Nine Lessons & Carols

~ Release by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

recorded in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, 24 December 2010, January 2011 & June 2012 (all tracks up to 2.11 probably recorded live on 2010.12.24, the rest on the other dates)
organ: Ben-San Lau

Annotation last modified on 2013-12-18 07:49 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Hymn: Once in royal David's city
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (harmony Arthur Mann, descant Stephen Cleobury)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
additional composer:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) and Arthur Henry Mann (English organist and composer)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
publisher:
Novello
version of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Mann)
4:40
2Bidding Prayer, Lord's Prayer and Blessing
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
spoken vocals:
The Revd Dr Jeremy Morris (British historian, priest and academic)
3:26
3Herefordshire Carol
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
The Truth Sent From Above (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, aka the Herefordshire Carol)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
version of:
The Truth Sent From Above
part of:
Eight Traditional English Carols (arr. Vaughan Williams)
part of:
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
2:34
4First Lesson
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
spoken vocals:
Christopher Howells
3:03
5Adam lay ybounden
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord version)
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Boris Ord
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
Adam lay i-bowndyn (15th-century macaronic English poem)
1:04
6A Virgin most pure
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
A Virgin most pure
arranger:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
2:54
7Second Lesson
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
spoken vocals:
Cameron Foote
1:03
8In dulci jubilo
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (macaronic of English and Latin)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger and translator:
Robert Lucas Pearsall (composer)
translated version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
3:04
9If ye would hear the angels sing
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
If ye would hear the angels sing
composer:
Peter Tranchell
2:25
10Third Lesson
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
spoken vocals:
The Revd Angela Tilby
1:08
11Sussex Carol
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 597)
1:58
12Hymn: God rest you merry, gentlemen
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
3:33
13Fourth Lesson
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
spoken vocals:
Sheila Stuart
1:40
14A tender shoot
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
A tender shoot
composer:
Otto Goldschmidt
translator:
William Bartholomew
1:41
15Det är en ros utsprungen
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Det är en ros utsprungen (Praetorius/Sandström, Swedish version)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist) (in 1609) and Jan Sandström (Swedish classical music composer) (in 1990)
publisher:
Edler Music AB
translated version of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius/Sandström)
3:59
16Fifth Lesson
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
spoken vocals:
Nicholas Robinson (violinist)
2:45
17Hymne à la Vierge
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Hymne à la Vierge
lyricist:
Roland Bouhéret
composer:
Pierre Villette (French composer)
3:20
18Sunny bank
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Sunny bank
composer:
Peter Hurford (organist)
1:41
19Sixth Lesson
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
spoken vocals:
The Revd Richard Lloyd Morgan
1:16
20Mariä Wiegenlied
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Schlichte Weisen, op. 76: No. 52. Mariä Wiegenlied
lyricist:
Martin Boelitz
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Max Reger (German composer) (in 1912)
part of:
Schlichte Weisen, op. 76
1:59
21The holly and the ivy
engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer and editor:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
arranger:
June Nixon
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
3:08
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liner notes:Emma Disley
copyrighted (©) by:Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 2012)
ASIN:UK: B0094BDOB8 [info]
US: B0094BDOB8 [info]