While Shepherds Watched

~ Recording by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, George Guest

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5While Shepherds Watched2:50[traditional]Australian Home Beautiful: Christmas at HomeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)473 345-2

Relationships

organ:Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
choir vocals:Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:George Guest (organist and conductor)
recording of:While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)

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
later translated versions:Eņģeļa vēsts (Reiz ganiem lopus sargājot…)
later versions:While Shepherds Watched (descant Marlow)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Andrew Peterson version)
is based on:Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour
Winchester Old
is the basis for:While Shepherds Watched
arrangements:While Shepherds Watched (desc. Willcocks)
While Shepherds Watched (arr. Gray)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (desc. Cleobury)
While shepherds watched their flocks by night (desc. Nicholas Marston & Daniel Hyde)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night (arr. Thomas Ravenscroft)