The Cosiest Christmas Album In The World... Ever!

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1Silent Night
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
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
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow2:04
2O Come, All Ye Faithful
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. Willcocks)
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”)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow2:46
3While Shepherds Watched
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
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
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow2:45
4Ding Dong! Merrily on High
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
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
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow1:48
5Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
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)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow2:56
6Away in a Manger
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
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
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow2:37
7O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
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.)
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.)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow2:33
8A Child Is Born In Bethlehem
recording engineer:
Andrew Hallifax (from 1993-07-09 until 1993-07-11)
assistant engineer:
Geoff Miles (editor and engineer)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge (from 1993-07-09 until 1993-07-11)
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist) (from 1993-07-09 until 1993-07-11)
recorded at:
Trinity College Chapel (Cambridge, UK) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-07-09 until 1993-07-11)
recording of:
A Child Is Born in Bethlehem (from 1993-07-09 until 1993-07-11)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) and George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Samuel Scheidt (composer)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow1:30
9Once in Royal David's City
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
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)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow & Simon Standage2:15
10The First Nowell
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
recording of:
The First Nowell (David Willcocks arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow5:00
11The Coventry Carol
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recording of:
Coventry Carol
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)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow2:28
12The Holly and the Ivy
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow2:51
13In the Bleak Midwinter
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
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)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow4:24
14I Saw Three Ships
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow2:01
15In Dulci Jubilo
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (macaronic of English and Latin)
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)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow3:23
16The Three Kings
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recording of:
The Three Kings
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
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow2:44
17Shepherds' Cradle Song
recording engineer:
David Hinitt (UK recording engineer, early 21c)
producer:
Adrian Peacock (bass vocalist, producer)
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge (from 2014-01-08 until 2014-01-12)
solo mezzo-soprano vocals:
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano) (from 2014-01-08 until 2014-01-12)
solo soprano vocals:
Faith Waddell (soprano) (from 2014-01-08 until 2014-01-12)
conductor:
Stephen Layton (English conductor) (from 2014-01-08 until 2014-01-12)
recorded at:
Trinity College Chapel (Cambridge, UK) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-01-08 until 2014-01-12)
recording of:
Shepherds’ Cradle Song (from 2014-01-08 until 2014-01-12)
lyricist:
John Davies (English poet)
composer:
Owain Park (British composer, arranger, conductor)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow3:44
18Unto Us Is Born a Son
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recording of:
Unto Us is born a Son (carol)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow2:08
19Advent Responsory
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recording of:
Advent Responsory
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow3:44
20Wachet auf
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recording of:
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (arr. Michael Praetorius)
additional composer:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist)
composer:
Philipp Nicolai
arrangement of:
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge & Richard Marlow1:14