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Best Carols 100
CD DetailsPerformer: Gareth Morrell Performer: Stephen Varcoe Performer: Simon Vaughan Performer: Stephen Charlesworth Performer: Hermann Prey Performer: Thomas Hampson Composer: Christmas Traditional Composer: William James Kirkpatrick Composer: Patrick Hadley Composer: Herbert Howells Composer: Henry John Gauntlett Composer: Richard Runciman Terry Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber Composer: Richard Storrs Willis Composer: Felix [1] Mendelssohn Composer: John Rutter Composer: William Billings Composer: Francisco de Vidales Composer: William Walker Composer: Anonymous Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Unknown) Format: Box set CD Release Date: 2007-11-06 Music Label: EMI Classics Soundtracks: Music CD 1- The First Nowell (English)
- Away in a manger (Tune: Cradle Song) (New English Hymnal 22)
- Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones)
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- I Sing of a Maiden for 2 voices & piano
- A Spotless Rose, for chorus
- Once in Royal David's City, carol
- Personent Hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones)
- Myn Lyking
- O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, emmanuel), carol
- The Holly and the Ivy (English)
- Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)
- While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night (unspecified tune)
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- The Lord at first did Adam make
- Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (adapted by W. H. Cummings from Mendelssohn's Festgesang for the Gutenberg Festival)
Music CD 2- Shepherd's Pipe Carol
- Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (W zlobie lezy)
- Angel Tidings (Moravian)
- Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (French)
- I Saw Three Ships, carol
- Nativity Carol
- Quem pastores laudavere (Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410)
- Rocking Carol (Czech)
- Wassail Song ('Here We Come a-Wassailing'), carol (a.k.a. 'Here We Come a-Caroling')
- The Coming of our King (Polish Carol)
- The infant King (Basque)
- La pastora Caterina, carol (Catalan)
- Noël nouvelet, carol (French)
- Gabriel's Message (Basque)
- Sans Day Carol
- Past Three O'clock, carol (English)
Music CD 3- Methinks I See a Heavenly Host
- Los que Fueren de Buen Gusto
- A Virgin Unspotted
- The Babe of Bethlehem
- This Endere Nyghth, carol
- Riu, riu, chiu
- Christum Wir Sollen Loben Schon
- Gaudete!
- Verbum Caro: 'In Hac Anni Circulo'
- Alleluya: A nywe werk, for chorus
- The old yeare now away is fled (English)
- Hodie nobis caelorum Rex, motet for 4 voices, P. 92
- Audite principes, motet for 16 voices
- In Dulci Jubilo, for chorus & ensemble (from the Polyhymnia caduceatrix)
Music CD 4- The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum), carol
- El niño querido (The Beloved Child) (Spanish)
- Simple Gifts
- Maria Wiegenlied (Mary's Lullaby: 'Maria sitzt am Rosenhag'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 76/52
- Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American)
- Joy to the World (theme by Handel)
- Judas Maccabaeus, oratorio, HWV 63: Tochter Zion, freue dich
- Zu Bethlehem geboren, carol (German)
- Mary's Little Boy Child, song
- Ukrainian Bell Carol (Shchedryk)
- Il est né, le divin enfant (French)
- Minuit Chrétiens
- La Marche des Rois (Provençal carol)
- Noël des îles
- Chanson joyeuse de Noël
- Weihnachten ('Leise weht's durch alle Lande'), for voice & piano
- Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (From Heaven on High), carol (German)
- In the Bleak Midwinter
- O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German)
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
Music CD 5- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)
- Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582)
- We Three Kings of Orient Are
- Angels From the Realms Of Glory
- As With Gladness Men of Old
- Coventry Carol (2): 'Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child'
- We've been a while a-wandering, carol ('The Yorkshire Wassail Song')
- Masters in This Hall
- See Amid the Winter's Snow, for chorus
- Sussex Carol ('On Christmas Night')
- Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)
- O Little One Sweet
- Wassail Song ('Here We Come A-Wassailing'), carol
- Carol with Lullaby
- A Cowboy Carol
- L' Enfance du Christ, oratorio for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 basses, chorus & orchetsra ('trilogie sacrée') H. 130 (Op. 25): The
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English)
Music CD 6- Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
- And All in the Morning ('On Christmas Day'), carol for chorus or voice & piano (Traditional English Carols No. 1)
- I Saw A Maiden (Basque)
- Ein Kind geborn zu Bethleham
- Where Riches is Everlastingly
- How Far to Bethlehem?, carol
- Of the Father's heart begotten (A Christmas Procession)
- Resonet in Laudibus (Piae Cantiones)
- Shepherd's Cradle Song
- Quittez pasteurs (O come away ye shepherds) (French)
- Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, for soloist & chorus, Op 25b
- Remember, O thou man (from Melismata, 1611)
- Hodie Christus natus est, motet for 5 voices & continuo (Cantiones Sacrae No. 13)
- Hosanna to the son of David, anthem for 6 voices
- Angelus ad virginem
- Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English)
- O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)
Music reviews of Best Carols 100Music Review: Traditional Choral singing at it's best Rating: 5 Stars
Most of the recordings in this set are from the British church choir tradition, although one of the CDs includes some orchestration and solo singing. With all the pop CDs on the market, it is nice to have at least one version of these carols that haven't been souped up and grooved out beyond recognition. And 100 Best is an understatement. I am not sure, but I think every Christmas Carol in the Anglo classical/sacred tradition is present in this set. Combine this with your Andy Williams, Winter Solstice collections, and other more pop collections and it will keep you in the spirit through the holiday season.
The sound quality is excellent. Most of the performances were recorded in some sort of church or cathedral so the sound stage is big. I spent more than a few evenings last December sitting in my living room with only the light of my Christmas tree enjoying this set. At less than 20 bucks, it is a steal.
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Description of Best Carols 1002007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time for the price of one full-priced disc! Among the vocal groups found on this release are the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, the Taverner Choir, the Bach Choir, and the Wiener Sangerknaben, while star soloists include Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Barbara Hendricks, Hermann Prey, and Kiri Te Kanawa.
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