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1While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
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
Christopher Tye2:24
2Three Kings of Orient
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.4:18
3I Wonder as I Wander
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
recording of:
I Wonder as I Wander
lyricist and composer:
John Jacob Niles (American folklorist and folk musician) (from 1933-07-16 until 1933-10-04)
John Jacob Niles3:03
4Qui Creavit Coelum
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
recording of:
Qui creavit caelum
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist) (in 1425)
[anonymous]4:11
5Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu[anonymous]3:58
6Sonata for 3 trumpets (after "Joseph, lieber Joseph mein")Cesare Bendinelli1:52
7All hayle to the Days[anonymous]4:04
8Letabundus[anonymous]3:44
9There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op 14
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
recording of:
There is no Rose of Such Virtue
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Joubert
John Joubert2:41
10Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (French)
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
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]4:33
11Lullay Thou Tiny Little ChildJohn Jacob Niles2:24
12Procendenti Puero-Eya! novus anns est[traditional]2:39
13Sonata for 5 trumpets (after "In dulci jubilo")Magnus Thomsen2:18
14The Lord at First Did Adam Make[traditional]3:57
15O du fröhliche (O Sanctissima)
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
recording of:
O du fröhliche (German Christmas carol set to the melody of "O sanctissima")
lyricist:
Johannes Daniel Falk and Heinrich Holzschuher
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
O Sanctissima (Sicilian Mariners Hymn, Sicilian Mariners Hymn)
[traditional]2:30
16Lullay, Lullay: As I lay on Yooles night[anonymous]7:46
17Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival)
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
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 Mendelssohn5:14

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includes:Carol Album 2 by The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott (conductor)
The Carol Album: Seven Centuries of Christmas Music (Taverner Consort, Choir & Players feat. conductor: Andrew Parrott) by Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott (conductor)