The Best Carols in the World...Ever!
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Performer: Gareth MorrellPerformer: Simon Vaughan
Performer: Stephen Varcoe
Composer: Anonymous
Composer: William Billings
Composer: Harold Darke
Composer: Henry John Gauntlett
Composer: John Goss
Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber
Composer: John Henry, Jr. Hopkins
Composer: Herbert Howells
Composer: Dr. Reginald Jacques
Composer: William James Kirkpatrick
Composer: Conrad Kocher
Composer: Lowell Mason
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Composer: John Rutter
Composer: Christmas Traditional
Composer: John Francis Wade
Composer: William Walker
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-10-04
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Mendelssohn, Felix
- I Saw Three Ships
- The First Nowell
- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
- While Shepherds Watched
- A Virgin Unspotted - Billings
- Once in Royal David's City - Gauntlett, Henry Jo
- In the Bleak Midwinter - Darke
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
- In Dulci Jubilo
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Past Three O'Clock
- The Coventry Carol
- Away in a Manger - Kirkpatrick
- Nativity Carol - Rutter, John
- Unto Us Is Born a Son
- Silent Night - Gruber, Franz
- Ding Dong Merrily on High
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- The Lord at First Did Adam Make
- Up! Good Christian Folk and Listen/Up! Good Christian Folk and Listen
- Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
- O Little One Sweet
- O Come, O Come Emmanuel
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Good King Wenceslas
- Cherry Tree Carol
- Joy to the World! - Mason
- Here We Come A-Wassailing
- See Amid the Winter's Snow - Goss
- Gaudete
- The Holly and the Ivy
- We've Been a While A-Wandering
- We Three Kings of Orient Are - Hopkins
- Shepherd's Pipe Carol - Rutter, John
- Masters in This Hall
- The Babe of Bethlehem - Walker
- A Spotless Rose - Howells
- Angel Tidings
- When an Angel Host Entuned - Jacques
- As with Gladness Men of Old - Kocher
- Adam Lay Ibounden - Blake
- The Coming of Our King
- Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
- A Christmas Carol
- Sans Day Carol
- Gabriel's Message
- The Chester Carol
- Rocking
- Methinks I See an Heav'nly Host - Billings
- Angels from the Realms of Glory
- O Come, All Ye Faithful
Free Music Notes for The Best Carols in the World...Ever!
Free Music Review: 52 carols sung by 7 English choirs - brilliant
Hit: 5 Stars
If you love Christmas carols, you will find this to be a real treasure trove. This double-CD is compiled from various Christmas albums recorded by English choirs. Between them, they seem to have included every famous carol and a lot of obscure ones.
The seven choirs are the choir of King's college (Cambridge), the Bach Choir (London), the Clare College singers (Cambridge), the Temple Church choir (London), the Taverners choir, the Midiaevel Baebes and the Huddersfield choral society. A brief history of each is included in the liner notes.
Some of these carols are world famous including Hark the herald angels sing, The first noel, O little town of Bethlehem, Away in a manger, Silent night, Joy to the world, We three kings and O come all ye faithful.
Some others are famous in Britain but (judged on what I've seen of American Christmas albums) are not especially well known in America. These include While shepherds watched, Once in Royal David's city, In the bleak midwinter and The holly and the ivy. I have come across American covers of these songs - but not often.
There are yet other songs which are obscure even to me, but it's great to have them all in one collection. At the import price, it might look expensive, but what would you have to spend to get all these Christmas carols any other way?
If you enjoy Christmas carols, I doubt if you'll find a better collection anywhere, although a modified version of this compilation (Best Christmas Carols...Ever is also available with a different sequence and some different tracks. Really, there's not much to choose between them in quality, so compare the prices and availability and select accordingly.
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