100 Years: Celebrating a Century of Recording Excellence

100 Years: Celebrating a Century of Recording Excellence
Compilation album by Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Released	June 15, 2010
Length	154:40

100 Years: Celebrating a Century of Recording Excellence is a religious compilation album released by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir marking the centennial of the choir's earliest recordings. The choir's first recording was on September 1, 1910.^[1] They have subsequently released 175 albums.

The album reached No. 154 on the Billboard 200 on July 3, 2010. It also reached No. 6 on the Christian chart and remained on the chart for 17 weeks, No. 21 on the Independent Albums chart, and No. 1 on the Classical Albums chart, remaining on the chart for 48 weeks.^[2]

Track listing

Standard edition Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger	Length
1.	"Alleluja Fanfare/Praise to the Lord the Almighty"	German Hymn Tune, Joachim Neaner, trans. by Catherine Winkworth		3:09
2.	"How Great Thou Art"	Swedish folk melody, Stuart K. Hine	Nathan Hofhiens	5:00
3.	"Morning Has Broken"	Traditional Gaelic melody, Eleanor Farjeon	Mack Wilberg	2:25
4.	"Brother James's Air"	James Leith Macbeth Bain, Psalm 23	Mack Wilberg	4:27
5.	"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"	Martin John; Engl. trans. by Robert Bridges	Orchestration: Lucien Cailliet	3:36
6.	"The Lord's Prayer"	Albert Hay Malotte	Carl Deis	3:30
7.	"The Impossible Dream"	Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion	Arthur Harris	3:49
8.	"Homeward Bound"	Marta Keen Thompson	Mack Wilberg	5:54
9.	"Old Time Religion"	Traditional	Benjamin Harlan	3:03
10.	"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II	Arthur Harris	3:30
11.	"God Bless America"	Irving Berlin	Roy Ringwald	3:53
12.	"Call of the Champions"	John Williams, Olympic Motto		4:55
13.	"Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing"	American folk hymn, Robert Robinson	Mack Wilberg	6:13
14.	""Hallelujah" from Messiah"	George Frideric Handel		3:55
15.	"Glorious Everlasting"	M. Thomas Cousins, Psalm 57	Arthur Harris	3:15
16.	"Betelehemu"	Via Olatunji, Wendell Whalum, Traditional	Barrington Brooks	5:29

Standard edition Disc 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Arranger	Length
1.	"How Firm a Foundation"	Attributed to J Ellis, Robert Keen	Mack Wilberg	4:36
2.	"Consider the Lilies"	Roger Hoffman	A. Laurence Lyon	5:26
3.	"Simple Gifts"	Shaker song, additions by David Warner	Mack Wilberg	3:13
4.	"Be Still, My Soul"	Jean Sibelius, Katarina von Schlegel, trans. by Jane Borthwick	Mack Wilberg	4:58
5.	""Hallelujah Chorus" from Christ on the Mount of Olives"	Ludwig van Beethoven		3:57
6.	"Come, Come, Ye Saints"	English folk song, William Clayton	Mack Wilberg	4:20
7.	"You'll Never Walk Alone (from Carousel)"	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II	Arthur Harris	3:19
8.	"Shenandoah"	American folk song	Mack Wilberg	4:58
9.	"The Battle of Jericho"	African-American spiritual	Moses Hogan	2:40
10.	"Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)"	Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg	Arthur Harris	4:44
11.	"Down to the River to Pray"	American folk hymn and African-American spiritual	Mack Wilberg	3:57
12.	"Amazing Grace"	American folk hymn, John Newton	Mack Wilberg	6:25
13.	"God Be with You Till We Meet Again"	William G Tomer, Jeremiah E Rankin	Mack Wilberg	2:45
14.	"Battle Hymn of the Republic"	William Steffe, Julia Ward Howe	Peter J Wilhousky	5:28
15.	"All People That on Earth Do Dwell"	Louis Bourgeois, metrical paraphrase by Rev. William Kethe		3:36
16.	"Danny Boy"	Frederick E Weatherly	Mack Wilberg	5:18

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Billboard 200	154
Billboard Classical	1
Billboard Independent	21
Billboard Christian	6

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
US Billboard Classical Albums[3]	15

Chart (2011)	Position
US Billboard Classical Albums[4]	41

References

1. "Buy Mormon Tabernacle Choir CDs and DVDs - Official Shop". Mormontabernaclechoir.org. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
2. "Mormon Tabernacle Choir : Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
3. "Classical Albums: 2010 Year End Charts". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
4. "Classical Albums: 2011 Year End Charts". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-01-06.