Christmas Music 1999

~ Release by Laudibus (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1In dulci jubilo
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
cover recording of:
In dulci jubilo (catch-all for unknown J.S. Bach version)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
2:03
2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
cover 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)
2:41
3It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
cover recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
3:57
4Wassail Song
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
2:01
5O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
cover 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.)
4:18
6Good King Wenceslas
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
cover 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
2:49
7I Saw Three Ships
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
cover recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
1:36
8See Amid the Winter’s Snow
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
cover recording of:
See Amid the Winter’s Snow (carol)
lyricist:
Edward Caswall (Anglican clergyman and hymn writer)
composer:
Sir John Goss
5:08
9God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
3:04
10The First Nowell
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
5:26
11Stille nacht
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
James Burton (composer and conductor)
3:57
12Away in a Manger
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
cover recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
2:24
13O Come, All Ye Faithful
choir vocals:
Laudibus
conductor:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
arranger:
Michael Brewer (conductor)
cover 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)
3:28

Credits

Release

alto vocals:Kathy Banister
Naomi Brewer
Tom King (alto)
Rachael Lloyd (mezzo soprano)
Stephanie Seeney
Rachel Shatliff
bass vocals:Greg Beardsell
Gavin Horsley
Gareth Jones (bass vocalist)
Oliver Wright (bass vocalist)
soprano vocals:Faith Brewer
Nicola Corbishley (soprano)
Ciara Hendrick (mezzo-soprano)
Helen Lloyd (soprano)
Sarah Lomas (soprano)
Charlotte Mobbs (Welsh soprano)
tenor vocals:Brian Chapman (tenor)
Robert Davies (tenor)
Paul Hopwood (tenor)
Mike Jeremiah
William Unwin (tenor/photographer)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Woman & Home/IPC Magazines Ltd (in 1999)
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