On Christmas Night

~ Release by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1O Come, All Ye Faithful
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. Willcocks) (in 1962)
additional composer:
David Hill (British organist and conductor) and Christopher Robinson (British conductor & organist)
composer:
John Francis Wade
arranger:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley
publisher:
Oxford University Press
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 30)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
4:03
2O Little Town of Bethlehem
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Walford Davies tune) (in 1962)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks
composer:
Sir Henry Walford Davies (English organist and composer)
version of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
4:05
3Blessed Be That Maid Mary
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recording of:
Blessed Be That Maid Mary (arr. Willcocks)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
Blessed Be That Maid Mary
2:39
4Lute-Book Lullaby
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recording of:
Lute-Book Lullaby (arr. Shaw)
lyricist and composer:
William Ballet (17th century English composer)
arranger:
Geoffrey Shaw (British composer, 1879–1943)
2:01
5Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (in 1962)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
is based on:
Branle de l’official
2:01
6Myn Lyking
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recording of:
Myn Lyking (in 1962)
composer:
Sir Richard Runciman Terry
2:58
7Personent Hodie
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recording of:
Personent Hodie (arr. Holst; aka “On This Day”; “Christmas Song”) (in 1962)
lyricist and composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1916)
version of:
Personent hodie (1582 version)
part of:
Three Carols
2:37
8See Amid the Winter's Snow
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
See Amid the Winter’s Snow (carol) (in 1962)
lyricist:
Edward Caswall (Anglican clergyman and hymn writer)
composer:
Sir John Goss (English organist and composer)
3:52
9In the Bleak Mid-Winter
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version) (in 1962)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
4:52
10Coventry Carol
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1962-08)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1962-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recorded at:
King’s College Cambridge in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1962-08)
recording of:
Coventry Carol (Martin Shaw arrangement) (in 1962-08)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Martin Shaw (British composer)
arrangement of:
Coventry Carol
recording of:
Coventry Carol (Martin Shaw arrangement) (in 1962)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Martin Shaw (British composer)
arrangement of:
Coventry Carol
2:15
11Shepherds, in the Field Abiding
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recording of:
Shepherds, in the field abiding (arr. Wood) (in 1962)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
3:05
12Torches
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recording of:
Torches (Christmas carol) (in 1962)
composer:
John Joubert
1:34
13Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols (with Hervey Alan and the London Symphony Orchestra)
producer:
Andrew Raeburn
bass-baritone vocals:
Hervey Alan (operatic bass) (on 1962-08-01)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1962-08-01)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1962-08-01)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (on 1962-08-01)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (on 1962-08-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1962)
recorded at:
King’s College, Cambridge in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1962-08-01)
recording of:
Fantasia on Christmas Carols (on 1962-08-01)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1912)
11:39

Credits

Release

organ:Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
conductor:Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recorded at:King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1962)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2587453 [info]
ASIN:FR: B0000041VU [info]