Favourite Carols From King’s

~ 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 engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Douglas Tang (British conductor and keyboard player) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
treble vocals:
Adam Banwell (treble) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (harmony Arthur Mann, descant Stephen Cleobury) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
additional composer:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) and Arthur Henry Mann (English organist and composer)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
publisher:
Novello
version of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Mann)
4:39
2Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
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
2:07
3Herefordshire Carol
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
The Truth Sent From Above (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, aka the Herefordshire Carol) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
version of:
The Truth Sent From Above
part of:
Eight Traditional English Carols (arr. Vaughan Williams)
part of:
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
2:42
4Adam lay ybounden
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord version) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Boris Ord
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
Adam lay i-bowndyn (15th-century macaronic English poem)
1:08
5Sussex Carol
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Tom Etheridge (Organ Scholar, King's College, 2014) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-21)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (arr. Ledger) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Philip Ledger
arrangement of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
2:00
6In dulci jubilo
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (macaronic of English and Latin) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger and translator:
Robert Lucas Pearsall (composer)
translated version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
3:27
7Joy to the World
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
Joy to the World (arr. Keyte & Parrott) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
arranger:
Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott (conductor)
arrangement of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
3:00
8Gabriel’s Message
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
Gabriel's Message (arr. Pettman) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Edgar Pettman
translator:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
arrangement of:
The Angel Gabriel
2:39
9The Holly and the Ivy
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
bass vocals:
Sam Landman (bass) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
tenor vocals:
Robert Busiakiewicz (tenor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20) and Joel Williams (tenor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
treble vocals:
Barnaby May (treble) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20) and Rupert Peacock (treble) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Davies) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir Henry Walford Davies (English organist and composer)
arrangement of:
The Holly and the Ivy
2:47
10O Little Town of Bethlehem
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Tom Etheridge (Organ Scholar, King's College, 2014) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-21)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
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.) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
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.)
3:32
11A Spotless Rose
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
tenor vocals:
Joel Williams (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
A Spotless Rose (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Herbert Howells (English composer) (in 1919)
translator:
Catherine Winkworth
publisher:
Galaxy Music Corp. and Stainer & Bell
is based on:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (original anonymous version)
part of:
Three Carol-Anthems
3:17
12The Shepherd’s Carol
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
The Shepherd’s Carol (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist:
Clive Sansom (Poet)
composer:
Bob Chilcott (in 2000)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
3:09
13Angels From the Realms of Glory
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (arr. Reginald Jacques) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist:
James Montgomery (hymnwriter, poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Reginald Jacques (choral and orchestral conductor)
arrangement of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (sung to the French carol tune “Iris” (Les anges dans nos campagnes))
3:43
14Silent Night
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Douglas Tang (British conductor and keyboard player) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
Silent Night (arr. Stephen Cleobury) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
arrangement of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
3:39
15It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Tom Etheridge (Organ Scholar, King's College, 2014) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-21)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. Sir Arthur Sullivan) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
arranger:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
3:23
16In the Bleak Midwinter
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Douglas Tang (British conductor and keyboard player) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
baritone vocals:
Hugo Herman-Wilson (baritone) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
4:32
17I Saw Three Ships
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Douglas Tang (British conductor and keyboard player) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
tenor vocals:
Joel Williams (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
treble vocals:
Adam Banwell (treble) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (arr. S. Preston) (on 2014-03-16)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
publisher:
Novello & Co. Ltd.
arrangement of:
I Saw Three Ships
2:05
18While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Douglas Tang (British conductor and keyboard player) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (desc. Cleobury) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Christopher Tye (English composer & organist, c. 1505–1573)
arranger:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
publisher:
Novello
arrangement of:
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks / Sweet Chiming Bells / Hail Chime On)
arrangement of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
2:44
19The Three Kings
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
bass vocals:
Henry Hawkesworth (bass) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
The Three Kings (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
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
2:17
20Coventry Carol
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
Coventry Carol (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist:
Robert Croo (16th-century lyricist of "The Coventry Carol") (in 1534)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)
2:49
21God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Tom Etheridge (Organ Scholar, King's College, 2014) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-21)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
3:40
22Away in a Manger
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
Away in a Manger (arr. Willcocks) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
2:29
23All Bells in Paradise
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Parker Ramsay (American-born British organist and harpist) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
All bells in paradise (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945) (in 2012)
was commissioned by:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
premiered at:
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2012 (2012-12-24)
4:34
24Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Douglas Tang (British conductor and keyboard player) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Willcocks) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
3:11
25O Come, All Ye Faithful
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Douglas Tang (British conductor and keyboard player) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. Stephen Cleobury) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
composer:
John Francis Wade
arranger:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
4:40