"Silent Night" may arguably be the most treasured holiday song of the late 20th century. And if not, it's definitely in the running. Silent Nights certainly acknowledges this, offering an entire disc of "Silent Night" renditions performed by a wide variety of performers: everyone from the Vienna Choir Boys and the Canadian Brass to the Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus and Sergio Franchi. The music is primarily classical -- no Bing Crosby here. It's perhaps most interesting to see how each respective performer approaches the all-time favorite. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
All Music Guide Review
Track Listing
Credits
- Graeme Page
- French Horn
- Eugene Watts
- Trombone
- Richard Westenburg
- Conductor
- Charles Daellenbach
- Tuba
- Dave Ohanian
- French Horn
- Ronald Romm
- Trumpet
- Ray Sinatra
- Conductor
- Ernestine Schumann-Heink
- Contralto (Vocal)
- RCA Victor Singers
- Performer
- Jon Samuels
- Reissue Producer
- William Whitehead
- Organ, Bells
- Frederic Mills
- Trumpet
- Alice Parker
- Arranger
- Arthur Harris
- Arranger
- Marian Conaty
- Engineer
- The Choir of Trinity College
- Performer
- Thomas Beveridge
- Arranger
- D. Cashmore
- Arranger
- Franz Rupp
- Piano
- Dr. Franz Wasner
- Director
- Stewart Wille
- Organ, Bells
- Robert Shaw
- Performer
- Hans Gillesberger
- Arranger, Conductor
- Arthur Frackenpohl
- Arranger
- Robert Page
- Choir Director
- Vienna Chamber Orchestra
- Performer
- RCA Symphony Orchestra
- Performer
- The Boys Choir of Harlem
- Performer
- James Galway
- Flute, Conductor
- Sergio Franchi
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Richard Hayman
- Arranger
- Canadian Brass
- Performer
- Mario Lanza
- Tenor (Vocal)
- Marian Anderson
- Contralto (Vocal)
- Marty Gold
- Arranger, Conductor
- Virgil Fox
- Organ
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Performer
- Emily Mitchell
- Harp
- Eugene Ormandy
- Conductor
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Performer
- The Trapp Family
- Performer
- Benita Valente
- Soprano (Vocal)
- John Grady
- Organ, Bells
- The Vienna Choir Boys
- Performer
- Robert Russell Bennett
- Arranger, Conductor
- Café
- Percussion
- Christopher Dedrick
- Arranger
- Don Sebesky
- Arranger
- Clarence "Oungku" Edwards
- Arranger
- Barry Griffiths
- Orchestra Leader
- Morton Gould
- Arranger, Conductor
- Arthur Fiedler
- Conductor
- Richard Stoltzman
- Clarinet
- Eddie Gómez
- Bass
- Jeremy Wall
- Keyboards











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