Essential Carols

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

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1Once in Royal David's City
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34)
5:35
2Sussex Carol
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 1960)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
1:58
3Rocking
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
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 1960)
recording of:
Rocking (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
Rocking (carol)
1:43
4Rejoice and Be Merry
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 1960)
recording of:
Rejoice and be merry
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Reginald Jacques (choral and orchestral conductor)
1:51
5The Cherry Tree Carol
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 1961)
recording of:
The Cherry-Tree Carol (arr. Geoffrey Shaw)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Geoffrey Shaw (British composer, 1879–1943)
arrangement of:
The Cherry-Tree Carol
1:52
6The Three Kings
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1964)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1964)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1965)
recorded at:
King’s College Cambridge in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1964)
recording of:
The Three Kings (in 1964)
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
2:46
7As With Gladness Men of Old
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 1965)
recording of:
As with gladness (descant Willcocks)
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix
composer:
Conrad Kocher (German composer)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
As With Gladness Men of Old
3:24
8A Great and Mighty Wonder
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 1965)
recording of:
A Great and Mighty Wonder
composer:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist)
translator:
John Mason Neale
version of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius’ harmonisation)
3:14
9The Infant King
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 1963)
recording of:
The Infant King (arr. Pettman)
lyricist:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Edgar Pettman
is based on:
Infant King
3:22
10Balulalow
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 1963)
recording of:
Balulalow (Peter Warlock)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer) (in 1919)
2:18
11The Crown of Roses
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 1963)
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)
2:18
12Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
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 1963)
recording of:
Christ was born on Christmas Day
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
John Mason Neale
translated version of:
Resonet in laudibus
2:24
13Blessed 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
14Lute-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)
2:04
15Myn 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
16Personent 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
2:38
17In the Bleak Midwinter
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
18Coventry 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
19Shepherds, 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
20Torches
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
1:33
21Fantasia on Christmas Carols
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)
11:38

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