Glad Christmas Tidings

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Glad Christmas Tidings
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Live album by
Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring David Archuleta
ReleasedSeptember 6, 2011 (2011-09-06)
Recorded2010
Genre Christmas
Length65:44
Label Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Producer Mack Wilberg, Ryan T. Murphy, Bruce Leek, Fred Vogler
Mormon Tabernacle Choir chronology
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
(2010)		Glad Christmas Tidings
(2011)		 Once Upon a Christmas
(2012)
David Archuleta chronology
The Other Side of Down
(2010)		Glad Christmas Tidings
(2011)		 Forevermore
(2012)

Glad Christmas Tidings was recorded during the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's 2010 Christmas shows in the LDS Conference Center with special guests David Archuleta and Michael York. [1] The album was released on September 6, 2011 along with a concert DVD. The recorded concert was broadcast on PBS during December 2011 to more than 4 million Americans and is the No. 1-rated entertainment program on PBS during the holidays each year, according to PBS CEO Paula Kerger. [2] As of November 2011, the album had sold in excess of 28,000 copies. [1]

Contents

Track listing

CD
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Processional: A Christmas Roundelay"Choir, Orchestra, and Bells4:46
2."Joy to the World" David Archuleta with Choir and Orchestra3:20
3."The Cat and the Mouse Carol"David Archuleta with Choir and Orchestra6:28
4."Gloria in Excelsis, from Mass in C Minor, K. 421 "Choir and Orchestra2:23
5."Gesú Bambino"David Archuleta with Choir and Orchestra4:21
6."Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres, from Hodie "Choir and Orchestra4:29
7."Los Pastores a Belén"David Archuleta with Orchestra2:58
8."Silent Night"David Archuleta with Orchestra4:53
9."Three Dancing Carols: The Shepherds / Ring, Bells / Bright and Glorious Is the Sky"Choir, Orchestra, and Bells5:47
10."A Holiday Hoedown for Organ ('Deck Them Halls')" Richard Elliott 2:17
11."Away in a Manger"Choir and Orchestra3:34
12."Angels from the Realms of Glory"David Archuleta with Choir, Orchestra, and Bells4:39
13."Sing, Choir of Angels" Michael York with Orchestra14:58
Total length:65:44

Charts

Chart (2011-2013)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 179
US Billboard Classical Albums [4] 6
US Billboard Classical Catalog Albums [5] 1
US Billboard Christian Albums [6] 10
US Billboard Holiday Albums [7] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)Position
US Billboard Classical Albums [8] 44
Chart (2012)Position
US Billboard Classical Albums [9] 13

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