David Garner's "Three Carols" on this album feature lyrics by Thomas Breidenthal.
Mark Adamo, one of the featured composers, wrote "The Christmas Life" based on a poem by Wendy Cope.
Jake Heggie, another featured composer, wrote "On the Road to Christmas," which includes texts by A.E. Housman and Frederica von Stade.
Luna Pearl Woolf's "How Bright the Darkness" is a Winter Solstice Carol with text by Eleanor Wilner.
This album, titled "December Celebration," features new carols by seven American composers, inspired by Gordon Getty's new Christmas carols.
The album aims to add new music to the Christmas canon, as very little has been added in recent decades.
The album was recorded at Skywalker Sound in San Rafael, California, in December 2014.
