| Description |
2 audio discs (148 min., 51 sec.) : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Conifer classics |
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Conifer classics.
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| Note |
Program notes by Simon Ravens ([7] p.) inserted. |
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Sung in English, German, or Latin. |
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Compact disc (DDD) |
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Digital recording. |
| Contents |
Wachet auf / Nicolai ; harm. Praetorius (1:14) -- Advent responsory / Bach, Marlow (3:44) -- Wachet auf : BWV 645 (organ solo) / J.S. Bach (4:20) -- Of the father's heart / arr. Willcocks (2:29) -- Angelus ad virginem / anon. ; ed. Stevens (1:41) -- The holly and the ivy / arr. Walford Davies (2:52) -- I sing of a maiden / Hadley (2:33) -- Ding dong! merrily on high / arr. Charles Wood (1:46) -- O come all ye faithful / desc. Willcocks (2:46) -- There is no rose / arr. Stevens (2:18) -- Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen : organ solo / Brahms (2:43) -- Silent night / Gruber ; arr. Clarence (2:00) -- O little town of Bethlehem / desc. Marlow (2:29) -- I saw three ships / arr. Willcocks (2:01) -- Sweet was the song / harm. Shaw (2:19) -- Personent hodie / arr. G. Holst (1:53) -- Away in a manger / Kirkpatrick ; arr. Willcocks (2:35) -- |
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(cont.) Resonent in laudibus / Handel (1:13) -- Up! Good Christien folk / harm. Woodward (1:12) -- The first nowell / arr. Willcocks (5:00) -- The shepherds' farewell / Berlioz (5:15) -- The three kings / Cornelius (2:40) --Unto us is born a son / arr. Willcocks (2:03) -- The Coventry carol / arr. Shaw (2:28) -- What cheer? / Walton (1:17) -- Hark! the herald angels sing / Mendelssohn (2:55) -- In dulci jubilo / J.S. Bach (organ solo) (2:54) |
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(cont.) Wake o wake / Nicolai ; harm. Bach (1:42) -- The angel Gabriel (Anonymous Basque carol) / harm Marlow (2:26) -- Noël Chantons / Dandrieu (organ solo) (1:16) -- Edi beo thu, hevene quene (Anonymous English) (0:49) -- A hymn to the Virgin / Britten (3:04) -- Noël / Mulet (organ solo) (2:35) -- This is the record of John / Gibbons (4:20) -- A child is born in Bethlehem / Scheidt (1:29) -- Once in royal David's city / Gauntlett ; rev. Mann (2:11) -- Rejoice, rejoice in Christ / Byrd (1:01) -- Hodie Christus natus est / Sweelinck (3:14) -- A great and mighty wonder / harm. Praetorius ; descant Marlow (3:20) -- O little one sweet / harm. Bach (2:06) -- In dulci jublio / arr. Pearsall (3:21) -- Noël mais on San allé nau / Dandrieu (organ solo) (1:10) |
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(cont.) The blessed son of God / Vaughan Williams (2:32) -- O ye little flock / Amner (6:34) -- While shepherds watched (Este's Psalter) / arr. Marlow (2:44) -- Shepherd's cradle song / Leuner ; arr. Macpherson (3:41) -- The lamb / Tavener (2:55) -- As with gladness / Kocher ; abr. Monk ; desc Willcocks (1:55) -- Here is the little door / Howells (3:30) -- In the bleak mid-winter / Darke (4:21) -- Rhapsodie sur des Noëls / Gigout (organ solo) (5:49) -- Tomorrow shall be my dancing day / arr. Willcocks (1:51) -- Illuminaire Jersusalem / Weir (2:04) -- Noël: le Roy des cieux / Dandrieu (organ solo) (O:57) -- The Coventry carol / Leighton (2:52) -- Benedicamus Domino / Warlock (1:40) |
| Performer |
Performed by The choir of Trinity College, Cambridge ; Richard Marlow (solos), Graham Jackson, Richard Pearce, Philip Rushforth, Silas Standage, organ ; Richard Marlow, director. |
| Event |
Recorded in the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, on 29-30 June 1988 (Disc 1) and July 9-11, 1993 (Disc 2) by kind permission of the Master and Fellows. |
| Subject |
Christmas music.
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Carols.
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| Added Author |
Rushforth, Philip.
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Standage, Silas.
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Marlow, Richard.
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Jackson, Graham (Organist)
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Pearce, Richard.
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| Music No. |
75605 51754 2 Conifer |
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