| Label: WARNER CLASSICS (EMI) Catalog: 5099951037123 Format: CD Artist / Performer(s):
Stephen Varcoe, Evelyn Tubb, Barbara Hendricks, Roberto Alagna, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Thomas Hampson, Kiri Te Kanawa
Conductor(s):
David Willcocks, Philip Ledger, John Rutter, Andrew Parrott, Richard Hickox, Maurice Handford
Orchestra(s):
Taverner Consort, Taverner Players, London Sinfonia, Philharmonia Orchestra, Jacques Orchestra, Halle Orchestra
Choir(s):
Kings College Cambridge Choir, Clare College Singers, Taverner Choir, Kings Singers, Ambrosian Singers, Huddersfield Choral Society, Bach Choir, Halle ChoirCD1:
1. The First Nowell (1986 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Francis Grier/Sir Philip Ledger
2. Away in a manger (arr. Ledger) (1976 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir Philip Ledger
3. Up! good Christian folk and listen - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir Philip Ledger
4. O little town of Bethlehem (v.3 arr. Ledger) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir Philip Ledger
5. I sing of a maiden - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Francis Grier/Sir Philip Ledger
6. A Spotless Rose - Gareth Morrell/Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir Philip Ledger
7. Once in Royal David's City (harm. A. H. Mann; descant Willcocks) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Ian Hare/Sir David Willcocks
8. Personent hodie - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Ian Hare/Sir David Willcocks
9. Myn Lyking - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Ian Hare/Sir David Willcocks
10. O come, O come, Emmanuel (trans. J. M. Neale rev. T. A. Lacey; arr. Willcocks) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Ian Hare
11. The Holly and the Ivy - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
12. Silent Night (Mohr; trans. & arr. Willcocks) - Stephen Varcoe/Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
13. While shepherds watched their flocks by night (from Este's Psalter; descant Willcocks) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge
14. It came upon the midnight clear (descant Willcocks) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/John Wells/Sir David Willcocks
15. The Lord at first did Adam make (1991 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/John Wells/Sir David Willcocks
16. Hark! the herald angels sing (tune & harmony adapted W. H. Cummings; brass fanfare & accomp. and descant by Willcocks)
CD2:
1. Shepherd's Pipe Carol (1988 Digital Remaster) - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge/Jeremy Bland
2. Infant holy, infant lowly (1988 Digital Remaster) - Simon Vaughan/Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra
3. Angel Tidings (Traditional Moravian carol, arr. Rutter) - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge
4. Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (arr. Rutter) (1988 Digital Remaster) - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra
5. I saw three ships come sailing by (arr. Rutter) (1988 Digital Remaster) - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra
6. Nativity Carol (1988 Digital Remaster) - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge/Jeremy Blandford
7. Quem pastores laudavere (1988 Digital Remaster) - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge
8. Rocking (Little Jesu sweetly sleep) (Czech traditional, coll. M. Shaw trans. Dearmer) (1988 Digital Remaster) - Roger Garland
9. Here we come a-wassailing (arr. Rutter) (1988 Digital Remaster) - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra
10. The Coming of our King (Traditional Polish carol, arr. Rutter) - Clare College Singers and Orchestra/Jeremy Blandford/John Rutter
11. The Infant King (1988 Digital Remaster) - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge/Jeremy Blandford
12. Shepherds' Noël (1988 Digital Remaster) - Simon Vaughan/Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge
13. Noël nouvelet (1988 Digital Remaster) - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge/Jeremy Blandford
14. Gabriel's Message (1988 Digital Remaster) - Simon Vaughan/Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge
15. Sans Day Carol, 'Now the holly bears a berry' (Traditional English Carol, arr. Rutter) (1988 Digital Remaster) - Clare College Singers
16. Past three a-clock - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge/Jeremy Blandford/John Rutter
CD3:
1. Methinks I see an heav'nly host - Taverner Choir/Andrew Parrott
2. Los que fueren de buen gusto - Taverner Consort/Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
3. A Virgin Unspotted - Taverner Choir/Andrew Parrott
4. The Babe of Bethlehem (Ye nations all, on you I call) - Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort
5. Thys endere nyghth - Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort
6. Riu, riu, chiu - Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort/Richard Wistreich
7. Christum wir sollen loben schon - Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort
8. Gaudete! - Andrew Parrott/Stephen Charlesworth/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort/Taverner Players
9. Verbum caro: In hac anni circulo - Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort
10. Alleluya: A nywe werk is come on honde - Andrew Parrott/Leigh Nixon/Nicolas Robertson/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort
11. The Old Year now away is fled - Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort/Taverner Players/Evelyn Tubb
12. Hodie nobis caelorum Rex - Taverner Consort/Taverner Choir/Andrew Parrott
13. Audite principes a 16 - Taverner Consort/Taverner Choir/Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
14. In dulci jubilo (a 16) Pars II - Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort/Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
CD4
1. The Little Drummer Boy - The King's Singers
2. El nino querido (The Beloved Child) - The King's Singers/Charles Fullbrook
3. The Gift - The King's Singers/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
4. Berceuse De Marie (Max Reger) (Medley N°2) - Barbara Hendricks/Choeur D'Enfants Adolf Fredricks/Eric Ericson/Eric Ericson Chamber Orchestra
5. Go Tell It On The Mountain (Chant De Noël Américain Traditionnel) (Medley N°2) - Barbara Hendricks/Choeur D'Enfants
6. Joy To The World (Medley N°1) - Barbara Hendricks/Choeur D'Enfants Adolf Fredricks/Eric Ericson/Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
7. Tochter Zion, freue dich (1988 Digital Remaster) - Hermann Prey/Tölzer Knabenchor/Symphonie Orchester Graunke Munchen/Gerhard Schmid
8. Zu Bethlehem geboreb (1988 Digital Remaster) - Hermann Prey/Tölzer Knabenchor/Symphonie Orchester Graunke Munchen/Gerhard Schmid
9. Mary's Boy Child - Wiener Sängerknaben/John Parricelli
10. Ukraine Bell Carol - Wiener Sängerknaben/John Parricelli/Paul Kerr/Andy Pask/Paul Clarvis
11. Il est né, le divin Enfant (arr. Tunick) - Roberto Alagna/Abbey Road Ensemble/Jonathan Tunick
Minuit, chrétiens - Roberto Alagna/Abbey Road Ensemble/Jonathan Tunick
12. Cantique Noël (arr. Tunick) - Roberto Alagna/Abbey Road Ensemble/Jonathan Tunick
13. Marche des Rois - René Delsinne
14. Noël des îles - René Delsinne
15. Chanson joyeuse de Noël - René Delsinne
16. Weihnachten (arr. Mackerras) (1990 Digital Remaster) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Ambrosian Singers/Philharmonia Orchestra
17. Von Himmel hoch (arr. Mackerras) (1990 Digital Remaster) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Ambrosian Singers/Philharmonia Orchestra/
18. In the bleak mid-winter (arr. Tunick) - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Roberto Alagna/Abbey Road Ensemble/Jonathan Tunick
19. O Tannenbaum (arr. Osser) - Roberto Alagna/Thomas Hampson/Abbey Road Ensemble/Jonathan Tunick
20. The Twelve days of Christmas (arr. Tunick) - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Roberto Alagna/Thomas Hampson/London Voices/Abbey Road Ensemble
CD5
1. God rest you merry, gentlemen (arr. John Stainer) - Huddersfield Choral Society/Brian Kay/David Bell/Owain Arwel Hughes
2. Good King Wenceslas (tune from Piae Cantiones, wrds. J. M. Neale, arr. John Stainer) - Huddersfield Choral Society/Brian Kay
3. We three kings of Orient are - Huddersfield Choral Society/Brian Kay/David Bell/Owain Arwel Hughes
4. Angels from the realms of glory (arr. Charles Wood) - Huddersfield Choral Society/Brian Kay/David Bell/Owain Arwel Hughes
5. As with gladness men of old (from chorale Treuer Heiland, adapted W. H. Monk) - Huddersfield Choral Society/Brian Kay/David Bell
6. The Coventry Carol - The King's Singers/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
7. We've been awhile a-wandering - Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks
8. Masters In This Hall - Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks
9. See amid the winter's snow - Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks
10. Sussex Carol (1993 Digital Remaster) - Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks
11. Ding dong! merrily on high - Bach Choir/Sir David Willcocks
12. O little one sweet BWV493 (1993 Digital Remaster) - Bach Choir/Sir David Willcocks
13. 5. Wassail Song - Bach Choir/Sir David Willcocks
14. Carol with Lullaby - Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks
15. Cowboy Carol (2002 Digital Remaster) - Hallé Choir/Ronald Frost/Maurice Handford
16. The Shepherds' Farewell (from L'Enfance du Christ Op. 25) (2002 Digital Remaster) - Hallé Orchestra/Maurice Handford/Hallé Choir
17. We wish you a merry Christmas (West Country) (2002 Digital Remaster) - Hallé Orchestra/Maurice Handford/Hallé Choir/Ronald Frost
CD6
1. Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
2. And all in the morning (1991 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
3. I saw a maiden (1991 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
4. A child is born in Bethlehem [Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem] (1991 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge
5. Where Riches is Everlastingly (1991 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir Andrew Davis/Sir David Willcocks
6. How far is it to Bethlehem? (2004 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
7. Of the Father's heart begotten (2004 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Ian Hare/Sir David Willcocks
8. Resonemus laudibus (2004 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Ian Hare/Sir David Willcocks
9. The Shepherds' Cradle Song (2004 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
10. Quittez, pasteurs (2004 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Robert Chilcott/Francis Grier/Sir Philip Ledger
11. Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child (2004 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Timothy Byram-Wigfield
12. Remember, O thou man (2004 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir Philip Ledger
13. Hodie Christus natus est (1991 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
14. Hosanna to the Son of David (remaster) (1991 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks
15. Angelus ad virginem (1991 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks/Sir Andrew Davis
16. My Dancing Day (1991 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir Andrew Davis/David Whittaker
17. O come, all ye faithful (harm. English Hymnal; brass fanfare & accomp., descant and last v. by Willcocks) - Choir of King's College Cambridge
All the favourite carols inc First Nowell, Away In A Manger, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, Once Royal David's City, Personet Hodie, Sheperd's Pipe Carol, Infant King, Noel Nouvelet, Gaudete, In Dulci Jubilo, Little Drummer Boy, Go Tell It On The Mountain, 12 Days Of Christmas, Coventry Carol, Hosanna To The Son Of David. (6CD Set) |