The Best Christmas Carols …Ever!

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1The First Nowell
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
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge4:54
2Good King Wenceslas
Huddersfield Choral Society2:28
3God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Jacques Orchestra3:10
4Once in Royal David’s City
Clare College Singers4:02
5While Shepherds Watched
Bach Choir & Jacques Orchestra2:41
6Silent Night
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)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:04
7Ding Dong Merrily on High
Bach Choir1:54
8The Coventry Carol
choir vocals:
Taverner Choir
orchestra:
Taverner Players
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
Taverner Consort3:25
9I Saw Three Ships
Bach Choir1:40
10Away in a Manger
Temple Church Choir2:16
11When Christ Was Born
Bach Choir1:22
12In the Bleak Midwinter
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)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge4:34
13It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Huddersfield Choral Society2:40
14In dulci jubilo
Clare College Singers2:44
15O Little Town of Bethlehem
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & David Bell3:28
16Past Three o’Clock
Bach Choir3:07
17A Virgin Unspotted
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
Taverner Choir3:13
18Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1:52
19Nativity Carol
recording of:
Nativity Carol
lyricist and composer:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
Jeremy Blandford & Clare College Singers4:09
20Unto Us Is Born a Son
David Bell & The Huddersfield Choral Society1:47
21The Lord at First Did Adam Make
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:
The Lord at First Did Adam Make (arr. Willcocks)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
John Wells & Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:16
22Up! Good Christen Folk and Listen
Bach Choir1:14
23Infant Holy, Infant Holy
Clare College Singers3:16
24O Little One Sweet
Bach Choir2:51
25O Come, O Come Emmanuel
David Bell & The Huddersfield Choral Society2:17
26The Twelve Days of Christmas
Jeremy Blandford & Clare College Singers3:10
27We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Hallé Choir & Orchestra1:36
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ASIN:UK: B00067ZPLQ [info]