The First Nowell: A Choral Christmas

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1O Come, All Ye Faithful
organ:
Jonathan Bradley (pianist / organist)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
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)
John Francis Wade5:59
2O Come, O Come Emmanuel
choir vocals:
Cantillation
tenor vocals:
Paul McMahon (Australian tenor)
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Bone Jesu dulcis cunctis
is based on:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel (text)
[traditional]2:48
3While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
alto vocals:
Natalie Shea (alto / producer)
bass vocals:
Corin Bone (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Cantillation
soprano vocals:
Nicole Thomson (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Richard Black (Australian tenor)
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Christopher Tye (English composer & organist, c. 1505–1573)
arranger:
George Kirbye
is based on:
Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour
is based on:
Winchester Old
[traditional]2:49
4The First Nowell
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
[traditional]4:27
5Ave Maria (excerpt)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
partial recording of:
Ave Maria
composer:
Franz Xaver Biebl (in 1964)
Franz Xaver Biebl4:06
6In Dulci Jubilo
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
[traditional]2:26
7The Three Kings
bass-baritone vocals:
Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone)
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
The Three Kings
lyricist:
Peter Cornelius (German composer, lived from 1824 to 1874) and Philipp Nicolai
composer:
Peter Cornelius (German composer, lived from 1824 to 1874)
arranger:
Sir Ivor Atkins (English organist and conductor)
translator:
Herbert Newell Bate
translated version of:
Weihnachtslieder, op. 8: III. Die Könige
Peter Cornelius2:50
8It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
[traditional]2:55
9Of the Father's Heart Begotten
brass:
Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble
organ:
Jonathan Bradley (pianist / organist)
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Of the Father’s Heart Begotten
lyricist:
Aurelius Prudentius
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
John Mason Neale
is based on:
Corde natus ex parentis
[traditional]5:17
10Do You Hear What I Hear?
choir vocals:
Adelaide Girls Choir
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Timothy Sexton (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
writer:
Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Gloria Shayne Baker3:23
11Star Carol
piano:
Sally Whitwell (Australian pianist)
choir vocals:
Gondwana Voices and The Sydney Children's Choir
conductor:
Lyn Williams (Australian composer / choir master)
recording of:
Star Carol
lyricist and composer:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
John Rutter3:01
12The Three Drovers
piano:
David Miller (Australian classical pianist)
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers)
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
The Three Drovers
composer:
William G. James (Australian pianist and composer)
William G. James1:30
13Carol of the Birds
piano:
David Miller (Australian classical pianist)
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers)
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Carol of the Birds
lyricist:
John Wheeler (ABC staff writer / lyricist)
composer:
William G. James (Australian pianist and composer)
William G. James1:12
14The Silver Stars Are in the Sky
piano:
David Miller (Australian classical pianist)
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers)
soprano vocals:
Catherine Riley (soprano)
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
The Silver Stars Are in the Sky
lyricist:
John Wheeler (ABC staff writer / lyricist)
composer:
William G. James (Australian pianist and composer)
William G. James2:09
15Christmas Day
piano:
David Miller (Australian classical pianist)
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir (Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, renamed Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers)
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Christmas Day
lyricist:
John Wheeler (ABC staff writer / lyricist)
composer:
William G. James (Australian pianist and composer)
William G. James1:38
16In the Bleak Mid-Winter
organ:
David Drury (organist)
choir vocals:
Cantillation
soprano vocals:
Jane Sheldon (Australian-American soprano)
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
Harold Edwin Darke5:02
17O Holy Night
choir vocals:
Adelaide Girls Choir
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Timothy Sexton (Australian conductor)
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
arrangement of:
O holy night (arr. John Ebenezer West)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Adolphe Adam6:23
18Angels We Have Heard on High
choir vocals:
The Contemporary Singers (chamber choir)
soprano vocals:
Yvonne Kenny (Australian soprano)
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
[traditional]2:30
19The Shepherd's Carol
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
The Shepherd’s Carol
lyricist:
Clive Sansom (Poet)
composer:
Bob Chilcott (in 2000)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
Bob Chilcott2:57
20Once in Royal David's City
choir vocals:
Cantillation
soprano vocals:
Jane Sheldon (Australian-American soprano)
orchestra:
Sinfonia Australis
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Rutter)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
arranger:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
arrangement of:
Once in Royal David’s City
Henry John Gauntlett4:35
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1Gaudete
choir vocals:
Cantillation
tenor vocals:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
[traditional]2:22
2Messiah: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
choir vocals:
Cantillation
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Antipodes
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel3:41
3The Wexford Carol
choir vocals:
Cantillation
tenor vocals:
Paul McMahon (Australian tenor)
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
Wexford Carol (English lyric version)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 22086)
[traditional]4:02
4Quem pastores laudavere
choir vocals:
Brandenburg Choir
orchestra:
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
conductor:
Paul Dyer (conductor)
[traditional]2:20
5Unto Us Is Born a Son
brass:
Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble
organ:
Jonathan Bradley (pianist / organist)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Unto Us is born a Son (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
translator:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
arrangement of:
Unto Us is born a Son (carol)
[traditional]2:42
6Carol of the Universe
choir vocals:
Cantillation
orchestra:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Carol of the Universe
composer:
Sydney Carter
Sydney Carter4:41
7The Little Drummer Boy
choir vocals:
The Sydney Children's Choir
soprano vocals:
Yvonne Kenny (Australian soprano)
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
Katherine K. Davis3:08
8How Brightly Beams the Morning Star
choir vocals:
Brandenburg Choir
orchestra:
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
conductor:
Paul Dyer (conductor)
[traditional]1:58
9Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance
organ:
David Drury (organist)
baritone vocals:
Craig Everingham (baritone)
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Quelle est cette odeur agréable ? (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Quelle est cette odeur agréable ?
[traditional]4:46
10Were You There on Christmas Night
choir vocals:
Adelaide Girls Choir
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Timothy Sexton (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Were You There on Christmas Night
composer:
Natalie Sleeth (American composer)
arranger:
Mike Kenny (composer / arranger)
Natalie Sleeth3:03
11De Virgin Mary
choir vocals:
Adelaide Girls Choir
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Timothy Sexton (Australian conductor)
recording of:
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]2:15
12Crown of Roses
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
The Crown of Roses (for a cappella mixed choir)
lyricist:
Алексей Плещеев (until 1877)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1889)
translator:
Geoffrey Dearmer (poet)
translated version of:
Sixteen Songs for Children, op. 54: no. 5. Legend (for mixed choir)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский1:54
13Shepherd's Pipe Carols
choir vocals:
Adelaide Girls Choir
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Timothy Sexton (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
lyricist and composer:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945) (in 1963)
John Rutter3:01
14Away in a Manger
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
conductor:
Michael Leighton-Jones (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
William James Kirkpatrick3:17
15Angels' Carols
piano:
Sally Whitwell (Australian pianist)
choir vocals:
Gondwana Voices
conductor:
Lyn Williams (Australian composer / choir master)
recording of:
Angels’ Carol
lyricist:
James Montgomery (hymnwriter, poet)
composer:
Henry Smart (English composer, 1813-1879)
arranger:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945) (in 1980)
John Rutter3:02
16O Magnum Mysterium
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
O magnum mysterium
composer:
Morten Lauridsen (composer) (in 1994)
Morten Lauridsen6:24
17The Coventry and Sussex Carols
choir vocals:
The Contemporary Singers (chamber choir)
soprano vocals:
Yvonne Kenny (Australian soprano)
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
[traditional]4:32
18Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius’ harmonisation)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist) (in 1609)
arrangement of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (original anonymous version)
[traditional]3:15
19Hodie Christus Natus Est
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
Hodie Christus natus est
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]1:10
20Night of Silence / Silent Night
choir vocals:
The Contemporary Singers (chamber choir)
soprano vocals:
Yvonne Kenny (Australian soprano)
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
arranger:
Julie Simonds (arranger)
recording of:
Night of Silence
composer:
Daniel Kantor (American composer)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Daniel Kantor5:36