Best Loved Christmas Carols

Best Loved Christmas Carols

Best Loved Christmas Carols
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Performer: Stephen Varcoe
Composer: Henry John Gauntlett
Composer: Christmas Traditional
Composer: Boris Ord
Composer: Herbert Howells
Composer: William James Kirkpatrick
Composer: Harold Darke
Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber
Composer: Richard Storrs Willis
Composer: Peter Cornelius
Composer: John Francis Wade
Composer: Felix [1] Mendelssohn
Composer: Michael Praetorius
Composer: John Jacob Niles
Composer: William Mathias
Composer: Patrick Hadley
Composer: Richard Runciman Terry
Composer: Samuel Scheidt
Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-10-05
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Once in Royal David's City
  2. Angels From the Realms Of Glory
  3. Adam Lay Y-Bounden, carol
  4. O Little Town of Bethlehem
  5. In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones)
  6. The First Nowell (English)
  7. I Saw Three Ships
  8. Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (Fr
  9. Quem pastores laudavere (Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410)
  10. Personent Hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones)
  11. The Holly and the Ivy (English)
  12. A Spotless Rose, for chorus
  13. Away in a manger (Tune: Cradle Song) (New English Hymnal 22)
  14. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (adapted from Handel)
  15. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English)
  16. Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones)
  17. In the Bleak Midwinter
  18. Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)
  19. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)
  20. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
  21. The Three Kings
  22. I Saw A Maiden (Basque)
  23. Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night")
  24. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)
  25. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssoh
Music CD 2
  1. I look from afar (First Responsory of Advent Sunday at Matins, adapted
  2. Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth
  3. I Wonder As I Wander
  4. The Cherry Tree Carol
  5. Gabriel's Message (Basque)
  6. Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night")
  7. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)
  8. Song of the Nuns of Chester ("The Chester Carol") (English)
  9. A Babe Is Born, for chorus & organ, Op. 55
  10. A Maiden Most Gentle (French)
  11. I Sing of a Maiden for 2 voices & piano
  12. Myn Lyking
  13. O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, emmanuel), carol
  14. Ein Kind geborn zu Bethleham
  15. Hodie Christus natus est, motet for 5 voices & continuo (Cantiones Sacr
  16. Hosanna to the son of David, anthem for 6 voices
  17. Gloria in excelsis Deo, Sing, my soul, to God, anthem for 6 voices
  18. When to the temple Mary went, motet for choir
  19. Angelus ad virginem
  20. Angelus ad virginem
  21. Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
  22. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (The Apple Tree Carol)
  23. That Lord that lay in assë stall
  24. In dulci jubilo, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 368 (BC F110)
  25. In dulci jubilo (II), chorale prelude for organ, BWV 729 (BC K115)

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Free Music Review: a voice teacher and early music fan
Hit: 5 Stars

ECLECTIC CAROLS THAT TRANSCEND THE COMMONPLACE

Listening to these carols extracted from the various Festival and Nine Lesson services held in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge on Christmas Eve is incredibly inspiring and brings out the real meaning of Christmas and the joy of Jesus' birth. Why pick it apart??? They are recorded between the years 1969 and 1985. The conductors are firstly Sir Thomas Willcocks who directed the Choir from 1957-73 and Sir Philip Ledger from 1974-82. Both are excellent and I cannot tell the difference between the various choirs who would have had a different group of performers through the years.

The selection of carols is listed above, but I would like to mention a few that are most unusual because of their specific arrangements, and although they may be commonplace, sung by THIS choir, makes them very special. For example, the lovely descants(a higher part usually sung by treble voices in contrary motion to the other parts) added by each conductor,(usually brought in after the melody has been sung a few times) are present in several of the songs herein such as: 'Once in Royal David's City'- 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'- 'While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks'- 'It Came Upon a Midnight Clear'- and several more. Some very unusual (and possibly new to you) carols that I found tremendously attractive are: 'Adam lay ybouden' by Boris Ord (a former conductor of the Choir) - 'Personet Hodie' sung by the men of the choir- 'Quem pastores laudavere' 14th century German to name just a few. And then there were those that are somewhat familiar that I welcomed such as : 'A Spotless Rose' 14th century English- 'Tomorrow shall be my dancing day ' traditional English- and an American Carol that is not often heard in America 'Jesus Christ the apple tree'. The fact is these carols cover the gamut of countries, languages and genres. There are fifty in all and sung as only the King's College Choir can sing them with their clear-voiced boy sopranos, their velvet toned male altos, their tuneful tenors and resonant basses. Wonderful collection indeed!

The King's College Choir is an outstanding choral group that includes 16 male Choral Scholars who sing the alto, tenor and bass parts. (The Alumni of the Choral Scholars read like a list of 'Who's Who in the Vocal Music World- Michael Chance, Mark Padmore, Michael George, Stephen Varcoe, etc.)The Choristers, usually numbering about 20, are boy sopranos. To hear these beautiful, sometimes old familiar carols sung so skillfully and with much feeling is a thrill beyond compare. GO FOR IT!
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