Liz Story Songs of Christmas
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Liz Story Songs of Christmas presents all of Liz's holiday music in a single collection, 29 tracks in all. It includes all 14 tracks from Liz's beloved holiday album The Gift as well as 15 remastered holiday songs that appeared on Windham Hill collections over the years. This is the first time that all of Liz's holiday music is available in one place, by streaming and digital download.
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This compilation â„—2023 Sony Music Entertainment in cooperation with Story Duke Music, Jazz Bird Records, and The Omomuki Foundation.
Produced by Geoffrey Hoefer and Kathryn Veditz
Date of Release: November 24, 2023
Album cover design: Kathryn Veditz
Photo credit: Ken Howard
Track Listing & Liner Notes
All arrangements by Liz Story except #29.
1. Joy to the World
Composed by Isaac Watts
From Windham Hill – Winter Solstice On Ice (1999)
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2. Deck the Halls
Traditional Welsh Christmas Carol
From A Windham Hill Christmas (2002)
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3. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle / When Blossoms Flowered 'Mid The Snows
Traditional French Carol / Composed by Pietro Yon
With Joel DiBartolo on acoustic bass
From The Gift (1994)
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4. Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant / Immaculate Mary
Traditional French Carol / Traditional Melody of Lourdes
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5. Snowfall
Composed by Liz Story
From A Winter's Solstice VI (1997)
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6. Greensleeves
Traditional Renaissance Ballad
From A Winter's Solstice (1985)
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7. Pange Lingua / A Hymn To The Virgin
Trappist Chant-Benediction / Anonymous
With Joel DiBartolo on acoustic bass
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8. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Composed by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
With Joel DiBartolo on acoustic bass
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9. Once In Royal David's City
Composed by Henry Gauntlett
From The Carols of Christmas II — A Windham Hill Sampler (1997)
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10. O Come, O Come Emmanuel / Personent Hodie
Traditional Christian Plainchant / Traditional Swedish/Finnish Carol
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11. Sacred Nights
Composed by Liz Story
From Communion With God — A Windham Hill Collection (2000)
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12. We Three Kings Of Orient Are
Composed by John Henry Hopkins Jr.
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13. In The Bleak Midwinter / O Sanctissima
Traditional English Carol / Traditional Sicilian and Latin Hymn
With Joel DiBartolo on acoustic bass
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14. Pavane
Composed by Peter Warlock
Performed with Dickran Atamian
From A Winter's Solstice III (1990)
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15. Simple Gifts
Traditional Shaker Song
From The Carols of Christmas: A Windham Hill Collection (1996)
16. Angels We Have Heard On High
Traditional French Carol
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17. The Christmas Song
Composed by Mel Torme and Robert Wells
With Joel DiBartolo on acoustic bass
18. Pieds En L'Aire
Composed by Peter Warlock
With Joel DiBartolo on acoustic bass
From The Renaissance Album (1998)
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19. Serenade
Composed by Liz Story
From Sun Dance - Summer Solstice —A Windham Hill Collection (1999)
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20. Menuett No. 6
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
From The Mozart Variations — A Windham Hill Collection (1999)
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21. Conversations With God
Composed by Liz Story
From Conversations With God — A Windham Hill Collection Disc 1 (1997)
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22. O Come Little Children / We'll Dress The House
Composed by Johann A. Peter Schulz / Alfred Burt and Wihla Hutson
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23. Babe Is Born / Enter The Stable Gently
Traditional English Carol / Traditional Spanish Carol
From Windham Hill — A Winter Solstice Reunion (1998)
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24. Greensleeves
Traditional Renaissance Ballad
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25. Wassail Song (Here We Come, A-Wassailing)
Traditional English Carol
With Joel DiBartolo on acoustic bass
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26. The Truth From Above / O King Of Light And Splendor
Traditional English Carol / Hans Hasler and Johann Sebastian Bach
With Joel DiBartolo on acoustic bass
From The Gift (1994)
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27. O Joyful Day / O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Traditional / Composed by Lewis Redner
From A Windham Hill Christmas — The Night Before Christmas (2005)
28. Salve Regina / O Holy Night
Traditional Marion Hymn / Composed by Adolphe Charles Adam
From The Gift (1994)
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29. Ubi Caritas
Traditional Plainchant
Set by Maurice Duruflé
Performed by The St. Charles Borromeo Choir with Liz Story
Conducted by Paul Salamunovich