Best Loved Christmas Carols

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

Tracklist

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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