Best Loved Christmas Carols

Best Loved Christmas Carols

Best Loved Christmas Carols
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Performer: Stephen Varcoe
Composer: Henry John Gauntlett
Composer: Christmas Traditional
Composer: Boris Ord
Composer: Herbert Howells
Composer: William James Kirkpatrick
Composer: Harold Darke
Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber
Composer: Richard Storrs Willis
Composer: Peter Cornelius
Composer: John Francis Wade
Composer: Felix [1] Mendelssohn
Composer: Michael Praetorius
Composer: John Jacob Niles
Composer: William Mathias
Composer: Patrick Hadley
Composer: Richard Runciman Terry
Composer: Samuel Scheidt
Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-10-05
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Once In Royal David's City
  2. Angels, From The Realms Of Glory
  3. Adam Lay Ybounden
  4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  5. In Dulci Jubilo
  6. The First Nowell
  7. I Saw Three Ships
  8. Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing?
  9. Quam Pastoras Laudavere
  10. Personent Hodie
  11. The Holy And The Ivy
  12. A Spotless Rose
  13. Away In A Manger
  14. While Sheperds Watched
  15. Tomarrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
  16. Up! Good Christian Folk And Listen
  17. In The Bleak Midwinter
  18. Ding Dong! Merrily On High
  19. Silent NIght
  20. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
  21. The Three Kings
  22. I Saw A Maiden
  23. Sussex Carol
  24. O Come, All Ye Faithful
  25. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Music CD 2
  1. Matin Responsory: I Look From Afar
  2. Come, Thour Redeemer Of The Earth
  3. I Wonder As I Wander
  4. The Cherry Tree Carol
  5. Gabriel's Message
  6. Sussex Carol
  7. Stille Nacht!
  8. Chester Carol
  9. A Babe Is Born, Op. 53
  10. A Maiden Most Gentle
  11. I Sing Of A Maiden
  12. Myn Lyking
  13. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
  14. A Child Is Born In Bethlehem
  15. Hodie Christus Natus Est
  16. Hosanna To The Son Of David
  17. Gloria In Excelsis Deo
  18. When To The Temple Mary Went
  19. Angelus Ad Virginem
  20. Angelus Ad Virginem
  21. Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
  22. Jesus Christ The Apple Tree
  23. That Lord That Lay In Asse Stall
  24. In Dulci Jubilo
  25. In Dulci Jubilo: Chorale Prelude

Music reviews of Best Loved Christmas Carols

Music Review: a voice teacher and early music fan
Rating: 5 Stars

ECLECTIC CAROLS THAT TRANSCEND THE COMMONPLACE

Listening to these carols extracted from the various Festival and Nine Lesson services held in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge on Christmas Eve is incredibly inspiring and brings out the real meaning of Christmas and the joy of Jesus' birth. Why pick it apart??? They are recorded between the years 1969 and 1985. The conductors are firstly Sir Thomas Willcocks who directed the Choir from 1957-73 and Sir Philip Ledger from 1974-82. Both are excellent and I cannot tell the difference between the various choirs who would have had a different group of performers through the years.

The selection of carols is listed above, but I would like to mention a few that are most unusual because of their specific arrangements, and although they may be commonplace, sung by THIS choir, makes them very special. For example, the lovely descants(a higher part usually sung by treble voices in contrary motion to the other parts) added by each conductor,(usually brought in after the melody has been sung a few times) are present in several of the songs herein such as: 'Once in Royal David's City'- 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'- 'While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks'- 'It Came Upon a Midnight Clear'- and several more. Some very unusual (and possibly new to you) carols that I found tremendously attractive are: 'Adam lay ybouden' by Boris Ord (a former conductor of the Choir) - 'Personet Hodie' sung by the men of the choir- 'Quem pastores laudavere' 14th century German to name just a few. And then there were those that are somewhat familiar that I welcomed such as : 'A Spotless Rose' 14th century English- 'Tomorrow shall be my dancing day ' traditional English- and an American Carol that is not often heard in America 'Jesus Christ the apple tree'. The fact is these carols cover the gamut of countries, languages and genres. There are fifty in all and sung as only the King's College Choir can sing them with their clear-voiced boy sopranos, their velvet toned male altos, their tuneful tenors and resonant basses. Wonderful collection indeed!

The King's College Choir is an outstanding choral group that includes 16 male Choral Scholars who sing the alto, tenor and bass parts. (The Alumni of the Choral Scholars read like a list of 'Who's Who in the Vocal Music World- Michael Chance, Mark Padmore, Michael George, Stephen Varcoe, etc.)The Choristers, usually numbering about 20, are boy sopranos. To hear these beautiful, sometimes old familiar carols sung so skillfully and with much feeling is a thrill beyond compare. GO FOR IT!
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