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Christmas: A Season of Hope

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Released
  
2012

Artist
  
Don Moen

Length
  
49:09

Release date
  
22 October 2012

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Recorded
  
Watershed Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; Smecky Studios, Prague, Czech Republic

Label
  
Don Moen Records, in:ciite, EMI

Producer
  
David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive Producer), Chris Thomason (Executive Producer)

Hymnbook (2012)
  
Christmas A Season of Hope (2012)

Genre
  
Contemporary Christian music

Similar
  
Don Moen albums, Contemporary Christian music albums

Christmas a season of hope


Christmas: A Season of Hope is a Contemporary Christian album of Worship music by renowned artist Don Moen and was released on October 22, 2012 by Don Moen Records, in:ciite Media, and EMI. It is Moen's third Christmas album, following Christmas and Emmanuel Has Come, but his first solo Christmas album. The orchestra was recorded at a studio in Czech Republic.

Contents

Buddy Greene is a guest vocalist to sing and play acoustic guitar for the song he composed, "Mary Did You Know", a duet with Moen.

Moen's version of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" has "There'll be scary ghost stories" replaced with "There'll be laughter and stories".

Track listing

  1. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – 4:24 (written by Edward Pola, George Wyle, and John Moss)
  2. "O Have Ye Not Known" / "Good Christian Men Rejoice" – 4:36 (written by Daryl Johnson / John Mason Neale)
  3. "Season of Hope" – 5:16 (written by Don Moen and David Hamilton)
  4. "Joy" – 6:57 (arranged by David Hamilton)
  5. "Joy to the World" (written by Isaac Watts, music by George Frederick Handel)
  6. "Angels We Have Heard on High"
  7. "The First Noel"
  8. "Silent Night" (written by Joseph Mohr, music by Franz Gruber, translated by John F. Young)
  9. "Holy Lamb of God" – 5:51 (written by Gary Sadler and Steven V. Taylor)
  10. "Agnus Dei" / "O Come Let Us Adore Him" – 5:31 (written by Michael W. Smith)
  11. "Some Children See Him" – 4:08 (written by Whila Hutson and Alfred Burt)
  12. "Mary Did You Know" – 3:33 (written by Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene)
  13. "My Christmas Prayer" – 4:00 (written by Don Moen and David Hamilton)
  14. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – 4:53 (written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane)

Credits

  • Chris Barnes - Assistant at Studio Wave, Brentwood, Tennessee
  • Jeff Cain - Digital Editing
  • Dave Dillbeck - Additional Recording
  • Ric Domenico - Music Preparation
  • David Hamilton - Producer, Arranger, Conductor
  • Jan Holzner - Orchestra recording at Smecky Studios, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Ken Johnson - Production Manager
  • Andrew Mendelson - Mastering at Georgetown Masters, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Don Moen - Artist, Executive Producer
  • John Moen - Web Design and Support
  • Michael Moen - Web Design and Support
  • David Shipps - Orchestra Arranger
  • Jesse E. Sproul - Manager for Don Moen Productions
  • Chris Thomason - Executive Producer for in:ciite
  • Christin Cook Zito - Stylist and Makeup

    • Instruments and Vocals

  • Mark Baldwin - Guitars
  • Gary Burnette - Guitars
  • Skip Cleavinger - Low Whistle on "Mary Did You Know" and Uilleann pipes on "O Have Ye Not Known / Good Christian Men Rejoice"
  • Drew Cline - Background Vocalist
  • James Fitzpatrick - City of Prague Philharmonic orchestra sessions Co-Producer and Contractor for Tadlow Music
  • Buddy Greene - Acoustic Guitar and Guest Vocal on "Mary Did You Know" and Harmonica on "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
  • Stephanie Hall-Wedan - Contractor, Background Vocalist, Quartet on "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
  • David Hamilton - Piano, B3, Synth
  • John Hammond - Drums, Percussion
  • Mark Ivey - Background Vocalist, Quartet on "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
  • Shelley Jennings - Background Vocalist
  • Tammy Jensen - Background Vocalist
  • Shelly Justice - Background Vocalist
  • Melodie Kirkpatrick - Quartet on "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
  • Craig Nelson - Bass, Upright Bass
  • Jaimee Paul - Background Vocalist
  • Marabeth Quin - Background Vocalist
  • Debi Selby - Background Vocalist
  • Terry White - Background Vocalist, Quartet on "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"

    • Songs

    1It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year4:24
    2O Have Ye Not Known / Good Christian Men Rejoice4:37
    3Season of Hope5:16

    References

    Christmas: A Season of Hope Wikipedia
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