The Best Of King's

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1: Compact Disc 1, Christmas Carols
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1O come, O come, Emmanuel!
3:40
2Once in royal David's city
organ:
Dónal McCann (organist) (on 2019-12-24)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2019-12-24)
conductor:
Daniel Hyde (British choir conductor and organist) (on 2019-12-24)
live recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (on 2019-12-24)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34)
5:15
3Angels, from the realms of glory
2:38
4Adam lay ybounden
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord version) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Boris Ord
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
Adam lay i-bowndyn (15th-century macaronic English poem)
1:08
5O little town of Bethlehem
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Tom Etheridge (Organ Scholar, King's College, 2014) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-21)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
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.) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
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.)
3:32
6In dulci jublio
organ:
Francis Grier (composer, organist and choir director)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
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)
3:29
7The 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 (for copyrights use only!) (in 1961)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The First Nowell (from 1975-12-18 until 1975-12-22)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:54
8I saw three ships
1:43
9The Lamb
3:31
10Quem pastores laudavere
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1971)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1971)
2:00
11Personent hodie
organ:
Ian Hare (organist)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1971)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1971)
arranger:
Gustav Holst (composer)
recording of:
Personent Hodie (arr. Holst; aka “On This Day”; “Christmas Song”)
lyricist and composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1916)
version of:
Personent hodie (1582 version)
part of:
Three Carols
2:40
12The Holly and the Ivy
organ:
Ian Hare (organist) (in 1971)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1971)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1971)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Davies) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir Henry Walford Davies
arrangement of:
The Holly and the Ivy
3:12
13A Spotless Rose
organ:
Francis Grier (composer, organist and choir director)
baritone vocals:
Gareth Morrell (baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
conductor:
Philip Ledger
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
A Spotless Rose (on 2008-12-24)
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
3:09
14Away in a manger
2:08
15While shepherds watched
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched (desc. Willcocks)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
2:53
16Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1966)
arrangement of:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (traditional English)
1:55
17In 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)
4:35
18Ding dong! merrily on high
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
additional composer:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
2:24
19Silent 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)
3:05
20God rest you merry, gentlemen
engineer:
Simon Eadon (classical music engineer)
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) and David Briggs (English organist and composer) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1960, in 1984)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here) (on 1998-12-14)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
3:38
21The Three Kings
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:
The Three Kings
lyricist:
Peter Cornelius (German composer, lived from 1824 to 1874) and Philipp Nicolai
composer:
Peter Cornelius (German composer, lived from 1824 to 1874)
arranger:
Sir Ivor Atkins
translator:
Herbert Newell Bate
translated version of:
Weihnachtslieder, op. 8: III. Die Könige
2:43
22Sussex Carol
1:54
23It came upon the midnight clear
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (“Noel” version, descant Willcocks) (on 1969-07-29)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (in 1849)
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
additional arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arranger:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
arrangement of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (“Noel” version)
3:32
24O come, all ye faithful
brass:
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
organ:
Ian Hare (organist)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. Willcocks) (on 1972-07-12)
additional composer:
David Hill (organist and conductor) and Christopher Robinson (British conductor & organist)
composer:
John Francis Wade
arranger:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley
publisher:
Oxford University Press
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 30)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
4:47
25Hark! the herald angels sing
brass:
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
organ:
Ian Hare (organist)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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)
4:11
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