Best Loved Christmas Carols

~ Release by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Once in royal David's city (feat. descant Wilcocks)
5:17
2Angels, from the realms of glory (feat. arr. Ledger)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1978-12-24)
chorus master:
Philip Ledger (on 1978-12-24)
live recording of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (sung to the French carol tune “Iris” (Les anges dans nos campagnes)) (in 1978)
lyricist:
James Montgomery (hymnwriter, poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (arr. Wood)
is based on:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (hymn without specified tune)
is based on:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
recording of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (sung to the French carol tune “Iris” (Les anges dans nos campagnes))
lyricist:
James Montgomery (hymnwriter, poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (arr. Wood)
is based on:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (hymn without specified tune)
is based on:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
recording of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (sung to the tune of “Regent Square” by Henry Smart)
lyricist:
James Montgomery (hymnwriter, poet)
composer:
Henry Smart (English composer, 1813-1879)
is based on:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (hymn without specified tune)
is based on:
Regent Square (hymn tune)
2:38
3Adam lay ybounden
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1978-12-24, on 1999-06-12)
chorus master:
Philip Ledger (on 1978-12-24) and Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-06-12)
live recording of:
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord version) (in 1978)
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Boris Ord
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
Adam lay i-bowndyn (15th-century macaronic English poem)
recording of:
Adam Lay y-Bounden (Warlock version) (on 1999-06-12)
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer) (in 1922)
recording of:
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord version)
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Boris Ord
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
Adam lay i-bowndyn (15th-century macaronic English poem)
1:09
4O little town of Bethlehem (feat. descant Armstrong)
3:32
5In dulci jubilo (feat. arr. Pearsall)
organ:
Francis Grier (composer, organist and choir director)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
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)
3:29
6The First Nowell (feat. arr. Stainer)
organ:
Francis Grier (composer, organist and choir director)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger and Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
additional arranger:
Philip Ledger
arranger:
Sir John Stainer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1961)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The First Nowell (David Willcocks arrangement) (from 1975-12-18 until 1975-12-22)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
4:53
7I saw three ships (feat. arr. Ledger)
organ:
Francis Grier (composer, organist and choir director)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (arr. Ledger)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Philip Ledger
arrangement of:
I Saw Three Ships
1:45
8Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing? (feat. arr. Willcocks)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1971)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1971)
recording of:
Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing?
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translated version of:
Quelle est cette odeur agréable ?
4:19
9Quem pastores laudavere (feat. arr. Rutter)
1:59
10Personent hodie (feat. arr. Holst)
organ:
Ian Hare (British organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1971)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1971)
arranger:
Gustav Holst (composer)
recording of:
Personent Hodie (arr. Holst; aka “On This Day”; “Christmas Song”)
lyricist and composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1916)
version of:
Personent hodie (1582 version)
part of:
Three Carols
2:41
11The Holly and the Ivy (feat. arr. Walford Davies)
organ:
Ian Hare (British organist and composer) (in 1971)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1971)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1971)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Davies) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir Henry Walford Davies (English organist and composer)
arrangement of:
The Holly and the Ivy
3:12
12A Spotless Rose (feat. Gareth Morrell baritone, Howells)
baritone vocals and solo baritone vocals:
Gareth Morrell (baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
recording of:
A Spotless Rose
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Herbert Howells (English composer) (in 1919)
translator:
Catherine Winkworth
publisher:
Galaxy Music Corp. and Stainer & Bell
is based on:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (original anonymous version)
part of:
Three Carol-Anthems
3:11
13Away in a manger (feat. arr. Ledger)
2:10
14While shepherds watched (feat. descant Wilcocks)
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched (desc. Willcocks)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
2:52
15Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (arr. Wilcocks)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1966)
arrangement of:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (traditional English)
1:55
16Up! good Christian folk and listen (feat. harm. Woodward)
organ:
Francis Grier (composer, organist and choir director)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
recording of:
Up! Good Christen Folk, and Listen
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward (in 1901)
arranger:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
publisher:
Oxford University Press
is based on:
Piae cantiones (medieval song first compiled in 1582)
1:17
17In the bleak midwinter (feat. Stephen Varcoe baritone, Darke)
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
baritone vocals and solo baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
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)
4:34
18Ding dong! merrily on high (feat. arr. Wilcocks)
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
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
2:24
19Silent Night (feat. Stephen Varcoe baritone, Cornelius)
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
solo baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Silent Night (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber
arranger:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
translator:
John Freeman Young
arrangement of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
3:05
20It came upon the midnight clear (feat. descant Wilcocks)
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (“Noel” version, descant Willcocks) (on 1969-07-29)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author) (in 1849)
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
additional arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arranger:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
arrangement of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (“Noel” version)
3:34
21The Three Kings (feat. Stephen Varcoe baritone, Cornelius)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
solo baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
The Three Kings
lyricist:
Peter Cornelius (German composer, lived from 1824 to 1874) and Philipp Nicolai
composer:
Peter Cornelius (German composer, lived from 1824 to 1874)
arranger:
Sir Ivor Atkins (English organist and conductor)
translator:
Herbert Newell Bate
translated version of:
Weihnachtslieder, op. 8: III. Die Könige
2:43
22I saw a maiden (feat. arr. Pettman)
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
I Saw a Maiden (arr. Pettman)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Edgar Pettman
3:05
23Sussex Carol (feat. arr. Wilcocks)
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
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)
1:54
24O come, all ye faithful (feat. arr. Wilcocks)
brass:
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
organ:
Ian Hare (British organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. Willcocks) (on 1972-07-12)
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”)
4:46
25Hark! the herald angels sing (feat. arr. Wilcocks)
brass:
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
organ:
Ian Hare (British organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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)
4:11
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1Matin Responsory: I look from afar
2:50
2Come, thou Redeemer of the earth (Veni, Redemptor gentium) (feat. harm. Woodward)
organ:
Adrian Partington (organist and conductor)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
recording of:
Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth (harm. G.R. Woodward, descant J. Scott)
writer:
John Scott (organist, choirmaster)
composer:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
3:32
3I wonder as I wander (feat. arr. Carter)
organ:
Adrian Partington (organist and conductor)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
arranger:
Andrew Carter (composer)
recording of:
I Wonder as I Wander
lyricist and composer:
John Jacob Niles (American folklorist and folk musician) (from 1933-07-16 until 1933-10-04)
3:11
4The Cherry Tree Carol (feat. arr. Wilcocks)
organ:
Adrian Partington (organist and conductor)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
The Cherry-Tree Carol (David Willcocks arrangement)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
The Cherry-Tree Carol
1:51
5Gabriel's message (feat. arr. Pettmar)
organ:
Adrian Partington (organist and conductor)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
recording of:
Gabriel's Message (arr. Pettman)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Edgar Pettman
translator:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
arrangement of:
The Angel Gabriel
2:34
6Sussex Carol (On Christmas night all Christians sing) (feat. arr. Ledger)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1978-12-24)
chorus master:
Philip Ledger (on 1978-12-24)
live recording of:
Sussex Carol (arr. Ledger) (in 1978)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Philip Ledger
arrangement of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (arr. Ledger)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Philip Ledger
arrangement of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
2:04
7Stille Nacht! (feat. arr. Ledger)
2:58
8Chester Carol (Maker of the heavens fair) (feat. arr. Ledger)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1978-12-24)
chorus master:
Philip Ledger (on 1978-12-24)
live recording of:
Chester Carol (in 1978)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Philip Ledger
2:48
9A Babe is born, Op. 53 (feat. Mathias)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1978-12-24)
chorus master:
Philip Ledger (on 1978-12-24)
live recording of:
A Babe is Born, op. 55 (in 1978)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William Mathias (Welsh composer) (in 1971)
was commissioned by:
Cardiff Polyphonic Choir
publisher:
Oxford University Press
3:12
10A maiden most gentle (feat. arr. Carter)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1978-12-24)
chorus master:
Philip Ledger (on 1978-12-24)
live recording of:
A Maiden Most Gentle (arr. Carter) (in 1978)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Andrew Carter (composer)
2:49
11I sing of a maiden (feat. Hadley)
organ:
Francis Grier (composer, organist and choir director)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
recording of:
I Sing of a Maiden
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Patrick Hadley (Composer) (in 1936)
2:31
12Myn Lyking (feat. Terry)
organ:
Ian Hare (British organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1971)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1971)
recording of:
Myn Lyking
composer:
Sir Richard Runciman Terry
3:20
13O come, O come, Emmanuel (feat. arr. Wilcocks)
organ:
Ian Hare (British organist and composer) (in 1971)
choir vocals:
King’s College Choir (in 1971)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1971)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1971)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Lacey lyrics) (from 1970-12-21 until 1970-12-22)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore
translator:
Thomas Alexander Lacey
part of:
The English Hymnal (1906) (number: 8)
translated version of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
revision of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale lyrics)
recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Lacey lyrics) (in 1971)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore
translator:
Thomas Alexander Lacey
part of:
The English Hymnal (1906) (number: 8)
translated version of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
revision of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale lyrics)
recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale lyrics)
lyricist and translator:
John Mason Neale
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861 edition (first edition)) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
translated version of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
3:32
14A child is born in Bethlehem (Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem) (Scheidt)
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
A Child Is Born in Bethlehem
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) and George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Samuel Scheidt (composer)
2:33
15Hodie Christus natus est (Cantiones sacrae a 5, 1619) (Sweelinck)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Hodie Christus natus est
composer:
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (composer and organist)
part of:
Sweelinck-Werke Verzeichnis (number: SwWV 163)
3:48
16Hosanna to the son of David (Gibbons)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Hosanna to the Son of David
lyricist:
Matthew 21: 9 (adapted) ([anonymous], special purpose artist)
composer:
Orlando Gibbons (composer)
3:10
17Gloria in excelsis Deo (Weelkes)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Gloria in excelsis deo
composer:
Thomas Weelkes (English composer & organist, c. 1576–1623)
4:09
18When to the temple Mary went (Maria, das Jungfräulein, ihr liebes Jesulein)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
When to the temple Mary went
composer:
Johannes Eccard (composer)
translator:
John Troutbeck (clergyman and translator)
translated version of:
Maria wallt zum Heiligtum
3:37
19Angelus ad virginem (Chancellor)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
1:23
20Angelus ad virginem (feat. Douglas Whittaker flute, arr. Poston)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
2:38
21Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! (feat. Maconchy)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
1:49
22Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (feat. Poston)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Elizabeth Poston
2:31
23That Lord that lay in assë stall (feat. Imagen Holst)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
1:33
24In dulci jubilo (feat. Chorale BWV368, arr. Johan Sebastian Bach)
0:52
25In dulci jubilo - choral prelude (feat. BWV729 arr. Johan Sebastian Bach)
organ:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
In dulci jubilo, BWV 608
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Das Orgel-Büchlein (number: 10) and Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 608)
version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
2:33