A Traditional Christmas Collection

~ Release by The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1The First Nowell
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
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
5:40
2Once in Royal David’s City
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Willcocks)
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
4:12
3The Sussex Carol
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
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)
1:55
4While Shepherd Watched Their Flocks by Night
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
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
2:37
5I Saw Three Ships
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
soprano vocals:
Ruth Dean (soprano) (in 1991-04)
tenor vocals:
David Roy (tenor) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
I Saw Three Ships
1:34
6Angels From the Realms of Glory
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
recording of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (David Willcocks arrangement)
lyricist:
James Montgomery (hymnwriter, poet)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
4:00
7O Little Town of Bethlehem
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
soprano vocals:
Nicola Jenkin (soprano) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
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.)
3:46
8Silent Night
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
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
2:54
9Away in a Manger
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
recording of:
Away in a Manger (arr. Willcocks)
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)
2:22
10Rocking
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
recording of:
Rocking (carol)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Percy Dearmer
translated version of:
Hajej, nynej, Ježíšku (Czech carol)
1:59
11In Dulci Jubilo
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
alto vocals:
Robin Barda (in 1991-04) and Deborah Miles-Johnson (in 1991-04)
bass vocals:
Francis Steele (operatic bass) (in 1991-04) and Jeremy White (operatic bass) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
soprano vocals:
Fiona Clarke (actress & writer) (in 1991-04) and Nicola Jenkin (soprano) (in 1991-04)
tenor vocals:
Andrew Carwood (in 1991-04) and Neil MacKenzie (classical tenor vocalist) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
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)
3:52
12Ding Dong Merrily on High
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
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
1:56
13In the Bleak Midwinter
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
tenor vocals:
David Roy (tenor) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
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)
4:28
14Good King Wenceslas
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
All Hallows’ Church (Gospel Oak) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04) and St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
3:16
15Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
recording of:
Deck the Hall (arr. Rutter)
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
arrangement of:
Deck the Halls
1:13
16The Holly and the Ivy
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
alto vocals:
Deborah Miles-Johnson (in 1991-04)
bass vocals:
Timothy Jones (bass) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
soprano vocals:
Nicola Jenkin (soprano) (in 1991-04)
tenor vocals:
Andrew Carwood (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
3:28
17God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks)
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)
3:33
18See Amid the Winter’s Snow
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
bass vocals:
Jeremy White (operatic bass) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
soprano vocals:
Sally Dunkley (soprano) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
recording of:
See amid the winter’s snow (arr. Willcocks)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
See Amid the Winter’s Snow (carol)
4:54
19Coventry Carol
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
bass vocals:
Jeremy White (operatic bass) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
soprano vocals:
Ruth Dean (soprano) (in 1991-04)
tenor vocals:
Neil MacKenzie (classical tenor vocalist) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
recording of:
Coventry Carol (David Willcocks arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
Coventry Carol
3:46
20O Come All Ye Faithful
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
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”)
6:20
21Hark the Herald Angels Sing
producer:
Peter Hayward (choral composer) (in 1991-04)
classical guitar and lute:
Robin Jeffrey (mandolin and theorbo player) (in 1991-04)
organ:
Margaret Phillips (organist and harpsichordist) (in 1991-04)
choir vocals:
The Sixteen (UK choir) (in 1991-04)
conductor:
Harry Christophers (conductor) (in 1991-04)
recorded at:
St. Giles’ without Cripplegate in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991-04)
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)
3:15