Christmas Carols from St Paul’s Cathedral

~ Release by St Paul’s Cathedral Choir (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1O Come All Ye Faithful
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
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)
5:03
2Away in a Manger
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
2:41
3The First Nowell
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
5:33
4Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
is based on:
Branle de l’official
1:47
5The Holly and the Ivy
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
3:32
6O Little Town of Bethlehem
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Walford Davies tune)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks
composer:
Sir Henry Walford Davies (English organist and composer)
version of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
3:58
7Joy to the World
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
1:47
8In Dulci Jubilo
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
3:49
9Once in Royal David’s City
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
5:00
10Sussex Carol
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
1:53
11See Amid the Winter’s Snow
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
4:27
12In the Bleak Mid-Winter
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 28)
is based on:
Cranham (hymn tune)
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
part of:
3 Hymns for the English Hymnal
4:57
13Mary’s Lullaby
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
3:32
14Silent Night
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
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
3:48
15Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist)
choir vocals:
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (London)
conductor:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
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)
4:28