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100 Best Carols

Francis Grier (organ), Gareth Morrell (vocals), Ian Hare (organ), Stephen Varcoe (vocals), John Wells (organ), Jeremy Blandford (organ), Simon Vaughan (baritone), Roger Garland (violin), Taverner Consort (vocal ensemble, vocal & instrumental ensemble), Richard Wistreich (bass), Stephen Charlesworth...

100 Best Carols

100 Best Carols

Francis Grier (organ), Gareth Morrell (vocals), Ian Hare (organ), Stephen Varcoe (vocals), John Wells (organ), Jeremy Blandford (organ), Simon Vaughan (baritone), Roger Garland (violin), Taverner Consort (vocal ensemble, vocal & instrumental ensemble), Richard Wistreich (bass), Stephen Charlesworth...

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trad.: The First Nowell (Arr. Mackerras)
Work length4:56
Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger
Work length2:10
anon.: Up! Good Christen folk and listen: "Ding-dong, ding, ding-a-dong-a-ding" (from "Piae Cantiones", 1582)
Work length1:18
trad.: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. Philip Ledger)
Work length3:31
Hadley, P: I sing of a maiden
Work length2:31
Howells: 3 Carol-Anthems: II. A Spotless Rose
Work length3:10
Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's city
Work length5:12
anon.: Personent Hodie
Work length2:41
Richard Terry: 12 Christmas Carols: No. 8, Myn Lyking, "I saw a fair mayden" (Allegro moderato)
Work length3:20
trad.: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Christian Hymn for Advent)
Work length3:33
trad.: The Holly and the Ivy
Work length3:10
Gruber, F: Silent Night
Work length3:06
anon.: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas Carol, arr. David Willcocks)
Work length2:53
trad.: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. David Willcocks)
Work length3:32
anon.: The Lord at First Did Adam Make
Work length4:10
Mendelssohn: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn's Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4)
Work length3:17
Rutter: Shepherd's pipe carol
Work length2:54
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1966-11-10
  • Recording Venue: 9 & 10 November 1966 / Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England
trad.: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Work length3:15
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ), Simon Vaughan (baritone)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1966-11-10
  • Recording Venue: 9 & 10 November 1966 / Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England
trad.: Angel Tidings
Work length1:44
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1966-11-10
  • Recording Venue: 9-10 November 1966 / Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England
anon.: Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (French Christmas Carol from the 17th Century)
Work length3:25
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1966-11-10
  • Recording Venue: 9 & 10 November 1966 / Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England
Rutter: 8 Christmas Carols, Set II: No. 1, I Saw Three Ships
Work length2:05
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1966-11-10
  • Recording Venue: 9 & 10 November 1966 / Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England
Rutter: Nativity carol
Work length4:10
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1966-11-10
  • Recording Venue: 9 & 10 November 1966 / Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England
trad.: Quem pastores laudavere (from "Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410")
Work length2:24
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1966-11-10
  • Recording Venue: 9 & 10 November 1966 / Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England
trad.: Hajej, nynjej, "Rocking Carol": "Hajej, nynej, Jezisku, Jezisku" (Czech Carol)
Work length3:52
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ), Roger Garland (violin)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1968-02-01
  • Recording Venue: 31 January & 1 February 1968 / Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England
trad.: Wassail Song (Here We Come A-Wassailing)
Work length4:09
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1968-02-01
  • Recording Venue: 31 January & 1 February 1968 / Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England
trad.: The Coming of our King (After a Polish Carol)
Work length2:40
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1991-11-30
  • Recording Venue: 20-22 November 1991/ St. John at Hackney, London
trad.: The Infant King (Old Basque Noël)
Work length3:09
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1991-11-22
  • Recording Venue: 20-22 November 1991 / St John at Hackney, London
trad.: Shepherds' Noël (Catalan Carol)
Work length3:07
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ), Simon Vaughan (baritone)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1991-11-22
  • Recording Venue: 20-22 November 1991 / St. John at Hackney, London London
trad.: Noël nouvelet (Arr. Rutter)
Work length3:32
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1988-01-01
  • Recording Venue: January 1988, Church of St John-at-Hackney
trad.: Gabriel's Message (Basque Carol)
Work length3:51
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ), Simon Vaughan (baritone)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1988-01-01
  • Recording Venue: January 1988, Church of St John-at-Hackney
trad.: Sans Day Carol, "St. Day Carol": "Now the holly bears a berry" (Cornish Christmas Carol)
Work length3:20
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1988-01-01
  • Recording Venue: January 1988, Church of St John-at-Hackney
trad.: Past Three O'Clock, "Past Three A Clock" (English Carol)
Work length2:29
  • Jeremy Blandford (organ)
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1988-01-01
  • Recording Venue: January 1988, Church of St John-at-Hackney
Billings: The Suffolk Harmony, 1784: No. 1, Shiloh, "Methinks I see a heavenly host"
Work length2:58
  • Taverner Choir
  • Andrew Parrott
  • Recorded: 1988-01-01
  • Recording Venue: January 1988, Church of St John-at-Hackney
Vidales: Los que fueron de buen gusto (From the Códice del Convento del Carmen)
Work length4:16
Billings: The Singing Master's Assistant: No. 6, Judea. "A Virgin Unspotted"
Work length3:19
  • Taverner Choir
  • Andrew Parrott
  • Recorded: 1988-01-01
  • Recording Venue: January 1988, Church of St John-at-Hackney
Walker, W: The Babe of Bethlehem: "Ye Nations All, On You I Call"
Work length2:40
trad.: Thys Endris Nygth: "The other night I saw a sight" (English Carol from the 15th Century)
Work length4:45
Mateo Flecha the elder: Ríu Ríu Chíu - Spanish Villancico, No. 46, from "Cancionero de Uppsala": "Riu, riu, chiu, la guarda ribera"
Work length3:28
anon.: Christum wir sollen loben schon
Work length3:02
anon.: Gaudete, Christus est natus (from "Jistebnice Cantional, 1420")
Work length1:44
trad.: In hoc anni circulo
Work length2:21
trad.: Alleluya! A Nywe Werk Is Come on Honde! (Christmas Carol)
Work length5:50
trad.: The Old Year Now Away Is Fled (Carol for New Year's Day)
Work length1:51
Tallis: Hodie nobis coelorum rex
Work length3:24
Gabrieli, G: Audite principes a 16, C. 123
Work length6:17
Praetorius, M: Musae Sioniae, Theil 2: No. 5, In dulci jubilo, a 16 (Pt. 2)
Work length3:42
Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati, Katherine Kennicott Davis: The Little Drummer Boy
Work length2:41
trad.: El niño querido
Work length2:47
  • King's Singers (vocal ensemble)
  • Recorded: 2003-09-22
  • Recording Venue: 20th, 27-28th August, 1st, 22nd September 2003, Abbey Road Studios, London/8-12th September 2003, ORF Studios, Vienna
trad.: The Gift
Work length2:09
Reger: Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76: No. 52, Mariä Wiegenlied (Orch. Ekdahl)
Work length2:26
trad.: Go tell it on the mountain
Work length3:32
anon.: Joy to the World (Based on Themes by G. F. Handel)
Work length1:56
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act 3: Arie. "Tochter Zion"
Work length3:07
trad.: Zu Bethlehem geboren
Work length2:21
Hairston, Jester: Mary's Little Boy Child
Work length4:39
  • Wiener Sängerknaben
  • Recorded: 1957-05-26
  • Recording Venue: 26 May 1957 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
trad.: Shchedryk
Work length3:22
  • Wiener Sängerknaben
  • Recorded: 1957-05-26
  • Recording Venue: 26 May 1957 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
trad.: Il est né, le divin Enfant (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)
Work length2:39
  • Roberto Alagna (tenor)
  • Abbey Road Ensemble
  • Jonathan Tunick
  • Recorded: 1996-07-31
  • Recording Venue: July, November, December 1995 & April, July 1996 / Studio, Abbey Road, London
Adam: Cantique de Noël "Minuit, chrétiens"
Work length3:41
trad.: Marche des Rois: "De-matin, ai rescountra lou trin" (French Carol)
Work length2:48
  • René Delsinne (director)
  • Recorded: 1996-07-31
  • Recording Venue: July, November, December 1995 & April, July 1996 / No. 2 Studio, Abbey Road, London
trad.: Noël des îles
Work length4:44
  • René Delsinne (director)
  • Recorded: 1986-01-01
trad.: Chanson joyeuse de Noël "Le petit Jésus, Sauveur adorable"
Work length5:53
  • Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois (vocals)
  • René Delsinne
  • Recorded: 1986-09-17
  • Recording Venue: 8-10 September 1986, Huddersfield Town Hall
Humperdinck: Weihnachtslieder: No. 1, Weihnachten (Orch. Mackerras)
Work length3:11
trad.: Von Himmel hoch (Arr. Mackerras)
Work length3:15
Darke: In the Bleak Midwinter
Work length3:49
trad.: O Tannenbaum (Arr. Glenn Osser)
Work length2:28
trad.: The Twelve Days of Christmas (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)
Work length4:19
Stainer: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Work length2:14
trad.: Good King Wenceslas
Work length2:28
Hopkins, J H: We Three Kings, "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (Christmas Carol)
Work length3:07
trad.: Angels from the Realms Of Glory
Work length3:09
Kocher: As with Gladness Men of Old (After Conrad Kocher's "Treuer Heiland", arr. William Henry Monk)
Work length2:29
trad.: Coventry Carol
Work length2:34
Vaughan Williams: The Yorkshire Wassail Song: "Oh, Here We Come a Wassailing"
Work length2:34
trad.: Masters in This Hall (French Carol)
Work length4:02
Goss, J: See amid the winter's snow
Work length3:46
trad.: Sussex Carol: "On Christmas night all Christians sing" (Christmas Carol) [Arr. Philip Ledger]
Work length1:42
trad.: Ding dong! merrily on high
Work length1:54
trad.: O Jesulein süss, BWV 493 (Chorale Version)
Work length2:52
Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs: No. 5, Wassail Song
Work length2:54
Tate, P: Carol with Lullaby
Work length3:21
Cecil Broadhurst: Cowboy Carol: "There'll be a new world beginning' from t'night!"
Work length3:21
  • Ronald Frost (director)
  • Hallé Choir
  • Maurice Handford
  • Recorded: 1965-08-05
  • Recording Venue: 3-5 August 1965, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge
Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 - L'Adieu des bergers
Work length4:44
  • Ronald Frost (director)
  • Hallé Choir, Hallé Orchestra
  • Maurice Handford
  • Recorded: 1970-12-23
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 [not 22 & 23] December 1970, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge
trad.: We wish you a merry Christmas
Work length1:38
  • Ronald Frost (director)
  • Hallé Choir, Hallé Orchestra
  • Maurice Handford
  • Recorded: 1970-12-23
  • Recording Venue: 21 & 22 [not 22 & 23] December 1970, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge
Maconchy: Nowell Sing We Now All and Some
Work length1:48
Vaughan Williams: And All In The Morning
Work length2:16
trad.: I Saw a Maiden (After a Basque Noel, arr. Edgar Pettman)
Work length3:05
Scheidt: Cantiones sacrae: No. 15, A Child is Born in Bethlehem (Arr. Willcocks)
Work length2:28
Warlock: Where Riches is Everlastingly: "Into this world this day did come"
Work length2:48
trad.: How far is it to Bethlehem?
Work length2:13
trad.: Of the Father's heart begotten
Work length5:05
trad.: Resonet in laudibus (14th-Century Carol from the "Moosburg Gradual of 1360")
Work length1:55
trad.: The Shepherd's Cradle Song
Work length3:40
trad.: Quittez, pasteurs, vos brebis, vos houlettes (Arr. Rutter)
Work length3:40
Leighton: Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, Op. 25b, "Coventry Carol"
Work length2:53
Ravenscroft, T: Melismata: No. 23, Remember, O Thou Man
Work length3:19
Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae: No. 13, Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163
Work length3:50
Gibbons, O: Hosanna to the Son of David, a 6
Work length3:14
Philip the Chancellor: Angelus ad virginem, "Gabriel, From Heven King" (Carol from the 13th Century)
Work length2:38
trad.: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English Carol)
Work length2:04
anon.: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
Work length4:47
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