God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

~ Recording by Loreena McKennitt

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen6:49Loreena McKennittA Winter Garden: Five Songs for the SeasonLoreena McKennittEP
  • US1995-11-07
Quinlan Road, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)9 46096-2
1.2God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen6:49Loreena McKennittA Winter Garden: Five Songs for the SeasonLoreena McKennittEP
wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)0630-12290-2
1.2God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen6:49Loreena McKennittA Winter Garden: Five Songs for the SeasonLoreena McKennittEP
Quinlan Road, wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)CD 12290
1.7God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen6:48Loreena McKennittThe Carols of Christmas IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-08-12
Windham Hill Records
1.2God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen6:47Loreena McKennittThe Best of Loreena McKennittLoreena McKennittAlbum + Compilation
Quinlan Road9031-017972-3
1.2God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen6:49Loreena McKennittA Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season (CD-Matrix: IFPI L011; [Warner logo] 063012290-2.2 07/99; IFPI 0598)Loreena McKennittEP
Quinlan Road, wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)0630-12290-2
1.2God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen6:49Loreena McKennittA Winter Garden: Five Songs for the SeasonLoreena McKennittEP
Quinlan RoadR2 46096
1.8God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen6:51Loreena McKennittEffleurementVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PrikosnovéniePrik100
1.2God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen6:49Loreena McKennittA Winter Garden: Five Songs for the SeasonLoreena McKennittEP
  • XE2007-02-22
Quinlan RoadQRCD106R
Promotion
1.10God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen6:57Loreena McKennittCatalogue SamplerLoreena McKennittAlbum + Compilation
Quinlan RoadQRCDP107
1.7God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen6:49Loreena McKennittWarner Music Canada: Christmas 2000, Vol. 441Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music Canada (imprint of Warner Music Canada Co.)PROC 441
Bootleg
1.11God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen6:49Loreena McKennittElemental / A Winter GardenLoreena McKennittAlbum

Relationships

assistant recording engineer:Russell Kearney
recording engineer:Stuart Bruce
assistant producer:Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:Loreena McKennitt
mixer:Jeff Wolpert
cello:Caroline Lavelle
violin:Waiel Abo Baker
recorded at:Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1995-07-20 until 1995-07-22)
mixed at:Metalworks Studios (studio, Mississauga, ON) in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
recording of:God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)

Related works

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
referred to in medleys:A Majestic Christmas Theme
Jingle Bells Medley (Psalty’s Christmas Calamity)
Medley
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings (order: 1)
Christmas Collage (order: 2)
Christmas Day (medley by Gustav Holst) (order: 2)
Mix 4 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 2)
A Christmas Festival (order: 3)
Megamix 4 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 4)
Mix Four (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 4)
Noëls pour cordes (Christmas Carols for Strings) (order: 6)
later parody versions:It’s a Fanboy Christmas
The Restroom Door Said, "Gentlemen"
later translated versions:God zegene de kinderen
Guds frid i gode vise män
later versions:God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Ian Anderson)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Nox Arcana arrangement)
Merry Gentlemen's Bounce
Sulphur Ahoy
is the basis for:A Star to Follow
Don’t Be Afraid (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)
Handel’s Torch
Hark! The Merry Gentleman, op. 90
Men of Goodwill: Variations on a Christmas Carol
Paraphrase on ‘God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen’
PDX-mas Carol
Take a Break Guys
Variations on "God rest ye merry, Gentlemen"
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arrangements:Christmas Sweet: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Deadly Gentlemen
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Trans‐Siberian Orchestra arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Aly and AJ)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Scott Kritzer)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Ralph Carmichael instrumental arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Les Penning and Robert Reed)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Dave Stephens (Welsh guitarist))
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (arr. Moya Brennan)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Nadja version)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Carla Bley arrangement)
God rest ye merry, gentlemen (arr. Sirett)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Mariah Carey arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Geoffrey Keating)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Willan arrangement)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. John Høybye)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Berry & Howard)
music quoted in:Ghost of Marley