Carols From St Chad's

~ Release by Choir of St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham, David Saint, Henry Fairs (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Once in Royal David's City
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Rutter)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
arranger:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
arrangement of:
Once in Royal David’s City
Henry John Gauntlett4:03
2Gabriel's Message
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
The Angel Gabriel
written in:
País Vasco (Basque Country), Spain
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Sabine Baring‐Gould (in 1895)
translated version of:
Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen
[unknown]2:40
3In dulci jubilo
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
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)
Johann Sebastian Bach1:26
4Quem pastores
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
[unknown]2:11
5All the Skies Tonight Sing O'er Us
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
All the Skies Tonight Sing O'er Us
composer:
Johann Georg Ebeling
J. G. Ebeling2:13
6The Truth From Above
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
The Truth Sent From Above (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, aka the Herefordshire Carol)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
version of:
The Truth Sent From Above
part of:
Eight Traditional English Carols (arr. Vaughan Williams)
part of:
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:06
7Angels We Have Heard on High
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
French Noel3:46
8Love Came Down at Christmas
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
Love came down at Christmas
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti (in 1885)
composer:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
is based on:
Love Came Down at Christmas
John Rutter2:37
9A Babe Is Born
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
A Babe is Born, op. 55
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William Mathias (Welsh composer) (in 1971)
was commissioned by:
Cardiff Polyphonic Choir
publisher:
Oxford University Press
W. Mathias4:23
10Come Thou Redeemer
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
[unknown]3:20
11In the Bleak Midwinter
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
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)
Harold Edwin Darke4:21
12The Holly and the Ivy
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Davies)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir Henry Walford Davies (English organist and composer)
arrangement of:
The Holly and the Ivy
W. Davies3:02
13I Sing of a Maiden
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
I Sing of a Maiden (carol)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Sir Lennox Berkeley (British composer)
Sir Lennox Berkeley2:23
14There Is No Rose
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
There is no Rose of Such Virtue
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Joubert
John Joubert2:29
15I Saw Three Ships
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
[unknown]2:57
16Come to the Manger
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
Come to the Manger
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
S. P. Waddington
S. P. Waddington3:09
17In dulci jubilo
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 729)
version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:38
18Silent Night
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
recording of:
Silent Night, Holy Night (arranged by Malcolm Sargent)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber
arranger:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
M. Sargent3:01
19Adeste fideles
organ:
Henry Fairs (organist)
choir vocals:
St Chad's Cathedral Choir, Birmingham
conductor:
David Saint (organist / musical director)
[unknown]4:10

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ASIN:UK: B0000BZVJF [info]