bernard ; Richard B. Smith ; arr. Leo Arnaud (3:34) -- Let it snow / Jule Styne ; Sammy Cahn ; arr. Daniel Muck (3:15) -- Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer / Johnny Marks ; arr. Daniel Muck (3:53) -- Jingle bells / James Lord Pierpont ; arr. Alexander L'Estrange Jingle bell rock / Joseph Carleton Beal and James Ross Boothe ; arr. Roger Emerson Feliz Navidad / José Feliciano ; arr. Audrey Snyder (2:40) -- We wish you a merry Christmas / traditional ; arr. Raoul Gehringer (2:47) -- Happy Christmas (war is over) / [traditional ; John Lennon, Yoko Ono ; arr. James Brett Silent night / Franz Gruber ; John Freeman Young ; arr. Gerald Wirth (4:10)