A Christmas Spectacular of Carols and Songs Album Cover Art

Michael Crawford , Michael Ball , Paul Nicholas , Sarah Brightman , Dave Willetts , Elaine Paige , and the cast of Les Misérables, 42nd Street, Cats, Anything Goes, Phantom of the Opera, Chess, Me & My Girl

Cover Art

Tracklist

CD 1

1. Let’s Pretend

length: 3:09
conductor: Mike Batt
lead vocals: Michael Crawford
orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
arranger: John Cameron
choir vocals: Children from Sylvia Young Theatre School
writer: Alain Boublil, Claude‐Michel Schönberg, Richard Maltby, Jr.

2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas

length: 1:43
orchestra: The Wren Orchestra
arranger: John Rutter

3. The Most Wonderful Birthday of All

length: 4:07
orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
lyricist: Norman Newell
composer: Carl Davis

4. Away in a Manger

length: 3:06
vocal: Paul Nicholas
orchestra: The Wren Orchestra
arranger: Robert Docker
lyricist: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, [anonymous]
composer: William James Kirkpatrick

5 White Christmas

length: 4:13
orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
lyricist: Irving Berlin
composer: Irving Berlin

6. A Winter Boy

length: 2:44
vocal: Colm Wilkinson
orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
writer: Caryl Brahms, John Dankworth

7 Ave Maria

length: 3:59
producer: Mike Batt
conductor: Mike Batt
vocal: Elaine Paige
orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
arranger: Mike Batt
composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles‐François Gounod

8. The First Nowell / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

length: 2:38
orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

9. In dulci jubilo

length: 2:37
conductor: Mike Batt
vocal: [theatre]
orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
solo: David Romano
arranger: Charles Mackerras

10. I Watch You Sleeping

producer: Mike Batt and Norman Newell
conductor: Mike Batt
vocal: Frances Ruffelle
orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
arranger: Mike Batt
composer: Mike Batt
lyricist: Mike Batt

11. Christmas

length: 3:49
lead vocals: David Essex
performer: Tommy Eyre, Mo Foster, Trevor Morrell and Mitch Dalton
composer: David Essex
lyricist: David Essex

12 Joy to the World

length: 2:24
orchestra: The Wren Orchestra
arranger: John Rutter
lyricist: Isaac Watts
composer: Lowell Mason, George Frideric Handel

13 In the Bleak Midwinter

length: 4:08
vocal: Sarah Brightman
orchestra: The Wren Orchestra
composer: Harold Edwin Darke
lyricist: Christina Rossetti

14. Silver Bells

length: 2:21
orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
writer: Jay Livingston, Ray Evans

15. Ding Dong Merrily on High / O Come All Ye Faithful

length: 5:21
orchestra: The Wren Orchestra

16 Silent Night

length: 2:38
conductor: Mike Batt
lead vocals: Julia McKenzie
vocal: [theatre]
orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
arranger: David Cullen
translator: John Freeman Young
lyricist: Josef Mohr
composer: Franz Xaver Gruber

17. White Shepherds Watched

length: 2:27
conductor: Mike Batt
vocal: [theatre]
orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

18 When a Child Is Born

length: 3:50
vocal: Michael Ball
orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
composer: Zacar
lyricist: Fred Jay

19. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

length: 3:08
conductor: Mike Batt
vocal: [theatre]
orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
arranger: John Rutter
arranger: Ralph Carmichael
composer: [traditional]
lyricist: [traditional]

20 Winter Wonderland

length: 3:12
vocal: Dave Willetts and [theatre]
orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
arranger: David Cullen
composer: Felix Bernard
lyricist: Richard B. Smith

21 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

length: 3:01
conductor: Mike Batt
vocal: [theatre]
orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
arranger: David Cullen
composer: Hugh Martin
lyricist: Ralph Blane

22. Save the Children

length: 4:11
orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
composer: Robert Mackintosh
lyricist: Norman Newell