The Joy of Christmas

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The Joy of Christmas features the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with the New York Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein conducting. It is the only Christmas album ever recorded by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. Richard P. Condie directed the choir. Recorded in October 1963 and released by Columbia Masterworks, the 50 + minutes album, unusually long for its time for one LP, was released on compact disc on July 7, 1990 by Sony Masterworks. The album was reissued in 1997 with additional selections, including music from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker. [1]

On October 23, 1979 the album was RIAA certified as a Gold album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"O Come, All Ye Faithful"	3:00
2.	"The Twelfth Night Night Song"	2:20
3.	"Away in a Manger (Choir Only)"	3:10
4.	"Carol of the Bells (Orchestra Only)"	2:40
5.	"The Animal Carol"	3:25
6.	"The Twelve Days of Christmas"	5:05
7.	"O Little Town of Bethlehem"	2:45
8.	"Patapan"	2:15
9.	"Joy to the World"	1:30
10.	"Lullay My Liking"	5:10
11.	"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"	2:05
12.	"La Virgen Lava Panales"	5:10
13.	"Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly"	1:20
14.	"Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine (Choir Only)"	2:25
15.	"Once in Royal David's City"	3:50
16.	"Silent Night, Holy Night"	3:20
17.	"Overture: Allegro giusto"	3:16
18.	"March: Tempo di marcia viva"	2:32
19.	"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy: Andante non troppo"	1:41
20.	"Trepak (Russian Dance): molto vivace"	1:02
21.	"Arab Dance: Allegretto"	2:57
22.	"Chinese Dance : Allegro moderato"	1:08
23.	"Dance of the Mirlitons: Moderato assai"	2:07
24.	"Children's Prayer"	3:44
25.	"Hallelujah"	4:45

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Billboard 200	8