Compact disc
101 Christmas.
Call Number
- COMPACT DISC HOLIDAY (CEN)
Languages
Sung in English and Latin.
Performers
Various performers (including The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks conducting ; The Choir and Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge, John Rutter conducting ; The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner conducting ; Louis Halsey, David Hill, Sir Neville Marriner, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, Wiener Sängerknaben).
Publication Information
London, England : Decca, [2012]
Physical Description
6 audio discs : digital, CD audio ; 12 cm
Notes
Title from disc label.
Compilation of previously released recordings, 1959-1967.
Contents
- Hark! The herald angels sing
- The first Nowell
- While shepherds watched
- I saw three ships
- Ding dong! Merrily on high
- King Jesus hath a garden
- In dulci jubilo Unto us is born a Son
- Adeste fideles (O come, all ye faithful) Away in a manger O little town of Bethlehem The holly and the ivy
- God rest ye merry, gentelmen
- See amid the Winter's snow
- Past three o'clock.
- Once in royal David's City
- Sussex carol (On Christmas night)
- Rocking carol (Little Jesu, sweetly sleep)
- Rejoice and be merry
- The cherry tree carol (Joseph was an old man)
- The three kings
- As with gladness men of old
- Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (A great and mighty wonder)
- The infant king (Old Basque)
- Balulalow
- Legend (The crown of roses), Op. 54, No. 5
- Christ was born on Christmas Day
- Blessed by that Maid Mary
- The lute-book lullaby ("Sweet was the song the Virgin sang")
- Myn lyking
- Personent hodie
- In the bleak midwinter
- Coventry carol
- Shepherds in the field abiding
- Torches
- Fantasia on Christmas carols
- Up! good christen folk and listen
- Gabriel's message (Basque carol)
- Donkey carol
- Wexford carol
- Cradle song
- Child in a manger
- Mary's lullaby
- Quelle est cette odeur agréable?
- The noble stem of Jesse
- Jesus Christ the apple tree
- Wassail song Star carol Tomorrow shall be my dancing day This endris night
- Entre le bœuf et l'âne gris
- The cradle
- El rorro
- Once as I remember
- Entry of the kings
- Welcome yule!-- Deck the hall with boughs of holly Salutation carol The first Christmas
- The boar's head carol Wolcom Yule!
- There is no rose The holy boy Bethlehem down
- Lullaby my Jesus / A spotless rose: Carol, 4vv (1919) Sing lullaby In terra pax. A frosty Christmas Eve ; And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them Good King Wenceslas The old year now is fled
- Joy to the world O holy night (Minuit, chrétien) Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent night) Jingle bells (incorporating Deck the halls) White Christmas Marche des rois It came upon a midnight clear Gesù bambino Carol of the bells Winter wonderland Do you hear what I hear? We three kings of Orient are Mille cherubini in coro Still, still, still The twelve days of Christmas Sleigh ride Have yourself a merry little Christmas
- Christmas oratorio, BWV 248. Jauchzet frohlocket ; Sinfonia ; Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh / Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6, no. 8 "fatto per la notte di Natale". III Adagio, allegro, adagio / L'enfance du Christ, op. 25, partie 2: La fuite en Egypte: Il s'en va loin de la terre ; Le repos de la Sainte Famille: Les pèlerins étant venus / Messiah, HWV 56. Behold, a virgin shall conceive ... o thou that tellest good tidings ; For unto us a Child is born ; Pifa (Pastoral symphony) ; There were shepherds ... And lo, the angel of the Lord ... And the angel said unto them ... And suddenly ; Glory to God in the highest ; Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion ; Hallelujah!