Spirit of the Season (album)

Spirit of the Season

Live album by Mormon Tabernacle Choir with Sissel

Released

2007

Recorded

2006

Genre

Christmas

Label

Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Universal Norway

Producer

Mack Wilberg, Craig Jessop, Bruce Leek, Fred Vogler

Mormon Tabernacle Choir with Sissel chronology

The Wonder of Christmas
(2006)

Spirit of the Season
(2007)

Rejoice and Be Merry!
(2008)

Spirit of the Season was recorded during the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's 2006 Christmas shows "The Spirit of the Season" with special guest Sissel. The album was released in 2007 along with a concert DVD and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Classical chart within five weeks of its release and remained there for nine weeks. The album was also nominated for two Grammy Awards, Best Classical Crossover Album and Best Engineered Album - Classical.^[1] The recorded concert was also broadcast on PBS stations in December 2006 to more than 4 million Americans.

The album was the choir's first No. 1 Billboard Classical album.^[2] The album was also released in Sissel's home of Norway via Universal Norway on December 10, 2007 due to high demand where it charted in the top 10.

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella"	Choir, Orchestra, and Bells	4:58
2.	"Wexford Carol"	Choir and Orchestra	5:01
3.	"Sunny Bank"	Choir and Orchestra	3:12
4.	"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"	Sissel with Choir and Orchestra	2:34
5.	"In the Bleak Midwinter"	Sissel with Orchestra	3:24
6.	"In Dulci Jubilo"	Sissel with Choir and Orchestra	4:16
7.	"Mitt Hjerte Alltid Vanker"	Sissel with Orchestra	4:10
8.	"Noe! Noe!"	Choir and Orchestra	3:11
9.	"Maria wiegenlied"	Sissel with Choir and Orchestra	3:18
10.	"Spirit of the Season, from The Polar Express"	Choir, Orchestra, and Bells	2:35
11.	"Like an Angel Passing through My Room"	Sissel with Orchestra	5:00
12.	"The Bells of Christmas Medley (The Bells of Christmas; Carol of the Bells; From Every Spire on Christmas Eve; I Heard the Bells...)"	Choir, Orchestra, and Bells	4:25
13.	"Vitae Lux (Light of Life)"	Sissel with Orchestra	3:45
14.	"Lux Aurumque"	Choir and Orchestra	3:51
15.	"Silent Night"	Choir and Orchestra	5:33
16.	"Angels, from the Realms of Glory"	Sissel with Choir, Orchestra, and Bells	4:44

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]^[4]	154
US Billboard Holiday^[3]	20
US Billboard Classical^[2]^[5]	1
US Billboard Independent^[3]^[6]	15
US Billboard Christian^[3]^[7]	11
Norwegian Top 40	8

References

↑ Stenar (2007-12-06). "Sissel News: 'Spirit of the Season' Nominated for Two GRAMMY® Awards!". Sissel News. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
1 2 Gentry, Bryan (2011-01-01). "Mormon Tabernacle Choir successfully taps into new market". Deseret News. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
1 2 3 4 "Spirit of the Season - Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra Temple Square". Billboard. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
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Music organizations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Directors Organists Tabernacle Organ) Orchestra at Temple Square Bells on Temple Square Temple Square Chorale

Mormon Youth Symphony and Chorus (disbanded) Nauvoo Brass Band (disbanded)

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Discography

Sissel Kyrkjebø

Studio albums	Sissel Glade Jul Soria Moria Gift of Love Innerst i sjelen All Good Things Sissel My Heart Nordisk Vinternatt Into Paradise Strålande jul Til deg

Christmas albums	Glade Jul Christmas in Vienna III Julekonserten Julekonserten 10 år Silent Night: A Christmas in Rome The European Divas - Frostroses Spirit of the Season Strålande jul Christmas In Moscow (album)

Compilations	Amazing Grace Vestland, Vestland Fire In Your Heart The Best of Sissel De beste, 1986–2006

Live albums	LIVE In Symphony Christmas in Vienna III The European Divas - Frostroses Spirit of the Season Northern Lights Christmas in Moscow

Collaborations	Syng med oss (1983) Syng med oss (1986) Seculum Seculi Julen är här Røtter The Rapsody Overture Everything Must Change Tears of Stone Snakecharmer Handsfree Sacred Songs Bryn Terfel Sings Favorites Jag kommer hem igen till jul Venn Homeward Bound

Soundtracks	Drømmeslottet Den lille havfruen The Adventures of Pinocchio Titanic Back to Titanic Long Journey Home Summer Snow Flyvende farmor Evelyn The Forsyte Saga Vanity Fair 37 ¹⁄₂ Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Singles and promotional single releases	"Vårvise" "Vem" "Har en dröm" "Folket Som Danser" "Pokarekare Ana" "Gift Of Love" "Need I Say More" "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" "Imagine" "Innerst i sjelen" "Se ilden lyse" "Fire In Your Heart" "Eg veit i himmerik ei borg" "Mitt hjerte alltid vanker" "Prince Igor" "Nu tändas tusen juleljus" "Where the Lost Ones Go" "Elia Rising" "Summer Snow" "Carrier of a Secret" "Can't Go Back" "Gå inte förbi" "O tysta ensamhet" "Venn" "Velkommen hjem

Other albums	Vulkaner Et eventyr I Godt Lag Best of Christmas in Vienna José Carreras Gala 2002 Voices Essential Voices The Classical Album 2005 The Classical Album 2007 Kokfesk & Ballader Desemberstemninger Beautiful Voices

DVDs and videos	Chess in Concert Christmas in Vienna III Sissel in Concert: All Good Things Torsdagsklubben Gullars - Og barndommen fortsetter Jag kommer hem igen till jul - Live från Cirkus Into Paradise – Live from Dalhalla The European Divas - Frostroses Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Northern Lights

Musical theatre and film	The Sound of Music Chess Peer Gynt Flyvende farmor

Related articles	Discography List of songs recorded by Sissel Kyrkjebø Unreleased/Rare/Unfinished/Performed songs by Sissel Kyrkjebø

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