Essential Carols

Various Artists

Release Date:

2012/09/24

Record Label:

Warner Classics

  1. $8.99

Disc 1 of 2

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

The First Nowell (Arr. Mackerras)

by King's College Choir Cambridge / Francis Grier / Sir Philip Ledger

4:57
2

Away in a Manger

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir Philip Ledger

2:10
3

Up! Good Christen folk and listen: "Ding-dong, ding, ding-a-dong-a-ding" (from "Piae Cantiones", 1582)

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir Philip Ledger

1:18
4

O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. Philip Ledger)

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir Philip Ledger

3:31
5

I Sing of a Maiden

by Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

2:31
6

3 Carol-Anthems: II. A Spotless Rose

by Gareth Morrell / King's College Choir Cambridge / Sir Philip Ledger

3:10
7

Once in Royal David's City (from "Hymns and Carols of Christmas")

by King's College Choir Cambridge / Ian Hare / Sir David Willcocks

5:13
8

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Christian Hymn for Advent)

by King's College Choir Cambridge / Ian Hare / Sir David Willcocks

3:33
9

The Holly and the Ivy (British Christmas Carol)

by King's College Choir Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks

3:11
10

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Arr. Willcocks, "Silent Night")

by Stephen Varcoe / King's College Choir Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks

3:06
11

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas Carol, arr. David Willcocks)

by King's College Choir Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks / John Wells

2:53
12

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. David Willcocks)

by King's College Choir Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks / John Wells

3:33
13

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn's Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4)

by King's College Choir Cambridge / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / Ian Hare / Sir David Willcocks

3:18
14

The Lord at first Did Adam Make (Arr. by David Willcocks)

by Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

3:14
15

The Little Drummer Boy

by The King's Singers

2:42
16

El nino querido

by The King's Singers

2:47
17

The Gift

by The King's Singers

2:10
18

Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76: No. 52, Mariä Wiegenlied (Orch. Ekdahl)

by Barbara Hendricks

2:27
19

Go Tell It on the Mountain (Arr. Ekdahl)

by Barbara Hendricks

3:33
20

Joy to the World (Based on Themes by G. F. Handel)

by Barbara Hendricks

1:57
21

Shepherd's Pipe Carol

by Clare College Singers & Clare College Orchestra

2:54
22

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

by Clare College Singers

3:16
23

8 Christmas Carols, Set II: No. 1, I Saw Three Ships

by Clare College Singers

2:05
24

Nativity Carol

by Clare College Singers

4:10
25

The Coming of our King (After a Polish Carol)

by Clare College Singers / Clare College Orchestra / Jeremy Blandford / John Rutter

2:41

Disc 2 of 2

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

by Huddersfield Choral Society

2:15
2

Good King Wenceslas (Tune based on a 13th-Century Spring Carol)

by Huddersfield Choral Society / Brian Kay / David Bell / Owain Arwel Hughes

2:28
3

We Three Kings, "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (Christmas Carol)

by Huddersfield Choral Society / Brian Kay / David Bell / Owain Arwel Hughes

3:07
4

Angels from the Realms of Glory (arr. Charles Wood of French Carol "Les Anges dans nos campagnes")

by Huddersfield Choral Society

3:09
5

As with Gladness Men of Old (After Conrad Kocher's "Treuer Heiland", arr. William Henry Monk)

by Huddersfield Choral Society / Brian Kay / David Bell / Owain Arwel Hughes

2:30
6

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act 3: Arie. "Tochter Zion"

by Hermann Prey / Tölzer Knabenchor / Symphonie Orchester Graunke Munchen / Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

3:08
7

The Yorkshire Wassail Song: "Oh, Here We Come a Wassailing"

by Bach Choir / Jacques Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks

2:35
8

Zu Bethlehem geboren (German Carol from "Geistlicher Psalter, Köln, 1638")

by Hermann Prey / Tölzer Knabenchor / Symphonie Orchester Graunke Munchen / Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

2:22
9

The Coventry Carol

by The King's Singers

2:34
10

Masters in This Hall (French Carol)

by Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks

4:02
11

See amid the Winter's Snow, "Hymn for Christmas Day"

by Bach Choir / Jacques Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks

3:46
12

Sussex Carol: "On Christmas night all Christians sing" (Christmas Carol) [Arr. Philip Ledger]

by Bach Choir / Jacques Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks

1:42
13

Ding Dong! Merrily on High

by Sir David Willcocks

1:55
14

O Jesulein süss, BWV 493 (Chorale Version)

by Bach Choir/Sir David Willcocks/Jacques Orchestra

2:52
15

5 English Folk Songs: No. 5, Wassail Song

by Bach Choir/Sir David Willcocks/Jacques Orchestra

2:55
16

Carol with Lullaby

by Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks

3:22
17

Mary's Little Boy Child

by Wiener Sängerknaben

4:40
18

Shchedryk (Arr. James Brett)

by Wiener Sängerknaben

3:23
19

Cowboy Carol: "There'll be a new world beginning' from t'night!"

by Hallé Choir / Ronald Frost / Maurice Handford

3:22
20

L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H. 130, Pt. 2: No. 8, Adieu des bergers à la Sainte-Famille, "Il s'en va loin de la terre" (Les Bergers)

by Hallé Orchestra / Maurice Handford / Hallé Choir / Ronald Frost

4:45
21

We Wish You a Merry Christmas (West Country)

by Hallé Orchestra / Maurice Handford / Hallé Choir / Ronald Frost

1:38
22

Cantiones Sacrae: No. 13, Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163

by King's College Choir Cambridge

3:50
23

Hosanna to the Son of David, a 6

by King's College Choir Cambridge

3:14
24

Angelus ad virginem, "Gabriel, From Heven King" (Carol from the 13th Century)

by Choir of King's College Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks / Sir Andrew Davis / Douglas Whittaker

2:39
25

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English Carol)

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir Andrew Davis/Douglas Whittaker/Christopher Van Kampen/Sir David Willcocks

2:05
26

O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)

by King's College Choir Cambridge / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / Ian Hare / Sir David Willcocks

4:48
Duration:
2:35:26
Genres:
Classical
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