Essential Christmas Carols from King’s

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

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Arr. Pearsall)
3:29
2Traditional: Angels from the Realms of Glory (Arr. Ledger)
2:38
3Traditional: I Saw Three Ships (Arr. Ledger)
1:45
4Traditional / Arr. Willcocks: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks) (on 1999-07-12)
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)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
3:35
5Tavener: The Lamb
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
arranger:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
The Lamb (on 1999-07-12)
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker) (in 1789)
composer:
John Tavener (20th century composer) (in 1982)
publisher:
Chester Music Ltd., Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd. and J. & W. Chester, Ltd.
3:31
6Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City (Arr. Mann & Willcocks)
organ:
Ian Hare (British organist and composer) (on 1970-12-23)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1970-12-23)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (on 1970-12-23)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1970-12-23)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Willcocks) (on 1970-12-23)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Once in Royal David’s City
recording of:
Once in Royal David's City (arr. Wilcocks (vv. 2-3) and Mann (v. 4ff))
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander
additional composer:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
composer:
Henry Gauntlett
arranger:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) and Arthur Henry Mann (English organist and composer)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Once in Royal David’s City
5:15
7Cummings & Mendelssohn: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn's Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
brass:
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
organ:
Ian Hare (British organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1973)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Willcocks)
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)
4:10
8Traditional: The First Nowell (Arr. Stainer & Ledger)
organ:
Francis Grier (composer, organist and choir director)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
arranger:
Philip Ledger and Sir John Stainer
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)
4:53
9Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy (Arr. Davies)
organ:
Ian Hare (British organist and composer) (in 1971)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1971)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1971)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Davies) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir Henry Walford Davies (English organist and composer)
arrangement of:
The Holly and the Ivy
3:12
10Gruber: Silent night (Arr. Willcocks)
3:05
11Traditional: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. Ledger)
3:29
12Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger (Arr. Ledger)
organ:
Francis Grier (composer, organist and choir director)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
arranger:
Philip Ledger
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
2:10
13Traditional: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Arr. Willcocks)
2:51
14Rossetti: In the Bleak Mid-Winter
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
baritone vocals and solo baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral 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)
4:34
15Traditional: Quem pastores laudavere
choir vocals:
Taverner Choir
orchestra:
Taverner Players
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
1:59
16Traditional: On Christmas Night All Christians Sing (Arr. Willcocks)
1:53
17Bach, JS: Musicalisches Gesang-Buch: No. 203, O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild, BWV 493
1:51
18Traditional / Arr. Willcocks: How Far Is It to Bethlehem?
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1971)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1971)
2:14
19Terry: Myn Lyking
3:18
20Traditional / Arr. Willcocks: The Cherry Tree Carol
1:51
21Traditional: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Arr. Willcocks)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
brass:
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (on 1972-07-12)
organ:
Ian Hare (British organist and composer) (on 1972-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1972-07-12)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (on 1972-07-12)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1973)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1972-07-12)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. Willcocks) (on 1972-07-12)
additional composer:
David Hill (British organist and conductor) and Christopher Robinson (British conductor & organist)
composer:
John Francis Wade
arranger:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley
publisher:
Oxford University Press
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 30)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
4:47
22Warlock: Adam Lay Ybounden
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1978-12-24, on 1999-06-12)
chorus master:
Philip Ledger (on 1978-12-24) and Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-06-12)
live recording of:
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord version) (in 1978)
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)
recording of:
Adam Lay y-Bounden (Warlock version) (on 1999-06-12)
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer) (in 1922)
recording of:
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord version)
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)
1:09
23Traditional: A Spotless Rose
organ:
Francis Grier (composer, organist and choir director)
baritone vocals:
Gareth Morrell (baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
A Spotless Rose
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
3:11
24Traditional: Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing? (Arr. Willcocks)
4:19
25Holst: 3 Hymns for the English Hymnal: No. 1, In the Bleak Mid-Winter
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
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
4:50
26Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: III. There Is No Rose
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
harp:
Osian Ellis (Welsh harpist and composer) (from 1972-07-06 until 1972-07-10)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1972-07-06 until 1972-07-10)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (from 1972-07-06 until 1972-07-10)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer) (from 1972-07-06 until 1972-07-10)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1972-07-06 until 1972-07-10)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: III. There is no Rose (from 1972-07-06 until 1972-07-10)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
2:22
27Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: IV. (b) Balulalow
1:39
28Traditional / Arr. Willcocks: The Infant King
3:17
29Traditional / Arr. Rutter: Joy to the World!
1:52
30Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Elizabeth Poston
2:31
31Traditional / Arr. Rutter: Sans Day Carol
recording of:
Sans Day Carol (arr. Rutter)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Sans Day Carol
3:01
32Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Arr. Willcocks)
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
additional composer:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
2:24
33Traditional / Arr. Pettman: Gabriel's Message
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (, on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
Gabriel's Message (arr. Pettman) (on 1999-07-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Edgar Pettman
translator:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
arrangement of:
The Angel Gabriel
2:31
34Traditional: I Saw a Maiden (Arr. Pettman)
3:05