Stories for Christmas

Stories for Christmas

Album
Label Decca Classics Release date Format 2×CD Country 🇦🇺 Australia

Tracklist 102:35

CD 1

1 The Happy Prince: High above the city on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince... Bernard Herrmann 1:59
2 The Happy Prince: Far away, far away in a little street there is a poor house... Bernard Herrmann 2:24
3 The Happy Prince: When the day broke, he flew down to the river and had a bath... Bernard Herrmann 2:02
4 The Happy Prince: In the square below there stands a little Match Girl... Bernard Herrmann 1:52
5 The Happy Prince: So the swallow flew over the great city... Bernard Herrmann 0:30
6 The Happy Prince: Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the swallow picked off... Bernard Herrmann 0:29
7 The Happy Prince: Then the snow came... Bernard Herrmann 1:23
8 The Happy Prince: Early the next morning, the Mayor was walking in the Square below... Bernard Herrmann 0:49
9 The Happy Prince: 'Bring me the two most precious things in the city,' said God to one of his angels Bernard Herrmann 0:58
10 A Christmas Carol: God rest ye merry gentlemen Victor Young 4:36
11 A Christmas Carol: Quickly I made myself ready for bed Victor Young 3:07
12 A Christmas Carol: There at my bedside Victor Young 3:01
13 A Christmas Carol: Wake up, Man! Victor Young 6:05
14 A Christmas Carol: And looking up, I beheld Victor Young 6:05
15 Mr. Pickwick's Christmas: I have the highest pleasure (The Pickwickians set off to visit Mr. Wardie) Hanns Eisler 7:11
16 Mr. Pickwick's Christmas: But if they were cheerful and happy outside the house (At the farm) Hanns Eisler 4:47
17 Mr. Pickwick's Christmas: We're all ready, I believe (The dance) Hanns Eisler 5:19

CD 2

1 The Small One: The same winter sun that dances on the northern snow... Victor Young 2:59
2 The Small One: 'You see Pablo, once upon a Christmas eve there was a small donkey'... Victor Young 2:55
3 The Small One: Well, it was early afternoon when the small boy and his small donkey went through the town gates... Victor Young 2:45
4 The Small One: Well, the little boy and the little donkey left the marketplace, Pablo... Victor Young 2:41
5 The Small One: And so, Pablo, The Small One passed through the town gates... Victor Young 1:36
6 The Littlest Angel: Once upon a time of many, many years ago... Charles Paul 5:31
7 The Littlest Angel: But at length and at last, he slowly approached the doorway... Charles Paul 3:03
8 The Littlest Angel: And then in all those timeless days that followed... Charles Paul 1:11
9 The Littlest Angel: The angels, dark angels, the seraphim, the cherubim... Charles Paul 2:17
10 The Littlest Angel: A small, rough, unsightly box... Charles Paul 2:20
11 The Littlest Angel: The littlest angel wept hot, bitter tears... Charles Paul 0:48
12 The Littlest Angel: Then suddenly, the voice of God, like divine music, rose through Paradise Charles Paul 2:28
13 Lullaby of Christmas: This story is as old as Christmas... Carmen Dragon 2:13
14 Lullaby of Christmas: Yes, Ay-You was without the gift of speech... Carmen Dragon 1:05
15 Lullaby of Christmas: But the most stupendous and overwhelming thing of all, he'd be able to sing... Carmen Dragon 1:46
16 Lullaby of Christmas: But morning after morning God disappointed them... Carmen Dragon 3:24
17 Lullaby of Christmas: And then without the slightest warning of all came the dreadful day... Carmen Dragon 3:59
18 Lullaby of Christmas: And so Ay-You tried to sing... Carmen Dragon 1:48
19 Lullaby of Christmas: After a while he fell asleep... Carmen Dragon 1:59
20 Lullaby of Christmas: The Ay-You knew why he had been born never to speak until this moment Carmen Dragon 2:56