Various Artists - Gabriel's Message: One Thousand Years Carols / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Pergolesi / Vivaldi / Labadie / Les Violons Du Roy - Stabat Mater/Stabat Mater/& [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/26/1994

This is the first CD of the complete film scores for both 'White Christmas' and 'Holiday Inn' derived from pre-recordings made during the film making process. Included is a previously unreleased 1942 recording of 'White Christmas' as sung by Bing Crosby, and Rosemary Clooney's thrilling 1953 soundtrack sessions recorded for Irving Berlin's White Christmas!

This new sequence of Christmas carols was written in 2007 by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy and composer Sasha Johnson Manning, and premiered in the same year. The Manchester Carols re-tell the Christmas Story for the 21st Century.