Christmas Carols

~ Release by Choir of New College Oxford (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1Hark the Herald Angels Sing
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)
3:05
2For Unto Us a Child Is Born
4:26
3Silent Night, Holy Night
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
3:14
4O magnum mysterium
recording of:
O magnum mysterium
composer:
William Byrd (English composer)
recording of:
O magnum mysterium
composer:
Morten Lauridsen (composer) (in 1994)
2:48
5Hodie Christmas natus est
6:21
6Angelus ad virginem
3:13
7O magnum mysterium
3:50
8Hodie Christmas natus est
2:26
9This Is the Truth Sent From Above
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
3:16
10Quem vidistis
2:43
11Videntes stellam
3:12
12Noël X
5:59
13Quem vidistis
5:47
14Videntes stellam
3:57
15Sing Lullaby
3:58
16Puer natus
2:57
17Lute-Book Carol
1:53
18Of the Father’s Heart Begotten
3:42
▼ CD 2
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1O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
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)
4:01
2Adam lay y bounden
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
1:34
3Out of Your Sleep
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
Out of Your Sleep
composer:
Robin Nelson (composer / conductor)
2:16
4The Angel Gabriel
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
The Angel Gabriel
written in:
País Vasco (Basque Country), Spain
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist) and [traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Sabine Baring‐Gould (in 1895)
translated version of:
Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen
2:21
5A Spotless Rose
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
A Spotless Rose
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Herbert Howells (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
3:15
6Ding Dong! Merrily on High
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
additional composer:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
is based on:
Branle de l’official
2:17
7In the Bleak Midwinter
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
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)
4:50
8The Holly and the Ivy
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
3:33
9I Wonder as I Wander
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
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)
3:28
10A Babe Is Born
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
A Babe Is Born
composer:
Peter Racine Fricker (composer)
part of:
Two Carols
3:59
11Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 597)
2:05
12This Is the Truth
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
3:18
13A Virgin Most Pure
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
A Virgin Most Pure (carol)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
3:55
14Here is the Little Door
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
Here Is the Little Door
lyricist:
Frances Chesterton
composer:
Herbert Howells (composer) (in 1918)
part of:
Three Carol-Anthems
3:44
15Alleluya, a New Work Is Come on Hand
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
Alleluya, a new Work is come on Hand, op. 17 no. 3
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Peter Wishart (English composer)
part of:
Three Carols, op. 17
2:25
16Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, op. 25 no. 2 (Kenneth Leighton arrangement of the Coventry Carol)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Kenneth Leighton (composer) (in 1948)
arrangement of:
Coventry Carol
part of:
Three Carols, op. 25
3:17
17In dulci jubilo
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
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)
3:20
18There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
There is no Rose of Such Virtue
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Joubert
2:27
19Rocking Carol
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
Rocking (carol)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Percy Dearmer
translated version of:
Hajej, nynej, Ježíšku (Czech carol)
2:15
20Wassail Carol
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
recording of:
Wassail Carol
composer:
William Mathias (composer)
2:00
21Once in Royal David’s City
choir vocals:
Choir of New College Oxford
conductor:
Edward Higginbottom (keyboardist, organist)
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)
4:22