woensdag 18 december 2013

Grown-Up Christmas List (1990)

David Foster(M)
Linda Thompson-Jenner (L)


From Wikipedia:

The first recording was 1990 on David Fosters album "River of Love"


The song was also released as a single


Amy Grant recorded it in 1992 and became a lot airplay.


The song is about a visit with Santa Claus by an adult who does not ask Santa for anything material for Christmas, but rather nothing but good things for all humanity.

                                                                                          
The original version by David Foster with Natalie Cole also appeared on Foster's 1993 holiday set, The Christmas Album.
In 2003, former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson performed "Grown-Up Christmas List" on the show's Christmas special, which resulted in renewed airplay of the song during the holiday season that year.                                                                                                                                                                                                      
A&M Records released a music video for Amy Grant's recording of the song, featuring an appearance by Grant's son, Matthew Chapman. Grant's version is the one most people associate with the song. song.
The 2000 version by Monica also contains a second verse penned by Thompson-Jenner. Kelly Clarkson's 2003 version was the first version to make any of Billboard's singles chart; her rendition peaked at no. 17 on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart during the Christmas holiday season of 2003-2004. Miguel's cover was recorded in Spanish as "Mi Humilde Oración" for his album Navidades and it peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart.                                                                                                                                                                                                     
The original version of Grant's single failed to enter any of the Billboard charts. Clarkson's version entered the Adult Contemporary chart in 2003 where it spent five weeks on the chart.                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Other recordings are:

    Bryan Duncan (1995)
    Stephanie Beaumont (1995)
    Chuck Negron (1996)
    B.J. Thomas (1997)
    Donny Osmond (1998)
    Monica (2000)[5]
    Barbra Streisand (2001)
    Ginette Reno (2002)[7]
    Michael Bublé (2003)
    Kelly Clarkson (2003)
    Lea Salonga (2004)
    The Manhattan Transfer (2005)
    Jane Monheit (2005)
    Regine Velasquez (2005)
    Rene Froger (2005)
    Clay Aiken (2006)
    Ayaka Hirahara (2006)
    Luis Miguel (2006)
    Boney James (2007)
    Ayla Brown (2007)
    Jed Madela (2007)
    Aretha Franklin (2008)
    Kyla (2008)
    Kanami Ayano (2008)
    Martin Nievera (2008)
    Rissi Palmer (2008)
    Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus (2008)
    Rodney Carrington (2009)
    Joe (2009)
    Charice (2010)
    The Veronicas (2010)
    Trijntje Oosterhuis (2010)
    Richard Poon (2011)
    Elena Nordé & Syllabus the Don (2012)
    Ailee (2012)
    Ali Lohan (from the album Lohan Holiday) (2006)
    Linda Eder (2013)

Here the original: 




Other Recordings:

vrijdag 13 december 2013

Good King Wenceslas (1905) (Traditional)

Traditional/Neale
O: Edison Carol Singers Edison 2 minute 13354, November 1905

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Good King Wenceslas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


"Good King Wenceslas" is a popular Christmas carol about a king who goes out to give alms to a poor peasant on the Feast of Stephen (the second day of Christmas, December 26). During the journey, his page is about to give up the struggle against the cold weather, but is enabled to continue by the heat miraculously emanating from the king's footprints in the snow. The legend is based on the life of the historical Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907–935), known in the Czech language as Svatý Václav.

The tune is based on a 13th century spring carol "Tempus adest floridum" ("It is time for flowering") first published in the 1582 Finnish song collection Piae Cantiones. The "Wenceslas" lyrics were written much later in 1853 by the English hymnwriter John Mason Neale (1818–1866) and substituted for the original Latin (to which they bear no relation) in collaboration with his music editor Thomas Helm

Some recordings

Edison Carol Singers. - Good King Wenceslas 1905

Ames Brothers - Good King Wenceslas - 1950

Percy Faith - Good King Wenceslas - 1954

Joan Sutherland - Good King Wenceslas - 1965

Ivy League,the - Good King Wenceslas - 1965

John Fahey - Good King Wenceslas - 1968

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Good King Wenceslas - 1970

Shakatak - Good King Wenceslas - 1993

Loreena Mckennitt - Good King Wenceslas - 1995

R.E.M. - Good King Wenceslas - 1998

Klezmonauts - Good King Wenceslas - 1998

The Irish Rovers - Good King Wenceslas - 2000

Judy Collins - Good King Wenceslas - 2000

Butthole Surfers - Good King Wenceslas - 2000

Crash Test Dummies - Good King Wenceslas - 2002

Heather Dale - Good King Wenceslas - Flower Carol - 2004

Steeleye Span - Good King Wenceslas - 2004

The Manhattan Transfer - Good King Wenceslas - 2005

Robin Gibb - Good King Wenceslas - 2005

Blackmore's Night - Good King Wenceslas - 2006

Tori Amos - Good King Wenceslas - 2009

Wynton Marsalis - Good King Wenceslas - 2009

Sufjan Stevens - Good King Wenceslas - 2012.



Here the oldest recording i could find.

maandag 2 december 2013

"Wiegenlied"




Er zijn 2 "Wiegenlieder" en ze worden wel eens verwisseld. Zo ook op de Originals site:

Er zijn ook nog 2 andere "Wiegenlieder" nl. van Schubert en Humperdinck, maar die worden hier verder niet genoemd.

Read the Originals about this song

1. Wiegenlied 1.  "Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein"  

In eerste instantie werd dit toegedicht aan Mozart, later aan Bernhard Fliess, maar recente naspeuringen hebben aangetoond dat de compositie van Friedrich Anton Fleischmann (1766-1798) komt.  De tekst is van  Friedrich Wilhem Gotter (1746-1797), uit de show Ester, uit 1796
Wordt ook Cradle Song genoemd.

Volgens de RCA Victor site is Emile Muench de eerste die het opnam.





Hier overigens nog toegedicht aan Bernhard Fliess.


These are some old recordings i found in Victor


Some other recordings:



Frieda Hempel - Wiegenlied 1915-06-08 - 1915-06-08.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Alma Gluck - Cradle Song - 1916.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Comedian Harmonists - Schlafe Mein Prinzchen - 1938.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band - Schlafe Mein Prinzchen - 1960.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                               
Johnny Kraaykamp - Schlafe Mein Prinzchen (Parody) 1960 - 1960.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                            
Chrosu and Orchestra, Werner Müller, Cond - Wiegenlied (Schlafe, Mein Prinzchen) - 1960.mp3                                                                                                                                                                   
Wiener Sangerknaben - Schlafe Mein Prinzchen,Schlaf' Ein - 1964.mp3  
Nini Rosso - Schlafe, Mein Prinzchen, Schlaf Ein - 1965.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Vicky Leandros - Schlafe, Mein Prinzchen - 1977.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                           
N.Mouskouri - Schlafe Mein Prinzchen - 1989 -06.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Olivia Newton-John - Sleep my Princess - 1989.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Alpentrio Tirol - Schlafe, Mein Prinzchen Schlaf Ein - 2003.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                
Joost Prinsen - Schlafe Mein Prinzchen - 2003.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Andre Rieu - Schlafe Mein Prinzchen - 2003.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Hayley Westenra - Wiegenlied - 2007.mp3
Nena - Schlafe, Mein Prinzchen, Schlaf Ein - Guten Abend, Gut Nacht - 2010.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                
Hans Jürgen Beyer & Jo Kurzweg - Schlafe, Mein Prinzchen - 2011.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                           
Danny Wright - Mozart's Wiegenlied (Cradle Song) - 2013.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                       







Here is the recording:



2. Wiegenlied 2.  "Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4" Johannes Brahms 1868.

Voor het eerst opgevoerd in Wenen  op 22 December 1869 door zangeres Louise Dustmann and pianiste Clara Schumann.

Andere titels: "Brahms Lullaby", "Guten Abend, gute Nacht", "Lullaby", "Cradle Song"

De juiste titel voor zover ik het heb kunnen vinden:
"Wiegenlied - 'guten Abend, Gute Nacht', Op. 49, No. 4"


O: Ernestine Schumann-Heink - Wiegenlied 1906-09-21

 Other recordings




Ernestine Schumann-Heink - Wiegenlied 1906-09-21 - 1906.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                   
   Vessella's Italian Band - Cradle Song 1911-04-06 - 1911.mp3   
   Elsie Baker - Lullaby 1912-09-18 - 1912.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                
Elisabeth Schumann - Wiegenlied (Lullaby) - 1937.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Bing Crosby - Brahms' Lullaby (Cradle Song) - 1941.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Cradle Song - - 1941.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                     
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra - Vocal Bing Crosby - Brahms' Lullaby (Cradle Song) - 1941.
Louis Armstrong - Brahms' Lullaby - 1947.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Spike Jones - Christmas Cradle Song - 1947.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Nat King Cole - Brahm's Lullaby - 1947.mp3
Mantovani - Brahms, Cradle Song - 1955.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band - Wiegenlied (Brahms) 1960 - 1960.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                             
Slim Whitman - Brahms' Lullaby - 1960.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Don Kosaken Chor - Guten Abend, Gut Nacht - 1961.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Muriel Smith With the Peter Knight Orchestra and Chorus - Lullaby (Wiegenlied) - 1963.mp3                                                                                                                                                                     

Hank Snow & Chet Atkins - Brahm's Lullaby - 1964.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Poppies - Lullabye of Love - 1966.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Rocco Granata - Guten Abend Gute Nacht (Deutsch) - 1967.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Esther & Abi Ofarim - Layla Tov (Guten Abend Gute Nacht) - 1969.mp3    
Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra - Brahms' Lullaby - 1967.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Elvis Presley - Five Sleepy Heads - 1968.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                   
Singers 3 - Wiegenlied (Brahms) - 1968.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Frank Sinatra - The Cradle Song (Sinatra) - 1972.                                                                                                                                                                                            
Roger Whittaker - Guten Abend, Gute Nacht (Brahms' Lullabye) - 1978.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                       
Nana Mouskouri - Guten Abend, Gute Nacht (Brahms Lullaby) - 1979.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                          
The Statler Brothers - Brahms' Bethlehem Lullaby - 1985.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Nena - Guten Abend Gute Nacht - 1990.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler, Cond. - Brahms- Cradle Song - 1994.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                 
Kenny G. - Brahms Lullaby - 1994.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Anthony Burger - Brahms Lullaby - 1995.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Linda Ronstadt - Brahms' Lullaby - 1996.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Angela Gheorghiu - Brahms - Wiegenlied, Op.49 No.4 - 1998.mp3
Stefanie Hertel Und Stefan Mross - Guten Abend, Gute Nacht - 1999.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                         
The 3 Tenors - Wiegenlied I - 2000.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion - Guten Abend (Guten Abend- Gute Nacht) - 2004.mp3                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                      
Celine Dion - Brahms' Lullaby - 2004.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Ken Colyer's Jazzmen - Brahms Cradle Song - 2005.mp3                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Freddy Quinn - Guten Abend, Gute Nacht - 2006.mp3
André Rieu - Wiegenlied - 'guten Abend, Gute Nacht', Op. 49, No. 4 - 2008.mp3   



Here the recording of Ernestine-Schumann-Heink. The label is from a recording of 1921