Stories for Christmas
Other by Bing Crosby, Ronald Coleman, Orson Welles, Loretta Young
Released 2020
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1The Happy Prince: High above the city on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince...Bernard Herrmann1:59
- 2The Happy Prince: Far away, far away in a little street there is a poor house...Bernard Herrmann2:24
- 3The Happy Prince: When the day broke, he flew down to the river and had a bath...Bernard Herrmann2:02
- 4The Happy Prince: In the square below there stands a little Match Girl...Bernard Herrmann1:52
- 5The Happy Prince: So the swallow flew over the great city...Bernard Herrmann0:30
- 6The Happy Prince: Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the swallow picked off...Bernard Herrmann0:29
- 7The Happy Prince: Then the snow came...Bernard Herrmann1:23
- 8The Happy Prince: Early the next morning, the Mayor was walking in the Square below...Bernard Herrmann0:49
- 9The Happy Prince: 'Bring me the two most precious things in the city,' said God to one of his angelsBernard Herrmann0:58
- 10A Christmas Carol: God rest ye merry gentlemenVictor Young4:36
- 11A Christmas Carol: Quickly I made myself ready for bedVictor Young3:07
- 12A Christmas Carol: There at my bedsideVictor Young3:01
- 13A Christmas Carol: Wake up, Man!Victor Young6:05
- 14A Christmas Carol: And looking up, I beheldVictor Young6:05
- 15Mr. Pickwick's Christmas: I have the highest pleasure (The Pickwickians set off to visit Mr. Wardie)Hanns Eisler7:11
- 16Mr. Pickwick's Christmas: But if they were cheerful and happy outside the house (At the farm)Hanns Eisler4:47
- 17Mr. Pickwick's Christmas: We're all ready, I believe (The dance)Hanns Eisler5:19
- CD 2
- 1The Small One: The same winter sun that dances on the northern snow...Victor Young2:59
- 2The Small One: 'You see Pablo, once upon a Christmas eve there was a small donkey'...Victor Young2:55
- 3The Small One: Well, it was early afternoon when the small boy and his small donkey went through the town gates...Victor Young2:45
- 4The Small One: Well, the little boy and the little donkey left the marketplace, Pablo...Victor Young2:41
- 5The Small One: And so, Pablo, The Small One passed through the town gates...Victor Young1:36
- 6The Littlest Angel: Once upon a time of many, many years ago...Charles Paul5:31
- 7The Littlest Angel: But at length and at last, he slowly approached the doorway...Charles Paul3:03
- 8The Littlest Angel: And then in all those timeless days that followed...Charles Paul1:11
- 9The Littlest Angel: The angels, dark angels, the seraphim, the cherubim...Charles Paul2:17
- 10The Littlest Angel: A small, rough, unsightly box...Charles Paul2:20
- 11The Littlest Angel: The littlest angel wept hot, bitter tears...Charles Paul0:48
- 12The Littlest Angel: Then suddenly, the voice of God, like divine music, rose through ParadiseCharles Paul2:28
- 13Lullaby of Christmas: This story is as old as Christmas...Carmen Dragon2:13
- 14Lullaby of Christmas: Yes, Ay-You was without the gift of speech...Carmen Dragon1:05
- 15Lullaby of Christmas: But the most stupendous and overwhelming thing of all, he'd be able to sing...Carmen Dragon1:46
- 16Lullaby of Christmas: But morning after morning God disappointed them...Carmen Dragon3:24
- 17Lullaby of Christmas: And then without the slightest warning of all came the dreadful day...Carmen Dragon3:59
- 18Lullaby of Christmas: And so Ay-You tried to sing...Carmen Dragon1:48
- 19Lullaby of Christmas: After a while he fell asleep...Carmen Dragon1:59
- 20Lullaby of Christmas: The Ay-You knew why he had been born never to speak until this momentCarmen Dragon2:56
More by Bing Crosby, Ronald Coleman, Orson Welles, Loretta Young
Release credits
- spoken vocals [1.1-9, 2.1-5]
- conductor [13-20]
- spoken vocals [15-17]
- spoken vocals [13-20]
- conductor [15-17]
- chorus master [10-14]
- spoken vocals [6-12]
- spoken vocals [1-9]
- spoken vocals [10-14]
- choir vocals [6-12]
- conductor [1.1-14, 2.1-12]
Issues
S2020