Christmas Carols from Guildford Cathedral

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Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
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A1Once in Royal David’s City
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34)
Henry John Gauntlett?:??
A2God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
[traditional]?:??
A3While Shepherds Watched
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched (Ravenscroft tune)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Thomas Ravenscroft
Thomas Ravenscroft?:??
A4See, Amid the Winter’s Snow
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
solo baritone vocals:
John Barrow (baritone)
solo tenor vocals:
Robert Hammersley and Clifford Mould
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
See Amid the Winter’s Snow (carol)
lyricist:
Edward Caswall (Anglican clergyman and hymn writer)
composer:
Sir John Goss (English organist and composer)
John Goss?:??
A5As With Gladness Men of Old
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
solo baritone vocals:
John Barrow (baritone)
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
As With Gladness Men of Old
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix
composer:
Conrad Kocher (German composer)
arranger:
William Henry Monk and Graham Ross
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 47)
Conrad Kocher?:??
A6The First Nowel
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
solo baritone vocals:
John Barrow (baritone)
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]?:??
B1Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
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)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
Felix Mendelssohn, William H. Cummings?:??
B2It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (“Noel” version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author) (in 1849)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal hymnal) (number: 90)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
is based on:
NOEL (hymn tune)
Arthur Sullivan?:??
B3Silent Night
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Franz Xaver Gruber?:??
B4Good King Wenceslas
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
solo baritone vocals:
John Barrow (baritone)
solo treble vocals:
Keith Bennett (treble)
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum
[anonymous]?:??
B5O Little Town of Bethlehem
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “Forest Green”, as sung in the UK and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1906)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 32)
is based on:
The Ploughboy's Dream
version of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
[traditional]?:??
B7O Come, All Ye Faithful
organ:
Gavin Williams (organist)
choir vocals:
Guildford Cathedral Choir
conductor:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
John Reading?:??

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Great Britain
printed in:England, United Kingdom
liner notes:Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3194610 [info]