The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Mormon Tabernacle Choir album)

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Glad Christmas Tidings
Live album by
ReleasedAugust 24, 2010 (2010-08-24)
Recorded2009
GenreChristmas
Length65:32
LabelMormon Tabernacle Choir
ProducerMack Wilberg, Bruce Leek, Fred Vogler
Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring Natalie Cole chronology
Ring Christmas Bells
(2009)
Glad Christmas Tidings
(2010)
Glad Christmas Tidings
(2011)

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year was recorded during the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's 2009 Christmas shows in the LDS Conference Center with special guests Natalie Cole and David McCullough. The album was released on August 24, 2010 along with a concert DVD. A national PBS special of the show aired in December 2010.

Track listing[edit]

CD
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Processional: Come, O Come"Choir, Orchestra, and Bells4:46
2."Dance and Sing (Il Est Né)"Choir, Orchestra, and Bells2:44
3."It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"Natalie Cole with Choir, Orchestra, and Bells3:02
4."Grown-Up Christmas List"Natalie Cole with Orchestra3:43
5."Caroling, Caroling"Natalie Cole with Choir, Orchestra, and Bells3:12
6."For Unto Us a Child is Born, from Messiah"Choir and Orchestra4:20
7."O Holy Night"Choir and Orchestra6:32
8."The Holly and the Ivy"Natalie Cole with Orchestra4:27
9."Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"Natalie Cole with Choir, Orchestra, and Bells3:57
10."The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"Natalie Cole with Orchestra3:43
11."Good King Wenceslas"Richard Elliott3:11
12."Christmas Carols in the Air"Choir and Orchestra11:28
13."In the Bleak Midwinter"Choir and Orchestra5:47
14."Angels, from the Realms of Glory"Natalie Cole with Choir, Orchestra, and Bells4:40
Total length:65:32

Charts[edit]

Chart (2010) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[1] 185
US Billboard Holiday[2] 12
US Billboard Classical 2
US Billboard Independent 11
US Billboard R&B[3] 31

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2011) Position
US Billboard Classical Albums[4] 16

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Album Search for "the most wonderful time of the year"". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Album Search for "the most wonderful time of the year"". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "Album Search for "the most wonderful time of the year"". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Top Classical Albums". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-01-29.