A Winchester Christmas

~ Release by Southern Voices & Charles Stewart (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD
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1O Come All Ye Faithful
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
[traditional]3:52
2Chanticleer
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
[traditional]1:42
3A Tender Shoot
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
A tender shoot
composer:
Otto Goldschmidt
translator:
William Bartholomew
Otto Goldschmidt2:35
4Ave Maria
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
Ave Maria (unspecified. WAB 5, WAB 6, or WAB 7)
composer:
Anton Bruckner (Austrian composer)
Anton Bruckner3:46
5Hymn to the Mother of God
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
Two Hymns to the Mother of God: I. A Hymn to the Mother of God
composer:
John Tavener (20th century composer) (in 1985)
publisher:
Chester Music Ltd.
part of:
Two Hymns to the Mother of God
John Tavener2:58
6O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “Forest Green”, as sung in the UK and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1906)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 32)
is based on:
The Ploughboy's Dream
version of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:19
7Out of Your Sleep
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
Five Carols: 2. Out of your sleep
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (English composer) (in 1967)
part of:
Five Carols
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett2:55
8Surge Illuminare
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
Michael Trotta6:14
9Bogoroditse Dyevo
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
Всенощное бдение, op. 37: 6. Богородице Дево, радуйся (All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: VI. Rejoice, O Virgin)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1915)
part of:
Всенощное бдение, op. 37 (All-Night Vigil, Op. 37, All-Night Vigil by Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninov2:49
10Sussex Carol
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 597)
[traditional]1:46
11O Magnum Mysterium
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
O magnum mysterium
composer:
Morten Lauridsen (composer) (in 1994)
Morten Lauridsen6:46
12It Came upon the Midnight Clear
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (“Noel” version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author) (in 1849)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal hymnal) (number: 90)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
is based on:
NOEL (hymn tune)
Arthur Sullivan3:08
13No Small Wonder
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
No small wonder
composer:
Paul Edwards
Paul Edwards2:40
14Lux Aurumque
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
Lux aurumque
lyricist:
Edward Esch
composer:
Eric Whitacre (composer) (in 2000)
translator:
Charles Anthony Silvestri (US poet, fl. early 21c)
was commissioned by:
Master Chorale of Tampa Bay
Eric Whitacre4:12
15The Shepherds' FarewellHector Berlioz4:51
16Here is the Little Door
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
Here Is the Little Door
lyricist:
Frances Chesterton
composer:
Herbert Howells (English composer) (in 1918)
part of:
Three Carol-Anthems
Herbert Howells3:47
17Benedicamus Domino
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
Benedicamus Domino
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer) (in 1918)
Peter Warlock1:14
18Hark the Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Southern Voices (British choir)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
Felix Mendelssohn3:10